Interruptions in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation From Paramedic Endotracheal Intubation , 03 July 2009
Henry E. Wang, Scott J. Simeone, Matthew D. Weaver, Clifton W. Callaway
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 5, Pages 645-652.e1)
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Passive Oxygen Insufflation Is Superior to Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation for Witnessed Ventricular Fibrillation Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest , 07 August 2009
Bentley J. Bobrow, Gordon A. Ewy, Lani Clark, Vatsal Chikani, Robert A. Berg, Arthur B. Sanders, Tyler F. Vadeboncoeur, Ronald W. Hilwig, Karl B. Kern
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 5, Pages 656-662.e1)
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The Association Between Transfer of Emergency Department Boarders to Inpatient Hallways and Mortality: A 4-Year Experience , 06 April 2009
Asa Viccellio, Carolyn Santora, Adam J. Singer, Henry C. Thode, Mark C. Henry
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 4, Pages 487-491)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (164 KB)

Clinical Prediction Rules for Identifying Adults at Very Low Risk for Intra-abdominal Injuries After Blunt Trauma , 20 May 2009
James F. Holmes, David H. Wisner, John P. McGahan, William R. Mower, Nathan Kuppermann
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 4, Pages 575-584)
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A Regional System of Stroke Care Provides Thrombolytic Outcomes Comparable With the NINDS Stroke Trial , 22 December 2008
Marian P. LaMonte, Mona N. Bahouth, Laurence S. Magder, Richard L. Alcorta, Robert R. Bass, Brian J. Browne, Douglas J. Floccare, Wade R. Gaasch, Emergency Medicine Network of the Maryland Brain Attack Center
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 3, Pages 319-327)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (342 KB)

Patient Satisfaction as a Function of Emergency Department Previsit Expectations , 13 March 2009
Ghazwan Toma, Wayne Triner, Louise-Ann McNutt
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 3, Pages 360-367.e6)
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Risk of Thromboembolism Varies, Depending on Category of Immobility in Outpatients , 09 January 2009
Daren M. Beam, D. Mark Courtney, Christopher Kabrhel, Christopher L. Moore, Peter B. Richman, Jeffrey A. Kline
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 2, Pages 147-152)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (176 KB)

Predictors of Airway and Respiratory Adverse Events With Ketamine Sedation in the Emergency Department: An Individual-Patient Data Meta-analysis of 8,282 Children , 09 February 2009
Steven M. Green, Mark G. Roback, Baruch Krauss, Lance Brown, Ray G. McGlone, Dewesh Agrawal, Michele McKee, Markus Weiss, Raymond D. Pitetti, Mark A. Hostetler, Joe E. Wathen, Greg Treston, Barbara M. Garcia Pena, Andreas C. Gerber, Joseph D. Losek, Emergency Department Ketamine Meta-Analysis Study Group
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 2, Pages 158-168.e4)
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Interrater Reliability and Accuracy of Clinicians and Trained Research Assistants Performing Prospective Data Collection in Emergency Department Patients With Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome , 30 January 2009
Carlos O. Cruz, Emily B. Meshberg, Frances S. Shofer, Christine M. McCusker, Anna Marie Chang, Judd E. Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 1, Pages 1-7)
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The Use of Penicillin Skin Testing to Assess the Prevalence of Penicillin Allergy in an Emergency Department Setting , 17 February 2009
Ali S. Raja, Christopher J. Lindsell, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Christopher D. Codispoti, Joseph J. Moellman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 1, Pages 72-77)
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Dropping the Baton: A Qualitative Analysis of Failures During the Transition From Emergency Department to Inpatient Care , 16 June 2008
Leora I. Horwitz, Thom Meredith, Jeremiah D. Schuur, Nidhi R. Shah, Raghavendra G. Kulkarni, Grace Y. Jenq
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 6, Pages 701-710.e4)
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Neurocognitive Function of Emergency Department Patients With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury , 27 January 2009
Shane E. Peterson, Matthew J. Stull, Michael W. Collins, Henry E. Wang
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 6, Pages 796-803.e1)
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Adding More Beds to the Emergency Department or Reducing Admitted Patient Boarding Times: Which Has a More Significant Influence on Emergency Department Congestion? , 11 September 2008
Rahul K. Khare, Emilie S. Powell, Gilles Reinhardt, Martin Lucenti
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 5, Pages 575-585.e2)
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Comparisons of High Versus Low Emergency Department Utilizers in Sickle Cell Disease , 17 October 2008
Imoigele P. Aisiku, Wally R. Smith, Donna K. McClish, James L. Levenson, Lynne T. Penberthy, Susan D. Roseff, Viktor E. Bovbjerg, John D. Roberts
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 5, Pages 587-593)
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Pediatric Fatalities Associated With Over the Counter (Nonprescription) Cough and Cold Medications , 22 December 2008
Richard C. Dart, Ian M. Paul, G. Randall Bond, David C. Winston, Anthony S. Manoguerra, Robert B. Palmer, Ralph E. Kauffman, William Banner, Jody L. Green, Barry H. Rumack
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 4, Pages 411-417)
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Patient Comprehension of Emergency Department Care and Instructions: Are Patients Aware of When They Do Not Understand? , 11 July 2008
Kirsten G. Engel, Michele Heisler, Dylan M. Smith, Claire H. Robinson, Jane H. Forman, Peter A. Ubel
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 4, Pages 454-461.e15)
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One-Year Medical Outcomes and Emergency Department Recidivism After Emergency Department Observation for Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain , 29 September 2008
Rebecca Cunningham, Maureen A. Walton, Jim Edward Weber, Samantha O'Broin, Shanti P. Tripathi, Ronald F. Maio, Brenda M. Booth
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 3, Pages 310-320)
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Staphylococcus aureus Community-Acquired Pneumonia During the 2006 to 2007 Influenza Season , 05 June 2008
Alexander J. Kallen, Joan Brunkard, Zachary Moore, Philip Budge, Kathryn E. Arnold, Gregory Fosheim, Lyn Finelli, Susan E. Beekmann, Philip M. Polgreen, Rachel Gorwitz, Jeffrey Hageman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 3, Pages 358-365)
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Trauma Surgery: Discipline in Crisis , 25 April 2008
Steven M. Green
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 2, Pages 198-207)
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Medical Response to a Radiologic/Nuclear Event: Integrated Plan From the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services , 04 April 2008
C. Norman Coleman, Chad Hrdina, Judith L. Bader, Ann Norwood, Robert Hayhurst, Joseph Forsha, Kevin Yeskey, Ann Knebel
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 2, Pages 213-222)
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“Left Without Being Seen”: A National Profile of Children Who Leave the Emergency Department Before Evaluation , 02 May 2008
Florence T. Bourgeois, Michael W. Shannon, Anne M. Stack
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 6, Pages 599-605)
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Changes in the Cost and Management of Emergency Department On-Call Coverage: Evidence From a Longitudinal Statewide Survey , 04 April 2008
K. John McConnell, Craig D. Newgard, Raymond Lee
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 6, Pages 635-642.e1)
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The Unexpected Challenges of Accurate Medication Reconciliation , 01 September 2008
Stephen Schenkel
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 5, Pages 493-495)
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Adverse Design of Defibrillators: Turning Off the Machine When Trying to Shock , 18 February 2008
Christian S. Høyer, Erika F. Christensen, Berit Eika
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 5, Pages 512-514)
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Electrocardiographic Criteria for Detecting Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block: A Meta-analysis , 17 March 2008
Jeffrey A. Tabas, Robert M. Rodriguez, Hilary K. Seligman, Nora F. Goldschlager
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 4, Pages 329-336.e1)
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A Comparison of Observed Versus Documented Physician Assessment and Treatment of Pain: The Physician Record Does Not Reflect the Reality , 14 March 2008
Carey D. Chisholm, Christopher S. Weaver, Laura F. Whenmouth, Beverly Giles, Edward J. Brizendine
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 4, Pages 383-389)
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Assessing Hospital Disaster Preparedness: A Comparison of an On-Site Survey, Directly Observed Drill Performance, and Video Analysis of Teamwork , 21 January 2008
Amy H. Kaji, Vinette Langford, Roger J. Lewis
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 3, Pages 195-201.e12)
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Out-of-Hospital Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation Versus Usual Care in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial , 04 April 2008
James Thompson, David A. Petrie, Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz, Darrell J. Bardua
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 3, Pages 232-241.e1)
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Quantitative Assessment of Diagnostic Radiation Doses in Adult Blunt Trauma Patients , 07 March 2008
James E. Winslow, Jeffrey W. Hinshaw, Michael J. Hughes, Rodney C. Williams, William P. Bozeman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 2, Pages 93-97)
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Are the Uninsured Responsible for the Increase in Emergency Department Visits in the United States? , 14 April 2008
Ellen J. Weber, Jonathan A. Showstack, Kelly A. Hunt, David C. Colby, Barbara Grimes, Peter Bacchetti, Michael L. Callaham
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 2, Pages 108-115.e1)
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The Utility of Supplemental Oxygen During Emergency Department Procedural Sedation With Propofol: A Randomized, Controlled Trial , 25 February 2008
Kenneth Deitch, Carl R. Chudnofsky, Paul Dominici
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 1, Pages 1-8)
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The Role of Oral Ondansetron in Children With Vomiting as a Result of Acute Gastritis/Gastroenteritis Who Have Failed Oral Rehydration Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial , 15 November 2007
Gregory Roslund, Terri S. Hepps, Kemedy K. McQuillen
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 1, Pages 22-29.e6)
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Factors Enhancing Career Satisfaction Among Female Emergency Physicians , 17 March 2008
Kathleen J. Clem, Susan B. Promes, Seth W. Glickman, Anand Shah, Michelle A. Finkel, Ricardo Pietrobon, Charles B. Cairns
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 6, Pages 723-728.e8)
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Challenges in Enrollment of Minority, Pediatric, and Geriatric Patients in Emergency and Acute Care Clinical Research , 21 January 2008
Seth W. Glickman, Kevin J. Anstrom, Li Lin, Abhinav Chandra, Daniel T. Laskowitz, Christopher W. Woods, Debra H. Freeman, Monica Kraft, Laura M. Beskow, Kevin P. Weinfurt, Kevin A. Schulman, Charles B. Cairns
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 6, Pages 775-780.e3)
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Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure in a County Emergency Department: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Comparison of Nesiritide Versus Placebo Treatment , 28 February 2008
Adam H. Miller, Shameem Nazeer, Paul Pepe, Barbi Estes, April Gorman, Clyde W. Yancy
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 5, Pages 571-578)
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Is Screening Radiography Necessary to Detect Retained Foreign Bodies in Adequately Explored Superficial Glass-Caused Wounds? , 26 June 2007
Lauren N. Weinberger, Esther H. Chen, Angela M. Mills
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 5, Pages 666-667)
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Enrolling Subjects by Exception From Consent Versus Proxy Consent in Trauma Care Research , 15 October 2007
David W. Wright, Pamela L. Clark, Rebecca D. Pentz, Vicki Hertzberg, Arthur L. Kellermann
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 4, Pages 355-360.e3)
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What Are You Waiting For? A Study of Resident Physician-Parent Communication in a Pediatric Emergency Department , 15 November 2007
Kelly J. Cramm, Mary D. Dowd
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 4, Pages 361-366)
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Increased Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department: Pain, Anxiety, or Undiagnosed Hypertension? , 21 January 2008
Paula Tanabe, Stephen D. Persell, James G. Adams, Jennifer C. McCormick, Zoran Martinovich, David W. Baker
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 3, Pages 221-229)
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Characteristics of Patient Care Management Problems Identified in Emergency Department Morbidity and Mortality Investigations During 15 Years , 15 October 2007
Karen S. Cosby, Rebecca Roberts, Lisa Palivos, Christopher Ross, Jeffrey Schaider, Scott Sherman, Isam Nasr, Eileen Couture, Moses Lee, Shari Schabowski, Ibrar Ahmad, R. Douglas Scott
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 3, Pages 251-261.e1)
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To Sit or Not to Sit: A Question of Cultural Performance , 28 August 2007
Alexandra Murphy
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 2, Pages 194-196)
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The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Joint Commission Regulations and the Digital Rectal Examination , 26 October 2007
Bruce D. Adams, Keri Jo A. McHugh, Scott A. Bryson, Joanne Dabulewicz
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 2, Pages 197-201.e1)
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Emergency Department Crowding Is Associated With Poor Care for Patients With Severe Pain , 03 October 2007
Jesse M. Pines, Judd E. Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 1, Pages 1-5)
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Customer Satisfaction Versus Patient Safety: Have We Lost Our Way? , 15 October 2007
Peter Viccellio
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 1, Pages 13-14)
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Survival Outcomes With the Introduction of Intravenous Epinephrine in the Management of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest , 18 May 2007
Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Eng Hoe Tan, Faith Suan Peng Ng, Anushia Panchalingham, Swee Han Lim, Peter George Manning, Victor Yeok Kein Ong, Steven Hoon Chin Lim, Susan Yap, Lai Peng Tham, Kheng Siang Ng, Anantharaman Venkataraman, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Epidemiology Study Group
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 6, Pages 635-642)
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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Versus Bilevel Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema: A Randomized Multicenter Trial , 31 August 2007
Fabienne Moritz, Benoit Brousse, Bruno Gellée, Abdesslam Chajara, Erwan L'Her, Marie-France Hellot, Jacques Bénichou
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 6, Pages 666-675.e1)
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Prolonged Emergency Department Stays of Non–ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Are Associated With Worse Adherence to the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for Management and Increased Adverse Events , 22 June 2007
Deborah B. Diercks, Matthew T. Roe, Anita Y. Chen, W. Franklin Peacock, J. Douglas Kirk, Charles V. Pollack, W. Brian Gibler, Sidney C. Smith, Magnus Ohman, Eric D. Peterson
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 5, Pages 489-496)
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Thoracic Compression Fractures as a Result of Shock From a Conducted Energy Weapon: A Case Report , 10 September 2007
James E. Winslow, William P. Bozeman, Michael C. Fortner, Roy L. Alson
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 5, Pages 584-586)
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Medication Errors Among Acutely Ill and Injured Children Treated in Rural Emergency Departments , 13 April 2007
James P. Marcin, Madan Dharmar, Meyng Cho, Lynn L. Seifert, Jenifer L. Cook, Stacey L. Cole, Farid Nasrollahzadeh, Patrick S. Romano
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 4, Pages 361-367.e2)
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What Whiteboards in a Trauma Center Operating Suite Can Teach Us About Emergency Department Communication , 11 May 2007
Yan Xiao, Stephen Schenkel, Samer Faraj, Colin F. Mackenzie, Jacqueline Moss
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 4, Pages 387-395)
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Antibiotic Use for Emergency Department Patients With Upper Respiratory Infections: Prescribing Practices, Patient Expectations, and Patient Satisfaction , 28 April 2007
Samuel Ong, Janet Nakase, Gregory J. Moran, David J. Karras, Matthew J. Kuehnert, David A. Talan, EMERGEncy ID NET Study Group
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 3, Pages 213-220)
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Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity: An Empiric New York Statewide Study , 19 December 2006
Robert K. Kanter, John R. Moran
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 3, Pages 314-319)
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Use of Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 1999 to 2004 , 04 May 2007
H. Christian Schumacher, Brian T. Bateman, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Mitchell F. Berman, J.P. Mohr, Ralph L. Sacco, John Pile-Spellman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 2, Pages 99-107)
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Capnography for Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in the Emergency Department , 13 January 2007
Baruch Krauss, Dean R. Hess
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 2, Pages 172-181)
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Trauma Management Outcomes Associated With Nonsurgeon Versus Surgeon Trauma Team Leaders , 20 November 2006
Jennifer M. Ahmed, John M. Tallon, David A. Petrie
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 1, Pages 7-12.e1)
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Use of Routine Wound Cultures to Evaluate Cutaneous Abscesses for Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Fredrick M. Abrahamian, Sunil D. Shroff
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 1, Pages 66-67)
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The On-Call Crisis: A Statewide Assessment of the Costs of Providing On-Call Specialist Coverage , 08 January 2007
K. John McConnell, Loren A. Johnson, Nadia Arab, Christopher F. Richards, Craig D. Newgard, Tina Edlund
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 6, Pages 727-733.e18)
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Sodium Thiosulfate or Hydroxocobalamin for the Empiric Treatment of Cyanide Poisoning? , 14 November 2006
Alan H. Hall, Richard Dart, Gregory Bogdan
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 6, Pages 806-813)
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Identification of 90% of Patients Ultimately Diagnosed With Community-Acquired Pneumonia Within Four Hours of Emergency Department Arrival May Not Be Feasible , 08 January 2007
Christopher Fee, Ellen J. Weber
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 5, Pages 553-559)
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Improving Hospital Surge Capacity: A New Concept for Emergency Credentialing of Volunteers , 20 November 2006
Carl H. Schultz, Samuel J. Stratton
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 5, Pages 602-609)
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ProTECT: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Progesterone for Acute Traumatic Brain Injury , 04 October 2006
David W. Wright, Arthur L. Kellermann, Vicki S. Hertzberg, Pamela L. Clark, Michael Frankel, Felicia C. Goldstein, Jeffrey P. Salomone, L. Leon Dent, Odette A. Harris, Douglas S. Ander, Douglas W. Lowery, Manish M. Patel, Donald D. Denson, Angelita B. Gordon, Marlena M. Wald, Sanjay Gupta, Stuart W. Hoffman, Donald G. Stein
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 4, Pages 391-402.e2)
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Fasting and Emergency Department Procedural Sedation and Analgesia: A Consensus-Based Clinical Practice Advisory , 06 November 2006
Steven M. Green, Mark G. Roback, James R. Miner, John H. Burton, Baruch Krauss
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 4, Pages 454-461)
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The Effect of Low-Complexity Patients on Emergency Department Waiting Times , 25 August 2006
Michael J. Schull, Alex Kiss, John-Paul Szalai
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 3, Pages 257-264.e1)
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National Variability in Out-of-Hospital Treatment After Traumatic Injury , 19 September 2006
Eileen M. Bulger, Avery B. Nathens, Frederick P. Rivara, Ellen MacKenzie, Daniel R. Sabath, Gregory J. Jurkovich
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 3, Pages 293-301)
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Evaluation of a Modified Prediction Instrument to Identify Significant Pediatric Intracranial Injury After Blunt Head Trauma , 08 January 2007
Benjamin C. Sun, Jerome R. Hoffman, William R. Mower
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 3, Pages 325-332.e1)
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The Diagnostic Accuracy of 64-Slice Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography Compared With Stress Nuclear Imaging in Emergency Department Low-Risk Chest Pain Patients , 19 September 2006
Michael J. Gallagher, Michael A. Ross, Gilbert L. Raff, James A. Goldstein, William W. O’Neill, Brian O’Neil
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 2, Pages 125-136)
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Prescription Naloxone: A Novel Approach to Heroin Overdose Prevention , 14 July 2006
Karl A. Sporer, Alex H. Kral
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 2, Pages 172-177)
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In defense of the use of lidocaine in rapid sequence intubation
Bisan Salhi, Edward Stettner
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 1, Pages 84-86)
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Opposition to the use of lidocaine in rapid sequence intubation
Christian Vaillancourt, Atul K. Kapur
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 1, Pages 86-87)
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Research Advances in Procedural Sedation and Analgesia , 06 November 2006
Steven M. Green
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 1, Pages 31-36)
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Patients Who Leave Without Being Seen: Their Characteristics and History of Emergency Department Use , 30 June 2006
Ru Ding, Melissa L. McCarthy, Guohua Li, Thomas D. Kirsch, Julianna J. Jung, Gabor D. Kelen
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 6, Pages 686-693)
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From Submission to Publication: A Retrospective Review of the Tables and Figures in a Cohort of Randomized Controlled Trials Submitted to the British Medical Journal , 19 September 2006
David L. Schriger, Reshmi Sinha, Sara Schroter, Pamela Y. Liu, Douglas G. Altman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 6, Pages 750-756.e21)
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Gifts to Physicians from the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Ethical Analysis , 08 February 2006
Catherine A. Marco, John C. Moskop, Robert C. Solomon, Joel M. Geiderman, Gregory L. Larkin
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 5, Pages 513-521)
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Respiratory Hygiene in the Emergency Department , 25 August 2006
Richard E. Rothman, Charlene B. Irvin, Gregory J. Moran, Lauren Sauer, Ylisabyth S. Bradshaw, Robert B. Fry, Elaine B. Josephson, Holly K. Ledyard, Jon Mark Hirshon, Public Health Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 5, Pages 570-582)
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The Impact of Trauma Activations on the Care of Emergency Department Patients With Potential Acute Coronary Syndromes , 24 April 2006
Peter E. Fishman, Frances S. Shofer, Jennifer L. Robey, Kara E. Zogby, Patrick M. Reilly, Charles C. Branas, Jesse M. Pines, Judd E. Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 4, Pages 347-353)
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Tobacco Control Interventions in the Emergency Department: A Joint Statement of Emergency Medicine Organizations , 06 June 2006
Steven L. Bernstein, Edwin D. Boudreaux, Rita K. Cydulka, Karin V. Rhodes, Nadine A. Lettman, Sherri-Lynne Almeida, Lynne B. McCullough, Selma Mizouni, Arthur L. Kellermann, American College of Emergency Physicians Task Force on Smoking Cessation
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 4, Pages e417-e426)
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Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Point-of-Care, Limited Ultrasonography for Trauma in the Emergency Department: The First Sonography Outcomes Assessment Program Trial , 26 March 2006
Lawrence A. Melniker, Evan Leibner, Mark G. McKenney, Peter Lopez, William M. Briggs, Carol A. Mancuso
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 3, Pages 227-235)
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Prospective Validation of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Risk Score in the Emergency Department Chest Pain Population , 17 March 2006
Maureen Chase, Jennifer L. Robey, Kara E. Zogby, Keara L. Sease, Frances S. Shofer, Judd E. Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 3, Pages 252-259)
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Hospital-Based Emergency Care: A Future Without Boarding?
Brent R. Asplin
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 2, Pages 121-125)
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The Future of Emergency Care in the United States: The Institute of Medicine Subcommittee on Prehospital Emergency Medical Services
Daniel W. Spaite
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 2, Pages 126-130)
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Integrating Children Into Our Emergency Care System: Achieving the Vision
Marianne Gausche-Hill
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 2, Pages 131-134)
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Characteristics of Frequent Users of Emergency Departments , 30 March 2006
Kelly A. Hunt, Ellen J. Weber, Jonathan A. Showstack, David C. Colby, Michael L. Callaham
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 1, Pages 1-8)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (157 KB)

Frequent Emergency Department Visitors: The End of Inappropriateness , 22 May 2006
Steven L. Bernstein
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2006 (Vol. 48, Issue 1, Pages 18-20)
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Economic Value of Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care: A Structured Literature Review , 26 March 2006
E. Brooke Lerner, Ronald F. Maio, Herbert G. Garrison, Daniel W. Spaite, Graham Nichol
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 6, Pages 515-524)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (169 KB)

Out-of-Hospital Endotracheal Intubation: Where Are We? , 27 February 2006
Henry E. Wang, Donald M. Yealy
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 6, Pages 532-541)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (156 KB)

Is There Evidence to Support the Need for Routine Surgeon Presence on Trauma Patient Arrival? , 16 January 2006
Steven M. Green
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 5, Pages 405-411)
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A Critical Pathway for Patients With Acute Chest Pain and Low Risk for Short-Term Adverse Cardiac Events: Role of Outpatient Stress Testing , 08 February 2006
Mary C. Meyer, Robert P. Mooney, Anna K. Sekera
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 5, Pages 435.e1-435.e3)
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Effects of Hospital Closures and Hospital Characteristics on Emergency Department Ambulance Diversion, Los Angeles County, 1998 to 2004 , 07 February 2006
Benjamin C. Sun, Sarita A. Mohanty, Robert Weiss, Richard Tadeo, Maureen Hasbrouck, William Koenig, Carol Meyer, Steven Asch
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 4, Pages 309-316)
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Impact of the San Diego Serial Inebriate Program on Use of Emergency Medical Resources , 20 January 2006
James V. Dunford, Edward M. Castillo, Theodore C. Chan, Gary M. Vilke, Peter Jenson, Suzanne P. Lindsay
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 4, Pages 328-336)
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Amiodarone Is Poorly Effective for the Acute Termination of Ventricular Tachycardia , 21 November 2005
Keith A. Marill, Ian S. deSouza, Daniel K. Nishijima, Thomas O. Stair, Gary S. Setnik, Jeremy N. Ruskin
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 3, Pages 217-224)
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Report of the Task Force on National Fourth Year Medical Student Emergency Medicine Curriculum Guide , 02 November 2005
David E. Manthey, Wendy C. Coates, Douglas S. Ander, Felix K. Ankel, Howard Blumstein, Theodore A. Christopher, James M. Courtney, Glenn C. Hamilton, Eve K. Kaiyala, Kevin Rodgers, Aaron B. Schneir, Stephen H. Thomas, Task Force on National Fourth Year Medical Student Emergency Medicine Curriculum Guide
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 3, Pages e1-e7)
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Ultrasonography in Community Emergency Departments in the United States: Access to Ultrasonography Performed by Consultants and Status of Emergency Physician-Performed Ultrasonography , 21 November 2005
Christopher L. Moore, Alex A. Molina, Henry Lin
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 2, Pages 147-153)
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Injuries Missed by Limited Computed Tomographic Imaging of Patients With Cervical Spine Injuries , 05 September 2005
Tyler W. Barrett, William R. Mower, Michael I. Zucker, Jerome R. Hoffman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 2, Pages 129-133)
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A Clinical Prediction Rule for Early Discharge of Patients With Chest Pain , 19 October 2005
Jim Christenson, Grant Innes, Douglas McKnight, Christopher R. Thompson, Hubert Wong, Eugenia Yu, Barb Boychuk, Eric Grafstein, Frances Rosenberg, Kenneth Gin, Aslam Anis, Joel Singer
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 1, Pages 1-10)
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The Myths of Disaster Education , 06 December 2005
Jonathan L. Burstein
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2006 (Vol. 47, Issue 1, Pages 50-52)
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Impact of Emergency Department Volume on Registered Nurse Time at the Bedside , 17 October 2005
Cherri Hobgood, John Villani, Robert Quattlebaum
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 6, Pages 481-489)
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Emergency Physicians' Fear of Malpractice in Evaluating Patients With Possible Acute Cardiac Ischemia , 14 July 2005
David A. Katz, Geoffrey C. Williams, Roger L. Brown, Tom P. Aufderheide, Mark Bogner, Peter S. Rahko, Harry P. Selker
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 6, Pages 525-533)
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Do Emergency Department Blood Cultures Change Practice in Patients With Pneumonia? , 25 July 2005
Maura Kennedy, David W. Bates, Sharon B. Wright, Raul Ruiz, Richard E. Wolfe, Nathan I. Shapiro
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 5, Pages 393-400)
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Performance Characteristics of Clinical Diagnosis, a Clinical Decision Rule, and a Rapid Influenza Test in the Detection of Influenza Infection in a Community Sample of Adults , 16 August 2005
John Stein, Janice Louie, Scott Flanders, Judith Maselli, Jill K. Hacker, W. Lawrence Drew, Ralph Gonzales
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 5, Pages 412-419)
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The Emergency Department Utility of Simplify D-dimer™ to Exclude Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With Pleuritic Chest Pain , 20 June 2005
Kerstin Hogg, Deborah Dawson, Kevin Mackway-Jones
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 4, Pages 305-310)
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Topical Anesthetics for Dermal Instrumentation: A Systematic Review of Randomized, Controlled Trials , 04 May 2005
Anthony Eidelman, Jocelyn M. Weiss, Joseph Lau, Daniel B. Carr
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 4, Pages 343-351)
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Critical Care Medicine Training and Certification for Emergency Physicians , 01 August 2005
David T. Huang, Tiffany M. Osborn, Kyle J. Gunnerson, Scott R. Gunn, Stephen Trzeciak, Edward Kimball, Mitchell P. Fink, Derek C. Angus, R. Phillip Dellinger, Emanuel P. Rivers, For the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, and the Emergency Medicine Residents Association
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 3, Pages 217-223)
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A Risk Quantification Instrument for Acute Acetaminophen Overdose Patients Treated With N-Acetylcysteine , 01 July 2005
Marco L.A. Sivilotti, Mark C. Yarema, David N. Juurlink, Angela M. Good, David W. Johnson
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 3, Pages 263-271)
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Availability of Emergency Contraception: A Survey of Hospital Emergency Department Staff , 05 May 2005
Teresa Harrison
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 2, Pages 105-110)
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Automated External Defibrillators: To What Extent Does the Algorithm Delay CPR? , 20 June 2005
Thomas D. Rea, Sachita Shah, Peter J. Kudenchuk, Michael K. Copass, Leonard A. Cobb
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 2, Pages 132-141)
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Patient Satisfaction and the Curse of Kelvin , 28 April 2005
Robert L. Wears
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 1, Pages 11-12)
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Xanthrochromia? By What Method? A Comparison of Visual and Spectrophotometric Xanthrochromia , 06 April 2005
Robert Sidman, Stuart Spitalnic, Michael Demelis, Nicole Durfey, Gregory Jay
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 1, Pages 51-55)
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Changes in the Numeric Descriptive Scale for Pain After Sublingual Nitroglycerin Do Not Predict Cardiac Etiology of Chest Pain , 22 March 2005
Deborah B. Diercks, Elizabeth Boghos, Hector Guzman, Ezra A. Amsterdam, J. Douglas Kirk
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 6, Pages 581-585)
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Emergency Department Brief Motivational Interventions for Alcohol With Motor Vehicle Crash Patients , 28 April 2005
Michael J. Mello, Ted D. Nirenberg, Richard Longabaugh, Robert Woolard, Alison Minugh, Bruce Becker, Janette Baird, Lynda Stein
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 6, Pages 620-625)
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The Cost of an Emergency Department Visit and Its Relationship to Emergency Department Volume , 06 April 2005
Anil Bamezai, Glenn Melnick, Amar Nawathe
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 5, Pages 483-490)
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Calculating the Cost of Emergency Care , 06 April 2005
Arthur L. Kellermann
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 5, Pages 491-492)
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Magnesium Sulfate, in Addition to Usual Care, for Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation , 07 February 2005
Michael John Davey, David Teubner
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 4, Pages 347-353)
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The Impact of Imbalances in Baseline Stroke Severity on Outcome in the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Stroke Study , 12 January 2005
Thomas Kwiatkowski, Richard Libman, Barbara C. Tilley, Christopher Lewandowski, James C. Grotta, Patrick Lyden, Steven R. Levine, Thomas Brott, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Stroke Study Group
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 4, Pages 377-384)
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Evaluation of an Emergency Department–Based Enrollment Program for Uninsured Children , 08 December 2004
Prashant Mahajan, Rachel Stanley, Kevin W. Ross, Linda Clark, Keisha Sandberg, Richard Lichtenstein
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 3, Pages 245-250)
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High Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Emergency Department Skin and Soft Tissue Infections , 14 December 2004
Bradley W. Frazee, Jeremy Lynn, Edwin D. Charlebois, Larry Lambert, Derrick Lowery, Francoise Perdreau-Remington
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 3, Pages 311-320)
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The financial burden of emergency department congestion and hospital crowding for chest pain patients awaiting admission , 22 December 2004
Matthew D. Bayley, J. Sanford Schwartz, Frances S. Shofer, Mark Weiner, Frank D. Sites, K. Bobbi Traber, Judd E. Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 2, Pages 110-117)
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Emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events: Demonstration for a national surveillance system , 31 December 2004
Daniel S. Budnitz, Daniel A. Pollock, Aaron B. Mendelsohn, Kelly N. Weidenbach, Arthur K. McDonald, Joseph L. Annest
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 2, Pages 197-206)
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Does lack of a usual source of care or health insurance increase the likelihood of an emergency department visit? Results of a national population-based study , 25 October 2004
Ellen J. Weber, Jonathan A. Showstack, Kelly A. Hunt, David C. Colby, Michael L. Callaham
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 1, Pages 4-12)
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Decreasing clinically significant adverse events using feedback to emergency physicians of telephone follow-up outcomes , 25 November 2004
Chii-Hwa Chern, Chorng-Kuang How, Lee-Min Wang, Chen-Hsen Lee, Louis Graff
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2005 (Vol. 45, Issue 1, Pages 15-23)
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Is the initial diagnostic impression of “noncardiac chest pain” adequate to exclude cardiac disease? , 19 August 2004
Chadwick D. Miller, Christopher J. Lindsell, Sorabh Khandelwal, Abhinav Chandra, Charles V. Pollack, Brian R. Tiffany, Judd E. Hollander, W. Brian Gibler, James W. Hoekstra
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 6, Pages 565-574)
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Chest pain in the emergency department: In search of the Holy Grail , 01 October 2004
David J. Magid, John S. Rumsfeld, Frederick A. Masoudi
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 6, Pages 575-576)
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Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation and outcome after traumatic brain injury , 19 August 2004
Henry E. Wang, Andrew B. Peitzman, Laura D. Cassidy, P. David Adelson, Donald M. Yealy
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 5, Pages 439-450)
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Clinical practice guideline for emergency department ketamine dissociative sedation in children , 16 September 2004
Steven M. Green, Baruch Krauss
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 5, Pages 460-471)
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Community trial to decrease ambulance diversion hours: The San Diego county patient destination trial , 24 August 2004
Gary M. Vilke, Edward M. Castillo, Marcelyn A. Metz, Leslie Upledger Ray, Patricia A. Murrin, Roneet Lev, Theodore C. Chan
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 4, Pages 295-303)
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Looking for a solution … to the solution? , 26 August 2004
Theodore R. Delbridge, Donald M. Yealy
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 4, Pages 304-306)
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Effects of neural network feedback to physicians on admit/discharge decision for emergency department patients with chest pain , 19 August 2004
Judd E. Hollander, Keara L. Sease, Dina M. Sparano, Frank D. Sites, Frances S. Shofer, William G. Baxt
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 3, Pages 199-205)
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Health care facility and community strategies for patient care surge capacity , 19 August 2004
John L. Hick, Dan Hanfling, Jonathan L. Burstein, Craig DeAtley, Donna Barbisch, Gregory M. Bogdan, Stephen Cantrill
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 3, Pages 253-261)
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Fasciotomy worsens the amount of myonecrosis in a porcine model of crotaline envenomation
David A. Tanen, David C. Danish, Guerard A. Grice, Robert H. Riffenburgh, Richard F. Clark
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 2, Pages 99-104)
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Nebulized lidocaine decreases the discomfort of nasogastric tube insertion: a randomized, double-blind trial
Louise Cullen, David Taylor, Simone Taylor, Kevin Chu
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 2, Pages 131-137)
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Risk factors for stroke and thromboprophylaxis in atrial fibrillation: what happens in daily clinical practice? The GEFAUR-1 study
Pedro Laguna, Alfonso Martı́n, Carmen del Arco, Pedro Gargantilla, On behalf of the investigators in the Spanish Atrial Fibrillation in Emergency Medicine Study Group (GEFAUR)
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 1, Pages 3-11)
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Defining “therapeutically inconsequential” head computed tomographic findings in patients with blunt head trauma
Clare Atzema, William R. Mower, Jerome R. Hoffman, James F. Holmes, Anthony J. Killian, Jennifer A. Oman, Andrew H. Shen, Stephen D. Greenwood, For the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) II Group
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2004 (Vol. 44, Issue 1, Pages 47-56)
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How much tachycardia in infants can be attributed to fever?
Colleen M Hanna, David S Greenes
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 6, Pages 699-705)
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Do children require hospitalization after immediate posttraumatic seizures?
James F Holmes, Michael J Palchak, Matthew J Conklin, Nathan Kuppermann
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 6, Pages 706-710)
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Health-related quality of life predicts emergency department utilization for patients with asthma
David J. Magid, Debra Houry, Jennifer Ellis, Ella Lyons, John S. Rumsfeld
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 5, Pages 551-557)
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The impact and enforcement of prudent layperson laws
Mark A. Hall
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 5, Pages 558-566)
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A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of phenytoin for the prevention of early posttraumatic seizures in children with moderate to severe blunt head injury
Kelly D. Young, Pamela J. Okada, Peter E. Sokolove, Michael J. Palchak, Edward A. Panacek, Jill M. Baren, Kenneth R. Huff, Duncan Q. McBride, Stanley H. Inkelis, Roger J. Lewis
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 4, Pages 435-446)
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Emergency medicine–trained physicians are proficient in the insertion of transvenous pacemakers
Robert H Birkhahn, Theodore J Gaeta, John Tloczkowski, Todd Mundy, Manish Sharma, Joseph Bove, William M Briggs
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 4, Pages 469-474)
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Disputes over coverage of emergency department services: A study of two health maintenance organizations
Carole Roan Gresenz, David M Studdert
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 2, Pages 155-162)
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Interrater reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores in the emergency department
Michelle R Gill, David G Reiley, Steven M Green
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 2, Pages 215-223)
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Alternating day emergency medicine and anesthesia resident responsibility for management of the trauma airway: A study of laryngoscopy performance and intubation success
Richard M Levitan, Boaz Rosenblatt, Evan M Meiner, Patrick M Reilly, Judd E Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 1, Pages 48-53)
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Risk stratification of emergency department patients with chest pain: The need for standardized reporting guidelines
Judd E Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 1, Pages 68-70)
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Lack of utility of telemetry monitoring for identification of cardiac death and life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmias in low-risk patients with chest pain
Judd E Hollander, Frank D Sites, Charles V Pollack, Frances S Shofer
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2004 (Vol. 43, Issue 1, Pages 71-76)
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Incidence of transient hypoxia and pulse rate reactivity during paramedic rapid sequence intubation
James V. Dunford, Daniel P. Davis, Mel Ochs, Michael Doney, David B. Hoyt
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 6, Pages 721-728)
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Propofol in emergency medicine: Pushing the sedation frontier
Steven M Green, Baruch Krauss
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 6, Pages 792-797)
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A new feature for readers: Capsule summaries
Michael L Callaham
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 5, Pages 609-610)
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Misdiagnosis of stroke in tissue plasminogen activator–treated patients: Characteristics and outcomes
Phillip A Scott, Robert Silbergleit
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 5, Pages 611-618)
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Nonoccupational postexposure HIV prevention: Emergency physicians' current practices, attitudes, and beliefs
Julie B McCausland, Judith A Linden, Linda C Degutis, Prasanthi Ramanujam, Lisa M Sullivan, Gail D'Onofrio
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 5, Pages 651-656)
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Interruption of cardiopulmonary resuscitation with the use of the automated external defibrillator in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Anouk P van Alem, Björn T Sanou, Rudolph W Koster
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 4, Pages 449-457)
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A decision rule for identifying children at low risk for brain injuries after blunt head trauma
Michael J. Palchak, James F. Holmes, Cheryl W. Vance, Rebecca E. Gelber, Bobbie A. Schauer, Mathew J. Harrison, Jason Willis-Shore, Sandra L. Wootton-Gorges, Robert W. Derlet, Nathan Kuppermann
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 4, Pages 492-506)
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Inflammatory cytokines provide limited early prognostic information in emergency department patients with suspected myocardial ischemia
Graham S. Hillis, Carol A. Terregino, Pamela Taggart, Anthony J. Killian, Antoinette Mangione
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 3, Pages 337-342)
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Establishing and training health care facility decontamination teams
John L Hick, Paul Penn, Dan Hanfling, Mark A Lappe, Dan O'Laughlin, Jonathan L Burstein
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 3, Pages 381-390)
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Specificity and sensitivity of automated external defibrillator rhythm analysis in infants and children
Elizabeth Atkinson, Bridget Mikysa, Jeffrey A. Conway, Morgan Parker, Karla Christian, Jayant Deshpande, Timothy Kevin Knilans, Jacqueline Smith, Carolyn Walker, Ronald E. Stickney, David R. Hampton, Mary Fran Hazinski
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 2, Pages 185-196)
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Optimal defibrillation response intervals for maximum out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates
Valerie J. De Maio, Ian G. Stiell, George A. Wells, Daniel W. Spaite, For the Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support Study Group
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 2, Pages 242-250)
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Journal performance report
Michael L. Callaham, Nancy Medina
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 1, Pages 1-2)
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Research methods: Beyond the clinical trial
Steve Goodacre
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 1, Pages 56-65)
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Status report: Development of emergency medicine research since the macy report
Charles V. Pollack, Judd E. Hollander, Brian J. O'Neil, Robert W. Neumar, Richard Summers, Carlos A. Camargo, John G. Younger, Clifton W. Callaway, E.John Gallagher, Arthur L. Kellermann, Gary S. Krause, Robert W. Schafermeyer, Edward Sloan, Susan Stern, On behalf of the ACEP Research Committee
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2003 (Vol. 42, Issue 1, Pages 66-80)
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Homicide and suicide risks associated with firearms in the home: A national case-control study
Douglas J. Wiebe
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 6, Pages 771-782)
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Beyond tissue plasminogen activator: Mechanical intervention in acute stroke
Megan C. Leary, Jeffrey L. Saver, Y.Pierre Gobin, Reza Jahan, Gary R. Duckwiler, Fernando Vinuela, Chelsea S. Kidwell, John Frazee, Sidney Starkman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 6, Pages 838-846)
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Oral dexamethasone for the treatment of pain in children with acute pharyngitis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Blake Bulloch, Amin Kabani, Milton Tenenbein
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 5, Pages 601-608)
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Unexpected “gas” casualties in Moscow: A medical toxicology perspective
Paul M. Wax, Charles E. Becker, Steven C. Curry
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 5, Pages 700-705)
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Convergent volunteerism
David C. Cone, Scott D. Weir, Sandy Bogucki
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 4, Pages 457-462)
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Does ambulance diversion matter?
Brent R. Asplin
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 4, Pages 477-480)
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Continuous 12-lead electrocardiographic monitoring in an emergency department chest pain unit: An assessment of potential clinical effect
Wyatt W. Decker, Laurence D. Prina, Peter A. Smars, Andrew J. Boggust, Alan R. Zinsmeister, Stephen L. Kopecky
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 3, Pages 342-351)
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Interobserver agreement in emergency department triage
Joe Nakagawa, Sripha Ouk, Brad Schwartz, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 2, Pages 191-195)
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The value of parental report for diagnosis and management of dehydration in the emergency department
Stephen C. Porter, Gary R. Fleisher, Isaac S. Kohane, Kenneth D. Mandl
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 2, Pages 196-205)
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Unintended shootings in a large metropolitan area: An incident-based analysis
Richard B. Ismach, Avid Reza, Roy Ary, Tomoko Rie Sampson, Kidist Bartolomeos, Arthur L. Kellermann
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 1, Pages 10-17)
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Protecting research subjects under the waiver of informed consent for emergency research: Experiences with efforts to inform the community
Amit Navin Shah, Jeremy Sugarman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2003 (Vol. 41, Issue 1, Pages 72-78)
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Survival and neurologic outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation with four different chest compression-ventilation ratios
Arthur B. Sanders, Karl B. Kern, Robert A. Berg, Ronald W. Hilwig, Joseph Heidenrich, Gordon A. Ewy
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 6, Pages 553-562)
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The challenge of drug shortages for emergency medicine
Linda S. Tyler, Erin R. Fox, E.Martin Caravati
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 6, Pages 598-602)
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Sex and acute stroke presentation
Lise A. Labiche, Wenyaw Chan, Kamaldeen R. Saldin, Lewis B. Morgenstern
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 5, Pages 453-460)
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The EMTALA Paradox
Robert Wanerman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 5, Pages 464-469)
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Lack of an association between medicare supplemental insurance and delay in seeking emergency care for patients with myocardial infarction
P.Michael Ho, John S. Rumsfeld, Ella Lyons, Nathan R. Every, David J. Magid
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 4, Pages 381-387)
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Reliability of assigning correct current procedural terminology—4 E/M codes
Patricia N. Bentley, Andrew G. Wilson, Mary Elizabeth Derwin, Robbie Scodellaro, Raymond E. Jackson
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 3, Pages 269-274)
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E/M coding and the OIG: Not so reliable after all
Brent R. Asplin
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 3, Pages 275-279)
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Paramedic-performed rapid sequence intubation of patients with severe head injuries
Mel Ochs, Daniel Davis, David Hoyt, David Bailey, Lawrence Marshall, Peter Rosen
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 2, Pages 159-167)
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Out-of-hospital rapid sequence intubation: is this really the “success” we envisioned?
Henry E. Wang, Donald M. Yealy
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 2, Pages 168-171)
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A study of the workforce in emergency medicine: 1999
John C. Moorhead, Michael E. Gallery, Colleen Hirshkorn, Douglas P. Barnaby, William G. Barsan, Lily C. Conrad, William Colwell Dalsey, Michelle Fried, Sanford H. Herman, Paul Hogan, Thomas E. Mannle, Dighton C. Packard, Debra G. Perina, Charles V. Pollack, Michael T. Rapp, Colin C. Rorrie, Robert W. Schafermeyer
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 1, Pages 3-15)
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The emergency medicine workforce study: More questions than answers
James J. Augustine, Arthur L. Kellermann
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2002 (Vol. 40, Issue 1, Pages 16-18)
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Etomidate for procedural sedation in emergency medicine
David R. Vinson, David R. Bradbury
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 6, Pages 592-598)
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Alcohol's contribution to fatal injuries: A report on public perceptions
Deborah C. Girasek, Andrea C. Gielen, Gordon S. Smith
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 6, Pages 622-630)
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Alcohol still kills!
Roy D. Ary, Marlena M. Wald, Wesley Rutland-Brown
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 6, Pages 651-652)
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Use of out-of-hospital variables to predict severity of injury in pediatric patients involved in motor vehicle crashes
Craig D. Newgard, Roger J. Lewis, B.Tilman Jolly
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 5, Pages 481-491)
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Cryptogenic rabies, bats, and the question of aerosol transmission
Robert V. Gibbons
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 5, Pages 528-536)
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Dogs, cats, raccoons, and bats: Where is the real risk for rabies?
Gregory J. Moran
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 5, Pages 541-543)
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A neural computational aid to the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
William G. Baxt, Frances S. Shofer, Frank D. Sites, Judd E. Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 4, Pages 366-373)
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Trends in the use and capacity of California's emergency departments, 1990-1999
Susan Lambe, Donna L. Washington, Arlene Fink, Katherine Herbst, Honghu Liu, Jessica Scura Fosse, Steven M. Asch
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 4, Pages 389-396)
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Overcrowding in emergency departments: Increased demand and decreased capacity
Robert W. Derlet
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 4, Pages 430-432)
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Serum cleaved tau protein levels and clinical outcome in adult patients with closed head injury
George J. Shaw, Edward C. Jauch, Frank P. Zemlan
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 3, Pages 254-257)
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Rule out TBI? Serum markers for traumatic brain injury
Robert W. Neumar
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 3, Pages 342-343)
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Persistence of delays in presentation and treatment for patients with acute myocardial infarction: The GUSTO-I and GUSTO-III experience
W.Brian Gibler, Paul W. Armstrong, E.Magnus Ohman, W.Douglas Weaver, Amanda L. Stebbins, Joel M. Gore, L.Kristin Newby, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol, For the Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) Investigators
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 2, Pages 123-130)
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Cardiology and emergency medicine: United We Stand, divided we fall
W.Brian Gibler, Eric J. Topol, Brian Holroyd, Paul W. Armstrong
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 2, Pages 164-167)
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The prosecution of sexual assault cases: Correlation with forensic evidence
Kelly Gray-Eurom, David C. Seaberg, Robert L. Wears
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 1, Pages 39-46)
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Do all emergency physicians have an obligation to provide care for victims of sexual assault or is there a more effective alternative?
Linda E. Ledray
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2002 (Vol. 39, Issue 1, Pages 61-64)
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Prospective validation of clinically important changes in pain severity measured on a visual analog scale
E.John Gallagher, Michele Liebman, Polly E. Bijur
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 6, Pages 633-638)
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Clinically significant changes in pain along the visual analog scale
Steven B. Bird, Eric W. Dickson
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 6, Pages 639-643)
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Patient-oriented outcome measures: The promise of definition
Knox H. Todd
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 6, Pages 672-674)
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Intravenous administration of prochlorperazine by 15-minute infusion versus 2-minute bolus does not affect the incidence of akathisia: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial
Robert W. Collins, James B. Jones, Jennifer D.H. Walthall, Carey D. Chisholm, Beverly K. Giles, Edward J. Brizendine, William H. Cordell
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 5, Pages 491-496)
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Validating a model of patient satisfaction with emergency care
Benjamin C. Sun, James G. Adams, Helen R. Burstin
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 5, Pages 527-532)
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Community-level firearm injury surveillance: Local data for local action
Arthur L. Kellermann, Kidist Bartolomeos, Dawna Fuqua-Whitley, Tomoko Rie Sampson, Constance S. Parramore
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 4, Pages 423-429)
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Emergency medicine and police collaboration to prevent community violence
Jonathan P. Shepherd
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 4, Pages 430-437)
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Docs and cops: A collaborating or colliding partnership?
Stephen W. Hargarten, Joseph F. Waeckerle
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 4, Pages 438-440)
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Platelet glycoprotein inhibitors in patients with medically managed acute coronary syndrome: Does the enthusiasm exceed the science?
David L. Schriger, Mel E. Herbert
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 3, Pages 249-255)
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Out-of-hospital defibrillation with automated external defibrillators: Postshock analysis should be delayed
Danielle Blouin, Claude Topping, Sean Moore, Ian Stiell, Marc Afilalo
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 3, Pages 256-261)
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To shock or not to shock: That is the question
Roger D. White
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 3, Pages 278-281)
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A randomized, controlled trial of a simple emergency department intervention to improve the rate of primary care follow-up for patients with acute asthma exacerbations
Jill M. Baren, Frances S. Shofer, Bert Ivey, Sharon Reinhard, Jennifer DeGeus, Sarah A. Stahmer, Reynold Panettieri, Judd E. Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 2, Pages 115-122)
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Efficacy of eye patching for traumatic corneal abrasions: A controlled clinical trial
Natalie Le Sage, René Verreault, Louis Rochette
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 2, Pages 129-134)
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The canadian CT head rule study for patients with minor head injury: Rationale, objectives, and methodology for phase I (derivation)
Ian G. Stiell, Howard Lesiuk, George A. Wells, R.Douglas McKnight, Robert Brison, Catherine Clement, Mary A. Eisenhauer, Gary H. Greenberg, Iain MacPhail, Mark Reardon, James Worthington, Richard Verbeek, Brian Rowe, Daniel Cass, Jonathan Dreyer, Brian Holroyd, Laurie Morrison, Michael Schull, Andreas Laupacis, For the Canadian CT Head and C-Spine Study Group
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 2, Pages 160-169)
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Use of plain radiography to screen for cervical spine injuries
William R. Mower, Jerome R. Hoffman, Charles V. Pollack, Michael I. Zucker, Brian J. Browne, Allan B. Wolfson, For the NEXUS Group
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 1, Pages 1-7)
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Protective athletic equipment and cervical spine imaging
Joseph F. Waeckerle, Douglas M. Kleiner
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2001 (Vol. 38, Issue 1, Pages 65-67)
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CPR-only survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Implications for out-of-hospital care and cardiac arrest research methodology
Valerie J. De Maio, Ian G. Stiell, Daniel W. Spaite, Roxanne E. Ward, Marion B. Lyver, Brian J. Field, Douglas P. Munkley, George A. Wells, For the OPALS Study Group
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 6, Pages 602-608)
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Emergency Medical Services Outcomes Project (EMSOP) II: Developing the foundation and conceptual models for out-of-hospital outcomes research
Daniel W. Spaite, Ronald Maio, Herbert G. Garrison, Jeffrey S. Desmond, Mary Ann Gregor, Ian G. Stiell, C.Gene Cayten, John L. Chew, Ellen J. MacKenzie, David R. Miller, Patricia J. O’Malley
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 6, Pages 657-663)
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Can myocardial infarction be rapidly identified in emergency department patients who have left bundle-branch block?
Michael C. Kontos, Robert H. McQueen, Robert L. Jesse, James L. Tatum, Joseph P. Ornato
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 5, Pages 431-438)
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Which patients with suspected myocardial ischemia and left bundle-branch block should receive thrombolytic agents?
E.John Gallagher
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 5, Pages 439-444)
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Critical pediatric equipment availability in Canadian hospital emergency departments
David McGillivray, Cheri Nijssen-Jordan, Michael S. Kramer, Hong Yang, Robert Platt
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 4, Pages 371-376)
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Pediatric equipment availability and emergency preparedness
James S. Seidel, Marianne Gausche-Hill
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 4, Pages 388-389)
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Outpatient treatment of deep venous thrombosis: A clinical care pathway managed by the emergency department
David R. Vinson, David A. Berman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 3, Pages 251-258)
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Paying for hospital emergency care under a single-payer system
Stephen John Duckett, Terri Jackson
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 3, Pages 309-317)
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Single-payer and all-payer systems: Implications for emergency medicine in the United States
Robert M. Williams
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 3, Pages 337-339)
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Gamma-hydroxybutyrate withdrawal syndrome
Jo Ellen Dyer, Brett Roth, Bruce A. Hyma
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 2, Pages 147-153)
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Fame, rights, and videotape
Joel M. Geiderman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 2, Pages 217-219)
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Film: Exposing the emergency department
Kenneth V. Iserson
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 2, Pages 220-222)
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Achieving graphical excellence: Suggestions and methods for creating high-quality visual displays of experimental data
David L. Schriger, Richelle J. Cooper
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 1, Pages 75-87)
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An evaluation of the graphical literacy of Annals of Emergency Medicine
Richelle J. Cooper, David L. Schriger, David A. Tashman
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2001 (Vol. 37, Issue 1, Pages 13-19)
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