Emergency Medicine News & Articles

1 Combination of Copeptin and Troponin Assays to Rapidly Rule Out Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Emergency Department Academic Emergency Medicine, May 18, 2012    Clinical Article

2 Practice Variations in the Management of Status Epilepticus Neurocritical Care , May 18, 2012    Clinical Article

3 Renal Denervation in Moderate to Severe CKD Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, May 18, 2012    Clinical Article

4 A New Improved Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol Safely Identifies Low-risk Patients With Chest Pain in the Emergency Department Academic Emergency Medicine, May 18, 2012

5 Patterns and Preexisting Risk Factors of 30-Day Mortality After a Primary Discharge Diagnosis of Syncope or Near Syncope Academic Emergency Medicine, May 18, 2012

6 Objective sound wave amplitude measurement generated by a tuning fork. An analysis of its use as a diagnostic tool in suspected femoral neck fractures Injury, May 18, 2012    Clinical Article

7 Transient Defect in Nitric Oxide Generation after Rupture of Fetal Membranes and Responsiveness to Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Very Preterm Infants with Hypoxic Respiratory Failure The Journal of Pediatrics, May 18, 2012

8 Executive and attentional functions in chronic pain: Does performance decrease with increasing task load? Pain Research and Management, May 18, 2012

9 Rib Fracture Fixation for Flail Chest: What Is the Benefit Journal of the American College of Surgeons, May 18, 2012

10 Characteristics of highly impaired children with severe chronic pain: a 5-year retrospective study on 2249 pediatric pain patients Full Text BMC Pediatrics, May 18, 2012

11 Systemic hyalinosis: new terminology, severity grading system, and surgical approach The Journal of Pediatrics, May 18, 2012

12 Amputation in emergency situations: indications, techniques and Médecins Sans Frontières Frances experience in Haiti International Orthopaedics, May 18, 2012

13 Diagnosis of Neonatal Intrahepatic Cholestasis Caused by Citrin Deficiency Using High-Resolution Melting Analysis and a Clinical Scoring System The Journal of Pediatrics, May 18, 2012

14 Classification of Emergency Departments According to Their Services for Community-dwelling Seniors Academic Emergency Medicine, May 18, 2012

15 Improving Teamwork and Communication in Trauma Care Through In Situ Simulations Academic Emergency Medicine, May 18, 2012

16 Causes of in-hospital cardiac arrest and influence on outcome Resuscitation, May 17, 2012

17 Small-bore pigtail catheters for the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in young adolescents Emergency Medicine Journal, May 17, 2012

18 Predictors of the postoperative range of finger motion for comminuted periarticular metacarpal and phalangeal fractures treated with a titanium plate Injury, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

19 Intramedullary nailing versus submuscular plating in adolescent femoral fracture Injury, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

20 Preoperative plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) identifies abnormal transthoracic echocardiography in elderly patients with traumatic hip fracture Injury, May 17, 2012

1 Primary Cardiac Arrest Following Sport or Exertion in Children Presenting to an Emergency Department: Chest Compressions and Early Defibrillation Can Save Lives, But Is Intravenous Epinephrine Always Appropriate Pediatric Emergency Care, April 4, 2012

2 Burn size estimation in children Emergency Medicine Australasia, April 18, 2012

3 Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes Stratified By Rhythm Analysis Resuscitation, April 10, 2012

4 Blood pressure control for acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke Current Opinion in Critical Care, March 26, 2012

5 Electrocardiographic Differentiation of Early Repolarization From Subtle Anterior ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Annals of Emergency Medicine, April 23, 2012

6 Coffee consumption and risk of stroke: a meta-analysis of cohort studies Central European Journal of Medicine, March 20, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

7 Prognostic Value and Agreement of Achieving Lactate Clearance or Central Venous Oxygen Saturation Goals During Early Sepsis Resuscitation Academic Emergency Medicine, April 17, 2012

8 Electrocardiogram Screening for Disorders That Cause Sudden Cardiac Death in Asymptomatic Children: A Meta-analysis Pediatrics, April 13, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

9 Is elevated troponin associated with in-hospital mortality in emergency department patients admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease European Journal of Emergency Medicine, April 12, 2012

10 Feasibility of an automatic computer-assisted algorithm for the detection of significant coronary artery disease in patients presenting with acute chest pain European Journal of Radiology, April 2, 2012

11 Differences in symptom presentation and hospital mortality according to type of acute myocardial infarction American Heart Journal, April 3, 2012

12 A multicenter, randomized controlled trial of immediate total-body CT scanning in trauma patients (REACT-2) BMC Emergency Medicine, April 6, 2012    Free full text

13 A systematic review of silver-containing dressings and topical silver agents (used with dressings) for burn wounds Burns, March 9, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

14 Use of the human dive reflex for the management of supraventricular tachycardia: a review of the literature Emergency Medicine Journal, March 27, 2012

15 Dehydration Treatment Practices Among Pediatrics-Trained and Non-Pediatrics Trained Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Care, April 17, 2012

16 Safety and efficacy of anisodamine on prevention of contrast induced nephropathy in patients with acute coronary syndrome Chinese Medical Journal, April 13, 2012    Free full text

17 ST2 has diagnostic and prognostic utility for all-cause mortality and heart failure in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain Journal of Cardiac Failure, April 6, 2012

18 CT Angiography for Safe Discharge of Patients with Possible Acute Coronary Syndromes New England Journal of Medicine, March 28, 2012

19 Clinical effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination against acute myocardial infarction and stroke in people over 60 years: the CAPAMIS study, one-year follow-up BMC Public Health, April 11, 2012    Free full text

20 The Prognosis of Acute Low Back Pain in Primary Care in the United States: A 2-Year Prospective Cohort Study Spine, April 16, 2012