Publication date: Available online 16 November 2019Source: The Journal of Emergency MedicineAuthor(s): Alexander Kiener, Andrea Anderson, Anita ThomasAbstractBackgroundNeonatal respiratory distress has a broad differential that includes cardiac, pulmonary, anatomic, and infectious etiologies. Congenital stenotic lesions of the trachea and bronchus are rare and can occur anywhere along the tracheobronchial tree. Patients with tracheobronchial stenosis typically present in the neonatal period with...
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Publication date: Available online 16 November 2019Source: The Journal of Emergency MedicineAuthor(s): Steven T. Haywood, Kush Patel, Douglas Gallo, Kevin Silver, Nicolas JourilesAbstractBackgroundThe risk of cardiac injury in blunt thoracic trauma is quite rare, occurring in only 0.1% of patients. The least common cardiac injury is coronary artery dissection. Most cardiac injuries result from high-energy mechanisms such as motor vehicle collisions. Even low-mechanism injuries that have been reported...
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Publication date: Available online 16 November 2019Source: The Journal of Emergency MedicineAuthor(s): Julie J. Cooper, Rachel C. Stock, Sister Julian WilsonAbstractBackgroundThe nature of death in the emergency department (ED) may put survivors at higher risk for complicated bereavement. Access to bereavement care could mitigate this, but many EDs do not include bereavement follow-up as part of their routine practice.ObjectiveWe describe the implementation at our institution of ED Grief Support,...
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Publication date: Available online 16 November 2019Source: The Journal of Emergency MedicineAuthor(s): Rizwan Ahmad, Syed Hasan Amir, Shadab Ahmad KhanAbstractBackgroundNaphthalene is widely used in households as an insect repellent, but its poisoning is rare, especially in adults. Naphthalene is a strong oxidant with a pungent smell.Case ReportWe report a case of a 16-year-old female who ingested three naphthalene mothballs 3 days prior to admission and presented with history of recurrent vomiting,...
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Publication date: Available online 16 November 2019Source: The Journal of Emergency MedicineAuthor(s): Yu-Ting Lin, Yen-Jun Lai, Tzu-Hsien LaiAbstractBackgroundNon–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs), such as dabigatran, are widely used to prevent ischemic stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Nonetheless, stroke occurs in 1–2% of patients, and the use of NOACs may increase the bleeding risk for patients who are receiving acute treatment of intravenous thrombolysis...
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Publication date: Available online 16 November 2019Source: The Journal of Emergency MedicineAuthor(s): Hadi Mirfazaelian, Mohammad Eftekhari, Shabnam Mohammadian
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Publication date: Available online 16 November 2019Source: The Journal of Emergency MedicineAuthor(s): William Marshall, Gerry Campbell, Thomas Knight, Tamer Al-Sayed, Tim CooksleyAbstractBackgroundEmergency patient presentations with febrile neutropenia are a heterogeneous group. A small minority of these patients proceed to develop significant medical complications. Risk stratification using scores, such as the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer score, have been advocated to...
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Publication date: Available online 16 November 2019Source: The Journal of Emergency MedicineAuthor(s): Mostafa Somri, Ibrahim Matter, Luis A. Gaitini, Anan Safadi, Nasir Hawash, Manuel Á. Gómez-RíosAbstractBackgroundThe use of supraglottic airway devices (SADs) is becoming more widespread. However, there is little evidence to show which device is best in an emergent clinical scenario.ObjectiveWe compared both fiberoptic-guided and blind tracheal intubation through the Intubating Laryngeal Tube Suction-Disposal...
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Publication date: Available online 16 November 2019Source: The Journal of Emergency MedicineAuthor(s): Jennifer Noble, Bradley Zarling, Thomas Geesey, Erich Smith, Ahmad Farooqi, Walid Yassir, Usha SethuramanAbstractBackgroundPractice variation exists in pain management of children with long bone fractures (LBFs).ObjectiveThe objectives of this study were to describe current pain management in children with LBFs and the factors associated with the undertreatment of pain.MethodsWe retrospectively...
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