Editor's Top Selections

These articles have been designated as Annals' Editors' Top Selections. Annals' editors consider these articles to be of particular interest to the profession. As such, they are provided in full for free access on the Web site for all readers for 6 months, even those who are not ACEP members or print subscribers.


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Management of Minor Head Injury in Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: A Prospective Study of a 24-Hour Observation Protocol

June 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 6 | Pages 451-455)

Vincenzo G. Menditto, Moira Lucci, Stefano Polonara, Giovanni Pomponio, Armando Gabrielli et al. Full-length article

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Ketamine-Propofol Combination (Ketofol) Versus Propofol Alone for Emergency Department Procedural Sedation and Analgesia: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial

June 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 6 | Pages 504-512.e2)

Gary Andolfatto, Riyad B. Abu-Laban, Peter J. Zed, Sean M. Staniforth, Sherry Stackhouse, Susanne Moadebi, Elaine Willman et al. Full-length article

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Time Patients Spend in the Emergency Department: England's 4-Hour Rule—A Case of Hitting the Target but Missing the Point?

May 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 5 | Pages 341-349)

Suzanne Mason, Ellen J. Weber, Joanne Coster, Jennifer Freeman, Thomas Locker et al. Full-length article

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A Prospective, Multicenter Study of Pharmacist Activities Resulting in Medication Error Interception in the Emergency Department

May 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 5 | Pages 369-373)

Asad E. Patanwala, Arthur B. Sanders, Michael C. Thomas, Nicole M. Acquisto, Kyle A. Weant, Stephanie N. Baker, Erica M. Merritt, Brian L. Erstad et al. Full-length article

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Assessment of Temporal Trends in Mortality With Implementation of a Statewide ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Regionalization Program

April 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 4 | Pages 243-252.e1)

Seth W. Glickman, Melissa A. Greiner, Li Lin, Lesley H. Curtis, Charles B. Cairns, Christopher B. Granger, Eric D. Peterson et al. Full-length article

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Nurse-Administered Ketamine Sedation in an Emergency Department in Rural Uganda

April 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 4 | Pages 268-275)

Mark Bisanzo, Kelly Nichols, Heather Hammerstedt, Bradley Dreifuss, Sara W. Nelson, Stacey Chamberlain, Felista Kyomugisha, Amelia Noble, Annette Arthur, Stephen Thomas et al. Full-length article

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Preoxygenation and Prevention of Desaturation During Emergency Airway Management

March 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 3 | Pages 165-175.e1)

Scott D. Weingart, Richard M. Levitan Review article

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Allocating Scarce Resources in Disasters: Emergency Department Principles

March 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 3 | Pages 177-187)

John L. Hick, Dan Hanfling, Stephen V. Cantrill Short communication

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Is Industry Money the Root of All Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research?

February 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 2 | Pages 87-88)

Arthur L. Caplan Editorial

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Analysis of Automated External Defibrillator Device Failures Reported to the Food and Drug Administration

February 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 2 | Pages 103-111)

Lawrence A. DeLuca, Allan Simpson, Dan Beskind, Kristi Grall, Lisa Stoneking, Uwe Stolz, Daniel W. Spaite, Ashish R. Panchal, Kurt R. Denninghoff et al. Full-length article

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A Field Test of Time-Based Emergency Department Quality Measures

January 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 1 | Pages 1-10.e2)

Mark Stephen McClelland, Karen Jones, Bruce Siegel, Jesse M. Pines Full-length article

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Using Poison Center Data for National Public Health Surveillance for Chemical and Poison Exposure and Associated Illness

January 2012 (Vol. 59 | No. 1 | Pages 56-61)

Amy F. Wolkin, Colleen A. Martin, Royal K. Law, Josh G. Schier, Alvin C. Bronstein et al. Short communication

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Relationship Between Pain Severity and Outcomes in Patients Presenting With Potential Acute Coronary Syndromes

December 2011 (Vol. 58 | No. 6 | Pages 501-507)

Meredith Edwards, Anna Marie Chang, Asako C. Matsuura, Michael Green, Jennifer M. Robey, Judd E. Hollander et al. Full-length article

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The Captain Morgan Technique for the Reduction of the Dislocated Hip

December 2011 (Vol. 58 | No. 6 | Pages 536-540)

Gregory W. Hendey, Arturo Avila Full-length article

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Selective Use of Computed Tomography Compared With Routine Whole Body Imaging in Patients With Blunt Trauma

November 2011 (Vol. 58 | No. 5 | Pages 407-416.e15)

Malkeet Gupta, David L. Schriger, Jonathan R. Hiatt, Henry G. Cryer, Areti Tillou, Jerome R. Hoffman, Larry J. Baraff et al. Full-length article

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Validation of the Simplified Motor Score in the Out-of-Hospital Setting for the Prediction of Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury

November 2011 (Vol. 58 | No. 5 | Pages 417-425)

David O. Thompson, Timothy R. Hurtado, Michael M. Liao, Richard L. Byyny, Craig Gravitz, Jason S. Haukoos et al. Full-length article

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Do Children With Blunt Head Trauma and Normal Cranial Computed Tomography Scan Results Require Hospitalization for Neurologic Observation?

October 2011 (Vol. 58 | No. 4 | Pages 315-322)

James F. Holmes, Dominic A. Borgialli, Frances M. Nadel, Kimberly S. Quayle, Neil Schambam, Art Cooper, Jeff E. Schunk, Michelle L. Miskin, Shireen M. Atabaki, John D. Hoyle, Peter S. Dayan, Nathan Kuppermann, TBI Study Group for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network et al. Full-length article

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The Financial Consequences of Lost Demand and Reducing Boarding in Hospital Emergency Departments

October 2011 (Vol. 58 | No. 4 | Pages 331-340)

Jesse M. Pines, Robert J. Batt, Joshua A. Hilton, Christian Terwiesch Full-length article

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Emergency Department Utilization After the Implementation of Massachusetts Health Reform

September 2011 (Vol. 58 | No. 3 | Pages 225-234.e1)

Peter B. Smulowitz, Robert Lipton, J. Frank Wharam, Leon Adelman, Scott G. Weiner, Laura Burke, Christopher W. Baugh, Jeremiah D. Schuur, Shan W. Liu, Meghan E. McGrath, Bella Liu, Assaad Sayah, Mary C. Burke, J. Hector Pope, Bruce E. Landon et al. Full-length article

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Public Access Defibrillation: Time to Access the Public

September 2011 (Vol. 58 | No. 3 | Pages 240-247)

Patrick Schober, Frederieke B. van Dehn, Joost J.L.M. Bierens, Stephan A. Loer, Lothar A. Schwarte et al. Full-length article

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