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The Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 14, No 6, pp. III-XV, 1996 Copyright © 1996 Elsevier Science Inc. Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0736-4679/96 $15.00 + .00 The Journal of Emergency Medicine VOLUME 14 INDEX Contents Volume 14, 1996 Volume 14, Number 1 CONTENTS Original Contributions Michael B. Heller Effectiveness of Different Crystalloid [V Solutions in Establishing Todd Crocco Urine Flow John C. Prestosh John W. Patterson Clinical Communications Mark King Aortocaval Fistula Secondary to Mediastinitis Spiro C. Karras Cervicofacial and Mediastinal Emphysema as the Result of a Dental John J. Sexton Procedure Nkemakonam Ikekpeazzu Acute Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage Secondary to Rough Truck Ride John A. Bonadies Venkatachala I. Sreenivas Theodore J. Gaeta AIDS in the Elderly: New York City Vital Statistics Catherine LaPolla Elliot Melendez Patrick J. Wimmer Fatal Vascular Catastrophe in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Case Report David S. Howes and Review Dino P. Rumoro Michele Carbone Andrew T. Guertler Fatal Pneumococcal Septicemia in a Patient with a Connective Tissue C. Thomas Carter Disease Selected Topics: Cardiology Commentary Steven R. Lowenstein Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardias Blair D. Halperin Michael J. Reiter Selected Topics: Emergency Radiology Erik W. Cameron Ruptured Hemidiaphragm: Unusual Late Presentation Stuart E. Mirvis The Journal of Emergency Medicine Clinical Laboratory in Emergency Medicine Jonathan S. Olshaker 59 Introduction to the New Section ‘‘Clinical Laboratory in Emergency Medicine”’ Jonathan S. Olshaker 59 Emergency Department Pregnancy Testing Pharmacology of Emergency Medicine Michael S. Catapano 67 The Analgesic Efficacy of Ketorolac for Acute Pain Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Gary M. Vilke 77 Intraorbital Air in a Patient Status Post Facial Trauma Stephen R. Hayden Medical Classics George Sternbach 79 Percivall Pott: Tuberculous Spondylitis Emergency Forum Margaret L. Keeler 85 A Voice From the Night Jonathan S. Olshaker 87 Prescription Drug Noncompliance: A Clear and Present Danger Editorials Robert E. Fromm, Jr. 91 Emergency Medicine Cyberspace Joseph Varon George L. Sternbach Richard M. Ratzan 92 _ Laughter in the Temple of Pain and Illness Peter Rosen 95 _ Laughter and Loyalty Letters to the Editor Education Mary Jo Wagner Objectives to Direct the Training of Emergency Medicine Residents on John M. Wightman Off-Service Rotations: Surgery, Part 3 Glenn C. Hamilton Humanities and Medicine Margaret L. Keeler 105 Memo Canadian Perspectives Christopher M. B. Fernandes An Unusual Presentation of Urinary Retention Cosmas Leung Deborah Hotch 111 An Emergency Department-Based Domestic Violence Intervention Anton F. Grunfeld Program: Findings After One Year Kathleen Mackay Leigh Cowan CAEP News Abstracts Reviews of Books and Other Media Edward J. Otten 131 Activated Charcoal in Medical Applications, by Cooney DO 133 Calendar of Events 135 Les Résumés I Classifieds Ill Instructions for Contributors Volume 14, Number 2 1996 CONTENTS Original Contributions Mark G. Kanitz 139 Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults: Risk Factors and Clinical Sam J. Giovannucci Features Jeffrey S. Jones Michael Mott Clinical Communications Ross D. Tannebaum_ 147 Adult Retropharyngeal Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Victor Caraballo Pneumomediastinum Presenting as Acute Airway Obstruction Robert A. Barish Douglas J. Floccare William A. Bonadio 165 Adjunctive Dexamethasone Therapy for Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis Clinical Communications: OB/GYN Thomas F. Rowe 173 An Unusual Fetal Complication of Traumatic Uterine Rupture Susan Lafayette Susan Cox Kenneth C. Dittrich 177 Rupture of the Gravid Uterus Secondary to Motor Vehicle Trauma Selim Suner 181 Fatal Spontaneous Rupture of a Gravid Uterus: Case Report and Liudvikas Jagminas Literature Review of Uterine Rupture Jeffrey F. Peipert James Linakis Selected Topics: Toxicology Robert J. Vissers 187 latrogenic Magnesium Overdose: Two Case Reports Roy Purssell Selected Topics: Critical Care Marcie A. Rubin 193 Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the Emergency Department Nicholas Sadovnikoff The Journal of Emergency Medicine Selected Topics: Wound Care Christine C. Annunziata 201 Another Cause of Surgical Needle Holder Damage to Surgical Sutures John G. Thacker Julia A. Woods Richard F. Edlich Techniques and Procedures Jeffrey S. Young 205 A Novel Method for Replacement of the Dislodged Tracheostomy William J. Brady Tube: The Nasogastric Tube ‘‘Guidewire’’ Technique Bradley Kesser Daniel Mullins Pharmacology in Emergency Medicine Charles V. Pollack, Jr. 209 Introduction to the Series, ‘‘Antibiotic Use in the Emergency Department’’ Emily S. Pollack 213 Antibiotic Use in the Emergency Department. I. The Penicillins and Charles V. Pollack, Jr. Cephalosporins Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Theodore Chan 223 Severe Tophaceous Gout James Dunford Best Practice Methods Robert H. Dailey 225 Introduction to the Section, ‘‘Best Practice Methods’’ Robert H. Dailey Vaginal Discharge in the Adult: A Practice Guideline Elo Kuo Wobig 233 Death from Asthma: Rare but Real Peter Rosen Editorials Peter Rosen 241 Religious Freedom and Forced Transfusion of Jehovah’s Witness Children John A. Marx 242 The Future of Emergency Medicine Research Letter to the Editor Administration of Emergency Medicine John L. Zautcke 247 Stress in the Emergency Department Clerical Staff Valerie D. Neylan Raymond G. Hart Ethics of Emergency Medicine Mark Sheldon Ethical Issues in the Forced Transfusion of Jehovah’s Witness Children Humanities and Medicine Jeanne Bryner 259 Cotton CAEP News Special Report Research Directions in Emergency Medicine Abstracts Reviews of Books and Other Media Gary D. Hals The Airway: Emergency Management, edited by Dailey H, Simon B, Young GP, Stewart RD Richard A. Craven Sexually Transmitted Diseases, by Fish RM, Campbell ET, Trupin SR Calendar of Events Les Résumés Instructions for Contributors Volume 14, Number 3 CONTENTS Original Contributions Richard A. Harrigan Postexposure Rabies Prophylaxis in an Urban Emergency Department Frederic H. Kauffman Dennis Chan Backboard Versus Mattress Splint Immobilization: A Comparison of Richard M. Goldberg Symptoms Generated Jennifer Mason Linda Chan Clinical Communications Stevan A. Vuckovic Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia Revisited Catherine A. Marco Profound Bradycardia Related to Long Bone Fracture Manipulation Alan P. Marco Nelson F. SooHoo Diagnosis and Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears in the Emergency Peter Rosen Department Michael S. Beeson Splenic Infarct Presenting as Acute Abdominal Pain in an Older Patient Isser Dubinsky Stercoral Perforation of the Colon: Case Report and Review of the Literature Jane M. Machi Superman Play and Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma Jane Gyuro Joseph D. Losek Colleen O’ Neil Davis Flumazenil Associated Seizure in an 11-Month-Old Child Paul M. Wax The Journal of Emergency Medicine Selected Topics: Toxicology Richard Crockett 335 Prehospital Use of Activated Charcoal: A Pilot Study Scott J. Krishel Anthony Manoguerra Saralyn R. Williams Richard F. Clark Christina Greenaway 339 A Foodborne Outbreak Causing a Cholinergic Syndrome Pamela Orr Selected Topics: Disaster Medicine Michael S. Peters 345 Hospitals Respond to Water Loss During the Midwest Floods of 1993: Preparedness and Improvisation Selected Topics: Wound Care Timothy J. Bill 351 Grease Burns of the Hand: Preventable Injuries David J. Bentrem David B. Drake Richard F. Edlich Julia A. Woods 357 Steam Press Hand Burns: A Serious Burn Injury Andrew T. Cobb David B. Drake Richard F. Edlich Pharmacology in Emergency Medicine Kimberlie A. Graeme 361 Antibiotic Use in the Emergency Department. II. The Charles V. Pollack, Jr. Aminoglycosides, Macrolides, Tetracyclines, Sulfa Drugs, and Urinary Antiseptics Michael D. Witting 373 Renal Papillary Necrosis Following Emergency Department Treatment of Migraine Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Theodore C. Chan 377 Early Retropharyngeal Abscess Formation After Treatment of Scarlet Steve Hayden Fever Editorial Irving Jacoby 379 Lessons for Hospitals from the Midwest Flood of 1993 381 Letter to the Editor Education Timothy A. MacLean 383 Clinical Anatomy: A Review Course for Emergency Medicine Mary Jo Wagner Residents Frank Nagy Humanities and Medicine Charles V. Pollack, Jr. 389 Pediatric Trauma CAEP News CAEP Abstracts Abstracts Reviews of Books and Other Media Edward J. Otten Textbookof Critical Care (3rd ed), Shoemaker, Ayres, Grenvik, Holbrook Calendar of Events Les Résumés Instructions for Contributors Volume 14, Number 4 CONTENTS Original Contributions Mahesh Shrestha A Comparison of Three Gastric Lavage Methods Using the Jacob George Radionuclide Gastric Emptying Study Michael J. Chiu William A. Erdman James E. Hayes Andrew K. Chang MAST 96 James Dunford David B. Hoyt Peter Rosen Clinical Communications Nicolette T. Pesik Severe Rhabdomyolysis Following a Viral Illness: A Case Report and Edward J. Otten Review of the Literature Frantz R. Melio Internal Carotid Artery Thrombosis in a Child Secondary to Intraoral Jonathan L. Jones Trauma William T. Djang Selected Topics: Toxicology Thomas F. Higgins, Jr. Coma and Respiratory Arrest After Exposure to Butyrolactone Stephen W. Borron Selected Topics: Prehospital Care Felice I. Fleisher The Geriatric Obstacle Course: A Training Session Designed to Help Lynn J. White Prehospital Personnel Recognize Geriatric Stereotypes and M. Jo McMullen Misconceptions Rita Chambers Selected Topics: Disaster Medicine Crystal Walsh Chavez A Hospital as Victim and Responder: The Sepulveda VA Medical Bruce Binder Center and the Northridge Earthquake The Journal of Emergency Medicine Selected Topics: Emergency Radiology Kendall Ho 455 Occult Ankle Fracture Detected by an Ankle Effusion on Plain Timothy W. I. Clark Radiography: A Case Report Dennis L. Janzen Douglas G. Connell Piotr Blachut Selected Topics: Critical Care Michael D. Weinstein 461 Near-Drowning: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Initial Treatment Bruce P. Krieger Selected Topics: Wound Care David J. Bentrem 469 Chondritis of the Ear: A Late Sequela of Deep Partial Thickness Burns Timothy J. Bill of the Face Harvey N. Himel Richard F. Edlich Clinical Laboratory in Emergency Medicine Jerome F. X. Naradzay 473 Antiepileptic Drug Therapy: Clinical Laboratory Significance Jonathan S. Olshaker Pharmacology in Emergency Medicine Joyce Schmidt Antibiotic Use in the Emergency Department. III. The Quinolones, Charles V. Pollack, Jr. New Beta Lactams, Beta Lactam Combination Agents, and Miscellaneous Antibiotics Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Terrence L. Jones 497 Distal Tibia and Proximal Fibula Fracture in an Elderly Woman Editorial Arthur B. Sanders 499 The Training of Emergency Medical Technicians in Geriatric Emergency Medicine Letters to the Editor Education Lesa D. Fraker 503 A Novel Curriculum for Teaching Research Methodology Elizabeth M. Orsay Edward P. Sloan E. Bradshaw Bunney Janet A. Holden Ray G. Hart Computers in Emergency Medicine Andrew T. McAfee 509 Opening a ‘‘Window’’ into the World of Computers Ron M. Walls Neil J. Zemmel Status of VoiceType Dictation for Windows for the Emergency Sun M. Park Physician Jeremy Schweitzer John S. O’ Keefe Matthew M. Laughon Richard F. Edlich Humanities and Medicine Francis M. Fesmire Ode to a Tired Physician CAEP News Abstracts Reviews of Books and Other Media Edward J. Otten Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide (4th ed), by Tintinalli JE, Ruiz E, Krome RL Calendar of Events Les Résumés Instructions for Contributors Volume 14, Number 5 CONTENTS Original Contributions Jon C. Olsen Utility of the Creatinine Prior to Intravenous Contrast Studies in the Bonnie Salomon Emergency Department Glen Brown Ceftriaxone Versus Cefazolin with Probenecid for Severe Skin and Robert Chamberlain Soft Tissue Infections Jim Goulding Allison Clarke Robert S. Hamilton The Efficacy and Comfort of Full-Body Vacuum Splints for Peter T. Pons Cervical-Spine Immobilization Clinical Communications Dan Liao Successful Intubation with the Combitube® in Acute Asthmatic Marc Shalit Respiratory Distress by a Parkmedic Brian H. Rowe Life-Threatening Luminal Obstruction due to Mucous Plugging in Joseph Rampton Chronic Tracheostomies: Three Case Reports and a Review of the Gary W. Bota Literature Mir Mumtaz Ali A Cranio-Cervial Malformation Presenting as Acute Respiratory Neville Russell Failure Adnan Awada Donald McLean Daniel J. Beless Sudden Respiratory Deterioration in the Positive Pressure Ventilated Corey M. Slovis Patient: An Organized Approach to Diagnosis and Therapy Duane F. Tull Tracheobronchial Disruption Following Low-Energy Trauma Dalva Hailstone Gerard J. Fulda Frederick Giberson The Journal of Emergency Medicine Mary J. Hughes 585 _ Posterior Hip Dislocation in a Five-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report, Joseph D’ Agostino Review of the Literature, and Current Recommendations Demetrios N. Kyriacou 591 Eleven-Year-Old Boy with High-Voltage Electrical Injury and Arnold Zigman Premature Ventricular Contractions Robert Sapien Andrew Stanitsas Selected Topics: Toxicology Lance Freeman 599 Methemoglobinemia Secondary to Cleaning Solution Ingestion Robert W. Wolford Selected Topics: Prehospital Care Robert A. De Lorenzo 603 A Review of Spinal Immobilization Techniques Selected Topics: Wound Care Mark R. Bowman 615 Comparison of Staples and Sutures for Cardiorrhaphy in Traumatic Randall M. King Puncture Wounds of the Heart Pharmacology in Emergency Medicine Kim D. Hoang 619 Antibiotic Use in the Emergency Department. IV: Singe-Dose Therapy Charles V. Pollack, Jr. and Parenteral-Loading Dose Therapy Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Stephen R. Hayden Spiral Computed Tomography for Diagnosing Ureterolithiasis Medical Classics George Sternbach Willy Burgdorfer: Lyme Disease Charles L. Dibble Letters to the Editor Humanities and Medicine Sheri Ann Hunt EEPs Gary M. Vilke 641 ‘‘No Worries’’ Emile Hay The Suicidal Terrorist Bombing in Ashkelon, Israel Canadian Perspectives Brian Deady Head, Face and Neck Injuries in Hockey: A Descriptive Analysis Robert J. Brison Lise Chevrier CAEP News Abstracts Reviews: Books and Other Media Kenneth Bramwell 663 Medical Spanish—The Instant Survival Guide (3rd ed), by C.J. Wilber and S. Lister Richard A. Craven 663 Medical Diagnosis and Therapy, edited by M.G. Khan