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2021 

  • Nene RV, Amidon N, Tomaszewski CA, Wardi G, Lafree A. Outcomes for in-hospital cardiac arrest for COVID-19 patients at a rural hospital in Southern California. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Sept 1;47:244-247.
  • Coyne CJ, Reyes-Gibby CC, Durham DD, Abar B, Adler D, Bastani A, Bernstein SL, Baugh CW, Bischof JJ, Grudzen CR, Henning DJ, Hudson MF, Klotz A, Lyman GH, Madsen TE, Pallin DJ, Rico JF, Ryan RJ, Shapiro NI, Swor R, Thomas CR Jr, Venkat A, Wilson J, Yeung SJ, Caterino JM. Cancer pain management in the emergency department: a multicenter prospective observational trial of the Comprehensive Oncologic Emergencies Research Network (CONCERN). Support Care Cancer. 2021 Aug;29(8):4543-4553.
  • Docter TA, Altschuh LB, Medak AJ, Statum SM, Chung CB, Van Hoesen KB, Coffey CH. Comparison of Radiographic, Ultrasound, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Retained Stingray Barb: A Cadaveric Study. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. 2021 July 19.
  • Holder AL, Shashikumar SP, Wardi G, Buchman TG, Nemati S. A Locally Optimized Data-Driven Tool to Predict Sepsis-Associated Vasopressor Use in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2021 Jul 1.
  • Quenzer F, Smyres C, Tabarez N, Singh S, LaFree A, Tomaszewski C, Hayden SR. Large Cerebellar Stroke in a Young COVID-19-Positive Patient: Case Report. J Emerg Med. 2021 Jul;61(1):29-36.
  • Sobel J, Oswald J. Novel Use of 3-Point Genicular Nerve Block for Acute Knee Pain in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med. 2021 Jun 24.
  • Anshus AJ, Oswald J. Erector spinae plane block: a new option for managing acute axial low back pain in the emergency department. Pain Manag. 2021 Jun 9.
  • Brüggemann S, Chan T, Wardi G, Mandel J, Fontanesi J, Bitmead RR. Decision support tool for hospital resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inform Med Unlocked. 2021 June 1.
  • Tomaszewski CA, Quenzer F, Corbett B, Lafree A, Lasoff D, Romo J, Mukau L. Interobserver agreement between emergency clinicians and nurses for Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 2021 Jun;2(3):e12462.
  • Hulland O, Oswald J. Cannabinoids and Pain: The Highs and Lows. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2021 May;47(2):265-275.
  • Meurer WJ, Barth BE, Vilke GM, Guittard JA. Telemetry Bed Usage for Patients with Low-Risk Chest Pain: An Updated Review of the Literature for the Clinician. J Emerg Med. 2021 May;60(5):688-692.
  • Tanaka HL, Popa D, Hayden SR. Diagnosing Central Retinal Artery Occlusion via Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med. 2021 May;60(5):655-658.
  • DeJulio PA, Perese JK, Schuster NM, Oswald JC. Lasmiditan for the acute treatment of migraine. Pain Manag. 2021 Apr 12.
  • Self M, Signorelli J, Lasoff D, Lafree A, Coyne C, Hayden SR, Wardi G. A BERIBERI UNHEALTHY LATTE: ENCEPHALOPATHY AND SHOCK FROM SEVERE NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY. J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr 6:S0736-4679(21)00196-7.
  • Gao HT, Lasoff D, Minns A. Two Cases of Thyrotoxicosis due to Redotex Ingestion, a Mexican Weight Loss Drug. J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr;60(4):495-497.
  • Gottlieb M, Farcy DA, Moreno LA, Vilke GM, Guittard JA. Triage Nurse-Ordered Testing in the Emergency Department Setting: A Review of the Literature for the Clinician. J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr;60(4):570-575.
  • Tresenriter M, Holdaway J, Killeen J, Chan T, Dameff C. The Implementation of an Emergency Medicine Telehealth System During a Pandemic. J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr;60(4):548-553.
  • Wardi G, Carlile M, Holder A, Shashikumar S, Hayden SR, Nemati S. Predicting Progression to Septic Shock in the Emergency Department Using an Externally Generalizable Machine-Learning Algorithm. Ann Emerg Med. 2021 Apr;77(4):395-406.
  • DeJulio P, Korn R, Oswald J. Ultrasound-Guided Hematoma Block for a Clavicular Fracture. J Emerg Med. 2021 Mar 4;60(5):648-650.
  • Cronin AO, Coyne CJ, Castillo EM, Dameff C. COVID-19 screening, testing and vaccination: Perceptions from emergency medicine residents and medical students. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Mar 21:S0735-6757(21)00233-3.
  • Leverone NA, Ramnath VR, Munce D, Raphelson JR, Ma J, Akuthota P, Tomaszewski C, Sell RE, Crotty Alexander LE, Akrami KM, Malhotra A. Critical Care Education in a Pandemic through Tele–ICU. ATS scholar. 2021 Mar;2(1):29-33.
  • LaFree A, Lenz A, Tomaszewski C, Quenzer F. Case Report of Thrombosis of the Distal Aorta with Occlusion of Iliac Arteries in COVID-19 Infection. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2021 Feb;5(1):17-21.
  • Oswald JC, Schuster NM. A randomized, double-dummy, emergency department-based study of greater occipital nerve block with bupivacaine versus intravenous metoclopramide for treatment of migraine: A comment. Headache. 2021 Jan;61(1):218.

 

2020 

  • Blewer AL, Schmicker RH, Morrison LJ, Aufderheide TP, Daya M, Starks MA, May S, Idris AH, Callaway CW, Kudenchuk PJ, Vilke GM, Abella BS; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Variation in Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Delivery and Subsequent Survival from Out-of-Hospital CardiacArrest Based on Neighborhood-Level Ethnic Characteristics. Circulation. 2020 Jan 7;141(1):34-41.
  • Daya MR, Leroux BG, Dorian P, Rea TD, Newgard CD, Morrison LJ, Lupton JR, Menegazzi JJ, Ornato JP, Sopko G, Christenson J, Idris A, Mody P, Vilke GM, Herdeman C, Barbic D, Kudenchuk PJ; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Survival After Intravenous Versus Intraosseous Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Shock-Refractory Cardiac Arrest. Circulation. 2020 Jan 21;141(3):188-198.
  • Childers R, Chan T, Vilke G: TASER Conducted Electrical Weapons. Clinical Forensic Medicine 2020 Jan; 279-312.
  • Stellpflug SJ, Menton TR, Corry JJ, Schneir AB. There is more to the mechanism of unconsciousness from vascular neck restraint than simply carotid compression. Int J Neurosci. 2020 Jan;130(1):103-106.
  • Monte AA, Hopkinson A, Saben J, Shelton SK, Thornton S, Schneir A, Pomerleau A, Hendrickson RG, Arens AM, Cole JB, Chenoweth J, Martin S, Adams A, Banister SD, Gerona RR. The Psychoactive Surveillance Consortium and Analysis Network (PSCAN): the first year. Addiction. 2020 Feb;115(2):270-278.
  • Wardi G, Brice J, Correia M, Liu D, Self M, Tainter C. Demystifying Lactate in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Feb;75(2):287-298.
  • Wettersten N, Horiuchi Y, van Veldhuisen DJ, Mueller C, Filippatos G, Nowak R, Hogan C, Kontos MC, Cannon CM, Müeller GA, Birkhahn R, Taub P, Vilke GM, Barnett O, McDonald K, Mahon N, Nuñez J, Briguori C, Passino C, Maisel A, Murray PT. Short-term prognostic implications of serum and urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in acute heart failure: findings from the AKINESIS study. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 Feb;22(2):251-263.
  • Tolia VM, Chan TC, Castillo EM. Preliminary Results of Initial Testing for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Emergency Department. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar 27;21(3):503-506.
  • Tully J, Coravos A, Doerr M, Dameff C. Connected Medical Technology and Cybersecurity Informed Consent: A New Paradigm. J Med Internet Res. 2020 Mar 30;22(3):e17612.
  • Docter TA, Patel BH, Brennan JJ, Castillo EM, Lee RR, Vilke GM. Utility of Shunt Series in the Evaluation of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Dysfunction in Adults. J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar;58(3):391-397.
  • Kettler E, Brennan J, Coyne CJ. The effects of a morphine shortage on emergency department pain control. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar 11.
  • Lam SHF, Alade K, Brennan J, Castillo EM, Doniger SJ, Levine MC, Nadolski A, Rabiner JE, Shah V, Sivitz A, Medak AJ. Interpretation Accuracy and Interrater Agreement of Pediatric Skin and Soft Tissue Point-of-Care Ultrasound Images among Residents and Faculty. J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar;58(3):457-463.
  • Marigold O, Castillo EM, Sloane C, Brennan J, Coyne CJ, Swift S, Vilke GM. Further Study on the Physiological Effects of an Alternative Spit Mask. J Forens Legal Med. 2020 Mar 31;72:101945.
  • Morshed T, Hayden S. Google Versus PubMed: Comparison of Google and PubMed's Search Tools for Answering Clinical Questions in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Mar;75(3):408-415.
  • Sawyer KN, Humbert A, Leroux BG, Nichol G, Kudenchuk PJ, Daya MR, Grunau B, Wang HE, Ornato JP, Rittenberger JC, Aufderheide TP, Wittwer L, Colella MR, Austin M, Kawano T, Egan D, Richmond N, Vithalani VD, Scales D, Baker AJ, Morrison LJ, Vilke GM, Kurz MC; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. Relationship between Duration of Targeted Temperature Management, Ischemic Interval, and Good Functional Outcome from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Crit Care Med. 2020 Mar;48(3):370-377.
  • Tully J, Dameff C, Longhurst CA. Wave of Wearables: Clinical Management of Patients and the Future of Connected Medicine. Clin Lab Med. 2020 Mar;40(1):69-82.
  • Vilke GM, Akeely Y, Lin LC.  Sequential Drug-Induced Severe Hyponatremia in a Minimally Symptomatic, 81-Year-Old Patient. J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar;58(3):e137-e140.
  • Rowland KD, Fuehrer J, Motov SM, Vilke G, Rosenbaum SB, Quenzer F. Should Antiemetics be Given Prophylactically with Intravenous Opioids While Treating Acute Pain in the Emergency Department? Clinical Practice Paper Approved by American Academy of Emergency Medicine Clinical Guidelines Committee. J Emerg Med. 2020 Apr;58(4):706-709.
  • Faraji F, Jason H. Lee JH, MacDonald B, Oviedo P, Stuart E, Baxter M, Lance SH, Gosman AA, Vuong CL, Castillo EM, Hom DB. Electric Scooter Craniofacial Trauma. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2020 Apr;5(3):390-395.
  • Gupta R, Roach C, Hryniewicki AT, Vilke GM, Shatsky RA, Coyne CJ. Management of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Toxicities: A Review and Guideline for Emergency Providers. J Emerg Med. 2020 May 27.
  • Dameff C, Farah J, Killeen J, Chan T. Cyber Disaster Medicine: A New Frontier for Emergency Medicine. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 May;75(5):642-647.
  • Lam SHF, Nakajima Y, Castillo EM, Brennan J, Vilke GM. Willingness to consider alternatives to ambulance use among adult emergency department patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 May;38(5):1030-1033. 
  • Shashikumar, S. P., Wardi, G., Paul, P., Carlile, M., Brenner, L. N., Hibbert, K. A., North, C. M., Mukerji, S., Robbins, G., Shao, Y. P., Malhotra, A., Westover, B., & Nemati, S. (2020). Development and Prospective Validation of a Transparent Deep Learning Algorithm for Predicting Need for Mechanical Ventilation. 2020 Jun 3. 
  • Tully J, Selzer J, Phillips JP, O'Connor P, Dameff C. Healthcare Challenges in the Era of Cybersecurity. Health Secur. 2020 May/Jun;18(3):228-231.
  • Castillo EM, Coyne CJ, Brennan JJ, Tomaszewski CA. Rates of coinfection with other respiratory pathogens in patients positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Jul 2;1(4):592–6. 
  • Cronin AO, Carlile MA, Dameff CJ, Coyne CJ, Castillo EM. Leveraging Remote Research Associates During a Pandemic. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Jul 21;21(5):1114-1117.
  • Cronin AO, Morton DJ, Brennan JJ, Castillo EM. Frequent Emergency Department Visitors Associated with a Pain-Discharge Diagnosis. J Emerg Med. 2020 Jul 30.
  • Campbell C, Aminlari A, Bisanz B, Medak A. An Unusual Case of Dyspnea Diagnosed by Point-of-Care Ultrasound. J Emerg Med. 2020 Jul;59(1):129-131.
  • Derksen B, Wardi G. A pain in the neck: pharyngeal wall erosion and extrusion of endovascular coils after ICA pseudoaneurysm coiling post-tonsillectomy. J Emerg Med. 2020 Jul;59(1):135-136.
  • Meurer WJ, Barth B, Abraham M, Hoffman J, Vilke GM, DeMers G. Reply to Letter to the Editor. J Emerg Med. 2020 Jul;59(1):143.
  • Bizimungu R, Sergio Alvarez, Baumann BM, Raja AS, Mower WR, Langdorf MI, Medak AJ, Hendey GW, Nishijima D, Rodriguez RM. Thoracic Spine Fracture in the Panscan Era. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 2020 Aug;76(2):143-148.
  • Rodriguez RM, Medak AJ, Baumann BM, Lim S, Chinnock B, Frazier R, Cooper RJ. Academic Emergency Medicine Physicians' Anxiety Levels, Stressors, and Potential Stress Mitigation Measures During the Acceleration Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;27(8):700-707.
  • Sloane C, Mash DC, Chan TC, Kolkhorst F, Neuman T, Castillo EM, Lasoff D, Wardi G, Xie X, Vilke GM. Assessment of stress markers in restrained individuals following physical stress with and without sham CED activation. J Forensic Leg Med. 2020 Aug;74:101982.
  • Banerjee A, Dreisbach E, Smyres C, Ence T, Brennan J, Coyne CJ. Barriers to medication adherence in the emergency department: A cross-sectional study. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Sep 14.
  • Vilke GM, Brennan JJ, Cronin AO, Castillo EM. Clinical features of covid-19 patients: is temperature screening useful? J Emerg Med. 2020 Sep 21.
  • Nene RV, Chan TC. Elderly woman with abdominal pain. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Sep 29;1(6):1750-1751.
  • Sadler C, Alvarez Villela M, Van Hoesen K, Grover I, Lang M, Neuman T, Lindholm P. Diving after SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection: Fitness to dive assessment and medical guidance. Diving Hyperb Med. 2020 Sep 30;50(3):278-287.
  • Bawany MH, Oswald J. Pecs Blocks for Chronic Pain: A Case Report of Successful Postmastectomy Pain Syndrome Management. A A Pract. 2020 Sep; 14(11):e01299.
  • Nene RV, Tolia VM. Fever-Induced Brugada-Pattern Electrocardiogram. J Emerg Med. 2020 Aug 16:S0736-4679(20)30664-8. Emergency Medicine Clinical Guidelines Committee. J Emerg Med. 2020 Sep;59(3):432-434.
  • Horiuchi Y, Wettersten N, Patel MP, Mueller C, Neath SX, Christenson RH, Morgenthaler NG, McCord J, Nowak RM, Vilke GM, Daniels LB, Hollander JE, Apple FS, Cannon CM, Nagurney JT, Schreiber D, deFilippi C, Hogan C, Diercks DB, Headden G, Limkakeng AT Jr, Anand I, Wu AHB, Ebmeyer S, Jaffe AS, Peacock WF, Maisel A. Biomarkers Enhance Discrimination and Prognosis of Type 2 Myocardial Infarction. 2020 Oct 20;142(16):1532-1544.
  • Vilke GM. Restraint physiology: A review of the literature. J Forensic Leg Med. 2020 Oct;75:102056.
  • Speicher MV, Lim DM, Field AG, Childers RC. An Unusual Case of Neonatal High- Output Heart Failure: Infantile Hepatic Hemangioma. J Emerg Med. 2020 Nov 4.
  • Carlile M, Hurt B, Hsiao A, Hogarth M, Longhurst CA, Dameff C. Deployment of artificial intelligence for radiographic diagnosis of COVID‐19 pneumonia in the emergency department. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Nov 5.
  • Kang M, Torriani F, Sell RE, Wardi G, Abeles SR. The Impact of Inpatient Nurse-Triggered Sepsis Alert on Antimicrobial Utilization. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020 Nov 14.
  • Maggio LA, Dameff C, Kanter SL, Woods B, Tully J. Cybersecurity Challenges and the Academic Health Center: An Interactive Tabletop Simulation for Executives. Acad Med. 2020 Nov 24.
  • Finch N, Vilke GM. Unknown Tetrahydrocannabinol Edible Ingestion Resulting in Acute Stroke Presentation. J Emerg Med. 2020 Nov;59(5):719. 
  • Nelson C, Ishimine P, Hayden SR, Correia M, Wardi G. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome In Children (MIS-C) in an Adolescent that Developed Coronary Aneurysms: A Case Report and Review of The Literature. J Emerg Med. 2020 Nov;59(5):699-704.
  • Singarajah A, Wang A, Sayegh J, Vilke GM, Quenzer FC. "Botched": A Case Report of Silicone Embolism Syndrome After Penile and Scrotal Injection. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2020 Nov;4(4):595-598.
  • Wardi G, Joel I, Villar J, Lava M, Gross E, Tolia V, Seethala RR, Owens RL, Sell RE, Montesi SB, Rahaghi FN, Bose S, Rai A, Stevenson EK, McSparron J, Tolia V, Beitler JR. Equipoise in Appropriate Initial Volume Resuscitation for Patients in Septic Shock with Heart Failure: Results of a Multicenter Clinician Survey. J Intensive Care Med. 2020 Nov;35(11):1338-1345.
  • Horiuchi YU, Wettersten N, Veldhuisen DJV, Mueller C, Filippatos G, Nowak R, Hogan C, Kontos MC, Cannon CM, MÜeller GA, Birkhahn R, Taub P, Vilke GM, Barnett O, McDONALD K, Mahon N, NuÑez J, Briguori C, Passino C, Maisel A, Murray PT. Potential Utility of Cardiorenal Biomarkers for Prediction and Prognostication of Worsening Renal Function in Acute Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2020 Dec 6.
  • Akeely Y, Vilke GM, Alzahrani H, Alshowaihi I, Alsaadani A, Rabah A, Turkistani A, Abosamak MF. Postintubation Tracheal Perforation While on Long-Term Steroid Therapy: A Case Report. J Emerg Med. 2020 Dec 8.
  • Mathur K, Blumenthal J, Horton LE, Wagner GA, Martin TC, Lo M, Gianella S, Vilke GM, Coyne CJ, Little SJ, Hoenigl M. HIV Screening in Emergency Departments: Linkage Works but What About Retention? Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Dec 12.
  • Roach, C, Tainter CR, Sell R, Wardi G. Resuscitating Resuscitation: Reviewing Therapies for Resistant Ventricular Dysrhythmias. J Emerg Med. 2020 Dec 15;S0736-4679(20)31160-4.
  • Wardi G, Tainter CR, Ramnath VR, Brennan JJ, Tolia V, Castillo EM, Hsia RY, Malhotra A, Schmidt U, Meier A. Age-Related Incidence and Outcomes of Sepsis in California, 2008-2015. J Crit Care. 2020 Dec 23;62:212-217.
  • Bawany M, Subramony R, Castellanos J, Oswald J. Post-Mastectomy Axillary Web Symptoms Management using Ultrasound Guided Trigger Point Injections. 2020.
  • Bawany M, Oswald J. Pecs Blocks for Chronic Pain: A Case Report of Successful Postmastectomy Pain Syndrome Management. 2020.
  • Kinariwala N, Oswald J, Frasier R, Chen J, Ahadian F. Refractory Radiculopathy Due to Epidural Lipomatosis Treated with Spinal Cord Stimulation: Report of Four Cases. 2020.
  • Phillips C, Contreras E, Oswald J. NSAIDs, Opioids, and Beyond. Pain Management - Practices, Novel Therapies and Bioactives. 2020.

 

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