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| Kirsten CalderSummaryAffiliation: University of Southern California Country: USA Publications
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Emergency department presentation of pediatric strokeKirsten Calder
Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 19:320-8. 2003..Use of specialized agents such as aspirin and heparin should be considered in certain cases. It is important for the emergency physician to recognize acute neurologic events in pediatric patients to minimize complications...
Surgical emergencies in the intravenous drug userKirsten K Calder
USC Keck School of Medicine, LAC USC Medical Center, 1200 North State Street, Room 1011, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 21:1089-116. 2003..It is likely that these problems will remain a significant burden on the health care system as a result of continued widespread drug abuse. EPs must always maintain vigilance when evaluating medical complaints in the IVDU...
The mortality of untreated pulmonary embolism in emergency department patientsKirsten K Calder
Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 45:302-10. 2005..This article discusses the background of commonly quoted pulmonary embolism statistics and highlights the need for future investigations enrolling ED patients that focus on disease outcome in this population...
Manual measurement of QT dispersion in patients with acute myocardial infarction and nondiagnostic electrocardiogramsKirsten K Calder
Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Acad Emerg Med 9:851-4. 2002..To determine whether manually measured QT dispersion (QTD) may be a useful diagnostic adjunct for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in emergency department patients with chest pain (CP) and nondiagnostic initial electrocardiograms (ECGs)...
