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Latest Full Text Articles (8)181 An Agenda for Increasing Grant Funding of Emergency Medicine Education Research Academic Emergency Medicine, December 17, 2012
182 Overcoming Barriers to Addressing Education Problems With Research Design: A Panel Discussion Academic Emergency Medicine, December 17, 2012
183 Assessing Medical Knowledge of Emergency Medicine Residents Academic Emergency Medicine, December 17, 2012
184 Crisis Resources for Emergency Workers (CREW II): results of a pilot study and simulation-based crisis resource management course for emergency medicine residents Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, December 14, 2012
185 Development of a Training Needs Assessment for an Education Scholarship Fellowship in Emergency Medicine Academic Emergency Medicine, December 14, 2012
186 Creating Educational Leaders: Experiences with Two Education Fellowships in Emergency Medicine Academic Emergency Medicine, December 14, 2012
187 Assessing Systems-based Practice Academic Emergency Medicine, December 14, 2012
188 Enhancing Fire Department Home Visiting Programs: Results of a Community Intervention Trial Journal of Burn Care & Research, December 14, 2012
189 A Novel Concept in Residency Education: Case-based Remediation The Journal of Emergency Medicine, December 14, 2012
190 Factors associated with failure to follow up with a general practitioner after discharge from the emergency department Emergency Medicine Australasia, December 13, 2012
191 Experience Curves as an Organizing Framework for Deliberate Practice in Emergency Medicine Learning Academic Emergency Medicine, December 12, 2012
192 Changes and their prognostic implications in the abbreviated VitalPAC Early Warning Score (ViEWS) after admission to hospital of 18,827 surgical patients Resuscitation, December 11, 2012
193 Improving the attractiveness of an emergency medicine career to medical students: An exploratory study Emergency Medicine Australasia, December 11, 2012
194 Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Outcomes of Admitted Patients Annals of Emergency Medicine, December 11, 2012
195 Comparison of Primary Physician Patterns of and Attitudes on Emergency Department Use Pediatric Emergency Care, December 10, 2012
196 Reflections on the Consensus Process: A Leadership Role for Emergency Medicine in Educational Scholarship and Practice Across Health Care Academic Emergency Medicine, December 6, 2012
197 Ethical Considerations in Education Research in Emergency Medicine Academic Emergency Medicine, December 6, 2012
198 Effectiveness of Case Management Strategies in Reducing Emergency Department Visits In Frequent User Patient Populations: A Systematic Review The Journal of Emergency Medicine, December 4, 2012 Evidence Based Medicine
199 Emergency Medicine Journal Impact Factor and Change Compared to Other Medical and Surgical Specialties Academic Emergency Medicine, December 3, 2012
200 Clinical Reflection: a vital process for supporting the development of wisdom in doctors Current Opinion in Critical Care, November 29, 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.
Highlights in Emergency Medicine
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.
Read the article summaryMost Popular Emergency Medicine Articles
Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 American Board of Emergency Medicine Report on Residency Training Information (2012-2013), American Board of Emergency Medicine Annals of Emergency Medicine, April 26, 2013 Review Article
2 How emergency physicians use biomarkers: insights from a qualitative assessment of script concordance tests Emergency Medicine Journal, April 8, 2013 Review Article
3 Effects of obesity on patient experience in the emergency department Emergency Medicine Australasia, April 10, 2013
4 The Use of Delayed Telephone Informed Consent for Observational Emergency Medicine Research Is Ethical and Effective Academic Emergency Medicine, April 17, 2013
5 Guidelines for Safety of Trainees Rotating Abroad: Consensus Recommendations from the Global Emergency Medicine Academy of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, and the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association Academic Emergency Medicine, April 19, 2013 Review Article
6 Assessing clinical reasoning using a script concordance test with electrocardiogram in an emergency medicine clerkship rotation Emergency Medicine Journal, April 4, 2013 Review Article
7 Prehospital Sepsis Project (PSP): Knowledge and Attitudes of United States Advanced Out-of-Hospital Care Providers Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, March 27, 2013
8 Evaluation of the DAVROS (Development And Validation of Risk-adjusted Outcomes for Systems of emergency care) risk-adjustment model as a quality indicator for healthcare Emergency Medicine Journal, April 25, 2013 Review Article
9 Comparison of resident and mid-level provider productivity in a high-acuity emergency department setting Emergency Medicine Journal, February 1, 2013 Review Article
10 What Drives Frequent Emergency Department Use in an Integrated Health System? National Data From the Veterans Health Administration Annals of Emergency Medicine, April 12, 2013
11 SBAR improves nurse-physician communication and reduces unexpected death: a pre and post intervention study Resuscitation, April 3, 2013 Review Article
12 Resuscitation training in small-group setting -- gender matters Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, April 17, 2013 Free full text Review Article
13 The Effect of Computerized Provider Order Entry Systems on Clinical Care and Work Processes in Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review of the Quantitative Literature Annals of Emergency Medicine, April 2, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
14 Emergency Department Visits After Hospital Discharge: A Missing Part of the Equation Annals of Emergency Medicine, April 10, 2013
15 Correction: Unscheduled Return Visits to the Emergency Department: Consequences for Triage Academic Emergency Medicine, April 3, 2013
16 A Novel Approach to Incorporating Evidence-based Medicine Into an Emergency Medicine Clerkship Academic Emergency Medicine, March 22, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
17 Dont get sick on the weekend: an evaluation of the weekend effect on mortality for patients visiting US EDs The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 5, 2013
18 Multimedia Education Increases Elder Knowledge of Emergency Department Care Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 18, 2013 Review Article
19 Which extended paramedic skills are making an impact in emergency care and can be related to the UK paramedic system? A systematic review of the literature Emergency Medicine Journal, April 24, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
20 Methamphetamine-related Psychiatric Visits to an Urban Academic Emergency Department: An Observational Study The Journal of Emergency Medicine, April 5, 2013 Review Article
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