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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2015

Inhalt (48 Artikel)

Open Access Original Research

Establishing research priorities for patient safety in emergency medicine: a multidisciplinary consensus panel

Amy C Plint, Antonia S Stang, Lisa A Calder

Open Access Original Research

Radiologic diagnostic procedures in severely injured patients - is only whole-body multislice computed tomography the answer?

Tobias Topp, Rolf Lefering, Caroline L Lopez, Steffen Ruchholtz, Wolfgang Ertel, Christian A Kühne

Open Access Review

‘Need-to-Know’ emergency medicine articles of 2014

Maite A Huis in ‘t Veld, Tu C Nguyen, Joseph P Martinez, Amal Mattu

Open Access Case report

Multi-organ dysfunction secondary to severe wasp envenomation

Abraham M Ittyachen, Shanavas Abdulla, Rifzana Fathima Anwarsha, Bhavya S Kumar

Open Access Original Research

Framework for classifying compliance and medical immediacy among low-acuity presentations at an urban trauma center

Joshua G Behr, Rafael Diaz, Barry Knapp, Cynthia Kratzke

Open Access Original Research

A rare but important adverse event associated with adult voluntary medical male circumcision: prolonged bleeding

Moses Galukande, Carol Kahendehe, Eria Buuza, Denis Bbaale Sekavuga

Open Access State of International Emergency Medicine

State of emergency medicine in Colombia

Christian Arbelaez, Andrés Patiño

Open Access Case report

Use of 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate in the treatment of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage complicated by dabigatran

Terrance R McGovern, Justin J McNamee, Christopher Malabanan, Mohamed A Fouad, Nilesh Patel

Open Access Brief Research Report

Emergency medical services key performance measurement in Asian cities

Nik Hisamuddin Rahman, Hideharu Tanaka, Sang Do Shin, Yih Yng Ng, Thammapad Piyasuwankul, Chih-Hao Lin, Marcus Eng Hock Ong

Open Access Case report

Hypertensive emergency presenting as blurry vision in a patient with hypertensive chorioretinopathy

Andrew W Stacey, Cemal B Sozener, Cagri G Besirli

Open Access Original Research

Managing the advanced cancer patient in the Australian emergency department environment: findings from a national survey of emergency department clinicians

Tracey J Weiland, Heather Lane, George A Jelinek, Claudia H Marck, Jennifer Weil, Mark Boughey, Jennifer Philip

Open Access Erratum

Erratum: 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 Van Lieshout, Peter Patka, Pleunie PM Rood

Open Access Clinical image

Traumatic lens dislocation

Sangil Lee, Alison Hayward, Venkatesh R Bellamkonda

Open Access Original Research

Burden of motorcycle-related injury in Malaysia

Nik Hisamuddin NA Rahman, Kamarul A Baharuddin, Syarifah Mastura S Mohamad

Open Access Educational advances in emergency medicine

Prognostic performance of the Rapid Emergency Medicine Score (REMS) and Worthing Physiological Scoring system (WPS) in emergency department

Duc T Ha, Tam Q Dang, Ngoc V Tran, Nhi Y Vo, Nguyen D Nguyen, Tuan V Nguyen

Open Access Original Research

Descriptive analysis of sepsis in a developing country

Gilbert Abou Dagher, Mothana Saadeldine, Rana Bachir, Dina Zebian, Ralphe Bou Chebl

Open Access State of International Emergency Medicine

State of emergency medicine in Rwanda 2015: an innovative trainee and trainer model

Gabin Mbanjumucyo, Elizabeth DeVos, Simon Pulfrey, Henry M Epino

Open Access Original Research

A structured assessment of emergency and acute care providers in Afghanistan during the current conflict

Leeda Rashid, Edris Afzali, Ross Donaldson, Paul Lazar, Raghnild Bundesmann, Samra Rashid

Open Access Original Research

Emergency medicine in Zanzibar: the effect of system changes in the emergency department

Oyvind Thomassen, Clifford Mann, Juma Salum Mbwana, Guttorm Brattebo

Open Access Original Research

The role of short-term volunteers in a global health capacity building effort: the Project HOPE-GEMC experience

Sarah D Rominski, Jamila Yakubu, Rockefeller A Oteng, Matt Peterson, Nadia Tagoe, Sue Anne Bell

Open Access Original Research

Trends in mortality associated with opening of a full-capacity public emergency department at the main tertiary-level hospital in Tanzania

Hendry R. Sawe, Juma A. Mfinanga, Victor Mwafongo, Teri A. Reynolds, Michael S. Runyon

Open Access Review

What’s in a name? Lower extremity fracture eponyms (Part 2)

Philip Kin-Wai Wong, Tarek N Hanna, Waqas Shuaib, Stephen M Sanders, Faisal Khosa

Open Access Original Research

A prospective evaluation of indications for neurological consultation in the emergency department

Christopher K Hansen, Jonathan Fisher, Nina R Joyce, Jonathan A Edlow

Open Access Review

What's in a name? Upper extremity fracture eponyms (Part 1)

Philip Kin-Wai Wong, Tarek N. Hanna, Waqas Shuaib, Stephen M. Sanders, Faisal Khosa

Open Access Original research

Reliability of Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) in Saudi Arabia

Mustafa Alquraini, Emad Awad, Ra’ed Hijazi

Open Access Original Research

Emergency department characteristics and capabilities in Bogotá, Colombia

Yury Bustos, Jenny Castro, Leana S. Wen, Ashley F. Sullivan, Dinah K. Chen, Carlos A. Camargo Jr.

Open Access Original research

Sick-leave and help seeking among rescue workers after the terror attacks in Norway, 2011

Astrid Gjerland, May Janne Botha Pedersen, Øivind Ekeberg, Laila Skogstad

Open Access Original Research

Unplanned 3-day re-attendance rate at Emergency Department (ED) and hospital’s bed occupancy rate (BOR)

Yan Sun, Bee Hoon Heng, Seow Yian Tay, Kelvin Brian Tan

Open Access Case report

Hemorrhagic shock from breast blunt trauma

Bryan Madden, Mayura Phadtare, Zeina Ayoub, Ralphe Bou Chebl

Open Access Original research

Dutch senior medical students and disaster medicine: a national survey

Luc J. M. Mortelmans, Stef J. M. Bouman, Menno I. Gaakeer, Greet Dieltiens, Kurt Anseeuw, Marc B. Sabbe

Open Access Original Research

Public awareness of the EMS system in Western Saudi Arabia: identifying the weakest link

A F Hamam, M H Bagis, K AlJohani, A H Tashkandi

Open Access Case report

Intrapericardial fibrinolysis in purulent pericarditis—case report

Małgorzata Dybowska, Barbara Kazanecka, Paweł Kuca, Janusz Burakowski, Cezary Czajka, Franciszek Grzegorczyk, Renata Gralec, Witold Tomkowski

Open Access Original Research

Does temporary location of ambulances (“fluid deployment”) affect response times and patient outcome?

Mahmoudreza Peyravi, Soheila Khodakarim, Per Örtenwall, Amir Khorram-Manesh

Open Access Original research

Promoting an obesity education program among minority patients in a single urban pediatric Emergency Department (ED)

Jordana J. Haber, Sukshant Atti, Linda M. Gerber, Muhammad Waseem

Open Access Original Research

Emergency department quality and safety indicators in resource-limited settings: an environmental survey

Emily L. Aaronson, Regan H. Marsh, Moytrayee Guha, Jeremiah D. Schuur, Shada A. Rouhani

Open Access Original research

Ventilation monitoring for severe pediatric traumatic brain injury during interfacility transport

Gregory Hansen, Jeff K. Vallance

Open Access State of International Emergency Medicine

An update on emergency care and emergency medicine in Russia

Anthony Rodigin

Open Access Clinical Image

Exercise-induced pneumomediastinum

Tomoyuki Tobushi, Kazuya Hosokawa, Keita Matsumoto, Toshiaki Kadokami

Open Access Notes from the field

A description of teaching methods using an on-site instructor versus a distant site instructor to train laryngoscopy to medical students in Hanoi, Vietnam, from Omaha, Nebraska, by video communication

Wesley G. Zeger, Chad E. Branecki, Thang T. Nguyen, Todd Hall, Ben Boedeker, David Boedeker, Michael C. Wadman

Open Access Review

Academic affairs and global health: how global health electives can accelerate progress towards ACGME milestones

Alison Schroth Hayward, Gabrielle A. Jacquet, Tracy Sanson, Hani Mowafi, Bhakti Hansoti

Open Access State of International Emergency medicine

A study of the workforce in emergency medicine in Israel 2012: what has changed in the last decade?

Michael J. Drescher, Zev Wimpfheimer, Aziz Darawsha, Ryan Sullivan, Aviva Goral, Limor Aharonson-Daniel

Open Access Original Research

Factors affecting communication in emergency departments: doctors and nurses’ perceptions of communication in a trilingual ED in Hong Kong

Jack K.H. Pun, Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen, Kristen A. Murray, Diana Slade