Sommario

• • ·Masthead

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Contents

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• • ·Manuscript Submission and Editorial Review Policy

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• Original Contributions

  • ·Ultrasound-guidance vs. standard technique in difficult vascular access patients by ED technicians

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    Michael Bauman, Darren Braude, Cameron Crandall

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  • ·Emergency medical services use by stroke patients: a population-based study

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    Opeolu Adeoye, Christopher Lindsell, Joseph Broderick, Kathy Alwell, Edward Jauch, Charles J. Moomaw, Matthew L. Flaherty, Arthur Pancioli, Brett Kissela, Dawn Kleindorfer

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  • ·Mortality based on the presenting electrocardiogram in patients with myocardial infarction in the troponin era

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    Michael C. Kontos, Brett D. Roberts, James L. Tatum, Charlotte S. Roberts, Robert L. Jesse, Joseph P. Ornato

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  • ·The relationship of short-term air pollution and weather to ED visits for asthma in Japan

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    Toshikazu Abe, Yasuharu Tokuda, Sachiko Ohde, Shinichi Ishimatsu, Tomohiko Nakamura, Richard B. Birrer

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  • ·Randomized evaluation of octreotide vs prochlorperazine for ED treatment of migraine headache

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    Michael A. Miller, Marc E. Levsky, William Enslow, Alex Rosin

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  • ·Air pollution and ED visits for chest pain

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    Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz

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  • ·Cardiac damage in acute organophosphate poisoning in rats: Effects of atropine and pralidoxime?

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    Ataman Kose, Nurullah Gunay, Cuma Yildirim, Mehmet Tarakcioglu, Ibrahim Sari, Abdullah T. Demiryurek

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  • ·Does early administration of selenium improve neurological outcome after cardiac arrest?

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    Johann Reisinger, Kurt Höllinger, Wolfgang Lang, Christoph Steiner, Thomas Winter, Andreas Winter, Michael Mori, Alexander Lindorfer, Daniel Kiblböck, Peter Siostrzonek

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  • ·Health status, not head injury, predicts concussion symptoms after minor injury

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    Samuel A. McLean, Ned L. Kirsch, Cheribeth U. Tan-Schriner, Ananda Sen, Shirley Frederiksen, Richard E. Harris, William Maixner, Ronald F. Maio

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Validation of self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among patients in the ED

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    Michael S. Radeos, Rita K. Cydulka, Brian H. Rowe, R. Graham Barr, Sunday Clark, Carlos A. Camargo

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  • ·Multipolar radiofrequency ablation in controlling hemorrhage from blunt liver trauma

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    Li Yekuo, Wang Shasha, Huo Feng

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• Review

  • ·Does ambulance use differ between geographic areas? A survey of ambulance use in sparsely and densely populated areas

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    Lena Marie Beillon, Björn-Ove Suserud, Ingvar Karlberg, Johan Herlitz

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• Diagnostics

  • ·Early recognition of myxedematous respiratory failure in the elderly

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    Fuping Guo, Tengda Xu, Houli Wang

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  • ·Pericardial effusion impending tamponade: a look beyond Beck's triad

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    Sony Jacob, Justin C. Sebastian, Prasad K. Cherian, Aril Abraham, Sinoj K. John

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  • ·Electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy versus ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction—A case series

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    Sarah Barker, Hemant Solomon, James D. Bergin, J. Stephen Huff, William J. Brady

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• Controversies

  • ·Citizen's Petition to Food and Drug Administration to ban cornstarch powder on medical gloves: Maltese cross birefringence

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    Richard F. Edlich, William B. Long, K. Dean Gubler, George T. Rodeheaver, John G. Thacker, Lise Borel, Margot E. Chase, Catherine L. Cross, Allyson L. Fisher, Kant Y. Lin, Mary J. Cox, Robert B. Zura

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• Correspondence

  • ·Aortic dissection in the young: when to suspect?

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    Koracevic Pante Goran

    
  • ·Fentanyl-laced heroin: a report from an unexpected place

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    Melanie K. Turock, David J. Watts, Hannah Mude, John Prestosh, Jill Stoltzfus

     
  • ·Is ischemia-modified albumin a suitable marker for acute mesenteric ischemia?

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    Hande Koksal

    
  • ·The author responds

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    Gunduz Abdulkadir, Turedi Suleyman

    
  • ·The Emergency Coma Scale for patients in the ED: concept, validity and simplicity

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    Chiaki Takahashi, Hiroshi Okudera, Tetsuya Sakamoto, Tohru Aruga, Tomio Ohta

    
  • ·Extrapontine myelinolysis after correction of hyponatraemia presenting as generalised tonic seizures

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    Graeme McNeill, Darragh Halpenny, Aisling Snow, A. Geoghegan, William C. Torreggiani

     
  • ·The Monday peak in the onset of ischemic stroke is independent of major risk factors

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    Roberto Manfredini, Fabio Manfredini, Benedetta Boari, Raffaella Salmi, Massimo Gallerani

     
  • ·Digital rectal examination and its value for decision making

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    Oliver J. Wagner, Stephan A. Vorburger, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Heinz Zimmermann

    
  • ·Digital rectal examination and incision line

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    Weekitt Kittisupamongkol

    
  • ·Antivenom therapy is efficient in Viperidae bites, fresh frozen plasma probably not

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    Georges Mion, Sébastien Larréché

     

• American Journal of Emergency Medicine Electronic-Extra Pages (Full text articles available online at www.ajemjournal.com)

  • ·Solanum erianthum intoxication mimicking an acute cerebrovascular disease

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    Shu-Tien Huang, Yu-Jang Su, Ding-Kuo Chien, Erik Jaushwo Li, Wen-Han Chang

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  • ·A patient with a transient high-density area on computed tomography in juvenile lung injury

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    Youichi Yanagawa

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  • ·Unrecognized valproic acid intoxication

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    April C. Hurdle, Ryan D. Moss

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  • ·Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

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    Turandot Saul, Jocelyn M Sonson

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  • ·Unveiling tuberculous pyomyositis: an emerging role of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

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    Wei-Liang Chen, Yuh-Feng Lin, Wei-Chi Tsai, Yu-Tzu Tsao

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  • ·Acute inferior pseudoinfarction pattern in a patient with normokalemia and diabetic ketoacidosis

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    Enbiya Aksakal, Taner Ulus, Ednan Bayram, Hakan Duman

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  • ·Bochdalek diaphragmatic hernia masquerading as pneumonia - a rare cause of Non-Traumatic Hemothorax

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    Chun-Cheng Chiu, Hsiu-Fen Yeh, Te-Fa Chiu

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  • ·Successful treatment of a persistent renal colic with trigger point injection

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    Cenker Eken, Dilek Durmaz, Bulent Erol

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  • ·Sentinel central retinal artery occlusion: a forme fruste of idiopathic renal infarction

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    Ying-Jen Chen, Wei-Liang Chen, Wei-Chi Tsai, Yu-Tzu Tsao

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  • ·Treatment of cardiovascular collapse from caffeine overdose with lidocaine, phenylephrine, and hemodialysis

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    Rahi Kapur, Michael D. Smith

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  • ·Acute appendicitis, an unusual presentation of Streptococcus pyogenes infection

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    Florence Dumas, Gerald Kierzek, Sophie Coignard, Anne Bouvet, Jean-Louis Pourriat

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  • ·Considerations in the diagnosis and therapy for acute loin pain

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    Graham Roche-Nagle, Bary B. Rubin

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  • ·Giant cell temporal arteritis with a normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate: report of a case

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    Michael Ciccarelli, Donald Jeanmonod, Rebecca Jeanmonod

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  • ·Marathon-induced ischemic colitis: why running is not always good for you

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    Daniel C. Cohen, Alison Winstanley, Alec Engledow, Alastair C. Windsor, James R. Skipworth

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  • ·Metallic stents for rescuing a patient with severe upper airway compression due to aortic aneurysm

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    Wei-Chun Chen, Chih-Yen Tu, Shinn-Jye Liang, Juhn-Cherng Liu, Wei Chen

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  • ·Imidacloprid poisoning: a case report

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    Ashish Kumar Panigrahi, D.K.S. Subrahmanyam, Kiran K. Mukku

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  • ·Tension pneumocephalus: a rare complication after hyperbaric oxygen therapy

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    Ching-Hsing Lee, Wei-Chun Chen, Chao-I Wu, Te-Chun Hsia

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  • ·Bilateral acute angle-closure glaucoma after bronchodilator therapy

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    Dmitry Volfson, Barbara Barnett

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  • ·Rare presentations of hyperthyroidism—Basedow's paraplegia and pancytopenia

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    Yi-Hsien Chen, Hung-Jung Lin, Kuo-Tai Chen

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