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Customer satisfaction with patient care: "Where's the Beef?"Rade B Vukmir
UPMC Northwest, 100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA 16346, USA
J Hosp Mark Public Relations 17:79-107. 2006..Hopefully this information will be synthesized to generate a cogent approach to correlate customer service with quality...
Customer satisfactionRade B Vukmir
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Northwest, Seneca, Pennsylvania, USA
Int J Health Care Qual Assur Inc Leadersh Health Serv 19:8-31. 2006..Hopefully, this information will be synthesized to generate a cogent approach to correlate customer service with quality...
Survival from prehospital cardiac arrest is critically dependent upon response timeRade B Vukmir
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Northwest, 100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA 16346, USA
Resuscitation 69:229-34. 2006..This was a secondary endpoint in a study primarily evaluating the effect of bicarbonate on survival...
Sodium bicarbonate improves outcome in prolonged prehospital cardiac arrestRade B Vukmir
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Northwest and the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, PA 16346, USA
Am J Emerg Med 24:156-61. 2006....
The diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction in critically III trauma patients with blunt chest trauma and presumed myocardial contusion: the critical nature of end diastolic volumeRade B Vukmir
UPMC Northwest, Department of Emergency Medicine, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pnnsylvania, USA
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 11:287-98. 2005....
Abdominal pain in a child associated with dental amalgam ingestionRade B Vukmir
Department of Emergency Medicine, UPMC Northwest, Seneca, PA 16346, USA
Am J Emerg Med 23:391-3. 2005..This may serve to illustrate the benefits of taking a careful goal-directed history as opposed to the often recommended open-ended approach...
Witnessed arrest, but not delayed bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves prehospital cardiac arrest survivalR B Vukmir
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Northwest, One Spruce Street, Franklin, PA 16323, USA
Emerg Med J 21:370-3. 2004..This study correlated the effect of witnessing a cardiac arrest and instituting bystander CPR (ByCPR), as a secondary end point in a study evaluating the effect of bicarbonate on survival...
The influence of urban, suburban, or rural locale on survival from refractory prehospital cardiac arrestRade B Vukmir
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
Am J Emerg Med 22:90-3. 2004..Factors other than response time such as patient population or resuscitation skill could influence survival from cardiac arrest occurring in diverse prehospital service areas...
Drug seeking behaviorRade B Vukmir
UPMC Northwest Emergency Services, Franklin, PA 16323, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 30:551-75. 2004..Drug seeking behavior (DSB) is often mixed in illicit drug diversion confounding legitimate attempts to control acute and chronic pain...
Prehospital cardiac arrest and the adverse effect of male gender, but not age, on outcomeRade B Vukmir
UPMC Northwest, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine, and The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:667-73. 2003..To analyze the incidence and outcome of prehospital cardiac arrest as it correlated to gender and age as a secondary end point in an interventional clinical trial...
Prehospital cardiac arrest outcome is adversely associated with antiarrythmic agent use, but not associated with presenting complaint or medical historyR B Vukmir
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Northwest, Department of Emergency Medicine, and Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, One Spruce Street, Franklin, PA 16323, USA
Emerg Med J 21:95-8. 2004..This raises issues concerning extensive prehospital historical assessment that may potentially delay care and transport...
Does serum prolactin indicate the presence of seizure in the emergency department patient?Rade B Vukmir
University of Pittsburgh, Medical Center UPMC, Northwest One Spruce Street, Franklin, PA 16323, USA
J Neurol 251:736-9. 2004..We sought to evaluate whether there was a correlation between elevated serum prolactin in patients presenting with the question of seizure...
