Ausgabe 1/2014
Inhalt (47 Artikel)
Sublingual buprenorphine for acute renal colic pain management: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial
Pooya Payandemehr, Mohammad Jalili, Babak Mostafazadeh Davani, Ahmad Reza Dehpour
Intravenous parecoxib sodium as an analgesic alternative to morphine in acute trauma pain in the emergency department
Kamarul Aryffin Baharuddin, Nik Hisamuddin NA Rahman, Shaik Farid Abdull Wahab, Nurkhairulnizam A Halim, Rashidi Ahmad
Occipital condyle fracture in a patient with neck pain
Muhammad Waseem, Ruchi Upadhyay, Husayn Al-Husayni, Samuel Agyare
Emergency medicine in the United Arab Emirates
Saleh Fares, Furqan B Irfan, Robert F Corder, Μuneer Abdulla Al Marzouqi, Ahmad Hasan Al Zaabi, Marwa Mubarak Idrees, Michael Abbo
The probability of patients being admitted from the emergency department is negatively correlated to in-hospital bed occupancy – a registry study
Mathias C Blom, Fredrik Jonsson, Mona Landin-Olsson, Kjell Ivarsson
Key operational characteristics in emergency department observation units: a comparative study between sites in the United States and Asia
Atthasit Komindr, Christopher W Baugh, Shamai A Grossman, J Stephen Bohan
Characterizing the limited use of point-of-care ultrasound in Colombian emergency medicine residencies
Patricia C Henwood, David Beversluis, Alissa A Genthon, Christina N Wilson, Brendan Norwood, Daniel Silva, Mark Foran, Mauricio G Romero, Yury B Martinez, Luis E Vargas, Alejandro C Ocampo, Carlos E Vallejo, Christian Arbelaez
A comparative analysis of risk stratification tools for emergency department patients with chest pain
Ellen Burkett, Thomas Marwick, Ogilvie Thom, Anne-Maree Kelly
Rate, characteristics, and factors associated with high emergency department utilization
M Christien van der Linden, Crispijn L van den Brand, Naomi van der Linden, Anna HJH Rambach, Caro Brumsen
Pediatric emergency medical care in Yerevan, Armenia: a knowledge and attitudes survey of out-of-hospital emergency physicians
Aline A Baghdassarian, Ross I Donaldson, Andrew D DePiero, Nancy L Chernett, Harsh Sule
Clinical presentation of acute appendicitis in adults at the Chris Hani Baragwanath academic hospital
Richard Nshuti, Deirdré Kruger, Thifheli E Luvhengo
Patients in a private hospital in India leave the emergency department against medical advice for financial reasons
Sassan Naderi, John R Acerra, Kathryn Bailey, Pinaki Mukherji, Taraknath Taraphdar, Tirtha Mukherjee, Abin Pal, Mary Frances Ward, Kathryn Miele, Maxwell Mathias, Richard Tan, Myriam Kline, Kumar Alagappan, Robert Silverman
Preparing for effective communications during disasters: lessons from a World Health Organization quality improvement project
Laura N Medford-Davis, G Bobby Kapur
Evaluating the effect of emergency department crowding on triage destination
Erin O’Connor, Mathieu Gatien, Cindy Weir, Lisa Calder
Fracture prevalence during an unusual period of snow and ice in the Netherlands
Crispijn L van den Brand, M Christien van der Linden, Naomi van der Linden, Steven J Rhemrev
Associations between in-hospital bed occupancy and unplanned 72-h revisits to the emergency department: a register study
Mathias C Blom, Fredrik Jonsson, Mona Landin-Olsson, Kjell Ivarsson
Unscheduled return visits to a Dutch inner-city emergency department
M Christien van der Linden, Robert Lindeboom, Rob de Haan, Naomi van der Linden, Ernie RJT de Deckere, Cees Lucas, Steven J Rhemrev, J Carel Goslings
Serum lactate as a predictor of early outcomes among trauma patients in Uganda
Michael Okello, Patson Makobore, Robert Wangoda, Alex Upoki, Moses Galukande
Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
Carl Frederik Brandt Simonÿ, Mikkel Malham, Jacob Kanstrup, Piotr Wojtek, Folmer Lynggaard, Stig Andersen
Who gets post-concussion syndrome? An emergency department-based prospective analysis
Latha Ganti, Hussain Khalid, Pratik Shashikant Patel, Yasamin Daneshvar, Aakash N Bodhit, Keith R Peters
Self-referred patients at the Emergency Department: patient characteristics, motivations, and willingness to make a copayment
Janneke de Valk, Elisabeth M Taal, Mariette S Nijhoff, Maren H Harms, Esther MM Lieshout, Peter Patka, Pleunie PM Rood
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy secondary to intracranial hemorrhage
Mai Shimada, Jonathan D Rose
Retrospective study of elderly frequent attenders presenting with chest pain at emergency department
Faraz Zarisfi, Qi En Hong, Pauline See Joon Seah, Huihua Li, Susan Yap, Marcus Eng Hock Ong
The display effects of patients’ self-assessment on traumatic acute pain on the proportion and timing of analgesics administration in the emergency department
Nik Hisamuddin NA Rahman, Cecilia Ananthanosamy
Fournier's gangrene after adult male circumcision
Moses Galukande, Dennis Bbaale Sekavuga, Alex Muganzi, Alex Coutinho
Challenging script concordance test reference standard by evidence: do judgments by emergency medicine consultants agree with likelihood ratios?
Seyed-Foad Ahmadi, Shahin Khoshkish, Kamran Soltani-Arabshahi, Peyman Hafezi-Moghadam, Golara Zahmatkesh, Parisa Heidari, Davood Baba-Beigloo, Hamid R Baradaran, Shahram Lotfipour
Lemierre's syndrome secondary to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection presenting with cardiac tamponade, a rare disease with a life-threatening presentation: a case report
Sonali Sihindi Chapa Gunatilake, Lakmini Gunarathna Yapa, Malinga Gallala, Rohitha Gamlath, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Harith Wimalaratna
Teaching and evaluating multitasking ability in emergency medicine residents - what is the best practice?
Kenneth WJ Heng
Knowledge and practices of Thai emergency physicians regarding the care of delirious elderly patients
Jiraporn Sri-on, Gregory Philip Tirrell, Prasit Wuthisuthimethawee, Shan Woo Liu
Emergency department diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in a patient with left atrial sarcoma
Maricel Dela Cruz, Jeremy Seelinger Devey
Ring-shaped calcific constrictive pericarditis strangling the heart: a case report
Mu Sook Lee, Joon Hyouk Choi, Young Uck Kim, Su Wan Kim
Prospective external validation of an accelerated (2-h) acute coronary syndrome rule-out process using a contemporary troponin assay
Anne-Maree Kelly, Sharon Klim
Abdominal emergencies in the geriatric patient
Ryan Spangler, Thuy Van Pham, Danya Khoujah, Joseph P Martinez
Endotracheal intubation with a video-assisted semi-rigid fiberoptic stylet by prehospital providers
Derek R Cooney, Charles Beaudette, Brian M Clemency, Christopher Tanski, Susan Wojcik
Trauma training course: innovative teaching models and methods for training health workers in active conflict zones of Eastern Myanmar
Charles H Washington, Francis J Tyler, Julia Davis, Douglas R Shapiro, Adam Richards, Matthew Richard, Thomas J Lee, Taryn L Colton, Louis Berk, Loren Rauch, Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, Richard Hahn, Lawrence M Stock
A prospective evaluation of the contribution of ambient temperatures and transport times on infrared thermometry readings of intravenous fluids utilized in EMS patients
Jeremy Joslin, Andrew Fisher, Susan Wojcik, Derek R Cooney
Isolated middle cerebral artery dissection: a systematic review
Ganesh Asaithambi, Pradeepan Saravanapavan, Vaibhav Rastogi, Sheema Khan, Sharatchandra Bidari, Anna Y Khanna, Latha Ganti, Adnan I Qureshi, Vishnumurthy Shushrutha Hedna
Telemedicine in pre-hospital care: a review of telemedicine applications in the pre-hospital environment
Ahjoku Amadi-Obi, Peadar Gilligan, Niall Owens, Cathal O’Donnell
Self-referring patients at the emergency department: appropriateness of ED use and motives for self-referral
M Christien van der Linden, Robert Lindeboom, Naomi van der Linden, Crispijn L van den Brand, Rianne C Lam, Cees Lucas, Rob de Haan, J Carel Goslings
A rare case of oesophageal rupture: Boerhaave's syndrome
Gerben van der Weg, Marald Wikkeling, Maarten van Leeuwen, Ewoud ter Avest
Does repeat Hb measurement within 2 hours after a normal initial Hb in stable trauma patients add value to trauma evaluation?
Joanne C Sierink, Pieter Joosse, Steve MM de Castro, Niels WL Schep, J Carel Goslings
Perspectives of South American physicians hosting foreign rotators in emergency medicine
Steve O’Donnell, David H Adler, Pholaphat Charles Inboriboon, Hermenegildo Alvarado, Raul Acosta, Daniel Godoy-Monzon
Improving recognition of patients at risk in a Portuguese general hospital: results from a preliminary study on the early warning score
Nuno Correia, Rui Paulo Rodrigues, Márcia Carvalho Sá, Paula Dias, Luís Lopes, Artur Paiva
The emergency to home project: impact of an emergency department care coordinator on hospital admission and emergency department utilization among seniors
Christopher Matthew Bond, Elizabeth A Freiheit, Lesley Podruzny, Alianu Akawakun Kingsly, Dongmei Wang, Jamie Davenport, Abram Gutscher, Cathy Askin, Allison Taylor, Vivian Lee, Queenie Choo, Eddy Samuel Lang
Nursing home-acquired pneumonia: course and management in the emergency department
Syed Imran Ayaz, Nadia Haque, Claire Pearson, Patrick Medado, Duane Robinson, Robert Wahl, Marcus Zervos, Brian J O’Neil
The preparedness level of final year medical students for an adequate medical approach to emergency cases: computer-based medical education in emergency medicine
Akan Karakus, Nurettin Şenyer
Cerebrospinal fluid lactate level as a diagnostic biomarker for bacterial meningitis in children
Eduardo Mekitarian Filho, Sérgio Massaru Horita, Alfredo Elias Gilio, Lise E Nigrovic