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American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 7, Pages 739-864 (September 2007)
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Original Contributions


Clinically significant changes in acute pain in a pediatric ED using the Color Analog Scale
Tom McConahay, Matt Bryson, Blake Bulloch
pages 739-742
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The association of a decreased level of awareness and blood alcohol concentration with both agitation and sedation in intoxicated patients in the ED
James R. Miner, Andrea Gaetz, Michelle H. Biros
pages 743-748
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How sensitive is the synovial fluid white blood cell count in diagnosing septic arthritis?
Daniel C. McGillicuddy, Kaushal H. Shah, Ryan P. Friedberg, Larry A. Nathanson, Jonathan A. Edlow
pages 749-752
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Supine vs semirecumbent and upright 12-lead electrocardiogram: does change in body position alter the electrocardiographic interpretation for ischemia?
Robert H. Baevsky, Marc D. Haber, Fidela S. Blank, Howard Smithline
pages 753-756
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Recovery from a psychotropic drug overdose tends to depend on the time from ingestion to arrival, the Glasgow Coma Scale, and a sign of circulatory insufficiency on arrival
Youichi Yanagawa, Toshihisa Sakamoto, Yoshiaki Okada
pages 757-761
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Needs assessment: are Disaster Medical Assistance Teams up for the challenge of a pediatric disaster?
Sharon E. Mace, Andrew I. Bern
pages 762-769
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Value of ischemia-modified albumin in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
Suleyman Turedi, Abdulkadir Gunduz, Ahmet Mentese, Suleyman Caner Karahan, Sennur Ekici Yilmaz, Oguz Eroglu, Irfan Nuhoglu, Ibrahim Turan, Murat Topbas
pages 770-773
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Risk scoring systems to predict need for clinical intervention for patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding
I-Chuan Chen, Ming-Szu Hung, Te-Fa Chiu, Jih-Chang Chen, Cheng-Ting Hsiao
pages 774-779
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Impact of conducted electrical weapons in a mentally ill population: a brief report
Jeffrey D. Ho, Donald M. Dawes, Mark A. Johnson, Erik J. Lundin, James R. Miner
pages 780-785
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A new cardiopulmonary resuscitation method using only rhythmic abdominal compression: A preliminary report
Leslie A. Geddes, Ann Rundell, Aaron Lottes, Andre Kemeny, Michael Otlewski
pages 786-790
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Brief Reports


Use of a triage pain protocol in the ED
David E. Fosnocht, Eric R. Swanson
pages 791-793
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Identifying high-risk patients for triage and resource allocation in the ED
Jennifer Prah Ruger, Lawrence M. Lewis, Christopher J. Richter
pages 794-798
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The management of severe toxic alcohol ingestions at a tertiary care center after the introduction of fomepizole
Robert Green
pages 799-803
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Inappropriate prescribing in an older ED population
Fredric M. Hustey, Nicole Wallis, Jonathan Miller
pages 804-807
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Does vaccinating ED health care workers against influenza reduce sickness absenteeism?
Stewart Siu-Wa Chan
pages 808-811
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Reviews


Care of the pacemaker/implantable cardioverter defibrillator patient in the ED
Jason McMullan, Matthew Valento, Mehran Attari, Arvind Venkat
pages 812-822
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Diagnostics


Clinician vs mathematical statistical models: which is better at predicting an abnormal chest radiograph finding in injured patients?
Elizabeth Dillard, Fred A. Luchette, Benjamin W. Sears, John Norton, Carol R. Schermer, R. Lawrence Reed, Richard L. Gamelli, Thomas J. Esposito
pages 823-830
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When the heart remembers
Ali A. Sovari, Farhad Farokhi
pages 831-833
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Ophthalmic diagnoses in the ED: optic neuritis
Carl A. Germann, Michael R. Baumann, Sirus Hamzavi
pages 834-837
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Recognition of pneumoperitoneum using bedside ultrasound in critically ill patients presenting with acute abdominal pain
Robert Jones
pages 838-841
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Therapeutics


Fentanyl in the prehospital setting
Stephen H. Thomas
pages 842-843
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Correspondence


Severe neuropsychiatric manifestations and rhabdomyolysis in a patient with imidacloprid poisoning
Ritesh Agarwal, Rajagopala Srinivas
pages 844-845
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PiCCO monitoring accuracy in low body temperature
Alaya Sami, Abdellatif Sami, Nasri Rochdil, Ksouri Hatem, Ben Lakhal Salah
pages 845-846
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The current status of the emergency medical system in Korea
Sung Oh Hwang, Christopher C. Lee, Tae Min Kim, Adam J. Singer
pages 846-848
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Technetium Tc 99m methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy of rhabdomyolysis after near-drowning in cold seawater
Naoya Yama, Kazumitsu Koito, Kenji Fujimori, Masato Hareyama, Seiji Yoneta, Satoshi Nara, Yoshihiko Kurimoto, Eichi Narimatsu, Yasufumi Asai
pages 848-850
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The Alvarado score and antibiotics therapy as a corporate protocol versus conventional clinical management: randomized controlled pilot study of approach to acute appendicitis
Mohammadreza Farahnak, Mojtaba Talaei-Khoei, Farnaz Gorouhi, Ali Jalali, Farzam Gorouhi
pages 850-852
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The relationship of air pollution to ED visits for asthma differs between children and adults
Cenker Eken
page 852
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Electrocardiographic prediction of acute left main coronary artery occlusion
Pawel Rostoff, Wieslawa Piwowarska, Andrzej Gackowski, Ewa Konduracka, Nader El Massri, Pawel Latacz, Tomasz Pawelec, Krzysztof Zmudka
pages 852-855
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The authors respond: methadone overdose
Frank LoVecchio, Anthony F. Pizon, Bradley Riley
pages 855-856
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Letter to the Editor
Dan Quan, Frank LoVecchio
page 856
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American Journal of Emergency Medicine Electronic-Extra Pages (Full text articles available online at http://journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/yajem)

Case Reports


Cardiac tamponade caused by a leaking coronary saphenous vein graft aneurysm eExtra
Gurjaipal Kang, Jessica Shepherd, Robert Ferraro, Michael Butler, Richard Petrella
pages 858.e1-858.e2
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Extensive anterolateral myocardial infarction caused by left main coronary artery dissection after blunt chest trauma: a case report eExtra
Chih-Huang Li, Te-Fa Chiu, Jih-Chang Chen
pages 858.e3-858.e5
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Hyperacute T wave, the early sign of myocardial infarction eExtra
Ali A. Sovari, Ramin Assadi, Bataulatundu Lakshminarayanan, Abraham G. Kocheril
pages 859.e1-859.e7
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Identification of false-positive creatine kinase–MB activity in a patient with nonketotic hyperglycemia eExtra
Tze-Kiong Er, Miguel Ángel Ruiz Ginés, Yuh-Jyh Jong, Li-Yu Tsai, Bai-Hsiun Chen
pages 859.e9-859.e10
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Considerations in the diagnosis and therapy for deep vein thrombosis eExtra
Graham M. Roche-Nagle, Mary C. Barry, Ronan Ryan, David P. Brophy
pages 860.e1-860.e4
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Diaphragmatic embolism after endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for gastric variceal bleeding eExtra
Chi-Fang Yu, Li-Wei Lin, Shih-Wen Hung, Chun-Ting Yeh, Chee-Fah Chong
pages 860.e5-860.e6
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Thyroid storm precipitated by organophosphate intoxication eExtra
Yao-Dong Yuan, Chen-June Seak, Chih-Chuan Lin, Leng-Jye Lin
pages 861.e1-861.e3
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Purple urine bag syndrome in a dead-on-arrival patient: case report and articles reviews eExtra
Yu-Jang Su, Wen-Han Chang, Yen-Chun Lai
pages 861.e5-861.e6
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Perforation of isolated jejunum after a blunt trauma: case report and review of the literature eExtra
A. Kagan Coskun, Metin Yarici, Erdoğan Ulke, Oner Mentes, Orhan Kozak, Turgut Tufan
pages 862.e1-862.e4
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Eosinophilic pneumonia associated with foot injury from a sea urchin eExtra
Alex Kucewicz, Michael A. Miller
pages 862.e5-862.e6
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Continuous low-dose infusion of terlipressin as a rescue therapy in meningococcal septic shock eExtra
Fabrice Michel, Laurent Thomachot, Marion David, Claire Nicaise, Renaud Vialet, Jean-Noël Di Marco, Pierre Lagier, Claude Martin
pages 863.e1-863.e2
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Right ventricular endocardial tumor mimicking acute massive pulmonary embolism eExtra
Chih-Hsin Lee, Mei-Chen Yang, Shih-Tsung Cheng, Heng-Chia Chang, Kun Eng Lim
pages 863.e3-863.e5
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Pseudoseptic arthritis after accidental intra-articular deposition of the pneumococcal polyvalent vaccine: a case report eExtra
Brian P. McColgan, Frank A. Borschke
pages 864.e1-864.e3
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Ultrasonography diagnosis of superior mesenteric artery syndrome in the ED eExtra
Lengsu-William Chin, Ming-Chih Chou, Hsiu-Po Wang
pages 864.e5-864.e6
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