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Multicenter study of emergency department visits for insect sting allergiesSunday Clark
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 116:643-9. 2005..An earlier study of food-related anaphylaxis in the emergency department (ED) suggested low concordance with national guidelines for anaphylaxis management...- Observational study of intravenous versus oral corticosteroids for acute asthma: an example of confounding by severitySunday Clark
EMNet Coordinating Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 326 Cambridge Street, Suite 410, Boston, MA 02114 2696, USA
Acad Emerg Med 12:439-45. 2005..Double-blind, randomized trials have clearly demonstrated that IV and oral corticosteroids have comparable efficacy... - Emergency management of food allergy: systems perspectiveSunday Clark
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 5:293-8. 2005..The purpose of this review is to examine current research on food-related allergic reactions in the emergency department, and to provide suggestions for how to improve emergency department management... - Emergency treatment and prevention of insect-sting anaphylaxisSunday Clark
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, USA
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 6:279-83. 2006..This review examines current research on insect-sting anaphylaxis in the emergency department (ED), and provides suggestions on how to improve ED treatment and prevention... - ICD-9-CM coding of emergency department visits for food and insect sting allergySunday Clark
EMNet Coordinating Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:696-700. 2006..Little is known about the role of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes for identification of specific allergic reactions in the emergency department (ED)... - Feasibility of a national fatal asthma registry: more evidence of IRB variation in evaluation of a standard protocolSunday Clark
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
J Asthma 43:19-23. 2006..The project was revived in 2004 when a standard protocol was submitted to Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) in four different states... 
Race/Ethnicity differences in the inpatient management of acute asthma in the United StatesDivay Chandra
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Chest 135:1527-34. 2009..The purpose of the present analysis was to reexamine this important issue in a large multicenter study...
Prospective multicenter study of bronchiolitis: predictors of an unscheduled visit after discharge from the emergency departmentAgatha Norwood
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:376-82. 2010..There is little evidence about which children with bronchiolitis will have worsened disease after discharge from the emergency department (ED). The objective of this study was to determine predictors of post-ED unscheduled visits...- Gender differences in emergency department patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationRita K Cydulka
Department of Emergency Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA
Acad Emerg Med 12:1173-9. 2005..The objective of this study was to determine if acute presentation, management, and outcomes differ among men and women seeking care in the emergency department (ED) for exacerbation of COPD... - Prospective multicenter study of bronchiolitis: predicting safe discharges from the emergency departmentJonathan M Mansbach
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 121:680-8. 2008..Bronchiolitis is the leading cause of hospitalization for infants. Our objective was to identify factors associated with safe discharge to home from the emergency department... - Risk stratification for hospitalization in acute asthma: the CHOP classification treeChu Lin Tsai
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Am J Emerg Med 28:803-8. 2010..Simple risk stratification rules are limited in acute asthma. We developed and externally validated a classification tree for asthma hospitalization... - Development and validation of a risk-adjustment tool in acute asthmaChu Lin Tsai
EMNet Coordinating Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, USA
Health Serv Res 44:1701-17. 2009..To develop and prospectively validate a risk-adjustment tool in acute asthma... - A multicenter study of depression among emergency department patientsAnita Kumar
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Acad Emerg Med 11:1284-9. 2004..The authors sought to determine the 12-month prevalence of depression among emergency department (ED) patients using a single-question screen... - Age-related differences in the clinical presentation of food-induced anaphylaxisSusan A Rudders
Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Pediatr 158:326-8. 2011..We describe age-related patterns in the clinical presentation of children with anaphylaxis, which may facilitate the early recognition and treatment of this potentially life-threatening condition... - Body mass index and acute asthma severity among children presenting to the emergency departmentAdit A Ginde
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 21:480-8. 2010..The results of this study support a positive association between obesity and asthma, and suggest that asthma exacerbations among obese children are very similar to those experienced by other children... - Randomized controlled trial of emergency department interventions to improve primary care follow-up for patients with acute asthmaJill M Baren
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Ground Floor Silverstein Bldg, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Chest 129:257-65. 2006..Our objective was to compare the effect of two interventions on primary care follow-up after ED treatment for asthma exacerbations... - Season of birth and food allergy in childrenMilo F Vassallo
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 104:307-13. 2010..Based on seasonal patterns of UV-B exposure (and consequent vitamin D status), we hypothesized that patients with food allergy are more often born in fall or winter... - Acute asthma among adults presenting to the emergency department: the role of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic statusEdwin D Boudreaux
Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper Hospital, One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103 1489, USA
Chest 124:803-12. 2003..To investigate racial/ethnic differences in acute asthma among adults presenting to the emergency department (ED), and to determine whether observed differences are attributable to socioeconomic status (SES)... - Factors associated with hospital admission among emergency department patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationChu Lin Tsai
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:6-14. 2007.... - Nasopharyngeal lactate dehydrogenase concentrations predict bronchiolitis severity in a prospective multicenter emergency department studyJonathan M Mansbach
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:767-9. 2012.... - Multicenter study of emergency department visits for food allergiesSunday Clark
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 113:347-52. 2004..These findings support a new collaboration between professional organizations in allergy and emergency medicine and the development of educational programs and materials for ED patients and staff... - Factors associated with frequency of emergency department visits for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationChu Lin Tsai
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:799-804. 2007..Little is known about the factors associated with frequency of emergency department visits (FEDV) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with recurrent exacerbations... - Repeat epinephrine treatments for food-related allergic reactions that present to the emergency departmentAleena Banerji
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Allergy Asthma Proc 31:308-16. 2010..Among ED patients with food-related anaphylaxis treated with epinephrine, 17% were given >1 dose. This study supports the recommendation that patients at risk for food-related anaphylaxis should carry 2 doses of epinephrine... - Validation of self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among patients in the EDMichael S Radeos
Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY, USA
Am J Emerg Med 27:191-6. 2009..To determine whether the self-reported diagnosis of adults who present to the emergency department (ED) with an acute exacerbation of either asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is validated by medical record review... - Salmeterol use and risk of hospitalization among emergency department patients with acute asthmaMichael M Liao
Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 104:478-84. 2010..The safety of inhaled long-acting beta2-agonists (LABAs) in the treatment of chronic asthma remains controversial and has not been evaluated in emergency department (ED) patients with acute asthma... - Cigarette smoking among asthmatic adults presenting to 64 emergency departmentsRobert A Silverman
Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA
Chest 123:1472-9. 2003..The present study determined the prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults presenting to the ED with acute asthma and identified the factors associated with current smoking status... - Race/ethnicity and asthma among children presenting to the emergency department: differences in disease severity and managementEdwin D Boudreaux
Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper Hospital and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Pediatrics 111:e615-21. 2003..In addition to barriers attributable to socioeconomic factors, health care providers and policy makers should target equalizing deficiencies in preventive medication prescription practices... - Multiple epinephrine doses for stinging insect hypersensitivity reactions treated in the emergency departmentSusan A Rudders
Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 105:85-93. 2010..Data are sparse on epinephrine treatment for stinging insect hypersensitivity (SIH) reactions... - Multicenter study of repeat epinephrine treatments for food-related anaphylaxisSusan A Rudders
Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 125:e711-8. 2010..We sought to establish the frequency of receiving >1 dose of epinephrine in children who present to the emergency department (ED) with food-related anaphylaxis... - Viral pathogens in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCarlos A Camargo
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Intern Emerg Med 3:355-9. 2008..A putative viral etiology was identified in 25% of AECOPD presenting for emergency care, of which approximately one-third were RSV-related... - Prospective multicenter bronchiolitis study: predicting intensive care unit admissionsDorothy Damore
Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medial Center, New York, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:887-94. 2008..The authors sought to identify predictors of intensive care unit (ICU) admission among children hospitalized with bronchiolitis for > or =24 hours... - Prospective multicenter study of relapse following emergency department treatment of COPD exacerbationSunghye Kim
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Clinics Building 397, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Chest 125:473-81. 2004..Further research should focus on ways to decrease the relapse rate among these high-risk patients. The clinicians may wish to consider these historical factors when making ED decisions... - Spirometric correlates of dyspnea improvement among emergency department patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationCarlos A Camargo
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 326 Cambridge Street, Suite 410, Boston MA 02114, USA
Respir Care 53:892-6. 2008..To examine whether change in slow vital capacity (SVC) correlates to dyspnea improvement during emergency department (ED) treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation... - Food-induced anaphylaxis and repeated epinephrine treatmentsEyal Oren
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 99:429-32. 2007..Research on the use of more than 1 dose of epinephrine in the treatment of food-induced anaphylaxis is limited... - Prospective multicenter study of acute asthma in younger versus older adults presenting to the emergency departmentAleena Banerji
Department of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:48-55. 2006..CONCLUSION: Older asthma patients were less responsive to emergency bronchodilation. This may reflect chronic undertreatment with inhaled corticosteroids... - Predictors of hospital admission for food-related allergic reactions that present to the emergency departmentAleena Banerji
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 106:42-8. 2011..guidelines do not provide specific hospitalization criteria for patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with food-related allergic reactions... - Multicenter analysis of quality indicators for children treated in the emergency department for asthmaMarion R Sills
Department Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
Pediatrics 129:e325-32. 2012..To test the hypothesis that an association exists between process and outcome measures of the quality of acute asthma care provided to children in the emergency department... - Predicting smoking stage of change among emergency department patients and visitorsEdwin D Boudreaux
Department of Emergency Medicine, MDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Cooper Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:39-47. 2006..The authors hypothesized that several variables would be associated with stage of change, including nicotine dependence, self-efficacy, presence of a smoking-related illness, and anticipated cessation-related health improvement... - Epidemiology of anaphylaxisSunday Clark
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 326 Cambridge Street, Suite 410, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 27:145-63, v. 2007.... - A prospective multicenter study of written action plans among emergency department patients with acute asthmaCarlos A Camargo
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
J Asthma 45:532-8. 2008..The prevalence of written "action plans" (APs) among emergency department (ED) patients with acute asthma is unknown... - Mortality after an emergency department visit for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseSunghye Kim
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
COPD 3:75-81. 2006..To describe the mortality after emergency department (ED) visits for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation... - Food security, health, and medication expenditures of emergency department patientsAshley F Sullivan
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
J Emerg Med 38:524-8. 2010..In the United States, 35 million people live in food-insecure households. Although food insecurity and hunger are undesirable in their own right, they also are potential precursors to nutritional, health, and developmental problems... - Body mass index and asthma severity among adults presenting to the emergency departmentCarey Conley Thomson
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Chest 124:795-802. 2003..Potential differences (eg, in symptom perception, use of inhaled beta-agonists before ED presentation, initial PEF rate) were due, in large part, to confounding by sex... - Mood disorder screening among adult emergency department patients: a multicenter study of prevalence, associations and interest in treatmentEdwin D Boudreaux
Department of Emergency Medicine, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ 08103, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 30:4-13. 2008..Planning for emergency department (ED)-initiated interventions for mood disorders requires confirmation of prevalence data, identification of predictors, and an assessment of patient interest in such interventions... - National study of the relation of primary care shortages to emergency department utilizationIlana B Richman
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:279-82. 2007..Emergency department (ED) visit volumes are increasing nationwide... - Prospective multicenter study of children with bronchiolitis requiring mechanical ventilationJonathan M Mansbach
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 130:e492-500. 2012..To identify factors associated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and/or intubation for children with bronchiolitis... - Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels among Boston trainee doctors in winterAmanda S Growdon
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood AvCe, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Nutrients 4:197-207. 2012..The use of traditional risk factors appears insufficient to identify low vitamin D in indoor workers at northern latitudes... - Insurance and quality of care for adults with acute asthmaTimothy G Ferris
Institute for Health Policy, Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare System and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02114, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:905-13. 2002..We sought to determine whether type of patient insurance is related to quality of care and subsequent outcomes for patients who arrive in the emergency department (ED) for acute asthma... - Interest in smoking cessation among emergency department patientsEdwin D Boudreaux
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Cooper University Hospital, Newark, NJ 08103, USA
Health Psychol 24:220-4. 2005..Because many underinsured Americans use the ED as a source of regular health care, the public health implications of increasing screening, counseling, and referral for smokers are substantial... - Asthma exacerbations in North American adults: who are the "frequent fliers" in the emergency department?Sharon K Griswold
Department of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Chest 127:1579-86. 2005..To characterize adult asthma patients according to frequency of emergency department (ED) visits in the past year... - Language barriers among patients in Boston emergency departments: use of medical interpreters after passage of interpreter legislationAdit A Ginde
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 11:527-30. 2009..Since 2001, Massachusetts state law dictates that emergency department (ED) patients with limited English proficiency have the right to a professional interpreter... - Factors associated with longer emergency department length of stay for children with bronchiolitis : a prospective multicenter studyJonathan M Mansbach
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:636-41. 2009..Emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) is a quality of care measure and, when prolonged, contributes to ED crowding. Bronchiolitis, a common seasonal illness of infants, provides an opportunity to examine factors affecting ED LOS... - A multicenter study of complementary and alternative medicine usage among ED patientsSunghye Kim
Director, EMNet Coordinating Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 326 Cambridge Street, Suite 410, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Acad Emerg Med 12:377-80. 2005..Given the growing evidence of benefits and hazards from popular CAM remedies and therapies, ED staff should consider raising this health issue with their patients... - Multicenter study of clinical features of sudden-onset versus slower-onset asthma exacerbations requiring hospitalizationVenktesh R Ramnath
Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 326 Cambridge Street, Suite 410, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Respir Care 52:1013-20. 2007..Asthma exacerbations differ in their speed of symptom onset... - Multicenter study of patients with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced angioedema who present to the emergency departmentAleena Banerji
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 100:327-32. 2008..Current management of the condition and clinical outcomes also are not known... - A prospective multicenter study of patient factors associated with hospital admission from the emergency department among children with acute asthmaCharles V Pollack
Department of Emergency Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, 800 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:934-40. 2002.... - Variation in institutional review board responses to a standard, observational, pediatric research protocolJonathan Mansbach
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:377-80. 2007..Multicenter studies are becoming more common, and variability in local institutional review board (IRB) assessments can be problematic... - Case reports and case series in prehospital emergency care researchP Daniel Patterson
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Center for Emergency Medicine of Western PA Inc, 3600 Forbes Avenue, Iroquois Bldg, Suite 400A, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Emerg Med J 27:807-9. 2010..Also described is the use of case reports and case series study designs in prehospital emergency research and the quality of published literature from 2000 to mid-2008... - Increasing diversity among the American College of Epidemiology membershipCarlos A Camargo
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:529-32. 2006..Our objective is to describe the American College of Epidemiology (College) membership, including recent trends in member demographic profile and professional characteristics... - Prospective multicenter study of the viral etiology of bronchiolitis in the emergency departmentJonathan M Mansbach
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:111-8. 2008..To determine the viral etiology of bronchiolitis and clinical characteristics of children age < 2 years presenting to the emergency department (ED) with bronchiolitis... - A profile of US emergency departments in 2001Ashley F Sullivan
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Ann Emerg Med 48:694-701. 2006..The United States should consider classifying EDs, as it does trauma centers, to clarify the type of care available in this heterogeneous clinical setting and the distribution of different types of EDs... - Bipolar disorder screening among adult patients in an urban emergency department settingEdwin D Boudreaux
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, NJ, USA
Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 8:348-51. 2006..3%. Further prospective research on bipolar disorders among ED patients is needed to further define the scope of the problem and to inform the development of appropriate screening, assessment, and intervention programs... - Regional differences in EpiPen prescriptions in the United States: the potential role of vitamin DCarlos A Camargo
Center for D receptor Activation Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 120:131-6. 2007..The epidemiology of anaphylaxis is uncertain, especially its geographic distribution... - Positive association between altitude and suicide in 2584 U.S. countiesBARRY BRENNER
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
High Alt Med Biol 12:31-5. 2011Brenner, Barry, David Cheng, Sunday Clark, and Carlos A. Camargo, Jr. Positive association between altitude and suicide in 2584 U.S.counties. High Alt. Med. Biol. 12: 31-35 2011.-Suicide is an important public health problem worldwide... - Demographic disparities in numeracy among emergency department patients: evidence from two multicenter studiesAdit A Ginde
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Patient Educ Couns 72:350-6. 2008..To estimate the prevalence and demographic disparities in limited numeracy among emergency department (ED) patients... - National study of US emergency department visits for acute allergic reactions, 1993 to 2004Theodore J Gaeta
New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 98:360-5. 2007..The clinical epidemiology of acute allergic reactions in the emergency department (ED) is uncertain... - Sex differences in the presentation and course of asthma hospitalizationsMichael Schatz
Department of Allergy, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 7060 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92111, USA
Chest 129:50-5. 2006..To distinguish between differences in prevalence, asthma severity, and treatment to explain sex-related differences in hospitalized asthma patients... - Sex differences among children 2-13 years of age presenting at the emergency department with acute asthmaMichael Schatz
Department of Allergy, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California 92111, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 37:523-9. 2004..These data suggest that asthma is not inherently more severe in boys with asthma compared to girls, and that the increased rate of hospitalizations in boys under age 13 is due to differences in prevalence, not severity... - Prospective study of sudden-onset asthma exacerbations in childrenHanan A Sedik
Division of Emergency Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:439-44. 2007..We hypothesized that a similar pattern would be evident in children presenting to the emergency department (ED) with an asthma exacerbation... - Emergency department management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the elderly: the Multicenter Airway Research CollaborationRita K Cydulka
MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:908-16. 2003..To determine adherence of emergency department (ED) management of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to current treatment guidelines... - Comparison of Canadian versus American emergency department visits for acute asthmaBrian H Rowe
Department of Emergency Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Can Respir J 14:331-7. 2007..Acute asthma is a common emergency department (ED) presentation in both Canada and the United States... - Initial oxygen saturation as a predictor of admission in children presenting to the emergency department with acute asthmaLaine Keahey
Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Winnipeg Children's Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ann Emerg Med 40:300-7. 2002..CONCLUSION: This large, clinical multicenter study does not support earlier findings that SaO (2) alone is a clinically useful predictor of hospital admission in children who present to the ED with acute asthma... - Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among children presenting to the emergency department with acute asthma: a multicenter studyPerla A Vargas
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72202 3591, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 42:646-55. 2007..The frequency of ETS exposure suggests that the ED may be an appropriate venue to engage caregivers of children with asthma in asthma education and smoking cessation efforts... - A prospective multicenter study of factors associated with hospital admission among adults with acute asthmaEllen J Weber
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Am J Med 113:371-8. 2002..We sought to determine patient characteristics associated with hospital admission after emergency treatment for asthma, and whether disposition guidelines are followed... - Evaluation of compliance with palivizumab recommendations in a multicenter study of young children presenting to the emergency department with bronchiolitisJonathan Mansbach
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:362-7. 2007..Our objective was to investigate compliance with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for palivizumab prophylaxis among children who present to the emergency department (ED) with bronchiolitis... - Community-acquired pneumonia in North American emergency departments: drug resistance and treatment success with clarithromycinBrian H Rowe
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Acad Emerg Med 14:607-15. 2007..Limited information on antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) exists for patients discharged from emergency departments with community-acquired pneumonia...