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

  • ·Ischemia-modified albumin in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: an experimental study

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    Suleyman Turedi, Tevfik Patan, Abdulkadir Gunduz, Ahmet Mentese, Celal Tekinbas, Murat Topbas, Suleyman Caner Karahan, Esin Yulug, Suha Turkmen, Utku Ucar

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  • ·Adult intimate partner violence perpetrators are significantly more likely to have witnessed intimate partner violence as a child than nonperpetrators

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    Amy A. Ernst, Steven J. Weiss, Jennifer Hall, Ross Clark, Brittany Coffman, Larry Goldstein, Kenlyn Hobley, Todd Dettmer, Craig Lehrman, Melissa Merhege, Bernadette Corum, Tuhama Rihani, Melissa Valdez

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  • ·Combination pharmacotherapy in the treatment of experimental cardiac arrest

    Pagina :651-659

    Theodoros Xanthos, Eleni Bassiakou, Eleni Koudouna, Georgios Rokas, Sotirios Goulas, Ismene Dontas, Evaggelia Kouskouni, Despina Perrea, Lila Papadimitriou

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  • ·Predictors and outcomes of frequent chest pain unit users

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    Miquel Sánchez, Beatriz López, Ernest Bragulat, Elisenda Gómez-Angelats, Sonia Jiménez, Mar Ortega, Blanca Coll-Vinent, Oscar Miró

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  • ·Implementation of a bundle of actions to improve adherence to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines at the ED

    Pagina :668-674

    José M. De Miguel-Yanes, Javier Muñoz-González, Juan A. Andueza-Lillo, Berta Moyano-Villaseca, Víctor J. González-Ramallo, Ana Bustamante-Fermosel

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  • ·Prediction of myocardial infarction risk in older patients with acute coronary syndrome

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    Alfred Ngako, Aline Santin, François Hémery, Mirna Salloum, Marie-Jeanne Calmettes, Jérôme Hervé, Jean-Claude Grégo, Eric Roupie, Patrick Maison, Bertrand Renaud

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  • ·Facilitated angioplasty with combo therapy among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

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    Giuseppe De Luca, Paolo Marino

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  • ·A study of the workforce in emergency medicine: 2007

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    Francis L. Counselman, Catherine A. Marco, Vicki C. Patrick, David A. McKenzie, Luke Monck, Frederick C. Blum, Keith Borg, Marco Coppola, W. Anthony Gerard, Claudia Jorgenson, JoAnn Lazarus, John Moorhead, John Proctor, Gillian R. Schmitz, Sandra M. Schneider

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  • ·Prognostic significance of brain natriuretic peptide obtained in the ED in patients with SIRS or sepsis

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    Yunxia Chen, Chunsheng Li

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• Editorial

  • ·BNP this, BNP that… Now in sepsis?

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    Pedro Vela-Zárate, Joseph Varon

    

• Brief Report

  • ·ED patient estimation of blood loss

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    Jared Strote, Monique Mayo, David Townes

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• Reviews

  • ·Percutaneous coronary intervention–related time delay, patient's risk profile, and survival benefits of primary angioplasty vs lytic therapy in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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    Giuseppe De Luca, Ettore Cassetti, Paolo Marino

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  • ·Expert consensus on treatment strategies in non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention—an evidence-based review of clinical trial results and treatment guidelines from an emergency medicine perspective: report on a roundtable discussion

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    James Hoekstra, Marc Cohen, Robert Giugliano, Christopher B. Granger, Paul A. Gurbel, Judd E. Hollander, Steven V. Manoukian, Jorge F. Saucedo, Charles V. Pollack

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  • ·The current management of skin tears

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    Xiaoti Xu, Kwan Lau, Breena R. Taira, Adam J. Singer

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• Diagnostics

  • ·The evolution of electrocardiographic changes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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    Jose Victor Nable, William Brady

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• Correspondence

  • ·TASER study results do not reflect real-life restraint situations

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    Jared Strote, H. Range Hutson

    
  • ·The authors' reply

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    Jeffrey D. Ho, Donald M. Dawes

    

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

  • ·Electrocardiogram manifestation of spontaneous pneumothorax

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    Peyman Soltani, Christopher M. Malozzi, Bernard Abi Saleh, Bassam Omar

     
  • ·A potential pitfall in the diagnosis of renal colic: renal infarction

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    Nese Colak Oray, Basak Bayram, Sedat Yanturali, Onder Limon, Selim Suner

     
  • ·Fatal exertional heat stroke successfully treated with cold hemofiltration: a case report

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    Hui Yue, Feihu Zhou, Hui Liu, Hongjun Kang, Liang Pan, Bin Gu, Qing Song

     
  • ·Fatal pneumococcal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in a vaccinated adult with congenital asplenia

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    Cristina Vincentelli, Enrique G. Molina, Morton J. Robinson

     
  • ·Ataxia associated with spurious hyperchloremia: the one behind the scene

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    Ming-Tso Yan, Sung-Seng Yang, Hung-Yi Chu, Shih-Hua Lin

     
  • ·Spontaneous self-ignition in a case of acute aluminium phosphide poisoning

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    Arif Wahab, Muzaffar U. Rabbani, Shagufta Wahab, Rizwan A. Khan

     
  • ·Colonic necrosis due to sodium polystyrene sulfate (Kayexalate)

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    Andrew S. Bomback, John T. Woosley, Abhijit V. Kshirsagar

     
  • ·Simultaneous bilateral femoral arterial emboli presenting with acute paraplegia: an uncommon case

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    Meng-Kai Huang, Chien-Chih Chen, Tzong-Luen Wang, Yi-Kung Lee, Yung-Cheng Su

    
  • ·Spontaneous bilateral carotid artery dissection in a woman presenting with isolated headache

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    Alexandra Chomut, Rebecca Jeanmonod, Donald Jeanmonod, Robert Ward

     
  • ·Muscle-specific tyrosine kinase-antibody-positive myasthenic crisis with detailed electrophysiologic studies

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    Youichi Yanagawa, Yu Hongo, Hiroshi Shiozaki, Keiko Kamakura, Masahiro Sonoo, Masakatsu Motomura

     
  • ·Successful treatment of monkshood (aconite napel) poisoning with magnesium sulfate

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    Philippe Gottignies, Tarek El Hor, Joseph Kengni Tameze, Anatol Basaula Lusinga, Jacques Devriendt, Philippe Lheureux, David De Bels

     
  • ·A patient with recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and hypovolemic shock

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    Solon Solomon, Angelos Pefanis, Georgios S. Papaetis, Charilaos Ginos, Prokopis Kythreotis, Apostolos Achimastos

     
  • ·Systemic bleeding in a patient with enoxaparin-induced thrombocytopenia

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    Giuseppe Famularo, Laura Gasbarrone, Giovanni Minisola, Claudio De Simone

    
  • ·Successful treatment of repaglinide-induced hypoglycemia with octreotide

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    Charles J. Fasano, Adam K. Rowden

    
  • ·Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome): radiologic diagnosis and medical treatment with neostigmine. Report of 4 cases

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    Huseyin Ozkurt, Fikriye Yilmaz, Nagihan Bas, Halil Coskun, Muzaffer Basak

     
  • ·Damage of cerebellar white matter due to carbon monoxide poisoning: a case report

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    Hueng-Chuen Fan, Ann-Chin Wang, Chung-Ping Lo, Kai-Ping Chang, Shyi-Jou Chen

     
  • ·Importance of cerebrospinal fluid analysis in stat laboratory

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    Tze-Kiong Er, Bin-Hong Cheng, Miguel Ángel Ruiz Ginés

     
  • ·Cerebral vein thrombosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome: a challenging association

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    Alfonso Lagi, Simona Spini, Sergio Gallori

    
  • ·Priapism associated with Latrodectus mactans envenomation

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    Dan Quan, Anne-Michelle Ruha

    
  • ·Value of Liu's stain in rapid diagnosis of Plasmodium ovale infection

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    Tze-Kiong Er, Po-Chi Chen, Jih-Jin Tsai