Submissions from 2020
Acute Paraspinal Compartment Syndrome in an Unconscious Patient., Talha Ahmed, Ayesha Safdar, Tamoor Ahmed, Talal Ahmad, and Lia Losonczy
The relationship between staff teaming models and emergency department efficiency., Khalid N. Almulhim, Robert Shesser, Ali Pourmand, Tess Whiteside, and Erin Kane
Non-respiratory presentations of COVID-19, a clinical review., Marya AlSamman, Amy Caggiula, Sangrag Ganguli, Monika Misak, and Ali Pourmand
Non-respiratory presentations of COVID-19, a clinical review., Marya AlSamman, Amy Caggiula, Sangrag Ganguli, Monika Misak, and Ali Pourmand
Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Detection of Hip Effusion and Septic Arthritis in Adult Patients With Hip Pain and Negative Initial Imaging., Keith Boniface, Matthew Pyle, Najlaa Jaleesah, and Hamid Shokoohi
Postgraduate Diploma in Emergency Medicine in India., Kevin Davey, Narendra Nath Jena, Janice Blanchard, Shweta Gidwani, Jeff Smith, and Kate Douglass
A qualitative study of workplace violence among healthcare providers in emergency departments in India., Kevin Davey, Veda Ravishankar, Nikita Mehta, Tania Ahluwalia, Janice Blanchard, Jeffrey Smith, and Katherine Douglass
The Role of Tranexamic Acid in the Management of an Acutely Hemorrhaging Patient, Steven Davis, Aria Nawab, Christiaan van Nispen, and Ali Pourmand
Moral Injury: The Invisible Epidemic in COVID Health Care Workers., Wendy Dean, Breanne Jacobs, and Rita A. Manfredi
Policy Solutions for Reversing the Color-blind Public Health Response to COVID-19 in the US., Marisa K. Dowling and Robin L Kelly
Policy Solutions for Reversing the Color-blind Public Health Response to COVID-19 in the US., Marisa K. Dowling and Robin L Kelly
Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19., Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Govind Persad, Ross Upshur, Beatriz Thome, Michael Parker, Aaron Glickman, Cathy Zhang, Connor Boyle, Maxwell Smith, and James P. Phillips
Application of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Family Medicine Physicians for Abdominopelvic and Soft Tissue Assessment., Sarah E. Frasure, Elizabeth Dearing, Morgan Burke, Maria Portela, and Ali Pourmand
Perspective article for European Journal of Emergency Medicine: emergency medicine in India., Shweta Gidwani and Narendra Nath Jena
Defining a Research Agenda for Layperson Prehospital Hemorrhage Control: A Consensus Statement., Eric Goralnick, Chibuike Ezeibe, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Justin McCarty, Juan P Herrera-Escobar, Tomas Andriotti, Elzerie de Jager, Daniel Ospina-Delgado, Craig Goolsby, Richard Hunt, Joel S Weissman, Adil Haider, Lenworth Jacobs, Erin Andrade, Jeremy Brown, Eileen M Bulger, Frank K Butler, David Callaway, Edward J Caterson, Niteesh K Choudhry, Michael R Davis, Alex Eastman, Brian J Eastridge, Jonathan L Epstein, Conor L Evans, Marianne Gausche-Hill, Mark L Gestring, Scott A Goldberg, Dan Hanfling, John Bradley Holcomb, Carl-Oscar Jonson, David R King, Sean Kivlehan, Russ S Kotwal, Jon R Krohmer, Nomi Levy-Carrick, Matthew Levy, Joan José Meléndez Lugo, David P Mooney, Matthew D Neal, Robert Niskanen, Patrick O'Neill, Habeeba Park, Peter T Pons, Erik Prytz, Todd E Rasmussen, Michael A Remley, Robert Riviello, Ali Salim, Stacy Shackelfold, E Reed Smith, Ronald M Stewart, Mamta Swaroop, Kevin Ward, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Molly P Jarman, and Gezzer Ortega
Operation Navajeevan: A Public-Private Partnership Model for Disaster Relief in Kozhikode, India., Sonia Haris, Venugopalan Poovathumparambil, Naveen Anaswara, Samantha Noll, Aditi Ghatak-Roy, Nicholas Dreyer, Nehal Naik, Katherine Douglass, Janice Blanchard, and Kevin Davey
Moral Distress During COVID19: Residents in Training are at High Risk, Breanne Jacobs and Rita A. Manfredi
Double sequential external defibrillation, Vishak Kumar, David Yamane, Bandar Aljohani, Awad Alsabban, and Ali Pourmand
Equity: European Journal of Emergency Medicine reflects forward., Resa E. Lewiss, Kathleen Y. Ogle, and Yonathan Freund
The Impact of Hyperoxia in the Critically Ill Patient: A Review of the Literature., Jacob Martin, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, and Ali Pourmand
Pharmacotherapy in COVID-19; A narrative review for emergency providers., Nikita Mehta, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Nour Alkindi, and Ali Pourmand
Pharmacotherapy in COVID-19; A narrative review for emergency providers., Nikita Mehta, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Nour Alkindi, and Ali Pourmand
Sex-based pharmacotherapy in acute care setting, a narrative review for emergency providers., Nikita Mehta, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Caroline Schulman, Francis O'Connell, and Ali Pourmand
The effect of platelet transfusion on functional independence and mortality after antiplatelet therapy associated spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: A systematic review and meta-analysis., Nicholas A Morris, Nikhil Patel, Samuel M Galvagno, Emilie Ludeman, Gary T Schwartzbauer, Ali Pourmand, and Quincy K Tran
Emergency department approach to gastric tube complications: A case report and review of the literature., Francis O'Connell, Justin Ong, Crystal Donelan, and Ali Pourmand
Application of termination of resuscitation rules during the COVID-19 pandemic by emergency medical service., Francis O'Connell, Peter Sweetser, Theodore Quan, and Ali Pourmand
Point-of-care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Bilateral Patellar Tendon Rupture., Kathleen Ogle, Sohaib Mandoorah, Matthew Fellin, Hamid Shokoohi, William Probasco, and Keith Boniface
On first-pass, twitter response is inferior to expectations., K Ogle, C Roche, and A Pourmand
In reply., Seyedhossein Ojaghihaghighi, Samad S. Vahdati, Rana Sorkhabi, Kevin M. Lombardi, Steven Davis, and Ali Pourmand
How to stop the dying, as well as the killing, in a terrorist attack., Claire L. Park, Matthieu Langlois, E Reed Smith, Matt Pepper, Michael D Christian, Gareth E Davies, and Gareth R Grier
Allocating Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19. Reply., Govind Persad, James Phillips, and Ezekiel J Emanuel
Allocating Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19. Reply., Govind Persad, James Phillips, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Report from the COVID-19 Virtual Summit,, James P. Phillips, Luca Ragazzoni, W Greg Burel, Frederick M Burkle, and Mark Keim
Lack of Telemedicine Training in Academic Medicine: Are We Preparing the Next Generation?, Ali Pourmand, Mateen Ghassemi, Kazi Sumon, Saeid B. Amini, Colton Hood, and Neal Sikka
Patterns of benzodiazepine administration and prescribing to older adults in U.S. emergency departments., Ali Pourmand, Kevin M. Lombardi, Jeffrey Roberson, and Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi
Point of care ultrasound and ocular injuries: A case of lens dislocation and a comprehensive review of the literature., Matthew Pyle, Christina Gallerani, Christopher Weston, Sarah E. Frasure, and Ali Pourmand
Prognostic utilization of models based on the APACHE II, APACHE IV, and SAPS II scores for predicting in-hospital mortality in emergency department., Zahra Rahmatinejad, Fariba Tohidinezhad, Hamidreza Reihani, Fatemeh Rahmatinejad, Ali Pourmand, Ameen Abu-Hanna, and Saeid Eslami
Non-evidenced based treatment: An unintended cause of morbidity and mortality related to COVID-19., Hamidreza Reihani, Mateen Ghassemi, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Bandar Aljohani, and Ali Pourmand
Exploration of the Influential Factors on Adherence to Occupational Therapy in Parents of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Qualitative Study., Leeba Rezaie and Sadiqa Kendi
Video capsule endoscopy for upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the emergency department: A systematic review and meta-analysis., Nidhi Shah, Chen Chen, Nataly Montano, David Cave, Rebecca Siegel, Nina T. Gentile, Alexander T. Limkakeng, Anita B. Kumar, Yan Ma, and Andrew C. Meltzer
Utility of the DIVA score for experienced emergency department technicians., Haroon Shaukat, Beemnet Neway, Kristen Breslin, Ar'Reon Watson, Kelly Poe, Keith Boniface, and Joanna S Cohen
Utility of point-of-care ultrasound in patients with suspected diverticulitis in the emergency department., Hamid Shokoohi, Sigrid Nasser, Matthew Pyle, James P. Earls, Andrew Liteplo, and Keith Boniface
Wellness for the future: Cultural and systems-based challenges and solutions., Rosanna D. Sikora, Rita A. Manfredi, Arlene Chung, Jay A. Kaplan, Carissa J. Tyo, and Saadia Akhtar
Using critical care physicians to deliver anesthesia and boost surgical caseload in austere environments: the Critical Care General Anesthesia Syllabus (CC GAS)., Quincy K Tran, Natalie M Mark, Lia I. Losonczy, Michael T McCurdy, James H Lantry, Marc E Augustin, Lovely N Colas, Richard Skupski, Arthur S Toth, Bhavesh M Patel, Donald F Zimmer, Rebecca Tracy, and Mark Walsh
Complication of vasopressor infusion through peripheral venous catheter: A systematic review and meta-analysis., Quincy K Tran, Gaurika Mester, Vera Bzhilyanskaya, Leenah Z Afridi, Sanketh Andhavarapu, Zain Alam, Austin Widjaja, Brooke Andersen, Ann Matta, and Ali Pourmand
Healthcare Challenges in the Era of Cybersecurity., Jeff Tully, Jordan Selzer, James P Phillips, Patrick O'Connor, and Christian Dameff
Redesigning emergency department operations amidst a viral pandemic., Tess Whiteside, Erin Kane, Bandar Aljohani, Marya Alsamman, and Ali Pourmand
Submissions from 2019
Aortic dissection in a 19 year old male without risk factors, case report and selective review of the literature., Ahmad Aalam and John Lafleur
Management of Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Guideline Recommendations From the International Consensus Group., Alan N. Barkun, Majid Almadi, Ernst J. Kuipers, Loren Laine, Joseph Sung, Frances Tse, Grigorios I. Leontiadis, Neena S. Abraham, Xavier Calvet, Francis K L Chan, James Douketis, Robert Enns, Ian M. Gralnek, Vipul Jairath, Dennis Jensen, James Lau, Gregory Y H Lip, Romaric Loffroy, Fauze Maluf-Filho, Andrew C. Meltzer, Nageshwar Reddy, John R. Saltzman, John K. Marshall, and Marc Bardou
Innovation in Residency Selection: The AAMC Standardized Video Interview., Steven B Bird, H Gene Hern, Andra Blomkalns, Nicole M Deiorio, Yolanda Haywood, Katherine M Hiller, Dana Dunleavy, and Keith Dowd
Pardon Me for Being a Wallflower., Janice Blanchard
Seasonal dengue surge: Providers' perceptions about the impact of dengue on patient volume, staffing and use of point of care testing in Indian emergency departments., Janice Blanchard, Katherine Douglass, Shweta Gidwani, Usha Khatri, Daniel Gaballa, Amelia Pousson, Neeraj Mangla, and Jeffrey Smith
Readmissions Following Inpatient Treatment for Opioid-Related Conditions., Janice Blanchard, Audrey J Weiss, Marguerite L Barrett, Carol Stocks, Pamela L Owens, Rosanna Coffey, and Kevin C Heslin
Learner-centered Survey of Point-of-care Ultrasound Training, Competence, and Implementation Barriers in Emergency Medicine Training Programs in India, Keith S. Boniface, Aaran Drake, Matthew Pyle, Fabith Moideen, Sanjay Mehta, Venugopal Poovathumparambil, Hamid Shokoohi, and Katherine Douglass
Diagnostic Accuracy and Time-Saving Effects of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Patients With Small Bowel Obstruction: A Prospective Study., Keith S. Boniface, Jordan B King, Maxine A LeSaux, Stanislaw C Haciski, and Hamid Shokoohi
Direct Observation Assessment of Ultrasound Competency Using a Mobile Standardized Direct Observation Tool Application With Comparison to Asynchronous Quality Assurance Evaluation., Keith S Boniface, Kat Ogle, Ahmad Aalam, Maxine LeSaux, Matt Pyle, Sohaib Mandoorah, and Hamid Shokoohi
Team Rubicon Medical Response to Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas., Andrew J. Bouland, Jordan Selzer, Madi Yogman, and David W. Callaway
A randomized trial of ultrasound-guided peripheral IV catheter placement in difficult access patients using a guidewire approach., Haley K Cochrane, Patricia C Henwood, Elke Platz, Viktoria Koskenoja, Adaira Landry, Sarah E. Frasure, Joshua S Rempell, Janet Hoyler, Olesya Baker, and Heidi H Kimberly
"Bandemia" without leukocytosis: A potential Emergency Department diagnostic pitfall., Steven Davis, Robert Shesser, Kayla Authelet, and Ali Pourmand
Faculty Development Program for Emergency Medicine Physicians in India: A Pilot Program., Katherine Douglass and Amanda Williams
DynaMed Plus App Review, Andres Elovic and Ali Pourmand
Lexicomp App Review., Andres Elovic and Ali Pourmand
Lung Nodule Manager App Review., Andres Elovic and Ali Pourmand
MDCalc Medical Calculator App Review., Andres Elovic and Ali Pourmand
Ethical Prioritization of Patients During Disaster Triage: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence., Vahid Ghanbari, Ali Ardalan, Armin Zareiyan, Amir Nejati, Dan Hanfling, and Alireza Bagheri
Just-in-Time Instructions for Layperson Tourniquet Application., Craig A Goolsby, Arthur L Kellermann, and Thomas D. Kirsch
Ultrasound for airway management: An evidence-based review for the emergency clinician., Michael Gottlieb, Dallas Holladay, Katharine M. Burns, Damali Nakitende, and John Bailitz
Prevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B and C Infection in Mongolian Immigrants in the Washington, District of Columbia, Metropolitan Area, 2016-2017., Emmeline Ha, Frederic Kim, Janice Blanchard, and Hee-Soon Juon
Sirtuin 6 Attenuates Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) Reactivation via Suppressing the Ori-Lyt Activity and Expression of RTA., Min Hu, Najealicka Armstrong, Edward Seto, Wenwei Li, Fanxiu Zhu, Paul C Wang, and Qiyi Tang
Development and Performance of a Checklist for Initial Triage After an Anthrax Mass Exposure Event., Nathaniel Hupert, Marissa Person, Dan Hanfling, Rita M Traxler, William A Bower, and Katherine Hendricks
Use of the "Step-back" Method for Education Research Consultation at the National Level: A Pilot Study., Jaime Jordan, Kaushal Shah, Andrew W Phillips, Nicholas Hartman, Jeffrey Love, and Michael Gottlieb
Making Better Wound Management Decisions., Amy Keim and James Marinucci
The Need for a National Strategy to Assess and Reduce Disaster-Related Mortality in the United States, Mark E Keim, Thomas D. Kirsch, Oscar Alleyne, Georges Benjamin, Linda DeGutis, David Dyjack, and Frederick M Burkle
US Governmental Spending for Disaster-Related Research, 2011-2016: Characterizing the State of Science Funding Across 5 Professional Disciplines, Thomas D. Kirsch and Mark Keim
Characterizing the Current State of Training Courses Available to US Disaster Professionals, Thomas Kirsch, Mark Keim, and Kandra Strauss-Riggs
Trends in Pediatric Poisoning-Related Emergency Department Visits: 2001-2011., Jaclyn N Kline, Gia M Badolato, and Monika K Goyal
Racial and ethnic disparities in the management of acute pain in US emergency departments: Meta-analysis and systematic review., Paulyne Lee, Maxine Le Saux, Rebecca Siegel, Monika Goyal, Chen Chen, Yan Ma, and Andrew C Meltzer
Findings of a national dataset analysis on the visits of homeless patients to US emergency departments during 2005-2015., Kevin Lombardi, J M Pines, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, and Ali Pourmand
Critical care capacity in Haiti: A nationwide cross-sectional survey., Lia I Losonczy, Sean L Barnes, Shiping Liu, Sarah R Williams, Michael T McCurdy, Vivienne Lemos, Jerry Chandler, L Nathalie Colas, Marc E Augustin, and Alfred Papali
Early Impact of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine CDEM/CORD Special Issue in Educational Research & Practice., Jeffrey N. Love, Sally A. Santen, David P. Way, Brendan W. Munzer, Chris Merritt, Douglas S. Ander, and John W. Cyrus
Early Impact of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine CDEM/CORD Special Issue in Educational Research & Practice., Jeffrey N. Love, Sally A. Santen, David P. Way, Brendan W. Munzer, Chris Merritt, Douglas S. Ander, and John W. Cyrus
Emergent endotracheal intubation associated cardiac arrest, risks, and emergency implications., Johnnatan Marin, Danielle Davison, and Ali Pourmand
Accuracy of Patient Reported Stone Passage for Patients With Acute Renal Colic Treated in the Emergency Department., Andrew C. Meltzer, Pamela Katzen Burrows, Ziya Kirkali, Judd E. Hollander, Michael Kurz, Patrick Mufarrij, Allan B. Wolfson, Cora MacPherson, Scott Hubosky, Nataly Montano, and Stephen V Jackman
Diagnostic Ultrasound Safety Review for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Practitioners., Douglas L. Miller, Alyssa Abo, Jacques S. Abramowicz, Timothy A. Bigelow, Diane Dalecki, Eitan Dickman, John Donlon, Gerald Harris, and Jason Nomura
Optic Nerve Sheath Ultrasonography: Should We Be Using It for Bedside Diagnosis of Increased Intracranial Pressure?, Kathleen Y. Ogle and Resa E. Lewiss
Diagnosis of Traumatic Eye Injuries With Point-of-Care Ocular Ultrasonography in the Emergency Department., Seyedhossein Ojaghihaghighi, Kevin M Lombardi, Steven Davis, Samad S Vahdati, Rana Sorkhabi, and Ali Pourmand
Approach to Complications of Ventricular Assist Devices: A Clinical Review for the Emergency Provider., Dana Perim, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Arcadia Trvalik, and Ali Pourmand
Approach to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Induced Consciousness, an Emergency Medicine Perspective., Ali Pourmand, B Hill, David Yamane, and E Kuhl
The utility of point-of-care ultrasound in the assessment of volume status in acute and critically ill patients., Ali Pourmand, Matthew Pyle, David Yamane, Kazi Sumon, and Sarah E. Frasure
The Controversial Role of Corticosteroids in Septic Shock., Ali Pourmand, Tess Whiteside, David Yamane, Amir Rashed, and Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi
Can Emoji's assess patients' mood and emotion in the emergency department? An emoji based study., A Pourmand, T Quan, S B Amini, and N Sikka
In reply., Joshua Quaas, Turandot Saul, Jonathan Wassermann, and Kevin Davey
Pseudo-pulseless electrical activity in the emergency department, an evidence based approach., J Rabjohns, T Quan, K Boniface, and A Pourmand
Current Approach to Undifferentiated Headache Management in the Emergency Department., Amir Rashed, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, and Ali Pourmand
The Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series (JCTAWS): Integrating disciplines for enhanced capabilities during a complex coordinated attack., Geoffrey L Shapiro, John H Armstrong, Kathryn Roberts, James Gordon, E Reed Smith, Jeffrey Afman, and Scott M Sasser
The Utility and Survivorship of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Inserted in the Emergency Department., Hamid Shokoohi, Keith S Boniface, Paige Kulie, Andrew Long, and Melissa McCarthy
Development of a nomogram to predict small bowel obstruction using point-of-care ultrasound in the emergency department., Hamid Shokoohi, Keith S. Boniface, Michael A. Loesche, Nicole M. Duggan, and Jordan B. King
Point-of-care Transperineal Ultrasound to Diagnose Abscess in the Emergency Department., Hamid Shokoohi, Matthew Pyle, Sarah E Frasure, Ubah Dimbil, and Ali Pourmand
Assessment of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training for Clinical Educators in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda., Hamid Shokoohi, Aislynn Raymond, Katelyn Fleming, James Scott, Vanessa Kerry, Tenagne Haile-Mariam, Sadath Sayeed, and Keith S Boniface
Defining emergency telehealth., Neal Sikka, Hartmut Gross, Aditi U. Joshi, Edward Shaheen, Michael J. Baker, Adam Ash, Judd E. Hollander, Dickson S. Cheung, Alexander R. Chiu, Charles B. Wessel, Marcus Robinson, Gregory Lowry, and Francis Xavier Guyette