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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2024

Inhalt (69 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Latrodectus envenomation in Ethiopia

Shimelis Korbu, Mosisa Olika, Getu Alemayehu

Open Access Research

Incidence and outcome of laryngeal edema and rhabdomyolysis after ingestion of black rock

Aml Ahmed Sayed, Abdelrahman Hamdy Abdelrahman, Zein Elabdeen Ahmed Sayed, Marwa Ahmed Abdelhameid

Open Access Review

Stercoral colitis in the emergency department: a review of the literature

Emily Bae, Jacqueline Tran, Kaushal Shah

Open Access Research

Prediction of major adverse cardiac events in the emergency department using an artificial neural network with a systematic grid search

Ahmed Raheem, Shahan Waheed, Musa Karim, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Rida Jawed

Open Access Research

Emergency department contribution to HCV elimination in the Iberian Peninsula

Maria Buti, Inês Vaz-Pinto, Vítor Magno Pereira, Marta Casado, Jordi Llaneras, Ana Barreira, Catarina Esteves, Mafalda Guimarães, Ana Gorgulho, Tomás Mourão, Elisa Xavier, Luís Jasmins, Ana Paula Reis, Nancy Faria, Bruno Freitas, Graça Andrade, Anny Camelo-Castillo, Manuel Ángel Rodríguez-Maresca, Alba Carrodeguas, Diogo Medina, Rafael Esteban

Open Access Research

The utility of the abdominal series in the emergency setting: a retrospective review

Sarah Hogan, Joshua Ward, Eric Sala

Open Access Review

A review of pre-hospital extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation and its potential application in the North East of England

Dominic Jones, Fiona M. Daglish, Benjamin M. Tanner, Fergus J. M. Wilkie

Open Access Case Report

Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm discovered by pocket-sized ultrasound in a low resource setting: a case report

Ihab Alasasfeh, Rawan Abudawood, Bayan E.Hwidi, Raghad Al-Shami

Open Access State of International Emergency Medicine

History of emergency medicine in Bhutan

Ugyen Tshering, Erol Kohli, Tashi Tenzin, Oriana Chen

Open Access Review

Development of prehospital emergency care in Singapore

Gayathri Devi Nadarajan, Nurul Asyikin Binte Mohamed Jalil, Alexander Elgin White, Marcus Ong Eng Hock, Anantharaman Venkataraman

Open Access Research

The diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound parameters for airway assessment in patients undergoing intubation in emergency department—an observational study

Aadya Pillai, Poonam Arora, Ankita Kabi, Udit Chauhan, Reshma Asokan, P. Akhil, Takshak Shankar, D. J. Lalneiruol, Himanshi Baid, Hannah Chawang

Open Access Case Report

Successfully conservative management of the uterus in acute pulmonary embolism during cesarean section for placenta previa: a case report from Tu Du Hospital, Vietnam and literature review

Anh Dinh Bao Vuong, Thanh Hai Pham, Van Hoang Bui, Xuan Trang Nguyen, Ngoc Bich Trinh, Yen Oanh Ngoc Nguyen, Dang Khoa Tran Le, Phuc Nhon Nguyen

Open Access Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine

A case report on ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis with a right parasternal approach: a novel in-plane lateral-to-medial technique

Najem Abdullah Mohammed, Tanweer A. Al-zubairi, Moad H. Al-soumai

Open Access Review

Strategies for improving ED-related outcomes of older adults who seek care in emergency departments: a systematic review

Ally Memedovich, Benedicta Asante, Maha Khan, Nkiruka Eze, Brian R. Holroyd, Eddy Lang, Sherri Kashuba, Fiona Clement

Open Access Case Report

The first reported mortality from aluminum phosphide poisoning in Lebanon: a case report

Pierre Edde, Anthony El Kortbawi, Zeina Halabi, Nancy Sakr, Alondra Barakat, Tharwat El Zahran

Open Access Case Report

Intentional intoxication with monkshood plant leading to atrioventricular dissociation and ventricular ectopy in a 17-year-old female: a case report

V. W. Klokman, S. Tempelaar, B. C. W. Kuipers, I. A. G. van Dijk, M. A. M. Moviat

Open Access Image

Chest tube placement in trauma patients: please use sonography

Fatimaezzahra Saroukh, Ayoub Bouchama, Ayoub Belhadj, Younes Aissaoui

Open Access Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine

Triage implementation in resource-limited emergency departments: sharing tools and experience from the Pacific region

Rob Mitchell, Libby White, Leigh Elton, Cliff Luke, Sarah Bornstein, Vincent Atua

Open Access Review

Diagnostic challenges between takotsubo cardiomyopathy and acute myocardial infarction—where is the emergency?: a literature review

Alexandru Scafa-Udriste, Ruxandra-Nicoleta Horodinschi, Miruna Babos, Bogdan Dinu

Open Access Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine

Overview of best practices for buprenorphine initiation in the emergency department

Terence Hughes, Nicholas Nasser, Avir Mitra

Open Access Case Report

How a broken vertebra can lead to a fatal hemorrhage: a case report

Roxanne A. W. Ploumen, Martin R. van Wezenbeek, Paul C. P. H. Willems, Suzanne C. Gerretsen, Jan A. Ten Bosch

Open Access Research

Demographics and clinical characteristics of carbon monoxide poisoning for patients attending in the emergency department at a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nesrin Alharthy, Aljohara Alanazi, Alreem Almoqaytib, Bedour Alharbi, Rakad Alshaibani, Jawaher Albuniyan, Abdullah Alshibani

Open Access Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine

Impact of teaching on use of mechanical chest compression devices: a simulation-based trial

Richard Steffen, Simon Burri, Fredy-Michel Roten, Markus Huber, Jürgen Knapp

Open Access Case Report

A case report of an accidental iatrogenic dexmedetomidine overdose in an adult

Suvi-Maria Tiainen, Jonni Unga, Panu Uusalo

Open Access Case Report

Persistent hiccups as a rare presenting symptom of empyema: a case report

An-Fu Lee, Hong-Wei Lee, Zui-Shen Yen

Open Access Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine

The PIRATE mnemonic: providing a structured approach in the care for intoxicated patients at the emergency department

Nicole Kraaijvanger, Wouter Raven, Trudy van Dijken, Femke Gresnigt

Open Access State of International Emergency Medicine

The leading role of expert safety knowledge in supporting the mission of caring for patients during man-made and natural disasters: state of emergency medicine in Ethiopia, Myanmar, and Ukraine

Ralph C. Miles, Vivian I. Avelino-Silva, Wilfred Odoke, Jan van den Hombergh, Fernanda F. Fonseca, Mengistu GebreMichael, Yaroslava Lopatina, Win Oo, Adele Schwartz Benzaken

Open Access Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine

Introduction of a formative assessment tool in a post-graduate training program in India: a mixed methods evaluation

Katherine Douglass, Tania Ahluwalia, Brianna McKiernan, Heena Patel, Natasha Powell, Jacob Keller, Serkan Toy

Open Access Image

Catheter-related gas-forming suppurative thrombophlebitis

Yasuyoshi Miyamura, Takeshi Shimazaki, Kunihiko Okada

Open Access Research

Comparison of T-POD and SAM Pelvic Sling II and the influence of attachment level in the initial management of unstable pelvic type C injuries – a cadaveric study

Maxim Privalov, Malte Junge, Matthias Karl Jung, Sven Yves Vetter, Jochen Franke, Svetlana Hetjens, Paul Alfred Grützner, Holger Stadthalter

Open Access Correspondence

Recurrent transitory attacks with cytotoxic edema could benefit from thrombolysis

Josef Finsterer, Sounira Mehri

Open Access Research

Use of bitemporal NACA score documentation in prehospital emergency medical services– a retrospective study

Michael Eichinger, Sandro Reiterer, Martin Rief, Michael Eichlseder, Alexander Pichler, Philipp Zoidl, Gerhard Prause

Open Access Review

Patient-controlled analgesia morphine for the management of acute pain in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Muhammad Baihaqi Oon, Nik Hisamuddin Nik Ab. Rahman, Norhayati Mohd Noor, Mohd Boniami Yazid

Open Access Case Report

Jejunogastric intussusception associated with jejunojejunal intussusception (double telescoping) occurring 20 years after gastrojejunostomy

Souhaib Atri, Mahdi Hammami, Amine Sebai, Rany Aifia, Meriem Ben Brahim, Youssef Chaker, Fadhel Samir Fteriche, Montassar Kacem

Open Access Case Report

PoCUS identification of distal biceps tendon rupture: a case report

Noman Ali, Alan Tan, Jordan Chenkin

Open Access Review

Emergency airway management in resource limited setting

Gbolahan Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori, Nicholas Aderinto, Mohammed Alsabri Hussein Alsabri

Open Access Research

Utilizing the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) to confirm the impact of emergency department management in sepsis patients: a cohort study from taiwan 1998–2020

Ming-Shun Hsieh, Kuan-Chih Chiu, Amrita Chattopadhyay, Tzu-Pin Lu, Shu-Hui Liao, Chia-Ming Chang, Yi-Chen Lee, Wei-En Lo, Vivian Chia-Rong Hsieh, Sung-Yuan Hu, Chorng-Kuang How

Open Access Image

A survivor with unexplained chest scars

Viviane Donner, Mathieu Affaticati, Elodie Izydorczyk, Sara Cereghetti

Open Access Research

An AI-based multiphase framework for improving the mechanical ventilation availability in emergency departments during respiratory disease seasons: a case study

Miguel Ortiz-Barrios, Antonella Petrillo, Sebastián Arias-Fonseca, Sally McClean, Fabio de Felice, Chris Nugent, Sheyla-Ariany Uribe-López

Open Access State of International Emergency Medicine

The state of emergency medicine in Greece: at critical momentum

Dimitrios Tsiftsis, Andrew Ulrich, George Notas, Anna Patrikakou, Eleanor Reid

Open Access Research

Clinical significance of elevated D-dimer in emergency department patients: a retrospective single-center analysis

Mohammed Alshalhoub, Faisal Alhusain, Feras Alsulaiman, Abdulaziz Alturki, Saud Aldayel, Majid Alsalamah

Open Access Research

Evaluation of elevated serum apelin-13 and D-dimer concentrations in individuals diagnosed with pulmonary embolism

Alireza Mehrban, Fatemeh Ahmadi Hajikolaei, Mehdi Karimi, Reza Khademi, Akram Ansari, Durdi Qujeq, Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki, Mahmood Monadi

Open Access Brief Report

Single intravenous dose ondansetron induces QT prolongation in adult emergency department patients: a prospective observational study

Mohammad Rezaei Zadeh Rukerd, Fatemeh Rafiei Shahrbabaki, Mitra Movahedi, Amin Honarmand, Pouria Pourzand, Amirhossein Mirafzal

Open Access Research

Bibliometric analysis of ChatGPT in medicine

Sharanya Gande, Murdoc Gould, Latha Ganti

Open Access Brief Report

Emergency department responses to nursing shortages

Nicole R. Hodgson, Richard Kwun, Chad Gorbatkin, Jeanie Davies, Jonathan Fisher

Open Access Research

Screening for harmful substance use in emergency departments: a systematic review

Jessica Moe, Justin Koh, Jennifer A. Ma, Lulu X. Pei, Eleanor MacLean, James Keech, Kaitlyn Maguire, Claire Ronsley, Mary M. Doyle-Waters, Jeffrey R. Brubacher

Open Access Research

Randomized controlled open-label trial to evaluate prioritization software for the secondary triage of patients in the pediatric emergency department

Thomas Lun, Jessica Schiro, Emeline Cailliau, Julien Tchokokam, Melany Liber, Claire de Jorna, Alain Martinot, François Dubos

Open Access Correction

Correction: Patient-controlled analgesia morphine for the management of acute pain in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Muhammad Baihaqi Oon, Nik Nik Ab. Rahman Hisamuddin, Norhayati Mohd Noor, Mohd Boniami Yazid

Open Access Research

From symptom onset to ED departure: understanding the acute care chain for patients with undifferentiated complaints: a prospective observational study

Lieke Claassen, Laura Magdalena Ritter, Gideon Hubertus Petrus Latten, Noortje Zelis, Jochen Willo Lennert Cals, Patricia Maria Stassen

Open Access Research

What factors are effective on the CPR duration of patients under extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a single-center retrospective study

Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Ibrahim Fawzy Hassan, Farshid Rahimi-Bashar, Hussam Elmelliti, Anzila Akbar, Ahmed Labib Shehata, Abdulsalam Saif Ibrahim, Ali Ait Hssain

Open Access Case Report

An unexpected case of tetanus in a fully immunized 20-year-old female: a case report

Mitsutoshi Okuda, Atsushi Morizane, Sunao Asaba, Saika Tsurui, Ryutaro Tsuno, Mariko Hatakenaka, Tomoko Sugimura, Yuichi Saisaka

Open Access Case Report

Guanfacine poisoning resulting in transient ST-segment elevation: a case report

Ichiro Hirayama, Yoshito Kamijo, Hiroko Abe, Minaho Nonaka, Tetsuhiro Yano, Mitsuru Ishii, Yoshiteru Tominaga

Open Access Review

Patients’ pathways to the emergency department: a scoping review

Målfrid Asheim Nummedal, Sarah Elizabeth King, Oddvar Uleberg, Sindre Andre Pedersen, Lars Petter Bjørnsen

Open Access Case Report

Double bad luck: pulmonary embolism and vaginal bleeding - a case report

Sarah Shiba, Jan Van Keer

Open Access Research

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric emergency department utilization in three regions in Switzerland

Michael von Rhein, Aziz Chaouch, Vivian Oros, Sergio Manzano, Gianluca Gualco, Marc Sidler, Ursula Laasner, Michelle Dey, Julia Dratva, Michelle Seiler, Szilvia Altwicker-Hámori, Thomas Volken, Frank Wieber

Open Access Research

Emergency medical services in Armenia: national call trends and future directions

Ani Arzoumanian, Anya Agopian, Marine Hovhannisyan, Sharon Chekijian, Aline Baghdassarian

Open Access Research

Limitations and consequences of public health models centred on hospitals and lacking connections with territorial and home-based social and health services

Lavinia Gentile, Martina Scaramella, Giuseppe Liotta, Andrea Magrini, Maria Franca Mulas, Giuseppe Quintavalle, Leonardo Palombi

Open Access Review

Emergency medicine residents and performance under pressure: learning from elite athletes’ experience

Gabrielle Trepanier, Viviane Falardeau, Gurpreet Sohi, Veronique Richard

Open Access Research

Factors and clinical prediction score for complication development after cellulitis diagnosis in adult patients

Welawat Tienpratarn, Chaiyaporn Yuksen, Joseph Daniel Pauly, Diana Vu, Anisa Noiwong Benbourenane, Nuttamon Sangskul