Vol. 10 No. 1 (2014) | Emergency Care Journal

Original Articles

5 articles

Error risk in the decision making process

Pier Luigi Baldi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.2119
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Minor head injury in anticoagulated patients: a 6-year retrospective analysis in an emergency department

Alessandro Riccardi, Grazia Guiddo, Bruno Chiarbonello, Flavio Frumento, Piera Polletti, Marina Castelli, Pierangela Minuto, Roberto Lerza

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1913
- 1,577 abstract views
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Emergency department utilization rates and modalities among immigrant population. A 5-year survey in a large Italian urban emergency department

Marcello Zinelli, Valentina Musetti, Ivan Comelli, Giuseppe Lippi, Gianfranco Cervellin

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1896
- 2,100 abstract views
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: diagnosis in an emergency department

Marina Mancini, Davide Bartolini, Mauro Zanna

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1188
- 1,321 abstract views
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The number of emergency department visits for psychiatric emergencies is strongly associated with mean temperature and humidity variations. Results of a nine year survey

Gianfranco Cervellin, Ivan Comelli, Giuseppe Lippi, Denis Comelli, Gianni Rastelli, Paolo Ossola, Carlo Marchesi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.2271
- 2,456 abstract views
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Case Reports

7 articles

An unrecognized disease in routine clinical practice: the Heyde’s syndrome

Beatrice Casadei, Valentina Grasso, Giulio Cariani, Bahjat Barakat, Raffaele Pezzilli

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1649
- 1,714 abstract views
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Elevated serum high-sensitive cardiac troponin T in adolescent runner: exercise or something else?

Bahjat Barakat, Raffaele Pezzilli, Paola Prestinenza

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1744
- 1,490 abstract views
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Spontaneous bladder rupture in acute alcohol intoxication

Bahjat Barakat, Raffaele Pezzilli, Riccardo Casadei

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1745
- 1,616 abstract views
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Non-operative management of simultaneous hepatic and renal grade V injuries after blunt trauma

Jonas P. DeMuro

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1864
- 1,037 abstract views
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Treatment with lipid therapy to resuscitate a patient suffering from toxicity due to local anesthetics

Manuel Monti, Alessio Monti, Francesco Borgognoni, Giovanni Maria Vincentelli, Federico Paoletti

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1820
- 1,511 abstract views
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Acute longitudinal ligament rupture following acute spinal trauma

Donald Hansom, Calan Mathieson, Margaret Purcell, Duncan MacDonald

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1903
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Fatal myocardial damage due to zinc phosphide intentional ingestion

Francesco Marino, Massimo Salvetti, Abramo Bazza, Mara Rossi, Maria Lorenza Muiesan

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.2110
- 1,762 abstract views
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Opinion Reports

3 articles

The determinants for oxygen delivery: is increased fraction of inspired oxygen always crucial?

Francesco Nicosia, Francesco Savelli, Federico Lari, Raffaella Di Luzio, Fabrizio Giostra, Nicola Di Battista

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1636
- 2,109 abstract views
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Biomarker validation in the emergency department. General criteria and clinical implications

Giuseppe Lippi, Camilla Mattiuzzi, Gianfranco Cervellin

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1860
- 1,309 abstract views
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Metacognitive competence as a goal for medical training

Alessandro Antonietti, Valentina Rita Andolfi, Barbara Colombo

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.2182
- 1,398 abstract views
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