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1 Screening for At-Risk Alcohol Use and Drug Use in an Emergency Department: Integration of Screening Questions Into Electronic Triage Forms Achieves High Screening Rates Annals of Emergency Medicine, May 21, 2013 Review Article
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2 Mental Health of Protective Services Workers: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, May 17, 2013 Clinical Article

3 Octreotide for the Treatment of Hypoglycemia After Insulin Glargine Overdose The Journal of Emergency Medicine, May 14, 2013

4 Alcohol use disorders and drinking among survivors of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City Comprehensive Psychiatry, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article

5 Concentrations of drugs determined in blood samples collected from suspected drugged drivers in England and Wales Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, May 9, 2013 Review Article

6 Brief Emergency Department Interventions for Youth Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs: A Systematic Review Pediatric Emergency Care, May 7, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article

7 Cross-sectional study of the characteristics, healthcare usage, morbidity and mortality of injecting drug users attending an inner city emergency department Emergency Medicine Journal, May 7, 2013 Clinical Article

8 Critical Care Management of Verapamil and Diltiazem Overdose With a Focus on Vasopressors: A 25-Year Experience at a Single Center Annals of Emergency Medicine, May 6, 2013 Review Article

9 Acute Alcohol Intoxication Characteristics in Children Alcohol and Alcoholism , May 2, 2013 Review Article

10 Estimation of blood alcohol concentration in deaths due to roadside accidents Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, May 2, 2013 Review Article

11 A review of drug-facilitated sexual assault evidence: An Irish perspective Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, May 2, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article

12 Recreational drug abuse in patients hospitalized for diabetic ketosis or diabetic ketoacidosis Acta Diabetologia, April 29, 2013 Review Article

13 Patterns of drug use in fatal crashes Addiction, April 24, 2013 Clinical Article

14 Alcohol, hospital admissions, and falls in older adults: a longitudinal evaluation International Psychogeriatrics, April 23, 2013 Clinical Article

15 Does Opiate Use in Traumatically Injured Individuals Worsen Pain and Psychological Outcomes? The Journal of Pain, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article

16 Over-prescribing of antibiotics and imaging in the management of uncomplicated URIs in emergency departments Full Text BMC Emergency Medicine, April 18, 2013 Clinical Article

17 Blood alcohol concentration as a determinant of outcomes after traumatic spinal cord injury European Journal of Neurology, April 17, 2013 Review Article

18 Obstructive sleep apnea increases the risk of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis: a population-based matched-cohort study Neurourology and Urodynamics, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

19 Blood alcohol concentration and self-reported alcohol ingestion in acute poisoned patients who visited an emergency department Full Text Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, April 11, 2013 Review Article

20 Liver cirrhosis but not alcohol abuse is associated with impaired outcome in trauma patients - A retrospective, multicentre study Injury, April 9, 2013 Review Article

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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.

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Vomiting 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%).

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Association 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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1 A rational approach to the treatment of alcohol withdrawal in the ED The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, February 13, 2013 Review Article

2 High Times, Low Sats: Diffuse Pulmonary Infiltrates Associated with Chronic Synthetic Cannabinoid Use Journal of Medical Toxicology, April 1, 2013

3 Blood alcohol concentration and self-reported alcohol ingestion in acute poisoned patients who visited an emergency department Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, April 11, 2013 Free full text Review Article

4 Does Opiate Use in Traumatically Injured Individuals Worsen Pain and Psychological Outcomes? The Journal of Pain, April 19, 2013

5 Over-prescribing of antibiotics and imaging in the management of uncomplicated URIs in emergency departments BMC Emergency Medicine, April 18, 2013 Free full text

6 The Role of Race/Ethnicity in Alcohol-attributable Injury in the United States Epidemiologic Reviews, February 20, 2013 Review Article

7 Recreational drug abuse in patients hospitalized for diabetic ketosis or diabetic ketoacidosis Acta Diabetologia, April 29, 2013 Review Article

8 The effects of motivational interviewing on patients with comorbid substance use admitted to a psychiatric emergency unit - a randomised controlled trial with two year follow-up BMC Psychiatry, March 22, 2013 Free full text

9 A 9-State Analysis of Designer Stimulant, Bath Salt, Hospital Visits Reported to Poison Control Centers Annals of Emergency Medicine, March 29, 2013 Review Article

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Emergency Medicine - Substance Abuse News & Articles

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Clinical Pearls in Emergency Medicine

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Procalcitonin and CRP predict identify high-risk children with appendicitis

Vomiting during acute stroke increases mortality

Association between tight glycemic control and hip fracture in diabetics

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