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Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:25
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Comparison of emergency airway management techniques in the performance of emergent Cricothyrotomy
Emergent cricothyrotomy (EC) is a rare and lifesaving procedure to secure a difficult airway when other methods have failed. Many techniques have been discussed in the literature. This study aimed to identify ...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:24 -
Clinical and electrocardiogram presentations of patients with high serum potassium concentrations within emergency settings: a prospective study
Elevated potassium level is a common and reversible peri-arrest condition. Diagnosis and management of hyperkalemia in a short time is critical, where electrocardiogram (ECG) alterations might be helpful. We a...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:23 -
Clinical characteristics and mortality associated with COVID-19 at high altitude: a cohort of 5161 patients in Bogotá, Colombia
There are few data on the clinical outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in cities over 1000 m above sea level (masl).
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:22 -
Extensive eczema herpeticum in a previously well child
Eczema herpeticum, also known as Kaposi varicelliform eruption, is a potentially life-threatening disseminated cutaneous viral infection. In the majority of cases, this condition develops as a complication in ...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:21 -
Hemorrhagic shock due to colonic arteriovenous malformation in late pregnancy: a case report
Intestinal arteriovenous malformations are difficult to detect because they often present asymptomatically. However, pregnancy increases the hemorrhagic risk of intestinal arteriovenous malformations. This can...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:20 -
Sudden quadriparesis after non-overdose local anesthesia
A well-known anesthetic, lidocaine is the most widely used local anesthetic. Local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) is a life-threatening event with common and prominent presentations of central nervous sys...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:19 -
The Ramathibodi early warning score as a sepsis screening tool does not reduce the timing of antibiotic administration
Administration of antibiotics to septic patients within 1 h was recommended in 2018 by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) as a strategy to improve survival outcomes. The use of sepsis screening tools in emerg...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:18 -
Stoma-related complications and emergencies
Stoma creations are common procedures in surgical specialties. They can be created either as a temporary or a permanent measure. Despite advancements in surgical technique and stoma care, complications are com...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:17 -
Moringa Oleifera leaf extract induced pulmonary embolism-a case report
M. oleifera leaf extract supplement is famous for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antifertility, anticancer, antihepatotoxic, and antiulcer properties. However, limited data exist on the coagul...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:16 -
Bradykinin-induced angioedema in the emergency department
Acute airway angioedema commonly occurs through two distinct mechanisms: histamine- and bradykinin-dependent. Although they respond to distinct treatments, these two potentially life-threatening states present...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:15 -
Spinal epidural lipomatosis
Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is a rare pathologic growth of histologically normal nonencapsulated adipose tissue in the epidural space. It can cause myelopathy or radiculopathy. Etiologies include chronic...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:14 -
Effect of appropriate dose, spectrum, and timing of antibiotics on 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis in the emergency department
Appropriate antibiotics prescribing is key to treatment and to preventing mortality in patients with sepsis. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the appropriate timing, spectrum, and dose of a...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:13 -
Impact of cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration on the neurological outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Patients experiencing cardiac arrest outside medical facilities are at greater risk of death and might have negative neurological outcomes. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration affects neurological outcomes ...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:12 -
Rare case of Torsades de Pointes in severe hypothyroidism: literature review and challenges in management
Hypothyroidism can manifest as several important cardiac abnormalities. There are few reports of ventricular dysrhythmias (VDs) in hypothyroidism. We described a rare case of VDs in severe hypothyroidism and r...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:11 -
Simultaneous interfacility transfer of multiple non-critically ill COVID-19 patients using a single vehicle: the ambulance bus experience
During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital capacity in the Netherlands has been pushed to its limits. In order to prevent hospitals from collapse due to capacity issues, hospitalized COVID-19 patients were redistr...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:10 -
The use of monoclonal antibody therapy in pediatric patients with COVID-19: a retrospective case series
Monoclonal antibody (MCA) therapies have been utilized under emergency use authorization (EUA) for high-risk pediatric patients with mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the outpatient setti...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:9 -
Leriche syndrome diagnosed due to polytrauma: a case report
Leriche syndrome is caused by atherosclerosis and is often characterized by symptoms such as intermittent claudication and numbness and coldness of the lower limbs. Its exact prevalence and incidence are unkno...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:8 -
Peripheral venous lactate levels substitute arterial lactate levels in the emergency department
Arterial lactate (AL) level is an important predictor of patient prognosis. AL and peripheral venous lactate (PVL) in blood gas analysis have a low concordance rate, and PVL cannot be used as a substitute for ...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:7 -
Wernicke’s encephalopathy and cranial nerve VII palsy in a 24-year-old patient with COVID-19
Many documented secondary neurologic manifestations are associated with COVID-19, including mild peripheral and central nervous system disorders (such as hypo/anosmia, hypo/ageusia, and cranial nerve VII palsy...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:6 -
Patient satisfaction, needs, and preferences concerning information dispensation at the emergency department: a cross-sectional observational study
Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of emergency care quality and has been associated with information dispensation at the emergency department (ED). Optimal information dispensation could improve p...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:5 -
Self-efficacy beliefs and expectations during an Emergency Medicine Clerkship
Undergraduate emergency medicine (EM) training is important because all medical graduates are expected to have basic emergency knowledge and skills regardless of their future speciality. EM clerkship should pr...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:4 -
COVID-19 masquerading as a non-convulsive status epilepticus
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), more and more atypical presentations of COVID-19 are being re...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:3 -
Development of a remote learning educational model for international Emergency Medicine trainees in the era of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has pressured post-graduate medical education programs to shift from traditional in-person teaching to remote teaching and learning. Remote learning in medical education has been describe...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:2 -
Tenecteplase vs. alteplase for acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review
Thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with alteplase is the currently approved therapy for patients who present within 4.5 h of symptom onset and meet criteria. Recently, there has been interest in the ...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:1 -
Emergency medicine in Brazil: historical perspective, current status, and future challenges
Emergency medicine (EM) in Brazil has achieved critical steps toward its development in the last decades including its official recognition as a specialty in 2016. In this article, we worked in collaboration w...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:79 -
Keywords reflecting sepsis presentation based on mode of emergency department arrival: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Current sepsis screening tools are predominantly based on vital signs. However, patients with serious infections frequently present with normal vital signs and there has been an increased interest to include o...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:78 -
A fatal case of traumatic brain injury with severe coagulopathy due to Rhabdophis tigrinus (yamakagashi) bites: a case report
Yamakagashi venom is a prothrombin activator, leading to disseminated intravascular coagulation. We report a fatal case of severe coagulopathy from head trauma assumed to be caused by a yamakagashi bite.
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:77 -
Point of tangency between coronavirus disease and endothelial injury
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:76 -
Bioresorbable plate fracture after cranioplasty caused by head injury: a pediatric case
Recently, bone fixation materials have been developed as surgical materials. Bioabsorbable materials offer several advantages over other materials and are widely used. We report a rare case of the fracture of ...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:75 -
Spontaneous globe subluxation: a case report and review of the literature
Spontaneous globe subluxation (SGS) is an atraumatic anterior dislocation of the eyeball. It is exceedingly rare. Understanding SGS predisposing factors may help uncover its etiology and undertake vision-savin...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:74 -
Pediatric tizanidine toxicity reversed with naloxone: a case report
Tizanidine, an α-2 adrenoceptor agonist, is widely prescribed for the management of spasticity in adults. Case reports on pediatric tizanidine overdose are limited. Here, we report a case of pediatric tizanidi...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:73 -
Feasibility and efficacy of text messaging to promote care among trauma patients screened for HIV at an urban emergency department in Tanzania
Due to the high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Tanzania, provider-initiated HIV testing for patients attending any health care setting is recommended. However, follow-up and linkage to car...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:72 -
Incidence and prevalence of violence toward health care workers in emergency departments: a multicenter cross-sectional survey
Workplace violence and abuse in the emergency department (ED) has increasingly become a serious and alarming phenomenon worldwide where health care professionals are more prone to violence compared with other ...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:71 -
Case report: “an unexpected origin of coma in a young adult”
We report a peculiar case of acute non-traumatic coma due to neuromuscular hypoventilation syndrome caused by a non-traumatic spinal cord injury (NTSCI). A 21-year-old patient presented to the emergency room c...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:70 -
Frequency of alterations in qSOFA, SIRS, MEWS and NEWS scores during the emergency department stay in infectious patients: a prospective study
For emergency department (ED) patients with suspected infection, a vital sign-based clinical rule is often calculated shortly after the patient arrives. The clinical rule score (normal or abnormal) provides in...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:69 -
Prevalence of hepatopancreatic injury and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 in USA
(1) To determine the prevalence of hepatopancreatic injury in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. (2) To correlate hepatopancreatic injury in COVID-19 with mortality, disease severity, and length of ...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:68 -
Urosepsis secondary to ureterosciatic hernia corrected with ureteral stent placement: a case report and literature review
Ureterosciatic hernia is a rare type of pelvic floor herniation that occurs through the sciatic foramen. The resulting ureteral obstruction may lead to hydronephrosis and to further complications including uri...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:67 -
Emergency department point-of-care ultrasound for upper extremity deep venous thrombosis ED POCUS for upper extremity DVT
Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT) is an uncommon disease but has to be carefully considered in patients with isolated unilateral upper limb swelling due to its potential to cause devastating complic...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:66 -
A peculiar case of psychosis: anti-NMDAr encephalitis
Psychosis in pregnancy is rare and could be life-threatening. It requires prompt evaluation and proper management accordingly. Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAr) encephalitis following herpes simp...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:65 -
Mental health-related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic
We aimed to describe the epidemiology of all pediatric emergency department visits (focusing on mental health-related visits versus total visits) at the University Children’s Hospital of Nice (France) from 1 J...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:64 -
Correction to: Case report: appendicitis induced Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in a young healthy male
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:63 -
The use of a formative OSCE to prepare emergency medicine residents for summative OSCEs: a mixed-methods cohort study
The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is a part of emergency medicine (EM) examinations such as the Masters of Medicine in Emergency Medicine (MMed) examination and the equivalent Member of the ...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:62 -
Interhospital transfer of COVID-19 patients treated with high-flow nasal oxygen therapy
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, early intubation was recommended on the basis of worldwide observations of severe hypoxemia. However, some patients were ultimately able to benefit from high-flow nasal c...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:61 -
Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma: a case report
Spinal epidural hematomas usually occur under certain conditions; they rarely occur spontaneously. The prevalence of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is ~ 0.1 per 100,000, and the male-to-female ratio is a...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:60 -
Impact of a binary triage system and structural reorganization of emergency department on health care workers exposed to suspected COVID-19 patients—a single-centre analysis
A binary triage system based on infectivity and facilitated by departmental restructuring was developed to manage suspected COVID-19 patients with an aim to provide effective prevention and control of infectio...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:59 -
A rare case of persistent air leak: beware of all the tubes
Patients with acute respiratory failure, impaired consciousness, and impaired airway reflexes will require invasive mechanical ventilation. Monitoring of such patients is important. The use of ventilator scala...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:58 -
Language diversity and challenges to communication in Indian emergency departments
Communication in emergency departments (ED) in India is complicated by the country’s immense language diversity. Prior research has revealed challenges in language and communication as barriers to care. Our ob...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:57 -
Early diagnosis and critical management of wound botulism in the emergency department: a single center experience and literature review
Clostridium botulinum remains a major threat to a select population of subcutaneous and intramuscular drug users. We conducted a retrospective study of patients who were diagnosed with wound botulism and their...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:56 -
Successful treatment of severe electrolyte imbalance-induced cardiac arrest caused by adrenal tuberculosis with ECMO in the ED
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease, common in China. TB bacteria can invade multiple organs throughout the body, but they rarely cause critical illness. We present a complex critically ill case ...
Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:55
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