INDEX TO VOLUME 12 Authors Abarbanell, N.R., 625 Champaux, A., 472 Fu, W., 247 Hurd, I.L., 513 Abd, A., 505 Chan, L., 527 Furuki, |., 661 Hurley, W.T., 472, 645 Abdel-Rahman, A.A., 319 Chawla, K., 82 Hwang, J.-J., 601 Abramson, N., 621 Chen, S.-C., 386 Gabbay, U., 118 Adkinson, C.D., 607 Cheng, T.L., 258 Gallagher, E.J., 129 Ingegno, M., 15 Aks, S., 151 Chiu, M.J., 454 Gallerani, M., 603 Ishihara, S., 142 Albino, J.A., 505 Chodock, R., 602 Gaynor, B., 452 Allegra, J.R., 288 Christopher, T., 172 Gennis, P., 129 Jackson, R., 541 Allende, J., 664 Church, W.H., 306, 319 Ghezzi, K.T., 469 Jackson-Allison, E., 319 Althoff, J.R., 134 Clark, L.R., 546 Gibler, W.B., 121 Jafri, S., 510 Altieri, M.F., 683 Colunga, E., 664 Glaeser, P.W., 429 Jastremski, M., 147 Arcinue, E.L., 94 Conrad, K.A., 384 Glynn, M.J., 343 Jehle, D., 90, 524 Asplin, B.R., 370 Contino, M.F., 94 Goldman, J., 172 Jenkins, W.A., 413 Aufderheide, T.P., 533 Cooper, C., 358 Gonzalez, E., 147 Johnson, D.R., 337 Ausband, S.C., 617 Cooper-Spruill, O., 617 Gopel, A.S., 105 Jones, J., 48, 687 Auteri, J., 105 Coppola, M., 123 Gorenstein, L., 105 Jones, J.S., 448, 613, 639 Cottington, E., 524 Graeber, G.M., 456 Jones-Easom, L., 43 Courter, B.J., 88 Grant, T.A., 319 Bahr, R.D., 501 Joslyn, S.A., 299 Cracroft, D., 509 Gray, K.R., 445 Bardoner, J.B., 69 Crosby, D.L., 217 Green, S.M., 53 Barkdoll, C.M., 25 Cummins, R.O., 147 Greenbaum, G., 331 Kadish, H., 207 Barrett, S.M., 36 Cush, J.J., 454 Guido, Mary-Ellen, 238 Karlson, B.W., 315 Batok, G.R., 257 Gula, M.J., 155 Karlsson, T., 315 Bazil, C., 510 Karras, D.J., 67 Guzman, E., 636 Beeson, M., 382 D’Agostino, J. C., 631 Kass, L.E., 17 Bell, A., 452 Daines, M.C., 645 Hagedorn, F., 507 Katz, D.S., 258 Bellian, K.T., 98 Dalessio, D., 138 Hahn, E., 1 Keaney, J.K., 667 Bender, G.N., 645 Dallara, J., 421 Hamilton, G.C., 247 Kearney, T.E., 585 Berk, W.A., 60 Dalsimer, D., 176 Hamre, M., 463 Kefer, M., 383 Bertrand, C., 267 Davies, S.F., 607 Hartford, M., 315 Kinasewitz, G.T., 36 Bickell, W.H., 36 Davis, S.H., 463 Hartman, D., 613 Kiser, W.R., 384 Bjornstad, H., 407 Dean, B.S., 77, 686 Hauswald, M., 517 Kitamura, K., 510 Black, C., 155 DeBehnke, D., 217, 238 Haywood, Y., 167 Klein, B.L., 650 Blohm, M., 315 Dehart, D.A., 155 Hemmingsen, C., 417 Klofas, E., 126 Boba, A., 257 Del Busto, F., 664 Henry, A., 319 Kothari, M., 510 Bonadio, W.A., 193 Dillis, C.H., 381 Henry, A.J., 306 Kozak, R.J., 524 Bonis, S.L., 384, 463 Dufendach, J.H., 25 Herlitz, J., 315 Kozinetzm C.A., 403 Borer, J.M., 397 Durham, R.M., 92 Herrero, A., 664 Krakow, B., 517 Borys, Douglas J., 43 Duvaldestin, P., 267 Hersh, P.S., 96 Kramer, G.C., 477 Brader, E., 524 Hess, D.R., 17 Krasner, P., 241 Bradford, S.M., 284 Heuser, M.D., 433 Krenzelok, E., 686 Bradley, R.D., 531 Edlich, R.F., 98 Heyn-Lamb, R., 151 Krenzelok, E.P., 43, 302 Brady, W., 238, 383 Eitel, D.R., 17 Hoard, M.A., 98 Kruse, J.A., 32 Brady, W.J., 217 Eljaiek, L., 533 Hochman, M.A., 96 Brady, W.J., Jr., 533 Ellis, G.L., 155 Hoffman, R.S., 376 LaGasse, J., 448 Brillman, J.C., 11 Emery, M., 48 Holliman, C.J., 279 Lamberg, Y., 267 Brooks, F., 129 Erickson, T., 126, 151 Hollingshed, M.J., 456 Lanzkowsky, L., 82 Brown, C.G., 147 Escudero, C., 664 Holm, K., 585 Larsen, S., 288 Brown, L.H., 46, 617 Esposito, B., 160 Homma, S., 105 Lasek, R.W., 77 Brown, M., 48 Hopkins, R.L., 384, 463 Lau, K.L., 380 Brown, T.M., 642 Fastow, J.S., 397 Horowitz, M., 288 Lawrence, R., 537 Bruschetta, H.R., 636 Feied, C.F., 469 Horton, S., 384 Lazzareschi, G., 185 Bryan-Berge, D., 296 Ferguson, K.L., 190 Howell, J.M., 380 Lebby, T., 94 Buchwald, A., 259 Fesmire, F.M., 69 Hsu, C.-Y., 386 Lee, C., 421 Burke, T.F., 472, 645 Finkelstein, J.A., 164, 642 Hu, S.-C., 491 Leikin, J.B., 64, 151, 310 Butzin, C.A., 125 Fiorello, A.B., 524 Hu, S.S., 306 Lembersky, R., 302 Fisher, R., 521 Hu, T.-C., 425 Leo, P.J., 358 Camp, B., 688 Fletter, B., 687 Huang, G.-T., 601 Levitt, M.A., 172 Cantineau, J.P., 267 Fodstad, D.T., 621 Huff, J.S., 350 Levy, D.B., 32 Cardinale, J.F., 485 Foster, D.B., 25 Hughes, M.J., 631 Li, J., 247 Carlson, S.A., 639 Franklin, C., 425 Hull, S.S.,Jr., 36 LiBassi, M., 160 Carnahan, J.J., 513 Frieberg, E.M., 384, 463 Hung, O., 521 Lien, W.-P., 601 Carroll, R.G., 319, 617 Frye, J., 90 Hunt, D.M., 469 LiMandri, G., 105 692 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE @ Volume 12, Number 6 @ November 1994 Linakis, J.G., 292 Nahabedian, M., 15 Sager, G., 407 Sweeny, P.J., 32 Lindbeck, G.H., 271 Nakhgevany, K.B., 160 Saitoh, D., 142 Swisher, L.A., 343 Lindsey, D., 124, 382, 500 Nashed, A.H., 288 Saitoh, Y., 661 Szewczuga, D., 429 Link, M.S., 326 Nelson, M.S., 123 Salomone, J.A.,|ll, 134 Linowiecki, K.A., 64 Newton, E.H., 376 Samuel, J., 425 Tai, T.-Y., 386, 601 Lipper, B., 452 Niarchos, A.P., 636 Sanders, A.B., 185 Takahara, T., 142 Litovitz, T.L., 546 Nielsen, P.K., 417 Sanford, S.M., 469 Takahashi, T., 510 Liu, Y., 247 Norris, R.L., 600 Scaletta, T., 257 Tanabe, J., 661 Lioyd, S., 1 Noy, S., 118 Scannel, G., 15 Tandberg, D., 11, 517 Lorenzo, R.A., 262 Scharman, E.J., 302 Tayal, V., 125 Losek, J.D., 429 Oderda, G., 585 Schiermeyer, R.P., 124, 164 Ten Eyck, R.P., 113 Love, J.N., 356 Odorico, J., 417 Schlager, D., 185 Thomas, R.W., 134 Lowe, R.A., 258, 505 Ogden, C.S., 17 Schmidt, S.P., 53 Thomas, S.H., 57, 296, 438 Luchtefeld, W.B., 92 Ohno, H., 142 Schorling, J.B., 271 Tillman, D.J., 310 Okada, Y., 142 Schunk, J., 207 Todd, K., 60 Olsen, J., 329 Schwartz, E., 433 Tola, M.R., 603 Ma, M.H.-M., 601 Ombrellaro, M., 507 Schwartz, G.R., 254, 385 Tominaga, G.T., 15 MacDonald, L., 32 Ookawara, T., 142 Schwartz, H.S., 259 Tostanoski, J.R., 96 Maclean, T.A., 113 Orebaugh, S.L., 21, 284 Schwartz, J.G., 513 Tseng, Y.-Z., 601 Magoon, M.R., 642 Orsay, E., 126 Scott, J.F., 257 Tueth, M.J., 212, 364 Mareth, T.R., 642 Owens, A., 155 Scott, J.L., 469 Turkewitz, L.J., 138 Martin, D.R., 147 Seaberg, D.C., 541 Martin, J.E., 178 Paloucek, F., 64 Sexton, P.J., 384 Ulhaq, A., 86 Martin, J.T., 683 Parente, T.F., 636 Shaab, K., 605 Uphold, R.E., 441, 445 Martin, R.L., 454 Paris, D.G., 636 Shannon, S., 1 Vaagenes, P., 621 Martin, T.G., 77 Paris, P.M., 413 Shapiro, M.J., 92 Van Meter, B.H., 98 Martinez, L., 664 Parish, D.C., 688 Sheen, S.R., 43 Vasilakis, A., 456 Martino, J., 664 Payne, L.E., 645 Sheftell, F., 138 Verdile, V.P., 413, 605, 686 Marulendra, S., 32 Peglow, S., 602 Shesser, R.F., 469 Vetto, T.A., 323 Massarweh, W., 86 Pelucio, M., 167 Shibata, K., 353, 661 Villalobos, D., 43 Mathew, N., 138 Pepe, P.E., 147 Shih, R.D., 376 Vista, J.P., 262 Matsumoto, H., 353 Peters, K.L., 17 Shimotsuma, M., 510 Mazur, L.J., 403 Pham, C.D., 98 Shrestha, M., 454 Wainscott, M.S., 454 Mazuski, J.E., 92 Philbrick, J.T., 271 Shyu, K.-G., 601 Walsh, M., 602 McCabe, C.J., 668 Pietrzak, M.P., 326 Silberstein, S.D., 138 Wang, S.-M., 386, 601 McCabe, J.B., 256 Plantz, S.H., 610 Simon, H.K., 292 Warren, R.L., 668 McErlean, M., 527 Polglase, R.F., 688 Singal, B., 247 Watson, W.A., 134 Mcintosh, L., 421 Porter, J.C., 531 Sklar, D., 517 Wax, P.M., 537 McNamara, R.M., 51 Prasad, H., 46 Skop, B.P., 642 Waxman, K., 15 Meador, S.A., 279 Prasad, N.H., 319, 617 Sloane, P.D., 421 Weaver, Lindell K., 683 Medina, F.A., 260 Prendergast, M., 613 Smith, J.P., 469 Weinreb, H., 510 Mellick, L.B., 380 Prescott, J.E., 381, 456 Smith, M.S., 469 Weisman, R., 585 Menozzi, L., 603 Smith, R.W., 495 Westfall, M., 123 Merckx, P., 267 Quinn, C., 602 Snyder, J., 151 White, R.D., 370 Mezei, M., 521 Soglin, D.F., 64 White, S.J., 463 Mikhail, M., 172 Rady, M.Y., 107 Solomon, S., 138 Whitley, T.W., 46, 617 Mimura, K., 142 Ramoska, E.A., 43 Soloway, R.A., 546, 585 Whitten, D., 185 Misselbeck, W.J.A., 445 Refsum, H., 407 Songco, C., 358 Williams, J.M., 456 Mitchell, B.K., 25 Reich, N., 90 Sorkine, M., 267 Winner, P., 138 Mittelmark, M.B., 433 Rice, M.M., 381 Spiller, H.A., 43 Wofford, J.L., 433 Mochizuki, K., 661 Riley, J.D., 331 Stair, T.O., 129 Woitowycz, A.R., 258 Moll, J., 147 Riley, T.A., 265 Stapczynski, S., 334 Wolff, E., 347 Mond, D.J., 82 Roach, C.L., 260 Starr, J.P., 105 Woodward, G.A., 207 Monetti, V.C., 603 Roberge, R.J., 77 Stein, G., 339 Wuerz, R.C., 279 Montezemolo, A., 603 Roberts, J.R., 343 Stewart, R., 521 Montgomery, H., 531 Rodewald, L., 537 Stone, C.K., 57, 296, 438 Yamamoto, L.G., 178, 459 Moore, G.P., 323 Romine-Jenkins, M., 36 Storrow, A.B., 183 Yamashita, H., 142 Morales, M., 456 Rose, J.S., 489 Streiner, D., 1 Yew, D., 337 Moran, W.P., 433 Rosenthal, R.E., 469 Stremski, E., 533 Yoshita, Y., 353 Morris, D., 421 Rotenberg, Z., 118 Stueven, H., 147 Mortensen, E., 407 Rothrock, S.G., 53 Styrt, B., 339 Zagelbaum, B.M., 96 Moscati, R., 90 Ruggles, D.L., 310 Sullivan, M.J., 509 Zanotti, C., 603 Muelberg, A., 292 Rusnak, R.A., 397, 472 Surgenor, S., 441 Zhang, B., 247 Muir, S., 43 Suster, B., 505 Zimba, F.A., 645 Mullie, A., 621 Sabulsky, N.K., 17 Suter, E.A., 504 Zimmerman, G., 448 Mummaw, N., 339 Sadowsky, C., 138 Sutton, M., 172 Zimmers, T., 374, 544 Murphy, M., 521 Safar, P., 621 Svenson, J., 334 Zink, R.S., 607 SUBJECT INDEX INDEX TO VOLUME 12 Subjects Abdominal pain Anaphylaxis acute appendicitis, misdiagnosis, 397-402 diabetic ketoacidosis and, 331-333 midgut volvulus, adolescent, 167-171 latex-induced, 445-447 serum amylase determinations, pediatric, 292-295 Anesthetics, abuse, topical lidocaine and proparacaine, 96-97 Accidental falls, elderly, surveillance using computerized EMS Angina, unstable, bolus intravenous nitroglycerin, 288-291 transport data, 433-437 Antibiotics Acetaminophen, occult bacteremia, diagnostic tests for, 403-406 acute pyelonephritis, ED management in women, 271-278 Acidosis, lactic, acute ethanol intoxication and, 32-35 therapy, acute otitis media, children, 193-206 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, health care workers, Anticonvulsants, intravenous versus intramuscular, chemically infection control for, 60-63 induced generalized seizures, swine, 284-287 Adenocarcinoma, transverse colon (letter), 386 Antidepressants, bupropion, overdose, 43-45 Adenosine, supraventricular tachycardia, ED, 485-488 Antidepressants, tricylcic Adolescents determination for ED analysis, 513-516 abdominal pain, midgut volvulus, 167-171 overdose, 376-379 bilateral epidural empyemas, 438-440 extracorporeal circulation in, 456-458 Advanced cardiac life support, epinephrine, outcome in recurrent hypotension after seizures in, 452-453 insulin-treated diabetes, 147-150 Antiemetics, necessity of, with intramuscular Advanced life support, pediatric, effects of EMT-paramedic dihydroergotamine, 138-141 Clinical training course, 429-432 Antioxidants, injectable epinephrine, thermal degradation, Adverse effects, left mainstem intubation, digital technique, 306-309 466-468 Antipyretic therapy, temperature change, febrile outpatients, Aging 339-342 see also Elderly patients Aortic aneurysm, ultrasonography, emergency department, adults, febrile, identification of serious illness in, 129-133 185-189 nursing home residents, dementia, ceramic lead glaze Aortic dissection, presenting as superior vena cava syndrome, ingestion in, 77-81 326-328 AIDS. see Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Aortic valve, disruption, CPR, transesophageal Air medical services, helicopter, closed chest compressions in, echocardiography (letter), 601 296-298 Aortoenteric fistula, secondary, sigmoid colon, 527-530 Airway Apexification, avulsed teeth, treatment by emergency acute uvulitis, 51-52 physicians, 241-246 endotracheal tube position, syringe aspiration technique, Appendicitis 413-416 acute, misdiagnosis, common features after litigation, Albuterol 397-402 administration, EMT-A and EMT-I personnel, 625-630 delayed, ingested foreign body, 53-56 efficacy (letter), 123 infrared thermography in diagnosis of, 48-50 nebulization, peripheral white blood celi counts and, missed, editorial, 500 323-325 Appendicolith, delayed appendicitis, ingested foreign body, overdose, pediatric, hypokalemia after, 64-66 53-56 Alcohol drinking, acute ethanol intoxication, lactic acidosis Arrhythmia and, 32-35 supraventricular tachycardia, adenosine treatment, 485-488 Alcoholism, reversible neurological defects, Wernicke’s ventricular fibrillation, freon inhalational abuse presenting encephalopathy, 238-240 with, 533-536 Ambulance ventricular fibrillation threshold, bretylium tosylate effects, falls among the elderly, surveillance using computerized dogs, 407-412 EMS transport data, 433-437 Arterioenteric fistuia, secondary, sigmoid colon, 527-530 noise, blood pressure accuracy and, 617-620 Arthritis pharmacotherapeutic interventions, EMT-A and EMT-I gouty, intramuscular ketorolac tromethamine treatment, personnel, 625-630 454-455 use in acute myocardial infarction, 315-318 infectious, pyogenic sacroiliitis, 639-641 American Association of Poison Control Centers, Toxic Kawasaki syndrome, emergency department, 178-182 Exposure Surveillance System,1993 Annual Report, septic, needle licker’s osteomyelitis, 343-346 546-584 Ascites, large-volume paracentesis, outpatient treatment Amputation, traumatic train injuries, 92-93 (letter), 509 Amylase, serum levels Asphyxia, traumatic (letter), 384 acute abdominal pain or trauma, pediatric, 292-295 Asthma acute pancreatitis, 21-24 bronchospasm, during mechanical ventilation, ketamine Analgesia, musculoskeletal pain, transnasal butorphanol for, treatment, 417-420 469-471 emergency department admission for, observation unit Analgesics impact on, 11-14 migraine headache manacement, emergency department, magnesium sulfate obviate infusion in, 164-166 134-137 Athletes, ultra-endurance, acute hyponatremia in, 441-444 withdrawal (letter), 603 Atrial fibrillation, electrocardiography, 544-545 694 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE @ Volume 12, Number 6 & November 1994 Atriai flutter, electrocardiography, 544-545 Cardiac enzymes, emergency department (letter), 384 Atrioventricular conduction, electrocardiography, 544-545 Cardiac tamponade, source of hypotension, after blunt chest Automobile accidents, facial trauma, etiological factors, trauma (letter), 507 160-163 Cardiogenic shock, paradoxical pheochromocytoma, imipramine-provoked, 190-192 Cardiomyopathy, paradoxical pheochromocytoma, Back pain imipramine-provoked, 190-192 childhood, 334-336 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. see also Resuscitation low, interstitial nephritis, ranitidine and, 67-69 aortic valve disruption and regurgitation in, Bacteremia, occult, diagnostic tests for, 403-406 echocardiography (letter), 601 Baking soda, ingestion, acute toxicity from, 57-59 closed chest compressions, performed in helicopters, Barbiturates, withdrawal (letter), 603 296-298 Baroreflex, oxygen transport patterns, trauma, 107-112 complications after (letter), 687-688 Barotrauma, spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema, 463-465 epinephrine in, outcome in insulin-treated diabetes, 147-150 Bicarbonate, baking soda, ingestion, acute toxicity from, 57-59 hemoconcentration during, 524-526 8-Blocker, toxicity, clinical diagnosis, 356-357 Case definition, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, survival studies, Blood pressure, prehospital, ambulance noise effects on 299-301 accuracy, 617-620 Catecholamines Book reviews, 120, 250, 380, 495, 600 during cardiac arrest, outcome in insulin-treated diabetes, Bowel irrigation 147-150 (letter), 257 degradation, environmental temperature variations and, metoclopramide pretreatment, 302-305 319-322 Bradycardia, rapidly changing cardiac arrhythmias, paradoxical pheochromocytoma provoked by, cardiogenic subarachnoid hemorrhage with, 370-373 shock, 190-192 Brain, damage, hypoxic, after cardiac arrest, 621-624 Cerebrospinal fluid, cytosolic enzyme increase in, Bronchi, left mainstem intubation, digital technique, 466468 resuscitation patients, 621-624 Bronchiolitis, spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema, Cervical spine, radiography, radiation exposure, 15-16 463-465 Chest pain Bronchospasm, during mechanical ventilation, ketamine aortic dissection, presenting as superior vena cava treatment, 417-420 syndrome, 326-328 Bupropion, overdose dizziness and, comparison of ED patients, 421-424 retrospective analysis, 43-45 evaluation, emergency department, editorial, 121-122 seizure and, 183-184 ischemic, bolus intravenous nitroglycerin treatment, 288-291 Burns supraventricular tachycardia, adenosine treatment, 485-488 chemical, toluene, 353-355 Chest trauma, blunt, cardiac tamponade after (letter), 507 ongoing lipid peroxidation in, prevention by wound excision China, urban emergency department in, patient population, and superoxide dismutase, 142-146 247-249 Business cards, physician, patient satisfaction and (letter), 125 Cholecystitis, adenocarcinoma manifested as (letter), 386 Butorphanol, transnasal, treatment of musculoskeletal pain, Circadian rhythms, ED scheduling, floating nights, 517-520 469-471 Circulation, capillary refill, adverse lighting conditions and, 46-47 Clinical decision, rules, knee radiography, 541-543 Caffeine, withdrawal (letter), 603 Clinical prediction rules, identification of serious illness, Calcium channel blockers, electrocardiography, 374-375 febrile adults, 129-133 Capillary refill, assessment of, adverse lighting conditions and, Cocaethylene, active metabolite of cocaine and ethanol, 46-47 489-490 Capnography, epinephrine and, during prehospital CPR, Cocaine 267-270 abuse, spinal epidural hematoma with, 350-352 Carbon dioxide, end-tidal pressure, epinephrine effects, cocaethylene, active metabolite of ethanol and, 489-490 prehospital CPR, 267-270 Cognitive dysfunction, minor head trauma patients, 172-175 Carbon monoxide, poisoning Colon, transverse, adenocarcinoma (letter), 386 computed tomographic findings after, 448-451 Coma, prolonged, carbon monoxide poisoning (letter), 607 hyperbaric therapy (letter), 389, 686-687 Combative patients, management (letter), 257 prolonged coma, neurological recovery (letter), 607 Compartment syndrome, delayed onset, 176-178 randomized clinical trial (letter), 685-686 Complete idioventricular rhythm, electrocardiography, 374-375 severe myonecrosis and acute renal failure with, 347-349 Computed tomography treatment (letter), 389 atypical migraine, presenting with meningeal signs, 86-87 Cardiac arrest carbon monoxide poisoning, 448-451 epinephrine during, outcome in insulin-treated diabetes, postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis, 82-85 147-150 Conjunctivitis, Kawasaki syndrome, emergency department, hemoconcentration during, 524-526 178-182 out-of-hospital Continuous positive airway pressure, treatment, severe Oriental metropolitan city, 491-494 pulmonary edema, end-stage renal disease (letter), 388 survival studies in, 299-301 Cooling, ventricular fibrillation threshold during, bretylium prehospital, one-year survival after, 17-20 tosylate effects, dogs, 407-412 prehospital CPR, epinephrine and capnography in, 267-270 Cornea, ulcer, topical lidocaine and proparacaine abuse, 96-97 resuscitated patients, cytosolic enzyme increase in CSF of, Cost-benefit analysis, observation unit, impact on ED 621-624 admission for asthma, 11-14 SUBJECT INDEX Costs. see Health care costs continuous 12-lead monitoring, cardiac arrest and acute CPAP. see Continuous positive airway pressure myocardial infarction with, 69-76 CPR. see Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Resuscitation independent nurse/paramedic 12-lead evaluation, Cricothyrotomy, emergency (letter), 124 prehospital recognition of MI, 25-31 Croup, racemic epinephrine in treatment, pediatric, 613-616 Emergency department CSF. see Cerebrospinal fluid admission for asthma, observation unit impact on, 11-14 cardiac enzymes in, (letter) 384 Death, sudden. see Mortality chest pain and dizzy patients, comparison, 421-424 Delay time, acute myocardial infarction, ambulance use and, chest pain evaluation in (editorial), 121-122 315-318 intubation and mechanical ventilation, life-threatening Dementia, nursing home residents, ceramic lead glaze hypotension and, 425-428 ingestion, 77-81 Israeli, experience during the Gulf War, 118-119 Dentition, dentoskeletal malocclusion, diagnosis, Kawasaki syndrome in, 178-182 complications, and treatment, 98-104 management of acute pyelonephritis, women, 271-278 Dentoskeletal malocclusion, diagnosis, complications, and migraine headache management, 134-137 treatment, 98-104 overcrowding, health care cost increase and, 265-266 Depressive disorders, tricyclic antidepressants, determination scheduling, floating nights, 517-520 for ED analysis, 513-516 security, national telephone survey, 155-159 Dermatology, emergencies, 217-237 ultrasonography in, 185-189 Dextromethorphan, vascular disease and, serotonin syndrome Emergency medical services associated with, 642-644 catecholamine degradation, environmental temperature Dextrose variations and, 319-322 administration, EMT-A and EMT-I personnel, 625-630 computerized transport data, falls among the elderly, hypertonic, another hazard of (letter), 262 433-437 Diabetes out-of-hospital cardiac arrest insulin-treated, outcome with epinephrine during cardiac Oriental metropolitan city, 491-494 arrest, 147-150 survival studies, 299-301 ketoacidosis, anaphylaxis induced by, 331-333 prehospital blood pressure, ambulance noise effects, Diagnosis 617-620 acute pancreatitis, normal amylase levels in, 21-24 ultrasonography in the ED, 185-189 appendicitis, infrared thermography, 48-50 Emergency medicine carbon monoxide poisoning, computed tomography, asthma, admission for, observation unit impact on, 11-14 448-451 dermatological emergencies, 217-237 deep venous thrombosis, upper extremity, 631-635 latex-induced anaphylaxis, 445-447 occult bacteremia, temperature response to acetaminophen quality, rotation/clerkship evaluations, 113-117 versus WBC count, 403-406 quality (editorial), 256 psychiatric emergencies, elderly patients, 364-369 Republic of China, patient population in, 247-249 Diarrhea, rotaviral gastrointestinal infection, afebrile seizures sounding another alarm (editorial), 254-255 and, infants and children, 94-95 Emergency Physician Job Satisfaction Measurement Dihydroergotamine, intramuscular, necessity of antiemetics Instrument, development of, 1-10 with, 138-141 Emergency Tooth Preservation System, emergency physicians, Disaster medicine, Israeli ED experience during the Gulf War, 241-246 118-119 Emphysema, subcutaneous, pediatric, 463-465 Discitis, refusal to walk in 12-month-old child, 472-476 Empyema, bilateral epidural, adolescents, 438-440 Disseminated intravascular coagulation, Purtscher’s EMT-paramedic, clinical training course, improved prehospital retinopathy, 661-663 pediatric care and, 429-432 Dizziness, chest pain and, comparison of ED patients, 421-424 Endotracheal intubation, complications, hypotension, 425-428 Drug abuse Endotracheal tube, position, syringe aspiration technique for cocaine, spinal epidural hematoma with, 350-352 verification, 413-416 needle licker’s osteomyelitis, 343-346 Epidural empyemas, bilateral, adolescents, 438-440 screening, determination of tricyclic antidepressants, ED, Epidural hematoma, spinal, cocaine abuse and, 350-352 513-516 Epinephrine Drugs, psychiatric medications, side effects, emergencies anaphylaxis-induced diabetic ketoacidosis, 331-333 caused by, 212-215 capnography and, during prehospital CPR, 267-270 ECG. see Electrocardiography during cardiac arrest, outcome in insulin-treated diabetes, Echocardiography, transesophageal 147-150 complications of CPR (letter), 601 degradation, environmental temperature variations and, 319-322 detection of intracardiac bullet, 105-106 ED. see Emergency department high-dose, prehospital administration (letter), 688-689 Edema, airway, acute uvulitis, 51-52 injectable, thermal degradation, 306-309 Editorials, 121-122, 254-255, 256, 500, 501 racemic, laryngotracheitis, children, 613-616 Elderly patients Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, identification of serious falls, surveillance using computerized EMS transport data, illness, febrile adults, 129-133 433-437 Erythromycin, Torsades de Pointes induced by, 636-638 psychiatric emergencies in, 364-369 Escherichia coli, hemolytic uremic syndrome, 358-363 Electrocardiography Esophagus, detection of endotracheal tube position, syringe cases, 374-375, 544-545 aspiration technique, 413-416 696 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE & Volume 12, Number 6 @ November 1994 Ethanol Human immunodeficiency virus, health care workers, infection acute intoxication, lactic acidosis and, 32-35 control for, 60-63 co-ingestion of cocaine, cocaethylene, 489-490 Hydrocarbon, freon inhalational abuse, presenting with Etiology, facial trauma, motor vehicle accidents, 160-163 ventricular fibrillation, 533-536 Exercise, ultra-endurance athletes, acute hyponatremia in, Hyperbaric therapy 441-444 carbon monoxide poisoning (letter), 389 Extracorporeal circulation, management of tricyclic carbon monoxide therapy (letter), 686-687 antidepressant overdose, 456-458 Hypoglycemia, masquerading as head trauma (letter), 383 Hypokalemia, albuterol overdose and, pediatric, 64-66 Facial symmetry, dentoskeletal malocclusion, diagnosis, Hyponatremia, acute, ultra-endurance athletes, 441-444 complications, and treatment, 98-104 Hypotension Facial trauma, motor vehicle accidents, 160-163 after minor blunt chest trauma, cardiac tamponade (letter), Fasciotomy, delayed onset compartment syndrome, 176-178 507 Fecalith, delayed appendicitis, ingested foreign body, 53-56 hemorrhagic, resuscitation with large-volume isotonic Femoral vein, cannulation (letter), 505 crystalloid, 36-42 Fever life-threatening, intubation and initiation of mechanical identification of serious illness, febrile adults, 129-133 ventilation, 425-428 outpatients, rate of temperature change in, 339-342 recurrent, after seizures, nortriptyline overdose, 452-453 response to acetaminophen, diagnostic tests for occult Hypothermia, ventricular fibrillation threshold during, bacteremia, 403-406 bretylium tosylate effects, dogs, 407-412 Firearms gun control (letter), 257, 504 Illness injuries (letter), 258 serious, identification in febrile adults, 129-133 Foreign body severity, chest pain and dizzy patients, ED comparison, aspiration, 337-336 421-424 ingested, delayed appendicitis from, 53-56 Imipramine, paradoxical pheochromocytoma provoked by, intracardiac bullet, transesophageal echocardiography use cardiogenic shock, 190-192 in, 105-106 Immunoglobulin E, latex-anaphylaxis mediated by, 445-447 Infection, identification of serious illness, febrile adults, Gastrointestinal bleeding, arterioenteric fistula, involving 129-133 sigmoid colon, 527-530 Infusion, high-pressure, design of intraosseous infusion Glucocorticoids, diabetic ketoacidosis, anaphylaxis-induced, system, 477-484 331-333 Injury Gout, acute, intramuscular ketorolac tromethamine treatment, firearms (letter), 258 454-455 palm thorn hematoma (letter), 259 Group practice, survey (letter), 610 tissue, oxygen transport patterns, trauma, 107-112 Gun control (letter), 504, 505 traumatic, train, 92-93 Intensive care unit, endotracheal intubation and mechanical Hank’s solution, treatment of avulsed teeth, emergency ventilation, hypotension with, 425-428 physicians, 241-246 Interstitial nephritis, severe low back pain secondary to, Head injury, minor, cognitive dysfunction in, 172-175 ranitidine and, 67-69 Headache Intoxication, alcoholic, lactic acidosis and, 32-35 atypical migraine, meningeal signs in, 86-87 Intracompartmental pressure, delayed onset compartment migraine, emergency department role in management of, syndrome, 176-178 134-137 Intracranial infection, bilateral epidural empyemas, subarachnoid hemorrhage, barometric pressure changes adolescents, 438-440 and, 90-91 Intramuscular injection, midazolam, chemically induced Health care costs, increased, ED overcrowding and, 265-266 generalized seizures, swine, 284-287 Health care workers, infection control for, caring for critically Intraosseous infusion injured patients, 60-63 design of system, 477-484 Heart block, atrioventricular, electrocardiography, 374-375 tibial fracture and (letter), 258 Heart disease, ischemic, Kawasaki syndrome, ED, 178-182 Intravenous injection Heat, environmental temperature variation, catecholamine bolus nitroglycerin, ischemic chest pain, 288-291 degradation and, 319-322 midazolam, chemically induced generalized seizures, swine, Helicopter, closed chest compressions performed in, 296-298 284-287 Hemoconcentration, cardiac arrest, CPR and, 524-526 Intubation Hemoglobin, concentration, during cardiac arrest and CPR, endotracheal 524-526 life-threatening hypotension associated with, 425-428 Hemolytic uremic syndrome, gastritis, 358-363 syringe aspiration technique for verification, 413-416 Hemorrhage, extravascular, hypotension, resuscitation with left mainstem, digital technique, 466-468 large-volume isotonic crystalloid, 36-42 lopamidol, myelography with, seizures after, 329-330 Hepatitis B, health care workers, infection control for, 60-63 Ischemia, silent, continuous 12-lead ECG monitoring, 69-76 Hepatitis C, health care workers, infection control for, 60-63 Isoniazid, toxicity (letter), 386 Hospital observation unit, impact on ED admissions for asthma, 11-14 Kawasaki disease, emergency department, 178-182 Hospitals, overcrowding, health care cost increase and, Ketamine, treatment of bronchospasm, during mechanical 265-266 ventilation, 417-420 SUBJECT INDEX Ketoacidosis, diabetic, anaphylaxis induced by, 331-333 Midgut volvulus, abdominal pain, adolescent, 167-171 Ketorolac, intramuscular, treatment of acute gouty arthritis, Migraine 454-455 intramuscular dihydroergotamine administration, necessity Kidney, failure of antiemetics with, 138-141 salicylate intoxication causing, 531-532 treatment with sumatriptan (letter), 388 severe myonecrosis and, carbon monoxide poisoning, Missile wound, intracardiac bullet, transesophageal 347-349 echocardiography use in, 105-106 Knee, radiography, clinical decision rule for, 541-543 Mortality out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Oriental metropolitan city, Lactated Ringer’s solution, impact on lung water, 491-494 resuscitation of hemorrhagic hypotension, 36-42 sudden death Lactates, lactic acidosis, acute ethanol intoxication and, 32-35 acute myocardial infarction, continuous ECG monitored Laryngotracheal trauma, blunt, pediatric, 207-211 patient, 69-76 Laryngotracheitis, racemic epinephrine in, children, outpatient solitary papilloma, larynx (letter), 605 therapy, 613-616 Motion artifact, pseudofractures, mandible, 88-89 Larynx, solitary papilloma, sudden death (letter), 605 Motor vehicle accidents. see Automobile accidents Latex, anaphylaxis induced by, 445-447 Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, Kawasaki disease, Lead, ceramic glaze, ingestion, nursing home residents with emergency department, 178-182 dementia, 77-81 Multimedia presentation, radiographs, medical education, Length of stay, ED 459-462 chest pain and dizzy patients, comparison, 421-424 Musculoskeletal pain, transnasal butorphanol for treatment of, health care cost increase and, 265-266 469-471 Leukocyte count, identification of serious illness, febrile Myelography, iopamidol, seizures after, 329-330 adults, 129-133 Myelopathy, back pain, spinal cord compression and, 645-649 Lidocaine, topical, abuse, 96-97 Myocardial infarction Lipase, serum, levels, acute pancreatitis, 21-24 ischemic chest pain, bolus intravenous nitroglycerin Lipid peroxidation, prevention by wound excision and treatment, 288-291 superoxide dismutase, burned rat, 142-146 Kawasaki disease, emergency department, 178-182 Liposome, tetracaine encapsulated by, absorption from open patient on continuous 12-lead ECG monitoring, ST-segment wounds, rabbit, 521-523 instability before, 69-76 Litigation, misdiagnosis, acute appendicitis, 397-402 prehospital recognition, independent nurse/paramedic Lung 12-lead ECG evaluation, 25-31 neoplasms, pulmonary thromboembolism, high-probability reducing time of therapy (editorial), 501 perfusion scan for, 664-666 reduction of delay times, use of ambulance and, 315-318 water, crystalloid impact on, resuscitation of hemorrhagic Myocarditis, Kawasaki disease, emergency department, hypotension, 36-42 178-182 Lymphadenopathy, Kawasaki disease, emergency department, Myonecrosis, acute renal failure and, carbon monoxide 178-182 poisoning, 347-349 Magnesium, rapid infusion, intubation in status asthmaticus, Naloxone, review for the emergency physician, 650-660 164-166 Neoplasm, back, spinal cord compression and, 645-649 Magnetic resonance imaging, atypical migraine, presenting Neurodiagnosis, patients of unknown identity (letter), 510 with meningeal signs, 86-87 Nicotin, accelerated, electrocardiography, 374-375 Malocclusion, dentoskeletal, diagnosis, complications, and Nitroglycerin, administration, EMT-A and EMT-I personnel, treatment, 98-104 625-630 Malpractice, misdiagnosis, acute appendicitis, 397-402 Nortriptyline Mandible, panoramic views, pseudofractures secondary to aspiration of, 337-338 motion artifact, 88-89 overdose, recurrent hypotension after seizures in, 452-453 Medical command, errors, “standing orders” protocol system, 279-283 Obtundation, meningeal signs, atypical migraine with, 86-87 Medical education, teaching quality of radiographs in, storing Opioid antagonists, review of naloxone, 650-660 on a PC, 459-462 Opioids, review of naloxone, 650-660 Medications. see a/so Drugs, or the specific type of Organ donor, toxic patient as, 151-154 medication Osteomyelitis, needle licking and, 343-346 administration by EMT-A and EMT-I personnel, 625-630 Otitis media, acute, children, evaluation and management, extended-release, radiopacity study of, 310-314 193-206 Meningeal signs, atypical migraine with, 86-87 Otoscopy, pneumatic, acute otitis media in children, 193-206 Meningitis, group A B-hemolytic streptococcal, uncomplicated Outcome varicella (letter), 602 acute pyelonephritis, ED management, women, 271-278 Mental status, waxing and waning, atypical migraine with trauma, oxygen transport patterns and, 107-112 meningeal signs, 86-87 Outpatient unit, ED admission for asthma, observation unit Metoclopramide, pretreatment, whole bowel irrigation, 302-305 impact on, 11-14 MI. see Myocardial infarction Ovarian vein, thrombosis, postpartum, 82-85 Midazolam, intravenous versus intramuscular, chemically Overdose induced generalized seizures, swine, 284-287 albuterol, pediatric, hypokalemia after, 64-66 Middle ear, effusion, evaluation and management, children, bupropion, 183-1184 193-206 retrospective analysis, 43-45 698 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE @ Volume 12, Number 6 M@ November 1994 cyclic antidepressants, 376-379 Poisoning electrocardiography, 374-375 American Association of Poison Control Centers, Toxic extended-release medications, radiopacity study of, 310-314 Exposure Surveillance System, 1993, 546-584 nortriptyline, recurrent hypotension after seizures, 452-453 carbon monoxide salicylate, severe systemic inflammatory response and computed tomographic findings after, 448-451 rhabdomyolysis, 531-532 hyperbaric therapy, 636-687 tricyclic antidepressants hyperbaric therapy (letter), 389 ED, determination for ED analysis, 513-516 prolonged coma, neurological recovery (letter), 607 extracorporeal circulation in, 456-458 randomized clinical trial (letter), 685-686 Oxygen, transport, trauma, relation to outcome, 107-112 severe myonecrosis and acute renal failure with, 347-349 treatment (letter), 389 drug overdose, seizures with (erratum), 392 Pain. see specific type or site epidemiology, ED-based POISINDEX, 537-540 Palm thorn injury, hematoma (letter), 259 naloxone, comprehensive review of, 650-660 Pancreatitis, acute, normal amylase levels in, 21-24 poison control centers, budget cuts, 585-599 Papilloma, solitary, larynx, sudden death and (letter), 605 toxic patient as organ donor, 151-154 Paracentesis, large-volume, ascites with, outpatient (letter), Polyethylene glycol, electrolyte lavage solution, efficiency of, 509 302-305 Paramedics, comfort levels, children in emergency situations Population surveillance, falls among the elderly, computerized (letter), 260 EMS transport data, 433-437 Paroxetine, vascular disease and, serotonin syndrome Postpartum state, ovarian vein thrombosis, 82-85 associated with, 642 Pregnancy, ultrasonography, emergency department, 185-189 Patient population, urban emergency department, China, Prehospital care 247-249 blood pressure, ambulance noise effects on accuracy, Patient satisfaction, physician business cards and (letter), 125 617-620 Patients of unknown identity, neurodiagnostic challenge cardiac arrest, Utstein style, one-year survival, 17-20 (letter), 510 CPR, epinephrine and capnography in, 267-270 Pediatric Advanced Life Support course, paramedic comfort high-dose epinephrine (letter), 688-689 levels and (letter), 260 pediatric, EMT-paramedic clinical training course and, Pediatrics. see also Adolescents 429-432 acute abdominal pain or trauma, serum amylase pharmacotherapeutic intervention, administration by EMT-A determinations in, 292-295 and EMT-I personnel, 625-630 acute otitis media, evaluation and management of, 193-206 recognition of MI, independent nurse/paramedic 12-lead albuterol overdose, hypokalemia after, 64-66 ECG evaluation, 25-31 back pain, evaluation, 334-336 “standing orders’ protocol system, medical command blunt laryngotracheal trauma, 207-211 errors with, 279-283 children in emergency situations, paramedic comfort levels survival studies, cardiac arrest out-of-hospital, 299-301 (letter), 260 Proparacaine, topical, abuse, 96-97 group A B-hemolytic streptococcal meningitis, Protocol, standing orders, medical command orders and, uncomplicated varicella (letter), 602 279-283 laryngotracheitis, racemic epinephrine treatment, outpatient Psychiatric emergencies, diagnosis of, elderly patients, therapy, 613-616 364-369 prehospital care, effects of EMT-paramedic clinical training Psychiatric medications, emergencies caused by side effects course, 429-432 of, 212-215 refusal to walk, clinical-pathological case conference, Psychotropic medications, emergencies caused by side effects 472-476 of, 212-215 rotaviral gastrointestinal infection, afebrile seizures in, 94-95 Pulmonary edema, CPAP as treatment, end-stage renal spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema, 463-465 disease patients (letter), 388 ventricular fibrillation, freon inhalational abuse presenting Pulmonary embolism, high-probability perfusion lung scan for, with, 533-536 664-666 Personal computer, storage of radiographs on, improvement Purtscher’s retinopathy, case study, 661-663 of medical education, 459-462 Pyelonephritis, ED management of, women, 271-278 Pheochromocytoma, imipramine-provoked, cardiogenic shock, Quadriplegia, spinal epidural hematoma, cocaine abuse and, 190-192 350-352 Physicians business cards, patient satisfaction and (letter), 125 Radiation exposure, cervical spine radiographs, 15-16 emergency Radiography development of Emergency Physician Job Satisfaction cervical spine, radiation exposure, 15-16 Measurement Instrument, 1-10 knee, clinical decision rule for, 541-543 job satisfaction (letter), 385 Radionuclide imaging, high-probability perfusion lung scan, group practice survey (letter), 610 pulmonary embolism, 664-666 use of nondominant hand, subclavian vein puncture (letter), Radiopacity, extended-release medications, using digitalized 510 radiography, 310-314 POISINDEX, ED-based, poison control center use and, 537-540 Ranitidine, interstitial nephritis, severe low back pain Poison control centers secondary to, 67-69 budget cuts, 585-599 Refusal to walk, 12-month-old child, clinical-pathological case ED-based POISINDEX impact on use of, 537-540 conference, 472-476 SUBJECT INDEX Replantation, treatment of avulsed teeth, emergency Sulfonic acid, injectable epinephrine, thermal degradation, physicians, 241-246 306-309 Residents, rotation/clerkship evaluations, quality of emergency Sumatriptan, migraine treatment, 388 medicine and, 113-117 Superior vena cava syndrome, aortic dissection presenting as, Respiratory distress, aspiration of nortriptyline, 337-338 326-328 Resuscitation Superoxide dismutase, prevention of ongoing lipid intraosseous infusion system, design of, 477-484 peroxidation, burned rat, 142-146 pediatric, effects of EMT-paramedic clinical training course, Survival, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Oriental metropolitan 429-432 city, 491-494 Rhabdomyolysis Syringe aspiration technique, verification of endotracheal tube chemical burns from toluene, 353-355 position, 413-416 freon inhalational abuse, pediatric, 533-536 salicylate intoxication causing, 531-532 Tachycardia Rotation/clerkship evaluations, emergency medicine, 113-117 pleomorphic ventricular, subarachnoid hemorrhage with, Rotavirus, gastrointestinal infection, afebrile seizures and, 370-373 infants and children, 94-95 supraventricular, adenosine treatment, 485-488 Temperature, body Sacroiliac joint, pyogenic, 639-641 change, rate of, febrile outpatients, 339-342 Sacroiliitis, pyogenic, 639-641 response to acetaminophen, diagnostic tests for occult Salicylate, overdose, severe systemic inflammatory response bacteremia, 403-406 and rhabdomyolysis, 531-532 Terfenadine, Torsades de Pointes induced by, 636-638 Security, emergency department, national telephone survey, Tetracaine, liposome-encapsulated, absorption in open 155-159 wounds, rabbit, 521-523 Seizures Thermography, infrared, diagnosis of appendicitis, 48-50 afebrile, rotaviral gastrointestinal infection causing, infants Thermoregulation, symptomatology and, febrile outpatients, and children, 94-95 339-342 after myelography with iopamidol, 329-330 Thiamine, deficiency, chronic alcohol abuser, 238-240 bupropion overdose and, 183-184 Thiopental, therapy, patients resuscitated after cardiac arrest, chemically induced, intravenous versus intramuscular 621-624 midazolam, swine, 284-287 Thrombolysis, in-hospital times to, prehospital recognition of drug overdose and poisoning (erratum), 392 MI and, 25-31 nortriptyline overdose, recurrent hypotension after, 452-453 Thrombosis Sepsis, Purtscher’s retinopathy, 661-663 deep venous, upper extremity, 631-635 Serotonin syndrome, paroxetine and vascular disease, 642-644 ovarian vein, postpartum, 82-85 Shellfish, anaphylaxis-induced diabetic ketoacidosis, 331-333 Thyroid, cartilage, blunt laryngotracheal trauma, children, Shift work, ED scheduling, floating nights, 517-520 207-211 Shock, capillary refill, adverse lighting conditions and, 46-47 Tibia, fracture, intraosseous infusion and (letter), 258 Side effects, psychiatric medications, emergencies caused by, Toluene, chemical burns from, 353-355 212-21 Tooth avulsion, treatment by emergency physicians, 241-246 Sigmoid colon, arterioenteric fistula involving, 527-530 Torsades de Pointes, erythromycin- and terfenadine-induced, Skin, temperature, infrared thermography in diagnosis of 636-638 appendicitis, 48-50 Toxic patient, potential organ donor, 151-154 Skin diseases, dermatological emergencies, 217-237 Toxicity Sleep, ED scheduling, floating nights, 517-520 acute, baking soda ingestion, 57-59 Somatic nerve, stimulation, oxygen transport patterns, trauma, 8-blocker, clinical diagnosis, 356-357 107-112 isoniazid (letter), 386 Spinal cord poisoned patient as organ donor, 151-154 compression, unusual case of back pain, 645-649 Toxicology, consultation, acutely traumatized patients (letter), epidural hematoma, cocaine abuse and, 350-352 126 Spine, infection, refusal to walk in 12-month-old child, 472-476 Train, traumatic injuries, 92-93 Status epilepticus, chemically induced seizures, intravenous Transplantation, toxic patient as organ donor, 151-154 versus intramuscular midazolam, swine, 284-287 Trauma Sternum, intraosseous infusion system, design of, 477-484 abdominal, serum amylase determinations in, pediatric, ST-segment monitoring, instability, preceding cardiac arrest 292-295 and myocardial infarction, 69-76 annotated bibliography, 668-684 Students, rotation/clerkship evaluations, quality of emergency asphyxia (letter), 384 medicine and, 113-117 facial, motor vehicle accidents, 160-163 Subarachnoid hemorrhage firearm injuries (letter), 258 barometric pressure changes and, 90-91 head cardiac arrhythmias and, 370-373 hypoglycemia masquerading as (letter), 383 Subclavian vein minor, cognitive dysfunction in, 172-175 puncture, physician use of nondominant hand in (letter), 510 intracardiac bullet, transesophageal echocardiography use right, puncture, safety (letter), 126 in, 105-106 Substance abuse oxygen transport in, 107-112 alcohol, reversible neurological defects, 238-240 train injuries, 92-93 consultation, acutely traumatized patients (letter), 126 Trauma patients, toxicology screening, substance abuse Suicide, innovative plans (letter), 390 consultation and (letter), 126 700 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE @ Volume 12, Number 6 HM November 1994 Tricyclic antidepressants. see Antidepressants, tricyclic threshold, during hypothermia, bretylium tosylate effects, Tympanometry, acute otitis media, children, 193-206 dogs, 407-412 Verapamil, adverse effects, electrocardiography, 374-375 Ultrasonography, emergency department, 185-189 Verotoxin, hemolytic uremic syndrome, 358-363 Upper extremity, deep venous thrombosis, 631-635 Visual loss, Purtscher’s retinopathy, 661-663 Utstein style, prehospital cardiac arrest, one-year survival after, 17-20 Water-electrolyte balance, during cardiac arrest and CPR, Uvula, acute uvulitis, 51-52 524-526 WBC. see White blood cells Vagal tone, electrocardiography, 544-545 Weather-related events, barometric pressure changes, Varicella, uncomplicated, meningitis associated with, pediatric subarachnoid hemorrhage, 90-91 (letter), 602 Wernicke’s encephalopathy, chronic alcohol abuser, 238-240 Vascular disease, paroxetine and, serotonin syndrome White blood cells associated with, 642-644 count, diagnostic tests for occult bacteremia, 403-406 Vasculitis, Kawasaki disease, emergency department, 178-182 peripheral counts, albuterol nebulization effects, 323-325 Ventilation, mechanical Withdrawal, barbiturate, analgesic, and caffeine (letter), 603 bronchospasm during, ketamine treatment, 417-420 Wounds life-threatening hypotension association with, 425-428 excision, prevention of lipid peroxidation with, burned rat, Ventricular fibrillation 142-146 freon inhalational abuse presenting with, 533-536 open, absorption of tetracaine, rabbit, 521-523