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Publikováno v:
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 64:330-333
A 23-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with epigastric pain and vomiting after unintentionally ingesting a cleaning agent stored in her refrigerator. On physical examination, the patient was tachycardic at 100 beats/min, but was ot
Autor:
Katherine J. Chou, Adrienne Birnbaum, Jessica Wang, Darion Pearson, Michael Touger, Polly E. Bijur
Publikováno v:
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 56:382-388
Study objective We assess agreement between carboxyhemoglobin levels measured by the Rad-57 signal extraction pulse CO-oximeter (RAD), a Food and Drug Administration–approved device for noninvasive bedside measurement, and standard laboratory arter
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) envenomation resulting from captive specimens – A review of five cases
Publikováno v:
Clinical Toxicology. 45:60-64
Five cases of illegitimate bite by captive specimens of the Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) snake have demonstrated the dangers of keeping exotic African snakes in captivity.Four cases necessitated hospitalization for the bite and were characterized by
Publikováno v:
Pediatric Emergency Care. 21:681-686
Worldwide, more than 1000 scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) diving injuries per year requiring hyperbaric recompression are documented. Approximately 80 to 90 fatalities per year are reported in North America. On average, there we
Autor:
Michael Touger, Douglas W. Lowery, Jerome R. Hoffman, William R. Mower, Paul Gennis, Charles V. Pollack, Noel Nathanson
Publikováno v:
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 40:287-293
Study objective: A decision instrument based on 5 clinical criteria has been shown to be highly sensitive in selecting patients who require cervical spine imaging after blunt trauma, while simultaneously reducing overall imaging. We examine the perfo
Publikováno v:
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 29:479-483
Study objective: To test the hypothesis that measurements of peripheral venous lactate (V-LACT) can be substituted for arterial lactate (A-LACT) in predicting arterial hyperlactacidemia. Methods: We conducted a prospective comparison of paired A-LACT
Publikováno v:
Annals of emergency medicine. 64(3)
Publikováno v:
Toxicon. 119:375
Publikováno v:
Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.). 46(9)
Recurrent coagulopathy has been observed in patients after rattlesnake envenomation treated with Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (ovine) [FabAV]. While recurrent coagulopathy is well documented in the literature, clinically significant sequelae have
Publikováno v:
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 29:290-292
We report a case series of accidental carbon monoxide poisonings caused by snow-obstructed automobile exhaust systems. Accumulation of more than 24 inches of snow contributed to the poisoning of 25 patients who were subsequently treated with hyperbar