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| Andrew K ChangSummaryAffiliation: Montefiore Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Two milligrams i.v. hydromorphone is efficacious for treating pain but is associated with oxygen desaturationAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA
J Opioid Manag 5:75-80. 2009..To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a single dose of 2 mg i.v. hydromorphone administered to emergency department patients in acute severe pain...
Randomized clinical trial of efficacy and safety of a single 2-mg intravenous dose of hydromorphone versus usual care in the management of acute painAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 20:185-92. 2013..The objective was to test the efficacy and safety of 2 mg of intravenous (IV) hydromorphone (Dilaudid) against "usual care" in emergency department (ED) patients with acute severe pain...
A randomized clinical trial to assess the efficacy of the Epley maneuver in the treatment of acute benign positional vertigoAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 11:918-24. 2004..To compare the efficacy of the Epley maneuver with that of a placebo maneuver in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with benign positional vertigo (BPV)...
Randomized clinical trial comparing the safety and efficacy of a hydromorphone titration protocol to usual care in the management of adult emergency department patients with acute severe painAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Ann Emerg Med 58:352-9. 2011..We test the efficacy and safety of the "1+1" (1 mg plus 1 mg 15 minutes later if needed) hydromorphone protocol against usual care of emergency department (ED) patients with acute severe pain...
Safety and efficacy of hydromorphone as an analgesic alternative to morphine in acute pain: a randomized clinical trialAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Ann Emerg Med 48:164-72. 2006..We compare a standard weight-based dose of intravenous hydromorphone (Dilaudid) to a standard weight-based dose of intravenous morphine in adults presenting to the ED with acute severe pain...
Randomized clinical trial comparing a patient-driven titration protocol of intravenous hydromorphone with traditional physician-driven management of emergency department patients with acute severe painAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Ann Emerg Med 54:561-567.e2. 2009....
Double-dose external cardioversion for refractory unstable atrial fibrillation in the EDAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Am J Emerg Med 26:385.e1-3. 2008..Double-dose external cardioversion with 2 defibrillators is an important alternative method that the emergency physician should be aware of when treating refractory atrial fibrillation in the hemodynamically unstable patient...
Safety and efficacy of rapid titration using 1mg doses of intravenous hydromorphone in emergency department patients with acute severe pain: the "1+1" protocolAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Ann Emerg Med 54:221-5. 2009..We evaluate the safety and efficacy of a pain protocol using 1 mg intravenous (IV) hydromorphone followed by an optional dose of 1 mg IV hydromorphone 15 minutes later...
Efficacy and safety profile of a single dose of hydromorphone compared with morphine in older adults with acute, severe pain: a prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trialAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 7:1-10. 2009..Over the past 10 years, there has been an 11% increase in the number of emergency department (ED) visits by older adults, and pain is their most common chief complaint...
Intravenous bolus of ultra-low-dose naloxone added to morphine does not enhance analgesia in emergency department patientsPolly E Bijur
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
J Pain 7:75-81. 2006..This suggests that naloxone in these doses is not an effective adjunct to morphine for control of acute pain...
Response to morphine in male and female patients: analgesia and adverse eventsPolly E Bijur
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Clin J Pain 24:192-8. 2008..Some experimental and clinical studies have shown that women have a better response to opioids, others have found no difference, and still others have found opioids to be more effective analgesics for men than women...
Identifying the minimum clinically significant difference in acute pain in the elderlyPolly E Bijur
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Ann Emerg Med 56:517-521.e1. 2010..To identify the minimum clinically significant difference in pain in elderly emergency department (ED) patients...
Problems with measurement of the minimum clinically significant difference in acute pain in eldersPolly E Bijur
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:135-9. 2011..The objective of the study was to test the hypotheses that: 1) the arithmetic MCSD in adults 65 years and older declines over time and that 2) the proportional MCSD remains constant...
Dosing and titration of intravenous opioid analgesics administered to ED patients in acute severe painPolly E Bijur
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Am J Emerg Med 30:1241-4. 2012..The objectives were to describe the dose of opioids and incidence of titration for management of acute pain in emergency department patients and, secondarily, to assess the association between change in pain and dose...
Nonconvulsive status epilepticusAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 29:65-72. 2011..Whereas the morbidity and mortality in patients with prolonged ASE or CPSE is low, the mortality associated with SSE can exceed 30% if the seizure duration is greater than 60 minutes...
Diplopia in a patient with carcinomatous meningitis: a case report and review of the literatureAndrew K Chang
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California 92868, USA
J Emerg Med 23:351-4. 2002..A review of diplopia and carcinomatous meningitis is presented, along with a suggested conservative diagnostic algorithm for cancer patients presenting with neurologic signs or symptoms...
