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• • ·Schedule of presentations

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• • ·Index of presenters

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• • ·A breast screening behavior survey in an urban emergency department

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    KM Takakuwa, AA Ernst, SJ Weiss

    

• Research forum abstract

  • ·Zafirlukast improves emergency department outcomes after an acute asthma episode

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    RA Silverman, Y Chen, CM Bonuccelli, SG Simonson, Zafirlukast Acute Asthma Study Group

    
  • ·Trauma airway management in the emergency department—Indications, methods, and success rates

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    DE Gurr, RG Kulkami, RM Walls, J Sakles

    
  • ·Initial use of an automatic collision notification system to relate dynamic vehicle data with occupant injuries

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    AJ Billittier, EB Lerner, BR Donnelly, R McCormack, AJ Blatt

    
  • ·Characteristics associated with positive stool cultures in emergency department patients with bloody diarrhea

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    DJ Karras, DA Talan, GJ Moran, WR Mower, S Ong, J Nakase, L Slutsker, RW Pinner, EMERGEncy ID NET Study Group

    
  • ·The kinetics of hyperbaric oxygen on cellular proliferation and growth factor receptor expression

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    W Reenstra, J Tracy, D Orlow, JA Buras

    
  • ·Hyperbaric oxygen decreases intercellular adhesion molecule-1 mRNA expression in an in vitro model of ischemia/reperfusion

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    JA Buras, SP Colgan, GL Stahl, WR Reenstra

    
  • ·Restoration of translational competence by insulin is not observed in CA3 hippocampal neurons during reperfusion

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    JM Sullivan, SS Alousi, C Owen, KR Hikade, B Bahu, GS Krause, B White

    
  • ·Comparison of calpain and caspase activity in postischemic brain

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    AM Mills, FH Meng, R Siman, RW Neumar

    
  • ·Effects of ethanol on systemic hemodynamics in a swine model of accidental hypothermia

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    G Loppnow, L Wilson

    
  • ·Immediate countershock versus CPR before countershock in a five-minute ventricular fibrillation (VF) arrest swine model

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    JT Niemann, B Cruz, D Gamer, RJ Lewis

    
  • ·The effect of epidermal debridement on reepithelialization and infection in porcine burns treated with octyl-cyanoacrylate and dry gauze

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    AJ Singer, SA McClain

    
  • ·Differential responses of peripheral and central tissue oxygen availability and utilization in patients with acute shock and hypoxia

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    CU Colmer, C Cuprisin, AM Mize, JE Field, CA Gutierrez, CB Cairns

    
  • ·Which chest pain patients benefit from continuous ST-segment monitoring with automated serial ECG?

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    FM Fesmire

    
  • ·Prevalence and severity of CAD in low-risk chest pain patients

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    A Mangione, G Hillis, W Dalsey, N Zhao, P Taggart, C Oliner

    
  • ·Serious problems with utilization of troponin I for diagnosing AMI at emergency department presentation of chest pain

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    D Milzman, G Vachon, M Shibli, A Zlidenny

    
  • ·The cost-effectiveness of electron beam computed tomography in the evaluation of chest pain in the emergency department observation units

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    DA Laudon, LF Vukov, JF Breen, PF Sheedy

    
  • ·Cholesterol screening in chest pain unit patients

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    L Gershoff, DB Diercks, S Turnipseed, E Amsterdam, JD Kirk

    
  • ·Occult myocardial injury in severe carbon monoxide poisoning

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    TK Aurora, W Chung, MT Mullen, R Dunne, G Martin, K Ward, S Rivers, B Knoblich, HB Nguyen, MC Tomlanovich

    
  • ·The ottawa ankle rules: How confident are our patients?

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    RA Rosenbaum, PT Cowan, A Bianchi, BE Burgess, RE O'Connor

    
  • ·Diagnostic yield of head computed tomography scanning in the evaluation of 112 consecutive patients with dizziness

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    M Wasay, R Bakshi, N Dubey, S Mohr, Z Shaikh, WR Kinkel

    
  • ·Effect of the initiation of Bi-PAP on hemodynamic stability

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    J Patch, RL Summers, JC Kolb, AE Jones

    
  • ·Etiology and outcome of patients with a final diagnosis of noncardiac chest pain admitted from the emergency department under suspicion of acute coronary syndrome

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    WA High, WW Decker, PA Smars, JS Kalantar, AL Weaver, AR Zinsmeister, GS Locke

    
  • ·Hyponatremia in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP): Is it truly a marker for legionella?

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    LM Dunbar, AE Hendifar, BC Jubelin, DET Sibley, DW McGregor

    
  • ·The use of serum progesterone to predict ectopic pregnancy in symptomatic first-trimester patients

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    RG Buckley, KJ King, JD Disney, JD Gorman, JH Klausen, R Riffenburgh

    
  • ·Changing rural physician behavior in response to shared patient satisfaction survey results

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    RA Sloan, GC Putalik

    
  • ·Magnesium-aluminum hydroxide suspension for the treatment of dermal capsaicin exposures

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    DC Lee, JG Ryan, K Lee

    
  • ·Air ambulance utilization of pediatric transports in an urban setting

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    M Eckstein, T Jantos, N Kelly

    
  • ·Factors associated with youth bicycle helmet usage

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    K Brown, K Sebastian, A Barnett

    
  • ·Compliance to follow-up appointments generated in the pediatric emergency department

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    M Soriano, N Kondamudi, S Barrett-Wren, R Rivera, P Bijur, M Salomon

    
  • ·Polymerase chain reaction diagnosis of enterovirus in children with aseptic meningitis

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    RA Silverman, Pleconaril Pediatric Meningitis Study Group

    
  • ·Foley catheter balloon technique for visualizing the hymen in adolescent sexual assault victims

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    M Genco, C Dunnuck, L Rossman, B Wynn, JS Jones

    
  • ·Knowledge of child car seat safety in a tricultural Southern California emergency department

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    F Vaca, C Lew, M Femandez

    
  • ·Two-thumb versus two-finger chest compression in an infant model of prolonged CPR

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    ML Dorfsman, JJ Menegazzi, RJ Wadas, T Auble

    
  • ·Heads or tails: Comparison of a new pacifier thermometer with rectal temperatures in children

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    TG Hensley, TC Phillips, JS Jones, J Kennedy, SK Dettmann, T Chaffee

    
  • ·Hernodynamic study of mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation with and without active decompression and interposed abdominal compression

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    Yuan H, S Zhou, Y Qian

    
  • ·Oxygen Dose Response in open-chest ACLS in swine after a 25-minute cardiopulmonary arrest

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    Van Meter KW, Swanson HT, Sheps SS, Barratt DM, Roycraft EL, Moises J, Kileen J

    
  • ·Treatment of hypothemia-induced ventricular fibrillation with warm lavage perfluorocarbon ventilation

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    Dickson E, Burns M, Siviloti M, Mangolds G, Joe L, Grazel J

    
  • ·Association of initial serum ρ protein level and disposition at hospital discharge in closed head injury patients

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    Shaw GJ, Jauch EC

    
  • ·Automated external defibrillator use and the effect of provider exposure to cardiac arrest

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    O'Connor RE, Megargel RE, Ross RW

    
  • ·Evolution of serum cytokines (TNF-α, interleukin-1, interleukin-6) in postinjury systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

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    Lee KH, Hwang SO, Cho JH, Kim SH

    
  • ·Long-term effects of octyl-cyanoacrylate on scarring after partial-thickness burns in pigs: A randomized trial

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    Singer AJ

    
  • ·Utility of pretest probability to assess the risk of abnormal head computed tomography scans: Can risk stratification be used to eliminate scanning in low-risk patients?

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    Leisey JR, BM Levy, NB Jasani, RE O'Connor

    
  • ·The use of systemic β-agonists in acute asthma in North American emergency departments

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    Travers A, Rowe BH, Clark S, Camargo CA

    
  • ·Asthma education in the emergency department

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    Emond SD, Reed CR, Graff LG, Camargo CA

    
  • ·COPD exacerbations in patients with traditional high-risk criteria for admission: Is the critical decision unit an alternative?

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    Tokarski GF, Klausner H, Kowalenko G, Nowak RM

    
  • ·Use of the intubating laryngeal mask airway compared with laryngoscopic intubation among emergency department staff using both a mannequin and cadaver model

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    Lauder CT, Sweeney TA, O'Connor RE

    
  • ·Utility of the bullard laryngoscope for emergency department trauma intubations

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    Wadbrook P, Pollack CV

    
  • ·Use of physical examination, pulse oximetry, and ETCO₂ to predict deep endotracheal tube placement

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    Hale DB, Jewett PD, Harris C

    
  • ·2,392 emergency department intubations: First report of the ongoing National Emergency Airway Registry study (NEAR 97)

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    Walls RM, Barton ED, McAfee AT

    
  • ·Trauma airway management in the emergency department: A comparison of first-Pass success rate, indications, and cricothyrotomy by specialty

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    Kulkami RG, Gurr DE, Walls RM

    
  • ·Prehospital storage degrades the physiological effects of epinephrine in human myocardium

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    CB Caims, BS Cain, B Honigman, M Boum, K Heard

    
  • ·Sternal intraosseous infusion: Flow rates and utility

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    BR Tiffany, BT Horwood, CV Pollack, J Kurbat, J Adams, R Kharrazi, EB Diethrich

    
  • ·The role of on-line medical control in elderly patients who initially refuse medical transport

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    Richmond N, J Winokur, E Schwarzbard, N Cagliuso, L Giordano, R Silveman

    
  • ·Do warning lights and sirens reduce ambulance response times?

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    LH Brown, RC Hunt, CL Whitney, T Hogue, M Addario

    
  • ·EMS providers and violence in the field

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    AJ Sayah, TW Thomsen, M Eckstein, HR Hutson

    
  • ·Prehospital administration of reteplase in patients with acute myocardial infarction

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    D Rosenberg, E Levin, A Brown, M Veenendaal, E Perez, YSC Ong, M Gunn

    
  • ·Performance analysis of semiautomatic defibrillators used in the out-of-hospital setting

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    RD MacDonald, JM Swanson, JL Mottley, C Weinstein

    
  • ·Time to recurrent vetricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation after defibrillation

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    D Blouin, S Moore

    
  • ·Ultrasound detection of blunt hepatic trauma: Hemoperitoneum and parenchymal patterns of injury

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    J Richards, J McGahan, M Pali, P Bohnen

    
  • ·Serologic markers in the evaluation of the acute scrotum: An evaluation of clinical utility

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    V Karriem-Norwood, J Urrunaga, E Rivers

    
  • ·The utstein template and the effect of in-hospital decisions: The impact of do-not-resuscitate status on survival to discharge statistics

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    SJ Stratton, JT Niemann

    
  • ·Lactic acid clearance in the emergency department prognosticates multisystem organ failure and death

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    B Knoblich, E Rivers, HB Nguyen, M Mullen, B Rittinger, G Hays, D Amponsah, M Jankowski, M Tomlonovich

    
  • ·An effective educational program to decrease antibiotic use for acute bronchitis

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    DR Martin, JA Kammeyer, JF Plouffe, PM Finerty, PM Riley

    
  • ·The epidemiology of animal exposures presenting to emergency departments: Adults versus pediatrics

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    MT Steele, JY Nakase, DA Talan, GJ Moran, W Mower, S Ong, JF Childs, RW Pinner

    
  • ·Clinical effects of combined anti-H₁ and anti-H₂ treatment in patients presenting with acute allergic syndromes: A randomized controlled trial

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    R Knight, RY Lin, A Curry, GR Pesola, H-S Lee, L Bakalchuk, C Tenenbaum, RE Westfal, K Kavookjian

    
  • ·The efficacy of cyanoacrylate-derived surgical adhesive for use in the repair of lacerations during competitive athletics

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    AD Perron, JA Garcia, EP Hays, RW Schafermeyer

    
  • ·Validity of urgency of the emergency department visit in the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1994 (NHAMCS '94)

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    TD Wendel

    
  • ·Rapid process redesign in a university-based emergency department: Decreasing waiting time intervals and improving patient satisfaction

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    DW Spaite, F Bartholomeaux, J Guisto, E Lindberg, B Hull, A Eyherabide, S Lanyon, EA Criss, TD Valenzuela, C Conroy

    
  • ·8,874 critical decision unit admissions: What are appropriate admission and discharge rates?

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    GF Tokarski, J Kahler, N Khoury, MC Tomlanovich, RM Nowak

    
  • ·Urgency, demographics, payer, and location in the emergency department: The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1994 (NHAMCS '94)

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    TD Wendel

    
  • ·The implementation of a forward-rotating template schedule and the effects upon physician wellness

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    FH Veser, J Bohnstadt, V Agrawal

    
  • ·Female faculty salaries and work hours: Results from the 1996–1999 SAEM faculty salary survey

    Page :S21

    SL Kristal, KA Randall-Kristal, BM Thompson, JA Marx

    
  • ·Physical diagnosis in the emergency department: An innovative educational program for medical students

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    A Crowley, R Aghababian, C Nichols, P Anderson, E Schmidt, F Renzi, D Hatem, G Volturo

    
  • ·Bedside ultrasound education in emergency medicine residencies

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    SW Melanson, EA Panacek, KR Wloczewski, MB Heller

    
  • ·Elevated CK-MB in the presence of a normal total CK as an indicator of myocardial complication

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    T Janchar, LR Maercks, R Sammaddar, A Zlidenny, D Milzman

    
  • ·Association of acute cardiac ischemia time-insensitive predictive instrument results with disease and test outcomes in emergency department chest pain observation unit patients

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    M Ross, J Pribble, S Compton, R Zalenski, K Wilkinson, R Bestervelt

    
  • ·A rapid rule-out protocol for acute myocardial infarction: Serial ECG monitoring in conjunction with the 2-hour ΔCK-MB

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    FM Fesmire

    
  • ·The comparative value of an emergency diagnostic and treatment unit protocol for acute cardiac ischemia (ACI) in patients with cocaine-associated chest pain

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    RJ Zalenski, M Aurora, M McCarren, R Roberts, RJ Rydman, L Kampe

    
  • ·Electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation: Correct identification of AMI and non-AMI syndromes by emergency physicians-preliminary results

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    WJ Brady, CD Chase, T Chan

    
  • ·The effect of 2-D echocardiography on medical decisionmaking with emergency department patients

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    MA Levitt, BA Jan

    
  • ·Prevalence and determinants of QT dispersion in patients with acute congestive heart failure

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    RL Summers, JH Moak, LH Woodward

    
  • ·Overcrowding in emergency departments: California versus other states

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    RW Derlet, JR Richards, M Navarro, RL Kravitz

    
  • ·Communication of preexisting advanced directives: Impact on patient care in the emergency department

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    G Hurwitz, P Mc Laughlin, FP Renzi

    
  • ·A comparison of emergency medicine ultrasound training with guidelines of the society for academic emergency medicine

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    MD Witting, BD Euerle, H Kenneth, KH Butler

    
  • ·Effective communication with deaf patients and awareness of the Americans with disabilities act among emergency department personnel: A nationwide survey

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    TJ Larsen, MF Larsen, JE Gough

    
  • ·Patient satisfaction scores with or without resident involvement

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    RD Shih, DG Cochrane, M Mandell

    
  • ·A comparison of provider self-adjudication of outpatient emergency department claims using a symptom-based system with an MCO claims review process that uses a diagnosis-based methodology

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    R Shesser, K Holterman, J Smith, J Braun

    
  • ·Personality types and preferences of emergency medicine residents: Correlation with clinical performance evaluations

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    D Risucci, J LaMantia, J Ryan

    
  • ·Frequency and costs associated with laboratory test repetition in trauma patients undergoing interfacility air EMS transport

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    SH Thomas, J Orf, C Peterson, S Wedel

    
  • ·The prediction of a 19-lead ECG from 3 lead vectors using factor analysis

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    DM Schreck, VJ Tricarico, C Brotea, MS Viscito

    
  • ·Intraoral sonography of peritonsillar abscesses: Feasibility and sonographic appearance

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    E O'Brien, VT Valley, RL Summers

    
  • ·A prospective study of the accuracy and reliability of urine dipsticks

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    KB Broderk, RM Moscati, M Filice, EB Lerner, S Hilander

    
  • ·Criteria for analyzing flexion/extension radiographs of the cervical spine

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    JS Parker, J Tashjian, BK Knopp, W Ganz

    
  • ·Can venous blood gas measurements be used in place of arterial blood gas determinations in emergency department patients?

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    JD Sexton, J Ravanzo

    
  • ·Hematuria in the evaluation of renal colic: Is it helpful?

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    JB Jones, BK Giles, L Haley, WH Cordell

    
  • ·Respiratory isolation precautions in HIV-infection patients with pneumonia—A preliminary analysis

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    WK Chiang, DA Talan, G Moran, WR Mower, S Ong, J Nakase, W Jarvis, R Pinner

    
  • ·An emergency department-based pneumococcal vaccination call-back program

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    DR Martin, ME Ezzie, JF Plouffe, PM Finerty

    
  • ·The misdiagnosis of liver abscess in the emergency department

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    C-H Chem, L-M Wang, C-H Lee

    
  • ·Antibiotics are rarely required following rattlesnake envenomation

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    F LoVecchio, J Klemens, S Welch, RL Rodriguez

    
  • ·Abscess location and wound culture results: A comparison between intravenous drug users and nonusers with extremity abscesses

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    DB Diercks, SJ Weiss, RW Derlet, AA Ernst

    
  • ·Initiating antibiotic therapy in the emergency department decreases length of stay for patients with the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia

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    J Balentine, D Battleman, M Callahan

    
  • ·Chagas' disease in a chest pain unit

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    WK Mallon, JD Sung, E Ostrzega, R Hoffner, SO Henderson

    
  • ·Frequency of adverse reactions to prochiorperazine in the emergency department

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    JC Olsen, JA Clark, JA Keng

    
  • ·Geriatric trauma in the state of illinois: Substance use and injury patterns

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    SB Coker, JL Zautcke, RW Morris, LS Stein-Spencer

    
  • ·Tracking latrogenic poisoning fatalities using the American Association of poison control centers toxic exposure surveillance system

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    P Wax, J May

    
  • ·The use of herbal medications among the pediatric population at a large urban community hospital

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    W Tsang, A McRae, P Leo

    
  • ·A survey on the use of alternative therapy in children by adult caregivers

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    S Jacobson, S Majeed, I Wilets

    
  • ·Body weight gain and food intake following recurrent methcathinone intoxication

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    Jones AE, B Boes, G Haymans, R West, RL Summers, RW Rockhold

    
  • ·Combined evidence-based, consensus guidelines for the stocking of emergency antidotes

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    RC Dart, L Goldfrank, PA Chyka, D Lotzer, AD Woolf, J McNally, KR Olson, E Scharman, WR Snodgrass, RJ Geller, D Spyker, M Kraft, R Lipsey

    
  • ·Factors associated with head and neck injury in air bag-deployed crashes

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    ME Gregory

    
  • ·The effect of bretylium tosylate on ECG-guided pericardiocentesis

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    A Muhammad, CK Hsu

    
  • ·Review of the compliance with advanced trauma life support protocol among patients referred to a level I trauma centre

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    M Lewell, W McCauley, S Anderson, A Lee

    
  • ·The utility of the lateral chest radiograph in trauma patients

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    AK Chang, EL Legome, TV Bell, JN Lawrason, P Rao

    
  • ·Efficacy of anterior versus lateral chest compressions: A cadaver study

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    PC Allegra, JR Allegra, RB Schock, J Lucas

    
  • ·Pattern of injuries in helmeted motorcyclists in Singapore

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    K-Y Tham, E Seow, HP Wong

    
  • ·Confirmation of endotracheal tube placement: Analysis of 2,392 emergency department intubations

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    RM Walls, ED Barton

    
  • ·The use of analgesia by physicians and physician assistants: Who will get me relief?

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    MJ Kozlowski, RE Jackson, JG Wiater, RA Swor, RG Pascual

    
  • ·Documentation of pelvic examination findings in adult women with history of consensual sexual intercourse and without history of nonconsensual sexual intercourse

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    MC Jackson, G Groleau, C Kimmel, H Teague, E Tso

    
  • ·A brief video improves antibiotic compliance in emergency patients

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    B Pregerson, HA Pregerson

    
  • ·Lower mortality rates among patients treated in the emergency department for bacterial meningitis

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    JR Miner, W Heegaard, A Mapes, M Biros

    
  • ·A breast knowledge survey in an urban emergency medicine department

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    KM Takakuwa, AA Ernst, SJ Weiss

    
  • ·Emergency department profile of domestic violence victims in Singapore

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    S Sathiaseelan, K-Y Tham, E Seow, HP Wong

    
  • ·Health risk behaviors by domestic violence status in a random, emergency department sample

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    GL Larkin, KB Hyman

    
  • ·Who are the young victims of interpersonal violence?

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    L Zun, J Rosen, A Kushner

    
  • ·The relationship between clinical symptoms and laboratory measures of dehydration in children with dehydration

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    JG Ryan, R Blumenreich, S Hormozdi, MF Ward, Z Roit, AE Sama

    
  • ·Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in a pediatric emergency unit: Indications and positiveness related with the patient's age

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    MC dos Reis, A Fraga, R Nogueira, G Sperotto, E Baracat

    
  • ·Trauma care in Latin America: A survey to determine available resources and needs assessment

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    D Milzman, T Janchar, S Rubin, A Rodriquez, A Zlidenny

    
  • ·Arterial serum adenosine levels in patients undergoing coronary artery angioplasty

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    E Dickson, R Wholey, J Alexander, G Mangolds, F Renzi

    
  • ·Pediatric emergency medicine in Vietnam's Largest City, Ho Chi Minh

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    RE Lewiss, HR Hutson, M-HT Nguyen

    
  • ·Cardiopulmonary effects of the spit buster mask in pulmonary diseased patients

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    KB Broderick, R Geddes, J Bernard, EB Lerner, Z Ibrahim

    
  • ·Age-related differences of pediatric trauma patients in the emergency department

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    KH Kim, WY Kim, SY Ryu, H-Y Kim

    
  • ·Survival inversely related to time to laparotomy or thoracotomy in trauma patients

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    RS Porter, PL Lane, N Zhao

    
  • ·Serum glucose levels in elderly trauma victims

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    AA Ernst, JJ Casaletto, TG Nick, SJ Weiss

    
  • ·Relationship of injury severity to timing of surgery and mortality in trauma patients

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    PL Lane, RS Porter, N Zhao

    
  • ·Intubating laryngeal mask airway: A novel approach to emergency department Airway management

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    JJ Linder, P McHale, CV Pollack

    
  • ·Distracting injuries in blunt trauma patients requiring cervical radiography

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    AN Ullrich, WR Mower, N Adame, JR Hoffman

    
  • ·The use of head computed tomography in elderly patients sustaining minor head trauma

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    LR Mack, TM Hogan, JC Silva

    
  • ·Prehospital provider stroke knowledge base assessment

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    J Bruns, D Nasissi, A Jagoda, K Baumlin

    
  • ·EMT knowledge about domestic violence and the effectiveness of training

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    SJ Weiss, AA Ernst, D Blanton, D Sewell, TG Nick

    
  • ·Gender differences in statewide EMS transports

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    SJ Weiss, AA Ernst, J Phillips, B Hill

    
  • ·A retrospective evaluation of the performance of prehospital advanced life support providers during cardiac arrest

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    M Lewell, J Dreyer

    
  • ·Top five lessons learned in disaster medicine

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    A Sapira, NS Oster

    
  • ·Helicopter transport of acute stroke patients

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    JE Duldner, DJ Kiomento, AM Barile, B Kovach, WJ Fallon

    
  • ·Emergency department staff evaluation of EMS provider performance

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    RF Carroll, MJ Drescher

    
  • ·Air versus ground: Which method of transport is better for short- and intermediate-range interfacility transport?

    Page :S39

    L Huertas, RE O'Connor, GH Tinkoff

    
  • ·Practice variation in the diagnosis and treatment of deep vein thrombosis presenting to the emergency department: A call for practice guidelines

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    BH Rowe, KD Kelly, M Ewanchuk, ML Edmonds, DC Voaklander, BR Holroyd

    
  • ·Documentation of the emergency evaluation of the adult sexual assault victim

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    MC Plewa, EM Dubich

    
  • ·Use of percussion as a screening tool in the diagnosis of occult hip fractures

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    T Mohan, SH Goh, BY Low

    
  • ·Emergency department evaluation of male victims of sexual assault

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    AA Ernst, E Green, MT Ferguson, SJ Weiss, W Green

    
  • ·Comparison of quality of medical documentation for findings related to sexual assault prior and post the development of a sexual assault forensic examination program

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    MC Jackson, G Groleau, C Kimmel

    
  • ·An evaluation of an evidence-based renal colic algorithm: Implications for codifying physician ordering and improving efficiency

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    R MacKenzie, C Worrilow, D Richardson, B Nester

    
  • ·Hyponatremia in marathon runners: Experience with the inaugural rock'n' roll marathon

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    D Davis, A Marino, G Vilke, J Dunford, J Videen

    
  • ·The effect of trendelenburg position on subclavian vein diameter in euvolemic and hypovolemic volunteers

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    GP Gibson, RC Rankins, T Utecht

    
  • ·The sexual assault examination: A comparison of physical findings between an emergency department and freestanding nurse examiner clinic

    Page :S41

    L Rossman, B Wynn, JS Jones

    
  • ·Do diabetic patients present to emergency departments with infectious complications at a higher rate than nondiabetic patients?

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    H Feuer, A Butterfass, P Fairweather, L Richardson

    
  • ·Empiric treatment of gonorrhea and chlamydia in the emergency department

    Page :S41

    DR Weist, SJ Spear, JM Bartfield

    
  • ·The incidence, treatment, and disposition of hemorrhagic CVA in the emergency department

    Page :S42

    EB Bunney, EP Sloan, JC Silva, LJ Sharpe, MS Rosengerg

    
  • ·Emergency medicine resident training in mechanical ventilation

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    L Couvillon, R Brandhurst, P DeBlieux

    
  • ·Perceptions of medical providers regarding their care of HIV-positive patients in the emergency department setting

    Page :S42

    F Alcindor, M Stoller

    
  • ·Differences in patient age and antibiotic type in the inappropriate use of antibiotics in the ED

    Page :S42

    S Stone, CB Cairns, R Gonzalez, SR Lowenstein

    
  • ·Leukocyte esterase as a marker of the presence of fecal leukocytes

    Page :S43

    A Grillo

    
  • ·Validation of a computer model for the determination of aortic compliance curves

    Page :S43

    RL Summers, LH Mizelle, AE Jones, JP Montani

    
  • ·Pneumothoraces on abdominal CT in pediatric blunt trauma patients

    Page :S43

    JF Holmes, WE Brant, HG Bogren, KL London, N Kuppermann

    
  • ·Observation improves CT scan utilization in abdominal pain evaluation for appendicitis

    Page :S43

    L Graff, M Mahadevan, J Russel

    
  • ·Impact of ACI-TIPI on resource utilization in emergency department patients with chest pain

    Page :S44

    RJ Zalenski, F Shama, D Waselewsky, R Sherwin, B Bock, J Kosnik

    
  • ·Early centrifugation of chemistry specimens and hemolysis

    Page :S44

    R Verma, M Ambalu, H Ross, C Hsu

    
  • ·Accuracy of day 4 bone scans and efficacy of clinical findings in the assessment of patients with clinical scaphoid fractures

    Page :S44

    K Woolfrey, M Eisenhaur, D Murphy, J Roth, G Doig

    
  • ·Use of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cell count as a screening test in the evaluation of afebrile emergency department patients presenting with headache

    Page :S44

    DB Hale, HJ Minnigan

    
  • ·Evaluation of a computerized esophageal detector device (CEDD) in patients with morbid obesity and severe pulmonary disease

    Page :S45

    TR Wolfe, EJ Kimball, SC Hartsell

    
  • ·Is a clinical rule for predicting the need for shoulder X-rays feasible?

    Page :S45

    BE Silver, JD Sexton, MA McGinn, MB Heller

    
  • ·Noncontrasted abdominal computerized tomography compared to intravenous pyelography for the evaluation of suspected renal colic

    Page :S45

    JF O'Brien, BN Schulman, MS Plotkin, DA Davis, SM Mahan

    
  • ·Arterial-central venous carbon dioxide difference in the emergency department: An indicator of cardiac index

    Page :S45

    HB Nguyen, MT Mullen, P Suri, E Rivers, J Cuschieri, J Urrunaga, MC Tomlanovich

    
  • ·Prospective evaluation of a protocol for selective thoracolumbar radiography

    Page :S45

    CA Terregino, A Nyce, AJ Killian, MF Lipinski, SE Ross

    
  • ·Hemodynamic evaluation of the critically III in the emergency department: A comparison of clinical impression versus transesophageal doppler measurement

    Page :S46

    JJ Urrunaga, E Rivers, M Mullen, V Karriem-Norwood, HB Nguyen, B Knoblich, W Ritteninger

    
  • ·Now evaluate chest pain with 12-lead electrocardiograms and rapid markers for early recognition of myocardial infarctions in the ambulance (NEW ERA)

    Page :S46

    S Dadkhah, C Fisch, G Crabbe, L Gilbert, MA Marcotte, J Lamothe, J Graff, G Aldinger

    
  • ·Do age and gender affect β-blocker utilization in emergency department management of acute myocardial infarction?

    Page :S46

    DM Pancu, DC Lee, PN Salen, SF Roberts, GS Rudolph, J Ryan, MB Heller, S Arcona

    
  • ·Obstructive shock in pulmonary embolism: Thrombolytic therapy and survival

    Page :S46

    S Pevetti, E Aluffi, L Bonino, S Valpreda, R Urbino, B Tartaglino, F Navone, C Bonetto, C Antro, V Gai

    
  • ·The efficacy of cardiac monitoring in syncope admissions from the emergency department

    Page :S47

    SS Sipay, JB Gordon, JC Silva, EP Sloan, D Bordo

    
  • ·How many CK-MB determinations are necessary to rule out acute myocardial infarction in patients without ST-segment elevation?

    Page :S47

    R Bassan, R Gamarski, L Pimenta, M Scofano, M Fabricio, R Macaciel

    
  • ·Gender differences of echocardiographic findings in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema

    Page :S47

    R Silverman, DA Goldman, IL Weg, S Roth, C Campbell, D Simmons, M Watson

    
  • ·Is sestamibi useful for identifying cardiac disease in patients with equivocal chest pain?

    Page :S47

    GA Johnson, E Rodriguez, C Von Tramp, LH Brown

    
  • ·Indigent patients' utilization of emergency department-based chest pain centers for nonmedical reasons

    Page :S48

    B Robinson, TB Garcia, JF Walton, KH Todd

    
  • ·Improvement in documentation of nontraumatic chest pain after implementation of a chest pain evaluation form in a university hospital emergency department

    Page :S48

    BA Youdelman, TR Smith, E Fink, AT Bedell, MJ Hunt, CB Brooks

    
  • ·Outcomes with observation units for chest pain evaluation in a multihospital network

    Page :S48

    L Graff, M Prete, M Werdman, E Monico, K Smothers, C Krivenko, R Maag, A Joseph, L Klopfer

    
  • ·Low molecular weight heparin in the treatment of unstable angina: A systematic review

    Page :S48

    K Magee, BH Rowe

    
  • ·Effect of primary changes in heart rate on circulatory dynamics

    Page :S48

    RL Summers, HL Mizelle, AE Jones, JP Montani

    
  • ·Enhanced diagnosis of narrow complex tachycardias using increased ECG speed

    Page :S49

    AJ Accardi, R Miller, JF Holmes

    
  • ·Comparison of accuracy of plasma myoglobin and CK-MB for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

    Page :S49

    R Bassan, R Gamarski, A Volschan, S Gaspar, K Mohallem, R Macaciel

    
  • ·Physician probability estimates for patients presenting with chest pain

    Page :S49

    J Schaider, B Reilly, K Das, RR Roberts, RJ Rydman, A Evans

    
  • ·Serious head injury and death associated with the operation of all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles by minors

    Page :S49

    RK Kapur, TJ Mader, P Letourneau

    
  • ·Emergency department observation of trauma patients: Predictors of further hospitalization

    Page :S50

    S Dominguez, S Gin-Shaw, C Bay, E Wavak

    
  • ·Relationship of age to timing of surgery in trauma patients

    Page :S50

    PL Lane, RS Porter, N Zhao

    
  • ·Out-of-hospital blood administration for critically injured patients transported by helicopter

    Page :S50

    DD Price, RL Norton, AD Zechnich, J Eldurkar, J Chok, NC Mann

    
  • ·The use of ISS and TRISS as measures of injury severity and as mortality predictors in the DCLHb traumatic hemorrhagic shock trial

    Page :S51

    Sloan EP Koenigsberg, DCLHb Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock Clinical Trial Group

    
  • ·The incidence of hypothermia in the setting of major trauma: Strategies for prevention and timely identification

    Page :S51

    CT Lauder, KN Largen, RE O'Connor, GH Tinkoff

    
  • ·Triage score: A new triage tool for rapid categorization of injured patients

    Page :S51

    ES Hong, KS Lim, W Kim, OK Choi

    
  • ·Accuracy of estimation of external blood loss by EMS personnel

    Page :S52

    KR Patton, M McErlean, DL Funk

    
  • ·The initial cross-table lateralcervical spine film for the helmeted athlete in the emergency department with a suspected neck injury: Helmet/pads on or off?

    Page :S52

    KR Veenema, R Greenwald, M Kamali, A Freedman, L Spillane

    
  • ·Does the presence of street drugs or ethanol increase the risk of intracranial pathology in minor head injury patients?

    Page :S52

    MJ Haydel, S Luber, D Piper

    
  • ·New diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) criteria to detect hollow viscous injury for blunt abdominal trauma

    Page :S52

    CC Lee, WA Carter

    
  • ·The utilization of the burden nasoscope for nasotracheal intubation in the prehospital setting

    Page :S53

    DS Waters, CK Stone, R Bower, JS Stapczynski

    
  • ·The use of blood banking resources in a large urban trauma center

    Page :S53

    SO Henderson, CS Kom, A Doshi, K Robinson

    
  • ·Severe head trauma: Prehospital assessment and management

    Page :S53

    A Jagoda, S Gorenstein

    
  • ·Does emergency transport really stress the patient?

    Page :S53

    V Doerges, S Dix, A Kuehl, T Schumann, M Hueppe, P Schmucker

    
  • ·Opiate overdose: What is the total time of significant intoxication?

    Page :S54

    EA Panacek, C Rowland

    
  • ·Hazardous materials events at a New York city trauma center

    Page :S54

    J Trutt, NS Oster

    
  • ·Quantitative comparison of fluoride neutralization potential of various hydrofluoric acid burn therapies

    Page :S54

    RD Cox, RL Summers

    
  • ·The use of alternative medicine therapies by emergency department patients

    Page :S55

    DE Sullivan

    
  • ·How to maintain medications at a reasonable temperature? Evaluating a new method of product packing

    Page :S55

    AJ Sayah, K Schuhwerk, R Nagle

    
  • ·Caveat emptor—Buyer beware!

    Page :S55

    KR Challoner, A Salgado, A Segal, ST Lin

    
  • ·Consecutive doses of levalbuterol and racemic albuterol result in comparable safety and efficacy: A pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study in mild-moderate asthmatics

    Page :S55

    K Gumbhir-Shah, P Koch, W Jusko, L Vaickus

    
  • ·Reduction in the cobalt binding capacity of human albumin with myocardial ischemia

    Page :S56

    D Bar-Or, E Lau, N Rao, N Bampos, JV Winkler, CG Curtis

    
  • ·Use, understanding, and beliefs about alternate medicines

    Page :S56

    SJ Weiss, AA Ernst, K Takakuwa

    
  • ·Serious injury and death associated with alcohol and drug use in adolescents

    Page :S56

    SN Nyquist, TJ Mader, P Letourneau

    
  • ·Epidemic US opiate mortality rates: 1979–1996

    Page :S56

    TG Martin

    
  • ·Clinical analysis of puffer fish poisoning

    Page :S57

    CW Park, E Ryoo, HJ Yang, K Lee

    
  • ·Double-blinded randomized comparison of oral doxepin and diphenhydramine in treating acute urticaria

    Page :S57

    WJ Meggs, S O'Meara, K Jones, JL Ford

    
  • ·Emergency medicine residents' perceptions of bioethical education

    Page :S57

    PN Salen, PR Siersenski, MB Heller

    
  • ·Redundancies in a database of emergency department patient visits

    Page :S57

    GD Zimmer, AT McAfee

    
  • ·The administrative dilemma: Perceptions and misconceptions

    Page :S58

    AW Mulvey, JC Silva, M Bellino, VM Misiewicz, J Leone

    
  • ·College research associates as screeners for firearms injury risk assessment in an urban, community, teaching hospital emergency department

    Page :S58

    M Cordone, K Bradley, M Werdman

    
  • ·The relation between stressors, strain, and coping among emergency medicine residents

    Page :S58

    ED Boudreaux, R Ary

    
  • ·How do emergency medicine residents learn compared to non-emergency medicine residents? A novel assessment of behavior and learning styles

    Page :S59

    GR Ramalanjaona, JJ Calabro

    
  • ·Stressors experienced by emergency medicine residents

    Page :S59

    ED Boudreaux, R Ary

    
  • ·Evaluation of an integrated conscious sedation curriculum

    Page :S60

    KI Newton, J McComick, B Pritchard, SO Henderson

    
  • ·Initiation of X-rays by the triage nurse: Competency and its effect on patients' total time spent in the accident and emergency department

    Page :S60

    KC Than, YL Leong, BS Ngiam

    
  • ·Medical student comfort with lifesaving clinical skills

    Page :S60

    DS Ander, K Heilpern, C Parramore

    
  • ·Team 7000: A look at an emergency department-based in-hospital emergency response team

    Page :S60

    PP Ko, YD Yoon, A Jagoda, S Jacobson

    
  • ·Patient perceptions of the specialty of emergency medicine

    Page :S61

    JC Olsen, BC Johnson, AM Brown, SR Levinson

    
  • ·Why this emergency department?

    Page :S61

    DW Rucker, JA Edlow, TA Brennan, HR Burstein

    
  • ·A comparison of teaching models for focused abdominal sonography for trauma

    Page :S61

    P Salen, D Pancu, B Passarello, R O'Conner, S Melanson, M Heller

    
  • ·Emergency medicine resident ultrasound evaluation in patients suspected of having renal colic

    Page :S61

    M Stava, CK Stone, SI Koury, B Wynn, JS Stapczynski

    
  • ·Injury control in Honduras: A survey of injury mortality

    Page :S61

    M Richman, P Shayne, S Heron, D Lowery, K Todd

    
  • ·New technique for emergency stabilization of dentoalveolar fracture

    Page :S62

    CC Lee, J Matos, M Datikashvilli, WA Carter

    
  • ·Adolescents need adequate health risk assessment in the emergency department

    Page :S62

    R Mahadeo, L Richardson, M Carrera, I Wilets, R Keshavarz, C Low

    
  • ·Effect of the 1994 Northridge earthquake on patient volume, injury, and illness at a level I trauma center near the epicenter 24 hours after the event

    Page :S62

    PA Silka, S Kim, JY Kim

    
  • ·Evaluation of documentation practices of sexual assault nurse examiners

    Page :S62

    L Minshall, M Patel

    
  • ·Should parents be present? Physician perception of parental presence during emergency department procedures

    Page :S63

    A Beckman, G Moore, K Knoop

    
  • ·HIV counseling, testing, and referral practices for patients with sexually transmitted diseases in emergency departments

    Page :S63

    KJ Cartone, M Fincher-Mergi, J Mischler, P Pasieka, EB Lemer, AJ Billittier

    
  • ·Prevalence of cardiac ischemia and infarction in emergency department patients with chief complaint of chest pain

    Page :S63

    MA Kohn, JA Tabas

    
  • ·Vaginal bleeding: Documentation and frequency of coagulopathy

    Page :S63

    AJ Singer, C Jeong

    
  • ·Diagnostic accuracy of the ECG for acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina: Experience in a chest pain unit

    Page :S64

    R Bassan, M Scofano, E Mesquita, HF Dohmann, C Sanmartin, C Clare

    
  • ·Is routine acetaminophen screening necessary for all overdose patients?

    Page :S64

    S Paul, C Burke, EB Lemer, R Krause, AJ Billittier

    
  • ·Can room air pulse oximetry be used to screen for clinically significant hypercapnia?

    Page :S64

    MD Witting, CH Lueck

    
  • ·Have emergency department patients used or are willing to use alternative medicine?

    Page :S64

    AJ Singer, J Gulla

    
  • ·Utilization of saline wells in a university center emergency department

    Page :S64

    RM Rovere, JM Bartfield, N Raccio-Robak, DS Choi

    
  • ·A pilot study using low-dose intravenous ketamine as an analgesic for acute pain in adults

    Page :S65

    DC Smith

    
  • ·Concordance between prehospital notification by EMS and actual patient presentation with relation to the allocation of hospital resources

    Page :S65

    TE Carlson, N Oster, J Shashaty

    
  • ·Prehospital use of a sternal intraosseous infusion device

    Page :S65

    BT Horwood, J Adams, BR Tiffany, CV Pollack, B Adams, R Scalzi, M Sucher

    
  • ·Automated external defibrillators can appropriately recognize ventricular fibrillation in high electromagnetic fields

    Page :S66

    BT Stolzenberg, DF Kupas, DP Sole, BJ Wieczorek

    
  • ·Patterns in complaints field by the public against paramedics in an urban emergency medical services (EMS) system

    Page :S66

    RD Pi, PT Pons, V Markovchick

    
  • ·Prehospital evaluation of patients with suspected stroke

    Page :S66

    M Eckstein, C Kidwell, S Starkman, K Weems

    
  • ·The impact of “mosh pits” on medical incidents at mass gatherings

    Page :S66

    T Janchar, R Samaddar, D Milzman

    
  • ·Spinal immobilization after motor vehicle collision in patients who are ambulatory at the scene: Is it justified?

    Page :S67

    BM Levy, RA Shubert, PK Phelan, MA Bennett, CT Lauder, DA Mullen, RE Megargel, RE O'Connor

    
  • ·Reliability of prehospital triage criteria for pregnant blunt trauma patients

    Page :S67

    HC Goodwin, DH Wisner, JF Holmes

    
  • ·Evaluation of EMD priority coding and disposition of patients

    Page :S67

    P Bishop, E Davis

    
  • ·An effective salvage technique for severed endotracheal cuff pilot tubes and incompetent pilot balloon valves

    Page :S68

    AD Perron, R Sing

    
  • ·Painful discrimination: The differential treatment of fractured and nonfractured ankle and foot injuries

    Page :S68

    JG Wiater, MJ Kozlowski, RE Jackson, RA Swor, RG Pascual

    
  • ·One-month follow-up and natural history of patients presenting to an emergency department with symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia

    Page :S68

    JT Nagurney, DF Brown, C Chae, YC Chang, H Cranmer, W Chung, L Dan, J Fisher, S Grossman, I Jang, K Lewandrowski, M O'Connor

    
  • ·Clinical characteristics and outcomes of rhabdomyolysis: A case review of 252 patients

    Page :S68

    RL Chin, KA Sporer, NR Rimpel

    
  • ·How good are emergency physicians in predicting the results of shoulder X-rays?

    Page :S69

    BE Silver, JD Sexton, MA McGinn, MB Heller

    
  • ·Circadian variation in the presentation of sickle cell pain crisis

    Page :S69

    A del Mundo, J Zautcke, R Morris, S Metzger, K Streder

    
  • ·Emergency care delivery in an overcrowded metropolis: The challenges and goals for Ho Chi Minh city

    Page :S69

    MT Nguyen

    
  • ·Recidivism among elderly EMS patients brought to an urban emergency department

    Page :S69

    S Weiss, P Miller, A Ernst, S Russell

    
  • ·Can patients with renal colic be safely discharged from the emergency department without an imaging procedure?

    Page :S69

    S Lee, I Dubinsky

    
  • ·The emergency medicine CyberSchool: Computer-assisted instruction on the internet as a useful tool for educating medical students

    Page :S70

    KM Baumlin, M Bessette, C Lewis, L Richardson

    
  • ·Emergency department observation unit occupancy is maximized by a novel hybrid design

    Page :S70

    M Ross, K Gibb, A Wilson, S Naylor

    
  • ·Do emergency departments comply with the new EMTALA guidelines regarding preauthorization?

    Page :S70

    CB Irvin, C Hunt

    
  • ·Why do patients come to emergency departments?

    Page :S70

    RW Derlet, AM Ledesma

    
  • ·Functional limitations of emergency department International classification of diseases-ninth revision codes

    Page :S71

    JE Tintinalli, A Waller

    
  • ·Emergency department staff estimates of patient satisfaction: The squeaky wheel gets the grease

    Page :S71

    ED Boudreaux, R Ary, C Mandry

    
  • ·The utility and futility of UB-92 data for emergency department profiling

    Page :S71

    A Sacchetti, T Warden, ME Moakes, R Harris

    
  • ·Colorado physicians' knowledge of and attitudes toward mandatory reporting laws

    Page :S71

    D Houry, A Utz, C DeWitt, K Feldhaus

    
  • ·Wide interresident procedure variability suggests need for national standards in emergency medicine

    Page :S72

    S Lotfipour, C Lewandowski, HB Nguyen

    
  • ·A national survey of the aeromedical transport of high-risk obstetrics patients

    Page :S72

    AE Jones, RL Galli, C Deschamp, RL Summers, F Carlton

    
  • ·An evaluation of a multisite first responder automated external defibrillation program

    Page :S72

    EB Lerner, AJ Billittier, MM Newman, WJ Groh

    
  • ·An evaluation of paramedics' ability to recognize chest pain of cardiac origin

    Page :S72

    CC Sandy, RH Lucas

    
  • ·The utility of routine fire department response to motor vehicle crashes

    Page :S73

    DL Funk, JF Politis, M McErlean, ET Dickinson

    
  • ·Evaluation of the “Appropriateness” of triage requests for air transport to level I trauma centers directly from the scene versus a community hospital

    Page :S73

    WR Reenstra, J Tracy, D Jeanmonod, E Hirsch, F Milham

    
  • ·The impact of a system-wide airway management in-service on paramedic intubation practices

    Page :S73

    J Heck, J Fildes, A Tsang

    
  • ·Physicians in tactical emergency medicine

    Page :S73

    W Smock, M Hamm

    
  • ·The California 500: Medical care at a NASCAR winston cup race event

    Page :S73

    JT Grange, GW Baumann

    
  • ·Diversions of advanced life support ambulances: Causes and effects in a large urban system

    Page :S74

    PA Silka, JM Geiderman, JY Kim

    
  • ·An evaluation of the clinical predictors for the presence of ureteral calculi on spiral CT in patients with suspected renal colic

    Page :S74

    RE O'Connor, JR Leisey, SW Gould, P McGraw

    
  • ·Incidence of negative hematuria in emergency department patients diagnosed with acute renal colic by spiral CT scan

    Page :S74

    MB Wolfe, A Pelayo, D Schreiber

    
  • ·Effect of cold water immersion on finger pulse oximetry readings

    Page :S74

    JC Kolb, RL Summers, AE Jones

    
  • ·The analysis of erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, white blood cell count, and temperature in the diagnosis of acute endocarditis

    Page :S75

    R Chuang, J Olshaker, D Robinson

    
  • ·Is spiral computed tomography the diagnostic imaging of choice for patients with renal colic?

    Page :S75

    L Shirley, I Dubinsky

    
  • ·Cardiac ultrasound evaluation of pulseless patients in the emergency department

    Page :S75

    P Salen, P Sierzenski, D Pancu, R O'Connor, B Passarello, A Langsam, T Amadio, M Heller

    
  • ·Bedside K⁺ determination in intraosseous aspirates using an arterial blood gas analyzer

    Page :S75

    R Ruggero, C Hsu

    
  • ·Safety of emergency department transesophageal echocardiography in acute aortic disease

    Page :S76

    SO Hwang, KH Lee, ES Hong, BJ Oh, JH Cho, SH Lee, J Yoon, KH Choe

    
  • ·Correlation of the radiographic cardiothoracic ratio with cardiac function in patients with acute congestive heart failure

    Page :S76

    RL Summers, JC Kolb, LH Woodward

    
  • ·How many patients with acute myocardial infarction would be missed if a chest pain unit was not available?

    Page :S76

    R Bassan, L Pimenta, HF Dohmann, R Gamarski, M Araújo, C Clare

    
  • ·Is it possible to identify patients with chest pain and no ST-segment elevation who have acute coronary insufficiency?

    Page :S76

    R Bassan, L Pimenta, HF Dohmann, M Araújo, M Scofano, JF Soares

    
  • ·Outcome in acute myocardial infarction patients transferred for acute angioplasty

    Page :S76

    JC Silva, E Sloan, M Rosenberg

    
  • ·Prevalence and determinants of QT dispersion in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain

    Page :S77

    AE Jones, HL Mizelle, RL Summers

    
  • ·Outcome evaluation of goal-driven therapy utilizing central venous oxygen saturation

    Page :S77

    BA Watling, D Powell, D Thompson, VB Miller, RW Neumar, BJ O'Neil

    
  • ·The role and cost-effectiveness of emergency department observational units in the evaluation of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)

    Page :S77

    EC Jauch, D Cohen, M Fenner, AM Pancioli, RU Kothari

    
  • ·Prevalence and reliability of hypercholesterolemia assessment in the emergency department

    Page :S77

    A Chandra, S Compton, RJ Zalenski

    
  • ·Noninvasive estimation of myocardial oxygen consumption

    Page :S78

    RL Summers

    
  • ·Utilizing project management as an organizational model for modifying emergency physician behavior

    Page :S78

    D Richardson, R MacKenzie, C Worrilow, B Nester

    
  • ·Emergency medicine resident preparedness for the threat of weapons of mass destruction: Results of a national residency program director survey

    Page :S78

    PH Bonucci, MA Vuletich, GM Smith, ME Johnson

    
  • ·Content and source of patient health care education

    Page :S78

    J Woods, B Smith, M Michelin, G Gamer, M Paracha, R Zalenski, RJ Rydman, RR Roberts

    
  • ·Training for domestic terrorism response in emergency medicine residency program

    Page :S79

    L Irizarry, B Diner, M Leber, A Mendez, B Brenner

    
  • ·Walking distances during an emergency department shift: A comparison between types of hospitals and physician training levels

    Page :S79

    EA Panacek, J Woo

    
  • ·What proportions of hospital admissions from the emergency department are suitable for a subacute care unit?

    Page :S79

    AG Wilson

    
  • ·Value of CPR training for friends/family of emergency department chest parin patients

    Page :S79

    D Milzman, M Pitts, K Bullock, L Moskowitz, A Zlidenny, T Janchar

    
  • ·Study of psychosocial needs of young persons who are victims of interpersonal violence

    Page :S80

    L Zun, J Rosen, A Kushner

    
  • ·The excess of “Case reports” in the emergency medicine literature

    Page :S80

    CS Korn, SO Henderson

    
  • ·Loss of consciousness and mechanism of injury helicopter scene triage criteria and presence of neurosurgical traumatic injury

    Page :S80

    R Jean, M Amatangelo, SH Thomas, S Wedel

    
  • ·The safety and efficacy of an emergency department-controlled interhospital critical care transport team

    Page :S80

    J Olshaker, M Rolnick, G Bartoo, W Gaasch, B Browne, M Fannin, D Kuo, A Royston, B Clyne

    
  • ·Emphasis on EMS medical director positions by EMS systems correlates with greater medical director involvement and EMS system output

    Page :S80

    RM Stone, KG Seaman, RA Bissell

    
  • ·Paramedic identification of acute stroke

    Page :S81

    M Eckstein, C Kidwell, S Starkman, K Weems

    
  • ·Prehospital resuscitation practices: A survey of prehospital providers

    Page :S81

    CA Marco, RM Schears

    
  • ·Out-of-hospital provider beliefs regarding use of red lights and sirens

    Page :S81

    DL Funk, W Triner, S Green

    
  • ·Safety of managed care organization directed interfacility transfer of cardiac patients

    Page :S81

    A Maravelli, J D'Angelo, D Kupas, D Dula

    
  • ·Sildenafil citrate: Changes in paramedic practice?

    Page :S82

    D Reed, JD Ho, JE Gough, LH Brown

    
  • ·In-flight defibrillation by cabin attendants: Varig's experience

    Page :S82

    S Timerman, PM Alves, E Stapleton

    
  • ·Endocrine markers as predictors of outcome in elderly patients admitted through the emergency department with febrile illnesses

    Page :S82

    V Hlibczuk, S Silber

    
  • ·Emergency department revisit-admissions for ectopic pregnancy: A case series and new, evidence-based, diagnostic protocol

    Page :S82

    MA Kohn, BC Kaplan

    
  • ·The use of noncardiac laboratory tests in an emergency department chest pain center

    Page :S83

    JM Kosowsky, AB Storrow, T Liu

    
  • ·Child abuse and neglect presentations to a pediatric emergency department

    Page :S83

    R Keshavarz, R Kawashima, C Low, R Mahadeo

    
  • ·The value of measured anticonvulsant levels in patients with known seizure disorder who admit noncomplicance with medications

    Page :S83

    EM Valls, R Paula, C Caplan

    
  • ·Aggressive emergency department management of diabetic ketoacidosis can reduce ICU admissions and hospital costs without adversely impacting outcomes

    Page :S83

    LM Dunbar, WT Gonzaba, D DeSoto, K Zaheri, D Sibley, H Thompson

    
  • ·Evaluation of physical examination in determining the outcomes of ultrasound for deep vein thrombosis

    Page :S84

    L Chan, KM Reilly

    
  • ·Patient preferences regarding pain medication in the emergency department

    Page :S84

    TL Beel, JC Mitchiner, S Frederiksen, J McCormick

    
  • ·What does “risk of MI” mean to the emergency physician? results of an observational study

    Page :S84

    J Feldman, E Wallace, C Berty, P Mitchell, S Fish

    
  • ·Inhaled corticosteroids in acute asthma: A systematic review of the literature

    Page :S84

    ML Edmonds, CA Camargo, CA Pollack, BH Rowe

    
  • ·Intravenous magnesium sulfate in the treatment of severe asthma: A systematic review of the evidence

    Page :S85

    BH Rowe, J Michaud, C Bourdon, GW Bota, CA Camargo

    
  • ·Edentulism worsens obstructive sleep apnea

    Page :S85

    S Pivetti, F Navone, R Urbino, C Bonetto, P Colagrande, A Arienti, G Preti, S Carossa, V Gai

    
  • ·Inhaled corticosteroids versus cromolyn among pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department with acute asthma

    Page :S85

    S Clark, H Smithline, BH Rowe, CA Camargo

    
  • ·Effect of PEEP therapy on intrapulmonary shunt caused by pulmonary contusion

    Page :S86

    KH Lee, SO Hwang, YS Kim, ME Ahn, JH Cho, BJ Oh, SJ Kang

    
  • ·Does implementation of an asthma pathway improve the quality of care in a high-volume emergency department?

    Page :S86

    GP Cuculino, RE O'Connor, C Reese

    
  • ·The utilization of the burden nasoscope in nasotracheal intubation: Does it make a difference?

    Page :S86

    TC Rock, CK Stone, J May, JS Stapczynski

    
  • ·National emergency airway registry (NEAR) showed midazolam significantly lowers blood pressure compared to etomidate when used for tracheal intubations

    Page :S86

    A Weissman, MB Gutman, MJ Sagarin, RM Walls

    
  • ·Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure: A preliminary experience in the emergency department

    Page :S86

    R Urbino, C Antro, S Pivetti, B Tartaglino, E Ferreri, C Bonetto, V Gai

    
  • ·Smaller tidal volumes, laryngeal mask, combitube: Beneficial during basic life support?

    Page :S87

    V Doerges, H Ocker, C Sauer, E Neuberth, P Schmucker

    
  • ·Intravenous β-agonists in acute asthma: A systematic review of the literature

    Page :S87

    A Travers, AP Jones, S Barker, CA Camargo, BH Rowe

    
  • ·An inhaled nitrous oxide-oxygen mixture versus placebo as an analgesic and anxiolytic adjunct to peripheral intravenous cannulation: A clinical trial

    Page :S87

    RT Gerhardt, KJ King, RS Wiegert, MJ Trainer

    
  • ·Efficacy of topical analgesia with diclofenac in emergency department patients with corneal abrasion

    Page :S87

    DF Kupas, TD Rockett, SE Spencer, DJ Dula, J Shovlin

    
  • ·Prospective evaluation of intravenous midazolam-atropine-ketamine for conscious sedation in the pediatric population: A comparison of emergence phenomena by age

    Page :S88

    MA Hostetler, CO Davis

    
  • ·Effect of ethnicity on emergency department analgesia for low back pain and headache

    Page :S88

    JW Patterson, KR Hurst, MB Heller, S Arcona

    
  • ·Sublingual hyoscyamine sulfate with ketorolac tromethamine provides no additional benefit in the management of ureteral colic compared with ketorolac tromethamine alone

    Page :S88

    JB Jones, BK Giles, A Nases, E Brizendine, WH Cordell

    
  • ·Patients' perception of pain and embarrassment during internal examinations in the emergency department: Effect of physician gender

    Page :S88

    KR Patton, JM Bartfield

    
  • ·Etomidate and emergency department procedural sedation

    Page :S89

    WJ Ruth, JH Burton, A Bock

    
  • ·Pain assessment: Are words better than numbers?

    Page :S89

    ML Neighbor, K Puntillo, N O'Neil

    
  • ·Propofol and ketamine sedation in the pediatric emergency department: A pilot study

    Page :S89

    DR Trocinski, BC Fisher, JT Kanegaye, JR Harley, GO Sharieff

    
  • ·Management of patients attempting to obtain narcotics by deception: A physician survey

    Page :S89

    H Schuckman, K Dmitris, L Davidson, LW Gerson, M Blanda

    
  • ·Roles of p67 and nitric oxide on elF2α(P) following global postischemic cerebral reperfusion

    Page :S90

    DJ DeGracia, BJ O'Neil, LL Konkoly, GS Krause, BC White

    
  • ·Restoration of cerebral blood flow does not restore function after brain ischemia

    Page :S90

    CM Little, CB Caims

    
  • ·Postischemic myocardial bioenergetic recovery with inotropic reperfusion: A comparison of epinephrine, dobutamine, and phenylephrine in the perfused heart

    Page :S90

    RT Gorsline, MG Angelos, MD Waite, HN Murray

    
  • ·Cardiac function after resuscitation in human cardiac arrest

    Page :S90

    SO Hwang, KH Lee, BJ Oh, JH Cho, SH Lee, J Yoon, KH Choe

    
  • ·The laryngeal tube: Good ventilation, less risk during basic life support?

    Page :S91

    V Doerges, H Ocker, C Sauer, P Schmucker

    
  • ·Field time unrelated to survival in trauma patients having laparotomy or thoracotomy

    Page :S91

    RS Porter, PL Lane

    
  • ·Thermodynamic and initial laboratory evidence supporting the use of perfluorocarbon liquid ventilation in the treatment of hypothermia

    Page :S91

    E Dickson, M Sivilotti, G Mangolds, L Joe, J Grazel, B Baxter

    
  • ·Fractal dimension of heart rate in emergency department patients with chest pain

    Page :S91

    F Ruiz, W Ditto, V In, J Neff

    
  • ·Fractal versus harmonic components of heart rate in atrial tachyarrhythmias

    Page :S92

    F Ruiz, W Ditto, V In, J Neff

    
  • ·Resuscitation from prolonged ventricular fibrillation and induction of selective brain hypothermia via extracorporeal bypass

    Page :S92

    K Mori, J Saito, Y Takeyama, Y Kurata, Y Itoh, R Elgas, FP Renzi, E Dickson

    
  • ·Legislation, when enforced, impacts seat belt use in urban taxis

    Page :S92

    D Milzman, R Sammadar, C Sammadar, T Janchar, A Zlidenny

    
  • ·The influence of skill level on snowboarding injuries

    Page :S92

    T Janchar, A Zlidenny, T Coury, D Milzman, T Paluska

    
  • ·Parental report of child restraint device use in an emergency department population

    Page :S92

    DL Funk, M McErlean, VP Verdile

    
  • ·Comparison between frequency and location of skiing and snowboarding injuries

    Page :S93

    A Zlidenny, T Janchar, T Coury, D Milzman, T Paluska

    
  • ·The influence of race and other demographic factors on seat belt use

    Page :S93

    DVK Jehle, EB Lerner, G Stiller, AJ Billittier

    
  • ·Population-based survey of a sample community's training and knwoledge in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    Page :S93

    AA Aaronson, PE Pepe, MD Scheatzle, SR Dearwater, SN Forjuoh

    
  • ·The epidemiology of sport and recreational-related injuries treated in the emergency department

    Page :S93

    KD Kelly, BH Rowe, HL Lissel, DC Voaklander

    
  • ·Sledding and tobogganing injuries presenting to the emergency department in a northern urban center

    Page :S94

    BH Rowe, KD Kelly, DC Voaklander

    
  • ·Occupationally related hand injuries in the emergency department

    Page :S94

    OA Lopez, WK Chiang, G Friedman-Jimenez

    
  • ·Comparison of helmet use between bicyclists and skaters

    Page :S94

    EB Lerner, RM Moscat, D Janicke

    
  • ·Occupational exposure: Organizing emergency department care to determine postexposure prophylaxis within hours instead of days

    Page :S94

    JC Kallenborn, TG Price, R Carrico, RD Coleman, A Smith

    
  • ·Frequency and relevance of disparity between formula-recommended and actual size of pediatric endotracheal tubes

    Page :S95

    W Ahmed, J Orf, L Wiebe, P Chamberlin, SH Thomas, S Wedel

    
  • ·Out-of-hospital management of foreign body aspiration in children

    Page :S95

    LD Milligan, M Gausche, SM Goodrich, PD Poore, RJ Lewis

    
  • ·Hypoglycemia and ABC'S (sugar) of pediatric resuscitation

    Page :S95

    JD Losek

    
  • ·Emergency department visits for acute asthma by pediatric patients who ran out of their inhaled corticosteroids or cromolyn

    Page :S95

    BE Brenner, MJ Leber, CA Camargo

    
  • ·An enhanced method of pediatric urine collection: Negative pressure bladder catheterization

    Page :S96

    K Ambroz, W Eilbert

    
  • ·Recognition of the critically III neonate with ductal-dependent cardiac lesions

    Page :S96

    D Fields, A Weintraub, M Furman, M Paper, L Richard

    
  • ·Pediatric afebrile seizures: A community emergency department experience

    Page :S96

    G Preciado, JC Silva, EP Sloan

    
  • ·Medical resource utilization by children requiring psychiatric consultation in the pediatric emergency department

    Page :S96

    L Santiago, M Mojica, G Foltin, M Tunik

    
  • ·Survey on clinical management of febrile infants and children, birth to 24 months of age

    Page :S97

    AG Egland, TD McGuirk

    
  • ·Pediatric febrile seizures: A community emergency department experience

    Page :S97

    M Day, JC Silva, EP Sloan, J Macariola-Coad

    
  • ·Outcomes of interhospital transfers of critically III pediatric patients: A comparison of air and ground transport

    Page :S97

    GQ Quinn-Skillings, R Brozen

    
  • ·Academic emergency department areas of specialization: Results from the 1998–1999 SAEM faculty salary survey

    Page :S97

    SL Kristal, KA Randall-Kristal, BM Thompson, JA Marx

    
  • ·Academic emergency department funding sources and incentives: Results from the 1998–1999 SAEM emergency medicine faculty salary survey

    Page :S98

    SL Kristal, JA Marx, KA Randall-Kristal, BM Thompson

    
  • ·Minor trauma: A major contributor to emergency department workload

    Page :S98

    KY Tham, E Seow, HP Wong

    
  • ·Documentation deficiencies in the evaluation of nontraumatic abdominal pain: Effects of a structured template

    Page :S98

    SD McMahan, NF Buderer, RW King, MC Plewa

    
  • ·Is a trauma service a financial winner for the hospital?

    Page :S99

    MK McPherson, AG Wilson, H Blair, GA Howells, RE Jackson

    
  • ·Documentation of domestic violence in the emergency department record

    Page :S99

    R Moscati, D Trippi, GB Bailey, M Krasnoff

    
  • ·Practice variation in a community emergency department asthma consortium

    Page :S99

    RJ Rydman, J Walter, MF McDermott, C Catrambone, K Weiss

    
  • ·Leading change in the emergency department admission process through an interdisciplinary “quality team”

    Page :S99

    B Nester, R MacKenzie, A Panik, D Richardson, A Rosenau

    
  • ·State-to-state variation in statutes regarding the reporting of medically impaired drivers

    Page :S100

    MT Aschkenasy, MJ Drescher, R Ratzan

    
  • ·Do demographics influence selection of emergency medicine residents?

    Page :S100

    SA Feingold, P Blackburn, B Rowley, C Bay

    
  • ·Recidivism in an urban emergency department

    Page :S100

    P Miller, SJ Weiss, AA Ernse, S Russell

    
  • ·Laceration length: A comparison of visual estimation, ruler measurement, and suture measurement

    Page :S100

    RA Rosenbaum, DE Godshall, JP Dore, BK Lentz, RE O'Connor

    
  • ·Clinical presentation of acute aortic dissection in the emergency department: Who is at risk for missed diagnosis?

    Page :S101

    KS Glenn, WW Decker, JA Besse

    
  • ·Outcome in adult seizure patients treated in the emergency setting

    Page :S101

    EP Sloan, JC Silva, MS Rosenberg

    
  • ·Fever in the elderly: Are rectal temperatures indicated?

    Page :S101

    SM Varney, DE Manthey, V Culpepper, J Creedon

    
  • ·Sudden death following injury: Analysis of the “talk and die” scenario

    Page :S101

    DP Mandavia, J Greenspan, BJ Pritchard

    
  • ·Gastrointestinal hemorrhage and the critical decision unit: Which patients are appropriate?

    Page :S101

    GF Tokarski, D Amponsah, K Rader, V Wright, T Ben-Menachem, R Nowak

    
  • ·“Medical clearance” in the psychiatric patient presenting to the emergency department: Is it necessary?

    Page :S102

    CS Korn, G Currier, SO Henderson

    
  • ·Lumbar puncture in the emergency department: Complications and theri costs

    Page :S102

    D Sternfield, A Trott

    
  • ·An emergency department protocol for management of nonverifiable pain

    Page :S102

    H Schuckman, P Gaffney, ST Wilber, LW Gerson, M Blanda, C Powell

    
  • ·Emergency physician management of musculoskeletal low back pain: Are we following published guidelines?

    Page :S102

    D Velendzas, A Weiner

    
  • ·Acute stroke treatment in the rural emergency department: Effect of helicopter transport coordinated care track

    Page :S103

    JE Duldner, KA Mikesell, DJ Kiomento, AM Barile, CL Emerman, B Kovach, JP Hanna, WJ Fallon

    
  • ·Duration and causes of delay in seeking care among patients hospitalized for acute chest pain

    Page :S103

    B Smith, J Woods, M Michelin, G Garner, M Paracha, R Zalenski, RJ Rydman, RR Roberts

    
  • ·Do women with MIs have a delay in time to treatment with angioplasty?

    Page :S103

    D Kugler, DC Lee, JG Ryan, D Pancu, MF Ward, GS Rudolph, S Rao, K Chu, AE Sama

    
  • ·Thrombolytic therapy and helicopter transport of acute ischemic stroke

    Page :S103

    JE Duldner, DJ Kiomento, AM Barile, I Katzan, AJ Furlan, DM Landis, B Kovach, WJ Fallon

    
  • ·Acute MI triage scores for emergency medical system bypass to cardiac centers

    Page :S104

    RJ Zalenski, N Blaustein, F Shamsa, D Waselewsky, B Bock, S Penumalee

    
  • ·Prophylactic aspirin use in an emergency department population

    Page :S104

    J Broderick, R Cydulka, S Meldon

    
  • ·Coronary triage unit utility in an indigent county population

    Page :S104

    SO Henderson, E Ostrzega, T Genna, C Korn, C Ildefonso, K Garan-Martinez

    
  • ·Knowledge of risk factors for coronary artery disease: Comparison among gender and races

    Page :S104

    DB Diercks, AA Ernst

    
  • ·Demographics, descriptions, diagnosis, and disposition of 1,677 chest pain patients in an indigent acute care hospital

    Page :S105

    SO Henderson, E Ostrzega, T Genna, D Matayoshi, L Alcocer

    
  • ·Evidence of myocardial complement activation following hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation

    Page :S105

    K Craig, RA Washington, J Huang, JG Younger, BR Lucchesi

    
  • ·The clinical presentation of emergency department patients who are evaluated for acute cardiac ischemic syndromes

    Page :S105

    JT Nagurney, DF Brown, CU Chae, Y Chang, HH Cranmer, WG Chung, L Dan, J Fisher, SA Grossman, IK Jang, KB Lewandrowski, MF O'Connor, U Tedrow

    
  • ·Bedside cardiac markers and the emergency evaluation of chest pain

    Page :S105

    SO Henderson, KM Chan, T Genna, L Alcocer, A Conforto

    
  • ·Types, benefits, and follow-up of social worker consultations for emergency department patients

    Page :S106

    J Olshaker, Y Green, D Jerrard

    
  • ·Focused abdominal sonography for trauma: Evaluation of a half-day curriculum

    Page :S106

    DP Mandavia, J Bistrain, L Chan, D Chan

    
  • ·Developing a new model for transmitting advance directives from long-term care facilities to emergency departments

    Page :S106

    MA Pauls, PA Singer, I Dubinsky

    
  • ·Direct nurse triage to a respiratory therapist does not decrease time to treatment of patients presenting with dyspnea

    Page :S106

    J O'Connell, MJ Drescher, J Hartman, AJ Smally, A Perez

    
  • ·Delays in diet initiation for emergency department patients impacts clinical outcome

    Page :S107

    D Milzman, J Meyer, A Zlidenny, L Moskowitz, T Tim Janchar

    
  • ·EMGuidelines: A web-based index of clinical guidelines for emergency medicine

    Page :S107

    JJ Kim, T Rothenhaus

    
  • ·Incorporating college students into a departmental research program

    Page :S107

    SO Henderson, CS Kom, T Genna, VI Esekogwu

    
  • ·A comparison of conscious sedation practices in emergency medicine residency teaching programs

    Page :S107

    JJ McCormick, SO Henderson, L Chiang, K Newton

    
  • ·Documentation by physicians and nurses in cases of intertional assault

    Page :S107

    D Houry, S Nyquist, P Pons, J Abbott, K Feldhaus

    
  • ·Advanced cardiac life support training: Comparison of Brazilian versus North American student responses

    Page :S108

    KB Kern, S Timeman, E Paiva