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Latest (4) Full Text Articles (24)181 What are the effects of having an illness or injury whilst deployed on post deployment mental health? A population based record linkage study of UK Army personnel who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan Full Text BMC Psychiatry, October 29, 2012
182 Mental health problems among search and rescue workers deployed in the Haiti earthquake 2010: A pre-post comparison Psychiatry Research, October 25, 2012
183 Alexithymia and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Asthma Attack Psychiatric Quarterly, October 24, 2012
184 Potential impact of propofol immediately after motor vehicle accident on later symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder at 6-month follow up: a retrospective cohort study Critical Care, October 23, 2012
185 The Effectiveness of Psychological First Aid as a Disaster Intervention Tool: Research Analysis of Peer-Reviewed Literature From 1990-2010 Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, October 18, 2012
186 Simultaneous determination of new-generation antidepressants in plasma by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry Forensic Toxicology, October 18, 2012
187 Exposure to traumatic events, prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse in Aboriginal communities Full Text Rural and Remote Health, October 17, 2012
188 Farmers' stress and coping in a time of drought Full Text Rural and Remote Health, October 17, 2012
189 Dissociation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence from the World Mental Health Surveys Biological Psychiatry, October 16, 2012
190 Prevalence of suicidality in asymptomatic adolescents in the paediatric emergency department and utility of a screening tool Emergency Medicine Australasia, October 15, 2012
191 Significant Toxicity in a Young Female After Low-Dose Tricyclic Antidepressant Ingestion Pediatric Emergency Care, October 12, 2012
192 The Association Between Trauma and Chronic Medical Conditions in Individuals With Severe Mental Illness The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, October 11, 2012
193 Validity of suicide statistics in Europe in relation to undetermined deaths: developing the 2-20 benchmark Injury Prevention, October 8, 2012
194 Screening for Adolescent Anxiety Disorders in a Pediatric Emergency Department Pediatric Emergency Care, October 5, 2012
195 Literature-based Recommendations for Suicide Assessment in the Emergency Department: A Review The Journal of Emergency Medicine, October 5, 2012
196 Mental disorder as a risk factor for dog bites and post-bite cellulitis Injury, October 1, 2012
197 Survivors of Torture: Prevalence in an Urban Emergency Department Academic Emergency Medicine, September 26, 2012
198 Disaster exposure as a risk factor for mental health problems, eighteen months, four and ten years post-disaster -- a longitudinal study Full Text BMC Psychiatry, September 24, 2012
199 Effects of poly-victimization on self-esteem and post-traumatic stress symptoms in Spanish adolescents European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, September 20, 2012
200 Impact of stimulation dose and personality on autonomic and psychological effects induced by acupuncture Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, September 18, 2012
Clinical Pearls in Emergency Medicine
- Appendicitis is the most common pediatric gastrointestinal surgical emergency.
- Drug-eluting stent (DES) placement improves revascularization rates without increased 3-year hazard of adverse clinical outcomes among individuals undergoing emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention due to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs).
- Using an accelerated diagnostic protocol (ADP) with Troponin 1 as the sole biomarker may successfully identify low short-term risk of major adverse coronary event (MACE), and decrease observation time among individuals who present to the ER with chest pain.
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Procalcitonin and CRP predict identify high-risk children with appendicitis
As published in Pediatric Emergency Care, procalcitonin and CRP levels discriminate between children admitted with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis who may require closer monitoring. The study involved 111 children who were divided into 2 groups based on intra-operative diagnoses of appendicitis (n=69) and peritonitis (n=42). Patients with peritonitis, who were more likely to have complications and require intensive care unit admission, had significantly higher procalcitonin (0.15 vs. 4.95 ng/ml) and CRP levels (3 vs. 14.3 mg/dl) on admission than patients with appendicitis. Using a cut-off procalcitonin level of 0.18 ng/ml, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for peritonitis were 97%, 80%, 72%, and 89.3%, respectively. Using a cut-off CRP level of 3 mg/dl, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for peritonitis were 95%, 74%, 68%, and 96.2%, respectively.
Read the article summaryVomiting during acute stroke increases mortality
As published in the Emergency Medicine Journal, patients who vomit during acute strokes have an increased risk of mortality (HR=5.06). Of 1968 stroke patients enrolled in the study, 1349 had cerebral infarctions, 459 had cerebral hemorrhages, and 152 had subarachnoid hemorrhages; 14.5% of all stroke patients vomited during the acute stage of the stroke (cerebral infarction, 8.7%; cerebral hemorrhage, 23.7%; and subarachnoid hemorrhage, 36.8%).
Read the article summaryAssociation between tight glycemic control and hip fracture in diabetics
As published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, patients with T2DM (mean age, 77.3 y; n=932) with a HbA1c < 6% (OR=3.01) or 6.1-7% (OR=2.34) are more likely to sustain a hip fracture than patients with a HbA1c > 8%. All patients had a HbA1c level determined within 3 months preceding the hip fracture. No differences in risk existed between patients treated with oral hypoglycemics or insulin.
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Psychosocial characteristics associated with frequent physical fighting: findings from the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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2 Asking Youth Questions About Suicide Risk in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Results From a Qualitative Analysis of Patient Opinions Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, April 1, 2013
3 Enhanced Mental Health Interventions in the Emergency Department: Suicide and Suicide Attempt Prevention Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, March 25, 2013
4 Does Opiate Use in Traumatically Injured Individuals Worsen Pain and Psychological Outcomes? The Journal of Pain, April 19, 2013
5 Marked Reduction in Length of Stay for Patients With Psychiatric Emergencies After Implementation of a Comanagement Model Academic Emergency Medicine, April 17, 2013 Review Article
6 Posttraumatic stress disorder in fibromyalgia syndrome: Prevalence, temporal relationship between posttraumatic stress - and fibromyalgia symptoms and impact on clinical outcome Pain, April 12, 2013 Review Article
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