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Volume 18; Issue 1

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volume 18; Issue 1

1

Correction to: Systematic reporting to improve the emergency medical response to major incidents: a pilot study

Hardy, Sophie, Fattah, Sabina, Wisborg, Torben, Raatiniemi, Lasse, Staff, Trine, Rehn, Marius

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 117 KB

english, 2018

2

Ambulance use is not associated with patient acuity after road traffic collisions: a cross-sectional study from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abebe, Yonas, Dida, Tolesa, Yisma, Engida, Silvestri, David M.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 421 KB

english, 2018

3

Anxiety about anxiety: a survey of emergency department provider beliefs and practices regarding anxiety-associated low risk chest pain

Musey, Paul I., Lee, John A., Hall, Cassandra A., Kline, Jeffrey A.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 562 KB

english, 2018

4

Ultrasound-guided identification of the cricothyroid membrane in a patient with a difficult airway: a case report

Okano, Hiromu, Uzawa, Kohji, Watanabe, Kunitaro, Motoyasu, Akira, Tokumine, Joho, Lefor, Alan Kawarai, Yorozu, Tomoko

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 952 KB

english, 2018

5

High inter-observer agreement of observer-perceived pain assessment in the emergency department

Hangaard, Martin Høhrmann, Malling, Brian, Mogensen, Christian Backer

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 456 KB

english, 2018

6

Systematic reporting to improve the emergency medical response to major incidents: a pilot study

Hardy, Sophie, Fattah, Sabina, Wisborg, Torben, Raatiniemi, Lasse, Staff, Trine, Rehn, Marius

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.39 MB

english, 2018

7

Outcome of elderly emergency department patients hospitalised on weekends - a retrospective cohort study

Brouns, Steffie H. A., Wachelder, Joyce J., Jonkers, Femke S., Lambooij, Suze L., Dieleman, Jeanne P., Haak, Harm R.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 522 KB

english, 2018

8

Implementing blended learning in emergency airway management training: a randomized controlled trial

Kho, Madeleine Huei Tze, Chew, Keng Sheng, Azhar, Muhaimin Noor, Hamzah, Mohd Lotfi, Chuah, Kee Man, Bustam, Aida, Chan, Hiang Chuan

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 426 KB

english, 2018

9

An unusual case of infective pneumocephalus: case report of pneumocephalus exacerbated by continuous positive airway pressure

Ansari, Abdus Samad, Dennis, Brittany B., Shah, Dilip, Baah, Winfred

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.27 MB

english, 2018

10

Management and outcomes of patients presenting with sepsis and septic shock to the emergency department during nursing handover: a retrospective cohort study

Alsolamy, Sami, Al-Sabhan, Atheer, Alassim, Najla, Sadat, Musharaf, Qasim, Eman Al, Tamim, Hani, Arabi, Yaseen M

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 424 KB

english, 2018

11

A cross-sectional exploratory study of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of emergency health care providers in the assessment of child maltreatment in Maputo, Mozambique

Pinto, Liliana, Lein, Adriana, Mahoque, Raquel, Wright, David W., Sasser, Scott M., Staton, Catherine A.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 381 KB

english, 2018

12

ECMO use and mortality in adult patients with cardiogenic shock: a retrospective observational study in U.S. hospitals

El Sibai, Rayan, Bachir, Rana, El Sayed, Mazen

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 580 KB

english, 2018

13

Value of early change of serum C reactive protein combined to modified Alvarado score in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Msolli, Mohamed Amine, Beltaief, Kaouther, Bouida, Wahid, Jerbi, Nahla, Grissa, Mohamed Habib, Boubaker, Hamdi, Boukef, Riadh, Nouira, Semir

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 872 KB

english, 2018

14

Cross sectional study of multiresistant bacteria in Danish emergency departments: prevalence, patterns and risk factors for colonization (AB-RED project)

Mogensen, Christian B., Skjøt-Arkil, Helene, Lassen, Annmarie T., Johansen, Isik S., Chen, Ming, Petersen, Poul, Andersen, Karen V., Ellermann-Eriksen, Svend, Møller, Jørn M., Ludwig, Marc, Fuglsang-D

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

File:

PDF, 579 KB

2018

15

Burnout and safety outcomes - a cross-sectional nationwide survey of EMS-workers in Germany

Baier, Natalie, Roth, Karsten, Felgner, Susanne, Henschke, Cornelia

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

File:

PDF, 920 KB

2018

16

HEMS inter-facility transfer: a case-mix analysis

Di Rocco, Damien, Pasquier, Mathieu, Albrecht, Eric, Carron, Pierre-Nicolas, Dami, Fabrice

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 774 KB

english, 2018

17

The feasibility, acceptability and preliminary testing of a novel, low-tech intervention to improve pre-hospital data recording for pre-alert and handover to the Emergency Department

Fitzpatrick, David, Maxwell, Douglas, Craigie, Alan

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 795 KB

english, 2018

18

Titration of oxygen therapy in critically ill emergency department patients: a feasibility study

Dobbe, Anna S. M., Stolmeijer, Renate, ter Maaten, Jan C., Ligtenberg, Jack J. M.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 825 KB

english, 2018

19

Assessment of the Feasibility of automated, real-time clinical decision support in the emergency department using electronic health record data

Perry, Warren M., Hossain, Rubayet, Taylor, Richard A.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 725 KB

english, 2018

20

Facilitating HIV/AIDS and HIV testing literacy for emergency department patients: a randomized, controlled, trial

Merchant, Roland C., Liu, Tao, Clark, Melissa A., Carey, Michael P.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 3.05 MB

english, 2018

21

Prevalence and outcome of injury in patients visiting the emergency Department of Yirgalem General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Negussie, Abel, Getie, Andarge, Manaye, Elias, Tekle, Tamrat

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 654 KB

english, 2018

22

Epidemiology of patients presenting to a pediatric emergency department in Karachi, Pakistan

Ijaz, Nadir, Strehlow, Matthew, Ewen Wang, N., Pirrotta, Elizabeth, Tariq, Areeba, Mahmood, Naseeruddin, Mahadevan, Swaminatha

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.02 MB

english, 2018

23

Frequency of intra-abdominal organ injury is higher in patients with concomitant stab wounds to other anatomical areas

Jeroukhimov, Igor, Wiser, Itay, Hershkovitz, Yehuda, Shapira, Zahar, Peleg, Kobi, Alfici, Ricardo, Givon, Adi, Kessel, Boris

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 326 KB

english, 2018

24

Emergency and disaster management training; knowledge and attitude of Yemeni health professionals- a cross-sectional study

Naser, Waheeb Nasr, Saleem, Huda Ba

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.04 MB

english, 2018

25

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in emergency department patients in the United Arab Emirates

Al Jalaf, Muna, Fadali, Hanan, Alanee, Rasha, Najjar, Firas, Al Deesi, Zulfa, Seliem, Rania M., Nilles, Eric J.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 529 KB

english, 2018

26

Cross sectional study of multiresistant bacteria in Danish emergency departments: prevalence, patterns and risk factors for colonization (AB-RED project)

Mogensen, Christian B., Skjøt-Arkil, Helene, Lassen, Annmarie T., Johansen, Isik S., Chen, Ming, Petersen, Poul, Andersen, Karen V., Ellermann-Eriksen, Svend, Møller, Jørn M., Ludwig, Marc, Fuglsang-D

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 579 KB

english, 2018

27

Burnout and safety outcomes - a cross-sectional nationwide survey of EMS-workers in Germany

Baier, Natalie, Roth, Karsten, Felgner, Susanne, Henschke, Cornelia

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 920 KB

english, 2018

28

Delayed intracranial hemorrhage in elderly anticoagulated patients sustaining a minor fall

Mann, Nolan, Welch, Kellen, Martin, Andrew, Subichin, Michael, Wietecha, Katherine, Birmingham, Lauren E., Marchand, Tiffany D., George, Richard L.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 782 KB

english, 2018

29

The mission characteristics of a newly implemented rural helicopter emergency medical service

Kornhall, Daniel, Näslund, Robert, Klingberg, Cecilia, Schiborr, Regina, Gellerfors, Mikael

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.05 MB

english, 2018

30

A patient full of surprises: a body packer with cocaine intoxication, pneumococcal pneumonia and HIV infection

Luginbühl, Miriam, Junker, Timo, Keller, Dagmar I.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 876 KB

english, 2018

31

Epidemiological and clinical profiles of acute poisoning in patients admitted to the intensive care unit in eastern Iran (2010 to 2017)

Mehrpour, Omid, Akbari, Ayob, Jahani, Firoozeh, Amirabadizadeh, Alireza, Allahyari, Elaheh, Mansouri, Borhan, Ng, Patrick C.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 728 KB

english, 2018

32

Emergency response time and pre-hospital trauma survival rate of the national ambulance service, Greater Accra (January – December 2014)

Mahama, Mohammed-Najeeb, Kenu, Ernest, Bandoh, Delia Akosua, Zakariah, Ahmed Nuhu

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 572 KB

english, 2018

33

Socioeconomic gradients in admission to coronary or intensive care units among Australians presenting with non-traumatic chest pain in emergency departments

Mnatzaganian, George, Hiller, Janet E, Fletcher, Jason, Putland, Mark, Knott, Cameron, Braitberg, George, Begg, Steve, Bish, Melanie

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 483 KB

english, 2018

34

Platelet indices and outcome after cardiac arrest

Cotoia, Antonella, Franchi, Federico, De Fazio, Chiara, Vincent, Jean-Louis, Creteur, Jacques, Taccone, Fabio Silvio

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 629 KB

english, 2018

35

Safety and efficiency of a redirection procedure toward an out of hours general practice before admission to an emergency department, an observational study

Morin, Charles, Choukroun, Jacques, Callahan, Jean-Christophe

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 324 KB

english, 2018

36

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and minimal trauma: medical review and case report

Hajjar, Karim, Bou Chebl, Ralphe, Kanso, Mohammad, Abou Dagher, Gilbert

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.11 MB

english, 2018

37

Prior CT imaging history for patients who undergo whole-body CT for acute traumatic injury and are discharged home from the emergency department

Matthews, Mary, Richman, Peter, Krall, Scott, Leeson, Kimberly, Xu, K Tom, Gest, Albert L, Blow, Osbert

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 514 KB

english, 2018

38

Evaluation of public awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards basic life support: a cross-sectional study

Jarrah, Samiha, Judeh, Mahfuz, AbuRuz, Mohannad Eid

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 570 KB

english, 2018

39

Reduction in the IL-6 level at 24 h after admission to the intensive care unit is a survival predictor for Vietnamese patients with sepsis and septic shock: a prospective study

Thao, Pham Thi Ngoc, Tra, Ton Thanh, Son, Nguyen Truong, Wada, Koji

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 685 KB

english, 2018

40

Creative adapting in a fluid environment: an explanatory model of paramedic decision making in the pre-hospital setting

Reay, Gudrun, Rankin, James A., Smith-MacDonald, Lorraine, Lazarenko, Gerald C.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 567 KB

english, 2018

41

High time to omit oxygen therapy in ST elevation myocardial infarction

Khoshnood, Ardavan

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 684 KB

english, 2018

42

Utility and effectiveness of the Scandinavian guidelines to exclude computerized tomography scanning in mild traumatic brain injury - a prospective cohort study

Ananthaharan, Arurann, Kravdal, Gunnhild, Straume-Naesheim, Truls Martin

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.97 MB

english, 2018

43

Seasonal prevalence of hyponatremia in the emergency department: impact of age

Imai, Naohiko, Osako, Kiyomi, Kaneshiro, Nagayuki, Shibagaki, Yugo

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 688 KB

english, 2018

44

Potential benefits of triage for the trauma patient in a Kenyan emergency department

Lampi, Maria, Junker, Johan P. E., Tabu, John S., Berggren, Peter, Jonson, Carl-Oscar, Wladis, Andreas

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 736 KB

english, 2018

45

Management of acute coronary syndrome in emergency departments: a cross sectional multicenter study (Tunisia)

Sriha Belguith, Asma, Beltaief, Kaouthar, Msolli, Mohamed Amine, Bouida, Wahid, Abroug, Hela, Ben Fredj, Manel, Zemni, Imen, Grissa, Mohamed Habib, Boubaker, Hamdi, Hsairi, Mohamed, Nouira, Samir

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 871 KB

english, 2018

46

Ear measurement of temperature is only useful for screening for fever in an adult emergency department

Mogensen, Christian Backer, Vilhelmsen, Malene Bue, Jepsen, Johanne, Boye, Lilian Keene, Persson, Maiken Hjuler, Skyum, Florence

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 851 KB

english, 2018

47

Predictive value of quick surgical airway assessment for trauma (qSAT) score for identifying trauma patients requiring surgical airway in emergency room

Hayashida, Kei, Matsumoto, Shokei, Kitano, Mitsuhide, Sasaki, Junichi

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 885 KB

english, 2018

48

Pain score, desire for pain treatment and effect on pain satisfaction in the emergency department: a prospective, observational study

van Zanden, Judith E., Wagenaar, Susanne, ter Maaten, Jozine M., ter Maaten, Jan C., Ligtenberg, Jack J. M.

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.11 MB

english, 2018

49

Trajectories of early secondary insults correlate to outcomes of traumatic brain injury: results from a large, single centre, observational study

Volpi, Paola Cristina, Robba, Chiara, Rota, Matteo, Vargiolu, Alessia, Citerio, Giuseppe

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 699 KB

english, 2018

50

Emergency and acute care management of traumatic spinal cord injury: a survey of current practice among senior clinicians across Australia

Sharwood, Lisa N., Dhaliwal, Shelly, Ball, Jonathon, Burns, Brian, Flower, Oliver, Joseph, Anthony, Stanford, Ralph, Middleton, James

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 332 KB

english, 2018

51

A review of triage accuracy and future direction

Tam, Hon Lon, Chung, Siu Fung, Lou, Chi Kin

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 695 KB

english, 2018

52

Point-of-care ultrasound findings in unselected patients in an emergency department —results from a prospective observational trial

Weile, Jesper, Laursen, Christian B., Frederiksen, Christian A., Graumann, Ole, Sloth, Erik, Kirkegaard, Hans

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 942 KB

english, 2018

53

A real life evaluation of non invasive ventilation in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema: a multicenter, perspective, observational study for the ACPE SIMEU study group

Aliberti, Stefano, Rosti, Valentina Diana, Travierso, Chiara, Brambilla, Anna Maria, Piffer, Federico, Petrelli, Giuseppina, Minelli, Chiara, Camisa, Daniele, Voza, Antonio, Guiotto, Giovanna, Cosenti

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 515 KB

english, 2018

54

Hypoglycemia secondary to factitious hyperinsulinism in a foster care adolescent - a case report of munchausen syndrome in a community hospital emergency department setting

Patel, Ashruta, Daniels, Gary

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.05 MB

english, 2018

55

Provision of post-crash first aid by traffic police in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey

Lukumay, Gift G., Ndile, Menti L., Outwater, Anne H., Mkoka, Dickson A., Padyab, Mojgan, Saveman, Britt-Inger, Backteman-Erlanson, Susann

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 753 KB

english, 2018

56

Public knowledge of emergency medicine in Beirut, Lebanon

Mufarrij, Afif, Batley, Nicholas, Bakhti, Rinad, Doueihi, Philippe, Tamim, Hani

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 546 KB

english, 2018

57

Comparison of the use of comprehensive point-of-care test panel to conventional laboratory process in emergency department

Kankaanpää, Meri, Holma-Eriksson, Marika, Kapanen, Sami, Heitto, Merja, Bergström, Sari, Muukkonen, Leila, Harjola, Veli-Pekka

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.08 MB

english, 2018

58

Sonographic guided hydrostatic saline enema reduction of childhood intussusception: a prospective study

Talabi, Ademola Olusegun, Famurewa, Olusola Comfort, Bamigbola, Kayode Taiwo, Sowande, Oludayo Adedapo, Afolabi, Babalola Ishmael, Adejuyigbe, Olusanya

Journal:

BMC Emergency Medicine

Year:

2018

File:

PDF, 636 KB

2018