Sommario

• • ·Masthead

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• Original Contributions

  • ·The laryngeal tube device: a simple and timely adjunct to airway management

    Pagina :263-267

    Christopher S. Russi, Cari L. Wilcox, Hans R. House

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  • ·Discordance between serum creatinine and creatinine clearance for identification of ED patients with abdominal pain at risk for contrast-induced nephropathy

    Pagina :268-272

    Roger A. Band, David F. Gaieski, Angela M. Mills, Keara L. Sease, Frances S. Shofer, Jennifer L. Robey, Judd E. Hollander

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  • ·High-risk ED patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage undergoing emergency or urgent endoscopy: a retrospective analysis

    Pagina :273-278

    Chi-Ming Tai, Shih-Pei Huang, Hsiu-Po Wang, Tsung-Chun Lee, Chi-Yang Chang, Chia-Hung Tu, Ching-Tai Lee, Tsung-Hsien Chiang, Jaw-Town Lin, Ming-Shiang Wu

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  • ·Heparin–platelet factor 4 antibodies in patients presenting to the ED with thrombosis

    Pagina :279-284

    John L. Francis, Alane Drexler, Mary Kathryn Duncan, Jamie M. Walker, Marcie J. Hursting, Robert L. Levine

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  • ·Pulmonary embolism risk assessment screening tools: the interrater reliability of their criteria

    Pagina :285-290

    Kristen E. Nordenholz, N. Ward Naviaux, Krynn Stegelmeier, Jason S. Haukoos, Stephen J. Wolf, Tracy McCubbin, Kennon Heard

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  • ·Emergency physicians can easily obtain ultrasound images of anatomical landmarks relevant to lumbar puncture

    Pagina :291-296

    Robinson M. Ferre, Timothy W. Sweeney

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  • ·Surge capacity: a proposed conceptual framework

    Pagina :297-306

    Carl J. Bonnett, Ben N. Peery, Stephen V. Cantrill, Peter T. Pons, Jason S. Haukoos, Kevin E. McVaney, Christopher B. Colwell

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  • ·Can ED staff accurately estimate the weight of adult patients?

    Pagina :307-312

    Christopher A. Kahn, Jennifer A. Oman, Scott E. Rudkin, Craig L. Anderson, Deeba Sultani

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  • ·Recognizing asymptomatic elevated blood pressure in ED patients: how good (bad) are we?

    Pagina :313-317

    Keri Tilman, Mini DeLashaw, Sean Lowe, Sandy Springer, Susan Hundley, Francis L. Counselman

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  • ·The effect of hydrocortisone on the outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: a pilot study

    Pagina :318-325

    Min-Shan Tsai, Chien-Hua Huang, Wei-Tien Chang, Wen-Jone Chen, Chiung-Yuan Hsu, Cheng-Chun Hsieh, Chih-Wei Yang, Wen-Chu Chiang, Matthew Huei-Ming Ma, Shyr-Chyr Chen

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Application of clinical criteria for ordering radiographs to detect cervical spine fractures

    Pagina :326-330

    Ronald M. Moscati, E. Brooke Lerner, Jennifer L. Pugh

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  • ·The use of ultrasound to identify pertinent landmarks for lumbar puncture

    Pagina :331-334

    Kirk A. Stiffler, Sharhabeel Jwayyed, Scott T. Wilber, Angela Robinson

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  • ·Decrease in NTproBNP plasma levels indicates clinical improvement of acute decompensated heart failure

    Pagina :335-339

    Salvatore Di Somma, Laura Magrini, Marinella Mazzone, Raffaella De Leva, Fabio Tabacco, Rossella Marino, Veronica Talucci, Enrico Ferri, Paola Forte, Patrizia Cardelli, Nicola Gentiloni, Valerio Pittoni

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  • ·Incidence of occult upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients presenting to the ED with hematochezia

    Pagina :340-344

    Stacie E. Byers, Carl R. Chudnofsky, Barbara Sorondo, Paul Dominici, Steven J. Parrillo

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  • ·Lack of correlation in welfare check distribution and transport patterns in a rural critical care transport service

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    James E. Svenson, Jill E. O'Connor, M. Bruce Lindsay

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  • ·Acute-onset dysrhythmia heralding fulminant myocarditis and refractory cardiac arrest treated with ED cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

    Pagina :348-352

    Loren G. Yamamoto, Lynette L. Young

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• Reviews

  • ·Reperfusion strategies in the emergency treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

    Pagina :353-366

    W. Frank Peacock, Judd E. Hollander, Richard W. Smalling, Michael J. Bresler

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  • ·Sixty-four–slice computed tomographic coronary angiography: will the “triple rule out” change chest pain evaluation in the ED?

    Pagina :367-375

    Jeffrey M. Schussler, E. Reed Smith

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• Editorial

  • ·Steroids in cardiac arrest: not ready for prime time?

    Pagina :376-377

    Joseph Varon, Paul E. Marik

    

• Correspondence

  • ·Multiple-dose activated charcoal in carbamazepine poisoning

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    Matthew J. Beecroft, Jenny J. Lu, Mark B. Mycyk