January 2016

Issue Highlights
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Contents
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Partial Contents of Volume 50, Number 1
Published in issue: January 2016
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Original Contributions

Risk of Venous Thromboembolism After Receiving Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Warfarin-associated Intracranial Hemorrhage
• Diana Felton,
• Elizabeth M. Foley,
• Stephen J. Traub,
• Alina Vodonos,
• Michael Ganetsky
Published online: September 23, 2015
p1-6

Evaluation of Warfarin Reversal with 4-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Compared to 3-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate at a Tertiary Academic Medical Center
• Omar Al-Majzoub,
• Eva Rybak,
• David P. Reardon,
• Patricia Krause,
• Jean M. Connors
Published online: September 30, 2015
p7-13

Impact of Age on Pain Perception for Typical Painful Diagnoses in the Emergency Department
• Raoul Daoust,
• Jean Paquet,
• Éric Piette,
• Karine Sanogo,
• Benoit Bailey,
• Jean-Marc Chauny
Published online: September 23, 2015
p14-20
Impact of an Opioid Prescribing Guideline in the Acute Care Setting
• Daniel A. del Portal,
• Megan E. Healy,
• Wayne A. Satz,
• Robert M. McNamara
Published online: August 14, 2015
p21-27

Clinical Communications: Adults

Limb-threatening Deep Venous Thrombosis Complicating Warfarin Reversal with Three-factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate: A Case Report
• Lee M. Jablow,
• Christopher W. Jones,
• Gerard G. Carroll,
• Stephanie V. Wilsey,
• Rachel Haroz
Published online: October 23, 2015
p28-31

Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis Presenting as Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
• Scott White,
• Brian E. Driver,
• Jon B. Cole
Published online: October 27, 2015
p32-36

Kounis Syndrome Caused by Chronic Autoimmune Urticaria: A Case Report
• Kang Erxun,
• Liu Wei,
• Qi Shuying
Published online: October 16, 2015
p37-40

Clinical Communications: Pediatrics

Evaluation of Hematochezia in a Two-Day-Old Infant
• Amy M. O'Neil,
• James L. Homme
Published online: October 23, 2015
p41-43

Clinical Communications: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy Presenting with Hemoperitoneum
• Veli Mihmanli,
• Ahmet Kilickaya,
• Nur Cetinkaya,
• Gülsen Karahisar,
• Hilal Uctas
Published online: October 02, 2015
p44-46

Selected Topics: Toxicology

Lidocaine-Induced Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department: Effectiveness of Lipid Therapy
• Kevin James Tierney,
• Tiffany Murano,
• Brenda Natal
Published online: October 22, 2015
p47-50

Mad Honey Poisoning–Related Hypothermia: A Case Series
• Ali Aygun,
• Hava Semra Vuran,
• Nurhak Aksut,
• Yunus Karaca,
• Abdulkadir Gunduz,
• Suleyman Turedi
Published online: October 02, 2015
p51-54

Progressive Organ Failure After Ingestion of Wild Garlic Juice
• Coralie Galland-Decker,
• Alexia Charmoy,
• Philippe Jolliet,
• Olivier Spertini,
• Olivier Hugli,
• Olivier Pantet
Published online: August 14, 2015
p55-60

Selected Topics: Prehospital Care

Tracheal Intubation with a McGrath® Series 5 Video Laryngoscope by Novice Personnel in a Cervical-immobilized Manikin
• Ji Won Choi,
• Jie Ae Kim,
• Hyun Joo Jung,
• Won Ho Kim
Published online: September 29, 2015
p61-66

Peer-assisted Learning in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: The Jigsaw Model
• Nathalie Charlier,
• Lien Van Der Stock,
• Peter Iserbyt
Published online: June 19, 2015
p67-73

Selected Topics: Aeromedical Emergencies

Commercial Airline In-Flight Emergency: Medical Student Response and Review of Medicolegal Issues
• Josh H. Bukowski,
• John R. Richards
Published online: October 27, 2015
p74-78

Selected Topics: Critical Care

Impact of an Antibiotic-specific Sepsis Bundle on Appropriate and Timely Antibiotic Administration for Severe Sepsis in the Emergency Department
• Bethany A. Kalich,
• Jennifer M. Maguire,
• Stacy L. Campbell-Bright,
• ...
• Zeynep Tulu,
• Feng-Chang Lin,
• Shannon S. Carson
Published online: October 06, 2015
p79-88.e1

Selected Topics: Psychiatric Emergencies

Psychiatric Emergencies for Clinicians: Emergency Department Management of Serotonin Syndrome
• Kimberly Nordstrom,
• Gary M. Vilke,
• Michael P. Wilson
Published online: October 07, 2015
p89-91

Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine

Extrabiliary Pathology Identified by Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Ultrasound in Emergency Department Patients
• Brent A. Becker,
• William A. Fields,
• Lauren Pfisterer,
• Robert M. Stuntz,
• Barbara A. Stahlman,
• Erik I. Kochert
Published online: September 22, 2015
p92-98

Point-of-care Ultrasound: A New Tool for the Identification of Gastric Foreign Bodies in Children?
• Russ Horowitz,
• Stephen John Cico,
• John Bailitz
Published online: September 22, 2015
p99-103

Techniques and Procedures

Commentary on Reconstituting Fibrinogen Concentrate to Maintain Blinding in a Double-blind, Randomized Trial in an Emergency Setting
• Daniel Bruynseels,
• Cristina Solomon,
• Angela Hallam,
• ...
• Rachel E. Collis,
• Vincent Hamlyn,
• Judith E. Hall
Published online: October 21, 2015
p104-107.e1
Open Access

Pharmacology in Emergency Medicine

Sublingual vs. Oral Captopril in Hypertensive Crisis
• Adnan Kaya,
• Mustafa Adem Tatlisu,
• Tugba Kaplan Kaya,
• ...
• Muhammed Keskin,
• Sahin Avsar,
• Ahmet Murat
Published online: September 22, 2015
p108-115

Case Presentations of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residencies

An Altered, Unresponsive Teenager in the Emergency Department
• Isaac Benowitz,
• Ari R. Cohen,
• Joseph C. Glykys,
• Samuel V. Gorstein,
• Michele M. Burns,
• Emily S. Miller
Published online: October 21, 2015
p116-120

Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine

Septal Hematoma Following Nasal Trauma
• Michael D. Puricelli,
• Robert P. Zitsch III
Published online: September 23, 2015
p121-122

Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule
• Joseph P. Martinez,
• Adam J. Geroff
Published online: August 13, 2015
p123-124

Letters to the Editor

Another Method for the Removal of Spherical Nasal Foreign Bodies in Pediatric Patients
• Prakash K. Dubey
Published online: October 23, 2015
p125-126
Methylene Blue and Cardiovascular Collapse
• Paulo Roberto B. Evora
Published online: October 23, 2015
p126-127

Education

The National Emergency Medicine Fourth-year Student (M4) Examinations: Updates and Performance
• Corey R. Heitz,
• Luan Lawson,
• Michael Beeson,
• Emily S. Miller
Published online: September 22, 2015
p128-134

Administration of Emergency Medicine

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations Through the Emergency Department by Payer: Comparing 2003 and 2009
• Scott M. Dresden,
• Joseph M. Feinglass,
• Raymond Kang,
• James G. Adams
Published online: August 15, 2015
p135-142

Predictors of Prolonged Length of Stay and Adverse Events among Older Adults with Behavioral Health−Related Emergency Department Visits: A Systematic Medical Record Review
• Suzanne Michelle Rhodes,
• Asad E. Patanwala,
• Julia Katherine Cremer,
• ...
• Mindy Fain,
• Jane Mohler,
• Arthur B. Sanders
Published online: September 22, 2015
p143-152

International Emergency Medicine

Development of an International Elective in an Emergency Medicine Residency
• Stephen R. Hayden,
• Chad M. Valderrama,
• Marian Xu,
• Maureen A. Curran,
• Roberto Mazondo,
• Mounir A. Soliman
Published online: October 03, 2015
p153-158

Public Health in Emergency Medicine

Race-related Healthcare Disparities Among California Workers: Public Health Considerations for Immigration Reform
• Christopher Eric McCoy,
• Randy Woo,
• Craig Anderson,
• Shahram Lotfipour
Published online: September 23, 2015
p159-166

Violence: Recognition, Management and Prevention

Workplace Violence and Self-reported Psychological Health: Coping with Post-traumatic Stress, Mental Distress, and Burnout among Physicians Working in the Emergency Departments Compared to Other Specialties in Pakistan
• Waleed Zafar,
• Uzma R. Khan,
• Shakeel A. Siddiqui,
• Seemin Jamali,
• Junaid A. Razzak
Published online: September 24, 2015
p167-177.e1

Ethics in Emergency Medicine

The Ethics of a Postmortem Testicular Harvest
• Michael Stoker,
• Alden Landry
Published online: October 27, 2015
p178-180

American Academy of Emergency Medicine

American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Published in issue: January 2016
p181-182

Brief Reports

Use of Proteolytic Enzymes in the Treatment of Proteinaceous Esophageal Food Impaction
• Christopher R. Morse,
• Howard Wang,
• Dean M. Donahue,
• Julie M. Garrity,
• James S. Allan
Published online: September 23, 2015
p183-186

Pharmacist Impact on Ischemic Stroke Care in the Emergency Department
• Rena A. Gosser,
• Richard F. Arndt,
• Kate Schaafsma,
• Cathyyen H. Dang
Published online: September 24, 2015
p187-193
One-Year Experience with the Institution of a Critical Airway Team at an Academic Medical Center
• Meera N. Gonzalez,
• Brian Weston,
• Tarik K. Yuce,
• ...
• Rodger E. Barnette,
• Amy Goldberg,
• Robert M. McNamara
Published online: October 09, 2015
p194-197

Clinical Review

Regional Cerebral Oximetry During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Useful or Useless?
• Cornelia Genbrugge,
• Jo Dens,
• Ingrid Meex,
• ...
• Marc Sabbe,
• Frank Jans,
• Cathy De Deyne
Published online: September 24, 2015
p198-207

Book and Other Media Reviews

• Edward J. Otten
Published online: September 29, 2015
p208

Abstracts

Association Between Social Integration and Suicide Among Women in the United States
Tsai A, Lucas M, Kawachi I. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015;72:987-993.
• Brandon Dent
Published in issue: January 2016
p209
Mortality Among Injured Children Treated at Different Trauma Center Types
Sathya C, Alali AS, Wales PW, et al. JAMA Surgery 2015;150:874-881.
• Brandon Dent
Published in issue: January 2016
p209-210
Pneumomediastinum Following Blunt Trauma: Worth an Exhaustive Workup?
Chouliaras K, Bench E, Talving P, et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015;79:188-193.
• Brandon Dent
Published in issue: January 2016
p210
Improving Hospital Quality and Costs in Nonoperative Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of Acute Care Surgeons
Joseph B, Pandit V, Haider AA, et al. JAMA Surg. 2015;150:866-72.
• Theodore Wiesner
Published in issue: January 2016
p210-211
Initial Screening Test for Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury: Validity Assessment of Whole-body Computed Tomography
Laser A, Kufera JA, Bruns BR, et al. Surgery. 2015;158:627-35.
• Theodore Wiesner
Published in issue: January 2016
p211
Life Expectancy and Years of Potential Life Lost After Acute Myocardial Infarction by Sex and Race: A Cohort-Based Study of Medicare Beneficiaries
Bucholz EM, Normand SL, Wang Y, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015;66:645-55.
• Theodore Wiesner
Published in issue: January 2016
p211-212
The Utility of Prehospital ECG Transmission in a Large EMS System
Bosson N, Kaji A, Niemann JT, et al. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2015,19:496-503.
• Jacob Nacht
Published in issue: January 2016
p212
Pertussis Vaccination in Adult Trauma Patients: Are We Missing an Opportunity?
Yorkgitis BK, Timoney G, Salim A, et al. Surgery. 2015;158:602-607.
• Jacob Nacht
Published in issue: January 2016
p212-213