From Hippocrates to HIPAA: privacy and confidentiality in emergency medicine--Part I: conceptual, moral, and legal foundationsJohn C Moskop
Department of Medical Humanities, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Bioethics Center, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Ann Emerg Med 45:53-9. 2005
..Part II of the article examines specific privacy and confidentiality issues commonly encountered in the ED...
Communication with survivors of motor vehicle crashesCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3045 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614, USA
Emerg Med J 29:626-9. 2012
..Communication with survivors of severe motor vehicle crashes is challenging for emergency physicians. The appropriate timing of death notification to survivors of severe motor vehicle crashes is unknown...
Gifts to physicians from the pharmaceutical industry: an ethical analysisCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Ann Emerg Med 48:513-21. 2006
..We conclude with a list of summary recommendations designed to help individual physicians, educators, and administrators engage in careful reflection and analysis and make sound ethical decisions about acceptance of gifts...
Clinical pearls: cerebrospinal fluid double ring signCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608-2691, USA
Acad Emerg Med 11:75. 2004
Pharmaceutical advertising in emergency departmentsCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, 2213 Cherry Street, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Acad Emerg Med 11:401-4. 2004
..This study was undertaken to identify the frequency of items containing pharmaceutical advertising in clinical emergency departments (EDs)...
Ethical issues of resuscitation: an American perspectiveC A Marco
Acute Care Services, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, 2213 Cherry Street, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Postgrad Med J 81:608-12. 2005
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Comparison of oxycodone and hydrocodone for the treatment of acute pain associated with fractures: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trialCatherine A Marco
Acute Care Services, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, 2213 Cherry Street, Toledo, OH 43608 2591
Acad Emerg Med 12:282-8. 2005
..However, to the best of the authors' knowledge, no previous reports have compared the efficacies of these commonly prescribed agents...
Emergency management of agitation in schizophreniaCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Am J Emerg Med 23:767-76. 2005
..Psychiatric consultation should be sought for patients with schizophrenia and uncertain disposition determinations, or those requiring other complex management decisions...
The verbal numeric pain scale: effects of patient education on self-reports of painCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:853-9. 2006
..Emergency department (ED) patients are frequently asked to provide a self-report of the level of pain experienced using a verbal numeric rating scale...
Self-reported pain scores in the emergency department: lack of association with vital signsCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, 2213 Cherry Street, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:974-9. 2006
..Some practitioners and investigators have presumed relationships between pain scores and heart rate, blood pressure, or respiratory rate. Previous literature has not adequately addressed the association of pain and vital signs...
Death, dying, and last wishesCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, Acute Care Services, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 24:969-87. 2006
..As death approaches, provision of the best possible medical care, in accordance with the patient's wishes, can be rewarding for patients, families, and health care providers...
Ethical issues of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: comparison of emergency physician practices from 1995 to 2007Catherine A Marco
University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:270-3. 2009
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Public education regarding resuscitation: effects of a multimedia interventionCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Ann Emerg Med 42:256-60. 2003
..This study was undertaken to determine the effect of a multimedia educational intervention on knowledge base and resuscitation preferences among the lay public...
Resuscitation research: future directions and ethical issuesC A Marco
Acute Care Services, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Acad Emerg Med 8:839-43. 2001
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Determination of "futility" in emergency medicineC A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Ann Emerg Med 35:604-12. 2000
..When certain interventions are withheld, special efforts should be made to maintain effective communication, comfort, support, and counseling for the patient, family, and friends...
Research ethics: ethical issues of data reporting and the quest for authenticityC A Marco
Department of Emergency, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:691-4. 2000
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Ethics seminars: case studies in "futility"-challenges for academic emergency medicineC A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:1147-51. 2000
..In all aspects of clinical decision making, the value of various interventions and therapies must be based on expected risks and benefits to the patients, first and foremost...
HIV infection and complications in emergency medicineCatherine A Marco
Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3045 Arlington Avenue, 328 Mulford Library, Mail Stop 1050, Toledo, OH 43614, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 26:367-87, viii-ix. 2008
..Knowledge of clinical presentations, differential diagnosis, early treatment strategies, and disposition options is crucial to the effective emergency department management of HIV infections and AIDS...
Filming of patients in academic emergency departmentsCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Acad Emerg Med 9:248-51. 2002
..Practices regarding filming of patients in academic emergency departments are reviewed, and suggested guidelines are provided regarding the appropriate and inappropriate filming of patients...
Societal opinions regarding CPRCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608 2691, USA
Am J Emerg Med 20:207-11. 2002
..These public opinions support the feasibility of establishing societal consensus regarding resuscitation preferences, which may be useful in the development of federal and local guidelines and policies...
Ethics seminars: teaching professionalism to "problem" residentsCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center and Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH, USA
Acad Emerg Med 9:1001-6. 2002
..Deficiencies in professional skills should be identified early in the residency program, and should be addressed on an individual level...
Ethical issues of resuscitationC A Marco
St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 17:527-38, xiii-xiv. 1999
..During and following resuscitative efforts, the psychologic and emotional well-being of the survivors should also be given close attention...
Ethical issues of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: current practice among emergency physiciansC A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Acad Emerg Med 4:898-904. 1997
..To determine current practice and attitudes among emergency physicians (EPs) regarding the initiation and termination of CPR...
End-of-life decisions: family views on advance directivesEllen W Bernal
Ethics, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, 2213 Cherry Street, Toledo, OH 43608, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 24:300-7. 2007
..A unique survey instrument can be used to measure family perceptions and opinions of participation in decisions about end-of-life care...
Prehospital resuscitation practices: a survey of prehospital providersCatherine A Marco
Acute Care Services, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio 43608-2691, USA
J Emerg Med 24:101-6. 2003
..Because many local protocols are judged to be inadequate, we support the institution of improved clinical guidelines regarding the prehospital termination of resuscitative efforts...
Emergency medicine residency selection: factors influencing candidate decisionsMelissa DeSantis
Emergency Department, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, 2213 Cherry Street, Toledo, OH 43608, USA
Acad Emerg Med 12:559-61. 2005
..Published information is limited regarding factors considered by emergency medicine resident candidates when selecting a residency program...
Off-service resident education in the emergency department: outline of a national standardized curriculumChad S Kessler
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:1325-30. 2009
..It is flexible enough to be applicable and implementable without being limited by resource availability or faculty strengths...
Impact of detailed informed consent on research subjects' participation: a prospective, randomized trialCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio 43608 2691, USA
J Emerg Med 34:269-75. 2008
..Participants who were asked to sign a detailed written informed consent document had a lower rate of participation compared to those with verbal or limited written consent...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: knowledge and opinions among the U.S. general public. State of the science-fictionCatherine A Marco
St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH, United States
Resuscitation 79:490-8. 2008
..Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is undertaken more than 250,000 times annually in the United States. This study was undertaken to determine knowledge and opinions of the general public regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
Ethics seminars: vulnerable populations in emergency medicine researchTammie Quest
Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Acad Emerg Med 10:1294-8. 2003
..These issues should be carefully considered when including such patients in research protocols. Special efforts should be made to ensure voluntary participation and understanding of the purposes and risks of participation...
A statewide prescription monitoring program affects emergency department prescribing behaviorsDavid F Baehren
University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614, USA
Ann Emerg Med 56:19-23.e1-3. 2010
..This study is undertaken to identify the influence of OARRS data on clinical management of emergency department (ED) patients with painful conditions...
End-of-life care: perspectives of family members of deceased patientsCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 22:26-31. 2005
..001 and p = 0.006, Bowker's test). A unique survey instrument can be used to measure family perceptions and opinions regarding end-of-life care...
Conflict resolution in emergency medicineCatherine A Marco
Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH43608-2691, USA
Ann Emerg Med 40:347-9. 2002
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine position on informed consent for emergency medicine researchCatherine A Marco
Emergency Medicine, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toldeo, OH, USA
Acad Emerg Med 11:1090-1. 2004
Pain perception among Emergency Department patients with headache: responses to standardized painful stimuliCatherine A Marco
St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio 43608 2691, USA
J Emerg Med 32:1-6. 2007
..ED participants with headache reported significantly higher pain scores secondary to BP cuff inflation when compared to control participants without headache...
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine position on ethical relationships with the biomedical industryRaquel M Schears
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:179-81. 2007
From Hippocrates to HIPAA: privacy and confidentiality in emergency medicine--Part II: Challenges in the emergency departmentJohn C Moskop
Department of Medical Humanities, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Bioethics Center, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Ann Emerg Med 45:60-7. 2005
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"Do not attempt resuscitation" (DNAR) in the out-of-hospital settingRaquel M Schears
Ann Emerg Med 44:68-70. 2004
The suicide noteDavid Lowenthal
Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, USA
Camb Q Healthc Ethics 11:422-31. 2002
Emergency medicine education and health care disparitiesGlenn Hamilton
Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45429, USA
Acad Emerg Med 10:1189-92. 2003
..The Consensus Group on Education chose to focus on cultural competency education at several levels as a means of tangibly changing its status for both the immediate and long terms...
Mentoring in emergency medicine: challenges and future directionsCatherine A Marco
Acad Emerg Med 11:1329-30. 2004