Vol. 13 No. 1 (2017)

12 articles Published 9 February 2017

Editorials

1 article

The illusion of certainty

Luca Iaboli, Luana Caselli

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6499
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Original Articles

4 articles

A retrospective analysis of the impact of toxicological diagnostics on clinical decision making in cases of acute drug poisoning

Janne H. Liisanantti, Suvi Lehtiniemi, Tero I. Ala-Kokko

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6302
- 1,615 abstract views
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Unavoidable deaths in the Italian Emergency Departments. Results of a ten-year survey. A mirror of substantial social changes, or a warning for a hospital-system pathology?

Gianfranco Cervellin, Ivo Casagranda, Giorgio Ricci, Ilenia Mezzocolli, Ciro Paolillo, Rita Rossi, Andrea Bellone, Stefano Guzzetti, Fabrizio Giostra, Gianni Rastelli, Mario Cavazza

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6718
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The management of cellulitis and erysipelas at an academic emergency department: current practice versus the literature

Jeffrey W. Martin, Ruth Wilson, Tim Chaplin

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6343
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Reduction of burden of hemolyzed specimens in a large urban emergency department: A real-world, five years’ experience

Gianfranco Cervellin, Rosalia Aloe, Laura Bonfanti, Patrizia Bonelli, Giuseppe Lippi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6793
- 1,606 abstract views
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Opinion Reports

1 article

Laboratory testing in the emergency department: an Italian Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology (SIBioC) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) consensus report

Giuseppe Lippi, Mauro Panteghini, Sergio Bernardini, Laura Bonfanti, Paolo Carraro, Ivo Casagranda, Mario Cavazza, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Marcello Ciaccio, Daniele Coen, Davide Giavarina, Fabrizio Giostra, Ciro Paolillo, Mario Plebani, Giorgio Ricci, Gianfranco Cervellin

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6600
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Case Reports

4 articles

The cause of fever and pulmonary infiltrate: a difficult etiological diagnosis

Bahjat Barakat, Raffaele Pezzilli

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6412
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Epinephrine auto-injection radically increases risk for clostridial infection and necrotizing fasciitis

Kenneth Larson, Gary Grone, Cindy L. Austin, Simon J. Thompson

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6256
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Investigating a rare cause of intestinal occlusion

Bahjat Barakat, Raffaele Pezzilli

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6518
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Traumatic gastric rupture following blunt abdominal trauma: a case report about an atypical modality of presentation

Dario Giambelluca, Dario Picone, Natalino Carmelo Pennisi, Bruno Luciani, Giuseppe Lo Re, Placido Romeo

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6609
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Images in Emergency

2 articles

A rare cause of pneumoperitoneum

Daniel Poor, Mayra Ramirez, Terrance McGovern, Ninad Shroff

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6606
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A 15-year-old girl with cramping movements

Amanda Spadafora, Andrea Andrade, Rodrick Lim

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2017.6957
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