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Effect of current federal regulations on handgun safety features
Abstract: Study objective: In the late 1960s, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms implemented the “factoring criteria,” a set of minimum size and safety standards required for any handgun imp...
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John S. Milne,
Stephen W. Hargarten,
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Garen J. Wintemute
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pages 1-9
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Unintended shootings in a large metropolitan area: An incident-based analysis
Abstract: Study objective: We determine the proportion of unintended shootings that might be prevented by promoting safe storage, safe handling, and/or safer firearm designs. Methods: A regional firea...
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Richard B. Ismach,
Avid Reza,
Roy Ary,
Tomoko Rie Sampson,
Kidist Bartolomeos,
Arthur L. Kellermann
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pages 10-17
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Facial trauma and the risk of intracranial injury in motorcycle riders
Abstract: Study objective: We describe the associations among facial fracture, helmet use, skull fracture, and traumatic brain injury in injured motorcycle riders. Methods: The study population consis...
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Jess F. Kraus,
Thomas M. Rice,
Corinne Peek-Asa,
David L. McArthur
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pages 18-26
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Instructions for Web-Based Submission
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page 19A
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| Injury Prevention and Trauma |
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Bilateral sixth nerve palsy after head trauma
Abstract: Gaze deficits are not uncommon after head trauma and might be caused by injury to the central nervous system, the peripheral nerve, or the motor unit. Traumatic bilateral sixth cranial nerve...
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Ranjiv M. Advani,
Michael R. Baumann
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pages 27-31
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| Injury Prevention and Trauma/Editorial |
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Policy and technology for safer guns: An update
Abstract: [Ann Emerg Med. 2003;41:32-34.]
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Stephen P. Teret,
Nancy L. Lewin
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pages 32-34
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| The Practice of Emergency Medicine |
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Waiting times in California's emergency departments
Abstract: Study objective: Many perceive emergency department crowding as a significant problem that is getting worse. A national survey of ED directors defined crowding, in part, as waiting more than...
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Susan Lambe,
Donna L. Washington,
Arlene Fink,
Marianne Laouri,
Honghu Liu,
Jessica Scura Fosse,
Robert H. Brook,
Steven M. Asch
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pages 35-44
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| Geriatrics |
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Cost-effectiveness of a brief two-stage emergency department intervention for high-risk elders: results of a quasi-randomized controlled trial
Abstract: Study objective: We determine the cost-effectiveness of a 2-stage emergency department intervention in addition to usual ED care compared with that of usual care alone. Methods: The interven...
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Jane McCusker,
Philip Jacobs,
Nandini Dendukuri,
Eric Latimer,
Pierre Tousignant,
Josée Verdon
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pages 45-56
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Case finding and referral model for emergency department elders: A randomized clinical trial
Abstract: Study objective: Elderly emergency department patients have complex medical needs and limited social support. A transitional model of care adapted from hospitals was tested for its effective...
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Lorraine C. Mion,
Robert M. Palmer,
Stephen W. Meldon,
David M. Bass,
Mendel E. Singer,
Susan M.C. Payne,
Linda J. Lewicki,
Barbara L. Drew,
Jason T. Connor,
James W. Campbell,
Charles Emerman
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pages 57-68
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How do we draw inference from ”negative“ studies?
Editor ’s note: This new feature, “Brief Commentary,” is a discussion focusing on 1 or 2 key points about the study on which it is written—strengths, weaknesses, where it fits in the context of other ...
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David L. Schriger
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pages 69-71
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| Ethics |
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Protecting research subjects under the waiver of informed consent for emergency research: Experiences with efforts to inform the community
Abstract: Study objectives: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Health and Human Services created a method for obtaining a waiver of informed consent to permit research in emer...
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Amit Navin Shah,
Jeremy Sugarman
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pages 72-78
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The legacy of the tuskegee syphilis experiments for emergency exception from informed consent
Abstract: [Ann Emerg Med. 2003;41:79-81.]
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Terri A. Schmidt
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pages 79-81
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Journal policy on ethics in scientific publication
Abstract: Medical journals aspire to select, through peer review, the highest quality science, and their reputations depend on the trust of readers, authors, researchers, reviewers, and patients. Almo...
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Michael L. Callaham
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pages 82-89
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| Neurology |
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Variations among emergency departments in the treatment of benign headache
Abstract: Study objective: The practice patterns of US emergency departments in the treatment of patients with isolated benign headache have been recently described. How treatment varies among EDs has...
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David R. Vinson,
Timothy R. Hurtado,
J.Toby Vandenberg,
Leo Banwart
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pages 90-97
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Benign exertional headache
Abstract: We describe 4 patients with benign exertional headache presenting to the emergency department. Consideration of this uncommon cause of headache might facilitate an accurate diagnosis of thos...
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Jason Imperato,
Jonathan Burstein,
Jonathan A. Edlow
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pages 98-103
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Late-onset presentation of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency in a young woman with hyperammonemic coma
Abstract: Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) is an X-linked inherited disease and the most common inborn error in urea synthesis in human patients. In adult heterozygous patients, OTCD can b...
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Rita Gaspari,
Andrea Arcangeli,
Sonia Mensi,
Denise Schembri Wismayer,
Tommaso Tartaglione,
Daniela Antuzzi,
Giorgio Conti,
Rodolfo Proietti
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pages 104-109
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| Health Policy and Clinical Practice |
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Cognitive forcing strategies in clinical decisionmaking
Abstract: Cognitive errors underlie most diagnostic errors that are made in the course of clinical decisionmaking in the emergency department. These errors are universal and are prevalent in the speci...
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Pat Croskerry
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pages 110-120
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Thinking about thinking
Editor ’s note: This new feature, “Brief Commentary,” is discussion focusing on 1 or 2 key points about the study on which it is written—strengths, weaknesses, where it fits in the context of other st...
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E.John Gallagher
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pages 121-122
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| Obstetrics and Gynecology/Clinical Policy |
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Clinical policy: Critical issues in the initial evaluation and management of patients presenting to the emergency department in early pregnancy
Abstract: [Ann Emerg Med. 2003;41:123-133.]
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ACEP Clinical Policies Committee and the Clinical Policies Subcommittee on Early Pregnancy
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pages 123-133
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| Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine/Update |
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Update: Do ophthalmic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the pain associated with simple corneal abrasion without delaying healing?
Abstract: Introduction: Some studies have suggested that ophthalmic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) decrease the pain associated with corneal abrasions without impairing healing. This ev...
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Christopher S. Weaver,
Kevin M. Terrell
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pages 134-140
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| Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine/Systematic Review Abstract |
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Anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy for non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation and flutter
Abstract: [Ann Emerg Med . 2003;41:141-143.]
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Barry M. Diner
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pages 141-143
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| Education/Residents' Perspective |
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International emergency medicine fellowship: The basics
Abstract: [Ann Emerg Med. 2003;41:144-47.]
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Dustin D. Smith,
Jaime Gonzalez
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pages 144-147
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| Call for Resident Papers |
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| Infectious Disease/CDC Update |
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Update on emerging infections: News from the centers for disease control and prevention
Editor ’s note: This article is part of a regular series on emerging infections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the EMERGEncy ID NET, an emergency department–based and CD...
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Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
Gregory J. Moran,
Jason Mount
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pages 148-151
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| Change of shift |
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Tough Tube
Abstract: [Ann Emerg Med. 2003;41:152-153.]
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Gregory T. Richburg
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pages 152-153
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| Letter |
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De disappearing D-dimer
Kline et al (February 2002; article #121398) are to be commended for their well-constructed clinical trial designed to develop clinical criteria for determining whether or not pulmonary embolism is li...
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Robert L. Prosser
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pages 154-155
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Correspondence
Dr. Prosser expresses concern that the title and conclusions of our paper might be misleading. We believe the title and conclusion accurately state what the study did: provide criteria to guide the sa...
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Jeffrey A. Kline,
Mark Courtney,
Raymond E. Jackson
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page 155
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Medical mistakes, errors in judgment, and personal awareness
We read with interest the article by Goldberg et al (March 2002; article #121995) and the accompanying editorial by Wears and Wu (March 2002; article #121996) on the subject of physician responses to ...
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Michael Luszczak,
Chetan U. Kharod,
Kelly Abbrescia
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Correspondence
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pages 155-156
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Correspondence
We thank Luszczak et al for their comments on our article. They propose establishing curricula in our residency training programs that augment current requirements for education in physician wellness,...
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Richard M. Goldberg
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page 156
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Correspondence
We agree wholeheartedly with Luszczak et al. We invest a huge amount of time and effort in teaching the biological aspects of emergency medicine, but very little in the social and cultural issues that...
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Robert L. Wears
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pages 156-157
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Anhydrous ammonia eye injuries associated with illicit methamphetamine production
There has been a sharp increase in the illegal production of methamphetamine in the southern United States. Whereas previous illicit production methods did not use anhydrous ammonia, a newer procedure...
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Jong H. Lee,
Christopher L. Farley,
Charles D. Brodrick,
Preston H. Blomquist
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Correspondence
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page 157
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Acute fatal toxic myocarditis after black widow spider envenomation
A 19-year-old woman was bitten by a spider while working in a tobacco field. She suddenly felt a sting on the arm and then saw a large black spider on it. Fifteen minutes later, she felt dizziness, na...
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Ioannis A. Pneumatikos,
Efi Galiatsou,
Diana Goe,
Athanasios Kitsakos,
George Nakos,
Theodoros G. Vougiouklakis
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Correspondence
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page 158
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Physicians' knowledge of and attitudes toward a domestic violence mandatory reporting law
The vast majority of states have laws that, to varying extents, require health practitioners to report injuries resulting from domestic violence to law enforcement. Under 1995 Colorado Revised Statute...
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Kim M. Feldhaus,
Debra Houry,
Annemarie Utz,
Christopher Dewitt
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page 159
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Reaffirmed cost-effectiveness of poison centers
Middle Tennessee Poison Center conducted a telephone survey to evaluate the health care dollars saved by utilizing the poison center. For 30 days, 2 questions were asked of poison center callers whose...
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Josephine Darwin,
Donna Seger
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pages 159-160
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Book and media reviews
The 5-Minute Toxicology Consult for PDA (CD-ROM) Review by Jason B. Hack, MD The 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult for PDA (CD-ROM) Review by Joni L. Carmack, MD Emergency Medicine: The Medical Stud...
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On behalf of the Annals' Editorial and Consulting Boards, the Editor in Chief gratefully acknowledges the significant contributions of Annals' Consultants, our corps of reviewers. Each year, our Consu...
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Michael L. Callaham, MD Editor in Chief Deputy Editors William G. Barsan, MD William G. Baxt, MD Steven M. Green, MD Robert K. Knopp, MD Judith E. Tintinalli, MD, MS Editor Emeritus Joseph F. Waeckerl...
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Peer review and conflict of interest in Annals of Emergency Medicine
Unless otherwise stated, all original articles published in Annals of Emergency Medicine are peer reviewed by members of the editorial board and expert reviewers. This includes original research, case...
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