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BMC Emergency Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2016

Inhalt (47 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Predictive role of high sensitivity troponin T within four hours from presentation of acute coronary syndrome in elderly patients

Catharina Borna, Katarina Lockman Frostred, Ulf Ekelund

Open Access Research article

Pattern of acute poisoning at two urban referral hospitals in Lusaka, Zambia

Jessy Z’gambo, Yorum Siulapwa, Charles Michelo

Open Access Research article

Prehospital paths and hospital arrival time of patients with acute coronary syndrome or stroke, a prospective observational study

Carine J. M. Doggen, Marlies Zwerink, Hanneke M. Droste, Paul J. A. M. Brouwers, Gert K. van Houwelingen, Fred L. van Eenennaam, Rolf E. Egberink

Open Access Research article

Development and validation of clinical performance assessment in simulated medical emergencies: an observational study

Aysen Erdogan, Yue Dong, Xiaomei Chen, Christopher Schmickl, Ronaldo A. Sevilla Berrios, Lisbeth Y. Garcia Arguello, Rahul Kashyap, Oguz Kilickaya, Brian Pickering, Ognjen Gajic, John C. O’Horo

Open Access Research article

Emergency department visits for head trauma in the United States

Christopher E. Gaw, Mark R. Zonfrillo

Open Access Research article

Do male and female trauma patients receive the same prehospital care?: an observational follow-up study

Rebecka Rubenson Wahlin, Sari Ponzer, Hanna Lövbrand, Markus Skrivfars, Hans Morten Lossius, Maaret Castrén

Open Access Research article

Diagnostic value of end tidal capnography in patients with hyperglycemia in the emergency department

Ralphe Bou Chebl, Bryan Madden, Justin Belsky, Elie Harmouche, Lenar Yessayan

Open Access Research article

Use of the GlideScope®-Ranger for pre-hospital intubations by anaesthesia trained emergency physicians – an observational study

Sebastian G. Russo, Eike A. Nickel, Kay B. Leissner, Katrin Schwerdtfeger, Martin Bauer, Markus S. Roessler

Open Access Study protocol

Protocol: simulation training to improve 9-1-1 dispatcher identification of cardiac arrest

Hendrika Meischke, Ian Painter, Anne M. Turner, Marcia R. Weaver, Carol E. Fahrenbruch, Brooke R. Ike, Scott Stangenes

Open Access Research article

Prospective stratification of patients at risk for emergency department revisit: resource utilization and population management strategy implications

Bo Jin, Yifan Zhao, Shiying Hao, Andrew Young Shin, Yue Wang, Chunqing Zhu, Zhongkai Hu, Changlin Fu, Jun Ji, Yong Wang, Yingzhen Zhao, Yunliang Jiang, Dorothy Dai, Devore S. Culver, Shaun T. Alfreds, Todd Rogow, Frank Stearns, Karl G. Sylvester, Eric Widen, Xuefeng B. Ling

Open Access Research article

Use of diagnosis codes for detection of clinically significant opioid poisoning in the emergency department: A retrospective analysis of a surveillance case definition

Joseph M. Reardon, Katherine J. Harmon, Genevieve C. Schult, Catherine A. Staton, Anna E. Waller

Open Access Research article

A practical method for predicting frequent use of emergency department care using routinely available electronic registration data

Jianmin Wu, Shaun J. Grannis, Huiping Xu, John T. Finnell

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

BMC Emergency Medicine reviewer acknowledgement 2015

Giulia Mangiameli

Open Access Research article

Validation of a novel prediction model for early mortality in adult trauma patients in three public university hospitals in urban India

Martin Gerdin, Nobhojit Roy, Monty Khajanchi, Vineet Kumar, Li Felländer-Tsai, Max Petzold, Göran Tomson, Johan von Schreeb

Open Access Technical advance

Human temperatures for syndromic surveillance in the emergency department: data from the autumn wave of the 2009 swine flu (H1N1) pandemic and a seasonal influenza outbreak

Samantha F. Bordonaro, Daniel C. McGillicuddy, Francesco Pompei, Dmitriy Burmistrov, Charles Harding, Leon D. Sanchez

Open Access Study protocol

Higher diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness using procalcitonin in the treatment of emergency medicine patients with fever (The HiTEMP study): a multicenter randomized study

Yuri van der Does, Maarten Limper, Stephanie C. E. Schuit, Marten J. Poley, Joost van Rosmalen, Christian Ramakers, Peter Patka, Eric C. M. van Gorp, Pleunie P. M. Rood

Open Access Research article

Personal and professional challenges confronted by hospital staff following hurricane sandy: a qualitative assessment of management perspectives

Andrea M. Morris, Karen A. Ricci, Anne R. Griffin, Kevin C. Heslin, Aram Dobalian

Open Access Research article

Towards the development of a screening tool to enhance the detection of elder abuse and neglect by emergency medical technicians (EMTs): a qualitative study

M. Brad Cannell, Katelyn K. Jetelina, Matt Zavadsky, Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez

Open Access Research article

Influence of alcohol and other substances of abuse at the time of injury among patients in a Norwegian emergency department

Eirin Bakke, Stig Tore Bogstrand, Per Trygve Normann, Øivind Ekeberg, Liliana Bachs

Open Access Research article

A generic method for evaluating crowding in the emergency department

Andreas Halgreen Eiset, Mogens Erlandsen, Anders Brøns Møllekær, Julie Mackenhauer, Hans Kirkegaard

Open Access Research article

The CPR outcomes of online medical video instruction versus on-scene medical instruction using simulated cardiac arrest stations

Chaiyaporn Yuksen, Sorravit Sawatmongkornkul, Jarupol Tuangsirisup, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth, Yuwares Sittichanbuncha

Open Access Research article

Prediction of 90-day mortality in older patients after discharge from an emergency department: a retrospective follow-up study

Susanna E. Hofman, Jacinta A. Lucke, Noor Heim, Jelle de Gelder, Anne J. Fogteloo, Christian Heringhaus, Bas de Groot, Anton J. M. de Craen, Gerard Jan Blauw, Simon P. Mooijaart

Open Access Research article

Screening for frailty among older emergency department visitors: Validation of the new FRESH-screening instrument

Eklund Kajsa, Wilhelmson Katarina, Landahl Sten, Ivanoff-Dahlin Synneve

Open Access Research article

Epidemiology and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a developing country-a multicenter cohort study

Minaz Mawani, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Iqbal Azam, Amber Mehmood, Bryan McNally, Kent Stevens, Rozina Nuruddin, Mohammad Ishaq, Junaid Abdul Razzak

Open Access Research article

Mortality among head trauma patients taking preinjury antithrombotic agents: a retrospective cohort analysis from a Level 1 trauma centre

Sigrid Narum, Odd Brørs, Olav Stokland, Marianne K. Kringen

Open Access Research article

Saudi SCD patients’ symptoms and quality of life relative to the number of ED visits

Anwar E. Ahmed, Ahmed S. Alaskar, Donna K. McClish, Yosra Z. Ali, Mohammed H. Aldughither, Ahmad M. Al-Suliman, Hafiz M. Malhan

Open Access Research article

Prospective evaluation of an automated method to identify patients with severe sepsis or septic shock in the emergency department

Samuel M. Brown, Jason Jones, Kathryn Gibb Kuttler, Roger K. Keddington, Todd L. Allen, Peter Haug

Open Access Research article

Early prediction of outcome after severe traumatic brain injury: a simple and practical model

Sandro Rizoli, Ashley Petersen, Eileen Bulger, Raul Coimbra, Jeffrey D. Kerby, Joseph Minei, Laurie Morrison, Avery Nathens, Martin Schreiber, Airton Leonardo de Oliveira Manoel

Open Access Research article

Psychological distress in medical patients 30 days following an emergency department admission: results from a prospective, observational study

Lukas Faessler, Alexander Kutz, Sebastian Haubitz, Beat Mueller, Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello, Philipp Schuetz

Open Access Research article

Heart Fatty Acid Binding Protein and cardiac troponin: development of an optimal rule-out strategy for acute myocardial infarction

Joanna M. Young, John W. Pickering, Peter M. George, Sally J. Aldous, John Wallace, Chris M. Frampton, Richard W. Troughton, Mark A. Richards, Jaimi H. Greenslade, Louise Cullen, Martin P. Than

Open Access Research article

The incorporation of focused history in checklist for early recognition and treatment of acute illness and injury

Namita Jayaprakash, Rashid Ali, Rahul Kashyap, Courtney Bennett, Alexander Kogan, Ognjen Gajic

Open Access Research article

Barriers in detecting elder abuse among emergency medical technicians

Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez, M. Brad Cannell, Katelyn K. Jetelina, Sepeadeh Radpour

Open Access Research article

Keep it simple: vascular risk factors and focal exam findings correctly identify posterior circulation ischemia in “dizzy” patients

Karen Chen, Andrea L. C. Schneider, Rafael H. Llinas, Elisabeth B. Marsh

Open Access Research article

Outcomes associated with observation versus short-stay admission among chest pain patients in the Veterans Health Administration

Brad Wright, Amy M. J. O’Shea, Justin M. Glasgow, Padmaja Ayyagari, Mary Vaughan-Sarrazin

Open Access Research article

Primary triage nurses do not divert patients away from the emergency department at times of high in-hospital bed occupancy - a retrospective cohort study

Mathias C Blom, Karin Erwander, Lars Gustafsson, Mona Landin-Olsson, Fredrik Jonsson, Kjell Ivarsson

Open Access Research article

Dispatch guideline adherence and response interval—a study of emergency medical calls in Norway

Eirin N. Ellensen, Torben Wisborg, Steinar Hunskaar, Erik Zakariassen

Open Access Research article

Retrospective analysis of management of ingested foreign bodies and food impactions in emergency endoscopic setting in adults

Girolamo Geraci, Carmelo Sciume’, Giovanni Di Carlo, Antonino Picciurro, Giuseppe Modica

Open Access Research article

Intranasal ketamine for acute traumatic pain in the Emergency Department: a prospective, randomized clinical trial of efficacy and safety

Shachar Shimonovich, Roy Gigi, Amir Shapira, Tal Sarig-Meth, Danielle Nadav, Mattan Rozenek, Debra West, Pinchas Halpern

Open Access Study protocol

Testing a videogame intervention to recalibrate physician heuristics in trauma triage: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Deepika Mohan, Matthew R. Rosengart, Baruch Fischhoff, Derek C. Angus, Coreen Farris, Donald M. Yealy, David J. Wallace, Amber E. Barnato

Open Access Research article

Brief compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation training video and simulation with homemade mannequin improves CPR skills

Gregory K. Wanner, Arayel Osborne, Charlotte H. Greene

Open Access Research article

The Sydney Triage to Admission Risk Tool (START) to predict Emergency Department Disposition: A derivation and internal validation study using retrospective state-wide data from New South Wales, Australia

Michael M. Dinh, Saartje Berendsen Russell, Kendall J. Bein, Kris Rogers, David Muscatello, Richard Paoloni, Jon Hayman, Dane R. Chalkley, Rebecca Ivers

Open Access Study protocol

Prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study examining survival and a stakeholder-focused cost analysis

Johannes von Vopelius-Feldt, Jane Powell, Richard Morris, Jonathan Benger