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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2016

Inhalt (28 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Validation of the modified Japanese Triage and Acuity Scale-based triage system emphasizing the physiologic variables or mechanism of injuries

Hiraku Funakoshi, Takashi Shiga, Yosuke Homma, Yoshiyuki Nakashima, Jin Takahashi, Hiroshi Kamura, Masatomi Ikusaka

Open Access Educational advances in emergency medicine

Cross-cultural challenges in assessing medical professionalism among emergency physicians in a Middle Eastern Country (Bahrain): feasibility and psychometric properties of multisource feedback

Ahmed Al Ansari, Ahmed Al Meer, Mooza Althawadi, Deyari Henari, Khalid Al Khalifa

Open Access Original Research

Ultrasound-guided “short” midline catheters for difficult venous access in the emergency department: a retrospective analysis

Giancarlo Scoppettuolo, Mauro Pittiruti, Sara Pitoni, Laura Dolcetti, Alessandro Emoli, Alessandro Mitidieri, Ivano Migliorini, Maria Giuseppina Annetta

Open Access Original Research

Increased analgesia administration in emergency medicine after implementation of revised guidelines

Geesje Van Woerden, Crispijn L. Van Den Brand, Cornelis F. Den Hartog, Floris J. Idenburg, Diana C. Grootendorst, M. Christien Van Der Linden

Open Access Educational advances in emergency medicine

Survey of student perception of medical education environment among emergency medicine residents of an academic medical centre in Northern India

Sushant Chhabra, Asit Misra, Sumiyah Shah, Tamorish Kole

Open Access Original Research

Analysis of trauma admission data at an urban hospital in Maputo, Mozambique

Cátia Luciana Abdulfattáhe Taibo, Troy D. Moon, Orvalho A. Joaquim, Carlos R. Machado, Amina Merchant, Kelly McQueen, Mohsin Sidat, Elena Folgosa

Open Access Original Research

Point-of-care capillary HbA1c measurement in the emergency department: a useful tool to detect unrecognized and uncontrolled diabetes

Fernando Gomez-Peralta, Cristina Abreu, Leonor Andreu-Urioste, Ana Cristina Antolí, Carmen Rico-Fontsaré, David Martín-Fernández, Rosa Resina-Rufes, Juan Jesús Pérez-García, Ángela Negrete-Muñoz, Daniel Muñoz-Álvarez, Guillermo E. Umpierrez

Open Access Original Research

Ultrasonographic assessment of inferior vena cava/abdominal aorta diameter index: a new approach of assessing hypovolemic shock class 1

Nik Hisamuddin NA Rahman, Rashidi Ahmad, Meera Mohaideen Kareem, Mohammad Iqhbal Mohammed

Open Access Educational advances in emergency medicine

Adaptive leadership curriculum for Indian paramedic trainees

Aditya Mantha, Nathaniel L. Coggins, Aditya Mahadevan, Rebecca N. Strehlow, Matthew C. Strehlow, S.V. Mahadevan

Open Access Original Research

Predictors of early progression to severe sepsis or shock among emergency department patients with nonsevere sepsis

Andre L. Holder, Namita Gupta, Elizabeth Lulaj, Miriam Furgiuele, Idaly Hidalgo, Michael P. Jones, Tiphany Jolly, Paul Gennis, Adrienne Birnbaum

Open Access Case report

Case-based discussion: an unusual manifestation of diaphragmatic hernia mimicking pneumothorax in an adult male

Pradeep Kumar Vyas, Chintamani Godbole, Susheel Kumar Bindroo, Rajiv S. Mathur, Bharathi Akula, Nilesh Doctor

Open Access Case Report

The hyperdense basilar artery sign: a case of locked-in syndrome

Lasanthi Aryasinghe, Yasmin Kazim, Hamza F. Obeid, Husnain Hashim

Open Access Case report

“Floating shoulder” injuries

Kenneth Heng

Open Access Original Research

Diving accidents: a cohort study from the Netherlands

J. W. Smithuis, E. Gips, T. P. van Rees Vellinga, M. I. Gaakeer

Open Access Original Research

A retrospective comparison of helicopter transport versus ground transport in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

Rahul Kashyap, Peter W. Anderson, Abhay Vakil, Christopher S. Russi, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba

Open Access Original Research

An innovative safe anesthesia and analgesia package for emergency pediatric procedures and surgeries when no anesthetist is available

Kevin R. Schwartz, Karla Fredricks, Zaid Al Tawil, Taylor Kandler, Stella A. Odenyo, Javan Imbamba, Brett D. Nelson, Thomas F. Burke

Open Access Practice innovations in emergency medicine

Implementation of the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) in an Urgent Care Center in Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Arafat, Ali Al-Farhan, Hiba Abu Khalil

Open Access Original Research

Knowledge about systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis: a survey among Dutch emergency department nurses

L. C. van den Hengel, T. Visseren, P. E. Meima-Cramer, P. P. M. Rood, S. C. E. Schuit

Open Access Original Research

Usefulness of hospital emergency department records to explore access to injury care in Nepal

Santosh Bhatta, Puspa Raj Pant, Julie Mytton

Open Access Clinical image

Bifrontal brain abscesses secondary to orbital cellulitis and sinusitis extension

David Traficante, Alexander Riss, Steven Hochman

Open Access Original Research

Antibiotic prophylaxis for oral lacerations: our emergency department’s experience

Suzanne Lilley Katsetos, Roxanne Nagurka, Jaclyn Caffrey, Steven E. Keller, Tiffany Murano

Open Access Educational advances in emergency medicine

Creating a contemporary clerkship curriculum: the flipped classroom model in emergency medicine

Edward K. Lew

Open Access Original Research

The readiness of emergency and trauma care in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional descriptive study of 42 public hospitals in Albania

Rifat Latifi, Jayleen K. L. Gunn, John A. Stroster, Edmond Zaimi, Fatos Olldashi, Agron Dogjani, Mihal Kerci, Xheladin Draçini, Julian Kuçani, Zhaneta Shatri, Agim Kociraj, Arian Boci, Ross I. Donaldson

Open Access Letters to the Editor

Funding global emergency medicine research—from seed grants to NIH support

Bhakti Hansoti, Adam Levine, Latha Ganti, Rockefeller Oteng, Taylor DesRosiers, Payal Modi, Jeremy Brown

Open Access Brief Research Report

Intravenous enalaprilat for treatment of acute hypertensive heart failure in the emergency department

Syed Imran Ayaz, Craig M. Sharkey, Gregory M. Kwiatkowski, Suprat Saely Wilson, Reba S. John, Rosa Tolomello, Arushi Mahajan, Scott Millis, Phillip D. Levy