Editor-in-Chief Pick

December 2024

 

Open Mind, Open Heart
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Emergency department staff compassion is associated with lower fear of enacted stigma among patients with opioid use disorder"
Savannah Steinhauser BS, Rachel Haroz MD, Iris Jones LPC, LCADC, CCS, NCC, William Skelton PsyD, Brian M. Fuller MD, MSCI, Michael B. Roberts PsyD, Christopher W. Jones MD, Stephen Trzeciak MD, MPH, Brian W. Roberts MD, MSc

 

November 2024

 

In With the New and In With the Old
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Study of pediatric appendicitis scores and management strategies: A prospective observational feasibility study"
Wei Hao Lee MBBS, DCH, MSc, MPH/MGH (Ext), Sharon O'Brien BN, PhD, Elizabeth McKinnon PhD, Michael Collin MBBS (Hons), Stuart R. Dalziel MBChB, PhD, Simon S. Craig MBBS, MPH, MHPE, Meredith L. Borland AM, MBBS

 

October 2024

 

Just Do It
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Low-dose ketamine as an adjunct to morphine: A randomized controlled trial among patients with and without current opioid use"
Stine Fjendbo Galili MD, Bodil Hammer Bech PhD, Hans Kirkegaard DMSc, Jette Ahrensberg PhD, Lone Nikolajsen DMSc

 

September 2024

Can Headpulse Speed Recognition of Large Vessel Occlusion?
Discussion by Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSC, deputy editor, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Headpulse measurement can reliably identify large-vessel occlusion stroke in prehospital suspected stroke patients: Results from the EPISODE-PS-COVID study"
James H. Paxton MD, MBA, Kevin J. Keenan MD, MAS, John M. Wilburn MD, Stefanie L. Wise MD, Howard A. Klausner MD, Matthew T. Ball MD, Robert B. Dunne MD, K. Derek Kreitel MD, Larry F. Morgan DO, William D. Fales MD, Debbie Madhok MD, Nobl Barazangi MD, PhD, Steven T. McLean MD, Katherine Cross MEd, Lisa Distenfield BS, Jordan Sykes MSE, Paul Lovoi PhD, Beth Johnson, Wade S. Smith MD, PhD, the EPISODE-PS-COVID Collaborators

August 2024

 

Who Owns Academic Emergency Medicine?
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Estimating the size and scope of the academic emergency physician workforce"
Cameron J. Gettel MD, MHS, Carlos A. Camargo Jr. MD, DrPH, Christopher L. Bennett MD, MSc, MA, D. Mark Courtney MD, Amy H. Kaji MD, PhD, Gregory J. Fermann MD, Fiona E. Gallahue MD, Lewis S. Nelson MD, MBA, Carleigh F. Hebbard MD, PhD, Craig Rothenberg MPH, Ali S. Raja MD, DBA, MPH, Arjun K. Venkatesh MD, MBA, MHS

 

July 2024

 

Flags with Two Faces
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Patient perceptions of behavioral flags in the emergency department: A qualitative analysis"
Rachel E. Gonzales MPH, Emily F. Seeburger MPH, Ari B. Friedman MD, PhD, Anish K. Agarwal MD, MPH, MS

 

June 2024

 

It Is No Wonder
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief,  Academic Emergency Medicine
"Conflict in emergency medicine: A systematic review"

Timothy Edward Tjan BBioMed, Lee Yung Wong MBBS, GradDipClinEd, FACEM, Andrew Rixon PhD

 

April 2024

 

Reducing the Misery of Rib Fractures
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block compared to sham procedure in adult patients with rib fractures presenting to the emergency department: A randomized controlled trial"
Swetha Ramesh MD, S. Manu Ayyan MD, Durga Prasad Rath MS, MCh, Deepthy Melepurakkal Sadanandan PhD

March 2024

 

Vital Information
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Correlation of vital sign centiles with in-hospital outcomes among adults encountered by emergency medical services"
Sriram Ramgopal MD, Robert J. Sepanski MS, Remle P. Crowe PhD, Masashi Okubo MD, MS, Clifton W. Callaway MD, PhD, Christian Martin-Gill MD, MPH

February 2024

 

Warranted Fear
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"The sonographic protocol for the emergent evaluation of aortic dissections (SPEED protocol): A multicenter, prospective, observational study"
Ryan C. Gibbons MD, Dylan Smith MD, Rivka Feig MD, Molly Mulflur MD, Thomas G. Costantino MD

January 2024

 

Evil Lurks in Necessity
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Disparities in use of physical restraints at an urban, minority-serving hospital emergency department"
Elizabeth C. Pino PhD, Felisha Gonzalez MD, Kerrie P. Nelson PhD, Sorraya Jaiprasert MPH, Gina M. Lopez MD, MPH

December 2023

 

Work to Be Done
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief,  Academic Emergency Medicine
"Patient perceptions of microaggressions and discrimination toward patients during emergency department care"
Brittany E. Punches PhD, RN, Evans Osuji, Jason J. Bischof MD, Simiao Li-Sauerwine MD, Henry Young MD, Michael S. Lyons MD, MPH, Lauren T. Southerland MD

November 2023

 

A Decade of Difference
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Emergency medicine physician workforce attrition differences by age and gender"
Cameron J. Gettel MD, MHS, D. Mark Courtney MD, MSc, Pooja Agrawal MD, MPH, Tracy E. Madsen MD, PhD, Craig Rothenberg MPH, Angela M. Mills MD, Michelle D. Lall MD, MHS, Samuel M. Keim MD, MSc, Chadd K. Kraus DO, DrPH, Megan L. Ranney MD, MPH, Arjun K. Venkatesh MD, MBA, MHS

 

October 2023

 

Toward Moving the Needle in the Haystack

Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine

"Implementation of an emergency department back pain clinical management tool on the early diagnosis and testing of spinal epidural abscess"
Angela G. Cai MD, MBA, Mark S. Zocchi MPH, Jestin N. Carlson MD, John Bedolla MD, Jesse M. Pines MD, MBA, MSCE

 

September 2023

 

Gender-influenced Hypothesis Generation

Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine

"Sex differences in guideline-consistent diagnostic testing for acute pulmonary embolism among adult emergency department patients aged 18–49"
Angela F. Jarman MD, MPH, Bryn E. Mumma MD, MAS, Richard White MD, Emily Dooley, Nuen Tsang Yang MS, Sandra L. Taylor PhD, Craig Newgard MD, MPH, Cynthia Morris PhD MPH, Jared Cloutier, Brandon C. Maughan MD, MHS, MSHP

 

August 2023

 

SQuIDing for Efficiency

Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine

"The SQuID protocol (subcutaneous insulin in diabetic ketoacidosis): Impacts on ED operational metrics"

Richard T. Griffey MD, MPH, Ryan M. Schneider MSN, ACNP-BC, CPPS, Margo Girardi MD, Julianne Yeary Pharm D, BCCCP, Craig McCammon Pharm D, BCCCP, Laura Frawley RN, Rachel Ancona MS, PhD, Paulina Cruz-Bravo MD

 

July 2023

 

Times Are Always Changing, Sometimes for the Better
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Patterns of change in prehospital spinal motion restriction: A retrospective database review"
Neil McDonald MPhil, Dean Kriellaars PhD, Rob T. Pryce PhD

June 2023

 

Humans Are Not Socks

Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine

“Head computed tomography findings in geriatric emergency department patients with delirium, altered mental status, and confusion: A systematic review”

Shan W. Liu MD, SD, Sangil Lee MD, MS, Jane M. Hayes MPH, Danya Khoujah MBBS, MEHP, Alexander X. Lo MD, PhD, Michelle Doering MLS, Kerstin de Wit MD, the Geriatric Emergency Department Delirium Guidelines Group

 

April 2023

An Under-recognized Career in Emergency Medicine

Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine

"The hidden jewel of emergency medicine careers: Why it's time to explore the VA"

Neil Patel MD, Chad Kessler MD, MBA, MHPE

 

March 2023

More Powerful Than Are We
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine

“Objective assessment of sleep and fatigue risk in emergency medicine physicians”

Lauren A. Fowler PhD, Emily L. Hirsh MD, Zachary Klinefelter PhD, Margaret Sulzbach BS, Thomas W. Britt PhD

 

February 2023

Minding the Gap
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine

"Cocaethylene cardiotoxicity in emergency department patients with acute drug overdose"

Siri Shastry MD, MS,  Omid Manoochehri MD,  Lynne D. Richardson MD,  Alex F. Manini MD, MS, FAACT, FACMT

 


January 2023

Another Parachute
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine

"Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation versus conventional rewarming for severe hypothermia in an urban emergency department"

Matthew E. Prekker MD, MPH,  Megan Rischall MD,  Michelle Carlson MD,  Brian E. Driver MD,  Melissa Touroutoutoudis DO,  Jessica Boland MD,  Michael Hu MD,  Beth Heather RN,  Nicholas S. Simpson MD

 


December 2022

The Medicolegal Tsunami
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November 2022

Those Who Can't Hear Should Be Heard
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October 2022

Simplifying the Matrix
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September 2022

Toward the decoding of gestalt
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August 2022

The Real World

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