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The Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 11, pp Ill-XXIll, 1993 Printed in the USA - Copyright © 1993 Pergamon Press Ltd Contents Volume 11, 1993 Volume 11, Number 1 CONTENTS Original Contributions Gary P. Young Inability to Validate a Predictive Score for Infective Endocarditis in Jerris R. Hedges Intravenous Drug Users Lester Dixon John Reeves Elizabeth Reed Occupational Infectious Disease Exposures in EMS Personnel Mohamud R. Daya Jonathan Jui Kathy Grellman Leith Gerber Mark O. Loveless Clinical Communications Marcello Govoni Humeral Head Osteonecrosis Caused by Electrical Injury: A Case Carlo Orzincolo Report Maurizio Bigoni Luciano Feggi Pier Luigi Pareschi Francesco Trotta George L. Sternbach Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with Adult David Goldschmid Epiglottitis Richard B. Birrer Self-Mutilation: Three Cases and a Review of the Literature Timothy Robinson Shyambhai Rao Mark Leber Selected Topics: Toxicology Michael J. Utecht Heroin Body Packers Amy Facinelli Stone Margaret M. McCarron Selected Topics: Prehospital Care Michael F. Boyle Surgical Cricothyrotomy Performed by Air Ambulance Flight Nurses: Diana Hatton A 5-Year Experience Clifton Sheets The Journal of Emergency Medicine Selected Topics: Cardiology Commentary John W. Wogan Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block: Mobitz Type II Steven R. Lowenstein Gerald S. Gordon Selected Topics: Emergency Radiology Jonathan Davidorf Distal Cervical Spine Evaluation Using Swimmer’s Flexion-Extension David Hoyt Radiographs Peter Rosen Techniques and Procedures Richard F. Edlich New, Innovative Packaging System for Surgical Sutures and Needles Lucas J. Paviovich Michael A. Towler John G. Thacker George T. Rodeheaver Emergency Medicine in Review Stephen H. Thomas Thrombolytic Therapy in Review Suzanne M. Shepherd E. Jackson Allison, Jr. Editorials Ron M. Wallis The Incredible Rightness of Being Terence D. Valenzuela Reperfusion Revisited V. Jefferson VanTassell Emergency Medicine, Abortion and the Healing Tradition Peter Rosen Abortion: Diversity or Divisiveness Letters to the Editor Education Jonathan I. Singer Objectives to Direct the Training of Emergency Medicine Residents in Glenn C. Hamilton In-Patient Pediatrics Ethics of Emergency Medicine Benjamin Honigman Reemergence of Self-Induced Abortions Guillermo Davila Janice Petersen Humanities and Medicine Raymond G. Daniels Trauma and English Literature Reviews: Books Edward J. Otten Case Studies in Emergency Medicine, 2nd ed., by Freed HA, Platt FW, Mayer D Calendar of Events 121 Classifieds 123 Les Résumés | Instructions for Contributors Volume 11, Number 2 CONTENTS Original Contributions Lloyd K. Richless Early Defibrillation Program: Problems Encountered in a Rural/ Walter A. Schrading Suburban EMS System Jeffrey Polana Dean R. Hess Cynthia S. Ogden E. Thoburn System Care Improves Trauma Outcome: Patient Care Errors P. Norris Dominate Reduced Preventable Death Rate R. Flores S. Goode E. Rodriguez V. Adams S. Campbell M. Albrink A. Rosemurgy Clinical Communications Sunil Kumar Abdominal Wall and Stomach Perforation Following Accidental Shaji Thomas Electrocution with High Tension Wire: A Unique Case Sanjeev Lehri Geofrey Nochimson Paraesophageal Hernia in an Elderly Woman Ann L. Harwood-Nuss Eli W. Warnock III Primary Vibrio Vulnificus Septicemia Terry L. MacMath Desmond Peter Colohan An Unusual Case of Intermittent Upper Airway Obstruction Mark Hillborn E. J. Minford Hanging Arm Method for Reduction of Dislocated Elbow T. F. Beattie Lisa Sinclair Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia — Morgagni Type Bruce L. Klein Richard J. Brennan Bilateral Hypoglossal Nerve Palsies Following Head Injury John P. Shirley Jeffrey S. Compton Clinical Communications: OB/GYN Ray Fish The HELLP Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature The Journal of Emergency Medicine Daniel M. Fatovich Electric Shock in Pregnancy Selected Topics: Emergency Radiology Kenneth G. Bridges CT Detection of Occult Pneumothorax in Multiple Trauma Patients Gary Welch Marc Silver Miren A. Schinco Barbara Esposito Techniques and Procedures Melissa M. Wu Biomechanical Performance of Microsurgical Spatula Needles for the Raymond F. Morgan Repair of Nail Bed Injuries John G. Thacker Richard F . Edlich Emergency Medicine in Review Charles V. Pollack, Jr. Utility of Glucagon in the Emergency Department Letters to the Editor Education Jonathan I. Singer Objectives to Direct the Training of Emergency Medicine Residents in Glenn C. Hamilton Pediatric Emergency Medicine Administration of Emergency Medicine Jan Ahuja IRIS: An Experimental Multimedia Workstation Linking the Marjorie Coristine Departments of Emergency Medicine and Radiological Sciences R. Douglas McKnight William J. Beilby Abstracts Calendar of Events Classifieds Les Résumés Instructions for Contributors Volume 11, Number 3 CONTENTS Peter Rosen Ad Hominem Original Contributions Michael Hillis Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Survival and Neurologic Recovery Douglas Sinclair Gordon Butler Edward Cain Vil Howard Snyder Signs and Symptoms of Patients with Brain Tumors Presenting to the Kendall Robinson Emergency Department Darshan Shah Richard Brennan Michael Handrigan Clinical Communications Charles K. Brown Retained Foreign Body: A Fingernail Fragment? S. Lamont Wooten Lisa K. Fair John M. Wightman Acute Management of Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia Stacy Gordon Clinical Communications: OB/GYN Mark D. Westfall A 33-Year-Old White Female with Abdominal Pain, Nausea, Vomiting John Lumpkin and Hypotension Mary C. O’Brien Misdiagnosis of Bilateral Ectopic Pregnancies: A Caveat About Thomas Rutherford Operator Expertise in the Use of Transvaginal Ultrasound Selected Topics: Toxicology James E. Bodenhamer Delayed Cardiotoxicity Following Quinine Overdose: A Case Report Martin J. Smilkstein Kevin Friesen Benign Course After Massive Ingestion of Yohimbine Wes Palatnick Milton Tenenbein Selected Topics: Emergency Radiology Fred T. Lee, Jr. Reevaluation of Plain Radiographic Findings in the Diagnosis of Richard W. Katzberg Aortic Rupture: The Role of Inspiration and Positioning on Oscar H. Gutierrez Mediastinal Width Francis Burgener Wyman K. Yee Thomas Morris James P. Bronson Emergency Medicine in Review Charles V. Pollack, Jr. Recognition and Management of Sarcoidosis in the Emergency Robert C. Jorden Department Ray Fish Electric Shock, Part I: Physics and Pathophysiology Medical Classics George Sternbach Austin Flint: On Cardiac Murmurs Joseph Varon Emergency Forum James L. Wofford The Role of Emergency Services in Health Care for the Elderly: Earl Schwartz A Review James E. Byrum Mical J. Kupke Robert M. Berne, Teacher, Scientist, and Inventor Richard F. Edlich The Journal of Emergency Medicine Editorial Eugene Kercher Ethics and Continuous Quality Improvement Letters to the Editor Education Robert A. Martin Objectives to Direct the Training of Emergency Medicine Residents on Gus M. Garmel Off-Service Rotations: Neurology Glenn C. Hamilton Administration of Emergency Medicine Robert M. Williams Health Policy and Quality: An Ethical Dilemma Humanities and Medicine Michelle H. Biros I Remember Michael A. Towler Edlich’s Academical Village Michael R. Abidin Curtis G. Tribble Canadian Perspectives Ron M. Walls A Uniquely Canadian Perspective: An Editorial Alan Drummod Robert V. Johnson The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP/ACMU) Abstracts Calendar of Events Classifieds Les Résumés Instructions for Contributors Volume 11, Number 4 CONTENTS Original Contributions J. Todd Eggen 381 Airway Management, Penetrating Neck Trauma Robert C. Jorden Marc Afilalo 387 Fiberoptic Intubation in the Emergency Department: A Case Series Alex Guttman Errol Stern Joseé Lloyd Antoinette Colacone Chris Tselios Jerrald Dankoff Clinical Communications Eric M. Demun 393 Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy After a Minor Electric Shock Joan L. Redd Kay A. Buchanan Timothy J. Brennan John C. Rowlingson Harvey N. Himel Raymond F. Morgan Richard F. Edlich Alissa M. Weaver Immersion Scald Burns: Strategies for Prevention Harvey N. Himel Richard F. Edlich Mahmoud N. Kulaylat Embolization of Illicit Needle Fragments Nabil Barakat Rabie N. Stephan Irineo Gutierrez Paul Austin Unrecognized Pathologic Fractures of the Cervical Spine: Two Case Dennis Hanlon Reports and Review of the Literature Selected Topics: Toxicology David S. Cooling Theophylline Toxicity Don R. Bahner, Jr. Theophylline Toxicity from an Over-the-Counter Preparation Maureen L. Frenia W. Lynn Augenstein Selected Topics: Prehospital Care Robert A. De Lorenzo Prehospital Misidentification of Tachydysrhythmias: A Report of Five Cases Selected Topics: Emergency Radiology Anthony P. Joseph Acute Spinal Epidural Hematoma John D. Vinen Colleen P. Harker The Roentgenographic Findings Associated with Air Embolism in Tom S. Neuman Sport SCUBA Divers Linda K. Olson Irving Jacoby Arthur Santos Techniques and Procedures Ann S. Baldwin Technical Considerations in the Selection of a Personal Emergency Scott A. Syverud Response System Richard F. Edlich Emergency Medicine in Review Ray Fish Electric Shock, Part II: Nature and Mechanisms of Injury Eric S. Freediand Alcohol-Related Seizures, Part I: Pathophysiology, Differential David B. McMicken Diagnosis, and Evaluation The Journal of Emergency Medicine Medical Classics George Sternbach John Barlow: Mitral Valve Prolapse Joseph Varon Editorials Ron M. Walls Fools Rush in? Airway Management in Penetrating Neck Trauma Richard Wolfe Peter Rosen Richard F. Clark Theophylline Toxicity Letters to the Editor Education Guy M. Newland Objectives to Direct the Training of Emergency Medicine Residents on Leslie R. Wolf Off-Service Rotations: Hyperbaric Medicine John A. Bishop Glenn C. Hamilton Humanities and Medicine Maria Frank Grover Washington Jr. Weekend Joseph Varon Hocus-Pocus: The Art of Medicine George L. Sternbach Robert E. Fromm CAEP News Abstracts Reviews: Books Richard A. Craven Ocular Emergencies, edited by Catalano RA Edward J. Otten Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2nd ed., edited by Rom WN Calendar of Events Les Résumés Correction Instructions for Contributors Volume 11, Number 5 CONTENTS Special Section on Pediatric Emergency Medicine Jim R. Harley, MD Guest Editor Jim R. Harley 517 Introduction Original Contribution Lenna M. Morgan Experience with the Hemophiliac Child in a Pediatric Emergency Niranjan Kissoon Department Barry L. de Vebber Clinical Communications Susan L. Bratton Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum P. Pearl O’Rourke Emily S. Pollack Ketotic Hypoglycemia: A Case Report Charles V. Pollack, Jr. Jeffrey R. Tucker Complications of Varicella: Varicella-Associated Cerebritis in a Child. James G. Linakis Case Report and Review John M. Urbancic Gas-Fired Gravity Floor Furnace Contact Burns Blake H. VanMeter Richard F. Edlich Harvey N. Himel Selected Topics: Cardiology Commentary James K. Schroeder Pediatric Electrocardiography in the Emergency Department Emergency Medicine in Review Lawrence G. Oliver Bacterial Meningitis in Infants and Children: A Review Ann L. Harwood-Nuss Martin W. Schul The Acute Pediatric Scrotum Michael A. Keating Original Contributions Betty Chan The Use of Glasgow Coma Scale in Poisoning P. Gaudry T. M. Grattan-Smith Rogan McNeil Richard F. Clark The Incidence of Wound Infection Following Crotalid Envenomation Brad S. Selden Brent Furbee Clinical Communications Mical J. Kupke Stress Fracture of the Femoral Neck in a Long Distance Runner: David M. Kahler Biomechanical Aspects Mark H. Lorenzoni Richard F. Edlich B. Tilman Jolly Emphysematous Cholecystitis in an Elderly Woman: Case Report and Jeffrey N. Love Review of the Literature Emergency Medicine in Review Ray Fish Electric Shock, Part III: Deliberately Applied Electric Shocks and the Treatment of Electric Injuries The Journal of Emergency Medicine Eric S. Freedland Alcohol-Related Seizures, Part II: Clinical Presentation and David B. McMicken Management Editorial Richard H. Daffner Cervical Radiography in the Emergency Department: Who, When, How Extensive? Letters to the Editor Education C. L. McArthur, Il Objectives to Direct the Training of Emergency Medicine Residents on Kathleen J. Clem Off-Service Rotation in Neurosurgery Glenn Hamilton Administration of Emergency Medicine C. James Holliman The Art of Dealing with Consultants Humanities and Medicine Margaret L. Keeler A Small Offering Canadian Perspectives Douglas E. Sinclair Cranial CT Scans— Emergency Department Utilization George Kovacs Michael Hillis CAEP News Abstracts Reviews: Books Robert D. Greenberg Diagnostic Radiology in Emergency Medicine, edited by Rosen P, Doris PE, Barkin RM, Barkin SZ, Markovchick VJ Calendar of Events Classifieds Les Résumés Announcement Instructions for Contributors