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Clinical characteristics as predictors of recurrent alcohol-related seizuresN K Rathlev
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:886-91. 2000....- Time series analysis of variables associated with daily mean emergency department length of stayNiels K Rathlev
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Ann Emerg Med 49:265-71. 2007..We measure the effect of various input, throughput, and output factors on daily emergency department (ED) mean length of stay per patient (daily mean length of stay)... - Intracranial pathology in elders with blunt head traumaNiels K Rathlev
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:302-7. 2006.... - Evaluation and management of neck traumaNiels K Rathlev
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 25:679-94, viii. 2007..Airway injuries challenge even the most skilled practitioners; familiarity with multiple approaches to securing a definitive airway is required because success is not guaranteed with any single technique... - Etiology and weekly occurrence of alcohol-related seizuresNiels K Rathlev
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Acad Emerg Med 9:824-8. 2002..2) To test the hypothesis that patients with alcohol-related seizures present with greater frequency following Sundays when alcohol is not commercially available... - Hypothermia and localized cold injuriesAndrew S Ulrich
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 22:281-98. 2004..The subsequent care is largely supportive and consists of wound care and physical and hydrotherapy to promote optimal functional recovery... - Stability of cervical spine fractures after gunshot wounds to the head and neckRon Medzon
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118-2393, USA
Spine 30:2274-9. 2005..However, the cervical collar and spinal precautions should be resumed after such procedures are completed and continued until a more definitive evaluation of spinal stability can be performed... - Emergency Department overcrowding and ambulance diversion: the impact and potential solutions of extended boarding of admitted patients in the Emergency DepartmentJonathan S Olshaker
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Emerg Med 30:351-6. 2006..This article will review how overcrowding occurred with a focus on the significance and potential remedies of extended boarding of admitted patients in the Emergency Department... - Effect of intoxication among blunt trauma patients selected for head computed tomography scanningMark E Bracken
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Ann Emerg Med 49:45-51. 2007..We examine the prevalence and types of intracranial injuries sustained by intoxicated blunt trauma patients... - The effects of consecutive night shifts on neuropsychological performance of interns in the emergency department: a pilot studyDenise C Rollinson
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Ann Emerg Med 41:400-6. 2003..We obtain preliminary information on the neuropsychological performance of house officers at the beginning and end of a shift while they worked consecutive night shifts in the emergency department... - Potential diversion rates associated with prehospital acute myocardial infarction triage strategiesPhilip D Anderson
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Emerg Med 27:345-53. 2004..Actual implementation of a prehospital AMI diversion protocol may have an even greater impact on nonreceiving hospitals... - Blood cultures do not change management in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumoniaPrasanthi Ramanujam
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:740-5. 2006.... - Blunt abdominal trauma: performance of CT without oral contrast materialJoshua W Stuhlfaut
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Radiology 233:689-94. 2004..To retrospectively evaluate multi-detector row computed tomography (CT) without oral contrast material for depiction of bowel and mesenteric injuries that require surgical repair in patients with blunt abdominal trauma... - Alcohol-related seizuresNiels K Rathlev
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston, University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Emerg Med 31:157-63. 2006..Our purpose is to present recommendations for the diagnostic evaluation, treatment and disposition of these patients based on the current literature... - Non-aneurysmal infectious aortitis: a case reportAneesh T Narang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Emerg Med 32:359-63. 2007..Establishing a diagnosis of aortic infection before the formation of an aneurysm or rupture is very difficult, but essential in preventing the devastating complications...