Volume 4, issue 1, December 2011
75 articles in this issue
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Visual Diagnosis: Pearling: a case study
Authors
- David P Nguyen
- Bobby K Desai
- Michael Falgiani
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 08 December 2011
- Article: 74
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Visual diagnosis: Rectal foreign body: A primer for emergency physicians
Authors
- Bobby Desai
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2011
- Article: 73
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Review article: Use of ultrasound in the developing world
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Stephanie Sippel
- Krithika Muruganandan
- Sachita Shah
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2011
- Article: 72
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Adequately assessing dehydration: A holy grail of paediatric emergency medicine
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Damian Roland
- Colin Clarke
- Elaine Pascoe
- Content type: Letter to the Editors
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2011
- Article: 71
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Unexpected bilateral massive pulmonary embolism
Authors
- Zaffer Qasim
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 18 November 2011
- Article: 70
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Thrombolysis for massive pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Sergio Fasullo
- Giorgio Maringhini
- Pietro Di Pasquale
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 31 October 2011
- Article: 69
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An international evaluation of ultrasound vs. computed tomography in the diagnosis of appendicitis
Authors
- Betzalel Reich
- Todd Zalut
- Scott G Weiner
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 29 October 2011
- Article: 68
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Evaluation of the diagnostic indices and clinical utility of qualitative cardiodetect® test kit in diagnosis of ami within 12 hours of onset of chest pain in the emergency department
Authors
- Nik Hisamuddin NAR
- Ahmad Suhailan M
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 27 October 2011
- Article: 67
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Transvaginal evisceration progressing to peritonitis in the emergency department: a case report
Authors
- Luan Lawson
- Leigh Patterson
- Kelly Carter
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 13 October 2011
- Article: 66
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Gastrointestinal decontamination in the acutely poisoned patient
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Timothy E Albertson
- Kelly P Owen
- Andrew L Chan
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 12 October 2011
- Article: 65
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Bilateral pyosalpinx in a peripubescent female with Hirschsprung's disease: a case report
Authors
- Bobby Desai
- Timothy Ward
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 12 October 2011
- Article: 64
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Pituitary apoplexy can mimic acute meningoencephalitis or subarachnoid haemorrhage
Authors
- Ahmed-Ramadan Sadek
- Stephen Gregory
- Thiagarajan Jaiganesh
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 05 October 2011
- Article: 63
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CT angiography predicts use of tertiary interventional services in acute ischemic stroke patients
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Lisa E Thomas
- Joshua N Goldstein
- R Gilberto Gonzalez
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 03 October 2011
- Article: 62
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Visual diagnosis: Enucleation status post gunshot wound to the head: A visual diagnosis/case report
Authors
- Bobby Desai
- Benjamin Mahon
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 03 October 2011
- Article: 61
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A case of a speech impediment following a near lightning strike
Authors
- Bobby K Desai
- Rita Fairclough
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 19 September 2011
- Article: 60
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Analysis of 22,655 presentations with back pain to Perth emergency departments over five years
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Michael T Lovegrove
- George A Jelinek
- Ian G Jacobs
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 17 September 2011
- Article: 59
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Comparing the accuracy of the three popular clinical dehydration scales in children with diarrhea
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Kimberly Pringle
- Sachita P Shah
- Adam C Levine
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 09 September 2011
- Article: 58
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A protocol for the emergency department management of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in India
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Sudhagar Thangarasu
- Piruthiviraj Natarajan
- Jeremy S Seelinger Devey
- Content type: Brief Research Report
- Open Access
- Published: 05 September 2011
- Article: 57
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Intracranial internal carotid aneurysm causing diplopia
Authors
- Brian T Kloss
- Rahul Patel
- Anne Marie Sullivan
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 02 September 2011
- Article: 56
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Air ambulance flights in northern Norway 2002-2008. Increased number of secondary fixed wing (FW) operations and more use of rotor wing (RW) transports
Authors
- Jan Norum
- Trond M Elsbak
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 30 August 2011
- Article: 55
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Fatal myocardial infarction associated with intravenous N-acetylcysteine error
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Andrew R Elms
- Kelly P Owen
- Mark E Sutter
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 30 August 2011
- Article: 54
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Can we make the basilic vein larger? maneuvers to facilitate ultrasound guided peripheral intravenous access: a prospective cross-sectional study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Simon A Mahler
- Greta Massey
- Thomas C Arnold
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 25 August 2011
- Article: 53
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Meningeal carcinomatosis diagnosed during stroke evaluation in the emergency department
Authors
- Derek R Cooney
- Norma L Cooney
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 09 August 2011
- Article: 52
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Technology-assisted education in graduate medical education: a review of the literature
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Sharhabeel Jwayyed
- Kirk A Stiffler
- Lowell W Gerson
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 August 2011
- Article: 51
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Auricular squamous cell carcinoma
Authors
- Brian Kloss
- Jeff Lapoint
- Katherine Dougher
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 08 August 2011
- Article: 50
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Prognostic utility of the acute cardiac ischemia time-insensitive predictive instrument (ACI-TIPI)
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Jonathan S Ilgen
- Alex F Manini
- J Stephen Bohan
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 31 July 2011
- Article: 49
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Epidemiology of major incidents: an EMS study from Pakistan
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Hunniya Waseem
- Luca Carenzo
- Rizwan Naseer
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 28 July 2011
- Article: 48
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Changing patterns in diagnostic strategies and the treatment of blunt injury to solid abdominal organs
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Cornelis H van der Vlies
- Dominique C Olthof
- J Carel Goslings
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 27 July 2011
- Article: 47
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A brachialis muscle rupture diagnosed by ultrasound; case report
Authors
- Titus JA Schönberger
- Miranda F Ernst
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 26 July 2011
- Article: 46
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Letter to the editors: the potential role for prehospital thrombolysis and time-critical stroke transfers in the northern Norway aeromedical retrieval system; In response to: Norum J, Elsbak TM: Air ambulance services in the Arctic: a Norwegian study. Int J Emerg Med 2011, 4:1
Authors
- Joseph Y Ting
- Content type: Letter to the Editors
- Open Access
- Published: 26 July 2011
- Article: 45
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The efficacy and value of emergency medicine: a supportive literature review
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- C James Holliman
- Terrence M Mulligan
- Kathleen Clem
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 22 July 2011
- Article: 44
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Ting JY: Letter to the Editors: The potential role of prehospital thrombolysis and time-critical stroke transfers in the northern Norway aeromedical retrieval system
Authors
- Jan Norum
- Content type: Letter to the Editors
- Open Access
- Published: 18 July 2011
- Article: 43
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Characterizing emergency departments to improve understanding of emergency care systems
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Anne P Steptoe
- Blanka Corel
- Carlos A Camargo Jr
- Content type: State of International Emergency Medicine
- Open Access
- Published: 14 July 2011
- Article: 42
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A five-year retrospective review of snakebite patients admitted to a tertiary university hospital in Malaysia
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Keng Sheng Chew
- Heng Wei Khor
- Nik Hisamuddin Nik Abdul Rahman
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 13 July 2011
- Article: 41
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Treatments for reversing warfarin anticoagulation in patients with acute intracranial hemorrhage: a structured literature review
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Brett F Bechtel
- Timothy C Nunez
- Tyler W Barrett
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 08 July 2011
- Article: 40
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Dealing with the difficult student in emergency medicine
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Sarah E Ronan-Bentle
- Jennifer Avegno
- David E Manthey
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 29 June 2011
- Article: 39
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Folic acid use in pregnant patients presenting to the emergency department
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Jacob Steenblik
- Erika Schroeder
- Troy Madsen
- Content type: Brief Research Report
- Open Access
- Published: 24 June 2011
- Article: 38
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Value of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in low risk chest pain observation unit patients
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Deborah B Diercks
- J Douglas Kirk
- Ezra A Amsterdam
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 June 2011
- Article: 37
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The new wave: time to bring EEG to the emergency department
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Samah G Abdel Baki
- Ahmet Omurtag
- Shahriar Zehtabchi
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 24 June 2011
- Article: 36
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Admission hypo- or hyperthermia and survival after trauma in civilian and military environments
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Charles E Wade
- José Salinas
- John B Holcomb
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 23 June 2011
- Article: 35
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Respiratory distress and chest pain: a perforated peptic ulcer with an unusual presentation
Authors
- David I Bruner
- Corey Gustafson
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 22 June 2011
- Article: 34
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"Case files from the University of Florida: When an Earache is more than an Earache": A case report
Authors
- Bobby K Desai
- Thomas Walls
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 21 June 2011
- Article: 33
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Accidental organophosphate insecticide intoxication in children: a reminder
Authors
- Willemijn van Heel
- Said Hachimi-Idrissi
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 15 June 2011
- Article: 32
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Datura stramonium L. poisoning in a geophagous child: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Asma Bouziri
- Asma Hamdi
- Nejla Ben Jaballah
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 15 June 2011
- Article: 31
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Albuterol enantiomer levels, lung function and QTc interval in patients with acute severe asthma and COPD in the emergency department
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Kwang Choon Yee
- Glenn A Jacobson
- E Haydn Walters
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 June 2011
- Article: 30
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The effects of publishing emergency department wait time on patient utilization patterns in a community with two emergency department sites: a retrospective, quasi-experiment design
Authors
- Bin Xie
- Sabrina Youash
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 June 2011
- Article: 29
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A retrospective evaluation of the impact of a dedicated obstetric and neonatal transport service on transport times within an urban setting
Authors
- Shaheem De Vries
- Lee A Wallis
- David Maritz
- Content type: Original Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 June 2011
- Article: 28
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Alcohol use disorders in the emergency ward: choice of the best mode of assessment and identification of at-risk situations
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Charlotte Richoux
- Isabelle Ferrand
- Michel Lejoyeux
- Content type: Brief Research Report
- Open Access
- Published: 14 June 2011
- Article: 27
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Emphysematous cystitis with clinical subcutaneous emphysema
Authors
- Ahmed-Ramadan Sadek
- Helen Blake
- Anand Mehta
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 13 June 2011
- Article: 26