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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2022

Inhalt (69 Artikel)

Open Access COVID-19 Educational advances in emergency medicine

Development of a remote learning educational model for international Emergency Medicine trainees in the era of COVID-19

Joseph D. Ciano, John Acerra, Aimee Tang

Open Access COVID-19 Case report

COVID-19 masquerading as a non-convulsive status epilepticus

Sofie Moorthamers, Thierry Preseau, Saïd Sanoussi, Marie-Dominique Gazagnes

Open Access Educational advances in emergency medicine

Self-efficacy beliefs and expectations during an Emergency Medicine Clerkship

Arif Alper Cevik, Elif Dilek Cakal, David Alao, Margret Elzubeir, Sami Shaban, Fikri Abu-Zidan

Open Access Original Research

Patient satisfaction, needs, and preferences concerning information dispensation at the emergency department: a cross-sectional observational study

Marank de Steenwinkel, Juanita A. Haagsma, Esther C. M. van Berkel, Lotte Rozema, Pleunie P. M. Rood, Marna G. Bouwhuis

Open Access COVID-19 Case report

Wernicke’s encephalopathy and cranial nerve VII palsy in a 24-year-old patient with COVID-19

Maya Alexandri, Bradford Z. Reynolds, Hunter Smith, Bradley Michael Golden, Hartmut Gross, Jeffrey A. Switzer

Open Access Original Research

Peripheral venous lactate levels substitute arterial lactate levels in the emergency department

Yasufumi Oi, Kosuke Mori, Hidehiro Yamagata, Ayako Nogaki, Tomoaki Takeda, Chikara Watanabe, Yusuke Sakaguchi, Fumihiro Ogawa, Takeru Abe, Shouhei Imaki, Ichiro Takeuchi

Open Access Case report

Leriche syndrome diagnosed due to polytrauma: a case report

Genki Yoshimura, Ryo Kamidani, Tomotaka Miura, Hideaki Oiwa, Yosuke Mizuno, Ryu Yasuda, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Tetsuya Fukuta, Takahito Miyake, Haruka Okamoto, Norihide Kanda, Tomoaki Doi, Hideshi Okada, Takahiro Yoshida, Shozo Yoshida, Shinji Ogura

Open Access COVID-19 Original Research

The use of monoclonal antibody therapy in pediatric patients with COVID-19: a retrospective case series

Jesse De Los Santos, Donna Bhisitkul, Matthew Carman, Kayla Wilson, Shannon Hasara, Karen Homa, Pedro Reyes, Andrew Bugajski, Andrew Barbera

Open Access COVID-19 Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine

Simultaneous interfacility transfer of multiple non-critically ill COVID-19 patients using a single vehicle: the ambulance bus experience

Dennis G. Barten, Remco van Zijl, Frank W. J. Körver, Nathalie A. L. R. Peters

Open Access Original Research

Impact of cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration on the neurological outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Hissah Albinali, Arwa Alumran, Saja Alrayes

Open Access Research

Effect of appropriate dose, spectrum, and timing of antibiotics on 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis in the emergency department

Pitsucha Sanguanwit, Chonpisit Monthonn, Thidathit Prachanukool, Karn Suttapanit

Open Access Clinical Image

Spinal epidural lipomatosis

Hanae Ramdani, Manal Jidal, Rachida Saouab, Imad-Eddine Sahri, Hassan En-Nouali, Jamal El Fenni

Open Access Review

Bradykinin-induced angioedema in the emergency department

Jacques Hébert, Jean-Nicolas Boursiquot, Hugo Chapdelaine, Benoit Laramée, Marylin Desjardins, Rémi Gagnon, Nancy Payette, Oleksandra Lepeshkina, Matthieu Vincent

Open Access Case Report

Moringa Oleifera leaf extract induced pulmonary embolism-a case report

Ebehiwele Ebhohon, Dwayvania Miller

Open Access Review

Stoma-related complications and emergencies

Rodrick Babakhanlou, Kelly Larkin, Angel G. Hita, John Stroh, Sai-Ching Yeung

Open Access Research

The Ramathibodi early warning score as a sepsis screening tool does not reduce the timing of antibiotic administration

Karn Suttapanit, Kamonwan Dangprasert, Pitsucha Sanguanwit, Praphaphorn Supatanakij

Open Access Case Report

Sudden quadriparesis after non-overdose local anesthesia

Wei-Chen Chen, Hsien-Yi Chen, Te-I. Weng, Chun-Kuei Chen

Open Access Case report

Extensive eczema herpeticum in a previously well child

Manal Almoalem, Ibrahim AlAlhareth, Hussa Alomer, Azzam Almarri, Awadh Alyami, Rakan Hamzah, Othub Albalawi, Salwa Alnoaimi

Open Access COVID-19 Original Research

Clinical characteristics and mortality associated with COVID-19 at high altitude: a cohort of 5161 patients in Bogotá, Colombia

David Rene Rodriguez Lima, Ángela María Pinzón Rondón, Cristhian Rubio Ramos, Darío Isaías Pinilla Rojas, Maria José Niño Orrego, Mateo Andrés Díaz Quiroz, Nicolás Molano-González, Jorge Enrique Ceballos Quintero, Alex Francisco Arroyo Santos, Ángela María Ruiz Sternberg

Open Access Original Research

Clinical and electrocardiogram presentations of patients with high serum potassium concentrations within emergency settings: a prospective study

Liqaa A. Raffee, Khaled Z. Alawneh, Muhannad J. Ababneh, Heba H. Hijazi, Rabah M. Al abdi, Mahmoud M. Aboozour, Fadi A. Alghzawi, Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi

Open Access Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine

Comparison of emergency airway management techniques in the performance of emergent Cricothyrotomy

Nicholas George, Gabriel Consunji, Jordan Storkersen, Fanglong Dong, Benjamin Archambeau, Richard Vara, Jan Serrano, Reza Hajjafar, Louis Tran, Michael M. Neeki

Open Access Correction

Correction: Extensive eczema herpeticum in a previously well child

Manal Almoalem, Ibrahim AlAlhareth, Hussa Alomer, Azzam Almarri, Awadh Alyami, Rakan Hamzah, Othub Albalawi, Salwa Alnoaimi

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest management and outcomes in a low-resource emergency medical service system: a perspective from Thailand

Sattha Riyapan, Jirayu Chantanakomes, Pakorn Roongsaenthong, Parinya Tianwibool, Borwon Wittayachamnankul, Jirapong Supasaovapak, Wasin Pansiritanachot

Open Access Research

Point of care ultrasound as initial diagnostic tool in acute dyspnea patients in the emergency department of a tertiary care center: diagnostic accuracy study

Himanshi Baid, Nagasubramanyam Vempalli, Subodh Kumar, Poonam Arora, Rohit Walia, Udit Chauhan, Krishna Shukla, Aakash Verma, Hannah Chawang, Disha Agarwal

Open Access Case Report

Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture presenting with focal weakness and altered mental status: a case report

Brigid M. Garrity, Eric Sugarman, Stephen Pulley

Open Access Review

Medical complications of obesity: heightened importance in a COVID era

Heather Prendergast, Carissa Tyo, Christopher Colbert, Morgan Kelley, Ruth Pobee

Open Access Original Research

Using social media in Kenya to quantify road safety: an analysis of novel data

J. Austin Lee, Lyndsey Armes, Benjamin W. Wachira

Open Access Case Report

Complex poisoning mainly with benzyl alcohol complicated by paralytic ileus: a case report

Hirotsugu Fukuda, Ryo Kamidani, Hideshi Okada, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Takahiro Yoshida, Shozo Yoshida, Shinji Ogura

Open Access Review

Homelessness and the use of Emergency Department as a source of healthcare: a systematic review

Neha Vohra, Vibhu Paudyal, Malcolm J. Price

Open Access Case Report

Abdominal pain and fever in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus: a case report

Max Ackerman, Arian Frost, Kimberly Stanford

Open Access Review

Patient-centered care in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-ethnographic synthesis

Anna Walsh, Elnaz Bodaghkhani, Holly Etchegary, Lindsay Alcock, Christopher Patey, Dorothy Senior, Shabnam Asghari

Open Access Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine

Evaluation of the use of individualized patient care plans in frequent emergency department visitors with pain complaints

Fred Blind, James Melton, Juliana Karp, Karen Oldano, Karen Homa, Alexandra Blanco, Reanna Leoni, Anthony Pazanese

Open Access Case Report

Acute abdomen due to anaphylactic intestinal edema associated with systematic mastocytosis: a case report

Tomoko Takagishi, Katsuhiko Miki, Shinsaku Imashuku, Katsushige Takagishi

Open Access Case Report

Cervical cord reperfusion injury: a rare complication of spine surgery

Wafa Hasan, Khalid Khan, Najla Alomani

Open Access Research

Impact of integrating out-of-hours services into Emergency Medical Services Copenhagen: a descriptive study of transformational years

Nienke D. Zinger, Stig Nikolaj Blomberg, Freddy Lippert, Thomas Krafft, Helle Collatz Christensen

Open Access Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine

Gamification of graduate medical education in an emergency medicine residency program

Shayne Gue, Joseph Ray, Latha Ganti

Open Access Case Report

Oral to nasal endotracheal tube exchange using tracheal tube guide and video laryngoscope in a pediatric patient with facial burns: a case report

Naoki Yogo, Taeko Sasaki, Masato Kozumi, Yuya Kinoshita, Yuichiro Muto, Katsuki Hirai, Yuichiro Yoshino

Open Access Research

Predictors of neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: sex-based analysis: do males derive greater benefit from hypothermia management than females?

Emad M. Awad, Karin H. Humphries, Brian E. Grunau, Colleen M. Norris, Jim M. Christenson

Open Access Research

The long-term impact of the earthquake on substance use

Hadis Amiri, Sevda Riyahifar, Nouzar Nakhaee, Mahmoud Nekoei-Moghadam

Open Access Review

Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome and cannabis withdrawal syndrome: a review of the management of cannabis-related syndrome in the emergency department

Mohammad Razban, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Vincent Della Santa, Eric P. Heymann

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Characteristics and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand

Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Waratchaya Nimnuan, Pitsucha Sanguanwit, Pongsakorn Atiksawedparit, Malivan Phontabtim, Yahya Mankong

Open Access Research

Comparison of the novel WEst coast System for Triage (WEST) with Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System (RETTS©): an observational pilot study

Samah Habbouche, Tobias Carlson, Daniel Johansson, Schani Kjaerbeck, Mathias Malm, Per-Arne Svensson, Lina Holmqvist

Open Access Case Report

Case series: acupuncture-related pneumothorax

Francesca Th’ng, Kailing Adriel Rao, Po Yu Huang

Open Access Brief Report

Prevalence of pathological arrhythmia in patients triaged to “cardiac arrhythmia” in the emergency department: a preliminary study

Julia Novotny, Matthias Michael Klein, Magda Haum, Stephanie Raphaela Fichtner, Manuela Bernadette Thienel

Open Access COVID-19 Case Report

Pneumococcal meningitis secondary to otitis media in two patients with COVID-19 omicron variant

Diego Franch-Llasat, Naya Bellaubí-Pallarés, Mar Olga Pérez-Moreno, Elena Chamarro-Martí, Esther García-Rodríguez, Ferran Roche-Campo

Open Access Research

External ventricular drain placement is associated with lower mortality after intracerebral hemorrhage with intraventricular hemorrhage

Andrew D. Warren, Qi Li, Kristin Schwab, Brenna McKaig, Alexa N. Goldstein, Steven M. Greenberg, Anand Viswanathan, Christopher Anderson, M. Edip Gurol, Aman Patel, Joshua N. Goldstein

Open Access Research

Comparison of in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of trauma patients in Qatar

Furqan B. Irfan, Rafael I. G. D. J. Consunji, Ruben Peralta, Ayman El-Menyar, Landric B. Dsouza, Jassim M. Al-Suwaidi, Rajvir Singh, Maaret Castrén, Therese Djärv, Guillaume Alinier

Open Access Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine

Palliative care team in a Brazilian tertiary emergency department

Frederica Montanari Lourençato, Carlos Henrique Miranda, Marcos de Carvalho Borges, Antonio Pazin-Filho

Open Access Research

Poisoning with central stimulant drugs: an observational study from Oslo, Norway

Erlend Ingebrigtsen, Per Sverre Persett, Mette Brekke, Fridtjof Heyerdahl, Knut Erik Hovda, Odd Martin Vallersnes

Open Access Case report

Isolated comminuted fracture of the cricoid cartilage and narrowing of the airway after a traumatic blunt injury of the neck: a case report

Saadat Mehrabi, Reza Hosseinpour, Mohammad Javad Yavari Barhaghtalab

Open Access Case Report

Clostridium myonecrosis — a rare and underdiagnosed condition in the elderly: a case with severe skipping lesions and an overview of treatment guidelines

Ellen Van Asbroeck, Ourania Vasileiadou, Sylvie De Laere, Eddy Van Hedent, Katleen Devue

Open Access Research

Surgical treatment features of liver gunshot wound with a dumdum bullet (expanding bullet)

Igor Lurin Anatoliyovych, Olexander Usenko Yuriyovych, Oleksandr Hrynenko Valentynovych

Open Access Research

Evaluation of baseline pediatric readiness of emergency departments in Manitoba, Canada

Alex Aregbesola, Oana Florescu, Clara Tam, Amanda Coyle, Lisa Knisley, Kaitlin Hogue, Darcy Beer, Scott Sawyer, Terry P. Klassen

Open Access Case Report

Aortic dissection following “ecstasy” use complicated by compartment syndrome

Erin McDonnell, Yi Zhou, Joshua Chao, Leonard Lee

Open Access Research

Physicians’ experiences and perceived challenges working in an emergency setting in Bharatpur, Nepal: a qualitative study

Kristoffer Lund Hansen, Åsmund Bratholm, Manohar Pradhan, Søren Mikkelsen, Louise Milling

Open Access Original Research

Improving safety and communication for healthcare providers caring for SARS-COV-2 patients

Ahmed Taher, Peter Glazer, Chris Culligan, Stephanie Crump, Steven Guirguis, Jennifer Jones, Alia Dharamsi, Lucas B. Chartier

Open Access Case Report

An unusual case of a traumatic splenic rupture masquerading as myocardial ischemia: a case report

B. M. Munasinghe, U. P. M. Fernando, Thileep Kumar, Chamika Huruggamuwa, K. A. R. L. Kuruppu, G. G. C. Hewawasam

Open Access Research

Current utilization of interosseous access in pediatrics: a population-based analysis using an EHR database, TriNetX

Meloria Hoskins, Samantha Sefick, Adrian D. Zurca, Vonn Walter, Neal J. Thomas, Conrad Krawiec

Open Access Original Research

Reducing 48-h emergency department revisits and subsequent admissions: a retrospective study of increased emergency medicine resident floor coverage

Pakhawadee Palungwachira, Gunnaree Montimanutt, Khrongwong Musikatavorn, Sorravit Savatmongkorngul

Open Access Research

Audit of a computerized version of the Manchester triage system and a SIRS-based system for the detection of sepsis at triage in the emergency department

Ken Dewitte, Elyne Scheurwegs, Sabrina Van Ierssel, Hilde Jansens, Karolien Dams, Ella Roelant

Open Access COVID-19 Research

The impact of COVID-19 on myocardial infarctions, strokes and out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrests: an observational retrospective study on time-sensitive disorders in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region (Italy)

Carlo Pegani, Giovanni Buttignon, Annarita Tullio, Marcello Naccarato, Paolo Manganotti, Serena Rakar, Enrico Fabris, Federico Nadalin, Vincenzo Mione, Gian Luigi Gigli, Simone Lorenzut, Leonardo Spedicato, Paolo Passadore, Daniela Pavan, Cristina Lutman, Manila Andrian, Massimo Borelli, Stefano Novello, Rita Belfiore, Chiara Daneluzzi, Gianfranco Sinagra, Alberto Peratoner

Open Access Case Report

Bowel obstruction secondary to internal hernia in a hereditary angioedema patient: a case report

Atsuhito Tanaka, Ji Young Huh, Takamasa Yamamoto, Ken Washio, Koichi Ariyoshi