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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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...

    Authors: Sofie Moorthamers, Thierry Preseau, Saïd Sanoussi and Marie-Dominique Gazagnes
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:3
  5. 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...

    Authors: Joseph D. Ciano, John Acerra and Aimee Tang
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 15:2
  6. 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...

    Authors: Lucas Oliveira J. e Silva, Henrique Herpich, Henrique Alencastro Puls, Justin Guy Myers, Daniel Ujakow Correa Schubert, Ana Paula Freitas, Jule Santos, Marcus Vinicius Melo de Andrade and Hélio Penna Guimarães
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:79
  7. 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...

    Authors: Ulrika Margareta Wallgren, Eric Larsson, Anna Su, Jennifer Short, Hans Järnbert-Pettersson and Lisa Kurland
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:78
  8. 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.

    Authors: Daisuke Ueno, Shiino Yasukazu, Jiro Takahashi, Satomi Miyamoto and Takahiro Inoue
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:77
  9. 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 ...

    Authors: Kohei Igarashi, Atsushi Kuge, Hiroshi Homma, Tetsu Yamaki, Rei Kondo, Shinjiro Saito and Yukihiko Sonoda
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:75
  10. 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...

    Authors: Doaa Bader, Ahmed Adam, Mohamed Shaban and Bader Alyahya
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:73
  11. 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...

    Authors: Gimbo M. Hyuha, Hendry R. Sawe, Said Kilindimo, Raya Y. Mussa, Masuma A. Gulamhussein, Shamila S. Rwegoshora, Frida Shayo, Winnie Mdundo, Juma A. Mfinanga and Ellen J. Weber
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:72
  12. 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 ...

    Authors: Mohammed Alshahrani, Razan Alfaisal, Khalid Alshahrani, Leyan Alotaibi, Hissah Alghoraibi, Eman Alghamdi, Lulwah Almusallam, Zaineh Saffarini, Salihah Alessa, Faten Alwayel, Lubna Saffarini, Ali Alrawdhan, Charlene Mapusao, Laila Perlas Asonto, Amal Alsulaibikh and Mohammed Aljumaan
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:71
  13. 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...

    Authors: Ranjana Chandrikasing, Sudeshkoemar Ramnarain, Rakesh Bansie, Harvey Yang, Huibert Ponssen and Navin Ramdhani
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:70
  14. 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...

    Authors: Gideon H. P. Latten, Judith Polak, Audrey H. H. Merry, Jean W. M. Muris, Jan C. Ter Maaten, Tycho J. Olgers, Jochen W. L. Cals and Patricia M. Stassen
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:69
  15. (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 ...

    Authors: Vaibhav Rastogi, Ranjit Banwait, Devina Singh, Hale Toklu, Lexie Finer, Dipendra Parajuli and Latha Ganti
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:68
  16. 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...

    Authors: Kohei Kakimoto, Mayu Hikone, Ko Nagai, Jun Yamakawa, Kazuhiro Sugiyama and Yuichi Hamabe
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:67
  17. 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...

    Authors: Gregory Tan and Mingwei Ng
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:66
  18. 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...

    Authors: Lamia Kouba and Dalia Alhosain
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:65
  19. 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...

    Authors: Arnaud Fernandez, Morgane Gindt, Phillipe Babe and Florence Askenazy
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:64
  20. 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 ...

    Authors: Magdalene Hui Min Lee, Dong Haur Phua and Kenneth Wei Jian Heng
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:62
  21. 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...

    Authors: Elophe Dubie, François Morin, Dominique Savary, Amaury Serruys and Pascal Usseglio
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:61
  22. 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...

    Authors: Ooi Chin Sheng, Ren-Chieh Wu and I-Hsin Chang
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:60
  23. 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...

    Authors: Mahathar Abd. Wahab, Sufian Safaai and Ismail Mohd Saiboon
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:59
  24. 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...

    Authors: Amarja Ashok Havaldar, Abdul Rahim Fazal and Abhilash Chennabasappa
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:58
  25. 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...

    Authors: Katherine Douglass, Lalit Narayan, Rebecca Allen, Jay Pandya and Zohray Talib
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:57
  26. 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...

    Authors: Michael M. Neeki, Fanlong Dong, Chuck Emond, Carol Lee, Arianna S. Neeki, Keeyon Hajjafar, Megan Messinger, Caitlyn O. Anderson, Reza Hajjafar and Rodney Borger
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:56
  27. 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 ...

    Authors: Ning Yang, Liping Zhou, Xiaoye Mo, Guoqing Huang and Ping Wu
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:55
  28. Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rates remain fairly low through most communities despite multiple interventions through the years. Understanding the attitudes and fears behind CPR training and pe...

    Authors: Susmita Roy Chowdhury and Venkataraman Anantharaman
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:54
  29. Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is a condition that involves the development of pulmonary hypertension due to the presence of microscopic tumor emboli of the peripheral pulmonary arteries. He...

    Authors: Ryo Kamidani, Keisuke Kumada, Hideshi Okada, Genki Yoshimura, Tomohiro Kanayama, Hiroyuki Tomita, Tomotaka Miura, Hideaki Oiwa, Yosuke Mizuno, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Ryu Yasuda, Tetsuya Fukuta, Takahito Miyake, Tomoaki Doi, Takahiro Yoshida, Shozo Yoshida…
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:53
  30. The ketogenic (“keto”) diet has been gaining more attention lately in the medical literature and the lay media as a potentially effective method for weight control and management of type 2 diabetes. Though rar...

    Authors: Joseph Choi, Tayler L. Young and Lucas B. Chartier
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:52
  31. Patients may remain comatose after the resumption of spontaneous circulation with cardiopulmonary resuscitation. A primary neurologic event may precede a cardiac standstill.

    Authors: Sushma Kola, Alexander D. Ginsburg, Laura Harper, Laura E. Walker, Sherri Braksick and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:51
  32. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a novel, life-threatening hyperinflammatory condition that develops in children a few weeks after infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coron...

    Authors: Martina Giacalone, Eric Scheier and Itai Shavit
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:50
  33. Emergency departments (EDs) are reasonably well prepared for external disasters, such as natural disasters, mass casualty incidents, and terrorist attacks.

    Authors: Dennis G. Barten, Vincent W. Klokman, Sigrid Cleef, Nathalie A. L. R. Peters, Edward C. T. H. Tan and Arjen Boin
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:49
  34. The final months of the fourth-year of medical school are variable in educational and clinical experience, and the effect on clinical knowledge and preparedness for residency is unclear. Specialty-specific “bo...

    Authors: Jason J. Lewis, Anne V. Grossestreuer and Edward A. Ullman
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:48
  35. Nephrotic syndrome (NS) was first described in 1827 as the presence of proteinuria of ≥ 3.5 g/24 h, hypoalbuminemia < 3.0 g/dl, peripheral edema, hyperlipidemia, lipiduria, and increased thrombotic risk. Nephr...

    Authors: Mohamed Osman Omar Jeele, Rukia Omar Barei Addow and Mohamed Farah Yusuf Mohamud
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:46
  36. Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is an advanced airway skill commonly performed in the pre-hospital setting globally. In South Africa, pre-hospital RSI was first approved for non-physician providers by the Heal...

    Authors: Johanna Catharina Botha, Andrit Lourens and Willem Stassen
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:45
  37. A 14-year-old African American female presented to the emergency department with spontaneous, sudden-onset lip swelling for 1 h. On examination, there was significant water-bag edema of the upper lip extending...

    Authors: Helen Lesser and Jason E. Cohn
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:43
  38. Pediatric emergency medicine training is in its infancy in India. Simulation provides an educational avenue to equip trainees with the skills to improve pediatric care. We hypothesized that a simulation-based ...

    Authors: T. Ahluwalia, S. Toy, C. Gutierrez, K. Boggs and K. Douglass
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:42
  39. Coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, as a global public health emergency, has come with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and complications. In this study, we present a unique complication of this dis...

    Authors: Behzad Nematihonar, Shohra Qaderi, Jaffer Shah and Javad zebarjadi Bagherpour
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:40
  40. Studies comparing the microbiological profiles among sepsis patients identified with either Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score or systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria are limit...

    Authors: Signe Trille Sørensen, S. M. Osama Bin Abdullah, Rune Husås Sørensen, Ram Dessau, Niels Høiby and Finn Erland Nielsen
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:39
  41. Diagnostic errors or delays can cause serious consequences for patient safety, especially in the emergency department. Anchoring bias is one of the major factors leading to diagnostic error. During the coronav...

    Authors: Azumi Kawabata, Hiraku Funakoshi, Joji Ito, Takushi Santanda, Yasuhiro Norisue and Hiroyuki Watanabe
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:38
  42. This work was to study the prehospital time among suspected stroke patients who were transported by an emergency medical service (EMS) system using a national database.

    Authors: Phantakan Tansuwannarat, Pongsakorn Atiksawedparit, Arrug Wibulpolprasert and Natdanai Mankasetkit
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:37
  43. Appendicitis is one of the most frequently encountered conditions at the emergency department. Distinction is made between complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis. Complicated appendicitis may cause serious...

    Authors: Jan Arne Deodatus, Sander Ferdinand Emiel Paas, Gerrit Hendrik Johan Wagenvoort and Marije Matilde de Kubber
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:36

    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 14:63

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