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The American Journal of Emergency Medicine Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 423-588 (July 2005) 1. Masthead • MISCELLANEOUS Page A1 2. Editorial Board • EDITORIAL BOARD Page A2 3. Table of Contents • CONTENTS LIST Pages A3-A5 4. Predictors of medication refill–seeking behavior in the ED • ARTICLE Pages 423-428 Adam H. Miller, Gregory L. Larkin and Claudie H. Jimenez 5. Pulse oximetry in the adult ED patient with sickle cell • ARTICLE Pages 429-432 Bernard L. Lopez, Jacob F. Cogen, Leemu Kerkula, Theodore Corbin and Pamela Flenders 6. Ultrasound image transmission via camera phones for overreading • ARTICLE Pages 433-438 Michael Blaivas, Matthew Lyon and Sandeep Duggal 7. The inadvertent administration of anticoagulants to ED patients ultimately diagnosed with thoracic aortic dissection • ARTICLE Pages 439-442 Daniel P. Davis, Karun Grossman, Danielle C. Kiggins, Gary M. Vilke and Theodore C. Chan 8. Real-time paramedic compared with blinded physician identification of ST- segment elevation myocardial infarction: results of an observational study • ARTICLE Pages 443-448 James A. Feldman, Kathryn Brinsfield, Sheilah Bernard, Daniel White and Thomas Maciejko 9. Predictive value of C-reactive protein at different cutoff levels in acute appendicitis • ARTICLE Pages 449-453 Han-Ping Wu, Ching-Yuang Lin, Chin-Fu Chang, Yu-Jun Chang and Chin-Yi Huang 10. Pediatric prescription pick-up rates after ED visits • ARTICLE Pages 454-458 Eric H. Kajioka, Erick M. Itoman, M. Lily Li, Deborah A. Taira, Gaylyn G. Li and Loren G. Yamamoto 11. Does the presence or absence of sonographically identified cardiac activity predict resuscitation outcomes of cardiac arrest patients? • ARTICLE Pages 459-462 Philip Salen, Larry Melniker, Carolyn Chooljian, John S. Rose, Janet Alteveer, James Reed and Michael Heller 12. The effect of pesticide spraying on the rate and severity of ED asthma • ARTICLE Pages 463-467 Bonnie Chin-Yet O'Sullivan, John Lafleur, Kirsa Fridal, Stephen Hormozdi, Steve Schwartz, Mark Belt and Madelon Finkel 13. Changes in cardiac troponin T measurements are associated with adverse cardiac events in patients with chronic kidney disease • ARTICLE Pages 468-473 Jin H. Han, Christopher J. Lindsell, Richard J. Ryan and W. Brian Gibler 14. Moderate-to-severe blood pressure elevation at ED entry: Hypertension or normotension? • ARTICLE Pages 474-479 Thomas Dieterle, Macé M. Schuurmans, Werner Strobel, Edouard J. Battegay and Benedict Martina 15. Comparing 2 methods of emergent zipper release • ARTICLE Pages 480-482 Nobuaki Inoue, Steven C. Crook and Loren G. Yamamoto 16. The interrater variation of ED abdominal examination findings in patients with acute abdominal pain, • ARTICLE Pages 483-487 Jesse Pines, Lori Uscher Pines, Annara Hall, John Hunter, Rajagopalan Srinivasan and Chris Ghaemmaghami 17. Biphasic extrathoracic cuirass ventilation for resuscitation • ARTICLE Pages 488-491 Ilan Gur, Ephraim Bar-Yishay and Ron Ben-Abraham 18. Effect of a social services intervention among 911 repeat users • ARTICLE Pages 492-496 Steven J. Weiss, Amy A. Ernst, Margaret Ong, Ray Jones, Debra Morrow, Rosemary Milch, Katie O'Neil, Jay Glass and Todd Nick 19. The sensitivity of room-air pulse oximetry in the detection of hypercapnia • ARTICLE Pages 497-500 Michael D. Witting, Sam Hsu and Carlos Andres Granja 20. Correlation between chest x-ray and B-type natriuretic peptide in congestive heart failure • ARTICLE Pages 501-503 Chad Aleman, Shu B. Chan and Mary Frances Kordick 21. Sudden cardiac death in athletes: a guide for emergency physicians • ARTICLE Pages 504-509 Carl A. Germann and Andrew D. Perron 22. Electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation in the trauma patient: acute myocardial infarction vs myocardial contusion • ARTICLE Pages 510-516 Claire U. Plautz, Andrew D. Perron and William J. Brady 23. Diagnosis of periorbital gas on ocular ultrasound after facial trauma • ARTICLE Pages 517-520 S. Timothy McIlrath, Michael Blaivas and Matthew Lyon 24. Purple urine bag syndrome • ARTICLE Pages 521-524 Federico Vallejo-Manzur, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila and Joseph Varon 25. Chest radiograph screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome in the ED • ARTICLE Pages 525-530 Stewart Siu-Wa Chan, Paulina Siu-Kuen Mak, Kwok Kuen Shing, Po Nin Chan, Wing Hung Ng and Timothy Hudson Rainer 26. Clinical predictors of bleeding esophageal varices in the ED • ARTICLE Pages 531-535 Siang-Hiong Goh, Wee-Ping Tan and Shu-Woan Lee 27. The epidemiology and early clinical features of West Nile virus infection • ARTICLE Pages 536-543 Jacek M. Mazurek, Kim Winpisinger, Barbara J. Mattson, Rosemary Duffy and Ronald L. Moolenaar 28. Emergency diagnosis of Fournier's gangrene with bedside ultrasound • SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages 544-547 Daniel Morrison, Michael Blaivas and Matthew Lyon 29. Open endotracheal tubes may be safely left on an ED airway cart for 48 hours • ARTICLE Pages 548-551 W. Douglas Browder, Marcus P. Cromer and Francis L. Counselman 30. Use of gum elastic bougie for prehospital difficult intubation • ARTICLE Pages 552-555 Patricia Jabre, Xavier Combes, Bertrand Leroux, Emanuelle Aaron, Harold Auger, Alain Margenet and Gilles Dhonneur 31. Emergency medicine and older adults: continuing challenges and opportunities • ARTICLE Pages 556-560 John G. Schumacher 32. Chronic digoxin toxicity and significantly elevated BNP levels in the presence of mild heart failure • ARTICLE Pages 561-562 Kenneth Heinrich, Heather M. Prendergast and Timothy Erickson 33. Speed bump–induced spinal column injury • ARTICLE Pages 563-564 Sahin Aslan, Ozgur Karcioglu, Yavuz Katirci, Hayati Kandiş, Naci Ezirmik and Ozlem Bilir 34. Multiple organ failure as initial presentation of pheochromytoma • ARTICLE Pages 565-566 Alexandre Herbland, Nam Bui, Anne Rullier, Frederic Vargas, Didier Gruson and Gilles Hilbert 35. Carbon dioxide asphyxiation caused by special-effect dry ice in an election campaign • ARTICLE Pages 567-568 Cheng-Chun Hsieh, Chung-Liang Shih, Cheng-Chung Fang, Wen-Jone Chen and Chien-Chang Lee 36. Emergency department procedural sedation formularies • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 569-570 Alfred Sacchetti, Russell H. Harris and Dighton Packard 37. Dieulafoy's lesion presenting as near-syncope with massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 570-571 Timothy Mader and Eric Beauvois 38. Effects of diabetes on the ED presentation of acute intermittent porphyria • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 571-572 Huan-Wen Chen, Deng-Huang Su, Tzuu-Shuh Jou and Jia-Horng Kao 39. Training emergency physicians to perform out-of-hospital ultrasonography • CORRESPONDENCE Page 572 Frédéric Lapostolle, Tomislav Petrovic, Jean Catineau, Gille Lenoir and Frédéric Adnet 40. Spontaneous pneumothorax presenting as epigastric pain • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 572-574 Ryoko Ogawa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Norihiro Haraguchi, Hiroaki Satoh and Kiyohisa Sekizawa 41. A cross-sectional ED survey of infantile subclinical methemoglobinemia • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 574-576 Robert J. Freishtat, James M. Chamberlain, Christina M.S. Johns, Stephen J. Teach, Cynthia Ronzio, Melissa M. Murphy-Smith and Neelam Gor 42. Common causes of hemiballism • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 576-578 Hahn-Shick Lee, Seung-Whan Kim, In-Sool Yoo and Sung-Pil Chung 43. Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis: reducing the risk of unwarranted litigation • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 578-579 Zuber D. Mulla 44. Finally, a paper documenting the delay • CORRESPONDENCE Page 579 Klementyna Breyer, S. Eliza Halcomb, Nicole C. Bouchard, Robert S. Hoffman, Paul Dohrenwend and Mary Ann Howland 45. Oligoanalgesia in ED patients with isolated extremity injury without documented fracture • CORRESPONDENCE Page 580 Jesse M. Pines and Andrew D. Perron 46. Slow supraventricular tachycardia in a patient on β-blocker therapy • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 581-582 Steve Allison and Sean O. Henderson 47. Lactic acidosis caused by nucleoside analogues • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 582-583 Joseph R. Shiber 48. Detrusor hyporeflexia presents as an early manifestation in encephalitis • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 583-585 Wei Hsi Chen, Yi Fen Kao and Ming Chin Hsu 49. One-year experience with aripiprazole exposures • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 585-586 Frank LoVecchio, David Watts and Joe Winchell 50. Three-year experience with ziprasidone exposures • CORRESPONDENCE Pages 586-587 Frank LoVecchio, David Watts and P. Eckholdt 51. Erratum • ERRATUM Page 588 The American Journal of Emergency Medicine THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE (ISSN including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and 0735-6757) is published seven times a year (January, March, May, retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Pub- July, September, October, November) (For Post Office use only: lisher. Printed in the United States of America. Volume 23 issue 4 of 7) by Elsevier, 1600 John F. Kennedy PERMISSIONS: Permissions may be sought directly from Blvd, Suite 1800, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2899. 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