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Mental Health Triage Tools for Medically Cleared Disaster Survivors: An Evaluation by MRC Volunteers and Public Health Workers
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, May 17, 2013
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22 Factors Related to Furniture Anchoring: A Method for Reducing Harm During Earthquakes Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, May 17, 2013 Clinical Article
23 Unintentional Use of Mistaken Insulin Products: A Retrospective Review of Poison Center Data The Journal of Emergency Medicine, May 17, 2013 Review Article
24 Analysis of risk factors of dowry death – A south Indian study Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, May 17, 2013 Review Article
25 Development of Emergency Medicine in Europe Academic Emergency Medicine, May 16, 2013 Review Article
26 Acute neck infections in children: who is likely to undergo surgical drainage? The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, May 16, 2013 Review Article
27 Hantavirus infection in North America: a clinical review The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, May 16, 2013 Review Article
28 Direct evaluation of the effect of filtering the chest compression artifacts on the uninterrupted cardiopulmonary resuscitation time The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, May 16, 2013 Review Article
29 Repeated pulse intramuscular injection of pralidoxime chloride in severe acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
30 Initial middle latency auditory evoked potentials index helps to predict resuscitated outcomes in patients with cardiac arrest The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
31 Validation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule in Two Hospital Emergency Departments in an Asian Population Academic Emergency Medicine, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
32 Time delays and capability of elderly to activate speaker function for continuous telephone CPR Full Text Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, May 16, 2013 Review Article
33 Can mass education and a television campaign change the attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a rural community? Full Text Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, May 16, 2013 Review Article
34 Disability associated with exposure to traumatic events: results from a cross-sectional community survey in South Sudan Full Text BMC Public Health, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
35 Valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy and fibular strut graft in the management of neglected femoral neck fracture Injury, May 16, 2013 Review Article
36 Cemented versus cementless hemiarthroplasty for intracapsular neck of femur fracture--A comparison of 60,848 matched patients using national data Injury, May 16, 2013 Review Article
37 Trochanteric fossa or piriform fossa of the femur: Time for standardised terminology? Injury, May 16, 2013 Review Article
38 Fall-induced deaths among older adults: nationwide statistics in Finland between 1971 and 2009 and prediction for the future Injury, May 16, 2013 Review Article
39 Blood stream infections (BSI) in severe burn patients—Early and late BSI: A 9-year study Burns, May 16, 2013 Review Article
40 Chronological histological findings of cultured epidermal autograft over bilayer artificial dermis Burns, May 16, 2013 Review Article
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health conducted a study involving 96,008 women in the Nurse’s Health Study II with 18 years of follow up, which demonstrated a strikingly strong association with non-fatal cardiovascular disease. There were 2463 participants with psoriasis and 1,709,069 person-years of follow up. There were 713 cases of non-fatal cardiovascular disease (HR=1.55). The HRs for myocardial infarction and stroke were 1.70 and 1.45, respectively. For women with psoriatic arthritis, the HR was 3.47. For women < 40 years of age and psoriasis > 9 years, the HRs were 3.26 and 3.09, respectively.
Read the article summaryAs reported in the British Journal of Dermatology, two cytokine genes (IL-2RA and TNF/LTA) which have been implicated in autoimmune diseases are associated with severe alopecia areata. The study involved 768 patients with alopecia areata and 658 controls, and 26 cytokine genes were genotyped.
Read the article summaryAs reported in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and based on participants in the Nurses’ Health Study, Women’s Health Study, Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study, and Physicians’ Health Study II, total testosterone (RR = 0.62) and SHBG levels (RR = 0.65), and the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 2.63) are associated with colorectal cancer risk in men. An inverse association exists between the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 0.43) and colorectal cancer risk in women.
Read the article summary1 Hemorrhagic Complications in Emergency Department Patients Who Are Receiving Dabigatran Compared With Warfarin Annals of Emergency Medicine, April 16, 2013
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Use of Risk Assessment Analysis by Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality to Reduce Door-to-Balloon Time
Annals of Emergency Medicine, April 3, 2013
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3 Creating a culture of safety in the emergency department: the value of teamwork training The Journal of Nursing Administration, April 12, 2013
4 SBAR improves nurse-physician communication and reduces unexpected death: a pre and post intervention study Resuscitation, April 3, 2013 Review Article
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Nurses Preparedness and Perceived Competence in Managing Disasters
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, April 17, 2013
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6 Cost-Effectiveness of Helicopter Versus Ground Emergency Medical Services for Trauma Scene Transport in the United States Annals of Emergency Medicine, April 12, 2013 Review Article
7 Elevated blood glucose levels in the emergency department: missed opportunities Journal of Emergency Nursing, April 1, 2013
8 Agreement between arterial and venous pH and pCO2 in patients undergoing non-invasive ventilation in the emergency department Emergency Medicine Australasia, April 10, 2013
9 The determination of total burn surface area: How much difference? Burns, April 11, 2013 Review Article
10 A qualitative study of the barriers to prehospital management of acute pain in children Emergency Medicine Journal, April 4, 2013
11 Web-based general public opinion study of automated versus manual external chest compression Emergency Medicine Journal, April 8, 2013
12 A prospective observational study of techniques to remove corneal foreign body in the emergency department Emergency Medicine Journal, April 4, 2013
13 Are Pediatric Interns Prepared to Perform Infant Lumbar Punctures?: A Multi-Institutional Descriptive Study Pediatric Emergency Care, April 11, 2013
14 Acute transfusion practice during trauma resuscitation: Who, when, where and why? Injury, April 9, 2013
15 The haemodynamic response to pre-hospital RSI in injured patients Injury, April 11, 2013
16 Day of injury assessment of sport-related concussion British Journal of Sports Medicine, April 9, 2013 Review Article
17 How much do parents know about first aid for burns? Burns, April 10, 2013 Review Article
18 Recent advances in the management of major obstetric haemorrhage British Journal of Medical Practitioners, April 2, 2013 Free full text
19 Non operative management of abdominal trauma -- a 10 years review World Journal of Emergency Surgery, April 8, 2013 Free full text Review Article
20 A Survey of Emergency Department Resources and Strategies Employed in the Treatment of Pediatric Gastroenteritis Academic Emergency Medicine, April 17, 2013
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