Vol 12, No 1 (2016)

12 articles Published 14 April 2016

Original Articles

3 articles

Defining criteria to choose appropriate destination hospital for trauma patients: Piacenza Local Health Authority’s Piacenza trauma algorithm protocol

Fabio Mozzarelli, Stefano Nani, Enrica Rossi, Mario Pizzamiglio

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5359
- 1,750 abstract views
- 1,093 PDF
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Lactate levels as a marker of tissue hypoperfusion in acute heart failure patients seen in the emergency department: a pilot study

Kori Sauser, Lora Alkhawam, Linda Pierchala, Peter S. Pang

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5458
- 2,106 abstract views
- 1,200 PDF
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Physician’s changes in management of return visits to the Emergency Department

Adrianna Long, Robert Cambridge, Melissa Rosa

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5594
- 1,830 abstract views
- 1,615 PDF
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Case Reports

3 articles

Cerebral sinus venous thrombosis in traumatic brain injury

Christina Mueller-Hoecker, Urs Pietsch

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5441
- 1,772 abstract views
- 943 PDF
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An alien in the gallbladder. A rare case of biliary ascariasis in an Italian emergency department

Enrico Ferri, Angelo Ianni, Laura Magrini, Salvatore Di Somma

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5480
- 3,067 abstract views
- 1,288 PDF
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Delayed neuropsychiatric syndrome after carbon monoxide poisoning: inclusion of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the recovery protocol

Dante Lo Pardo, Davide Amedola, Giuliana Senatore, Alberto Damiano, Gabriela Pezzuti, Nicola Pugliese, Gianpiero Locatelli, Alfredo Siani, Nicola Maria Vitola

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5675
- 2,726 abstract views
- 3,245 PDF
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Letters to the Editor

1 article

Electrical cardioversion performed by emergency physicians in the emergency department

Andrea Bellone, Massimiliano Etteri, Kirsten Sielert

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5685
- 1,208 abstract views
- 759 PDF
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Images in Emergency

2 articles

Using Mount Fuji for diagnosis of tension pneumocephalus

Rohat Ak, Fatih Doğanay, Özge Ecmel Onur

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5726
- 3,439 abstract views
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Imaging of a rare case of Bochdalek hernia in an adult female

Bahjat Barakat, Antonio Bruno, Lucia Calculli, Raffaele Pezzilli

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5730
- 1,281 abstract views
- 777 PDF
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Opinion Reports

3 articles

Defensive medicine in the emergency department. The clinicians’ perspective

Gianfranco Cervellin, Mario Cavazza

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5615
- 2,350 abstract views
- 1,090 PDF
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The risks of defensive (emergency) medicine. The laboratory perspective

Martina Montagnana, Giuseppe Lippi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.5581
- 1,782 abstract views
- 876 PDF
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Management of transient loss of consciousness of suspected syncopal cause, after the initial evaluation in the Emergency Department

Ivo Casagranda, Michele Brignole, Simone Cencetti, Gianfranco Cervellin, Giorgio Costantino, Raffaello Furlan, Gianluigi Mossini, Filippo Numeroso, Massimo Pesenti Campagnoni, Paolo Pinna Parpaglia, Martina Rafanelli, Andrea Ungar

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2016.6046
- 3,100 abstract views
- 1,212 PDF
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