Submissions from 2015
Trauma-Induced Bilateral Ectopia Lentis Diagnosed with Point-of-Care Ultrasound., Keith S. Boniface, Ahmad Aalam, Mohammad Salimian, Yiju Teresa Liu, and Hamid Shokoohi
Characteristics of Frequent Users of the Emergency Department with Psychiatric Conditions., Rasha Buhumaid, Jessica Riley, Mehdi Sattarian, Benjamin Bregman, and Janice Blanchard
Political Leadership in the Time of Crises: Primum non Nocere, Frederick M. Burkle and Dan Hanfling
Increased observation services in Medicare beneficiaries with chest pain., Susannah G. Cafardi, Jesse M Pines, Partha Deb, Christopher A. Powers, and William H. Shrank
Petroleum pipeline explosions in sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive systematic review of the academic and lay literature, Lucas C Carlson, Tom T Rogers, Thaim B Kamara, Megan M Rybarczyk, Jeffrey J Leow, Thomas D. Kirsch, and Adam L Kushner
Introducing Teamwork Challenges in Simulation Using Game Cards., Todd P. Chang, Karen Y. Kwan, Danica Liberman, Eric Song, Eugene H. Dao, Dayun Chung, Inge Morton, and Ara Festekjian
Variation in Chest Pain Emergency Department Admission Rates and Acute Myocardial Infarction and Death Within 30 Days in the Medicare Population., Philip G Cotterill, Partha Deb, William H Shrank, and Jesse M Pines
Postgraduate Emergency Medicine Training in India: An Educational Partnership with the Private Sector., Katherine Douglass, Amelia Pousson, Shweta Gidwani, and Jeffrey Smith
Hot off the Press: Subdissociative-dose Ketamine for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department, Aaran B. Drake, William K. Milne, and Christopher R. Carpenter
Body Site Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients, S. J. Ells, K. Kalantar-Zadeh, M. A. Bolaris, Larissa S. May, and L. G. Miller
Costs Associated with Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Across Hospital-based Settings., Jessica E. Galarraga, Ryan Mutter, and Jesse M. Pines
Underuse of pregnancy testing for women prescribed teratogenic medications in the emergency department, Monika K. Goyal, Adam L. Hersh, Gia Badolato, Xianqun Luan, Maria Trent, Theoklis Zaoutis, and James M. Chamberlain
Emergency Preparedness in Obstetrics, Sina Haeri and David Marcozzi
Longitudinal Trends in U.S. Drug Shortages for Medications Used in Emergency Departments (2001-2014)., Kristy L. Hawley, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Mark S. Zocchi, Erin R. Fox, and Jesse M. Pines
Mental health disorders in child and adolescent survivors of post-war landmine explosions., Mohammad Ali Hemmati, Hamid Shokoohi, Mehdi Masoumi, Shahriar Khateri, Mohammadreza Soroush, Ehsan Modirian, Mahtab Poor Zamany Nejat Kermany, Maryam Hosseini, and Batool Mousavi
Law, medicine, and public health preparedness: the case of Ebola., James G. Hodge, Lawrence O. Gostin, Dan Hanfling, and John L. Hick
Trends in Advanced Computed Tomography Use for Injured Patients in United States Emergency Departments: 2007-2010, Waleed Hussein, Peter M. Mullins, Khaled Alghamdi, Babak Sarani, and Jesse M. Pines
Emergency department transfers and transfer relationships in United States hospitals., Dana R. Kindermann, Ryan L. Mutter, Robert L. Houchens, Marguerite L. Barrett, and Jesse M. Pines
Telepsychiatric assessment of a mariner expressing suicidal ideation., Alexander Lee, Neal Sikka, Francis O'Connell, Allen Dyer, Keith Boniface, and James Betz
Research priorities in the utilization and interpretation of diagnostic imaging: education, assessment, and competency., Resa E Lewiss, Wilma Chan, Alexander Y Sheng, Jorge Soto, Alexandra Castro, Andrew C Meltzer, Alan Cherney, Manickam Kumaravel, Dianna Cody, and Esther H Chen
The Relationship of Financial Pressures and Community Characteristics to Closure of Private Safety Net Clinics., Suhui Li, Avi Dor, Jesse M. Pines, Mark S Zocchi, and Renee Y Hsia
Assessment of Exposure to Perchloroethylene and its Clinical Repercussions for 50 Dry-Cleaning Employees., D Lucas, A Hervé, Raymond Lucas, C Cabioch, P Capellmann, A Nicolas, A Bodenes, and D Jegaden
Patient- and community-level sociodemographic characteristics associated with emergency department visits for childhood injury., Michelle L Macy, Mark R Zonfrillo, Lawrence J Cook, Tomohiko Funai, Jason Goldstick, Rachel M Stanley, James M. Chamberlain, Rebecca M Cunningham, Robert Lipton, and Elizabeth R Alpern
Benzodiazepine Prescribing in Older Adults in U.S. Ambulatory Clinics and Emergency Departments (2001-10)., Erin M Marra, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Gillian Brooks, John van den Anker, Larissa May, and Jesse M Pines
A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Use of Rapid Molecular Testing for Staphylococcus aureus for Patients With Cutaneous Abscesses in the Emergency Department With Standard of Care., Larissa S. May, Loren G. Miller, Gillian Brooks, Mark S. Zocchi, Catherine Zatorski, Chelsea E. Ware, Jeanne A. Jordan, Andrea Freyer Dugas, and Richard E. Rothman
Treatment failure outcomes for emergency department patients with skin and soft tissue infections, Larissa S. May, Mark S. Zocchi, Catherine Zatorski, Jeanne A. Jordan, Richard E. Rothman, and Chelsea Ware
Hospital Culture of Transitions in Care: Survey Development., Mark McClelland, Danielle Lazar, Lindsay Wolfe, Debora Goetz Goldberg, Mark Zocchi, Jenny Twesten, and Jesse M. Pines
Promise and potential of video capsule endoscopy in the emergency department, Andrew C. Meltzer and Showkat Bashir
What Big Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Emergency Department Quality for Urolithiasis., Andrew C. Meltzer and Jesse M. Pines
Treating Gastritis, Peptic Ulcer Disease, and Dyspepsia in the Emergency Department: The Feasibility and Patient-Reported Outcomes of Testing and Treating for Helicobacter pylori Infection., Andrew C. Meltzer, Lauren E.L. Winter, Paige Kulie, Cameron Benedict, Kelvin Lim, Otabek Ishmukhamedov, and Melissa L. McCarthy
Epidemiological Study of Child Casualties of Landmines and Unexploded Ordnances: A National Study from Iran., Batool Mousavi, Mohammad Reza Soroush, Mehdi Masoumi, Shahriar Khateri, Ehsan Modirian, Hamid Shokoohi, and +10 additional authors
What U.S. Emergency Care Value Transformation Can Learn From Canadian Efforts to Improve Emergency Department Throughput., Jesse M. Pines
Solving the worldwide emergency department crowding problem - what can we learn from an Israeli ED?, Jesse M Pines and Steven L Bernstein
What We Have Learned From a Decade of ED Crowding Research., Jesse M Pines and Richard T Griffey
Emergency Department and Inpatient Hospital Use by Medicare Beneficiaries in Patient-Centered Medical Homes., Jesse M. Pines, Vincent Keyes, Martijn van Hasselt, and Nancy McCall
Creating ED point-of-care testing protocols: an expert panel and Delphi process., Jesse M. Pines, Mark S. Zocchi, Mary-Elizabeth Buchanan, Khaled Alghamdi, Danielle Lazar, Alex Rosenau, Manish Shah, and Debbie Travers
Atraumatic bilateral posterior shoulder dislocations, a rare case of sleep deprivation., Ali Pourmand, David Marcozzi, Hamid Shokoohi, Abdulla Alhmoudi, and Samantha Olafson
Educational technology improves ECG interpretation of acute myocardial infarction for medical students and emergency medicine residents, Ali Pourmand, Mary Tanski, Steven Davis, Hamid A. Shokoohi, Raymond Lucas, and Fareen Zaver
Antibacterial Drug Shortages From 2001 to 2013: Implications for Clinical Practice., Farha Quadri, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Erin R. Fox, Kristy L. Hawley, Jesse M. Pines, Mark S. Zocchi, and Larissa May
Near misses and unsafe conditions reported in a Pediatric Emergency Research Network, Richard M. Ruddy, James M. Chamberlain, Prashant V. Mahajan, Tomohiko Funai, Karen J. O'Connell, and et al.
The Association between weight status and pediatric forearm fractures resulting from ground-level falls., Leticia M. Ryan, Stephen J. Teach, Kimberle Searcy, Steven A. Singer, Rachel Wood, Joseph L. Wright, Katherine L. Hunting, and James M. Chamberlain
What Accountable Care Organizations Can Learn from Kaiser Permanente California's Acute Care Strategy, Jeffrey Selevan, Dana Kindermann, Jesse M. Pines, and W. Wesley Fields
Prescription Errors Before and After Introduction of Electronic Medication Alert System in a Pediatric Emergency Department., Usha Sethuraman, Nirupama Kannikeswaran, Kyle P. Murray, Marwan A. Zidan, and James M. Chamberlain
Emergency department ultrasound probe infection control: Challenges and solutions, Hamid A. Shokoohi, Paige Armstrong, and Ryan Tansek
Ultrasound evaluation of an atypical traumatic rupture of the tunica albuginea., Hamid A. Shokoohi, Bethany Ignatenko, Jennifer Rolef, Paul Rusilko, and Keith S. Boniface
Bedside Ultrasound Reduces Diagnostic Uncertainty and Guides Resuscitation in Patients With Undifferentiated Hypotension., Hamid Shokoohi, Keith S. Boniface, Ali Pourmand, Yiju T. Liu, Danielle L. Davison, Katrina D. Hawkins, Rasha E. Buhumaid, Mohammad Salimian, and Kabir Yadav
Inpatient admissions from the ED for adults with injuries: the role of clinical and nonclinical factors., William D Spector, Rhona Limcangco, Ryan L Mutter, Jesse M Pines, and Pamela Owens
Translating Professional Obligations to Care for Patients With Ebola Virus Disease Into Practice in Nonepidemic Settings, Jeremy Sugarman, Nancy Kass, Cynda H Rushton, Mark T Hughes, and Thomas D. Kirsch
Emergency medicine in the Veterans Health Administration-results from a nationwide survey., Michael J. Ward, Sean P. Collins, Jesse M. Pines, Curt Dill, Gary Tyndall, and Chad S. Kessler
The nature and necessity of operational flexibility in the emergency department., Michael J. Ward, Yann B. Ferrand, Lauren F. Laker, Craig M. Froehle, Timothy J. Vogus, Robert S. Dittus, Sunil Kripalani, and Jesse M. Pines
The most crowded US hospital emergency departments did not A\adopt effective interventions to improve flow, 2007–10, Leah Warner, Jesse M. Pines, Jennifer G. Chambers, and Jeremiah D. Schuur
Do emergency department patients receive a pathological diagnosis? A nationally-representative sample., Leana S. Wen, Janice A. Espinola, Joshua M. Mosowsky, and Carlos A. Camargo
What Do People Want from Their Health Care? A Qualitative Study, Leana S. Wen and Suhavi Tucker
Emergency department performance measures updates: proceedings of the 2014 emergency department benchmarking alliance consensus summit., Jennifer L. Wiler, Shari Welch, Jesse M. Pines, Jeremiah Schuur, Nick Jouriles, and Suzanne Stone-Griffith
Consensus Statement on Advancing Research in Emergency Department Operations and Its Impact on Patient Care, Maame Yaa Yiadom, Michael J. Ward, Anna Marie Chang, Jesse M. Pines, Nick Jouriles, and Donald M. Yealy
Submissions from 2014
A systematic review of noncommunicable health issues in mass gatherings, Ahmed H. Alquthami and Jesse M. Pines
Implementation of the medical education partnership initiative: Medical students' perspective, John Paul Bagala, Nyasha D. Macheka, Hiwot Abebaw, and Leana Wen
The state of ultrasound education in U.S. medical schools: results of a national survey., David P. Bahner, Ellen Goldman, David Way, Nelson A. Royall, and Yiju Teresa Liu
Emergency ultrasound: Leveling the training and assessment landscape, Keith S. Boniface and Lalena M. Yarris
Ultrasound-guided intra-articular lidocaine block for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation in the pediatric emergency department, Kristen Breslin, Keith S. Boniface, and Joanna S. Cohen
The 2015 Hyogo framework for action: Cautious optimism, Frederick M. Burkle, Shinichi Egawa, Anthony G. MacIntyre, Yasuhiro Otomo, Charles W. Beadling, and John T. Walsh
Adult scaphoid fracture (Fractura de scafoides en adulto), Christopher R. Carpenter, Jesse M. Pines, Jeremiah D. Schuur, Meaghan Muir, Ryan P. Calfee, and Ali S. Raja
Cranial computed tomography utilization for suspected ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction in a pediatric emergency department., Joanna S. Cohen, Nazreen Jamal, Candice Dawes, James M. Chamberlain, and Shireen M. Atabaki
International Symposium on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Management: review of the Hyogo framework for action., Shinichi Egawa, Anthony G. MacIntyre, Charles W. Beadling, John T. Walsh, and Osamu Shimomura
Patient satisfaction surveys and quality of care: An information paper, Heather Farley, Enrique R. Enguidanos, Christian M. Coletti, Leah Honigman, Anthony Mazzeo, Thomas B. Pinson, Kevin Reed, and Jennifer L. Wiler
Improper defibrillator pad usage by emergency medical care providers for children: an opportunity for reeducation, Kiesha N. Fraser, Maybelle M. Kou, John M. Howell, Kaidi T. Fullerton, and Charles Sturek
Anticipated changes in reimbursements for US outpatient emergency department encounters after health reform, Jessica E. Galarraga and Jesse M. Pines
Chief Complaint-Based Performance Measures: A New Focus for Acute Care Quality Measurement, Richard T. Griffey, Jesse M. Pines, Heather L. Farley, Michael P. Phelan, Christopher Beach, Jeremiah D. Schuur, and Arjun K. Venkatesh
Implementing a guideline to improve management of syncope in the emergency department., Sabrina E. Guse, Mark I. Neuman, Megan O'Brien, Mark E. Alexander, Mark Berry, Michael C. Monuteaux, and Andrew M. Fine
Furosemide nebulization in patients with COPD exacerbation, Vijay Hadda, Karan Madan, Anant Mohan, Irfan Ismail Ayub, Hojat Sheikh Motahar Vahedi, Babak Mahshidfar, Helaleh Rabiee, Soheil Saadat, Hamid A. Shokoohi, Mojtaba Chardoli, and Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
Is outpatient emergency department care profitable? Hourly contribution margins by insurance for patients discharged from an emergency department, Philip L. Henneman, Brian H. Nathanson, Haiping Li, Andrew Tomaszewski, Jesse M. Pines, Daniel A. Handel, and Michael J. Lemanski
Surge capacity principles: Care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement, John L. Hick, Sharon Einav, Dan Hanfling, Niranjan Kissoon, Jeffrey R. Dichter, and +97 additional collaborators
Rationing salt water - Disaster planning and daily care delivery, John L. Hick, Dan Hanfling, Brooke Courtney, and Nicole Lurie
Fellowships in international emergency medicine in the USA: A comparative survey of program directors' and fellows' perspectives on the curriculum, Gabrielle Jacquet, Alexander Vu, William B. Ewen, Bhakti Hansoti, Steven Andescavage, David Price, Robert E. Suter, and Jamil D. Bayram
Emergency department variation in utilization and diagnostic yield of advanced radiography in diagnosis of pulmonary embolus, Dana R. Kindermann, Melissa L. McCarthy, Ru Ding, William J. Frohna, Jonathan W. Hansen, Jesse M. Pines, and and 2 additional authors...
Bedside ultrasound to evaluate a severe sore throat, Alexander C. Lee, Hamid A. Shokoohi, and Kyla Newman
Persistent hip pain despite normal radiographs, Alexander C. Lee and Mark White
Measuring impact: a cross-sectional multi-stage cluster survey to assess the attainment of durable solutions in post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia, Christopher Lee, Shannon Doocy, Anwar Deli, Thomas Kirsch, William Weiss, and Courtland Robinson
SonoGames: an innovative approach to emergency medicine resident ultrasound education, Resa E. Lewiss, Geoffrey E. Hayden, Alice Murray, Yiju Teresa Liu, Nova Panebianco, and Andrew S. Liteplo
EMTALA and patients with psychiatric emergencies: A review of relevant case law, Rachel A. Lindor, Ronna L. Campbell, Jesse M. Pines, Gabrielle J. Melin, Agnes M. Schipper, Deepi G. Goyal, and Annie T. Sadosty
Ultrasound-guided peripheral venous access: A systematic review of randomized-controlled trials, Yiju Teresa Liu, Alsaawi Abdulmohsen, and Hjalti M. Bjornsson
Developing a curriculum for emergency medicine residency orientation programs, Raymond Lucas, Tina Choudhri, Colleen Roche, Claudia Ranniger, and Larrie W. Greenberg
Strengthening research governance for sustainable research: experiences from three Zimbabwean universities, Thokozile Mashaah, James Hakim, Midion Chidzonga, Rugare A. Kangwende, Yogeshkumar Naik, Nancy Federspiel, Suzanne Fiorillo, James Scott, and Exnevia Gomo
Leadership, management, and motivation, Thom A. Mayer
Vision, mission, values, strategy, and tactics: Serving patients, serving the team, Thom A. Mayer and Robert W. Strauss
Emergency department interaction with hospital governance, Thom A. Mayer, Robert W. Strauss, Charles Barnett, Richard Salluzzo, and Stephen Cumbie
Dual-site sampling improved detection rates for MRSA colonization in patients with cutaneous abscesses., Larissa May, C McCann, G Brooks, R Rothman, L Miller, and J Jordan
Multisite exploration of clinical decision making for antibiotic use by emergency medicine providers using quantitative and qualitative methods, Larissa S. May, Glencora Gudger, Paige Armstrong, Gillian Brooks, Pamela S. Hinds, Rahul Bhat, Gregory J. Moran, Lisa Schwartz, Sara E. Cosgrove, Eili Y. Klein, Richard E. Rothman, and Cynthia Rand
Trends in antibiotic resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci in the United States, 1999 to 2012, Larissa S. May, Eili Y. Klein, Richard E. Rothman, and Ramanan Laxminarayan
Dual-site sampling improved detection rates for MRSA colonization in patients with cutaneous abscesses, Larissa S. May, Chase D. McCann, G. Brooks, R. Rothman, L. Miller, and J. Jordan
Demographic and treatment patterns for infections in ambulatory settings in the United States, 2006-2010, Larissa S. May, Peter M. Mullins, and Jesse M. Pines
Elevated compartment pressures from copperhead envenomation successfully treated with antivenin, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Amy Boutsikaris, and Cathleen Clancy
Rising opioid prescribing in adult U.S. emergency department visits: 2001-2010, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Peter M. Mullins, Irit R. Rasooly, John N. van den Anker, and Jesse M. Pines
Rising rates of proton pump inhibitor prescribing in US emergency departments, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Peter M. Mullins, John N. van den Anker, Andrew C. Meltzer, and Jesse M. Pines
Emergency departments provide complementary care: Care that is accessible, care that is timely, Melissa L. McCarthy and Richelle J. Cooper
The Affordable Care Act and emergency care, Mark McClelland, Brent Asplin, Stephen K. Epstein, Keith Eric Kocher, Randy Pilgrim, Jesse M. Pines, Elaine Judith Rabin, and Neils Kumar Rathlev
Policy roundtable: Emergency department boarding and hospital quality, Zachary F. Meisel, Stephen R. Pitts, Jesse M. Pines, Kate Goodrich, and Brendan G. Carr
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Patient presentation, risk stratification, and early management, Andrew C. Meltzer and Joshua C. Klein
The cost-effectiveness analysis of video capsule endoscopy compared to other strategies to manage acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the ED, Andrew C. Meltzer, Michael J. Ward, Ian M. Gralnek, and Jesse M. Pines
Clinical management of skin and soft tissue infections in the U.S. emergency departments, Rakesh Mistry, Daniel J. Shapiro, Monika Goyal, Theoklis Zaoutis, Jeffrey Gerber, Catherine Liu, and Adam L. Hersh