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  1. To describe the process of implementing a palliative care team (PCT) in a Brazilian public tertiary university hospital and compare this intervention as an active in-hospital search (strategy I) with the Emerg...

    Authors: Frederica Montanari Lourençato, Carlos Henrique Miranda, Marcos de Carvalho Borges and Antonio Pazin-Filho
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:53
    Content type: Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine Published on:

  2. Cardiac arrests in admitted hospital patients with trauma have not been described in the literature. We defined “in-hospital cardiac arrest of a trauma” (IHCAT) patient as “cessation of circulatory activity in...

    Authors: 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 and Guillaume Alinier
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:52
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. Many patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) develop intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), which is associated with higher mortality and worse clinical outcome. External ventricular drains (EVDs) are often p...

    Authors: Andrew D. Warren, Qi Li, Kristin Schwab, Brenna McKaig, Alexa N. Goldstein, Steven M. Greenberg, Anand Viswanathan, Christopher Anderson, M. Edip Gurol, Aman Patel and Joshua N. Goldstein
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:51
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. The SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant produces more symptoms in the upper respiratory tract than in the lower respiratory tract. This form of “common cold” can cause inflammation of the oropharynx and the Eustachian ...

    Authors: Diego Franch-Llasat, Naya Bellaubí-Pallarés, Mar Olga Pérez-Moreno, Elena Chamarro-Martí, Esther García-Rodríguez and Ferran Roche-Campo
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:50
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  5. Symptoms caused by cardiac arrhythmia are common problems that lead to presentation to the emergency department. However, the prevalence of pathological heart rhythm in patients triaged for cardiac arrhythmia ...

    Authors: Julia Novotny, Matthias Michael Klein, Magda Haum, Stephanie Raphaela Fichtner and Manuela Bernadette Thienel
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:49
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  6. Acupuncture has become a more popular complementary and alternative medicine worldwide. As pneumothorax is a rare acupuncture-related adverse event (AE), it is thought to be under-recognized by acupuncturists ...

    Authors: Francesca Th’ng, Kailing Adriel Rao and Po Yu Huang
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:48
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  7. Most Swedish emergency departments (ED) use the triage system Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System (RETTS©), which over time has proven to prioritize patients to higher triage levels. When many patients...

    Authors: Samah Habbouche, Tobias Carlson, Daniel Johansson, Schani Kjaerbeck, Mathias Malm, Per-Arne Svensson and Lina Holmqvist
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:47
    Content type: Research Published on:

  8. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and bystander CPR with public-access defibrillation improves OHCA survival outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed ...

    Authors: Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Waratchaya Nimnuan, Pitsucha Sanguanwit, Pongsakorn Atiksawedparit, Malivan Phontabtim and Yahya Mankong
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:46
    Content type: Research Published on:

  9. Cannabis-related medical consultations are increasing worldwide, a non-negligible public health issue; patients presenting to acute care traditionally complain of abdominal pain and vomiting. Often recurrent, ...

    Authors: Mohammad Razban, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Vincent Della Santa and Eric P. Heymann
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:45
    Content type: Review Published on:

  10. Earthquake is associated with several health conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and cardiovascular disease. However, the association between earthquakes and substance use has ...

    Authors: Hadis Amiri, Sevda Riyahifar, Nouzar Nakhaee and Mahmoud Nekoei-Moghadam
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:44
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. Previous studies of the effect of sex on after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes focused on survival to hospital discharge and 1-month survival. Studies on the effect of sex on neurological functi...

    Authors: Emad M. Awad, Karin H. Humphries, Brian E. Grunau, Colleen M. Norris and Jim M. Christenson
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:43
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. Airway management in children with severe burns is difficult because of airway edema and prolonged duration of ventilatory management. There is insufficient evidence to suggest that tracheostomy is beneficial ...

    Authors: Naoki Yogo, Taeko Sasaki, Masato Kozumi, Yuya Kinoshita, Yuichiro Muto, Katsuki Hirai and Yuichiro Yoshino
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:42
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  13. Our program implemented East EMWars, a year-long, longitudinal game that added competition to our existing curricular content. We surveyed residents to investigate the impact of gamification in emergency medic...

    Authors: Shayne Gue, Joseph Ray and Latha Ganti
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:41
    Content type: Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Published on:

  14. Many emergency medical services and out-of-hours systems are facing an increasing demand for primary, ambulance, and secondary care services caused by population aging and a higher prevalence of long-term and ...

    Authors: Nienke D. Zinger, Stig Nikolaj Blomberg, Freddy Lippert, Thomas Krafft and Helle Collatz Christensen
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:40
    Content type: Research Published on:

  15. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedure has been considered the surgical procedure of choice for the management of degenerative cervical myelopathy. Postoperative paresis is one of the most serious a...

    Authors: Wafa Hasan, Khalid Khan and Najla Alomani
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:39
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  17. Pain is one of the most common complaints that patients present to the emergency department for; emergency medicine providers are tasked with providing appropriate pain relief while simultaneously limiting the...

    Authors: Fred Blind, James Melton, Juliana Karp, Karen Oldano, Karen Homa, Alexandra Blanco, Reanna Leoni and Anthony Pazanese
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:37
    Content type: Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine Published on:

  18. Patient-centered care (PCC) is an emerging priority in many healthcare settings but lacks clarity in the emergency department (ED). It is of interest to know what PCC practices are most important to patients t...

    Authors: Anna Walsh, Elnaz Bodaghkhani, Holly Etchegary, Lindsay Alcock, Christopher Patey, Dorothy Senior and Shabnam Asghari
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:36
    Content type: Review Published on:

  19. Neutropenic enterocolitis (NE), or typhlitis, a condition typically associated with severe neutropenia in the setting of chemotherapy, is highly morbid (50–100%) and benefits from early diagnosis. It has been ...

    Authors: Max Ackerman, Arian Frost and Kimberly Stanford
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:35
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  22. Persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) often use hospital Emergency Department (ED) as the only source of healthcare. The aim of this study was to undertake a systematic review to identify the prevalence, cli...

    Authors: Neha Vohra, Vibhu Paudyal and Malcolm J. Price
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:32
    Content type: Review Published on:

  23. Benzyl alcohol is used as stripping agent in paints and other applications, and benzyl alcohol poisoning is indicated by symptoms, such as impaired consciousness, respiratory depression, hypotension, metabolic...

    Authors: Hirotsugu Fukuda, Ryo Kamidani, Hideshi Okada, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Takahiro Yoshida, Shozo Yoshida and Shinji Ogura
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:31
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  24. Road traffic injuries are a large and growing cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa. Systematic data collection for traffic incidents in Kenya is lacking an...

    Authors: J. Austin Lee, Lyndsey Armes and Benjamin W. Wachira
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:30
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  26. Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) can present asymptomatically and may be found through routine screening or seen incidentally on imaging. Rupture due to weaking of the aortic wall is the main complication of a...

    Authors: Brigid M. Garrity, Eric Sugarman and Stephen Pulley
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:28
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  27. Dyspnea is one of the common symptoms patients present to the emergency department (ED). The broad spectrum of differentials often requires laboratory and radiological testing in addition to clinical evaluatio...

    Authors: Himanshi Baid, Nagasubramanyam Vempalli, Subodh Kumar, Poonam Arora, Rohit Walia, Udit Chauhan, Krishna Shukla, Aakash Verma, Hannah Chawang and Disha Agarwal
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:27
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has been of interest worldwide. However, evidence from low-resource emergency medical service systems is ...

    Authors: Sattha Riyapan, Jirayu Chantanakomes, Pakorn Roongsaenthong, Parinya Tianwibool, Borwon Wittayachamnankul, Jirapong Supasaovapak and Wasin Pansiritanachot
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:26
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. 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 ...

    Authors: Nicholas George, Gabriel Consunji, Jordan Storkersen, Fanglong Dong, Benjamin Archambeau, Richard Vara, Jan Serrano, Reza Hajjafar, Louis Tran and Michael M. Neeki
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:24
    Content type: Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Published on:

  31. 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...

    Authors: Liqaa A. Raffee, Khaled Z. Alawneh, Muhannad J. Ababneh, Heba H. Hijazi, Rabah M. Al abdi, Mahmoud M. Aboozour, Fadi A. Alghzawi and Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:23
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  32. 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).

    Authors: 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 and Ángela María Ruiz Sternberg
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:22
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  33. 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 ...

    Authors: Manal Almoalem, Ibrahim AlAlhareth, Hussa Alomer, Azzam Almarri, Awadh Alyami, Rakan Hamzah, Othub Albalawi and Salwa Alnoaimi
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:21
    Content type: Case report Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:25

  35. 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...

    Authors: Wei-Chen Chen, Hsien-Yi Chen, Te-I. Weng and Chun-Kuei Chen
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:19
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  36. 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...

    Authors: Karn Suttapanit, Kamonwan Dangprasert, Pitsucha Sanguanwit and Praphaphorn Supatanakij
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. 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...

    Authors: Rodrick Babakhanlou, Kelly Larkin, Angel G. Hita, John Stroh and Sai-Ching Yeung
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:17
    Content type: Review Published on:

  39. 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...

    Authors: Jacques Hébert, Jean-Nicolas Boursiquot, Hugo Chapdelaine, Benoit Laramée, Marylin Desjardins, Rémi Gagnon, Nancy Payette, Oleksandra Lepeshkina and Matthieu Vincent
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:15
    Content type: Review Published on:

  40. 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...

    Authors: Hanae Ramdani, Manal Jidal, Rachida Saouab, Imad-Eddine Sahri, Hassan En-Nouali and Jamal El Fenni
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:14
    Content type: Clinical Image Published on:

  41. 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...

    Authors: Pitsucha Sanguanwit, Chonpisit Monthonn, Thidathit Prachanukool and Karn Suttapanit
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. 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 ...

    Authors: Hissah Albinali, Arwa Alumran and Saja Alrayes
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:12
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  43. 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...

    Authors: Berlin Lee, Wei Feng Lee and Beng Leong Lim
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:11
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  44. 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...

    Authors: Dennis G. Barten, Remco van Zijl, Frank W. J. Körver and Nathalie A. L. R. Peters
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:10
    Content type: Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine Published on:

  45. 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...

    Authors: Jesse De Los Santos, Donna Bhisitkul, Matthew Carman, Kayla Wilson, Shannon Hasara, Karen Homa, Pedro Reyes, Andrew Bugajski and Andrew Barbera
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:9
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  46. 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...

    Authors: 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 and Shinji Ogura
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:8
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  47. 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 ...

    Authors: Yasufumi Oi, Kosuke Mori, Hidehiro Yamagata, Ayako Nogaki, Tomoaki Takeda, Chikara Watanabe, Yusuke Sakaguchi, Fumihiro Ogawa, Takeru Abe, Shouhei Imaki and Ichiro Takeuchi
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:7
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  48. 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...

    Authors: Maya Alexandri, Bradford Z. Reynolds, Hunter Smith, Bradley Michael Golden, Hartmut Gross and Jeffrey A. Switzer
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:6
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  49. 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...

    Authors: Marank de Steenwinkel, Juanita A. Haagsma, Esther C. M. van Berkel, Lotte Rozema, Pleunie P. M. Rood and Marna G. Bouwhuis
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:5
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  50. 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...

    Authors: Arif Alper Cevik, Elif Dilek Cakal, David Alao, Margret Elzubeir, Sami Shaban and Fikri Abu-Zidan
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:4
    Content type: Educational advances in emergency medicine Published on:
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