A L Blomkalns

Summary

Affiliation: University of Cincinnati
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Evaluation of chest pain and heart failure in the emergency department: impact of multimarker strategies and B-type natriuretic peptide
    W Brian Gibler
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    Rev Cardiovasc Med 4:S47-55. 2003
  2. ncbi CD14 directs adventitial macrophage precursor recruitment: role in early abdominal aortic aneurysm formation
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0769, USA
    J Am Heart Assoc 2:e000065. 2013
  3. ncbi Low level bacterial endotoxin activates two distinct signaling pathways in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA
    J Inflamm (Lond) 8:4. 2011
  4. ncbi Evaluation of dyslipidemia in the emergency department: impact of cholesterol testing on subsequent therapy
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
    Am Heart J 152:1182-6. 2006
  5. ncbi Chest pain unit concept: rationale and diagnostic strategies
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267 0769, USA
    Cardiol Clin 23:411-21, v. 2005
  6. ncbi Gender disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: large-scale observations from the CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementatio
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0769, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 45:832-7. 2005
  7. ncbi Development of the chest pain center: rationale, implementation, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness
    Andra L Blomkalns
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ohio 45267-0769, USA
    Prog Cardiovasc Dis 46:393-403. 2004
  8. ncbi Markers and the initial triage and treatment of patients with chest pain
    A L Blomkalns
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0769, USA
    Cardiovasc Toxicol 1:111-5. 2001
  9. ncbi Can electrocardiographic criteria predict adverse cardiac events and positive cardiac markers?
    Andra L Blomkalns
    University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH45267 0769, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 10:205-10. 2003
  10. ncbi Standardized reporting guidelines for studies evaluating risk stratification of ED patients with potential acute coronary syndromes
    Judd E Hollander
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Ground Floor, Ravdin Building, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4293, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 11:1331-40. 2004

Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Evaluation of chest pain and heart failure in the emergency department: impact of multimarker strategies and B-type natriuretic peptide
    W Brian Gibler
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    Rev Cardiovasc Med 4:S47-55. 2003
    ..This article reviews the use of cardiac biomarkers in the emergency department to evaluate acute coronary syndrome and congestive heart failure...
  2. ncbi CD14 directs adventitial macrophage precursor recruitment: role in early abdominal aortic aneurysm formation
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0769, USA
    J Am Heart Assoc 2:e000065. 2013
    ..We hypothesized that CD14 plays a crucial role in adventitial macrophage precursor recruitment early during AAA formation...
  3. ncbi Low level bacterial endotoxin activates two distinct signaling pathways in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA
    J Inflamm (Lond) 8:4. 2011
    ..abstract:..
  4. ncbi Evaluation of dyslipidemia in the emergency department: impact of cholesterol testing on subsequent therapy
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
    Am Heart J 152:1182-6. 2006
    ..Dyslipidemia is not routinely evaluated in emergency department (ED) patients. We hypothesized that many ED patients would qualify for lipid therapy and that methods of follow-up for patients would not achieve adequate treatment goals...
  5. ncbi Chest pain unit concept: rationale and diagnostic strategies
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267 0769, USA
    Cardiol Clin 23:411-21, v. 2005
    ..This evaluation is required to appropriately determine if a patient is safe to be discharged home with outpatient follow-up versus requiring admission to the hospital for monitoring and further testing...
  6. ncbi Gender disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: large-scale observations from the CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementatio
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0769, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 45:832-7. 2005
    ..We hypothesized that significant disparities in gender exist in the management of patients with non-ST-segment elevation (NSTE) acute coronary syndromes (ACS)...
  7. ncbi Development of the chest pain center: rationale, implementation, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness
    Andra L Blomkalns
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ohio 45267-0769, USA
    Prog Cardiovasc Dis 46:393-403. 2004
  8. ncbi Markers and the initial triage and treatment of patients with chest pain
    A L Blomkalns
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0769, USA
    Cardiovasc Toxicol 1:111-5. 2001
    ..We will focus on the use of markers in the risk stratification and initial treatment of the ED chest pain population and emphasize the role of CPUs and POCT...
  9. ncbi Can electrocardiographic criteria predict adverse cardiac events and positive cardiac markers?
    Andra L Blomkalns
    University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH45267 0769, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 10:205-10. 2003
    ..The authors hypothesized that specific ECG findings, other than those previously identified in higher-risk populations, would be predictive of cardiac outcomes and positive cardiac markers...
  10. ncbi Standardized reporting guidelines for studies evaluating risk stratification of ED patients with potential acute coronary syndromes
    Judd E Hollander
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Ground Floor, Ravdin Building, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4293, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 11:1331-40. 2004
  11. ncbi Practical implementation of the Guidelines for Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the emergency department
    W Brian Gibler
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 46:185-97. 2005
    ..Despite publication of the guidelines several years ago, many patients with UA/NSTEMI still do not receive guidelines-indicated therapy...
  12. ncbi Academic emergency medicine faculty and industry relationships
    Robert H Birkhahn
    Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 15:819-24. 2008
    ..The authors surveyed the membership of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) about their associations with industry and predictors of those associations...
  13. ncbi Guideline implementation research: exploring the gap between evidence and practice in the CRUSADE Quality Improvement Initiative
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 14:949-54. 2007
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  14. ncbi It's about time: the evolution of acute coronary syndrome evaluation in the emergency department
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Ann Emerg Med 40:595-7. 2002
  15. ncbi Frequency and consequences of recording an electrocardiogram >10 minutes after arrival in an emergency room in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (from the CRUSADE Initiative)
    Deborah B Diercks
    University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
    Am J Cardiol 97:437-42. 2006
    ..Women were significantly more likely than men to have delayed ECG acquisition. Emergency departments should focus on decreasing the time to initial ECG acquisition to improve treatment of acute coronary syndrome in this group...
  16. ncbi Standardized reporting guidelines for studies evaluating risk stratification of emergency department patients with potential acute coronary syndromes
    Judd E Hollander
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 44:589-98. 2004
  17. ncbi Emergency department crowding: emergency physicians and cardiac risk stratification as part of the solution
    Andra L Blomkalns
    Ann Emerg Med 43:77-8. 2004
  18. ncbi Achieving standardization in clinical research: changing cacophony into harmony
    W Brian Gibler
    Ann Emerg Med 44:213-4. 2004
  19. ncbi Practical implementation of the guidelines for unstable angina/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the emergency department: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology (Subcommittee on Acute Car
    W Brian Gibler
    Circulation 111:2699-710. 2005
    ..Despite publication of the guidelines several years ago, many patients with UA/NSTEMI still do not receive guidelines-indicated therapy...