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  1. Accidental hypothermia is defined as an unintentional decrease in body temperature to below 35°C, and cases in which temperatures drop below 28°C are considered severe and have a high mortality rate. This stud...

    Authors: Keigo Sawamoto, Katsutoshi Tanno, Yoshihiro Takeyama and Yasufumi Asai
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012 5:9
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  2. We report a case of profound neurologic and cardiovascular manifestations of tricyclic antidepressant intoxication following self-poisoning with multiple pharmaceuticals including amitriptyline in excess of 43...

    Authors: Martyn Harvey and Grant Cave
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012 5:8
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  3. A 41-year-old man suffered hypothermic cardiac arrest after water immersion and was transported to our university hospital by ambulance helicopter for rewarming on cardiopulmonary bypass. He resumed spontaneou...

    Authors: Eckhard Mark, Olaf Jacobsen, Astrid Kjerstad, Torvind Naesheim, Rolf Busund, Ramez Bahar, Jon Kjetil Jensen, Per Kristian Skorpen and Lars J Bjertnaes
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012 5:7
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  4. The Manchester Triage System is commonly used as the triage system in emergency departments of the UK. As per the Manchester Triage System, patients presenting with retention of urine to the accident and emerg...

    Authors: Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul Soni, Tun Oo, Peter Hughes, Gurpreet Singh and Kamesh Pulya
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012 5:6
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  5. Capsaicin, one of the major active components of cayenne pepper pills, is an over-the-counter substance with sympathomimetic activity used commonly by young individuals for weight loss. Here we report the case...

    Authors: Ozgur Sogut, Halil Kaya, Mehmet Tahir Gokdemir and Yusuf Sezen
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012 5:5
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  6. Emergency medicine physicians are often faced with the challenging task of differentiating true acute ischemic strokes from stroke mimics. We present a case that was initially diagnosed as acute stroke. Howeve...

    Authors: Waldo R Guerrero, Haitham Dababneh and Stephan Eisenschenk
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012 5:4
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  7. To assess relationships between blood pressure hemodynamic measures and outcomes after acute ischemic stroke, including stroke severity, disability and death.

    Authors: Latha Ganti Stead, Sailaja Enduri, M Fernanda Bellolio, Anunaya R Jain, Lekshmi Vaidyanathan, Rachel M Gilmore, Rahul Kashyap, Amy L Weaver and Robert D Brown Jr
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012 5:3
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  8. It is important to have a venous line in cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) patients as an emergency treatment measure in prehospital settings, but establishment of a peripheral venous line is difficult in such pati...

    Authors: Kenji Isayama, Toshio Nakatani, Masanobu Tsuda and Akihiko Hirakawa
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012 5:2
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  9. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is a clinicopathological disorder characterised by vascular amyloid deposition initially in leptomeningeal and neocortical vessels, and later affecting cortical and subcortical regi...

    Authors: Ahmed-Ramadan Sadek, Nandita K Parmar, Norah-Hager Sadek, Sanjana Jaiganesh, Samer Elkhodair and Thiagarajan Jaiganesh
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012 5:1
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  10. A recent important global meeting to set the international action agenda concerning non-communicable diseases (NCDs) failed to draw substantial attention from the emergency medical and surgical community. Advo...

    Authors: Nicholas Risko, Emilie JB Calvello, Sarah Stewart de Ramirez, Mayur Narayan and Jon Mark Hirshon
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:75
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  11. We present the case of a patient who attempted to perform a type of body modification known as "pearling" or "genital beading" while in prison. This patient unfortunately caused severe trauma to his penis, req...

    Authors: David P Nguyen, Bobby K Desai and Michael Falgiani
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:74
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  13. As portability and durability improve, bedside, clinician-performed ultrasound is seeing increasing use in rural, underdeveloped parts of the world. Physicians, nurses and medical officers have demonstrated th...

    Authors: Stephanie Sippel, Krithika Muruganandan, Adam Levine and Sachita Shah
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:72
    Content type: Review Published on:

  16. Mortality from pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy might be related to challenges in targeting the right population for prevention. Such targeting could help ensure that the correct diagnosis is suspected and...

    Authors: Sergio Fasullo, Giorgio Maringhini, Gabriella Terrazzino, Filippo Ganci, Salvatore Paterna and Pietro Di Pasquale
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:69
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  17. Abdominal computed tomography scan (CT) is the preferred radiographic study for the diagnosis of appendicitis in the United States, while radiologist-operated ultrasound (US) is often used in Israel. This comp...

    Authors: Betzalel Reich, Todd Zalut and Scott G Weiner
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:68
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  18. Cardiac biomarkers may be invaluable in establishing the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the ED setting.

    Authors: Nik Hisamuddin NAR and Ahmad Suhailan M
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:67
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  19. Abdominal pain is a common complaint among emergency department patients, making it essential to identify those with life-threatening etiologies. We report on the rare finding of atraumatic transvaginal bowel ...

    Authors: Luan Lawson, Leigh Patterson and Kelly Carter
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:66
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  22. Pituitary apoplexy is an uncommon but life-threatening condition that is often overlooked and underdiagnosed. We report a 45-year-old man who presented to our emergency department with a sudden onset headache,...

    Authors: Ahmed-Ramadan Sadek, Stephen Gregory and Thiagarajan Jaiganesh
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:63
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  23. Patients with acute stroke are often transferred to tertiary care centers for advanced interventional services. We hypothesized that the presence of a proximal cerebral artery occlusion on CT angiography (CTA)...

    Authors: Lisa E Thomas, Joshua N Goldstein, Reza Hakimelahi, Yuchiao Chang, Albert J Yoo, Lee H Schwamm and R Gilberto Gonzalez
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:62
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  25. Environmental electrical injuries (electrical burns and lightning) are relatively common and are estimated to result in more than 3,000 admissions to specialized burn units each year here in the US. Lightning ...

    Authors: Bobby K Desai and Rita Fairclough
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:60
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  26. Back pain is a significant cause of disability in the community, but the impact on Emergency Departments (EDs) has not been formally studied. Patients with back pain often require significant time and resource...

    Authors: Michael T Lovegrove, George A Jelinek, Nicholas P Gibson and Ian G Jacobs
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:59
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  27. Dehydration due to acute gastroenteritis is one of the leading causes of mortality in children worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) scale, the Gorelick scale, and the Clinical Dehydration Scale (CDS)...

    Authors: Kimberly Pringle, Sachita P Shah, Irenee Umulisa, Richard B Mark Munyaneza, Jean Marie Dushimiyimana, Katrina Stegmann, Juvenal Musavuli, Protegene Ngabitsinze, Sara Stulac and Adam C Levine
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:58
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  28. Fever is a common presenting complaint in the developing world, but there is a paucity of literature to guide investigation and treatment of the adult patient presenting with fever and no localizing symptoms.

    Authors: Sudhagar Thangarasu, Piruthiviraj Natarajan, Parivalavan Rajavelu, Arjun Rajagopalan and Jeremy S Seelinger Devey
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:57
    Content type: Brief Research Report Published on:

  29. Internal carotid intracranial aneurysms are a relatively rare form of intracranial aneurysm that presents with diplopia, retro-orbital pain and unilateral headaches. The symptoms are progressive and the diagno...

    Authors: Brian T Kloss, Rahul Patel and Anne Marie Sullivan
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:56
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  30. Air ambulance service in Norway has been upgraded during the last years. European regulations concerning pilots' working time and new treatment guidelines/strategies have called for more resources.

    Authors: Jan Norum and Trond M Elsbak
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:55
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  31. N-acetylcysteine is used to treat acetaminophen toxicity and is available in both intravenous and oral formulations. Our report describes a patient treated with intravenous N-acetylcysteine for acetaminophen t...

    Authors: Andrew R Elms, Kelly P Owen, Timothy E Albertson and Mark E Sutter
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:54
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  32. Studies have shown that vein size is an important predictor of successful ultrasound-guided vascular access. The objective of this study is to evaluate maneuvers designed to increase basilic vein size, which c...

    Authors: Simon A Mahler, Greta Massey, Liliana Meskill, Hao Wang and Thomas C Arnold
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:53
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  34. Studies on computer-aided instruction and web-based learning have left many questions unanswered about the most effective use of technology-assisted education in graduate medical education.

    Authors: Sharhabeel Jwayyed, Kirk A Stiffler, Scott T Wilber, Alison Southern, John Weigand, Rudd Bare and Lowell W Gerson
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:51
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  35. Squamous cell carcinoma is a common cancer to the head and neck region that is typically diagnosed when it is 2 cm in size. This case report illustrates a patient who had neglected an auricular carcinoma for o...

    Authors: Brian Kloss, Jeff Lapoint and Katherine Dougher
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:50
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  36. We sought to evaluate the test characteristics of the acute cardiac ischemia time-insensitive predictive instrument (ACI-TIPI) in relation to 30-day major adverse cardiac events (MACE) among patients who prese...

    Authors: Jonathan S Ilgen, Alex F Manini, Udo Hoffmann, Vicki E Noble, Ediza Giraldez, Supapan Nualpring and J Stephen Bohan
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:49
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  37. A major incident is defined as an event that owing to the number of casualties has the potential to overwhelm the available resources. This paper attempts to describe the incidence and epidemiology of major in...

    Authors: Hunniya Waseem, Luca Carenzo, Junaid Razzak and Rizwan Naseer
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:48
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  38. In recent years there has been increasing interest shown in the nonoperative management (NOM) of blunt traumatic injury. The growing use of NOM for blunt abdominal organ injury has been made possible because o...

    Authors: Cornelis H van der Vlies, Dominique C Olthof, Menno Gaakeer, Kees J Ponsen, Otto M van Delden and J Carel Goslings
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:47
    Content type: Review Published on:

  39. Trauma to the elbow caused by lifting heavy objects frequently involves rupture of the tendon of the biceps brachii muscle. Less frequently a rupture of the brachialis muscle occurs. To our knowledge, only fiv...

    Authors: Titus JA Schönberger and Miranda F Ernst
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:46
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  40. The role for prehospital thrombolysis for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction and time-critical stroke transfers in the northern Norway aeromedical retrieval system as well as the aero-evacuation impact o...

    Authors: Joseph Y Ting
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:45
    Content type: Letter to the Editors Published on:

  41. The goal of this study was to identify publications in the medical literature that support the efficacy or value of Emergency Medicine (EM) as a medical specialty and of clinical care delivered by trained emer...

    Authors: C James Holliman, Terrence M Mulligan, Robert E Suter, Peter Cameron, Lee Wallis, Philip D Anderson and Kathleen Clem
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:44
    Content type: Review Published on:

  43. International emergency medicine aims to understand different systems of emergency care across the globe. To date, however, international emergency medicine lacks common descriptors that can encompass the wide...

    Authors: Anne P Steptoe, Blanka Corel, Ashley F Sullivan and Carlos A Camargo Jr
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:42
    Content type: State of International Emergency Medicine Published on:

  44. Although the majority of the snakebite cases in Malaysia are due to non-venomous snakes, venomous bites cause significant morbidity and mortality if treatment measures, especially ant-venom therapy, are delayed.

    Authors: Keng Sheng Chew, Heng Wei Khor, Rashidi Ahmad and Nik Hisamuddin Nik Abdul Rahman
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:41
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  45. The acute management of patients on warfarin with spontaneous or traumatic intracranial hemorrhage continues to be debated in the medical literature. The objective of this paper was to conduct a structured rev...

    Authors: Brett F Bechtel, Timothy C Nunez, Jennifer A Lyon, Bryan A Cotton and Tyler W Barrett
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:40
    Content type: Review Published on:

  46. Dealing with a student who is perceived as difficult to work with or teach is inevitable in any academic physician's career. This paper will outline the basic categories of these difficulties pertinent to Emer...

    Authors: Sarah E Ronan-Bentle, Jennifer Avegno, Cullen B Hegarty and David E Manthey
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:39
    Content type: Review Published on:

  47. The US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended daily folic acid supplementation for women planning on becoming pregnant in an effort to prevent fetal neural tube defects. We evaluated pregnant patients ...

    Authors: Jacob Steenblik, Erika Schroeder, Burke Hatch, Steven Groke, Camille Broadwater-Hollifield, Michael Mallin, Matthew Ahern and Troy Madsen
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:38
    Content type: Brief Research Report Published on:

  48. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) rises with cardiac injury/ischemia. We evaluated its efficacy in aiding in the identification of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients (pts) admitted to the ...

    Authors: Deborah B Diercks, J Douglas Kirk, Seif Naser, Samuel Turnipseed and Ezra A Amsterdam
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:37
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  49. Emergency electroencephalography (EEG) is indicated in the diagnosis and management of non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) underlying an alteration in the level of consciousness. NCSE is a frequent, treat...

    Authors: Samah G Abdel Baki, Ahmet Omurtag, André A Fenton and Shahriar Zehtabchi
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:36
    Content type: Review Published on:

  50. In the care of patients with traumatic injuries, focus is placed on hypothermia secondary to its deleterious impact on the coagulation cascade. However, there is scant information on the mortality effect of hy...

    Authors: Charles E Wade, José Salinas, Brian J Eastridge, John G McManus and John B Holcomb
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:35
    Content type: Original Research Published on:
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