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The Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 441-454, 2004 Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Inc. Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0736-4679/04 $—see front matter The Journal of Emergency Medicine VOLUME 27 INDEA Contents Volume 27, 2004 Volume 27, Number 1 CONTENTS Original Contributions Brian S. Ullery Colonic Ischemia: An Under-recognized Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Andrew T. Boyko Bleeding Gerald A. Banet Lawrence M. Lewis Gary M. Vilke Prospective Randomized Study of Viscous Lidocaine Versus Benzocaine Albert Jin in a GI Cocktail for Dyspepsia Daniel P. Davis Theodore C. Chan Jay Pershad Propofol for Procedural Sedation in the Pediatric Emergency Department Sandip A. Godambe David A. Jerrard The Use of Rabies Immune Globulin by Emergency Physicians Prashant Mahajan Comparison of Nebulized Magnesium Sulfate Plus Albuterol to Nebulized Demetris Haritos Albuterol Plus Saline in Children with Acute Exacerbations of Mild to Norman Rosenberg Moderate Asthma Ronald Thomas Clinical Communications Tung-Ying Yang Massive Pulmonary Embolism in a Young Patient on Clozapine Therapy Kun-Jung Chung Tiao-Lai Huang Chia-Te Kung Scott C. Sherman Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young Man with Sickle Cell Disease Harsh P. Sulé Peter J. Cuenca Delayed Traumatic Spinal Epidural Hematoma with Spontaneous Eric B. Tulley Resolution of Symptoms Diane Devita Allister Stone The Journal of Emergency Medicine Clinical Communications: OB/GYN Chris M. Davison 43 Qualitative B-hCG Urine Assays May Be Misleading in the Presence of Richard M. Kaplan Molar Pregnancy: A Case Report Linda N. Wenig David Burmeister Selected Topics: Toxicology Jeffrey N. Love 49 Are One or Two Dangerous? Camphor Exposure in Toddlers Maura Sammon Janet Smereck Selected Topics: Emergency Radiology Om P. Sharma 55_ The Role of Computed Tomography in Diagnosis of Blunt Intestinal and Michael F. Oswanski Mesenteric Trauma (BIMT) Daniel Singer Brian Kenney Technical Tips Raymond J. Roberge 69 Venodilatation Techniques to Enhance Venepuncture and Intravenous Cannulation Case Presentations of the Harvard Emergency Medicine Residency David F. M. Brown = 75 _ Posterior Wall Myocardial Infarction Eric S. Nadel Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Elizabeth N. Jacobson 79 Syncope Due to Hyperkalemia Latha G. Stead Jacob Ufberg 81 Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by a Ventricular Paced Rhythm Richard A. Harrigan Andrew J. Wittenberg Tsung-Pai Tsou 85 Hypertensive Encephalopathy Zui-Shen Yen Cheng-Chung Fang Shyr-Chyr Chen Wen-Jone Chen Letters to the Editor American Academy of Emergency Medicine Abstracts Volume Contents Book and Other Media Reviews Edward J. Otten The Killers Within, by Shnayerson M, Plotkin M. Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 2002 Calendar of Events Instructions for Contributors Volume 27, Number 2 CONTENTS Original Contributions Adit A. Ginde Predictors of Outcome in Geriatric Patients with Urinary Tract Infections Sang Ho Rhee Eric D. Katz Yun-Te Chang Evaluation of Unpredictable Critical Conditions of Patients Treated in the Chih-Chung Chen Observation Unit of the Emergency Department Chao-Yu Chang Yau-Chang Kuo Jeanmarie Perrone Emergency Department Evaluation of Patients with Fever and Judd E. Hollander Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia Elizabeth M. Datner Peter B. Richman Electrocardiographic Findings in Emergency Department Patients with Hassan Loutfi Pulmonary Embolism Steven J. Lester Patricia Cambell Jessica Matthews Jeremy Friese Joseph Wood David Kasper Frederick Chen Mark Mandell Clinical Communications William A. Gibson Generalized Vaccinia in a Deployed Military Member Robert E. Langsten Federica Pace Spontaneous Multiple Cervical Artery Dissection: Two Case Reports and Danilo Toni a Review of the Literature Emanuele Di Angelantonio Svetlana Lorenzano Corrado Argentino Eric F. Reichman Undiagnosed Takayasu’s Arteritis Mimicking an Acute Aortic Dissection Joseph M. Weber Clinical Communications: OB/GYN Veronica Hlibezuk Spontaneous Uterine Rupture as an Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain in the Early Second Trimester of Pregnancy The Journal of Emergency Medicine Selected Topics: Toxicology Greene Shepherd Intentional Bupropion Overdoses Larissa I. Velez Daniel C. Keyes Selected Topics: Cardiology Commentary Deborah B. Diercks Electrocardiographic Manifestations: Electrolyte Abnormalities George M. Shumaik Richard A. Harrigan William J. Brady Theodore C. Chan Selected Topics: Sports Medicine David A. Townes Event Medicine: Injury and IlIness During an Expedition-Length Timothy S. Talbot Adventure Race Ian S. Wedmore Robert Billingsly Techniques and Procedures Lori E. Lowery The Wrist Pivot Method, a Novel Technique for Temporomandibular Michael S. Beeson Joint Reduction Kevin K. Lum Case Presentations of the Harvard Emergency Medicine Residency Haritha Challapalli Shortness of Breath in the Postoperative Patient Samuel Z. Goldhaber David F. M. Brown Eric S. Nadel Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Dawn A. Demangone EKG Findings Associated with Situs Inversus Imtiaz A. Munshi A Unique Pattern of Injury Secondary to Seatbelt-Related Blunt William Patton Abdominal Trauma P. John Konicki Diagnosis of Appendicitis with Ultrasound: Case Example Erik B. Kulstad Editorials Peter Rosen Growing Pains Timothy Givens The Ten Commandments of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Joseph Varon Observation and Critical Care in the Emergency Department: Watch What Robert E. Fromm, Jr. You Do! Letters to the Editor American Academy of Emergency Medicine Abstracts Volume Contents Book and Other Media Reviews Edward J. Otten Cardiac Markers, 2nd edition, by Wu A. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2003 Edward J. Otten Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, 4th edition, by Roberts J and Hedges J. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2004 Calendar of Events Instructions for Contributors Volume 27, Number 3 CONTENTS Original Contributions Thomas M. Kelly Predictors of Problem Drinking Among Older Adolescent Emergency John E. Donovan Department Patients Jack R. Cornelius Theodore R. Delbridge William L. Hall IT Errors in Weight Estimation in the Emergency Department: Comparing Gregory L. Larkin Performance by Providers and Patients Mauricio J. Trujillo Jackie L. Hinds Kathleen A. Delaney Michael Ha Impact of CT Scan in Patients with First Episode of Suspected Russell D. MacDonald Nephrolithiasis Kaveh Ilkhanipour Combining Clinical Risk with D-Dimer Testing to Rule Out Deep Vein Allan B. Wolfson Thrombosis Heather Walker Jason Cillo Susan Rolniak Pamela Cockley David Mooradian Sandra Kaplan Michael E. Silverman Morphine Induces Less Nausea Than Meperidine When Administered Richard D. Shih Parenterally John Allegra Clinical Communications Jessica R. Goldstein Locked Anterior-Inferior Shoulder Subluxation Presenting as Luxatio Wesley P. Eilbert Erecta J.P. Tupesis A Penny for Your Thoughts: Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Coin A. Kaminski Ingestion H. Patel A. Howes Scott C. Sherman Gradenigo Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of a Rare Complication Ann Buchanan of Otitis Media The Journal of Emergency Medicine Barry J. Hahn 257 Case Report of Tetanus in an Immunized, Healthy Adult and No Point of Mert Erogul Entry Richard Sinert Mark T. Monahan 261 Chemical Peritonitis from Champagne Mary Ann Cooper Barry Gilmore 265 Posterior Urethral Valves Presenting as Abdominal Distension and H. Norman Noe Undifferentiated Shock in a Neonate: The Role of Screening Emergency Thomas Chin Physician-Directed Bedside Ultrasound Jay Pershad Selected Topics: Toxicology F. Lee Cantrell 271 Intentional Overdose with Tiagabine: An Unusual Clinical Presentation Mike Ritter Ed Himes David C. Wong 273 Are 1 or 2 Dangerous? Clozapine and Olanzapine Exposure in Toddlers Liesl A. Curtis Selected Topics: Emergency Radiology In-Hei Hahn Contrast CT Scan Fails to Detect the Last Heroin Packet Robert S. Hoffman Lewis S. Nelson Case Presentation of the Harvard Emergency Medicine Residency Rashid Fuad Kysia 285 Abdominal Pain in a Patient with HIV David F. M. Brown Eric S. Nadel Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Mustafa Secil 291 Spontaneous Duodenal Hematoma Gokhan Ucar David T. Williams 295 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Hemorrhagic Stroke Requiring Acute Michael W. Sue Heparin Anticoagulation Edward A. Gabriel Antonio K. Liu Nishant Anand 299 Midgut Volvulus Latha Stead Technical Tips Jacob W. Ufberg Anterior Shoulder Dislocations: Beyond Traction-Countertraction Gary M. Vilke Theodore C. Chan Richard A. Harrigan Volume Contents Emergency Forum John A. Marx Keynote Address, 2nd Mediterranean Congress of Emergency Medicine: The Rightness of Emergency Medicine Letters to the Editor American Academy of Emergency Medicine Abstracts Book and Other Media Reviews Edward J. Otten Physician’s Guide to Terrorist Attack, by Roy MJ. Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2004, and Biological and Chemical Terrorism: A Guide for Healthcare Providers and First Responders, by Weinstein RS, Alibek K. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers, 2003 Calendar of Events Instructions for Contributors Volume 27, Number 4 CONTENTS Original Contributions James R. Thompson Certified Mail Fails to Reach an Emergency Department Population Sheila Stephens Richard L. Summers Juan Sun Population Characteristics of Traffic Accident-Related Deaths in Japan Akihiro Kono and Ireland, 1950-2000 Pei Sun Junichi Misumi Rumm M. Morag Do Patients with a Negative Emergency Department Evaluation for Linette F. Murdock Syncope Require Hospital Admission? Zaber A. Khan Mitchell J. Heller Barry E. Brenner Philip D. Anderson Potential Diversion Rates Associated with Prehospital Acute Myocardial Patricia M. Mitchell Infarction Triage Strategies Niels K. Rathlev Susan S. Fish James A. Feldman Clinical Communications Aleksandr Gorenbeyn A Rare Case of Concomitant Viral Myocarditis and Pericarditis in a 44- Alan Jon Smally Year-Old Patient Thomas J. S. Herold Post-Traumatic Subdural Hygroma: Case Report Shawn Taylor Kelly Abbrescia Curtis Hunter The Journal of Emergency Medicine Selected Topics: Toxicology Kenneth D. Katz 367 Aniline and Methanol Toxicity After Shoe Dye Ingestion Anne-Michelle Ruha Steven C. Curry Selected Topics: Prehospital Care Kathleen E. Kane 371 Anaphylaxis in the Prehospital Setting David C. Cone Selected Topics: Difficult Airways Daniel P. Davis 379 Introduction to the Section Kenny Bramwell 381 The Aspirated Dreidel Ghazala Sharieff Selected Topics: Cardiology Commentary Erin M. Mancuso 385 Electrocardiographic Manifestations: Long QT Syndrome William J. Brady Richard A. Harrigan Marc Pollack Theodore Chan Pharmacology in Emergency Medicine Eric Katz 395 Safety and Efficacy of Sequential (i.v. to p.o.) Moxifloxacin vs. L. Scott Larsen Conventional Combination Therapies for the Treatment of Community- Charles M. Fogarty Acquired Pneumonia in Patients Requiring Initial i.v. Therapy Kamal Hamed James Song Shurjeel Choudhri Case Presentations of the Harvard Emergency Medicine Residency Rashid Fuad Kysia 407 Fever David F. M. Brown Eric S. Nadel Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Mustafa Secil 411 Extraperitoneal Bladder Rupture and Posterior Urethral Injury Mahmut Oksuzler Ozgur Karcioglu 415 Letters to the Editor Computers in Emergency Medicine Antonios Likourezos 419 Physician and Nurse Satisfaction with an Electronic Medical Record Donald B. Chalfin System Daniel G. Murphy Barbara Sommer Kelly Darcy Steven J. Davidson Volume Contents Humanities and Medicine Michael D. Burg 425 Loss/Gain American Academy of Emergency Medicine Abstracts Book and Other Media Review Edward J. Otten Surviving the Extremes, by Kamler K. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 2004 Calendar of Events List of Reviewers for Volumes 26 and 27 Contents, Author, and Keyword Index to Volume 27 Instructions for Contributors