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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...- 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... - 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)... - The association between length of emergency department boarding and mortalityAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:1324-9. 2011..The authors expected that prolonged ED boarding of admitted patients would be associated with higher mortality rates and longer hospital lengths of stay (LOS)... - The association between hypothermia, prehospital cooling, and mortality in burn victimsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:456-9. 2010..The study also examined the potential causative role of prehospital cooling in hypothermic burn patients... - Curcumin reduces injury progression in a rat comb burn modelAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
J Burn Care Res 32:135-42. 2011..The effects of purified curcumin appear to be bimodal, suggesting more than one mechanism of action. The effects of curcumin do not appear to be mediated by iron chelation... - Reepithelialization of mid-dermal porcine burns after rapid enzymatic debridement with Debrase®Adam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
J Burn Care Res 32:647-53. 2011..0 vs 25.0% (P = .02); day 9, 80.0 vs 40.0% (P = .02); and day 11, 100.0 vs 92.0% (P = .45). Treatment of mid-dermal porcine burns with a single topical application of Debrase® results in earlier wound reepithelialization... - Healing of mid-dermal burns in a diabetic porcine modelAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
J Burn Care Res 30:880-6. 2009..It is unclear whether the delay in healing is due to the thinner skin or the metabolic consequences of diabetes or their combination... - Heat or cold packs for neck and back strain: a randomized controlled trial of efficacyGregory Garra
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:484-9. 2010..The objective of this study was to compare the analgesic efficacy of heat and cold in relieving pain from back and neck strains. The authors hypothesized that pain relief would not differ between hot and cold packs... - Rapid and selective enzymatic debridement of porcine comb burns with bromelain-derived Debrase: acute-phase preservation of noninjured tissue and zone of stasisAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine and the Division of Laboratory Animal Research, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
J Burn Care Res 31:304-9. 2010..At 48 hours, SSD treatment resulted in superficial tissue damage and partial preservation of the unburned interspaces... - The incremental benefit of a shortness-of-breath biomarker panel in emergency department patients with dyspneaAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:488-94. 2009..The objective was to determine the incremental benefit of a shortness-of-breath (SOB) point-of-care biomarker panel on the diagnostic accuracy of emergency department (ED) patients presenting with dyspnea... - 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... - Predictors of sustaining burn injury: does the use of common prevention strategies matter?Breena R Taira
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, New York 11794 8350, USA
J Burn Care Res 32:20-5. 2011..When holding demographic characteristics constant, utilization of most burn prevention strategies is not protective of sustaining burn injury. Those with lower levels of education and income remain more susceptible to burn injury... - A novel TGF-beta antagonist speeds reepithelialization and reduces scarring of partial thickness porcine burnsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine and the Division of Laboratory Animal Research, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
J Burn Care Res 30:329-34. 2009..002) at 28 days. Treatment of partial thickness porcine burns with the TGF-beta antagonist speeds reepithelialization and reduces scar formation and wound contraction in partial thickness porcine burns... - Validation of a porcine comb burn modelAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, USA
Am J Emerg Med 27:285-8. 2009..A brass comb burn model that creates 3 full-thickness burns separated by 3 interspaces of unburned skin representing the zone of ischemia has been described in rats. We evaluated this model in pigs... - The association between transfer of emergency department boarders to inpatient hallways and mortality: a 4-year experienceAsa Viccellio
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, USA
Ann Emerg Med 54:487-91. 2009..We hypothesized that transfer of admitted patients from the emergency department (ED) to inpatient hallways would be feasible and not create patient harm... - The effects of rapid enzymatic debridement of deep partial-thickness burns with Debrase on wound reepithelialization in swineAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, HSC L4 080, 8350 SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8350, USA
J Burn Care Res 31:795-802. 2010..Rapid enzymatic debridement of deep partial-thickness burns with Debrase results in earlier reepithelialization and cellular proliferation in swine, when compared with carrier and topical antibiotic dressings alone... - Does pressure matter in creating burns in a porcine model?Adam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
J Burn Care Res 31:646-51. 2010..001), respectively. There is a direct association between the pressure of burn device application and depth of injury. Future studies should standardize and specify the amount of pressure applied using the burn infliction device... - Physical fitness cannot be used to predict the likelihood of acute coronary syndromes in ED patients with chest painTaku Taira
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8191, USA
Am J Emerg Med 30:57-60. 2012..We hypothesized that the likelihood of ACS would be lower in physically fit patients and higher in patients with exercise-induced CP... - Primary closure of cutaneous abscesses: a systematic reviewAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, HSC L4 080, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, USA
Am J Emerg Med 29:361-6. 2011..Primary closure after incision and drainage is an alternative mode of therapy practiced in some parts of the world. The current study reviews the experience with primary closure of abscesses... - 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... - 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... - Spatiotemporal progression of cell death in the zone of ischemia surrounding burnsSteven T Lanier
Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Wound Repair Regen 19:622-32. 2011.... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - The current management of skin tearsXiaoti Xu
Stony Brook University Department of Surgery, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Am J Emerg Med 27:729-33. 2009..The current article reviews the etiology, risk factors, classification, and therapeutic options for treating skin tears. We also review preventive measures to help reduce the incidence of skin tears... - Patterns of use of topical skin adhesives in the emergency departmentAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:670-2. 2010..The objective was to determine patterns of use of topical skin adhesives (TSA) for laceration repair. The authors hypothesized that TSA use would be more common in children and facial lacerations... - The effects of brain natriuretic peptide on scar formation in incisional rat woundsBreena R Taira
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:945-8. 2008..Although TGF-beta is known to play a role in scar formation in the myocardium, little is known about the effects of BNP on cutaneous wound healing... - 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... - Validation of a vertical progression porcine burn modelAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
J Burn Care Res 32:638-46. 2011.... - Triage pain scores and the desire for and use of analgesicsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 1794 8350, USA
Ann Emerg Med 52:689-95. 2008..We determine how often patients in pain desire and receive analgesics in the emergency department (ED). We hypothesize that many ED patients in pain do not desire analgesics and that most who want them receive them... - Validation of the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale in pediatric emergency department patientsGregory Garra
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:50-4. 2010..The hypothesis was that the pain severity ratings on the WBS would be highly correlated (Spearman's rho > 0.80) with those on a VAS... - Controlled mild hypothermia prolongs survival in a rat model of large scald burnsAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:287-91. 2011..In contrast, controlled mild hypothermia improves outcomes after cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury. The authors hypothesized that controlled mild hypothermia would prolong survival in a rat model of large scald burns... - Pretreatment of patients requiring oral contrast abdominal computed tomography with antiemetics: a randomized controlled trial of efficacyGregory Garra
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY 11784 8350, USA
Ann Emerg Med 53:528-33. 2009..Ingestion of diatrizoate meglumine before abdominal computed tomography (CT) is time consuming. We hypothesized that pretreatment with metoclopramide or ondansetron would result in faster ingestion of diatrizoate meglumine than placebo... - 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... - Observation option for acute otitis media in the emergency departmentThomas Fischer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:575-8. 2009..The objective of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of the observation option for the treatment of acute otitis media (AOM) in the emergency department (ED)... - Does "off-hours" admission affect burn patient outcome?Breena R Taira
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, HSC L4, 080, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, United States
Burns 35:1092-6. 2009..As severe burn is equally emergent we hypothesized that this disparity in outcomes would exist for burn patients as well... - Burns in the emergency department: a national perspectiveBreena R Taira
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8350, USA
J Emerg Med 39:1-5. 2010..Burns are a common cause of injury presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). Several reports state that admission for and mortality from burn injury are declining. Total visits to the ED, however, have increased... - Rosiglitazone, a PPAR-gamma ligand, reduces burn progression in ratsBreena R Taira
Department of Emergency Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, New York 11794 8191, USA
J Burn Care Res 30:499-504. 2009..001), and 43/60 (72%) versus 54/60 (90%) (P = .02), respectively. Treatment with oral rosiglitazone reduces the percentage of unburned skin interspaces that progress to full necrosis in a rat comb burn model... - Evaluation of a novel wound closure device: a multicenter randomized controlled trialAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:1060-4. 2011..We hypothesized that the rate of complete wound edge apposition would be equivalent for the two closure devices... - Rates of compliance with first aid recommendations in burn patientsBreena R Taira
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, USA
J Burn Care Res 31:121-4. 2010..There is no difference in the rates of first aid implementation in those who did and did not contact EMS. The initial call to EMS might be used to instruct lay persons in appropriate burn first aid while awaiting the ambulance... - The impact of communication barriers on diagnostic confidence and ancillary testing in the emergency departmentGregory Garra
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8350, USA
J Emerg Med 38:681-5. 2010..The prevalence and degree to which these barriers affect diagnosis, testing, and treatment are unknown... - An in-vivo study of the wound-bursting strengths of octyl-cyanoacrylate, butyl-cyanoacrylate, and surgical tape in ratsBreena R Taira
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8350, USA
J Emerg Med 38:546-51. 2010..Several non-invasive wound-closure devices are available. Clinical studies of low-tension lacerations suggest similar clinical outcomes with these devices... - 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... - 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... - 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 - 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... - 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... - 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)... - 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... - Assessment of emergency physician workforce needs in the United States, 2005Carlos A Camargo
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:1317-20. 2008..The objective was to estimate emergency physician (EP) workforce needs, taking into account the diversity of U.S. emergency departments (EDs) and various projections of EP supply and demand... - 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... - 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 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 - 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... - Rapid Emergency Department Heart Failure Outpatients Trial (REDHOT II): a randomized controlled trial of the effect of serial B-type natriuretic peptide testing on patient managementAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Circ Heart Fail 2:287-93. 2009..B-type natriuretic peptide is useful to diagnose heart failure. We determined whether the use of serial B-type natriuretic peptide measurements to guide treatment improves the outcome in patients with acute heart failure... - 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... - 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... - In vivo study of wound bursting strength and compliance of topical skin adhesivesAdam J Singer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:1290-4. 2008..In this study the authors compared the WBS and flexibility of multiple TSAs immediately and up to 2 days after closure... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Interrater reliability of hemodynamic profiling of patients with heart failure in the EDAhmed Chaudhry
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8350, USA
Am J Emerg Med 26:196-201. 2008..We hypothesized that the interrater reliability of HP in the ED would be good or greater than 0.6... - Ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric trauma patientsBreena R Taira
Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 10:491-4. 2009..No study has characterized VAP in pediatric trauma patients. We determined the rates of and potential risk factors for VAP in pediatric trauma patients... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Comparison of ibuprofen, cyclobenzaprine or both in patients with acute cervical strain: a randomized controlled trialS Mustafah Khwaja
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8350, United States of America
CJEM 12:39-44. 2010..We compared pain severity and time to resumption of activities in patients with cervical strains treated with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), a centrally acting muscle relaxant or both... - 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 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Hair apposition for scalp lacerationsAdam J Singer
Ann Emerg Med 40:27-9. 2002 - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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
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Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
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