New Content on WestJEM’s eScholarship Repository

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New Content
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Source: The
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine ( http://www.westjem.org
)

Date: October
13, 2008

 

 

New content
is now available at the eScholarship Repository.  View any of the recently
published articles listed below by going to the web address provided, go to http://www.westjem.org.

 

 

Douglas
Brosnan MD, JD (September 2008)

Arm your Weapons!

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art50



Stuart P. Swadron MD (September 2008)

Presdient's Message

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art49



Lisa Chan MD, Billie Winegard MPH, Kevin Reilly MD, Brooke Rosonke MD, and
Emily Osborn MD (September 2008)

Emergency Medicine Physician Practice and Perception of Opioid-Seeking Patients

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art47



Christopher B. Chee, Paul F. Walsh MD, Kian Azimian MD, and Stephen J. Rothenberg
PhD (September 2008)

Prevalence of a Positive Emergency Department Septic Screen Differs between
Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Non-Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art48



Gregory Folkert MD, Sara Nikravan MD, and Michael E. Mullins MD (September
2008)

Study in the Emergency Department of Atypical Tranquilizer Efficacy (SEDATE)

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art46



Martha L. Neighbor MD, Jaime Raul Antuna, and Michael A. Kohn MD (September
2008)

Cocaine Use and Risk of Death in Sickle Cell Patients Who Frequently Use the
Emergency Department

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art45



James C. McClay MD, Ronald H. Carson BA, and Michael Wadman MD (September 2008)

Resident Shift-Hour Productivity: A New Method for Measuring Resident
Productivity that Accounts for Variations in Hourly Patient Volumes

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art43



Wesley Zeger DO, J R. Realing MD, Paul Tran MD, and Samantha Morris (September
2008)

Incidental Ultrasound Findings of Emergency Department Patients with Biliary
Symptoms

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art44



Aaron Lessen MD, Billie Winegard MPH, Michael McLaughlin MD, and Daniel Beskind
MD (September 2008)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Dental Pain in the Emergency Department

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art42



John C. Sakles MD, Ross B. Rodgers MD, and David J. Olvera (September 2008)

Use of Alternative Airway Devices in an Academic Emergency Department

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art41



Deborah Kimball MS and Sean O. Henderson MD (September 2008)

Rapid Sequence Intubation - from the Patients’ Perspective

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art40



Ali Ghobadi MD; Eric Kaihwan Wei BS; Rocky Sayegh BS; Son Doan BS; Roula
Saleem; and Mark I. Langdorf MD, MHPE (September 2008)

Addition of Echocardiography to Electrocardiographic Stress Testing Clarifies
Cardiac Pathology but Does not Improve Diagnostic Accuracy in Emergency
Department Chest Pain Unit Patients

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art39



Lisa Moreno-Walton MD, Valerie Katz MD, Amish Shah MD, and Jayne Lieb MD
(September 2008)

Social Factors that Predict Penetrating Trauma: Has Anything Changed in the
Past Twenty Years?

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art38



Cameron Scott MD, J. Scott Lowry MD, Albert B. Fiorello MD, and Billie Winegard
MPH (September 2008)

Ultrasound-Guided Needle Drainage Versus Incision and Drainage (I&D) of
Skin Abscesses

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art37



Heather Woodin, Katherine M. Hiller MD, Billie Winegard MPH, Sid Patanwala
PharmD, and Melanie DeBoer PhD (September 2008)

Influenza Vaccination in the Emergency Department

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art36



Douglas AE White MD and Alicia N. Scribner MPH (September 2008)

Opt-Out HIV Screening in an Urban Emergency Department: Implementation of the
New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art35



Jennifer Carnell MD; H. Gene Hern,
Jr. MD, MS; Amandeep Singh MD; Paul Cheung MPH; and Bradley Frazee MD
(September 2008)

Low Rate of MRSA Colonization among Residents is Stable Over Time

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art34



Katherine A. Sutherland MD and Joseph S. Stapczynski MD (September 2008)

Time Analysis of Consultant Services in Adult Emergency Department Admissions

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art33



Rachel E. Rosenheck and Kathryn R. Challoner MD (September 2008)

Access to Care - A Pilot Study in Los
  Angeles

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art32



Craig Moffat MS, Nathan Gilmore MD, Karen Danenhauer MD, Jade Bringhurst, and
Christy McCowan MD (September 2008)

Terrain Park Injuries: Demographics and Injury
Patterns

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art31



Alissa Arnold BS and Sam Torbati MD (September 2008)

Effectiveness of a Central Line Bundle Protocol including Ultrasonic Guidance
in Reducing Operative Complications Associated with Central Venous Catheter
Placement in a Community Emergency Department

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art30



Carol K. Lee and Wendy C. Coates MD (September 2008)

Emergency Medicine Interest Group: Faculty and Preclinical Medical Students
Differ in Their Preferences for Educational Objectives

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art29



H. Gene Hern, Jr. MD, MS; Harrison
J. Alter MD; Charlotte P. Wills MD; Eric R. Snoey MD; and Barry C. Simon MD
(September 2008)

Do You Plan to Have Children? The Incidence of Potentially Illegal Questions
during Resident Interviews

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art28



H. Gene Hern, Jr. MD, MS; Charlotte
P. Wills MD; Susan Promes MD; and Douglas Char MD (September 2008)

Use of Standardized Evaluation Methods for Assessing ACGME Core Competencies

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art27



Lalena M. Yarris MD, MCR; H. Gene Hern,
Jr. MD, MS; Judy Linden MD; David M. Nestler MD; Cedric Lefebvre MD; Rongwei Fu
PhD; Esther K. Choo MD; and Patrick H. Brunett MD (September 2008)

Attending and Resident Satisfaction with Feedback in the Emergency Department

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art26



H. Gene Hern MD, Charlotte P. Wills
MD, and Eric Katz MD (September 2008)

Administrative Support and Clinical Shift Load Varies among Emergency Medicine
Residency Leadership

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art25



Elissa M. Schechter MD, Nicholas Forget MD, Allison Richard MD, and William K.
Mallon MD (September 2008)

A Survey of the Beliefs Regarding International Emergency Medicine among
Fourth-Year Medical Students Planning on Matching in Emergency Medicine

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art24



Rebecca L. Palmer MD, Sarah S. Andrus MD, Rongwei Fu PhD, Emilie Weed BS,
Annick Yagapen, Daniel Knoepflmacher, Megan Lockwood, and Patrick H. Brunett MD
(September 2008)

Patient Perceptions of Resident Interpersonal and Communication Skills in the
Emergency Department; An Analysis by Post-Graduate Year of Emergency Medicine
Residents and Off-Service Residents

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art23



Stuart P. Swadron MD, Kori Sauser MS, Aleya Hyderi, and Sean O. Henderson MD
(September 2008)

Near-Hanging Injuries in an Urban Emergency Department

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art22



Laura Dolkas MD, Arthur R. Smolensky MD, and John C. Sakles MD (September 2008)

Success Rates of Direct Laryngoscopy and Glidescope in an Academic Emergency
Department

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art21



Eric S. Hegedus MD and Samuel J. Stratton MD (September 2008)

Outcome Study of Same-Level
 Falls in The Elderly with
Momentary Loss of Consciousness Or Acute Neurological Deficit

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art20



Karen Danenhauer MD, Craig Moffat MS, Nathan Gilmore MD, and Christy L. McCowan
MD (September 2008)

Impact of Winter Resort Injuries on ACS Level I Trauma Center

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art19



Emile F. Chang MSC, Howard Backer MD, Tareg A. Bey MD, and Kristi L. Koenig MD
(September 2008)

Maximizing Medical and Health Outcomes after a Catastrophic Disaster: Defining
a New “Crisis Standard of Care”

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art18



H. Gene Hern MD, Harrison J. Alter
MD, Charlotte P. Wills MD, Eric R. Snoey MD, and Barry C. Simon MD (September
2008)

Violations of Match Rules: Asking for a Commitment during The Interview

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art17



Vincent L. Ball MD, Bradley N. Younggren MD, and Stephen A. Crandall MD (September
2008)

Use of a Live Porcine Model to Detect Ocular Pathology by Bedside Sonography

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art16



Jennifer Carnell MD and Christopher Fee MD (September 2008)

Images in Emergency Medicine: Pelvic Digit

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art15



Aki Morishima MD, Joel M. Schofer MD, Pierre Pelletier MD, and James M. McKee
MD (September 2008)

Images in Emergency Medicine: Splenic Infarction Due to Sickle Cell Trait after
Climbing Mt. Fuji

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art14



Julie A. Gorchynski MD, MSc and Jeri K. Rose BS (September 2008)

Complications of MRSA Treatment: Linezolid-induced Myelosuppression Presenting
with Pancytopenia

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art13



Thomas Catron MD and H. Gene Hern
MD, MS (September 2008)

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art12



Kapil R. Dhingra MD, MBA (September 2008)

A Case of Complicated Urinary Tract Infection: Klebsiella pneumoniae
Emphysematous Cystitis presenting as Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art11



Tetsuji Suzuki EMT-P, MA; Masamichi  Nishida  MD, PhD; Yuriko Suzuki
RN; Kunio Kobayashi MD, PhD; and S. V. Mahadevan MD (September 2008)

Issues and Solutions in Introducing Western Systems to the Prehospital Care
System in Japan

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art10



Kiemanh Pham MD, James Sverchek MD, and Rick A. McPheeters DO (September 2008)

Images in Emergency Medicine: Chemical Pneumonitis from Hydrocarbon Aspiration

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art9



Jeffrey R. Suchard MD and Thomas A. Grotsky MD (September 2008)

Fatal Metformin Overdose Presenting with Progressive Hyperglycemia

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art8



Lisa Reedman MD, Richard D. Shih MD, and Oliver Hung MD (September 2008)

Survival after an Intentional Ingestion of Crushed Abrus Seeds

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art7



Jeffrey R. Suchard MD (September 2008)

Fluoxetine Overdose-Induced Seizure

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art6



Melissa Givens MD, MPH; Kristine Kalbfleisch MD, MS; and Scott Bryson MD
(September 2008)

Comparison of Methanol Exposure Routes Reported to Texas Poison Control Centers

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art5



Scott R. Samlan MD; Matthew T. Jordan MD; Shu B. Chan MD, MS; Michael S. Wahl
MD; and Rachel L. Rubin MD (September 2008)

Tinnitus as a Measure of Salicylate Toxicity in the Overdose Setting

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art4



Lance Hoffman MD, Michael Wadman MD, Tammi Erickson, and Robert Muelleman MD
(September 2008)

Self-Reported Emergency Medicine Residency Applicant Attitudes Towards a
Procedural Cadaver Laboratory Curriculum

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art3



Paul Walsh MB, BCh, BAO, MSc;
Christina Lim-Overmeyer BS; Lauren Kimmel BS; Melanie Feola BS; James Pusavaat
BS; Tuan Anh Nguyen; Sam Kuan MB, BCh, BAO; Kirt Emery MPH; Martin Rosengreen
MD; Eli Mordechai PhD; and Martin E. Adelson PhD (September 2008)

Prevalence of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in Samples
Submitted for RSV Screening

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art2



T. Paul Tran MD, Laura M. Robinson MPA, John R. Keebler MD, Richard A. Walker
MD, and Michael C. Wadman MD (September 2008)

Health Literacy Among Parents of Pediatric Patients Seen in the Emergency
Department

http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciem/westjem/vol9/iss3/art1

Abid Mogannam &
Brian Potts MD, MBA
Managing Editors, CAL/AAEM News Service
University of California, Irvine

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