Table of Contents for Harvard Emergency Medicine Literature Collection Abdominal Appendicitis EFFECT OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE APPENDIX ON TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AND USE OF HOSPITAL RESOURCES NEJM Vol 338 No 3 pp 141-146 1998 Jan 15th FALSE-NEGATIVE AND FALSE POSITIVE ERRORS IN ABDOMINAL PAIN EVALUATION: FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE ACUTE APPENDICITIS AND UNNECESSARY SURGERY Academic Emergency Medicine Vol 7 No 11 pp 1244-55 2000 Nov GI Bleeding EARLY ADMINISTRATION OF VAPREOTIDE FOR VARICOEL BLEEDING IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS NEJM Vol 344 No 1 pp 23-28 2001 Jan 4th Pancreatitis ETIOLOGICAL AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN HUMAN ACUTE PANCREATITIS: A REVIEW (RANSON’S CRITERIA) American Journal of Gastroenterology Vol 77 No 9 pp 633-8 1982 Sept AMYLASE AND LIPASE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EVALUATION OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS Journal of Emergency Medicine Vol 17 No 6 pp 1027-37 1999 Airway SUCCINYLCHOLINE DOES NOT CHANGE INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY, OR THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGIC INJURY Anesthesia and Analgesia Vol 78 pp 469-73 1994 ROCURONIUM IS THE BEST NON-DEPOLARIZING RELAXANT TO PREVENT SUCCINYLCHOLINE FASICULATIONS AND MYALGIA Canadian Journal of Anesthesia Vol 45 No 6 pp 521-25 1998 THE ASSESSMENT OF FOUR DIFFERENT METHODS TO VERIFY TRACHEAL TUBE PLACEMENT IN THE CRITICAL CARE SETTING Anesthesia and Analgesia 88 pp 766-70 1999 THE INTUBATING LARYNGEAL MASK – RESULTS OF A MULTICENTER TRIAL WITH EXPERIENCE OF 500 CASES Anaesthesia Vol 53 pp 1174-9 1998 1 Table of Contents for Harvard Emergency Medicine Literature Collection COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING THE USE OF THE COMBITUBE, TRACHEAL TUBE AND LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY Anaesthesia Vol 54 pp 1161-5 1999 TRACHEAL INTUBATION USING A BULLARD LARYNGOSCOPE FOR PATIENTS WITH A SIMULATED DIFFICULT AIRWAY Canadian Journal of Anesthesia Vol 46 No 8 pp 760-65 1999 A COMPARISON OF FOUR METHODS OF WEANING PATIENTS FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION NEJM Vol 332 No 6 pp 345-50 1995 Feb 9th CERVICAL SPINE MOTION DURING AIRWAY MANAGEMENT: A CINEFLUROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE POSTERIORLY DESTABILIZED CERVICAL VERTEBRAE IN HUMAN CADAVERS Anesthesia and Analgesia Vol 91 pp1274-8 2000 HEMOGLOBIN DESATURATION AFTER SUCCINYLCHOLINE-INDUCED APNEA – A STUDY OF THE RECOVERY OF SPONTANEOUS VENTILATION IN HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS Anesthesiology Vol 94 No 5 pp 754-9 2001 May Allergy IS THIS PATIENT ALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN? AN EVIDENCED BASED ANALYSIS OF THE LIKLIHOOD OF PENICILIN ALLERGY JAMA Vol 285 No 19 pp 2498-2505 2001 May 16th COMPARISON OF CIMETIDINE AND DIPHENHYDRAMINE IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE URTICARIA Annals of Emergency Medicine Vol 19 No 1 pp 41-4 1990 Jan HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE ALLERGIC REACTIONS Annals of Emergency Medicine Vol 21 No 3 pp 237-42 1992 Mar Analgesia/Pain Management INTRAMUSCULAR KETOROLAC VERSUS ORAL IBUPROFEN IN ACUTE MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN Annals of Emergency Medicine Vol 26 No 2 pp 117-20 1995 Aug THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN — BED REST, EXERCISES, OR ORDINARY ACTIVITY? NEJM Vol 332 No 6 pp 351-5 1995 Feb 9th SAFETY OF EARLY PAIN RELIEF FOR ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN BMJ Vol 305 pp 554-6 1992 Sept ADVERSE OUTCOMES AND OPIOID ANALGESIC ADMINISTRATION IN ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN Academic Emergency Medicine Vol 7 No 9 pp 980-7 2000 Sept Aortic Dissection 2 Table of Contents for Harvard Emergency Medicine Literature Collection THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY OF ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION (IRAD) JAMA Vol 283 No 7 pp 897-903 2000 Feb 16th THE DIAGNOSIS OF THORACIC AORTIC DISSECTION BY NONINVASIVE IMAGING PROCEDURES NEJM Vol 328 No 1 pp 1-9 1993 Jan 7th Cardiology ACLS AMIODARONE FOR RESUSCITATION AFTER OUT-OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST DUE TO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION NEJM Vol 341 No 12 pp 871-8 1999 Sept 16th DISTINCT CRITERIA FOR TERMINATION OF RECUSCITATION IN THE OUT-OF-HOSPITAL SETTING JAMA Vol 270 No 12 pp1457-1462 1993 Sept 22nd RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF EPINEPHRINE AND VASOPRESSIN IN PATIENTS WITH OUTOF-HOSPITAL VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION Lancet Vol 349 pp 535-37 1997 Feb 22nd IMMEDIATE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN SURVIVORS OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST NEJM Vol 335 No 23 pp 1629-33 1997 June 5th INFLUENCE OF CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION PRIOR TO DEFIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH OUT-OF-HOSPITAL VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION JAMA Vol 281 No 13 pp 1182-8 1999 April 7th CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION BY CHEST COMPRESSION ALONE OR WITH MOUTHTO-MOUTH VENTILATION NEJM Vol 342 No 21 pp 1546-53 2000 May 25th HIGH DOSE EPINEPHRINE IN ADULT CARDIAC ARREST NEJM Vol 327 No 15 pp 1045-50 1992 Oct 8th A COMPARISON OF STANDARD-DOSE AND HIGH-DOSE EPINEPHRINE IN CARDIAC ARREST OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL NEJM Vol 327 No 15 pp 1051-5 1992 Oct 8th Atrial Fibrillation USE OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TO GUIDE CARDIOVERSION IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION NEJM 344 No 19 pp 1411-20 2001 May 10th RISK FOR CLINICAL THROMBOEMBOLISM ASSOCIATED WITH CONVERSION TO SINUS RHYTHM IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION LASTING LESS THAN 48 HOURS Annals of Internal Medicine Vol 126 No 8 pp 615-20 1997 Apr 15th 3 Table of Contents for Harvard Emergency Medicine Literature Collection A NEW APPROACH TO THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF A REGULAR TACHYCARDIA WITH WIDE QRS COMPLEX Circulation Vol 83 No 5 pp 1649-59 1991 May Chest Pain / Observation A CLINICAL TRIAL OF A CHEST-PAIN OBSERVATION UNIT FOR PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA – CHEST PAIN EVALUATION IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM (CHEER) STUDY NEJM Vol 339 No 26 pp 1882-8 1998 Dec 24th IMMEDIATE EXERCISE TESTING OF LOW RISK PATIENTS WITH KNOWN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PRESENTING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH CHEST PAIN Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol 33 No 7 pp 1844-7 1999 Jun PREDICTION OF THE NEED FOR INTENSIVE CARE IN PATIENTS WHO COME TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS WITH ACUTE CHEST PAIN NEJM Vol 334 No 23 pp 1498-1504 1996 June 6th EMERGENCY ROOM TRIAGE OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CHEST PAIN BY MEANS OF RAPID TESTING FOR CARDIAC TROPONIN T OR TROPONIN I NEJM Vol 337 No 23 pp 1648-53 1997 Dec 4th USE OF A RAPID ASSAY OF SUBFORMS OF CREATINE KINASE MB TO DIAGNOSE OR RULE OUT ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION NEJM Vol 331 No 9 pp 561-66 1994 Sept 1st MI/ACS MISSED DIAGNOSES OF ACUTE CARDIAC ISCHEMIA IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NEJM Vol 342 No 16 pp 1163-1209 2000 Apr 20th AN INTERNATIONAL RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING FOUR THROMBOLYTIC STRATEGIES FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (THE GUSTO INVESTIGATORS) NEJM Vol 329 No 10 pp 673-82 1993 Sept 2nd ECG DIAGNOISIS OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE PRESENCE OF LEFT BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CONTINUOUS ECG MONITORING Annals of Emergency Medicine Vol 26 No 1 pp 69-78 1995 July MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES IN THE UNITED STATES BY PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN IIB/IIIA INHIBITION – INSIGHTS FROM THE PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN IIB/IIIA IN UNSTABLE ANGINA: RECEPTOR SUPPRESSION USING INTEGRELIN THERAPY (PURSUIT) TRIAL Circulation Vol 102 pp 1093-1100 2000 Sept 5th RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN (ENOXAPARIN) VERSUS UNFRACTIONATED HEPARIN FOR UNSTABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE – ONE YEAR RESULTS OF THE ESSENCE STUDY Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol 36 No 3 pp 693-8 2000Sept INHIBITION OF THE PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN Iib/IIIa RECEPTOR WITH TIROFIBAN IN UNSTABLE ANGINA AND NON-Q-WAVE INFARCTION – THE PLATELET RECEPTOR IN 4 Table of Contents for Harvard Emergency Medicine Literature Collection ISCHEMIC SYNDROME MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS LIMITED BY UNSTABLE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS (PRISM-PLUS) STUDY NEJM Vol 338 No21 pp 1488-97 1998 May 21st ENOXAPARIN PREVENTS DEATH AND CARDIAC ISCHEMIC EVENTS IN UNSTABLE ANGINA/NON-Q-WAVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION – RESULTS OF THE THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (TIMI) 11b TRIAL Circulation Vol 100 pp 1593-1601 1999 A COMPARISON OF RETEPLASE WITH ALTEPLASE FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: THE GLOBAL USE OF STRATEGIES TO OPEN OCCLUDED CORONARY ARTERIES (GUSTO III) STUDY NEJM Vol 337 No 16 pp 1118-23 1997 Oct 16th LONG TERM BENEFIT OF PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY AS 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Annals of Emergency Medicine Vol 23 No 2 pp 275-80 1994 Feb INACCURACY AND EXPENSE OF THE LEUKOCYTE COUNT IN MAKING URGENT CLINICAL DECISIONS Annals of Emergency Medicine Vol 15 No 7 pp 774-81 1986 Jul ORTHOSTATIC VITAL SIGNS IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS Annals of Emergency Medicine Vol 20 No 6 pp 606-9 1991 Jun Ectopic Pregnancy PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS OF METHOTREXATE TREATMENT IN WOMEN WITH TUBAL ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES NEJM Vol 341 No 26 pp 1974-8 1999 Dec 23rd Headache COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE HEAD BEFORE LUMBAR PUNCTURE IN ADULTS WITH SUSPECTED MENINGITIS NEJM Vol 345 No 24 pp 1727-33 2001 Dec 13th AVOIDING PITFALLS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE 6 Table of Contents for Harvard Emergency Medicine Literature Collection NEJM Vol 342 No 1 pp 29-36 2000 Jan 6th Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy HYPERBARIC OR NORMOBARIC OXYGEN FOR ACUTE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL Medical Journal of Australia Vol 170 pp 203-210 1999 Mar 1st Hypertension SYMPTOMATIC 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