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EMERGENCY MEDICINE REVIEW 2005 - JUNE 2005

Contents:

	Contents
	Advisory Panel
	Foreword
	Current Issues
	Pain Management
	Diagnostic Testing
	Cardiology
	Respiratory
	Trauma Management
	Reference Section
	Technology & Services Section

Contents

Contents

Advisory Panel

Advisory Panel

Foreword

Foreword Comilla Sasson, MD President, Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA) Order Reprints

Current Issues

Opportunity and Challenges Confront Emergency Medicine in the 21st Century Robert E Suter, DO, MHA, FACEP President, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Order Reprints

Status of Urgent Care in the US – 2005 David Stern, MD Communications Director, Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) Order Reprints

Hospital Overcrowding – An Emergency Department Challenge Patricia Kunz Howard, RN, PhD, CEN President, Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Order Reprints

Capital Demand and Access for Healthcare Information Technology Richard L Clarke, FHFMA President and CEO, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Order Reprints

Pain Management

Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain Roberto Medina Santillán, MD, PhD President, Western Pharmacology Society Order Reprints

A New Era in the Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain Richard M Bergenstal, MD Executive Director, International Diabetes Center, Park Nicollet Order Reprints

New Developments in the Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain - Focus on Duloxetine David A Fishbain, MD Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery and Anesthesiology, University of Miami Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation Center Order Reprints

Lower Cervical Intramuscular Bupivacaine Injections – Another Treatment Option for Headaches Gary A Mellick, DO, DAAPM and Larry B Mellick, MS, MD, FACEP, FAAP President and CEO, American Pain Specialists, and Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia Order Reprints

Diagnostic Testing

Point-of-care Testing for Cardiac Markers at the Bedside Alan H B Wu, PhD, DABCC Director, Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology, San Francisco General Hospital and Professor of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Order Reprints

B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and its Role in Diagnosis and Monitoring of Heart Failure Vikas Bhalla, MD and Alan S Maisel, MD, FACC Heart Failure Research Fellow, and Director, Heart Failure Research Program, VA Medical Center Order Reprints

Clinical Relevance of BNP/NT-proBNP Assay in Heart Failure Aldo Clerico, MD and Michele Emdin, MD Director, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Cell Biology, and Head, Cardiovascular Medicine Department, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa Order Reprints

NT-proBNP – A New Test for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Management of Congestive Heart Failure Rahul Sakhuja, MD and James L Januzzi, MD Cardiology Division and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Order Reprints

Understanding NT-proBNP Levels – The Dyspneic Patient and Beyond Martin Engelhardt, MD, PhD and Christopher deFilippi, MD Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland Order Reprints

Cardiology

The Inspiratory Impedance Threshold Device for Treatment of Patients in Cardiac Arrest Jane G Wigginton, MD Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwester Order Reprints

Design of Novel Strategies to Limit Heart Damage in the Setting of Acute Myocardial Infarcti Karin Przyklenk, PhD Professor of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School Order Reprints

Acute Coronary Syndromes – Tailoring Treatment Based on Risk Stratification Jeffrey Tabas, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine Order Reprints

Does Image Quality Really Matter? Ralph Schaetzing, PhD Member, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Order Reprints

Respiratory

Is There a Place for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Among the Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Asthma? Ronald L Rabin, MD, FAAP, FAAAI Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Order Reprints

Trauma Management

Modern Hemostatic Agents for Hemorrhage Control – A Review and Discussion of Use in Current Combat Operations John G McManus, MD, FACEP and Ian Wedmore, MD Research Physician, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, and Assistant Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center Order Reprints

Treating Hemophilia Emergencies Michael A Coyne, MD Attending Emergency Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield Order Reprints

Evaluation of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma George C Velmahos, MD, PhD, MSEd and Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Chief, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Clinical Research Fellow,  Massachusetts General Hospital Order Reprints

Fluid Management with Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery Jonathan P Braman and Evan L Flatow Clinical Shoulder Fellow and Lasker Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Chief of Shoulder Surgery,  Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center Order Reprints

Medical Toxicology in the Era of Evidence-based Medicine Edward James Newton, MD, FACEP, FRCPC Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California Order Reprints

Clinical Outcome of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pediatric Trauma Nelson Tang, MD, FACEP, Guohua Li, MD, DrPH and Gabor D Kelen, MD Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Order Reprints

Reference Section

Capital Demand and Access for Healthcare Information Technology Richard L Clarke, FHFMA President and CEO, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Order Reprints

Clinical Relevance of BNP/NT-proBNP Assay in Heart Failure Aldo Clerico, MD and Michele Emdin, MD Director, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Cell Biology, and Head, Cardiovascular Medicine Department, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa Order Reprints

B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and its Role in Diagnosis and Monitoring of Heart Failure Vikas Bhalla, MD and Alan S Maisel, MD, FACC Heart Failure Research Fellow, and Director, Heart Failure Research Program, VA Medical Center Order Reprints

Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain Roberto Medina Santillán, MD, PhD President, Western Pharmacology Society Order Reprints

Lower Cervical Intramuscular Bupivacaine Injections – Another Treatment Option for Headaches Gary A Mellick, DO, DAAPM and Larry B Mellick, MS, MD, FACEP, FAAP President and CEO, American Pain Specialists, and Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia Order Reprints

Medical Toxicology in the Era of Evidence-based Medicine Edward James Newton, MD, FACEP, FRCPC Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California Order Reprints

Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the Treatment of Chronic Respiratory Disease Linda Nici, MD Clinical Associate Professor, Brown University and Member, Scientific Advisory Council, American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) Order Reprints

Design of Novel Strategies to Limit Heart Damage in the Setting of Acute Myocardial Infarction Karin Przyklenk, PhD Professor of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology,University of Massachusetts Medical School Order Reprints

Is there a Place for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus among the Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Asthma? Ronald L Rabin, MD, FAAP, FAAAI Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Order Reprints

Acute Coronary Syndromes – Tailoring Treatment Based on Risk Stratification Jeffrey Tabas, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine Order Reprints

Evaluation of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma George C Velmahos, MD, PhD, MSEd and Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Chief, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Clinical Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital Order Reprints

Modern Hemostatic Agents for Hemorrhage Control – A Review and Discussion of Use in Current Combat Operations John G McManus, MD, FACEP and Ian Wedmore, MD Research Physician, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, and Assistant Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center Order Reprints

The Inspiratory Impedance Threshold Device for Treatment of Patients in Cardiac Arrest Jane G Wigginton, MD Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Order Reprints

Technology & Services Section

Hemostatic Gauze – A Safe and Effective Way to Stop Bleeding ActSys Medical, Inc. Order Reprints

The Inspiratory Impedance Threshold Device for Treatment of Patients in Cardiac Arrest Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc. Order Reprints

BNP and NT-proBNP Testing – What You Don’t Know About Your Laboratory’s Test Could Hurt You Bayer HealthCare LLC Order Reprints

Emergency Treatment Guidelines Baxter Order Reprints

Persistent Pain Mechanisms and Rationale for the Use of Duloxetine in the Treatment of Pain Eli Lilly and Company Order Reprints

Crowd Control – Business Intelligence Helps Hard-pressed Emergency Rooms Improve Efficiency and Income Per-Se Technologies Order Reprints

Company Profile Roche Diagnostics Order Reprints

Products for Hemostasis Z-Medica Corporation Order Reprints

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