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• Original Contributions

  • ·Return visit characteristics among patients who leave without being seen from a pediatric ED

    Pagina :1019-1024

    Eileen Murtagh Kurowski, Terri Byczkowski, Nathan Timm

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  • ·Anatomical distribution of traumatic pneumothoraces on chest computed tomography: implications for ultrasound screening in the ED

    Pagina :1025-1031

    Maria Mennicke, Kavita Gulati, Isabel Oliva, Katja Goldflam, Hicham Skali, Stephen Ledbetter, Elke Platz

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  • ·The motor component does not convey all the mortality prediction capacity of the Glasgow Coma Scale in trauma patients

    Pagina :1032-1041

    Benoît Vivien, Jean-Michel Yeguiayan, Yannick Le Manach, Claire Bonithon-Kopp, Sébastien Mirek, Delphine Garrigue, Marc Freysz, Bruno Riou

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  • ·Predictive accuracy of ST depression during rapid atrial fibrillation on the presence of obstructive coronary artery disease

    Pagina :1042-1047

    Rajesh Pradhan, Ashok Chaudhary, Anthony A. Donato

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  • ·How reliable are patient-completed medication reconciliation forms compared with pharmacy lists?

    Pagina :1048-1054

    Carolyn Meyer, Michael Stern, Wendy Woolley, Rebecca Jeanmonod, Donald Jeanmonod

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  • ·Renal infarction in the ED: 10-year experience and review of the literature

    Pagina :1055-1060

    Meir Antopolsky, Natalia Simanovsky, Ruth Stalnikowicz, Shaden Salameh, Nurith Hiller

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  • ·Care plan program reduces the number of visits for challenging psychiatric patients in the ED

    Pagina :1061-1067

    Arthur Abello, Ben Brieger, Kim Dear, Ben King, Chris Ziebell, Atheer Ahmed, Truman J. Milling

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  • ·Precise minute ventilation delivery using a bag-valve mask and audible feedback

    Pagina :1068-1071

    Jung Soo Lim, Yong Chul Cho, O Yu Kwon, Sung Pil Chung, Kwoen Yu, Seung Whan Kim

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  • ·Cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination of older adults in the ED setting

    Pagina :1072-1079

    Brian W. Patterson, Rahul K. Khare, D. Mark Courtney, Todd A. Lee, Demetrios N. Kyriacou

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  • ·Clinical assessment of children with first-attack seizures admitted to the ED

    Pagina :1080-1088

    Chun-Yu Chen, Wen-Chieh Yang, Kang-Hsi Wu, Han-Ping Wu

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  • ·Additional predictive value of serum potassium to Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction risk score for early malignant ventricular arrhythmias in patients with acute myocardial infarction

    Pagina :1089-1094

    Jianling Su, Xianghua Fu, Yingping Tian, Yuteng Ma, Hui Chen, Yanbo Wang, Xuechao Wang, Huining Liu

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  • ·Paramedics successfully perform humeral EZ-IO intraosseous access in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

    Pagina :1095-1099

    David Wampler, Daniel Schwartz, Joi Shumaker, Scotty Bolleter, Robert Beckett, Craig Manifold

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  • ·Less painful arterial blood gas sampling using jet injection of 2% lidocaine: a randomized controlled clinical trial

    Pagina :1100-1104

    Houman Hajiseyedjavady, Morteza Saeedi, Vahid Eslami, Kavoos Shahsavarinia, Shervin Farahmand

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  • ·Quality of care for joint dislocation in 47 US EDs

    Pagina :1105-1113

    Chu-Lin Tsai, Ashley F. Sullivan, James A. Gordon, Rainu Kaushal, David J. Magid, David Blumenthal, Carlos A. Camargo

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  • ·Laboratory-confirmed gonorrhea and/or chlamydia rates in clinically diagnosed pelvic inflammatory disease and cervicitis

    Pagina :1114-1117

    Aaron M. Burnett, Christopher P. Anderson, Michael D. Zwank

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  • ·Superior outcome with direct catheter laboratory access vs ED-activated primary percutaneous coronary intervention

    Pagina :1118-1124

    Bikash Majumder, Chrysostomos Mavroudis, Colette Smith, John G. Coghlan, ManFai Shiu, Roby D. Rakhit

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  • ·Balance of older trekkers: data on alpine accidents and performance as assessed using a video game machine

    Pagina :1125-1128

    Masafumi Kimura, Masaru Tobe, Takashi Suto, Soh Narahara, Makiko Yamada, Chizu Aso, Tomonori Takazawa, Yasuo Baba, Shigeru Saito

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  • ·Indications and performance of pelvic radiography in patients with blunt trauma

    Pagina :1129-1133

    James F. Holmes, David H. Wisner

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  • ·The effect of vessel depth, diameter, and location on ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter longevity

    Pagina :1134-1140

    J. Matthew Fields, Anthony J. Dean, Raleigh W. Todman, Arthur K. Au, Kenton L. Anderson, Bon S. Ku, Jesse M. Pines, Nova L. Panebianco

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  • ·Evaluation of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III in predicting the prognosis of patients admitted to Emergency Department, in need of intensive care unit

    Pagina :1141-1145

    Hamid Reza Hatamabadi, Parvin Darbandsar Mazandarani, Ali Abdalvand, Ali Arhami Dolatabadi, Afshin Amini, Hamid Kariman, Hojjat Derakhshanfar

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  • ·Comparison of conservative management and laparotomy in the management of stable patients with abdominal stab wound

    Pagina :1146-1151

    Shahram Paydar, Roohollah Salahi, Forough Izadifard, Zahra Jaafari, Hamid Reza Abbasi, Armaghan Eshraghian, Seied-vahid Hosseini, Farnaz Farrokhnia, Yalda Golshan, Shahram Bolandparvaz

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  • ·Does primary stroke center certification change ED diagnosis, utilization, and disposition of patients with acute stroke?

    Pagina :1152-1162

    Dustin W. Ballard, Mary E. Reed, Jie Huang, Barbara J. Kramer, John Hsu, Uli Chettipally

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  • ·A study of emergency American football helmet removal techniques

    Pagina :1163-1168

    Erik E. Swartz, Jason P. Mihalik, Laura C. Decoster, Adam E. Hernandez

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  • ·Clinical predictors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia in patients admitted to the ED

    Pagina :1169-1175

    Cheol-In Kang, Doo Ryeon Chung, Kyong Ran Peck, Jae-Hoon Song, the Korean Network for Study on Infectious Diseases (KONSID)

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  • ·Effects of terlipressin in a rat model of severe uncontrolled hemorrhage via liver injury

    Pagina :1176-1182

    Basak Bayram, Nil Hocaoglu, R?dvan Atilla, Sule Kalkan

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  • ·The use of mechanical ventilation in the ED

    Pagina :1183-1188

    Benjamin D. Easter, Christopher Fischer, Jonathan Fisher

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  • ·Analysis of the appropriate age and weight for pediatric patient sedation for magnetic resonance imaging

    Pagina :1189-1195

    Yu Jin Lee, Do Kyun Kim, Young Ho Kwak, Hahn Bom Kim, Jeong Ho Park, Jin Hee Jung

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  • ·Olanzapine in ED patients: differential effects on oxygenation in patients with alcohol intoxication

    Pagina :1196-1201

    Michael P. Wilson, Nita Chen, Gary M. Vilke, Edward M. Castillo, Kai S. MacDonald, Arpi Minassian

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  • ·Imbalance between tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 and matrix metalloproteinase 9 after cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    Pagina :1202-1209

    Jing-sha Li, Jing-quan Zhong, Hong-zhen Liu, Qi-xian Zeng, Xiang-lin Meng, Dong-lin Liu, Guo-ying Su, Yun Zhang

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• Editorial

  • ·From molecular cardiology to emergency medical practice: the role of inflammatory markers

    Pagina :1210-1211

    Joyce Vazquez, Joseph Varon

    

• Brief Reports

  • ·Underdosing of common antibiotics for obese patients in the ED

    Pagina :1212-1214

    Jada L. Roe, Joseph M. Fuentes, Michael E. Mullins

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  • ·Ketamine sedation is not associated with clinically meaningful elevation of intraocular pressure

    Pagina :1215-1218

    Patrick C. Drayna, Cristina Estrada, Wenli Wang, Benjamin R. Saville, Donald H. Arnold

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  • ·Effects of antithrombin and gabexate mesilate on disseminated intravascular coagulation: a preliminary study

    Pagina :1219-1223

    Tomoki Nishiyama, Yumiko Kohno, Keiko Koishi

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  • ·A pilot study of emergency medical technicians' field assessment of intoxicated patients' need for ED care

    Pagina :1224-1228

    Alexandra H. Cornwall, Nickolas Zaller, Otis Warren, Kenneth Williams, Nina Karlsen-Ayala, Brian Zink

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  • ·Liver trauma diagnosis with contrast-enhanced ultrasound: interobserver variability between radiologist and emergency physician in an animal study

    Pagina :1229-1234

    Je Sung You, Yong Eun Chung, Hye-Jeong Lee, Sung Phil Chung, Incheol Park, Myeong-Jin Kim, Mi-Suk Park, Joon Seok Lim, Jin-Young Choi, Seungho Kim, Ki Whang Kim

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  • ·First medical contact and physicians' opinion after the implementation of an electronic record system

    Pagina :1235-1240

    Pierre-Géraud Claret, Mustapha Sebbanne, Xavier Bobbia, Jean-Marie Bonnec, Stéphane Pommet, Chawki Jebali, Jean-Emmanuel de La Coussaye

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  • ·Dosing and titration of intravenous opioid analgesics administered to ED patients in acute severe pain

    Pagina :1241-1244

    Polly E. Bijur, David Esses, Andrew K. Chang, E. John Gallagher

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  • ·Artificial neural networks in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

    Pagina :1245-1247

    Ömer Yolda?, Mesut Tez, Turgut Karaca

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  • ·The value of procalcitonin level in community-acquired pneumonia in the ED

    Pagina :1248-1254

    Jeong Ho Park, Jung Hee Wee, Seung Pill Choi, Sang Hoon Oh

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  • ·Treating primary headaches in the ED: can droperidol regain its role?

    Pagina :1255-1262

    Brett Faine, Christopher Hogrefe, Jon Van Heukelom, Jamie Smelser

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• Clinical Notes

  • ·The ultrasound-guided superficial cervical plexus block for anesthesia and analgesia in emergency care settings

    Pagina :1263-1267

    Andrew A. Herring, Michael B. Stone, Oron Frenkel, Annie Chipman, Arun D. Nagdev

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• Reviews

  • ·The critical care literature 2010

    Pagina :1268-1273

    Michael E. Winters, Tsuyoshi Mitarai, William J. Brady

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  • ·Dignitary medicine: adapting prehospital, preventive, tactical and travel medicine to new populations

    Pagina :1274-1281

    Roger A. Band, David W. Callaway, Bradley A. Connor, Brian P. Haughton, C. Crawford Mechem

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• Diagnostics

  • ·The use of a 4-step algorithm in the electrocardiographic diagnosis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by novice interpreters

    Pagina :1282-1295

    Stephanie M. Hartman, Andrew J. Barros, William J. Brady

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  • ·The orthopedic literature 2011

    Pagina :1296-1305

    Daniel L. Lemkin, Michael C. Bond, William J. Brady

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• Correspondence

  • ·“Aluminium phosphide” toxicity is not due to “Aluminium”

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    Bimal K. Agrawal, Vikas Deswal, Usha Agrawal

    
  • ·Sudden death in competitive athletes: does a circadian variation in occurrence exist?

    Pagina :1306-1309

    Alfredo De Giorgi, Federica Achilli, Fabio Fabbian, Marco Pala, Alessandra Mallozzi Menegatti, Anna Maria Malagoni, Fabio Manfredini,, Roberto Manfredini

     
  • ·Toluene-induced renal tubular acidosis: an easily missed cause of hypokalemic paralysis

    Pagina :1309

    Patompong Ungprasert, Pongsathorn Kue-A-Pai, Nitipong Permpalung, Wonngarm Kittanamongkolchai, Wisit Cheungpasitporn

    
  • ·Bee sting and subarachnoid hemorrhage: an insight

    Pagina :1310-1311

    Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Namasivayam Balamurgan, Ritesh G. Menezes, Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian

    
  • ·What the guidelines are sometimes slow to highlight

    Pagina :1311

    Oscar M.P. Jolobe

    
  • ·Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation after ischemic stroke

    Pagina :1311-1312

    Athanasios Chalkias, Konstantinos Stroumpoulis, Theodoros Xanthos

    
  • ·Analysis of current situation of Chinese health care reform by studying emergency overcrowding in a typical Shanghai hospital

    Pagina :1313-1318

    Jianjing Tong, Ying Zhu, Jiang Jie, Liang Huixin, Qi Jin, Ranjun Tao, Jinghua Xu, Yiming Lu, Jing Ye

     

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

  • ·Recombinant factor VIIa use in refractory ulcer bleeding in uremic patient

    Pagina :1319.e1

    An-Yi Wang, Ang Yuan, Chien-Hua Huang, Wei-Tien Chang, Po-Chin Liang, Tzu-Hsin Lin, Shyr-Chyr Chen

     
  • ·Lactic acidosis as a complication of ?-adrenergic aerosols

    Pagina :1319.e5

    Pierre-Géraud Claret, Xavier Bobbia, Caroline Boutin, Marion Rougier, Jean-Emmanuel de La Coussaye

    
  • ·Isolated trapezium subluxation in EMS provider with a novel reduction technique

    Pagina :1320.e1

    Christopher Gee

     
  • ·Cardiotoxicity associated with the synthetic cannabinoid, K9, with laboratory confirmation

    Pagina :1320.e5

    Amy C. Young, Evan Schwarz, Genevieve Medina, Adebisi Obafemi, Sing-Yi Feng, Colin Kane, Kurt Kleinschmidt

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  • ·Brain death—think twice before labeling a patient

    Pagina :1321.e1

    Rakhee Sodhi, Sushant Khanduri, Harpal Nandha, Deepak Bhasin, Amit K. Mandal

    
  • ·Asystole after the first dose of ceftriaxone

    Pagina :1321.e3

    Ayhan Saritas, Mesut Erbas, Ibak Gonen, Melik Candar, Omur Ozturk, Hayati Kandis, Gulbin Sezen

    
  • ·Cervical spinal epidural hematoma mimics acute ischemic stroke

    Pagina :1322.e1

    Kuang-Chung Liou, Lu-An Chen, Ya-Ju Lin

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  • ·Refractory hypoxia in an HIV-infected patient—a diagnostic challenge

    Pagina :1322.e5

    Siddharth A. Wayangankar, Harsh Golwala, Michael S. Bronze

     
  • ·An unusual electrocardiographic manifestation of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :1323.e1

    HA Ong Jimmy, David Foo

     
  • ·Nail bed injury detected by ultrasonography

    Pagina :1323.e5

    Secgin Soyuncu, Firat Bektas

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  • ·Three-view bedside ultrasound for the differentiation of acute respiratory distress syndrome from cardiogenic pulmonary edema

    Pagina :1324.e1

    Daniel Mantuani, Arun Nagdev, Michael Stone

     
  • ·Hypokalemic paralysis in a professional bodybuilder

    Pagina :1324.e5

    Florian B. Mayr, Hans Domanovits, Anton N. Laggner

     
  • ·Mondor disease: a case report in ED

    Pagina :1325.e1

    Marie Belleflamme, Andréa Penaloza, Maximilien Thoma, Philippe Hainaut, Frédéric Thys

     
  • ·Supraventricular tachycardia induced by chocolate: is chocolate too sweet for the heart?

    Pagina :1325.e5

    Saurabh Parasramka, Alix Dufresne

     
  • ·Pseudorenal failure due to intraperitoneal bladder rupture after blunt trauma: usefulness of examining ascitic fluid sediment

    Pagina :1326.e1

    Yusuke Kuroki, Tohru Mizumasa, Tadashi Nagara, Akihiro Tsuchimoto, Hideki Yotsueda, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Tetsuro Takesue, Hideki Hirakata

     
  • ·Bruns-Cushing nystagmus due to hypertensive unilateral paramedian pontine base infarction

    Pagina :1326.e5

    Jiann-Jy Chen, Wei-Hao Li, Kun-Yi Hsieh, Dem-Lion Chen, Shin-Han Tsai, Carlos Lam

     
  • ·The fifth chamber of the heart: huge left atrial aneurysm

    Pagina :1327.e1

    Hsiao-Feng Hu, Tsun-Hou Chang, Chien-Sheng Chen, Sy-Jou Chen

     
  • ·Cauda equina syndrome presenting as abdominal pain: a case report

    Pagina :1327.e5

    Prasad Ellanti, Brian Lenehan

     
  • ·ED point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of ankle fractures in children

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    Ian Taggart, Nika Voskoboynik, Sachita Shah, Otto Liebmann

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  • ·Late traumatic aortic dissection

    Pagina :1328.e5

    Manolis S. Kallistratos, Antonios N. Pavlidis, Athanasios S. Tsoukas, Dimitrios Mauropoulos, Ioannis P. Levantakis, Graeme Hesketh, Athanasios J. Manolis

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