ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

The procedure has soared in popularity as beauty standards have shifted and cosmetic surgery has become increasingly transparent on social media platforms, with reported cases in the United States increasing from 614 in 2002 to 61,387 by 2021, a nearly 10,000 percent increase. Cosmetic Surgery National Data Bank: 2002 Statistics.

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ALiEM

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

2002), Role of sonography in the diagnosis of gallbladder perforation. 1983 Jul;148(1):219-21. doi: 10.1148/radiology.148.1.6856839. 148.1.6856839. PMID: 6856839. Khandelwal, N. and Suri, S. Ultrasound, 30: 270-274.

Radiology 64

Radiology Radiology Ultrasounds COPD 64

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Background: “Therapeutic” hypothermia took the critical care world by storm in 2002, with the simultaneous publication of two randomized control trials (RCTs) in the same issue of the New England Journal of Medicine – the Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest ( HACA ) study and the Bernard study. Are we supposed to be starting hypothermia?”

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Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

ED opt-out BBV testing identified 2002 people who were newly diagnosed (343 HIV, 1190 HBV, 484 HCV) and 473 who were previously diagnosed but not in care (HIV 209, HBV 156, HCV 108). From April 2022 through March 2023 in participating sites there were 1,384,378 ED attendances with blood tests.

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ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

I first had a ‘starring’ role in 2002, playing Dr. Frankenfurter in the Rocky Horror Show. I have been involved with theater for over 25 years now!” That first show, Dr. Astin stayed behind the scenes as the assistant stage manager, but the acting bug had bitten him hard. “I That was during the first year of medical school,” he said.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 19, 2019

Civil Monetary Penalties Resulting from Violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Involving Psychiatric Emergencies, 2002 to 2018. Civil Monetary Penalties Resulting from Violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Involving Psychiatric Emergencies, 2002 to 2018.

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Greater Sydney Area HEMS

APRIL 26, 2023

In fact as recently as 2002 a UK Health and Safety Executive report recommended that suspended patients ‘must never be laid down’, rather gradually transferred via a number of intermediate seated positions (1). UK Health and Safety Executive, London; 2002. That sounds like an IIMS waiting to happen…why the controversy? References 1.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 28, 2023

2002 Dec;141(6):793-7. The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Commitee. Factors associated with adverse outcomes in children with diabetic ketoacidosis-related cerebral edema. PMID: 12461495.

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PulmCCM

JUNE 12, 2023

” The treatment became widespread after a trial ( NEJM 2002, n=275) showed large neurologic and survival benefits from hypothermia; however, subsequent trials mostly failed to replicate those findings.

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

2002; 225(2):441-449. Radiological Imaging of Patients With Suspected Urinary Tract Stones: National Trends, Diagnoses, and Predictors. 2011; 18(7):699-707. Gottlieb RH, La TC, Erturk EN, et al. CT in Detecting Urinary Tract Calculi: Influence on Patient Imaging and Clinical Outcomes Radiology.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 5, 2023

Pat Croskerry’s 2002 article in which he identifies 30 “failed heuristics, biases, and cognitive dispositions” is one of my absolute favorites that I reference a few times a year. I am a total sucker for an article that argues for the importance of primary care. I am also obsessed with our diagnostic reasoning biases.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 21, 2021

Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2002; 94; S-123. Association Between Repeated Intubation Attempts and Adverse Events in Emergency Departments: An Analysis of a Multicenter Prospective Observational Study. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2012; Volume 60, Issue 6, Pages 749–754.e2 e2 Delson NJ et. Levitan RM et al.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Overall picture of an emerging neonatal infectious disease induced by a superantigenic exotoxin mainly produced by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology and immunology, 57(11), 737–745. link] Nakano, M., Miyazawa, H., Kawagishi, M., Hasegawa, T., Iinuma, Y., & Ohta, M.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

But two earlier randomized controlled trials ( Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group 2002 and Bernard et al 2002 ) showed benefit for good neurologic outcome when TTM was initiated in the hospital after ROSC was achieved. In those studies, the temperature goal was 32C-34C and 33C respectively.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

2002; 6(4):28-30. [link] Soulaidopoulos S, Sinakos E, Dimopoulou D, Vettas C, Cholongitas E, Garyfallos A. Anticholinergic syndrome induced by toxic plants. World J Emerg Med. 2017;8(4):297-301. Jimson weed poisoning – a case report. The Permanente Journal. NC State Extension. Atropa Belladona. Accessed April 15, 2023. 2007;37:77-84.

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Northwestern EM Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Acad Emerg Med, 2002. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol, 2002. Bhagat, C.I., Calculated vs measured plasma osmolalities revisited. Clin Chem, 1984. 30 (10): p. Hoffman, and L.S. Nelson, Error in an emergency medicine textbook: isopropyl alcohol toxicity. McMartin, K., Jacobsen, and K.E. Br J Clin Pharmacol, 2016. Clin Toxicol (Phila), 2015.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 1, 2024

Data collected from 2002 to 2021 revealed a 72% decline in IPD incidence among children (<18 years), with continued reductions after the transition from PCV7 to PCV13. During the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021), the incidence of IPD reached its lowest level in 20 years.

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PulmCCM

JANUARY 22, 2024

Background Therapeutic hypothermia, later rebranded as targeted temperature management, became a standard post-cardiac arrest therapy for comatose patients after two 2002 NEJM trials ( n=273 and n=77 ) suggested reducing core temperature to 32°C to 34°C markedly improved neurologic outcomes and survival.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

30(11):p S424-S430, November 2002. Electrical Safety Foundation International. ESFI Occupational Injury and Fatality Statistics. Koumbourlis, Anastassios C. Electrical injuries. Critical Care Medicine. Gentges J, Schieche C. Electrical injuries in the emergency department: an evidence-based review. Emerg Med Pract. 2018 Nov;20(11):1-20.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 13, 2024

2002 Jun;94(6):426-9. Emergency department crowding: a systematic review of causes, consequences and solutions. PloS one 13.8 2018):e0203316. EMTALA basics: what medical professionals need to know. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. J Natl Med Assoc. Iwashyna, Theodore J. Critical care medicine 40.8 2012): 2470-2478.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2002, I gave the courses case control study lecture having had no sleep, four hours after my first child was born. [1] .” I planned that February, my 25 th year teaching this critical appraisal course to our fourth-year medical students, would be my last. Twenty-five years is a very long time to do anything.

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PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Inpatient mortality was lower in 2017 than 2002 (OR 0.8), but readmission risk (OR 1.1) Compared to 15 years prior, patients admitted to B.C. and risk of death (OR 1.28) within 30 days had increased.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

2002) The Asphyxiating and Exsanguinating Death of President George Washington. November 18, 2002. December 2002. Interviews: "Pulling Back the Curtain" (November 14, 2002) Interview in The Atlantic Monthly (Atlantic Unbound) concerning the development of the above article and book. Vadakan, VV. Spring 2004.

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PulmCCM

JANUARY 24, 2024

Background Therapeutic hypothermia, later rebranded as targeted temperature management, became a standard post-cardiac arrest therapy for comatose patients after two 2002 NEJM trials ( n=273 and n=77 ) suggested reducing core temperature to 32°C to 34°C markedly improved neurologic outcomes and survival.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

2002 Apr 1;3(2):181-4. See their website for more: [link] References Akingbola OA, Simakajornboon N, Hadley Jr EF, Hopkins RL. Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in pediatric status asthmaticus. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Beers SL, Abramo TJ, Bracken A, Wiebe RA. The American journal of emergency medicine.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 15, 2019

A review by Roscoe and Matteson 2002 showed conflicting results from seven methodologically flawed trials. (I-B) * When nausea and vomiting of pregnancy is refractory to initial pharmacotherapy, investigation of other potential causes should be undertaken. The conclusion was that acupressure might (might not) be beneficial.

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 29, 2024

2002 Feb 25;162(4):401-4. Mustafa BO, Rathbun SW, Whitsett TL, Raskob GE. Sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of upper extremity deep vein thrombosis: a systematic review. Arch Intern Med. Chung JW, Park JH, Yin YH, Park SH, Yoon CJ, Choi YH.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 7, 2018

Landtblom 2002 , Delasobera 2012 , de Bruijn 1996 , Pascual 1996 , Dodick 1999 ] Migraine headaches are at least 50-times more common than SAH amongst emergency department headache patients, so SAH represents a needle in a haystack for a very common chief complaint.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 24, 2017

Background: Therapeutic hypothermia post cardiac arrest has received a great deal of attention since 2002. They continue CPR, get intravenous access, give a round of epinephrine and then wonder if they should start rapid cooling en-route to the hospital with some cold saline.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

The first, the Annane et al trial published in JAMA in 2002, suggested a mortality benefit in favor of the corticosteroid group in the subset of patients who were found to have relative adrenal insufficiency. There have been two contradictory randomized control trials.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

* Deltito, J. Hypnosis in the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department setting. Postgraduate medical journal, 60(702), 263-266. PMCID: PMC2417820. Hypnosis in pediatrics: applications at a pediatric pulmonary center. BMC pediatrics, 2(1), 11. [ PDF ] * Bierman, S. Hypnosis in the emergency department. Hopayian, K. PMID: 6507833.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2018

Epub 2002 May 25. Hurh PJ, Meyer JS, Shaaban A. Ultrasound of a torsed ovary: characteristic gray-scale appearance despite normal arterial and venous flow on Doppler. 2002;32:586-8. Kokoska E, Keller M, Weber T. Acute ovarian torsion in children. 2000;180:462-5. Oltmann SC, Fischer A, Barber R, Huang R, Hicks B, Garcia N.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 29, 2024

2002 May;33(5):1315-20. Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: 2019 Update to the 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke 2019; 50:e344. doi: 10.1161/01.str.0000014509.11540.66.

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PHEM Cast

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Archives of Surgery (Chicago, Ill : 1960) , 147 (9), 813–818. link] Jadder, U., & McAuley, D. Transthoracic ultrasonography to diagnose pneumothorax in trauma. BestBETS.org , 1–3. Jones, R., & Hollingsworth, J. Tension pneumothoraces not responding to needle thoracocentesis. Emergency Medicine Journal , 19 , 176–177. C., & MD, J.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The University of Pittsburgh to the Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research 1961–2002. " "AUA Update" Winter, 2002. . " Peter J. Safar, the early years 1924–1961, the birth of CPR." " Resuscitation 50, no. 1 (2001): 17-22. Baskett, P. Resuscitation , 55 (1), 3-7. Escarraga, L. Andrew, M.D. "

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PHEM Cast

MAY 3, 2020

whose review included 10 studies (5 case-control; 5 cohort), all of which investigated transmission of SARS from patients to healthcare workers in intensive care or other healthcare settings during the 2002-2003 SARS outbreaks. This evaluation is based on a systematic review by Tran et al.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 18, 2016

Hauwald, 2002 A co-operative patient does not require immobilization unless their conscious level deteriorates. Remember this when you get on scene – 98% of patients will not have a spinal injury. The awake patient will develop a position of comfort with muscle spasm protecting the injured spine. Blackham & Benger, 2009.

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