Sommario

• • ·Use of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Emergency Department Evaluation of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Pagina :159-163

    Charles L Emerman, Rita K Cydulka

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• • ·Effects of a Novel Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier on Percent Oxygen Saturation as Determined With Arterial Blood Gas Analysis and Pulse Oximetry

    Pagina :164-169

    George S Hughes, Steven F Francom, Edward J Antal, Wade J Adams, Paula K Locker, Elizabeth P Yancey, Edward E Jacobs

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• • ·Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Intravenous Ketamine in Acute Asthma

    Pagina :170-175

    Joseph C Howton, John Rose, Scott Duffy, Tom Zoltanski, M.Andrew Levitt

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• • ·Appropriateness of Hospitalization of Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    Pagina :176-183

    Avi Porath, Fransisc Schlaeffer, David Lieberman

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• • ·Signal Analysis of the Human Electrocardiogram During Ventricular Fibrillation: Frequency and Amplitude Parameters as Predictors of Successful Countershock

    Pagina :184-188

    Charles G Brown, Roger Dzwonczyk

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• • ·Feasibility Study of the Use of Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure for Respiratory Support in the Emergency Department

    Pagina :189-192

    Charles V Pollack, Marcella T Torres, Lonnie Alexander

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• • ·Test of the Acute Cardiac Ischemia Time-Insensitive Predictive Instrument (ACI-TIPI) for Prehospital Use

    Pagina :193-198

    Tom P Aufderheide, Ian Rowlandson, Sarah W Lawrence, Evelyn M Kuhn, Harry P Selker

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• • ·Geriatric Use of Emergency Medical Services

    Pagina :199-203

    Edward T Dickinson, Vincent P Verdile, Christopher T Kostyun, Richard F Salluzzo

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• • ·Injuries and Small-Wheel Skates

    Pagina :204-209

    Julian B Orenstein

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• • ·Safe at Home? Domestic Violence and Other Homicides Among Women in New Mexico

    Pagina :210-215

    Justin Arbuckle, Lenora Olson, Mike Howard, Judith Brillman, Carolyn Anctil, David Sklar

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• • ·Effect of Integration of Injury Control Information Into a High School Physics Course

    Pagina :216-224

    Ricardo Martinez, Douglas W Levine, Robert Martin, David G Altman

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• • ·Health Maintenance Organizations: Managed Care or Mismanaged Care?

    Pagina :225-228

    Harold H Osborn

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• • ·The Budget Crisis and Emergency Medicine: A View From Los Angeles

    Pagina :229-230

    Gerald P Whelan

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• • ·Sternoclavicular Septic Arthritis in a Patient With End-Stage Liver Disease

    Pagina :264-266

    Carmen Guerra, Linda L Spillane

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• • ·Correction

    Pagina :273

    
• • ·Index

    Pagina :37A

    
• • ·Index

    Pagina :38A

    
• • ·Classified

    Pagina :58A

    
• • ·Classified 1996 advertising rates & information

    Pagina :83A

    
• • ·Manuscript submission agreement

    Pagina :85A

    
• • ·FAX for FACTS

    Pagina :86A

    

• Special contribution

  • ·TennCare in the Emergency Department: The First 18 Months

    Pagina :231-233

    Keith Wrenn, Corey M Slovis

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• Editorials

  • ·Health care reform and the safety net

    Pagina :234-236

    Robert K.Knopp

    
  • ·Correlation versus agreement: Methods of measurement in medicine

    Pagina :236-238

    E.J. Gallagher

    

• Concepts

  • ·Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medical Services: The Perspective of the Emergency Medical Technician

    Pagina :239-243

    Bernard Heilicser, Carol Stocking, Mark Siegler

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  • ·Asthma Research: Future Directions for Emergency Medicine

    Pagina :244-249

    Richard M Nowak, Suzanne S Hurd, Emil M Skobeloff, Virginia S Taggart, For the NHLBI Asthma Working Group

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• International report

  • ·Emergency, Disaster, and Defense Medicine: The Swedish Model

    Pagina :250-253

    Bo Brismar, Vicken Totten, Bjorn M Persson

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• Case reports

  • ·Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain: Pelvic Vein Thrombosis in a Nonpregnant Woman

    Pagina :254-257

    Jeffrey M Ellis, Jean T Abbott

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  • ·Five Days of Whole-Bowel Irrigation in a Case of Pediatric Iron Ingestion

    Pagina :258-263

    Jeffrey M Kaczorowski, Paul M Wax

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• Change of shift

  • ·Wayne and His Bipap Babushka

    Pagina :267-268

    Leonard D Wright

    

• Correspondence

  • ·Velocity and Air Gun Injuries

    Pagina :269-270

    Mappa Mappa
  • ·"ALS" and "BLS": Outdated Terminology?

    Pagina :270

    Mappa Mappa
  • ·Chemical Decontamination

    Pagina :270-271

    Mappa Mappa
  • ·Using Metered-Dose Inhalers

    Pagina :271

    Mappa Mappa
  • ·Using Metered-Dose inhalers

    Pagina :271-272

    Kent A. Moore

    
  • ·In reply

    Pagina :272

    Jeffrey S. Jones

    
  • ·Efficacy of Widow Spider Antivenin

    Pagina :273

    Mappa Mappa
  • ·CORRECTION

    Pagina :273

    

• Abstracts

  • ·ABSTRACTS

    Pagina :275

    Mappa Mappa
  • ·Substantial head trauma: Value of routine CT examination of the cervico-cranium : Link T, Schuierer G, Hufendiek A, et al Radiology 196:741–745 September 1995

    Pagina :275-276

    Christine Farris

    
  • ·A statewide, population-based time-series analysis of the increasing frequency of nonoperative management of abdominal solid organ injury : Rutledge R, Hunt JP, Lentz CW, et al Ann Surg 222:311–326 September 1995

    Pagina :276

    Freeman Favors

    
  • ·ST segment tracking for rapid determination of patency of the infarct-related artery in acute myocardial infarction : Fernandez AR, Sequeira RF, Chakko S, et al J Am Coll Cardiol 26:675–683 September 1995

    Pagina :276

    Walter J. Kaniefski

    
  • ·Mechanical ventilation may not be essential for initial cardiopulmonary resuscitation : Noe M, Weil MH, Tang W, et al Chest 108:821–827 September 1995

    Pagina :276-277

    William Lober

    
  • ·Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in acute otitis media: Risk factors, susceptibility patterns, and antimicrobial management : Block SL, Harrison CJ, Hedrick JA, et al Pediatr Infect Dis J 14:751–759 September 1995

    Pagina :277-278

    Douglas McDaniel

    
  • ·Noninvasive ventilation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : Brochard L, Mancebo J, Wysocki M, et al N Engl J Med 333:817–822 September 1995

    Pagina :278

    Douglas McDaniel

    
  • ·Limiting cardiac evaluation in patients with suspected myocardial contusion : Fildes JJ, Betlej TM, Manglano R, et al Am Surg 61:832–835 September 1995

    Pagina :278-279

    Marie Olson

    
  • ·Tetanus immunization and its association to hepatitis B vaccination in patients with chronic renal failure : Girndt M, Pietsch M, Köhler H Am J Kidney Dis 26:454–460 September 1995

    Pagina :279

    Nancy Trangmoe

    
  • ·Myocardial infarction in young adults: Angiographic characterization, risk factors, and prognosis (Coronary Artery Surgery Study registry) : Zimmerman FH, Cameron A, Fisher LD, et al J Am Coll Cardiol 26:654–661 September 1995

    Pagina :279-280

    Steven Walkotte

    
  • ·Epiglottitis and Haemophilus influenzae immunization: The Pittsburgh experience—A five-year review : Valdapena HG, Wald ER, Rose E, et al Pediatrics 96:424–427 September 1995

    Pagina :280

    C. Paige Waslewksi

    

• Book reviews

  • ·Buntain W.L. Management of Pediatric Trauma. Saunders (1995). 814 pages, $185

    Pagina :281-282

    Sharon E. Mace

    
  • ·Salber null, Taliaferro null The Physician's Guide To Domestic Violence: How to Ask the Right Questions and Recognize Abuse … Another Way to Save a Life. Volcano Press (1995). 114 pages, $10.95

    Pagina :282

    Elicia A. Sinor