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Pretreatment of lacerations with lidocaine, epinephrine, and tetracaine at triage: a randomized double-blind trialA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:751-6. 2000....- The effects of a high-potency topical steroid on cutaneous healing of burns in pigsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 9:977-82. 2002..The authors hypothesized that adding topical steroids to a standard antimicrobial agent would reduce the progression of burns and accelerate reepithelialization without increasing infection rates... - Determinants of poor outcome after laceration and surgical incision repairAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and Medical Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794 7400, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 110:429-35; discussion 436-7. 2002..Type of closure device and use of deep sutures had no effect on infection rates or cosmetic appearance... - Octylcyanoacrylate for the treatment of contaminated partial-thickness burns in swine: a randomized controlled experimentA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794 7400, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:222-7. 2000..To compare infection and reepithelialization rates of contaminated second-degree burns treated with octylcyanoacrylate (OCA), silver sulfadiazine (SSD), polyurethane (PU) film, and dry gauze (control; C) in swine... - Research fundamentals: selection and development of clinical outcome measuresA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:397-401. 2000..This paper describes the attributes of clinical outcomes and illustrates how to develop novel outcomes, using as an example the authors' experience in developing a wound cosmesis outcome measure... - Standardized burn model using a multiparametric histologic analysis of burn depthA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794 7400, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:1-6. 2000..The authors standardized a reproducible burn model and a precise histopathologic method for describing burn depth in swine... - Ceruminolytic effects of docusate sodium: a randomized, controlled trialA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Ann Emerg Med 36:228-32. 2000..Assessment of the tympanic membrane is often impeded by the presence of cerumen. We compared the ceruminolytic effects of triethanolamine polypeptide and docusate sodium in patients with cerumen... - Development of a histomorphologic scale to quantify cutaneous scars after burnsA J Singer
Departments of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:1083-8. 2000..Cutaneous wound healing in adults invariably results in scarring; however, there are few scales to quantify the degree of such scarring. The authors developed a histomorphologic scale for quantifying scarring after cutaneous burn injury... - Patient priorities with traumatic lacerationsA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Am J Emerg Med 18:683-6. 2000..Cosmetic outcome is particularly important to patients with facial lacerations. This information should be useful when designing outcome studies of laceration management... - The effects of octylcyanoacrylate on scarring after burnsA Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 8:107-11. 2001..To compare the effects of octylcyanoacrylate (OCA), silver sulfadiazine (SSD), polyurethane film (PU), and dry gauze (G) on scarring three months after partial-thickness burns... - LET versus EMLA for pretreating lacerations: a randomized trialA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794 7400, USA
Acad Emerg Med 8:223-30. 2001..To compare the anesthetic efficacy of EMLA cream (eutectic mixture of local anesthetics) with that of LET solution (lidocaine, epinephrine, tetracaine) for pretreating lacerations prior to lidocaine injection... - Comparison of patient and practitioner assessments of pain from commonly performed emergency department proceduresA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Ann Emerg Med 33:652-8. 1999..To compare patient and practitioner assessments of pain associated with commonly performed emergency department procedures and use of anesthetics before these procedures... - Comparison of types of research articles published in emergency medicine and non-emergency medicine journalsA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794 7400, USA
Acad Emerg Med 4:1153-8. 1997..As the specialty of emergency medicine (EM) matures, its journals should be publishing research of a quality similar to that which appears in other premier journals... - Effect of duration from symptom onset on the negative predictive value of a normal ECG for exclusion of acute myocardial infarctionA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA
Ann Emerg Med 29:575-9. 1997.... - Low-frequency sonophoresis: pathologic and thermal effects in dogsA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 5:35-40. 1998..Prior to human trials, the authors studied the safety profile of low-frequency sonophoresis in dogs by evaluating microscopic and temperature changes in the skin after sonophoresis... - The effects of epidermal debridement of partial-thickness burns on infection and reepithelialization in swineA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:114-9. 2000..Early postburn debridement of burn blisters is controversial. This study was conducted to compare rates of infection and reepithelialization in debrided vs nondebrided second-degree burns in swine... - Cutaneous tape stripping to accelerate the anesthetic effects of EMLA cream: a randomized, controlled trialA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Acad Emerg Med 5:1051-6. 1998..Most medications are not absorbed topically due to the stratum corneum barrier. While effective as a topical anesthetic, EMLA cream is absorbed slowly, delaying its effects for up to one hour, thereby limiting its usefulness... - Determination of the minimal clinically significant difference on a patient visual analog satisfaction scaleA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Acad Emerg Med 5:1007-11. 1998..To determine the minimal clinically significant difference (MCSD) on a visual analog patient satisfaction scale... - Comparison of patient satisfaction and practitioner satisfaction with wound appearance after traumatic wound repairA J Singer
University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794 7400, USA
Acad Emerg Med 4:133-7. 1997..Existing cosmetic scales for wounds are based only on practitioners' evaluations. They have not been validated using the patient's assessment... - Risk factors for infection in patients with traumatic lacerationsJ E Hollander
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4283, USA
Acad Emerg Med 8:716-20. 2001..Most of our knowledge of laceration management comes from studies in animal models or patients with closure of sterile postoperative surgical incisions. Traumatic laceration management has not been well studied... - Irrigation in facial and scalp lacerations: does it alter outcome?J E Hollander
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Ann Emerg Med 31:73-7. 1998.... - Octylcyanoacrylate for the treatment of partial-thickness burns in swine: a randomized, controlled experimentA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Acad Emerg Med 6:688-92. 1999..To compare re-epithelialization rates of superficial partial-thickness burns treated with octylcyanoacrylate (OCA), silver sulfadiazine (SSD), and dry gauze (controls) in swine... - Thermal effects of neutralization therapy and water dilution for acute alkali exposure in caninesC S Homan
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, University Hospital 11794 7400, USA
Acad Emerg Med 4:27-32. 1997..To evaluate the change in temperature of the gastric mucosa and lumen contents when a weak acid or water is used to manage acute alkali exposure... - Association of training level and short-term cosmetic appearance of repaired lacerationsA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794 8350, USA
Acad Emerg Med 3:378-83. 1996..To determine the association between emergency practitioner level of training and cosmetic appearance of primarily closed wounds as evaluated at the time of suture removal... - Long-term evaluation of cosmetic appearance of repaired lacerations: validation of telephone assessment. The Stony Brook Wound Registry Study GroupJ E Hollander
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Ann Emerg Med 31:92-8. 1998..Patients with lacerations are most concerned about the ultimate cosmetic appearance of their wound. We evaluated methods to assess the long-term cosmetic appearance by telephone survey... - Application of tissue adhesives: rapid attainment of proficiency. Stony Brook Octylcyanoacrylate Study GroupJ E Hollander
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104 4283, USA
Acad Emerg Med 5:1012-7. 1998..To evaluate the 3-month cosmetic outcome following laceration repair with a new tissue adhesive, 2-octylcyanoacrylate, as a function of physician experience with this tissue adhesive... - Laceration managementJ E Hollander
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Ann Emerg Med 34:356-67. 1999..We review the general principles of wound care and expand on the use of tissue adhesives for laceration repair... - Ability of patients to accurately recall the severity of acute painful eventsA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA. asingerepo.hsc.sunysb.edu
Acad Emerg Med 8:292-5. 2001..Patients accurately recall the severity of an acute painful episode for at least one week after its occurrence, which may allow retrospective pain assessments... - Histopathologic effects of cutaneous tape stripping in pigsL E Berrutti
Department of Dermatology, Division of Dermatopathology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:1349-53. 2000..Prior to evaluating TS in human clinical trials, this study was performed to evaluate its immediate and delayed histopathologic effects in swine... - Percutaneous regional compared with local anaesthesia for facial lacerations: a randomised controlled trialV Tarsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8350, USA
Emerg Med J 22:37-40. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Local infiltration of anaesthetics for facial lacerations is less painful and results in more effective anaesthesia than percutaneous regional infiltration... - National analgesia prescribing patterns in emergency department patients with burnsA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
J Burn Care Rehabil 23:361-5. 2002..We conclude that many patients with burns do not have documentation of pain assessment or analgesia administration while in the ED... - Thermal characteristics of neutralization therapy and water dilution for strong acid ingestion: an in-vivo canine modelC S Homan
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, University Medical Center, 11794 7400, USA
Acad Emerg Med 5:286-92. 1998..To determine whether in-vivo neutralization therapy for acid ingestions will superimpose a thermal injury upon tissue already damaged by acid... - Comparison of topical anesthetics and vasoconstrictors vs lubricants prior to nasogastric intubation: a randomized, controlled trialA J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Acad Emerg Med 6:184-90. 1999..To determine whether pre-treatment of the nose and throat with topical anesthetics and vasoconstrictors would reduce the pain associated with nasogastric (NG) intubation... - Development and validation of a novel scar evaluation scaleAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY 11794, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 120:1892-7. 2007..The authors developed and validated a scar evaluation scale specifically aimed at measuring the long-term appearance of scars... - Management of local burn wounds in the EDAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, HSC L3 058, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, USA
Am J Emerg Med 25:666-71. 2007..Most burns are minor, and their care focuses on local wound management. The current article will present a typical case and then review the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of minor burns in the ED... - Warm lidocaine/tetracaine patch versus placebo before pediatric intravenous cannulation: a randomized controlled trialAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, USA
Ann Emerg Med 52:41-7. 2008..We hypothesized that application of the active patch would reduce the pain of IV cannulation by at least 15 mm... - Mandated pain scales improve frequency of ED analgesic administrationBret P Nelson
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Emerg Med 22:582-5. 2004..001). We conclude that use of a pain scale at triage significantly increases use of analgesia, and shortens the time till its administration. Patients undergoing diagnostic workups were less likely to receive analgesia... - Comparison of valdecoxib and an oxycodone-acetaminophen combination for acute musculoskeletal pain in the emergency department: a randomized controlled trialStephanie J Lovell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, HSC L3-058, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8350, USA
Acad Emerg Med 11:1278-82. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Valdecoxib is as effective as an oxycodone-acetaminophen combination in treating ED patients with acute musculoskeletal pain at 30 minutes and less likely to cause sedation or the need for rescue analgesia over the next day... - Laser-assisted anesthesia prior to intravenous cannulation in volunteers: a randomized, controlled trialAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350M, USA
Acad Emerg Med 12:804-7. 2005..A single pulse of an erbium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Er:YAG) laser irradiation can remove an area of the stratum corneum, leading to enhanced uptake of topical agents, such as lidocaine, while leaving the rest of the epidermis intact... - Octylcyanoacrylate for the treatment of small, superficial, partial-thickness burns: a pilot studyAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 12:900-4. 2005..Octylcyanoacrylate (OCA) is a tissue adhesive used to close wounds and to treat minor abrasions... - Histologic effects of laser-assisted topical anesthesia in a porcine modelDaniel D Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University and Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Acad Emerg Med 12:1148-52. 2005..The authors assessed the cutaneous histomorphologic effects of the laser device and the ability of the laser-treated skin to resist infection in a porcine model... - Current management of acute cutaneous woundsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
N Engl J Med 359:1037-46. 2008 - Semapimod reduces the depth of injury resulting in enhanced re-epithelialization of partial-thickness burns in swineAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8350, USA
J Burn Care Res 27:40-9. 2006..However, this affect does not appear to be mediated by reduced local TNF-alpha, IL-1, or IL-6 protein levels... - Development of a porcine incisional wound model and novel scarring scalesAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
Wound Repair Regen 14:492-7. 2006..The new clinical and histomorphologic outcomes were highly reliable yet poorly correlated. In general, incisional wounds healed with less apparent scarring than excisional wounds... - Routine versus selective abdominal computed tomography scan in the evaluation of right lower quadrant pain: a randomized controlled trialChristopher C Lee
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:117-22. 2007..The authors hypothesized that selective use of abdominal CT would reduce imaging without increasing the rates of negative appendectomy and perforated appendicitis... - Optical coherence tomography: a noninvasive method to assess wound reepithelializationAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:387-91. 2007..Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a novel, high-resolution method using light reflection to obtain noninvasive cross sectional imaging of biological tissues... - The presence of B-type natriuretic peptide in burns and the responsiveness of fibroblasts to BNP: proof of principleAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:503-7. 2007..It is unclear if BNP plays any role in cutaneous wound healing... - The cyanoacrylate topical skin adhesivesAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY 11794 7400, USA
Am J Emerg Med 26:490-6. 2008..As a result, new topical skin adhesives are expected to enter the market in the near future. This article will review the structure and function of cyanoacrylates as well as their advantages, indications, and usage... - Safety and efficacy of a proteolytic enzyme for enzymatic burn debridement: a preliminary reportLior Rosenberg
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the Burn Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, POB 151, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel
Burns 30:843-50. 2004..There were no significant adverse events. The availability of a fast acting, reliable and complication-free enzymatic debriding agent may open new horizons and provide a new treatment modality for burns... - Does reported funding differ by gender in the surgical literature?Breena R Taira
Departments of Surgery and Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Ann Surg 247:1069-73. 2008..It is commonly believed that women surgeons are less likely to be funded and to publish than their male counterparts. According to the American Board of Surgery, currently 13.5% of board-certified surgeons are women... - Parents and practitioners are poor judges of young children's pain severityAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and Medical Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 9:609-12. 2002..The authors correlated patient, parental, and practitioner pain assessments for young children with acute pain... - Hair apposition for scalp lacerationsAdam J Singer
Ann Emerg Med 40:27-9. 2002 - Evaluation of a new high-viscosity octylcyanoacrylate tissue adhesive for laceration repair: a randomized, clinical trialAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY11794 7400, USA
Acad Emerg Med 10:1134-7. 2003..Their low viscosity may result in inadvertent migration. The authors compared the tendency of the adhesive to migrate after laceration closure with a high- or low-viscosity octylcyanoacrylate (OCA)... - Persistent wound infection delays epidermal maturation and increases scarring in thermal burnsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine and Dermatology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook 11794, USA
Wound Repair Regen 10:372-7. 2002..001. We conclude that our scale is reliable and that persistence of infection 14 days after thermal injury is associated with delayed epidermal maturation and deep scarring... - Apoptosis and necrosis in the ischemic zone adjacent to third degree burnsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:549-54. 2008..Burns are characterized by a central zone of necrosis surrounded by a zone of potentially reversible ischemia. The authors explored the contribution of necrosis and apoptosis to cell death in the zone of ischemia... - Evaluation of a new liquid occlusive dressing for excisional woundsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
Wound Repair Regen 11:181-7. 2003..The liquid occlusive dressing is an effective microbial barrier and hemostatic agent resulting in fewer foreign body reactions than hydrocolloid-treated wounds or controls... - A porcine burn modelAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and Medical Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Methods Mol Med 78:107-19. 2003 - The effect of IM ketorolac tromethamine on bleeding time: a prospective, interventional, controlled studyAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, UH L4 515, Stony Brook, NY 11794 7400, USA
Am J Emerg Med 21:441-3. 2003..There were no adverse events. A standard intramuscular dose of 60 mg ketorolac resulted in prolongation of the bleeding time in healthy volunteers. The clinical significance of this prolongation in patients is unclear... - Comparison of topical anesthetics and lubricants prior to urethral catheterization in males: a randomized controlled trialJohn Siderias
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University and Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Acad Emerg Med 11:703-6. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Use of topical lidocaine gel reduces the pain associated with male urethral catheterization in comparison with topical lubricants only... - A porcine epistaxis model: hemostatic effects of octylcyanoacrylateAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York 11794 7400, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 130:553-7. 2004..To develop a standardized porcine epistaxis model and evaluate the hemostatic effects of octyl-cyanoacrylate (OCA)... - A review of the literature on octylcyanoacrylate tissue adhesiveAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook Health Sciences Center, L3 058, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, USA
Am J Surg 187:238-48. 2004..We reviewed animal and human studies that evaluated its use for a variety of surgical indications and specialties. We also performed a meta-analysis of all clinical trials using octylcyanoacrylate... - Development of a porcine excisional wound modelAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, USA
Acad Emerg Med 10:1029-33. 2003..To develop a porcine model for cutaneous tangential excisional wounds... - Comparison of emergency department patient classification by point-of-care and central laboratory methods for cardiac troponin IJay L Bock
Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 7300, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 130:132-5. 2008..Rapid whole blood testing for cardiac troponin I gave generally reliable patient classifications compared with plasma testing in the central laboratory, but besides missing small elevations, produced some apparent false-positives... - Digital versus local anesthesia for finger lacerations: a randomized controlled trialStuart Chale
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and Medical Center, HSC L3-058, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8500, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:1046-50. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Digital and local anesthesia of finger lacerations with prior application of LET to all wounds results in similar pain of needle insertion, anesthetic infiltration, and pain of suturing... - The effect of direct communication between emergency physicians and interventional cardiologists on door to balloon times in STEMIMin Ji Kwak
Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
J Korean Med Sci 23:706-10. 2008..In conclusion, mandating emergency physicians to directly notify interventional cardiologists of all STEMI patients reduces DTBT... - The effects of an institutional care map on the admission rates and medical costs in women with acute pyelonephritisKyuseok Kim
Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Acad Emerg Med 15:319-23. 2008..The authors evaluated the effect of a predetermined, written protocol for the management of APN on the admission rates and medical costs in adult women with APN... - Emergency department activation of an interventional cardiology team reduces door-to-balloon times in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarctionAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8500, USA
Ann Emerg Med 50:538-44. 2007.... - National trends in emergency department antibiotic prescribing for children with acute otitis media, 1996 2005Thomas Fischer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:1172-5. 2007..The authors hypothesized that the rates of prescribing antibiotics would decline over time... - The impact of helical computed tomography on the negative appendectomy rate: a multi-center comparisonKyuseok Kim
Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University, Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea
J Emerg Med 34:3-6. 2008..The rate of negative appendectomies in this retrospective study was inversely related to the rates of CT imaging before exploration in Emergency Department patients with suspected appendicitis... - Curcumin reduces burn progression in ratsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:1125-9. 2007..The authors hypothesized that treatment of burns with curcumin would reduce the conversion of the ischemic zone to full necrosis... - Introduction of a stat laboratory reduces emergency department length of stayAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:324-8. 2008..Laboratory turnaround time (TAT) is a major determinant of ED LOS. The authors determined the impact of a Stat laboratory (Stat lab) on ED LOS. The authors hypothesized that a Stat lab would reduce ED LOS for admitted patients by 1 hour... - Bronchodilator therapy in acute decompensated heart failure patients without a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University and Medical Center, HSC L4 080, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, USA
Ann Emerg Med 51:25-34. 2008..We evaluated the association between inhaled bronchodilators and outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure patients without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease... - Self-inflicted injuries in adolescents presenting to a suburban emergency departmentJudy Specht
Follow Up Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
J Forensic Nurs 1:20-2. 2005..The authors of this study conclude that anger or uncontrolled temper are responsible for a significant number of injuries in adolescents presenting to the ED. Measures to help adolescents control such reactions are warranted... - Closure of lacerations and incisions with octylcyanoacrylate: a multicenter randomized controlled trialAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
Surgery 131:270-6. 2002..67). CONCLUSIONS: Repair of traumatic lacerations and surgical incisions with OCA is faster than with SWC, and cosmetic outcome is similar at 3 months... - Spontaneous nephrocutaneous fistulaAdam J Singer
Department of Urology, Southern California Medical Group, Woodland Hills, California, USA
Urology 60:1109-10. 2002 - Insertion of IVs by residents: does it save time?Adam J Singer
Am J Emerg Med 20:385-7. 2002 - Retroperitoneal liposarcoma and aldosteronomaAdam J Singer
Department of Urology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Woodland Hills, California 91365, USA
Urology 64:154-5. 2004 - Pediatric first aid knowledge among parentsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 20:808-11. 2004..The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published simple guidelines for the first aid management of ill or injured children. We determined knowledge of these first aid practices in parents... - Comparison of nasal tampons for the treatment of epistaxis in the emergency department: a randomized controlled trialAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Ann Emerg Med 45:134-9. 2005..Rates of successful tamponade were similar in the 2 groups. CONCLUSION: The Rapid Rhino nasal tampon is less painful to insert and easier to remove than the Rhino Rocket, whereas both are similarly effective at stopping nosebleeds... - A call for expanding the role of the emergency physician in the care of patients with asthmaAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Ann Emerg Med 45:295-8. 2005 - Reaction toward a new treatment paradigm for acute otitis mediaThomas F X Fischer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 21:170-2. 2005..We determined whether parents and pediatricians were aware of and comfortable with a policy of selective use of antibiotics for AOM... - Single-layer versus double-layer closure of facial lacerations: a randomized controlled trialAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 116:363-8; discussion 369-70. 2005..The objective of this study was to compare the cosmetic outcome of facial lacerations closed with a single or double layer of sutures... - National trends in ED lacerations between 1992 and 2002Adam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY 11794-8350, USA
Am J Emerg Med 24:183-8. 2006..Work-related injuries accounted for 11% of lacerations. CONCLUSIONS: Despite an increase in the total number of ED visits over the last decade, the number of lacerations has declined, as is less than previously estimated... - Laser-assisted anesthesia reduces the pain of venous cannulation in children and adults: a randomized controlled trialAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:623-8. 2006..The hypothesis was that laser-assisted anesthesia would reduce the pain of IV cannulation in emergency department (ED) patients... - The effect of a commercially available burn-cooling blanket on core body temperatures in volunteersAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:686-90. 2006..Cooling of burns is one of the oldest therapies, yet there are concerns that excessive cooling may result in hypothermia... - An innovative strategy for conducting clinical research: the academic associate programJudd E Hollander
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4283, USA
Acad Emerg Med 9:134-7. 2002..Similar programs can be developed in a variety of outpatient and inpatient settings allowing the performance of high-quality clinical research in a time-efficient and cost-effective manner...