Submissions from 2018
International Scope of Emergency Ultrasound: Barriers in Applying Ultrasound to Guide Central Line Placement by Providers in Nairobi, Kenya, Fareen Zaver and Keith S. Boniface
Submissions from 2017
Staff perceptions toward emergency clinical pharmacists in a Saudi Arabian academic emergency department, Jameel Abualenain and Hussain Talal Bakhsh
Gender, Race and the Presentation of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Serious Cardiopulmonary Diagnoses in ED Patients With Chest Pain., Ahmed Allabban, Judd E Hollander, and Jesse M Pines
Does the normal four steps weight-bearing rule predict the need for radiography in cases of blunt ankle trauma?, Hassan Amiri, Samad Shams Vahdati, Mehdi Gharehkhani, Radin Maheronnaghsh, Hamid Shokoohi, and Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
Metformin for Diabetes Prevention: Insights Gained from the Diabetes Prevention Program/Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study., Vanita R Aroda, William C Knowler, Jill P Crandall, Leigh Perreault, Sharon L Edelstein, Susan L Jeffries, Mark E Molitch, Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Christine Darwin, Brandy M Heckman-Stoddard, Marinella Temprosa, Steven E Kahn, and David M Nathan
Nasogastric Decompression Not Associated With a Reduction in Surgery or Bowel Ischemia for Acute Small Bowel Obstruction., Daniel J Berman, Hamza Ijaz, Mohammad Alkhunaizi, Paige E Kulie, Khashayar Vaziri, Lorna M Richards, and Andrew C Meltzer
Nasogastric decompression not associated with a reduction in surgery or bowel ischemia for acute small bowel obstruction., Daniel J. Berman, Hamza Ijaz, Mohammad Alkhunaizi, Paige E. Kulie, Khashayar Vaziri, Lorna M. Richards, and Andrew C. Meltzer
Radiologic Safety Events Within a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Network., Stephen M Blumberg, Prashant V Mahajan, Karen J OʼConnell, James M Chamberlain, Kathy N Shaw, Richard M Ruddy, Richard Lichenstein, Tomohiko Funai, Kathleen A Lillis, and Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network.
Painless Atraumatic Foot Swelling, R Buhumaid and Janice C. Blanchard
Air and its Sonographic Appearance: Understanding the Artifacts, Simran Buttar, Denrick Cooper, Patrick Olivieri, Michael Barca, Aaran B. Drake, Melvin Ku, Gabriel Rose, Sebastian D. Siadecki, and Turandot Saul
Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics of Children Seeking Emergency Department Care for Firearm Injuries Within the PECARN Network., Patrick M Carter, Lawrence J Cook, Michelle L Macy, Mark R Zonfrillo, Rachel M Stanley, James M Chamberlain, Joel A Fein, Elizabeth R Alpern, Rebecca Cunningham, and The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN).
Making Sense of a Negative Clinical Trial Result: A Bayesian Analysis of a Clinical Trial of Lorazepam and Diazepam for Pediatric Status Epilepticus., Daniel B Chamberlain and James M. Chamberlain
Hospital Strategies for Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Mixed-Methods Study., Anna Marie Chang, Deborah J Cohen, Amber Lin, James Augustine, Daniel A Handel, Eric Howell, Hyunjee Kim, Jesse M Pines, Jeremiah D Schuur, K John McConnell, and Benjamin C Sun
The Utility of Bedside Lung Ultrasound Findings in Bronchiolitis., Joanna S. Cohen, Naomi Hughes, Sonny Tat, James M. Chamberlain, Stephen J. Teach, and Keith Boniface
Diagnosis of an Intraventricular Cyst Using Point-of-Care Cranial Ultrasound in the Pediatric Emergency Department., Kaynan Doctor and Joanna S Cohen
Sonographer preference of ballistic gelatin concentration used to create DVT training phantoms, Michael Doctor, Patrick Olivieri, Sebastian D. Siadecki, Gabriel Rose, Aaran Drake, and Turandot Saul
Reliability, Laterality and the Effect of Respiration on the Measured Corrected Flow Time of the Carotid Arteries, Michael Doctor, Sebastian D. Siadecki, Denrick Cooper, Gabriel Rose, Aaran B. Drake, Melvin Ku, Maria Suprun, and Turandot Saul
Using an Alumni Survey to Target Improvements in an Emergency Medicine Training Programme., Theodore Gaeta, Gowtham Mahalingam, Matthew Pyle, Aaron Dam, and Annette Visconti
The Impact of ED Crowding on Early Interventions and Mortality in Patients with Severe Sepsis., David F Gaieski, Anish K Agarwal, Mark E Mikkelsen, Byron Drumheller, S Cham Sante, Frances S Shofer, Munish Goyal, and Jesse M Pines
The impact of emergency department crowding on early interventions and mortality in patients with severe sepsis., David F Gaieski, Anish K Agarwal, Mark E Mikkelsen, Byron Drumheller, S Cham Sante, Frances S Shofer, Munish Goyal, and Jesse M Pines
Emergency Department Management of Bronchiolitis in the United States., Constance Gong, Terri Byczkowski, Constance McAneney, Monika K Goyal, and Todd A Florin
Innovations for Tomorrow: Summary of the 2016 Disaster Health Education Symposium., Kelly Gulley, Kandra Strauss-Riggs, Thomas D Kirsch, and Craig Goolsby
How Alternative Payment Models in Emergency Medicine Can Benefit Physicians, Payers, and Patients., Nir J Harish, Harold D Miller, Jesse M Pines, Richard D Zane, and Jennifer L Wiler
An Echocardiography Training Program for Improving the Left Ventricular Function Interpretation in Emergency Department; a Brief Report, Mary Jacob, Hamid A. Shokoohi, Fabith Moideen, Amelia Pousson, and Keith S. Boniface
Use of a Midstream Clean Catch Mobile Application Did Not Lower Urine Contamination Rates In An Emergency Department., Mary S Jacob, Paige Kulie, Cameron Benedict, Alexander J Ordoobadi, Neal Sikka, Erika Steinmetz, and Melissa L McCarthy
The Variation in Quality and Content of Patient-Focused Health Information on the Internet for Otitis Media., A Joury, A Joraid, F Alqahtani, A Alghamdi, A Batwa, and J M Pines
Impact of interventions and the incidence of ebola virus disease in Liberia-implications for future epidemics, Thomas D. Kirsch, Heidi Moseson, Moses Massaquoi, Tolbert G Nyenswah, Rachel Goodermote, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Justin Lessler, Derek A T Cumings, and David H Peters
Developing and Implementing a Multi-source Feedback Tool to Assess Competencies of Emergency Medicine Residents in the United States, Joseph LaMantia
Leadership Development Programs at Academic Health Centers: Results of a National Survey., Raymond Lucas, Ellen F Goldman, Andrea R Scott, and Valerie Dandar
Patient-level Factors and the Quality of Care Delivered in Pediatric Emergency Departments., James P Marcin, Patrick S Romano, Parul Dayal, Madan Dharmar, James M Chamberlain, Nanette Dudley, and Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network.
Implicit Review Instrument to Evaluate Quality of Care Delivered by Physicians to Children in Emergency Departments., James P Marcin, Patrick S Romano, Madan Dharmar, James M Chamberlain, Nanette Dudley, Charles G Macias, and Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network.
Trends in the Contribution of Emergency Departments to the Provision of Health Care in the USA., David Marcozzi, Brendan Carr, Alisha Liferidge, Nicole Baehr, and Brian Browne
U.S. Drug Shortages for Medications Used in Adult Critical Care (2001-2016)., Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Munish Goyal, Suleman A Umar, Erin R Fox, Mark Zocchi, Kristy L Hawley, and Jesse M Pines
Advances in Diabetes Pharmacotherapy: An Update for the Emergency Provider., Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi and Ali Pourmand
Newly Approved Antibiotics and Antibiotics Reserved for Resistant Infections: Implications for Emergency Medicine., Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Ali Pourmand, and Larissa May
US Emergency Department Visits for Adults with Abdominal and Pelvic Pain (2007-13): Trends in Demographics, Resource Utilization and Medication Usage., Andrew C Meltzer, Jesse M Pines, Lorna M Richards, Peter Mullins, and Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi
US Emergency Department Visits for Adults with Abdominal and Pelvic Pain (2007-13): Trends in Demographics, Resource Utilization and Medication Usage., Andrew C Meltzer, Jesse M Pines, Lorna M Richards, Peter Mullins, and Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi
US emergency department visits for adults with abdominal and pelvic pain (2007-13): Trends in demographics, resource utilization and medication usage., Andrew C Meltzer, Jesse M Pines, Lorna M Richards, Peter Mullins, and Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi
US emergency department visits for adults with abdominal and pelvic pain (2007-13): Trends in demographics, resource utilization and medication usage., Andrew C. Meltzer, Jesse M. Pines, Lorna M. Richards, Peter Mullins, and Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi
Is Early Goal-Directed Therapy or Standard Therapy More Effective in Decreasing Mortality Among Patients With Sepsis?, Melinda J Morton Hamer and Sara K Faught
Is Early Goal-Directed Therapy or Standard Therapy More Effective in Decreasing Mortality Among Patients With Sepsis?, M J. Morton Hamer and S K. Faught
Accuracy of Postresuscitation Team Debriefings in a Pediatric Emergency Department., Paul C Mullan, Niall H Cochrane, James M Chamberlain, Randall S Burd, Fawn D Brown, Lauren E Zinns, Kristen M Crandall, and Karen J O'Connell
Alcohol-Related Visits to US Emergency Departments, 2001-2011., Peter M. Mullins, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, and Jesse M. Pines
US Emergency Department Trends in Imaging for Pediatric Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain., Lauren M Niles, Monika K Goyal, Gia M Badolato, James M Chamberlain, and Joanna S Cohen
What Cognitive Psychology Tells Us About Emergency Department Physician Decision-making and How to Improve It., Jesse M Pines
How (ED) admission decisions differ when the same physician works in two different emergency department., Jesse M Pines, Jessica E Galarraga, Michael Granvosky, Ori Litvak, Samuel Davis, and Leah Honigman Warner
The Utility of Point-of-Care Testing at Emergency Department Triage by Nurses in Simulated Scenarios., Jesse M Pines, Mark S Zocchi, Mary Elizabeth Buchanan, Manish N Shah, and Debbie Travers
Nonepileptic Seizure Provoked by Cardiac Dysrhythmia: A Case of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction., A Pourmand, S Davis, and K Yensen
Dysuria: An Uncommon Presentation in Emergency Department Following Bladder Neck Disruption., Ali Pourmand, Assya Abdallah, Hamid Shokoohi, Mindy Park, Marie White, and Francis O'Connell
Emerging Utility of Virtual Reality as a Multidisciplinary Tool in Clinical Medicine., Ali Pourmand, Steven Davis, Danny Lee, Scott Barber, and Neal Sikka
Point-of-care ultrasound utilizations in the emergency airway management: An evidence-based review, Ali Pourmand, Danny Lee, Steven Davis, Kelsey Dorwart, and Hamid Abbasi Shokoohi
Feasibility and Usability of Tele-interview for Medical Residency Interview, Ali Pourmand, Hayoung Lee, Malika Fair, Kaylah Maloney, and Amy Caggiula
Caring for VIPs in the Emergency Department: Are they VIPs or Patients?, Ali Pourmand, Maxine LeSaux, Jesse M Pines, and Robert Shesser
Caring for VIPs in the Emergency Department: Are they VIPs or Patients?, Ali Pourmand, Maxine LeSaux, Jesse M Pines, and Robert Shesser
Caring for VIPs in the Emergency Department: Are they VIPs or Patients?, Ali Pourmand, Maxine LeSaux, Jesse M Pines, and Robert Shesser
Videogame-Related Illness and Injury: A Review of the Literature and Predictions for Pokémon GO!, Ali Pourmand, Kevin Lombardi, Evan Kuhl, and Francis O'Connell
Emergency Department Approach to QTc Prolongation., Ali Pourmand, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Sonya Chistov, Youssef Sabha, Damir Vukomanovic, and Almulhim Mohammed
Emerging Trends in Antibiotic Resistance: Implications for Emergency Medicine., Ali Pourmand, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Gregory Jasani, and Larissa May
Pre-Oxygenation: Implications in Emergency Airway Management., Ali Pourmand, Chelsea Robinson, Kelsey Dorwart, and Francis O'Connell
Designer drugs: Review and implications for emergency management., A Pourmand, M Mazer-Amirshahi, S Chistov, A Li, and M Park
Low dose ketamine use in the emergency department, a new direction in pain management., A Pourmand, M Mazer-Amirshahi, C Royall, R Alhawas, and R Shesser
Cholinergic Symptoms and QTc Prolongation Following Donepezil Overdose., A Pourmand, C Shay, W Redha, A Aalam, and M Mazer-Amirshahi
Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Detecting Upper and Lower Extremity Fractures: An Evidence-Based Approach., A Pourmand, H Shokoohi, and R Maracheril
Ultrasound-guided dorsal penile nerve block performed in a case of zipper entrapment injury, Gabriel Rose, Vincent Costa, Aaran Drake, Sebastian D. Siadecki, and Turandot Saul
Changing Systems Through Effective Teams: A Role for Simulation., Elizabeth D Rosenman, Rosemarie Fernandez, Ambrose H Wong, Michael Cassara, Dylan D Cooper, Maybelle Kou, Torrey A Laack, Ivette Motola, Jessica R Parsons, Benjamin R Levine, and James A Grand
History, Principles, and Policies of Observation Medicine., Michael A Ross and Michael Granovsky
Estimation of Time Period for Effective Human Inhalational Anthrax Treatment Including Antitoxin Therapy., Lewis Rubinson, Alfred Corey, and Dan Hanfling
Incorporating Alternative Care Site Characteristics into Estimates of Substitutable ED Visits., Nathan Seth Trueger, Kao-Ping Chua, Aamir Hussain, Aisha T Liferidge, Stephen R Pitts, and Jesse M Pines
The diagnostic utility of sonographic carotid flow time in determining volume responsiveness., Hamid Shokoohi, Grant W Berry, Murteza Shahkolahi, Jackson King, Jordan King, Mohammad Salimian, Ameneh Poshtmashad, and Ali Pourmand
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Leads to Diagnostic Shifts in Patients with Undifferentiated Hypotension., Hamid Shokoohi, Keith S Boniface, Michelle Zaragoza, Ali Pourmand, and James P Earls
Sonographic Localization of a Retained Urethral Foreign Body in an Elderly Patient., Hamid Shokoohi, Zachary Kendrick, Neal Sikka, and Keith S Boniface
Acute Liver Failure and Emergency Consideration For Liver Transplant., Hamid Shokoohi, Ali Pourmand, Jason Teng, and Jared Lucas
ED approach to electrical toothbrush associated hand injury, a unique case of non-oropharyngeal injury., Neal Sikka, Hannah Robinson, Chimere Little, and Ali Pourmand
Vitamin C: The Next Step in Sepsis Management?, J Teng, A Pourmand, and M Mazer-Amirshahi
Health Care Coalitions as Response Organizations: Houston After Hurricane Harvey., Lori Upton, Thomas D Kirsch, Melissa Harvey, and Dan Hanfling
Health Care Coalitions as Response Organizations: Houston After Hurricane Harvey, Lori Upton, Thomas D. Kirsch, Melissa Harvey, and Dan Hanfling
Two Emergency Departments, 6000km Apart: Differences in Patient Flow and Staff Perceptions About Crowding., M Christien Van Der Linden, Munawar Khursheed, Khairunnissa Hooda, Jesse M Pines, and Naomi Van Der Linden
Value and Quality Innovations in Acute and Emergency Care, Jenifer Wiler, Jesse Pines, and Michael Ward
Ideologically Motivated Violence: A Public Health Approach to Prevention., Matthew K Wynia, David Eisenman, and Dan Hanfling
Submissions from 2016
Heart Rhythm Monitoring Strategies for Cryptogenic Stroke: 2015 Diagnostics and Monitoring Stroke Focus Group Report, Gregory W. Albers, Richard A. Bernstein, Johannes Brachmann, John Camm, J. Donald Easton, Jesse M. Pines, and +13 additional authors
The 2013 Dip: Factors Influencing Falling Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Admissions in District of Columbia and Maryland., Khaled Alghamdi, Mark Zocchi, William J. Frohna, and Jesse M. Pines
Replacing the Affordable Care Act and Other Suggested Reforms., Joseph Antos, James Capretta, and Gail Wilensky
Caretakers' Perspectives on Return Pediatric Emergency Department Visits: A Qualitative Analysis of Focus Groups., Erin M Augustine, Barbara A Kreling, and James M Chamberlain
Accuracy of rapid sequence intubation medication dosing in obese patients intubated in the ED., Rahul Bhat, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Christie Sun, Janelle Vaughns, Maria Dynin, Eshetu Tefera, Daryn Towle, and Munish Goyal
A Systematic Review of the Prevention and Treatment of Prescription Drug Misuse., Janice Blanchard, Sarah B Hunter, Karen Chan Osilla, Warren Stewart, Jennifer Walters, and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
Characteristics and Distribution of Graduate Medical Education Training Sites: Are We Missing Opportunities to Meet U.S. Health Workforce Needs?, Janice Blanchard, Stephen Petterson, Andrew Bazemore, Kayla Watkins, and Fitzhugh Mullan
Development and Implementation of a Novel Prehospital Care System in the State of Kerala, India., Heather A Brown, Katherine A. Douglass, Shafi Ejas, and Venugopalan Poovathumparambil
Improving timeliness for acute asthma care for paediatric ED patients using a nurse driven intervention: an interrupted time series analysis., Kathleen Brown, Sabah Iqbal, Su-Lin Sun, Jennifer Fritzeen, James Chamberlain, and Paul C. Mullan
Inadequate sensitivity of laboratory risk indicator to rule out necrotizing fasciitis in the emergency department, Elizabeth Burner, Sean Henderson, Guenevere Burke, Jeffrey Nakashioya, and Jerome R. Hoffman
County-Level Variation in Emergency Department Admission Rates Among US Medicare Beneficiaries., Kadin Caines, Carla Shoff, David M Bott, and Jesse M. Pines
Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Describing the Diagnostic Accuracy of History, Physical Examination, Imaging, and Lumbar Puncture With an Exploration of Test Thresholds., Christopher R Carpenter, Adnan M Hussain, Michael J Ward, Gregory J Zipfel, Susan Fowler, Jesse M Pines, and Marco L A Sivilotti
Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Describing the Diagnostic Accuracy of History, Physical Exam, Imaging, and Lumbar Puncture with an Exploration of Test Thresholds., Christopher R Carpenter, Adnan M Hussain, Michael J Ward, Gregory J Zipfel, Susan Fowler, Jesse M. Pines, and Marco L A Sivilotti
Practice Pattern Variation in the Care of Children With Acute Asthma., James M. Chamberlain, Stephen J. Teach, Katie L Hayes, Gia Badolato, and Monika K. Goyal
Risk Factors for Persistent Frequent Emergency Department Use in Medicare Beneficiaries., Erin M Colligan, Jesse M. Pines, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Benjamin Howell, and Jennifer L Wolff
Factors Associated With Frequent Emergency Department Use in the Medicare Population., Erin Murphy Colligan, Jesse M. Pines, Elizabeth Colantuoni, and Jennifer L. Wolff
An Electronic Emergency Triage System to Improve Patient Distribution by Critical Outcomes, Andrea Freyer Dugas, Thomas D. Kirsch, Matthew Toerper, Fred Korley, Gayane Yenokyan, Daniel France, David Hager, and Scott Levin
Costs of ED episodes of care in the United States., Jessica E. Galarraga and Jesse M. Pines
A Patient Reported Approach to Identify Medical Errors and Improve Patient Safety in the Emergency Department., Seth W Glickman, Abhi Mehrotra, Christopher M Shea, Celeste Mayer, Jeffrey Strickler, Sandra Pabers, James Larson, Brian Goldstein, Larry Mandelkehr, Charles B Cairns, Jesse M Pines, and Kevin A Schulman
Population Pharmacokinetics and Exploratory Pharmacodynamics of Lorazepam in Pediatric Status Epilepticus., Daniel Gonzalez, James M. Chamberlain, Jeffrey T Guptill, Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez, Barrie Harper, Jian Zhao, Edmund V Capparelli, and +24 additional collaborators
Identification of Long Bone Fractures in Radiology Reports Using Natural Language Processing to support Healthcare Quality Improvement., Robert W Grundmeier, Aaron J Masino, T Charles Casper, Jonathan M Dean, Jamie Bell, Rene Enriquez, Sara Deakyne, James M. Chamberlain, and Elizabeth R Alpern