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GlideScope Versus Flexible Fiber Optic for Awake Upright Laryngoscopy
11 August 2011
Study objectives: We compare laryngoscopic quality and time to highest-grade view between a face-to-face approach with the GlideScope and traditional flexible fiber-optic laryngoscopy in awake, uprigh...
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Natalie A. Silverton,
Scott T. Youngquist,
Michael P. Mallin,
Joseph R. Bledsoe,
Erik D. Barton,
Erika D. Schroeder,
Amber D. Bledsoe,
Deborah A. Axelrod
et al.
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159-164
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Preoxygenation and Prevention of Desaturation During Emergency Airway Management
04 November 2011
Patients requiring emergency airway management are at great risk of hypoxemic hypoxia because of primary lung pathology, high metabolic demands, anemia, insufficient respiratory drive, and inability t...
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Scott D. Weingart,
Richard M. Levitan
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165-175.e1
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| Images in Emergency Medicine |
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A Case of a Painful Swollen Leg
A 55-year-old woman with history of right-leg deep venous thrombosis presented to the emergency department (ED) with left leg pain and swelling that started approximately 30 minutes before arrival. Th...
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Samiur Rahman Khandker
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176
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Allocating Scarce Resources in Disasters: Emergency Department Principles
22 August 2011
Decisions about medical resource triage during disasters require a planned structured approach, with foundational elements of goals, ethical principles, concepts of operations for reactive and proacti...
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John L. Hick,
Dan Hanfling,
Stephen V. Cantrill
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177-187
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Medical Relief After Earthquakes: It's Time for a New Paradigm
22 August 2011
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:188-190.]
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Kobi Peleg,
Arthur L. Kellermann
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188-190
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Altering the Standard of Care in Disasters—Unnecessary and Dangerous
12 September 2011
After September 11, 2001, the United States began examining approaches to the delivery of medical care during disasters when demand exceeds available resources. One seemingly popular option is the cre...
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Carl H. Schultz,
George J. Annas
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191-195
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Development of National Standardized All-Hazard Disaster Core Competencies for Acute Care Physicians, Nurses, and EMS Professionals
10 October 2011
The training of medical personnel to provide care for disaster victims is a priority for the physician community, the federal government, and society as a whole. Course development for such training g...
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Carl H. Schultz,
Kristi L. Koenig,
Mary Whiteside,
Rick Murray,
National Standardized All-Hazard Disaster Core Competencies Task Force
et al.
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196-208.e1
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S100-B Protein as a Screening Tool for the Early Assessment of Minor Head Injury
26 September 2011
Study objective: A computed tomography (CT) scan has high sensitivity in detecting intracranial injury in patients with minor head injury but is costly, exposes patients to high radiation doses, and r...
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Drissa Zongo,
Régis Ribéreau-Gayon,
Françoise Masson,
Magali Laborey,
Benjamin Contrand,
Louis Rachid Salmi,
Danièle Montaudon,
Jean Louis Beaudeux,
Antoine Meurin,
Vincent Dousset,
Hugues Loiseau,
Emmanuel Lagarde
et al.
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209-218
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Medical Decisionmaking: Let's Not Forget the Physician
26 September 2011
SEE RELATED ARTICLE, P. 209.
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David L. Schriger,
David H. Newman
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219-220
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| Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal Club |
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Biomarkers Revisited: Study Design, Validity and STARD. Will S100-B Impact Computed Tomography Use In Head Injury Patients?
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Breena R. Taira
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221-222
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Does the Administration of Antifibrinolytic Drugs in Acute Trauma Reduce Mortality?
12 December 2011
The use of tranexamic acid may reduce the risk of death in bleeding trauma patients.
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Joshua Bozek,
Steven Zimmerman
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223-224
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Is Adjunctive Dexamethasone Beneficial in Patients With Bacterial Meningitis?
17 November 2011
Adjunctive dexamethasone in bacterial meningitis may reduce mortality and hearing loss for patients in developing countries. There may be no benefit for individuals in developing nations with a high p...
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Dylan D. Cooper,
Rawle A. Seupaul
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225-226
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Bacterial Cause of Suspected Meningitis Cannot be Safely Excluded Without Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis
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David A. Talan
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227-228
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Lumbar Puncture is Not Needed for All Patients Suspected to Have Viral Meningitis
The mortality of bacterial meningitis ranges from 5% to 25%. Prompt diagnosis and treatment with intravenous antibiotics reduces the risk of significant morbidity and mortality. The morbidity and mort...
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Wendy A. Ciovacco,
Larry J. Baraff
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228-229
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus—United States, July 2007–June 2011
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Respiratory syncytial virus—United States, July 2007–June 2011. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011;60:1203-1206.]
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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230-231
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Commentary
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:231-232.]
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Jacob I. Fulkerson,
Keith T. Borg
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231-232
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| Change of Shift |
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Souvenirs of a Career
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:233.]
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George Hossfeld
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233
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| Images in Emergency Medicine |
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Facial Swelling
A healthy 46-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a history of frontal headaches and a progressively enlarging swelling of his right forehead of 4 weeks' duration, in addition to re...
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Kougaku Umezawa,
Joel Branch,
Kohei Hasegawa
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234
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Young Man With Abdominal Pain
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:e5-e6.]]
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Suat-Jin Lu,
Suat W. Loo
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e5-e6
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Words for the Living
In an interesting coincidence, I read the Heiner and Trabulsy article Coping With the Death of a Patient in the Emergency Department the day after I finished the new book titled What It Is Like to Go ...
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Robert S. Porter
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235
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In reply
We appreciate the thoughtful comments by Dr. Porter about the possible power of ritual after the death of a patient in the emergency department (ED). As noted in our article, after these potentially t...
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Jason D. Heiner,
Mario E. Trabulsy
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236
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GlideScope Versus Flexible Fiber Optic for Awake Upright Laryngoscopy
In a randomized crossover study, Silverton et al compared the glottic view and time between GlideScope and flexible fiber optic laryngoscopy in awake volunteers in the upright position who received to...
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Twain Russell
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236-237
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In reply
We thank Dr. Russell for his insightful comments on our study. We hope that our results may add to the growing body of evidence that the GlideScope can be used in awake patients as an alternative to a...
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Natalie A. Silverton,
Scott T. Youngquist,
Erik D. Barton
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237
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Crisis Standard of Care Is Altered Care, Not an Altered Standard
Drs. Schultz and Annas spark debate on a critical issue. As the originator of the term “crisis standard of care” in 2008 (before the Institute of Medicine established guidance, renaming it crisis stan...
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Kristi L. Koenig
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237-238
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Challenging and Emerging Conditions in Emergency Medicine
Every day emergency physicians face the bread-and-butter problems that they are well trained for. This includes things such as acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, sepsis, congestive heart failure,...
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Michelle Blanda
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Guidelines for Smallpox Vaccination for Health Care Workers
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:240.]
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240
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Health Care System Surge Capacity Recognition, Preparedness, and Response
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:240-241.]
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240-241
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Addressing the Public Safety Dangers Associated With Impaired or Distracted Driving
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:241.]
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241
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Electronic Prescription Monitoring
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:241-242.]
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A13-A15
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What's Coming in Annals ● April 2012
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A16
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Family Physicians Sue to Shine Light on RUC Deliberations, Claim Specialists Skew Reimbursement Against Primary Care
Arguing that specialists unfairly dominate a secretive committee of physicians that recommends reimbursement rates for Medicare procedures and services, a small group of Georgia physicians has sued th...
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Eric Berger
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A19-A21
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Blinded by the Brandeisian Light: The HRSA/Bavley Database Case
An investigative reporter's work in Kansas City triggered an unexpected response within the Beltway, leading to broad repercussions for physicians, journalists, researchers, and ultimately patients. H...
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William B. Millard
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A21-A26
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Required Conflict of Interest Information from Authors
Annalsadheres to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editor's specific requirements regarding authorship (see www.icmje.org). On behalf of all authors, I verify that all listed authors meet...
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A27
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Information for Readers
Annals of Emergency Medicine is the official publication of the American College of Emergency Physicians (www.acep.org). The journal is provided to all ACEP members as a membership benefit. For inform...
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Calendar
2012 Practical Emergency Airway Management Workshops. March 1-2, 2012. Baltimore, MD. Sponsor: Jefferson Med Colg. Fee: $1,495.00. Contact: Vaughn Wurst, 1020 Locust Street, Suite M5, Philadelphia, PA...
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A31-A47
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Classified 2012 Advertising Rates & Information: New Value-Added Feature—Your Ad Online at no Additional Cost!
Ads and complete payments must be received in writing by the issue's deadline date. These deadlines apply to insertions, cancellations, and changes.
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A48
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