October 2010

Issue Highlights
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Contents
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Partial Contents of Volume 39, Number 5
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Original Contributions

Clinically Suspected Coagulopathy in Blunt Head Trauma
• Ron Medzon,
• Mark Bracken,
• Niels K. Rathlev,
• ...
• Allan B. Wolfson,
• Steven Go,
• Jerome R. Hoffman
Published online: July 01, 2008
p399-405

Biliary Causes of Postcholecystectomy Syndrome
• Joel M. Schofer
Published online: August 26, 2008
p406-410

Traumatic Suicide Attempts at a Level I Trauma Center
• Pantelis Hadjizacharia,
• Carlos V.R. Brown,
• Pedro G.R. Teixeira,
• ...
• Kenji Inaba,
• Peter Rhee,
• Demetrios Demetriades
Published online: November 10, 2008
p411-418

A Brief Educational Intervention May Increase Public Acceptance of Emergency Research Without Consent
• Joshua N. Goldstein,
• Kate E. Delaney,
• Andrea J. Pelletier,
• ...
• Mark Halsey,
• Daniel J. Pallin,
• Carlos A. Camargo Jr
Published online: September 19, 2008
p419-435

Clinical Communications: Adults

Diagnosis of Lemierre Syndrome by Bedside Emergency Department Ultrasound
• Franco Castro-Marín,
• John L. Kendall
Published online: April 11, 2008
p436-439

Subcapsular Renal Hematoma Complicating Acute Pyelonephritis
• Chi-Fang You,
• Chee-Fah Chong,
• Tzong-Luen Wang,
• Chien-Chih Chen
Published online: April 07, 2008
p440-442

Successful Thrombolysis of a Stroke with a Pulmonary Embolism in a Young Woman
• Mathieu Pelletier,
• Ronald Bugeaud,
• Reda Ibrahim,
• Gilles Morency,
• Simon Kouz
Published online: April 06, 2009
p443-448
An Unusual Case of Hyperglycemia, Abdominal Pain, and Increased Anion Gap Acidosis
• Nick Vermeersch,
• Charlotte Stolte,
• Karel Fostier,
• Herman Delooz
Published online: February 15, 2008
p449-453

Selected Topics: Sports Medicine

Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games: Highlight on Health Services Organization
• Simone Chiadò Piat,
• Davide Minniti,
• Deborah Traversi,
• Maria Michela Gianino,
• Giuseppe Massazza,
• Roberta Siliquini
Published online: November 02, 2009
p454-461

Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine

Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Venous Access vs. the External Jugular Vein as the Initial Approach to the Patient with Difficult Vascular Access
• Thomas G. Costantino,
• Jeremy F. Kirtz,
• Wayne A. Satz
Published online: March 23, 2009
p462-467

Technical Tips

Intraosseous Access
• Raemma P. Luck,
• Christopher Haines,
• Colette C. Mull
Published online: June 22, 2009
p468-475

Clinical Laboratory in Emergency Medicine

Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Seasonal Influenza: An Evidence-Based Review and Comparison with Unaided Clinical Diagnosis
• Jeffrey J. Petrozzino,
• Cynthia Smith,
• Mark J. Atkinson
Published online: March 15, 2010
p476-490.e1

Case Presentations of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residencies

Altered Mental Status and Hypothermia
• Jennifer L. Martindale,
• Emily L. Senecal,
• Ziad Obermeyer,
• Eric S. Nadel,
• David F.M. Brown
Published online: May 31, 2010
p491-496

Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine

Small Bowel Perforation Caused by Multiple Magnet Ingestion
• Daniel J. Brown
Published online: October 20, 2008
p497-498

Ectopic Pregnancy and Tubo-Ovarian Abscess
• Turandot Saul
Published online: October 09, 2008
p499-500

Letters to the Editor

Strange World of Emergency Medicine
• Didier Raoult
Published online: April 26, 2010
p501
Response: The Unacceptable Costs of Trying to Achieve “Diagnostic Certainty”
• Nathan I. Shapiro,
• David W. Bates
Published online: April 26, 2010
p501-502

Sonography Streamlines the Diagnosis in Hand Injuries with Small Foreign Bodies
• Özlem Erol,
• Levent Özçakar,
• Alp Çetin
Published online: January 27, 2009
p502-503
Paucity of Medical Information Held by Patients in Their Homes for Consultation by Medical Emergency Crews
• Michel Galinski,
• Gael Hubert,
• Ghislain Dhissi,
• Michel Desmaizières,
• Gilles Lenoir,
• Frederic Adnet
Published online: June 29, 2009
p503
Bringing Journal Club to the Bedside in the Form of a Critical Appraisal Blog
• Nicholas Genes,
• Sohan Parekh
Published online: January 27, 2009
p504-505

Administration of Emergency Medicine

Trends in Boarding of Admitted Patients in US Emergency Departments 2003–2005
• Brendan G. Carr,
• Judd E. Hollander,
• William G. Baxt,
• Elizabeth M. Datner,
• Jesse M. Pines
Published online: January 09, 2009
p506-511

International Emergency Medicine

Prehospital Emergency Care in Hungary: What Can We Learn from the Past?
• Zsigmond Gondocs,
• Andras Olah,
• Jozsef Marton-Simora,
• Gabor Nagy,
• Juergen Schaefer,
• Jozsef Betlehem
Published online: January 25, 2010
p512-518

American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Published in issue: October 2010
p519-520

Brief Reports

A Comparison of HIV Testing in the Emergency Department and Urgent Care
• Douglas A.E. White,
• Paul T. Cheung,
• Alicia N. Scribner,
• Bradley W. Frazee
Published online: June 22, 2009
p521-528

Book and Other Media Reviews

The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis
• Larry D. Pham,
• Michael D. Burg
Published online: December 28, 2009
p529-530
Last Call
• Edward J. Otten
Published online: June 25, 2010
p531

Abstracts

Prophylactic Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate for Treatment of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Clinical Study
Westermaier T, Stetter C, Vince GH, et al. Crit Care Med 2010;38:1284–90.
• Amanda Kao
Published in issue: October 2010
p532
Certainty of Stroke Diagnosis: Incremental Benefit with CT Perfusion over Noncontrast CT and CT Angiography
Hopyan J, Ciarallo A, Dowlatshahi D, et al. Radiology 2010;255:142–53.
• Morgan Eutermoser
Published in issue: October 2010
p532
Direct-to-consumer Advertising for Urological Pharmaceuticals: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Print Media
Folsom C, Fesperman SF, Tojuola B, et al. Urology 2010;75:1029–33.
• Stacy Trent
Published in issue: October 2010
p532-533
A Geospatial Assessment of Transport Distance and Survival to Discharge in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients: Implications for Resuscitation Centers
Cudnik M, Schmicker R, Vaillancourt C, et al. Resuscitation 2010;81:518–23.
• Charles Reynolds
Published in issue: October 2010
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Implications and Reasons for the Lack of Use of Reperfusion Therapy in Patients with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Findings from the CRUSADE Initiative
Gharacholou M, Alexander KP, Chen AY, et al. Am Heart J 2010;159:757–63.
• Elisa M. Dannemiller
Published in issue: October 2010
p533-534
Insurance Status is a Potent Predictor of Outcomes in Both Blunt and Penetrating Trauma
Greene WR, Oyetunji TA, Bowers U, et al. Am J Surg 2010;199:554–7.
• Ian Tate
Published in issue: October 2010
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Obidoxime in Acute Organophosphate Poisoning: 1 – Clinical Effectiveness
Eyer F, Worek F, Eyer P, et al. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2009;47:798–806.
• Colleen Foster
Published in issue: October 2010
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Tachypnea a Poor Predictor of Pneumonia in Children
Shah S, Bachur R, Kim D, et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2010;29:406–9.
• Sara Krzyzaniak
Published in issue: October 2010
p534-535
Impact of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Protocols on Hospital Length of Stay and Mortality in Septic Shock Patients: Results of a Three-year Follow-up Quasi-experimental Study
Castellanos-Ortega A, Suberviola B, Garcia-Astudillo LA, et al. Crit Care Med 2010;38:1039–43.
• Janetta Iwanicki
Published in issue: October 2010
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Lack of Association between Measles-mumps-rubella Vaccination and Autism in Children: A Case-Control Study
Mrozek-Budzyn D, Kiełtyka A, Majewska R. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2010;29:397–400.
• Marlow Macht
Published in issue: October 2010
p535-536
QRS Prolongation in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
Baslaib F, Alkaabi S, Casanova A, et al. Am Heart J 2010;159:593–8.
• Whitney Barrett
Published in issue: October 2010
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Head-position Angles in Children for Opening the Upper Airway
Paal P, Niederklapfer T, Keller C, et al. Resuscitation 2010;81:676–8.
• Margaret Sande
Published in issue: October 2010
p536-537
A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial to Compare the Effect of Hyperbaric to Normobaric Hyperoxia on Cerebral Metabolism, Intracranial Pressure, and Oxygen Toxicity in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Rockswold S, Rockswold G, Zaun D, et al. J Neurosurg 2010;112:1080–94.
• Bonnie Kaplan
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Calendar of Events
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Clinical Communications: Adults

Stab Wound of the Neck with Contralateral Hemo-Pneumothorax
• Om P. Sharma,
• John Blaney,
• Michael F. Oswanski,
• Zak Assi,
• Robert DiSalle,
• Victoria Latocki
Published online: September 10, 2007
e135-e138


Pseudo-Myocardial Infarction in Diabetic Ketoacidosis with Hyperkalemia
• Marc A. Bellazzini,
• Tom Meyer
Published online: September 10, 2007
e139-e141


Case Report: Acute Forearm Compartment Syndrome Due to Sudden, Forceful Supination of the Hand
• Hardin A. Pantle,
• Arjun Chanmugam
Published online: October 18, 2007
e143-e146

Frontmatter

Editorial Board
Published in issue: October 2010
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