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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:

  2. Spain has universal public health care coverage. Emergency care provisions are offered to patients in different modalities and levels according to the characteristics of the medical complaint: at primary care ...

    Authors: Òscar Miró
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:249
    Content type: State of International EM Published on:

  3. Although unintentional injuries are major causes of morbidity and mortality in less developed countries, they have received scant attention, and injury prevention policies and programs have just begun to be ad...

    Authors: Rifat Rehmani and John C. LeBlanc
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:238
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  4. In adequately resourced clinical environments, diagnosis of hypoxemia via pulse oximetry is routine. Unfortunately, pulse oximetry is rarely utilized in under-resourced hospitals in developing countries.

    Authors: Mark Foran, Roy Ahn, Joseph Novik, Lynda Tyer-Viola, Kennedy Chilufya, Kasseba Katamba and Thomas Burke
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:241
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  6. Acute stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Clinical trials in stroke are challenging because victims often do not have the capacity to provide informed consent, excluding those patients most l...

    Authors: Joshua N. Goldstein, Janice A. Espinola, Jonathan Fisher, Daniel J. Pallin and Carlos A. Camargo Jr.
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:244
    Content type: Brief Research Report Published on:

  8. This prospective, randomized double-blind study, conducted over 19 months in a tertiary care ED, sought to determine if a fascia-iliaca regional anesthetic block provides better and safer pain relief than does...

    Authors: Daniel Godoy Monzón, Jorge Vazquez, José R. Jauregui and Kenneth V. Iserson
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:234
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  9. There are many combinations of treatments for pyogenic liver abscess (PLA). Different treatments are indicated for different clinical courses of PLA.

    Authors: Yu-Jang Su, Yen-Chun Lai, Yu-Chia Lin and Yu-Hang Yeh
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:232
    Content type: Brief Research Report Published on:

  10. 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:

  12. Femoral artery pseudoaneurysm following cardiac catheterization is a serious groin complication requiring careful assessment and prompt intervention.

    Authors: Servan Gokhan, Ozkan Kose, Ayhan Ozhasenekler, Murat Orak, Mehmet Ustundag and Cahfer Guloglu
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:226
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  14. Hypocalcemia with stridor is a well-known condition in the pediatric age group but has rarely been reported in the elderly. We report an elderly patient who presented with dyspnea and laryngeal stridor attack ...

    Authors: Fatih Büyükcam, Feruza Turan Sönmez and Hayriye Şahinli
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:228
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  15. Clinical decision rules for the disposition of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) are typically validated against an outcome of 30-day mortality or disease recurrence. There is little justification for this...

    Authors: Christopher Kabrhel, Weston Sacco, Shan Liu and Praveen Hariharan
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:206
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  16. Airway management is an important part of the management of the critically ill and injured patients in the Emergency Department (ED). Numerous studies from developed countries have demonstrated the competency ...

    Authors: Shahridan Mohd. Fathil, Siti Nidzwani Mohd. Mahdi, Zuraidah Che’Man, Azhana Hassan, Zulkernain Ahmad and Ahmad Khaldun Ismail
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:201
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  17. Approximately 10% of patients with AIDS present with some neurological deficit as their initial complaint, and up to 80% will have CNS involvement during the course of their disease. Toxoplasmosis is the most ...

    Authors: Carlos Garcia-Gubern, Carmen R. Fuentes, Lissandra Colon-Rolon and Daniel Masvidal
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:207
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  18. 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:

  19. 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:

  21. 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:

  22. The practice of allowing family members to witness on-going active resuscitation has been gaining ground in many developed countries since it was first introduced in the early 1990s. In many Asian countries, t...

    Authors: Chew Keng Sheng, Chee Kean Lim and Ahmad Rashidi
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:218
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  23. We sought to measure the self-reported implementation of the crowding solutions outlined in the 2008 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Boarding Task Force report “Emergency Department Crowding: H...

    Authors: Daniel A. Handel, Adit A. Ginde, Ali S. Raja, John Rogers, Ashley F. Sullivan, Janice A. Espinola and Carlos A. Camargo Jr.
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:216
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  24. We report a case of myopericarditis in a 30-year-old male complaining of shortness of breath. In an emergency department (ED) setting, the symptoms of myopericarditis may overlap with many disease entities and...

    Authors: Kevin M. Takakuwa, Bon S. Ku and Ethan J. Halpern
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:210
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  25. Bateys are impoverished areas of housing for migrant Haitian sugar cane workers in the Dominican Republic (DR). In these regions, preventative health care is almost non-existent, public service accessibility is l...

    Authors: Heather L. Crouse, Charles G. Macias, Andrea T. Cruz, Kim A. Wilson and Susan B. Torrey
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:198
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  27. Perforation of a Meckel diverticulum (MD) is a rare complication that can often mimic appendicitis. This case report identifies a child who presented to our Emergency Department (ED) with right lower quadrant ...

    Authors: Brian T. Kloss, Claire E. Broton and Anne Marie Sullivan
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:213
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  28. Because of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the Residency Review Committee (RRC) approval timelines, new residency programs cannot use Electronic Residency Application Servi...

    Authors: Steven F. Groke, Troy E. Madsen, Laura Strate, Stuart Knapp, Matt Dawson, Susan Stroud, Stephen Hartsell and Virgil Davis
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:209
    Content type: Original Research Article Published on:

  29. Serotonin syndrome is a potentially life-threatening adverse drug reaction that results from therapeutic drug use, usually of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), intentional excessive use or inter...

    Authors: Bhawana Arora and Nirupama Kannikeswaran
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:195
    Content type: Brief Research Report Published on:

  30. Traumatic pneumothoraces are common. Many are managed with tube thoracostomy. However, there is a high complication rate from chest tube placement, particularly in patients with HIV, TB, or both.

    Authors: Zachary D. Tebb, Brad Talley, Marlow Macht and David Richards
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:190
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  31. The Republic of India, the world’s most populous democracy, has struggled with establishing Emergency Medical Care. However, with the recent recognition of Emergency Medicine as a formal specialty in medical t...

    Authors: Imron Subhan and Anunaya Jain
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:223
    Content type: State of International EM Published on:

  34. 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:

  35. 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:

  36. 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:

  37. 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:

  38. Subcutaneous emphysema of the face and neck can develop following restorative dentistry, particularly when air turbine drills are used. We present a case in which the dentist mistook the subcutaneous emphysema...

    Authors: David Sainsbury and Thiagarajan Jaiganesh
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:189
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  39. ‘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:

  40. 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:

  41. A rare event of a fall causing delayed intrathyroidal hematoma and respiratory distress is reported here. A 75-year-old woman with symptoms of vertigo causing syncope and fall 24 h earlier was seen and dischar...

    Authors: Lucas B. Chartier and Joel P. Turner
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010 3:196
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

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

  43. 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:

  49. 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:
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