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  1. Capnometry measures carbon dioxide in expired air and provides the clinician with a noninvasive measure of the systemic metabolism, circulation and ventilation. This study was carried out on patients with acut...

    Authors: Nik Hisamuddin Nik Ab Rahman and Amiruddin Fairuz Mamat
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:233
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  3. There is an extensive critical care literature for central venous catheter and arterial line infection, duration of catheterization, and compliance with infection control procedures. The emergency medicine lit...

    Authors: Christopher H. LeMaster, Ashish T. Agrawal, Peter Hou and Jeremiah D. Schuur
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:225
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  4. As millions of emergency department (ED) visits each year include wound care, emergency care providers must remain experts in acute wound management. The variety of acute wounds presenting to the ED challenge ...

    Authors: Bret A. Nicks, Elizabeth A. Ayello, Kevin Woo, Diane Nitzki-George and R. Gary Sibbald
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:217
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  5. The Australian Medical Association is strongly opposed to the nurse practitioner (NP) role with concerns that NPs may become doctor substitutes without the requisite training and education that the medical rol...

    Authors: Tracey J. Weiland, Claire Mackinlay and George A. Jelinek
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:214
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  6. Patients who are admitted with a suspicion of a severe infection usually enter the hospital through the emergency department (ED). The recognition of prognostic factors in an early stage affects further treatm...

    Authors: Charlotte F. J. van Tuijn, Maria Prins, Jan S. Luitse and Suzanne E. Geerlings
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:220
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  9. A 68-year-old man was referred to the emergency department 6 h after onset of sudden acute dyspnoea. Immediate ECG showed sinus tachycardia with the typical S1-Q3-T3 pattern and incomplete right bundle branch ...

    Authors: Sergio Fasullo, Sebastiano Scalzo, Giorgio Maringhini, Filippo Ganci, Alfonso Giubilato, Sergio Cannizzaro, Roberto Baglini, Debora Cangemi, Gabriella Terrazzino, Salvatore Paterna and Pietro Di Pasquale
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:193
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  10. Pelvic bleeding from trauma and postpartum hemorrhage is often difficult to treat successfully by emergency providers particularly in low resource environments, when hospital presentation is delayed or there i...

    Authors: Mark Hauswald, Michael R. Williamson, Gillian M. Baty, Nancy L. Kerr and Victoria L. Edgar-Mied
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:191
    Content type: Brief Research Report Published on:

  11. Despite the growing burden of injuries in LMICs, there are still limited primary epidemiologic data to guide health policy and health system development. Understanding the epidemiology of injury in developing ...

    Authors: Renee Y. Hsia, Doruk Ozgediz, Milton Mutto, Sudha Jayaraman, Patrick Kyamanywa and Olive C. Kobusingye
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:200
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  12. Life-threatening acute lung injury due to combat and/or terror attacks is associated with high mortality. The successful management includes the use of “rescue” extracorporeal lung assist and early transport b...

    Authors: Thomas Bein, Eric Osborn, Hans Stefan Hofmann, Markus Zimmermann, Alois Philipp, Hans J. Schlitt and Bernhard M. Graf
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:192
    Content type: Innovations in EM Practice Published on:

  13. ‘Preloading’ is a phenomenon where people drink alcohol at a private residence before going out. We aimed to identify whether preloading is a risk factor for alcohol-related emergency department attendance. We...

    Authors: Adrian Boyle, Naomi Wee, Richard Harris, Alison Tompkins, Michael Soper and Chris Porter
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:184
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  14. Emergency Medicine (EM) in South Africa is in its earliest stages of development. There is a paucity of data about emergency department (ED) patient demographics, epidemiology, consultation and admission crite...

    Authors: Rens Hanewinckel, Henri P. Jongman, Lee A. Wallis and Terrence M. Mulligan
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:185
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  15. Authors: Kael Duprey, Jonathan Rose and Christian Fromm
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:172
    Content type: Clinical Images Published on:

  16. To influence physician practice behavior after implementation of a computerized clinical decision support system (CDSS) based upon the recommendations from the 2007 ACEP Clinical Policy on Syncope.

    Authors: Edward R. Melnick, Nicholas G. Genes, Neal K. Chawla, Meredith Akerman, Kevin M. Baumlin and Andy Jagoda
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:168
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  17. With upwards of 48% of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons having a probable psychiatric disorder, the possibility of cross-class drug interactions causing adverse effects or fatalities exists.

    Authors: Matthew J. Geraci, Stacey L. McCoy, Paul M. Crum and Rajnikant A. Patel
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:175
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  18. Neurological emergencies are common and frequently devastating. Every year, millions of Americans suffer an acute stroke, severe traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, status epilepticus, or spinal c...

    Authors: Jason T. McMullan, William A. Knight, Joseph F. Clark, Fred R. Beyette and Arthur Pancioli
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:177
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  19. The ABCD2 score is increasingly being used to triage patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA). Whether the score can predict the need for in-hospital intervention (IHI), other than initiation of antiplatelet...

    Authors: Min Lou, Adnan Safdar, Jonathan A. Edlow, Louis Caplan, Sandeep Kumar, Gottfried Schlaug, D. Eric Searls, Richard P. Goddeau and Magdy Selim
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:176
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  22. Alcohol plays a significant role in accidents, injuries, and their outcomes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are 76.3 million people with alcohol use disorders worldwide; in 2000, 1.8 m...

    Authors: Piotr Wozniak, Rebecca Cunningham, Sonia Kamat, Kristen L. Barry, Frederic C. Blow and Andrzej S. Zawadzki
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:169
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  28. Information technology may improve patient safety, and is a focus of health care reform. A minority of emergency departments (EDs) in Massachusetts, and in academic EDs throughout the US, have electronic healt...

    Authors: Daniel J. Pallin, Ashley F. Sullivan, Rainu Kaushal and Carlos A. Camargo Jr.
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:170
    Content type: Brief Research Report Published on:

  31. This study examined the safety and effectiveness of the procedural sedation analgesia (PSA) technique carried out in the emergency department (ED) of a university hospital over a period of 1 year. The research...

    Authors: Nik Hisamuddin Nik Ab Rahman and Ahmad Hashim
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:162
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  32. The cervicothoracic junction (CTJ) is often inadequately visualized on lateral cervical X-rays due to anatomic variations and technical factors.

    Authors: Aydin Toksoy, Firat Bektas, Cenker Eken, Kaan Ceken and Yildiray Cete
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:159
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  33. Enteric fever is one of the top differential diagnoses of fever in many parts of the world. Generally, the diagnosis is suspected and treatment is initiated based on clinical and basic laboratory parameters.

    Authors: Uzma Rahim Khan, Junaid A. Razzak, Ali Faisal Saleem, Adnan Ahmed and Sabeena Jalal
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:146
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  34. There is a critical and growing need for emergency physicians and emergency medicine resources worldwide. To meet this need, physicians must be trained to deliver time-sensitive interventions and life-saving e...

    Authors: Cherri Hobgood, Venkataraman Anantharaman, Glen Bandiera, Peter Cameron, Pinchas Halpern, C. James Holliman, Nicholas Jouriles, Darren Kilroy, Terrence Mulligan and Andrew Singer
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:142
    Content type: Article Published on:

  35. Colloid cysts are usually benign brain tumors, which rarely cause acute neurological deterioration with sudden death due to an acute increase of intracranial pressure. So far, the final pathophysiology and cli...

    Authors: Christian Hohenstein and Steffen Herdtle
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:153
    Content type: Clinical Images Published on:

  36. Toxic methemoglobinemia is an uncommon blood disorder induced by exposure to certain oxidizing agents and drugs. In severe cases, this condition may rapidly lead to major cardiopulmonary compromise and constit...

    Authors: Asma Bouziri, Ammar Khaldi, Khaled Menif and Nejla Ben Jaballah
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:149
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  38. Trauma care in developing countries suffers from many limitations related to equipment shortages, disrepair, quality assurance, and lack of training. Health care providers in the three principal hospitals in C...

    Authors: Andre K. Crouch, Matthew Dawson, Deanne Long, Derrick Allred and Troy Madsen
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:144
    Content type: Brief Research Report Published on:

  40. Trauma is major cause of morbidity and mortality in India. The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) programme teaches a standardised method for the initial assessment and management of trauma patients, and has ...

    Authors: Robert James Douglas, B. Vasanthi, Andrew J. A. Giles and G. Anand Kumar
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:148
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  41. The aim of this study was to evaluate if loss of consciousness at the scene of an accident in patients with thoracic trauma classified by the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) as thorax >2 has a different outcome...

    Authors: André Luciano Baitello, Francisco de Assis Cury, Paulo César Espada, Rogério Yukio Morioka and José Maria Pereira de Godoy
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:154
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  43. We describe the case of a 75-year-old man admitted to hospital for chest pain and syncope. Physical examination was normal with evidence of a very small wound on the left chest. Considering the presence of mul...

    Authors: Chiara Comoglio, Fabrizio Sansone, Massimo Boffini, Marco Ribezzo and Mauro Rinaldi
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:152
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  44. There are an increasing number of training programs in emergency medicine involving different countries or cultures. Many examination types, both oral and written, have been validated as useful assessment tool...

    Authors: Sean P. Kelly, Scott G. Weiner, Philip D. Anderson, Julie Irish, Greg Ciottone, Riccardo Pini, Stefano Grifoni, Peter Rosen and Kevin M. Ban
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:147
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  45. Spontaneous hemoperitoneum is rare. The most common etiologies are gynecologic, splenic, and hepatic. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are commonly associated with intraluminal bleeding, but rarely with...

    Authors: Benjamin B. Freeman, Jonathan F. Critchlow, Steven Cohen and Jonathan A. Edlow
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:141
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  49. Authors: Yu-Ming Weng, Hung-Jung Lin and Wei-Jing Lee
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2009 2:135
    Content type: Clinical Images Published on:
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