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Publikováno v:
Academic Emergency Medicine. 11:744-749
Objectives: To determine if midazolam is superior to lorazepam or haloperidol in the management of violent and severely agitated patients in the emergency department. Superiority would be determined if midazolam resulted in a significantly shorter ti
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 25:7-11
To date, several studies have examined overtreatment or undertreatment of Neisseria gonorrheae, Chlamydia trachomatis, or both in women. However, no study has looked at both subpopulations together, along with eventual treatment of disease-positive p
Autor:
Alan K. Berger, Robert L. Jesse, Paul O. Collinson, Mary Ann M. Murakami, Lesly A. Pearce, M. Andrew Levitt, Fred S. Apple
Publikováno v:
Clinical Chemistry. 48:1784-1787
Numerous studies have evaluated cardiac troponin I (cTnI), cardiac troponin T (cTnT), and creatine kinase-MB for risk stratification of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. Two metaanalyses have demonstrated the ability of cTnI or cTnT to predict
Publikováno v:
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 39:24-30
Study Objective: We analyzed 980 emergency department visits for 951 patients with managed care insurance to document gatekeeping interactions and compare ED coding with professional fee billing reimbursements. Methods: A prospective cohort study was
Autor:
M. Andrew Levitt
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 21:363-369
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation has been found to be efficacious in the setting of acute respiratory failure, specifically in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations. Its use in congestive heart failure (CHF) is less well establ
Autor:
Benedict J. Messana, M. Andrew Levitt, James E Pointer, Justin C. Young, Susan B. Promes, Mary E.J. Adèr
Publikováno v:
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 38:268-277
Study Objective: We determine whether paramedics, using written guidelines, can accurately triage patients in the field. Methods: This prospective, descriptive study was conducted at an urban county emergency medical services (EMS) system and county
Autor:
Graham M. Dresden, M. Andrew Levitt
Publikováno v:
Academic Emergency Medicine. 8:246-252
OBJECTIVE Informed consent is a required part of clinical research. Industry consent forms may be complex and difficult to understand. A comparison was performed between a standard, industry consent form (IF) and a modified, shortened version of the
Autor:
M. Andrew Levitt, Graham M. Dresden
Publikováno v:
Academic Emergency Medicine. 8:19-24
Objective: To assess the effect of esmolol vs lidocaine to attenuate the detrimental rise in heart rate and blood pressure during intubation of patients with isolated head trauma. Methods: This was a prospective, double-blind, randomized study, perfo
Autor:
Robert L. Jesse, Elizabeth A. Miller, Michael C. Kontos, MaryAnn M. Murakami, M. Andrew Levitt, F. Philip Anderson, Fred S. Apple, Paul O. Collinson
Publikováno v:
Clinical Chemistry. 46:1604-1609
Background: Validation of whole blood, point-of-care testing devices for monitoring cardiac markers to aid clinicians in ruling in and ruling out myocardial infarction (MI) is necessary for both laboratory and clinical acceptance.Methods: This study
Publikováno v:
Chest. 115:937-944
Objective To compare the outcome of patients with acute bronchospasm treated with continuously nebulized albuterol plus ipratropium bromide vs albuterol alone. Setting The Emergency Department (ED) at the University of California San Francisco Medica