Journal Club

Article

• Randomized Controlled Trial of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole for Uncomplicated Skin Abscesses in Patients at Risk for Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection
  September 2010 (Vol. 56 | No. 3 | Pages 283-287)

  Gillian R. Schmitz, David Bruner, Rebecca Pitotti, Cameron Olderog, Timothy Livengood, Justin Williams, Kermit Huebner, Jeffrey Lightfoot, Brandon Ritz, Christopher Bates, Matthew Schmitz, Mihriye Mete, Gregory Deye

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• Does “Not Different” Equal “The Same”?
  September 2010 (Vol. 56 | No. 3 | Pages 303-304)

  Nadia Huancahuari, David L. Schriger

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• The Diagnostic Accuracy of Plasma Neutrophil Gelatinase–Associated Lipocalin in the Prediction of Acute Kidney Injury in Emergency Department Patients With Suspected Sepsis
  July 2010 (Vol. 56 | No. 1 | Pages 52-59.e1)

  Nathan I. Shapiro, Stephen Trzeciak, Judd E. Hollander, Robert Birkhahn, Ronny Otero, Tiffany M. Osborn, Eugene Moretti, H. Bryant Nguyen, Kyle Gunnerson, David Milzman, David F. Gaieski, Munish Goyal, Charles B. Cairns, Kenneth Kupfer, Seok-Won Lee, Emanuel P. Rivers

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• Novel Biomarkers: Help or Hindrance to Patient Care in the Emergency Department?
  July 2010 (Vol. 56 | No. 1 | Pages 60-61)

  Wesley H. Self, Tyler W. Barrett

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• Pregnancy Testing in Women of Reproductive Age in US Emergency Departments, 2002 to 2006: Assessment of a National Quality Measure
  May 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 5 | Pages 449-457.e2)

  Jeremiah D. Schuur, Sarah A. Tibbetts, Jesse M. Pines

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• Journal Club: The NHAMCS Database, Chart Review Methods, and More on Regression Modeling
  May 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 5 | Pages 458-459)

  Richelle J. Cooper

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• Emergency Medical Services Intervals and Survival in Trauma: Assessment of the “Golden Hour” in a North American Prospective Cohort
  March 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 3 | Pages 235-246.e4)

  Craig D. Newgard, Robert H. Schmicker, Jerris R. Hedges, John P. Trickett, Daniel P. Davis, Eileen M. Bulger, Tom P. Aufderheide, Joseph P. Minei, J. Steven Hata, K. Dean Gubler, Todd B. Brown, Jean-Denis Yelle, Berit Bardarson, Graham Nichol, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators

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• Journal Club: Is the Golden Hour Tarnished? Registries and Multivariable Regression
  March 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 3 | Pages 247-248)

  Tyler W. Barrett, Jeremy J. Brywczynski, David L. Schriger

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• Is the Golden Hour Tarnished? Registries and Multivariable Regression: Answers to the March 2010 Journal Club Questions
  August 2010 (Vol. 56 | No. 2 | Pages 188-200)

  Tyler W. Barrett, Jeremy J. Brywczynski, David L. Schriger

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• Diagnostic Accuracy of Noncontrast Computed Tomography for Appendicitis in Adults: A Systematic Review
  January 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 1 | Pages 51-59.e1)

  Veronica Hlibczuk, Judith A. Dattaro, Zhezhen Jin, Louise Falzon, Michael D. Brown

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• Journal Club: The Conduct and Reporting of Meta-Analyses of Studies of Diagnostic Tests, and a Consideration of ROC Curves
  January 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 1 | Pages 60-61)

  David L. Schriger, Teri A. Reynolds

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• The Conduct and Reporting of Meta-Analyses of Studies of Diagnostic Tests, and a Consideration of ROC Curves: Answers to the January 2010 Journal Club Questions
  June 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 6 | Pages 570-577)

  Teri A. Reynolds, David L. Schriger

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Article

• The Out-of-Hospital Validation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Paramedics
  November 2009 (Vol. 54 | No. 5 | Pages 663-671.e1)

  Christian Vaillancourt, Ian G. Stiell, Tammy Beaudoin, Justin Maloney, Andrew R. Anton, Paul Bradford, Ed Cain, Andrew Travers, Matt Stempien, Martin Lees, Doug Munkley, Erica Battram, Jane Banek, George A. Wells

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• Journal Club: Clinical Prediction Rules
  November 2009 (Vol. 54 | No. 5 | Pages 672-673)

  Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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• Clinical Prediction Rules: Answers to the November 2009 Journal Club
  April 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 4 | Pages 380-389)

  Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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Article

• Tamsulosin for Ureteral Stones in the Emergency Department: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
  September 2009 (Vol. 54 | No. 3 | Pages 432-439.e2)

  Robinson M. Ferre, Jessica N. Wasielewski, Tania D. Strout, Andrew D. Perron

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• Journal Club: Outcome Measures, Interim Analyses, and Bayesian Approaches to Randomized Trials
  September 2009 (Vol. 54 | No. 3 | Pages 440-441)

  Aaron M. Brown, Tyler W. Barrett

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• Outcome Measures, Interim Analyses, and Bayesian Approaches to Randomized Trials: Answers to the September 2009 Journal Club Questions
  February 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 2 | Pages 216-224.e1)

  Aaron M. Brown, David L. Schriger, Tyler W. Barrett

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Article

• Interrater Reliability and Accuracy of Clinicians and Trained Research Assistants Performing Prospective Data Collection in Emergency Department Patients With Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome
  July 2009 (Vol. 54 | No. 1 | Pages 1-7)

  Carlos O. Cruz, Emily B. Meshberg, Frances S. Shofer, Christine M. McCusker, Anna Marie Chang, Judd E. Hollander

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• Journal Club: The Measurement of Reliability
  July 2009 (Vol. 54 | No. 1 | Pages 9-11)

  Frank C. Day, David L. Schriger

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• A Consideration of the Measurement and Reporting of Interrater Reliability: Answers to the July 2009 Journal Club Questions
  December 2009 (Vol. 54 | No. 6 | Pages 843-853)

  Frank C. Day, David L. Schriger

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Article

• Comparisons of High Versus Low Emergency Department Utilizers in Sickle Cell Disease
  May 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 5 | Pages 587-593)

  Imoigele P. Aisiku, Wally R. Smith, Donna K. McClish, James L. Levenson, Lynne T. Penberthy, Susan D. Roseff, Viktor E. Bovbjerg, John D. Roberts

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• Journal Club: Frequent Fliers, Internal and External Validity, and the Problem With Making Continuous Variables Binary
  May 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 5 | Pages 594-595)

  Sanjay Arora, David L. Schriger

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• Frequent Fliers, Internal and External Validity, and Problems With Making Continuous Variables Binary: Answers to the May 2009 Journal Club Questions
  October 2009 (Vol. 54 | No. 4 | Pages 628-634)

  Sanjay Arora, David L. Schriger

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Article

• Clevidipine, an Intravenous Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker, Is Safe and Effective for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Severe Hypertension
  March 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 3 | Pages 329-338)

  Charles V. Pollack, Joseph Varon, Norman A. Garrison, Ramin Ebrahimi, Lala Dunbar, W. Frank Peacock

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• Pollack CV, Varon J, Garrison NA, et al. Clevidipine, an Intravenous Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker, Is Safe and Effective for Treatment of Patients With Acute Severe Hypertension
  March 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 3 | Pages 339-340)

  Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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• Clevidipine, an Intravenous Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker, Is Safe and Effective for Treatment of Patients With Acute Severe Hypertension: Answers to the March 2009 Journal Club Questions
  August 2009 (Vol. 54 | No. 2 | Pages 301-307)

  Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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Article

• The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine: Evaluating the Emergency Care Environment State by State 2009 Edition
  January 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Pages 4-148)

  Stephen K. Epstein, Jonathan L. Burstein, Randall B. Case, Angela F. Gardner, Sanford H. Herman, Jon Mark Hirshon, John W. Jermyn, Mary Pat McKay, James C. Mitchiner, William P. Sullivan, Mary Jo Wagner, Susan Beer, Laura Tiberi, Craig Price, Ron Cunningham, Dean Wilkerson, Marilyn Bromley, Marjorie Geist, Laura Gore, Cynthia A. Singh, Gordon Wheeler, Stacy F. Gleason, Jennifer Decker, Valerie M. Gwinner, Renee H. Schwalberg

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• The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine: Evaluating the Emergency Care Environment State by State 2009 Edition
  January 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Pages 149-150)

  Benjamin S. Heavrin, Tyler W. Barrett, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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• The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine: Answers to the January 2009 Journal Club Questions
  June 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 6 | Pages 828-834)

  Benjamin S. Heavrin, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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Article

• Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Sepsis Patients: Monotherapy With β-Lactam or β-Lactam Plus an Aminoglycoside?
  November 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 5 | Pages 557-560)

  Richard Sinert, Leah Bright

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• Sinert R, Bright L. Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Sepsis Patients: Monotherapy With β-Lactam or β-Lactam Plus an Aminoglycoside? Ann Emerg Med 2008;52:557-560; doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.013
  November 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 5 | Pages 561-562)

  Teri A. Reynolds, David L. Schriger, Tyler W. Barrett

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• Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Sepsis Patients: Monotherapy With β-Lactam or β-Lactam Plus an Aminoglycoside? Answers to the November 2008 Journal Club Questions
  April 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 4 | Pages 536-543)

  Teri A. Reynolds, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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• Out-of-Hospital Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation Versus Usual Care in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  September 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 3 | Pages 232-241.e1)

  James Thompson, David A. Petrie, Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz, Darrell J. Bardua

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• Thompson J, Petrie DA, Ackroyd-Stolarz S, Bardua DJ Out-of-Hospital Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation Versus Usual Care in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  September 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 3 | Pages 242-243)

  Jeffrey J. Brywczynski, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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• Out-of-Hospital Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation Versus Usual Care in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial: Answers to the September 2008 Journal Club Questions
  February 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 2 | Pages 272-283)

  Jeremy J. Brywczynski, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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Article

• Risk Prediction With Procalcitonin and Clinical Rules in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
  July 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 1 | Pages 48-58.e2)

  David T. Huang, Lisa A. Weissfeld, John A. Kellum, Donald M. Yealy, Lan Kong, Michael Martino, Derek C. Angus, GenIMS Investigators

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• Huang DT, Weissfeld LA, Kellum JA, et al Risk Prediction With Procalcitonin and Clinical Rules in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
  July 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 1 | Pages 59-60)

  Michael D. Menchine, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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• Risk Prediction With Procalcitonin and Clinical Rules in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Answers to the July 2008 Journal Club Questions
  December 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 6 | Pages 754-763)

  Michael D. Menchine, David L. Schriger, Tyler W. Barrett

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Article

• Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure in a County Emergency Department: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Comparison of Nesiritide Versus Placebo Treatment
  May 2008 (Vol. 51 | No. 5 | Pages 571-578)

  Adam H. Miller, Shameem Nazeer, Paul Pepe, Barbi Estes, April Gorman, Clyde W. Yancy

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• Miller AH, Nazeer S, Pepe P, et al Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure in a County Emergency Department: A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Comparison of Nesiritide Versus Placebo Treatment
  May 2008 (Vol. 51 | No. 5 | Pages 580-582)

  Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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• Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure in a County Emergency Department: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Comparison of Nesiritide Versus Placebo Treatment: Answers to May 2008 Journal Club Questions
  October 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 4 | Pages 458-472)

  Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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Article

• Patient Acceptance of Rapid HIV Testing Practices in an Urban Emergency Department: Assessment of the 2006 CDC Recommendations for HIV Screening in Health Care Settings
  March 2008 (Vol. 51 | No. 3 | Pages 303-309.e1)

  Jason S. Haukoos, Emily Hopkins, Richard L. Byyny, Denver Emergency Department HIV Testing Study Group

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• Haukoos JS, Hopkins E, Byyny, RL, For the Denver Emergency Department HIV Testing Study Group Patient Acceptance of Rapid HIV Testing Practices in an Urban Emergency Department: Assessment of the 2006 CDC Recommendations for HIV Screening in Health Care Settings
  March 2008 (Vol. 51 | No. 3 | Pages 310-311)

  Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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• Practical Considerations in HIV Testing in the Emergency Department, Characteristics of Diagnostic Tests, and the Role of Sensitivity Analysis in Observational Studies: Answers to March 2008 Journal Club Questions
  August 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 2 | Pages 170-181)

  Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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• Emergency Department Crowding Is Associated With Poor Care for Patients With Severe Pain
  January 2008 (Vol. 51 | No. 1 | Pages 1-5)

  Jesse M. Pines, Judd E. Hollander

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• Pines JM, Hollander JE Emergency Department Crowding is Associated with Poor Care for Patients with Severe Pain
  January 2008 (Vol. 51 | No. 1 | Pages 6-7)

  Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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• Measures of Emergency Department Crowding, Odds Ratios, and the Dangers of Making Continuous Data Categorical: Answers to January 2008 Journal Club Questions
  June 2008 (Vol. 51 | No. 6 | Pages 782-789)

  Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger

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