Annual Meeting Abstracts Accepted for Presentation

 

Listed below are the titles, presenter names, and presenter institutions for the 545 abstracts that have been selected for presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting from the 1,172 abstract submissions. Please note that the abstracts are listed in presentation order. These numbers do not correspond to the original abstract numbers.

 

 

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS 

 

Plenary (1:00 – 2:30 pm)

Moderators: Michelle Biros, MD, MS, Hennepin County Medical Center and James Hoekstra, MD, Wake Forest University

 

1. Can "Non-Emergency" Emergency Department Visits Shed Light on Access to Care? Robert Lowe, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

2. Prospective, Multicenter Validation of the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria, Jeffrey Kline, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

3. Mesenteric Blood Flow During Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier (HBOC)-201 Fluid Resuscitation In A Swine Model Of Severe Hemorrhagic Shock And Uncontrolled Abdominal Hemorrhage, James Manning, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

4. A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Nebulized Epinephrine And Albuterol In The Emergency Department Treatment Of Bronchiolitis. Paul Walsh, MD, UCLA Kern Medical Center

 

5. The Ottawa Aggressive Protocol for ED Management of Acute Atrial Fibrillation, Ian Stiell, MD, University of Ottawa

 

 

Sepsis (2:30 – 3:30 pm)

Moderator: Emanual Rivers, MD, Henry Ford Hospital

 

6. Occult Hypo-perfusion Versus Initial Hypotension For Evaluation of Sepsis, Michael Donnino, MD, Beth Israel Medical Center

 

7. The Microcirculation is Dysfunctional in Patients with Infection, Jeffrey Soderman, MD, Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center

 

8. The Impact Of Time To Antibiotic Initiation On Mortality In ED Patients Treated With Early Goal-Directed Therapy For Severe Sepsis And Septic Shock, David Gaieski, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

9. Improved Organ Function At 24 Hours Is Associated With Increased Microcirculatory Flow During The Early Resuscitation Of Patients With Sepsis, Jonathan McCoy, MD, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden

 

Cardiac Arrest (2:30 – 3:30 pm)

Moderator: Tom Aufderheide, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

 

10. Cardiocerebral Resuscitation Improves Survival From Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Bentley Bobrow, MD, Mayo Clinic, Arizona

 

11. Cerebral Oximetry As An Early Predictor of Neurologic Outcome After Out Of Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Patrick Medado, CCRP, William Beaumont Hospital

 

12. Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Does Not Alter Cytokine Release, Clifton Callaway, MD, University of Pittsburgh

 

13. Changing Cardiovascular Response to Epinephrine with Increasing Duration of Cardiac Arrest, Mark Angelos, The Ohio State University

 

 

Disaster Medicine (3:30 – 4:30 pm)

Moderator: Carl Schultz, MD, University of California, Irvine

 

14. Does START Triage Work? An Outcomes-Level Assessment Of Use At A Mass Casualty Event, Christopher Kahn, MD, University of California, Irvine

 

15. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Time-Varying Response Strategies to a Large-Scale Bioterrorist Anthrax Attack, Demetrios Kyriacou, MD, Northwestern University

 

16. Hospital Personnel Response During A Hypothetical Influenza Pandemic--Will They Come To Work? Charlene Irvin, MD, St. John Hospital and Medical Center

 

17. Patient Perceptions of the Interim Healthcare System After Hurricane Katrina, Natasha Afonso, Medical Student, Tulane University

 

 

HIV Testing (3:30 – 4:30 pm)

Moderator: Jason Haukoos, MD, Denver Health Medical Center

 

18. Opt- Out HIV Testing in the Emergency Department: Results From A High Prevalence Setting Following The New CDC Guidelines, Jeremy Brown, MD, The George Washington University Medical Center

 

19. A Comparison Of The Feasibility And Yield Of Routine Rapid HIV Testing In An Urban Emergency Department And Urgent Care Center, Douglas White, MD, Alameda County Medical Center

 

20. Factors Predicting Refusal Of Emergency Department Based HIV Testing By At-Risk Patients, Ali Raja, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

21. Written Consent for HIV Testing: A Significant Barrier for Routine Testing in the Emergency Department Setting, Julianna Jung, MD, Johns Hopkins University

 

 

POSTER SESSION (4:30–6:30 pm)

 

Abdominal/Genitourinary

 

22. A Systematic Review of Medical Therapy to Facilitate Passage of Ureteral Calculi, Amandeep Singh, MD, Highland General Hospital

 

23. National Study of U.S. Emergency Department Visits for Urolithiasis, 1993-2004, Andrea Pelletier, MS, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

24. A Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Ketorolac vs. Butorphanol for the Treatment of Biliary Colic, Dana Schwarz, MD, University of Chicago

 

25. Odansetron versus Metoclopramide for Nausea and Vomiting in the Emergency Department, Cynthia Haensel, MD, York Hospital

 

26. Pretreatment of Patients Requiring Abdominal CT with Oral Contrast with Antiemetics: A RCT, Gregory Garra, DO, Stony Brook University

 

27. Mortality And Acute Renal Failure After Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography In Octogenarians Presenting To An Emergency Department With Acute Abdominal Pain, Daniel Cabrera, MD, Mayo Clinic

 

Geriatrics

 

28. Safety Of Dismissing Octogenarians From The Emergency Department With Diagnosis Of Undetermined Abdominal Pain, Daniel Cabrera, MD, Mayo Clinic

 

29. Medical Appropriateness of Geriatric Admissions for Failure to Thrive, Rishi Sikka, MD, Boston University

 

30. Emergency Department Screening of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms by Bedside Ultrasonography, R Holliday, DO, Yale University

 

31. The Total Lymphocyte Count and Albumin As Measures Of Protein Malnutrition In The Elderly Emergency Department Patient, Sanjey Gupta, MD, New York Hospital Queens

 

32. Paramedics And Elders At Risk Of Independence Loss (PERIL): Feasibility And Inter-Rater Reliability Of Risk Factors For Adverse Outcomes, Jacques Lee, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto

 

33. Validation of Six-Item Screener for Dementia in Elderly Emergency Department Patients, Christopher Carpenter, MD, Washington University in St. Louis

 

34. Long-term Follow-up of  Older Emergency Department Patients with Blunt Injuries, Scott Wilber, MD, Summa Health System / NEOUCOM

 

35. The Effect Of Age On Emergency Department Length Of Stay: The Elderly At Risk, Peter Smulowitz, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

Wounds

 

36. Validation of an Ischemic Comb Burn Model in Swine, Adam Singer, MD, Stony Brook University

 

37. The Effect of N-Acetyl Cysteine on Burn Progression in Rats, Adam Singer, MD, Stony Brook University

 

38. A Novel TGF-Beta Antagonist  Speeds Reepithelialization and Reduces Scaring of Partial Thickness Porcine Burns, Adam Singer, MD, Stony Brook University

 

EMS

 

39. EMS Helicopter Collision-With-Object Crashes: Types of Objects Struck and Other Circumstantial Factors, Kiernan DeAngelis, MD, Johns Hopkins University

 

40. A Prehospital Comparison of the King LT to Endotracheal Intubation and the Esophageal-Tracheal Combitube in a Simulated Difficult Airway Patient Encounter, Christopher Russi, DO, University of Iowa

 

41. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests occurring in Primary Health Care Facilities in Singapore, Annitha Annathurai, MD, Singapore General Hospital

 

42. Use of Emergency Medical Services By Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Regional Network, Katie Menssen, , Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

 

43. Impact Of A Prehospital Bypass Protocol On Time To Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention In Acute Myocardial Infarction, Jaelyn Caudle, MD, Queen's University

 

44. Inter-observer Agreement about Prehospital Notification of Acute ST Segment Elevation  Myocardial Infarction, Nancy Chawla, MD, Boston Medical Center

 

45. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Republic of Armenia, Sharon Chekijian, MD, Yale University

 

46. Prehospital 12-Lead EKG Compliance in the Chest Pain Patient, Mary Vonderschmidt, MPA, MICP, University of Cincinnati

 

47. A Nationwide Prehospital Stroke Survey: A Reassessment, Laura Levoy, MD, West Virginia University

 

48. A Diversion Policy Dramatically Reduces Diversion Hours But Increases Drop-Off Times, Osei Kwame Asamoah, MD, University of New Mexico

 

49. Can Low Priority Emergency Ambulance Calls Be Managed By Telephone Advice? Janette Turner, Ms, University of Sheffield

 

50. EMS and Managed Care: The Los Angeles Experience, Marc Eckstein, MD, USC University of Southern California

 

51. Emergency Medical Technician Treatment of Prehospital Hypoglycemia without Transport, Jared Strote, MD, MS, FACEP, University of Washington

 

52. A Validation Study Comparing The Glasgow Coma Scale To Its Components And Simplified Alternative Scores In Predicting Trauma Outcomes, Heidi Commins, DO, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

 

53. Use Of The Prehospital Record To Identify And Reconcile Home Medications, Zachary Meisel, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

54. Development Of A Prediction Rule For Hospital Admission Using Prehospital Data, Zachary Meisel, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

55. Safety Of Paramedics With Extended Skills, Suzanne Mason, FCEM, University of Sheffield

 

56. Intraosseous vs Intravenous Access While Wearing Personal Protective Equipment in a Simulated HazMat Scenario, Christian Knutsen, MD, University of Pittsburgh

 

57. Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Taipei: Does Advanced Life Support Make A Difference? Matthew Ma, MD, National Taiwan University Hosptial

 

58. Perceptions About Availability, Function, And Access To Emergency Medical Services Between Community And Hospital Based Populations In Calcutta, India, Nova Panebianco, MD, North Shore University Hospital

 

Stroke

 

59. Subsequent Vascular Event Following an Acute Ischemic Stroke, M.Fernanda Bellolio, MD, Mayo Clinic

 

60. Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults: Etiology and Outcome, M.Fernanda Bellolio, MD, Mayo Clinic

 

61. Disparities in the Management of Transient Ischemic Attack, Jeffrey Coben, MD, West Virginia University

 

62. Poor Association Between Hyperglycemia at Arrival and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Stroke Patients Treated with Tissue-type Plasminogen Activator, William Meurer, MD, University of Michigan

 

63. Ischemic ECG Changes Predict Myocardial Injury In Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Megan Fix, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

64. JCAHO Stroke Center Certification as a Strategy for a Statewide System of Acute Stroke Care in North Carolina, Andrew Asimos, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

65. BloodPressure Hemodynamics In Acute Ischemic Stroke:Association With Stroke Severity,Disability And Death, Sailaja Enduri, M.B.B.S, Mayo Clinic

 

66. Hemoglobin: A Predictor Of Functional Outcome Following An Acute Ischemic Stroke, David Nash, Mayo Clinic

 

67. Early Clinical Deterioration In Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, John Duldner, MD, Akron General Medical Center

 

68. Does Initial Emergency Department Hyperglycemia Simply Represent Underlying Undiagnosed Diabetes in Patients Presenting with Acute Ischemic Stroke, Shaily Mishra, MPhil, Mayo Clinic

 

69. Frequency of Abnormal Lab Values in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Ischemic Stroke, Brian Stettler, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

70. Diabetes Mellitus And Hyperglycemia Promote Blood Coagulation After Acute Ischemic Stroke, Nina Gentile, MD, Temple Unversity

 

71. Ethnic Differences in Outcomes After Acute Ischemic Stroke: Influence of Hyperglycemia, Nina Gentile, MD, Temple University

 

72. Adherence to Inpatient JCAHO Prophylaxis Measures After Acute Ischemic Stroke Results In Better Functional Outcome. Ann Hoff, MD, Mayo Clinic

 

Neurology

 

73. External Validation Of The San Francisco Syncope Rule, Anne-Maree Kelly, MD, Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Western Health

 

74. Ultrasound Contrast Agent Increases 120 kHz in-vitro Ultrasound Enhanced Thrombolysis, George Shaw, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

75. Early Calpain Activity In A Rat Model Of Traumatic Axonal Injury, Marek Ma, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

76. Inhibiting Heme Oxygenase-2 Activation Protects Neurons From the Toxicity of Hemoglobin, Jing Chen-Roetling, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University

 

77. Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis Predicts Generalized Seizure: A Case-Control Study, Jeffrey Faragher, MD, Denver Health Medical Center

 

CT

 

78. Marked Increase in Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Utilization in the Emergency Department, Steven Polevoi, MD, University of California, San Francisco

 

79. Increasing Utilization of Computed Tomography in the Pediatric Emergency Department, 2000-2006, Joshua Broder, MD, Duke University Medical Center

 

80. Cost Effectiveness of CT Coronary Angiography Compared to Other Strategies for Evaluating Chest Pain in Patients in the Emergency Department, Rahul Khare, MD, Northwestern University

 

81. Characteristics Of ED Patients With CT-Proven Small Bowel Obstruction and Discordant Negative Plain Abdominal Radiography, Jeffrey Green, MD, New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens

 

82. Discrepancies Between Teleradiology and In-house Radiology Interpretations of Emergency Department Computed Tomographic Scans, Timothy Platts-Mills, MD, University of California, San Francisco-Fresno

 

83. Estimating the cumulative risk of ionizing radiation exposure from diagnostic testing in an Emergency Department Population:  What Do We Really Know? Linda Papa, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

84. The Eligibility Of ED Low Risk Chest Pain Patients For Multi-Slice CT Coronary Angiography, Amy Romey, MD, William Beaumont Hospital

 

85. Accuracy Of Radiology Resident Interpretation Of Emergency Department CT Scans, Bruno Petinaux, MD, George Washington University

 

Diagnostic Technology

 

86. Accuracy of Emergency Physician Interpretation of Xrays - An Analysis of 151693 Radiographs, Bruno Petinaux, MD, George Washington University

 

87. The Prevalence Of Asymptomatic Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm In An Urban Geriatric Emergency Department Population- A Pilot Study., Monal Patel, MD, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 

88. Noninvasive Measurement Of Hemoglobin Concentration In Emergency Department Patients Using Fiber Optic Spectral Analysis Of The Tarsal Plate, Justin Racht, MD, Brown University

 

89. Does Impedance Cardiography Correlate with B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure Patients? Erika Havelka, MD, Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center

 

90. Infrared Imaging for Detection of Compartment Syndrome, Laurence Katz, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

91. Use of Quantitative Broad-Based Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for Detection and Identification of Common Bacterial Pathogens in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), Celeste Cheryll Quianzon, MD, Johns Hopkins University

 

92. National Survey of Diagnostic Imaging in the Emergency Department: Hospital, Patient, And Geographic Factors Associated with Utilization, Robert Welch, MD, Wayne State University

 

93. Comparative Study of the Blood Gas and the Acid Base Measurements of Arterial and Venous Blood Samples in Uremia Patients Presenting to the ED, Vineet Gupta, MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi ,India

 

94. Using Spectroscopy To Assess The Ages Of Bruises, Susan Duffy, MD, Brown University

 

95. Volume of Infarct on Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Weighted Imaging Is Correlated To Stroke Etiology, Nora Dajani, MD, Mayo Clinic

 

 

MODERATED POSTERS (5:00 – 6:00 pm)

 

Victims of Partner Violence

Moderator: Debra Houry, MD, MPH, Emory University

 

96. Adult Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Perpetrators are Significantly More Likely to Have Witnessed IPV as a Child (CW) than Non-Perpetrators, Jennifer Hall, MD, University of New Mexico

 

97. Computer Versus Paper Format For Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Screening, Larry Goldstein, MD, University of New Mexico

 

98. Are You A Victim Of Domestic Violence? Karin Rhodes, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

99. Perpetrators Of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Use Significantly More Methamphetamine, Cocaine And Alcohol Than Victims, Elizabeth Hilton, MD, University of New Mexico

 

MRSA

Moderator: Gregory Moran, MD, Olive View - UCLA Medical Center

 

100. The Local Prevalence Of Nasal Colonization Of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus In Emergency Department Personnel, Brian Suffoletto, MD, University of Pittsburgh

 

101. Geographic Variation of Community-Acquired MRSA, Kurt Weber, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

102. Low Rate of MRSA Colonization Among Residents, H. Hern, Jr., MD, Alameda County - Highland Hospital

 

103. Susceptibilities Of Emergency Department Isolates Of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA) To Non-Beta-Lactam Antimicrobial Agents, Nak Chhiv, MD, University of California, Irvine

 

 

Thursday, May 17, 2007

 

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

 

Clinical Decision Guidelines (8:00 – 9:45 am)

Moderator: James Quinn, MD, University of California, San Francisco

 

104. Sensitivity and Specificity of the Canadian CT Head Rule and the New Orleans Criteria in a US Trauma Center, Linda Papa, MD, University of Florida/Orlando Regional Healthcare

 

105. A New Clinical Decision Rule for Predicting Severity of Community Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department, CA Graham, MD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

106. Reducing Admissions Utilizing the Boston Syncope Criteria, Shamai Grossman, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

107. The Prehospital Validation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Paramedics, C. Vaillancourt, MD, University of Ottawa

 

108. Can ED Triage Nurses Reliably Clear the C-Spine in Minor Trauma? Ian Stiell, MD, University of Ottawa

 

109. An Evaluation of the Predictive Value of the Emergency Department Assessment of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, Aaron Bernard, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

110. The Acceptability of Clinical Decision Rules: Validation of the Ottawa Acceptability of Decision Rules Scale (OADRS), Jamie Brehaut, PhD, University of Ottawa

 

Toxicology (8:00 – 9:45 am)

Moderator: Kennon Heard, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

 

111. Hemodynamic Effects of Intravenous Fat Emulsion plus Standard Therapy in a Model of Severe Verapamil Toxicity, Michael Rosselli, MD, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

 

112. Immediate Apnea Following Acute Chlorine Gas Exposure Is Vagally Mediated, Jason Chu, MD, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

 

113. Topical Agent For Post Exposure Prophylaxis Of Rhus-Induced Allergic Contact Dermatitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Brian Lovett, MD, St. Luke's Hospital

 

114. Methamphetamine Abuse And Emergency Department Utilization, Robert Hendrickson, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

115. Delerium Tremens: An Analysis of Factors Associated With Mortality, Ayesha Khan, MD, Wayne State University/Detroit Receiving Hospital

 

116. Verapamil Toxicity Induces Dysregulation of the Insulin-Dependent Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Pathway, Laura Bechtel, PhD, University of Virginia

 

117. The Geiger Counter Versus The Radiation Detection Portal: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Mathew Porter, MD, St. Luke’s Hospital

 

ED Crowding (10:00 am – 12:00 noon)

Moderator: Brent Asplin, MD, Regions Hospital

 

118. ED Crowding Is Associated With Delays In Analgesia And Non-Treatment For Patients Who Report Severe Pain, Jesse Pines, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

119. ED Patient Preferences For Boarding Locations & Wait Times When Hospitals Are At Full Capacity, Chad Garson, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

120. The Effect of Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Census Variables on Emergency Department Length of Stay, Raymond Lucas, MD, George washington University

 

121. Predicting Emergency Department Overcrowding: A Prospective Validation Study, Nathan Hoot, MS, Vanderbilt University

 

122. Does Emergency Department Crowding Affect The Quality of Care Provided To Patients With Acute Asthma Exacerbation? Eddy Lang, MD, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital-McGill University

 

123. The Association of ED Crowding Factors With Quality of Pain Management, Ula Hwang, MD, Mount Sinai

 

124. Early Treatment Unit Does Not Improve Hospital Length of Stay for ED Boarders, Paul Chen, MD, New York Hospital Queens

 

125. Leaving Without Being Seen. Boarding, Bored, Or Both? Vincent Torres, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

Quality Measures (10:00 am – 12:00 noon)

Moderator: Charles Pollack, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

126. Effect on Time to Antibiotic Administration of a Comprehensive Program for Emergency Department Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia, Benjamin Katz, MD, Albany Medical Center

 

127. Chest Pain Center Accreditation Is Associated With Improved Heart Failure Quality Performance Measures, W. Frank Peacock, MD, The Cleveland Clinic

 

128. Chest Pain Center Accreditation is Associated With Better Performance of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Core Measures for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Michael Ross, MD, William Beaumont Hospital

 

129. Emergency Department Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia: Effect of a Change in Pneumonia Definition by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Compliance with Guidelines for Time to Antibiotic Administration, Benjamin Katz, MD, Albany Medical Center

 

Research Design (10:00 am – 12:00 noon)

Moderator: Roger Lewis, MD, PhD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

 

130. Impact of Regression to the Mean on Studying Interventions to Reduce ED Use, Robert Lowe, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

131. The Agreement Of The Manchester Triage System And The Emergency Severity Index In Terms Of Agreement: A Comparison, Marja Storm-Versloot, MSc, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam

 

132. Pre-intervention Physiological Status Trumps Resuscitation Strategy Following Severe Hemorrhagic Shock: Comparison of Survival Analysis Methods, Penny Reynolds, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

 

133. Inappropriate Claims Of Equivalence/Non-Inferiority In Failed Randomized Trials In Emergency Medicine, Suneel Upadhye, MD, McMaster University

 

Analgesia (3:30 – 5:00 pm)

Moderator: Tammie Quest, MD, Emory University

 

134. Low-Dose Ketamine Versus Fentanyl As Adjunct Analgesic To Procedural Sedation With Propofol:  A Randomized, Clinical Trial, David Messenger, MD, Queen's University

 

135. Randomized Clinical Trial of Procedural Sedation Using Propofol with and without the Ultra-short Acting Narcotic Alfentanil, James Miner, MD, Hennpin County Medical Center

 

136. The utility of supplemental oxygen during emergency department procedural sedation and analgesia with propofol - A randomized, controlled, trial, Ken Deitch, DO, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

 

137. Gender Bias In Opiate Administration For Acute Abdominal Pain, Angela Mills, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

138. Development of a Novel Adverse Events Scale for Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department, Heather Murray, MD, Queen's University

 

139. Estimation of Pain Intensity in Emergency Medicine: a Validation Study, Raoul Daoust, MD, Sacré-Coeur Hospital of Montreal

 

Trauma (3:30 – 5:00 pm)

Moderator: John Marx, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

140. Levels UCH-L1 in Human CSF and Severity of Injury following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Linda Papa, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

141. Is Hospitalization Necessary in Children with Blunt Abdominal Trauma and a Normal Abdominal CT? James Holmes, MD, University of California, Davis

 

142. Establishing the Need for Trauma Center Care: Anatomic Injury or Resource Utilization? Craig Newgard, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

143. Comparison Of A New Hemostatic Agent To Current Combat Hemostatic Agents In A Swine Model Of Lethal Extremity Arterial Hemorrhage, Kevin Ward, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University

 

144. In Patient With Suspected Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Are Non-Neurosurgical CT Abnormalities And GCS Score Associated With Cognitive Impairment? Linda Papa, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

145. A Clinical Prediction Instrument for the Abdominal Evaluation of Adult Blunt Trauma Patients, James Holmes, MD, University of California, Davis

 

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS (1:30 – 3:30 pm)

 

Disease/Injury Prevention

 

146. ED Medication Lists Are Not Accurate, Selin Caglar, MD, Tufts-Baystate Medical Center

 

147. Use of the 911 System as a Risk Indicator for Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Department, Melissa Dichter, MSW, ABD, University of Pennsylvania

 

148. Physiologic Effects Of Prolonged Conducted Electrical Weapon Discharge On Acidotic Adults, Jeffrey Ho, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center

 

149. Physiologic Effects Of Prolonged Conducted Electrical Weapon Discharge On Intoxicated Adults, Ronald Moscati, MD, SUNY at Buffalo

 

150. Inaccuracy, Underreporting of Injury, and Lack of Training in Death Certificates, Marian Betz, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

151. Estimated Risk for Undiagnosed Diabetes in the Emergency Department: A Multicenter Survey, Adit Ginde, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

152. Rural-urban Differences in Hip Fracture Incidence, Jeffrey Coben, MD, West Virginia University

 

153. Are Smokers Interested In Smoking Cessation Interventions In The Emergency Department? Ingrid Llovera, MD, North Shore University Hospital

 

154. Readiness to Quit Smoking and Begin Physical Activity Among A Sample Of Patients Seeking Non-Emergent Care, Talmage Holmes, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

 

155. Before and After Study of a Smoking Cessation Intervention Among Adult Smokers with An Acute Exacerbation of Asthma, Hyacinth DeGuzman, MD, Lincoln Medical Center

 

156. Mandated Reporting Of Medically Unfit Drivers:  How Reporting and Non-reporting Physicians Differ. Chadd Nesbit, MD, Allegheny General Hospital

 

157. Screening For Obstructive Sleep Apnea In Emergency Department Patients: Comparison Of Clinical Pre-test Probability With A Previously Validated Prediction Tool, Jacob Eastman, MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School

 

158. Variables Affecting Illness and Injury Among Long-Distance Hikers, Lee Anderson, MD, Boston Medical Center

 

159. Victims of Violence: A Survey of Emergency Care Providers Attitudes and Perceptions, Amado Baez, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital

 

160. Osteoporosis Knowledge Lacking Among Patients Seeking Emergency Health Care, Donald Simpson, PhD, University of Arkansas

 

161. The Attenuation Of Strike Acceleration Through Tae Kwon Do Protective Equipment, Sanjey Gupta, MD, New York Hospital Queens

 

Motor Vehicle Crash

 

162. Trends in Young Female Drivers in Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes over Ten Years, 1995-2004, Virginia Tsai, MD, University of California, Irvine

 

163. Perceptions of Risk: Health Care Workers, Road Use, and Road Traffic Incidents in Ethiopia.  A Pilot Survey, K. Douglass, MD, George Washington University

 

164. Left vs. Right Rollover Crashes: Frequency and Impact on Fatality, Dietrich Jehle, MD, SUNY at Buffalo

 

165. Prevalence And Correlates Of Self-Reported Safety Belt Non-Use Among US High School Students, William Fernandez, MD, Boston University

 

166. Predictors Of Seatbelt Use In Native American MVC Trauma Victims, Amy Axberg, MD, Maricopa Medical Center

 

Headache

 

167. Impact of Oral Dexamethasone After ED Treatment Of Migraine With Phenothiazines On The Rate Of Recurrent Headache, Anne-Maree Kelly, MD, Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research at Western Health

 

168. A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Dexamethasone For Acute Migraine In The Emegency Department, Theodore C. Bania, MD, MD, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Medical Center

 

169. Prednisone for Migraine Headaches: An Emergency Department Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial, Frederick Fiesseler, DO, Morristown Memorial Hospital

 

170. Olanzapine vs. Droperidol for Primary Headache in the Emergency Department, Chandler Hill, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center

 

171. Emergency Department And Urgent Care Use By Patients With Primary Headache Disorder, Benjamin Friedman, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 

172. Predicting Moderate Or Severe Migraine Headache Within 24 Hours Of ED Discharge, Peter Greenwald, MD, New York Presbyterian Hospital

 

Computer Technology

 

173. Process Redesign and Emergency Department Information System Implementation Improve Efficiency, Corey Weiner, MD, Mount Sinai

 

174. A Randomized Comparison of Two Computerized Lab Result Graphical User Interfaces, Jeffrey Nielson, MD, Summa Health System / NEOUCOM

 

175. Evaluation of the Validity of a Computerized Version of the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale in a Pediatric Emergency Department, Jocelyn Gravel, MD, Hôpital Sainte-Justine

 

176. The Derived Electrocardiogram Eigenvalues as a Marker for Acute Myocardial Infarction, David Schreck, MD, Summit Medical Group

 

177. Impact of an Electronic Prescription Writer on Emergency Department Narcotic Prescribing Practice, Eric Grafstein, MD, Providence Health Care & St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC

 

Education

 

178. Confidence, Competence and Leadership: The Role of High Fidelity Simulation Workshops to Improve Emergency Medicine Residents Self Confidence, Technical Competence and Leadership Skills, Margaret Strecker-McGraw, MD, Texas A&M University

 

179. Heart Rate, Stress and Learning are Independent of Role in High Fidelity Simulation, Jeremy Hall, MD, Advocate Christ Medical Center

 

180. Chief Complaint Categories For Medical Student Education, Adam Kuykendal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

181. The Perception of Emergency Department Patients Regarding Medical Student Participation in Their Health Care, David Wald, DO, Temple University

 

182. A Student-Centered Approach To Ethics Education During The EM Clerkship, Amy Kontrick, MD, Northwestern University

 

183. The Effect Of A Well Being Curriculum On Resident Perception Of Wellness, Lori Weichenthal, MD, University of California San Francisco-Fresno

 

184. A Longitudinal Study of Emergency Medicine Residents; Malpractice Fear and Defensive Medicine, Robert Rodriguez, MD, University of California, San Francisco

 

185. Teaching Death Notification Skills to Emergency Medicine Residents:  The Role of Feedback, Cherri Hobgood, MD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

 

186. The Impact of Errors Observed by Medical Students on Learning, Cherri Hobgood, MD, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

 

187. SAEM Tests: Revisions Improved Item Validity, Emily Senecal, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

188. Are USMLE Scores Predictive of ABEM In-Training Exam Scores for Emergency Medicine Residents? Josef Thundiyil, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

ED Crowding

 

189. The Impact of Trauma Care on Non-Trauma Emergency Department Patients, Daniel Smith, MD, The Queens Medical Center

 

190. Interventions to Decrease ED Visits by Frequent Users, Robert Derlet, MD, University of California, Davis

 

191. An Estimate Of The United States Emergency Department Boarding Burden, Brendan Carr, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

192. Introduction of a Stat Laboratory Reduces ED Length of Stay, Adam Singer, MD, Stony Brook University

 

193. ED Crowding Is Associated With Perceptions Of Compromised Quality Of Care, Jesse Pines, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

194. Emergency Physician Access to Payor Health Information Improves Efficiency of Care, Robert O'Connor, MD, Christiana Care Health System

 

195. A Comparison Of Hours Length Of Stay And Compliance With 24- Hour Patient Length Of Stay Between Emergency And General Internal Medicine/Internal Medicine Subspecialty Observation Services:  Implication For ED Crowding At A Tertiary Care Center. Faiz Khan, MD, Hershey Medical Center/Penn State

 

196. Is The Emergency Department Only For Emergencies? Public Perceptions of "Appropriate" Emergency Department Use, Elaine Rabin, MD, Mount Sinai

 

197. The Impact Of Emergency Department Paramedic Staffing On Emergency Medical Services Unit Off-load Time, Joanne Sun, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

198. Autoregression Models Can Reliably Forecast Emergency Department Occupancy Levels 12 Hours In Advance, Lisa Schweigler, MD, University of Michigan

 

199. Reduction in Emergency Department Visits by Patients Attending an Anticoagulation Clinic, Peter Whittaker, PhD, University of Massachusetts

 

200. Inpatient Nurse Staffing to Care for ED Boarders Does Not Relieve Emergency Department Crowding, Theodore Chan, MD, University of California, San Diego

 

201. Impact of Mandated Nurse-Patient Ratios on Patient Flow in 2 California Emergency Departments, Edward Castillo, PhD, University of California, San Diego

 

202. Emergency Department Gridlock: Are More Patients Slowing You Down? Lloyd Connelly, MD PhD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

203. ED Overcrowding Inflation in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Michael Bullard, MD, University of Alberta

 

204. Waiting For A Bed: Do Prolonged ED Waits Translate To Adverse Outcomes? Bram Dolcourt, MD, Henry Ford Hosptial

 

205. The Impact Of Long-Term Care Facility Bed Availability On Emergency Department Overcrowding, Jerome Fan, MD, McMaster University

 

206. Impact Of An Overcapacity Care Protocol On Emergency Department Overcrowding, Grant Innes, MD, St. Paul's Hospital

 

Clinical Decision Guidelines

 

207. Evaluating the Sensitivity of Visual Inspection of CSF for Xanthrochromia in Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Sanjay Arora, MD, University of Southern California

 

208. Evaluation of the Performance of a Modified Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) Scoring System for Critically Ill Patients in Emergency Departments in Hong Kong, TH Rainer, MD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

209. An International Survey of Emergency Physicians Knowledge, Use, and Attitudes Towards the Canadian CT Head Rule, Ian Stiell, MD, University of Ottawa

 

210. A Cluster Randomized Knowledge Transfer Trial in 4,457 Minor Head Injury Patients, Ian Stiell, MD, University of Ottawa

 

211. Communication Barriers In The Emergency Department And Their Impact On Diagnostic Confidence And Ancillary Testing. Hiram Albino, MD, Stony Brook University

 

212. Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule By Emergency Department Nurses, Catherine Clement, RN, University of Ottawa

 

213. Use of Clinical Pharmacists in Academic EDs is Limited, Rollin Fairbanks, MD, University of Rochester

 

214. Triage Algorithm for Chest Radiography of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department, Demetrios Kyriacou, MD, Northwestern University

 

215. Utility of Procalcitonin to Identify Young Febrile Infants at Low Risk of Serious Bacterial Infections, Vincenzo Maniaci, MD, Children's Hospital Boston

 

Pediatrics

 

216. Efficacy of the Shotblocker in Reducing Pain Associated with Intramuscular Injections, Lisa Drago, DO, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden

 

217. Is Parental Weight Estimation More Accurate Than Other Weight Estimation Methods For Children? Anne-Maree Kelly, MD, Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research at Western Health

 

218. Accuracy of the Landmark and Palpation Techniques for Pediatric Femoral Vein Identification, James Woodson, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

219. Efficacy and Impact of Intravenous Morphine Before Surgical Consult in Children with Right Lower Quadrant Pain Suggestive of Appendicitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Benoit Bailey, MD, CHU Ste-Justine

 

220. Comparison of Four Pain Scales in Children with Acute Abdominal Pain in a Pediatric Emergency Department, Benoit Bailey, MD, CHU Ste-Justine

 

221. Characteristics of Children with Headache Two Weeks After a Minor Head Injury, Benoit Bailey, MD, CHU Ste-Justine

 

222. Safety of the Modification of the Triage Level for Children 6 to 36 Months Old With Fever, Jocelyn Gravel, MD, Hôpital Sainte-Justine

 

223. CT Scan with IV Contrast Alone for Evaluation of Pediatric Appendicitis, Madelyn Garcia, MD, University of Rochester

 

224. Does Respiratory Rate, Height Of Fever, or Oxygen Saturation Predict Pneumonia in Febrile Infants? Leslie Simon, MD, Naval Medical Center San Diego

 

225. Post-Discharge Adverse Behavioral Events In Children Receiving Fentanyl/Midazolam Versus Ketamine In A Pediatric Emergency Department, Alisa McQueen, MD, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

 

226. Clinical Predictors of Lyme Disease Among Pediatric Patients with Acute Monoarticular Arthritis, Amy Thompson, MD, Childrens Hospital Boston

 

227. What is the Impact of Advanced Life Support on the Management and Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Seizures in Children? Martin Osmond, MD, University of Ottawa

 

228. An Assessment of Knowledge, and Beliefs of Pediatric Emergency Nurses towards the use of Metered-Dose Inhaler and Spacer (MDI+S)  for the Treatment of Acute Asthma Before and 12 Months After a Practice Change., Martin Osmond, MDCM, University of Ottawa

 

229. Effect Of Having Children In The Household On Adult Emergency Department Smokers’ Motivation To Quit, Angela Mills, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

230. Interobserver Agreement In Assessment Of Clinical Variables In Children With Blunt Head Trauma, Marc Gorelick, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

 

231. Blunt Head Trauma in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), Nathan Kuppermann, MD, University of California, Davis

 

232. Bag-Valve-Mask Performance Limitations Due To Improper Setup And Use, James O'Neill, MD, University of Florida at Jacksonville

 

233. Estimated Measurements of Radiation Exposure to Pediatric Patients During a Trauma Evaluation: A Prospective Study, Joshua Rocker, MD, Schneider Children's Hospital- Long Island Jewish Medical Center

 

234. Middle and High School Students Education Regarding the Dangers of Anabolic Steroids, Jean Ann Dymott, MD, State University of New York at Buffalo

 

235. The Emergency Severity Index (Version 4):  Reliability In Pediatric Patients, Yamini Durani, MD, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

 

236. National Trends in ED Antibiotic Prescribing for Children with Acute Otitis Media 1996-2004, Thomas Fischer, MD, Stony Brook University

 

237. Effect Of Rapid Assessment Times On Length Of Stay In A Pediatric Emergency Department, Stephen Knazik, DO, Children's Hospital Of Michigan

 

Ultrasound

 

238. Caregiver and Healthcare Provider Satisfaction with Ultrasound-Guided Pediatric Bladder Catheterization, Brigitte Baumann, MD, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden

 

239. Sonographic Evaluation of Positioning for Lumbar Puncture in Infants, Beth Cadigan, MD, Albany Medical Center

 

240. Inter-rater Reliability Of Transcutaneous Doppler Ultrasound Measurements Of Cardiac Output And Stroke Volume In The Pediatric Emergency Department, Gail Stewart, DO, Loma Linda University

 

241. Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Using Ultrasound: Is a specialized probe necessary? Sachita Shah, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

242. Correlation of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter with Direct Measurement of Intracranial Pressure, Heidi Kimberly, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

243. Sonography for the Assessment of Small Bowel Obstruction, Danielle Schindler, MD, University of California, Los Angeles-Olive View

 

244. Prospective Evaluation of Sonographic Inferior Vena Cava and Internal Jugular Vein Measurements to Estimate Central Venous Pressure, Gregory Snead, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

245. Scanning For Comet Tails: A New Approach In The Differentiation Of Dyspnea Due To Decompensated Heart Failure, Marina Del Rios Rivera, MD, New York Methodist Hospital

 

246. Comparison Of Infection Rates Among Ultrasound Guided And Blindly Placed Peripheral Intravenous Lines, Srikar Adhikari, MD, University of Nebraska

 

247. Left ventricular ejection fraction estimation using handheld ultrasonography in critically ill patients, Dustin Mark, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

248. Outcome of Radiology-Performed Indeterminate First Trimester Pelvic Ultrasounds, T. Tran, MD, University of Nebraska

 

249. Utility Of Ultrasound In Developing Countries, Simon Kotlyar, MD, Yale University

 

250. Sensitivity Of Chest Radiograph For Pleural Effusions Identified By Bedside Ultrasound. James Hwang, MD, Yale University

 

251. Bedside Ultrasonography Assessment Of Mitral Valve Inflow Velocity And Tissue Doppler Are Similar To Echocardiology Measurements, Geoffrey Hayden, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

252. The Right Intercostal Window For Ivc Measurement In Critically Ill Patients Are An Alternative To Subxiphoid Views, Geoffrey Hayden, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

253. Abstract Publication Rates As Peer Reviewed Indexed Manuscripts, A Comparison Of Emergency Ultrasound To EMS and Toxicology, Michael Blaivas, MD, Medical College of Georgia

 

254. Prospective Observational Trial of Point-of-care, Limited Ultrasonography (PLUS) for Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Emergency Department:  The Sonography Outcomes Assessment Program (SOAP)-4 Trial, Lawrence Melniker, MD, New York Methodist Hospital

 

255. Ultrasound-guided Peripheral Venous Access:  A Comparison Of Two Techniques:  Locate, Align, Puncture (LAP) Versus Locate, Align, Mark, Puncture (LAMP), Jessica Resnick, MD, MetroHealth Hospital

 

 

MODERATED POSTERS (2:30 – 3:30 pm)

 

Tasers

Moderator: Steven Weiss, MD, University of New Mexico

 

256. Serum Troponin I Measurement Of Subjects Exposed To The Taser X-26, Christian Sloane, MD, University of California, San Diego

 

257. Does the Taser Cause Electrical Changes in Twelve Lead ECG Monitoring of Human Subjects, Gary Vilke, MD, University of California, San Diego

 

258. TASER Discharges Capture Cardiac Rhythm in a Swine Model, Andrew Dennis, DO, Stroger Hospital of Cook County

 

259. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Effects of the Taser on Human Subjects, Gary Vilke, MD, University of California, San Diego

 

Disparities

Moderator: Lynne Richardson, MD, Mt. Sinai

 

260. Gender Bias In Cardiovascular Testing Persists After Adjustment for Presenting Characteristics And Cardiac Risk, Anna Marie Chang, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

261. Healthcare Disparities in the Treatment of Acute Chest Pain, Daniel Eiras, MPH, Mount Sinai

 

262. Outpatient Cardiac Arrest in Hispanic vs. non-Hispanic Patients; Observations from a Statewide Database with Respect to Bystander Performance of CPR, Presenting Rhythm, and Outcome, Michael Darkoh, Mayo Clinic Arizona

 

263. Gender Bias In Cardiovascular Testing: Is It Due To Patient Preference? Bryn Mumma, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

 

Friday, May 18, 2007

 

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

 

Injury Prevention (8:00 – 9:00 am)

Moderator: Steve Lowenstein, MD, MPH, University of Colorado

 

264. SafERTeens: Computerized Screening and Brief Intervention for Teens At-Risk for Youth Violence, Rebecca cunningham, MD, University of Michigan

 

265. Brief Motivational Intervention To Increase Self-Reported Safety Belt Use Among Emergency Department Patients, William Fernandez, MD, Boston University

 

266. A Review Of California Police Pursuit Crashes, Injuries, And Fatalities From 1998-2005, Robert Miller, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital

 

267. Stature, Body Weight and Serious Injury from Air Bags Among Adult Drivers and Passengers Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes, Craig Newgard, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

Professional Development (8:00 – 9:00 am)

Moderator: Glenn Hamilton, MD, Wright State University

 

268. Career  Satisfaction in Emergency Physicians,1994-2004: The ABEM Longitudinal Study of Emergency Physicians, Rita Cydulka, MD, Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center

 

269. Comparison Of Resident Productivity Across Post Graduate Years Within An Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program, Daniel Brennan, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

270. Factors Associated With Choosing A Residency Program: The ABEM Longitudinal Study  Of Residents In Emergency Medicine, Sara Laskey, MD, Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center

 

271. Performance Of Sexual Assault Evidence Collection By Emergency Physicians.  Is It Still Necessary To Train Emergency Medicine Residents? Elizabeth Frost, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS (9:00 – 11:00 am)

 

Airway

 

272. The Rusch Viewmax Versus Standard Macintosh Laryngoscopy In Human Cadaver Models:  Does The Viewmax Improve Vocal Cord Visualization? Aaron Brillhart, MD, York Hospital

 

273. Comparison Of Intubation Success Of Videolaryngoscopy Versus Direct Layngoscopy In The Difficult Airway Using High-Fidelity Simulation, Aneesh Narang, MD, Boston Medical Center

 

274. Achieving Proper Endotracheal Tube Cuff Inflation Pressure: A Cadaveric Study, Marc Levsky, MD, Carl R Darnall Army Medical Center

 

275. Tracheal Intubation around the Combitube: A Prospective Study on a Cadaveric Model, William Kinkle, RN, University of Pennsylvania

 

276. Success Rate Of The Gum-Elastic Bougie As A Rescue Airway In The Emergency Department, Brian Kwong, MD, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

 

277. Comparison Of Survival To Hospital Discharge In Prehospital Trauma Patients Managed With An Endotracheal Tube Compared To Bag-Valve-Mask, Jacob Kesterson, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

278. A Comparison Of Rescue Airway Devices Placed By EMS Providers In A Human Patient Simulation Model, Todd Listwa, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital

 

Analgesia

 

279. Chronic Pain In The Emergency Department, Martha Neighbor, MD, University of California, San Francisco

 

280. Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Cross-Over Study of Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone and Placebo for the Relief of Pain From a Standard Painful Stimulus, James Miner, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center

 

281. No Association between Race/ethnicity and Analgesic Administration to Patients with Long-bone Fractures in a Prospective Study, Polly Bijur, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 

282. ED Prescribing Practices of Hydromorphone vs. Morphine for Acute Pain--Patient and Clinician Factors, Frank Zwemer, MD, University of Rochester

 

283. Variations in Perceived Pain Measurements Within and Between Subjects Using a Standard Painful Stimulus, James Miner, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center

 

284. Does The Gender Configuration Of An Aeromedical Crew Play A Roll In The Decision To Administer Analgesics When Transporting Intubated Patients? Gary Bollinger, RN, Christiana Care Health System

 

285. The Impact Of Patient Gender On Paramedic Pain Management In The Prehospital Setting, Anne-Maree Kelly, MD, Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research at Western Health

 

286. Prospective Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Fentanyl in Pre-hospital Pain Management, Cemal Sozener, MD, University of Michigan

 

287. Fentanyl Analgesia in the Out-of-Hospital Setting:  Variables Associated with Hypotension in 1091 Administrations Among 500 Consecutive Patients, William Krauss, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

 

Heart Failure

 

288. Prevalence And Clinical Characteristics Of Patients Reporting Illicit Drug Use In The Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Population: An Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Registry - Emergency Module [ADHERE-EM] Report, W. Frank Peacock, MD, The Cleveland Clinic

 

289. Peripheral Tissue Oxygen Extraction Abnormalities Persist in Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure After Emergency Department Treatment, Christopher Hogan, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Reanimation Engineering Shock Center

 

290. Emergency Physicians’ Risk Attitudes Regarding Low-risk Heart Failure Patients, Julie B. McCausland, MD, University of Pittsburgh

 

Hypertension

 

291. The Prevalence Of And Risk Factors Associated With Untreated Hypertension In ED Patients, Craig Umscheid, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

292. Patient Specific Feedback Increases Referral of Hypertensive Emergency Department Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial, David Cline, MD, Wake Forest University

 

293. Test Characteristics Of Six Definitions Of Hypertension In The ED For The Detection Of Hypertension Outside Of The ED, Demian Szyld, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

294. Do Patients With Elevated BP In The ED Have Persistently Elevated BP On Home Monitoring? Paula Tanabe, PhD, Northwestern University

 

295. Elevated Blood Pressures In The ED: Pain, Anxiety, Or Undiagnosed Hypertension, Paula Tanabe, PhD, Northwestern University

 

Cardiac Ischemia

 

296. Derivation of a Rule to Risk Stratify Patients with Chest Pain Using Acute Cardiac Ischemia Time Insensitive Predictive Instrument (ACI-TIPI), Jonathan Ilgen, MD, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency

 

297. ST2 In Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients With Potential Acute Coronary Syndromes, Aaron Brown, BS, University of Pennsylvania

 

298. TIMI Risk Score: Does It Work Well In Both Males And Females? Christopher Follansbee, BS, University of Pennsylvania

 

299. The Influence of Cardiac Risk Factor Burden on Cardiac Stress Testing Outcome, Jon Schrock, MD, MetroHealth Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University

 

300. Outcomes Associated With Small Changes In Normal Range Cardiac Markers, Nolan McMullin, MD, Cleveland Clinic

 

301. The Risk Of Acute Coronary Syndromes Associated With Atrial Fibrillation In Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients. Aaron Brown, BS, University of Pennsylvania

 

302. Combination of TIMI Risk Score And A Clear Cut Alternative Noncardiac Diagnosis For ED Chest Pain Patient Risk Stratification, Caren Campbell, BS, University of Pennsylvania

 

303. Performance Of Four Risk Score Models For Patients In The Rule-Out Myocardial Infarction Using Coronary Artery Tomography (ROMICAT) Study, Alex Manini, MD, Bellevue Hospital and New York University School of Medicine

 

304. Stress (Tako-tsubo) Cardiomyopathy Mimicking Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, David Larson, MD, Rigdeview Medical Center

 

305. CT Coronary Angiography For Immediate Disposition Of Emergency Department Patients With Low Risk Chest Pain, Judd Hollander, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

306. Physical Fitness Cannot Be Used to Predict the Likelihood of Acute Coronary Syndromes in ED Patients with Chest Pain, Adam Singer, MD, Stony Brook University

 

307. R-Wave Amplitude Distinguishes Early Repolarization From Subtle Anterior STEMI: Validation Of A Rule, Stephen Smith, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota

 

308. Impact of Multi-Detector Computerized Axial Tomography Scan of the Coronary Arteries on the Decision to Admit Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain and Inconclusive Emergency Department  Evalutations for Acute Coronary Syndrome, John Nagurney, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

309. Use of 64 Detector Multidetector CT (MDCT) for the Evaluation of  Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in Patients presenting to the Emergency Department with Chest Pain, Dick Kuo, MD, University of Maryland

 

310. Protocolized Evaluation of Low Risk Chest Pain in a Clinical Decision Unit Increases Detection of Significant Coronary Artery Disease, David Gaieski, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

311. A Risk Stratification Tool In Patients Presenting With Transient Ischemic Attack  For Subsequent Acute Coronary syndrome: The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Score, M Bellolio, MD, Mayo Clinic

 

Myocardial Infarction

 

312. The Use of Cortisol as an Early Marker for Acute Myocardial Infarction in an Emergency Department Setting, John Gough, MD, Brody School of Medicine

 

313. Corrected QT Interval Distinguishes Early Repolarization From Subtle Anterior STEMI: Derivation Of A Rule, Stephen Smith, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota

 

314. Sources Of Delays in Door-to-Balloon Time In Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Intervention: Is An In-house Interventional Cardiology Team Necessary? Bryan McNally, MD, Emory University

 

315. The Effect of Direct Communication Between Emergency Physicians and Interventional Cardiologists on Door to Balloon Times in STEMI, Kyuseok Kim, MD, Seoul National University

 

316. Effect Of Workday Vs. After-Hours On Door To Balloon Time With Paramedic Prehospital Catheterization Laboratory Activation For STEMI, David Hildebrandt, NREMT-P, CCEMTP, Hennepin County Medical Center

 

317. Integrated Systems, Not EMS 12 Lead EKGs Alone, Decrease Time to Reperfusion for ST Segment Myocardial Infarction Patients. Robert Swor, DO, William Beaumont Hospital

 

318. Code STEMI Improves Door to Balloon Time, Edward Ullman, MD, BIDMC

 

319. The Use of Lead aVR to Discriminate between Right and Left Circumflex Coronary Artery Occlusion in Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction, Michael Kurz, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

 

320. EMS Patients Receive More Rapid Care Than Ambulatory Patients for STEMI, Dan Naylor, MSII, University of Southern California

 

Cardiovascular

 

321. Is Cardiac Monitoring During Transport Of Selected Chest Pain Patients From The Emergency Department Necessary? Anne-Maree Kelly, MD, Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research

 

322. Absence of Electrocardiographic Change Following Prolonged Application of a Conducted Electrical Weapon in Physically Exhausted Adults, Jeffrey Ho, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center

 

323. Serum D-Dimer Is A Sensitive Test For The Detection of Acute Aortic Dissection: A Pooled Meta-Analysis, Keith Marill, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

324. A Comparison Of Amiodarone And Procainamide For The Termination Of Spontaneous Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia, Keith Marill, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

325. Gender Differences In Acute Cardiac Care:  Where It Is Not, Marna Greenberg, DO, Lehigh Valley Hospital

 

326. Impact Of Cardiac Point-of-Care Testing On ED Door To Disposition Time Is Dependent On Patient Acuity and Hospital Setting, Gregory Fermann, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

327. Disposition Impacted By Serial Point Of Care Markers In ACS (DISPO-ACS): A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Central Laboratory And Point-Of-Care Cardiac Marker Testing Strategies, Richard Ryan, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

328. Incremental Value Of Heart-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein, Myoglobin, Troponin T And Electrocardiogram In Rapid Bedside Diagnosis Of Acute Coronary Syndrome In Chest Pain Patients Presenting To The Emergency Department, Shirley Ooi, MD, National University Hospital, Singapore

 

329. Depression is a Common Coronary Risk Factor in Women Admitted to an ED Chest Pain Center, Basmah Safdar, MD, Yale University

 

330. Comparison of Novel Hemodynamic Monitoring Methods for Detecting Central Hypovolemia due to Lower Body Negative Pressure, Andrew Reisner, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

Ethics

 

331. Treatment Preferences of Patients at the End of Life, Susan Stone, MD, Los Angeles County Medical Center

 

332. Development Of The Video Assessment of Propensity To Use Emergency Restraints Scale (VAPERS), Darryl Macias, MD, University of New Mexico

 

333. Paramedics Knowledge Skills and Attitude on End of Life Care, Jean Abbott, MD, University of Southern California

 

 

Psychiatry

 

334. The Development of Depression Symptoms in Healthcare Providers Involved in the 2005 Hurricanes, Mark Sandoval, MD, Synergy Medical Education Alliance

 

335. The Development of PTSD Symptoms in Healthcare Providers Involved in the 2005 Hurricanes, Mark Sandoval, MD, Synergy Medical Education Alliance

 

336. Assessment of Emergency Department (ED) Provider Knowledge about Human Trafficking Victims in the ED, Makini Chisolm-Straker, Brown Medical School

 

337. Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Hurricane Katrina, Annelies De Wulf, Medical Student, Tulane University

 

338. The Association between Hemoglobin A1c and Depression in an Inner City Diabetic Population, Yvette Calderon, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 

339. Emergency Severity Index  For Psychiatric Triage, Alex Ho, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

341. The Psychiatric Emergency Research Collaboration (PERC): A Multicenter Study of Insurance Status, Presentation, Management, and Disposition Among Psychiatric Emergency Patients, Edwin Boudreaux, PhD, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden

 

342. Conceptualizing the Teachable Moment:  Intentions to Quit Smoking Following an Emergency Department Visit, Edwin Boudreaux, PhD, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden

 

343. Tracking Inner City Substance Users Longitudinally: How Many Phone Calls (Letters, Home Visits ) Does It  Take? Rebecca Cunningham, MD, University of Michigan

 

344. The Epidemiology of Suicide Post Emergency Department Visit, Eric Grafstein, MD, Providence Health Care & St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC

 

345. The Significance of Laboratory Testing for the Medical Clearance of Psychiatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department, Julia Wang, MD, Kern Medical Center

 

Trauma

 

346. Poor Test Characteristics for the Digital Rectal Exam in Trauma Patients, Gil Shlamovitz, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

 

347. Trend In Shock Index After Injury Predicts Complications, Life Saving Interventions, And Mortality, Brian Eastridge, MD, US Army Institute of Surgical Research

 

348. Ability of Emergency Physicians To Predict Clinically Significant Traumatic Injury - Physician Assessment Versus Computed Tomography, Craig Berger, MD, Vanderbilt University

 

349. Comparison of Trauma Mortality between Two Hospitals in Turkey to One Trauma Center in the United States, James Holliman, MD, FACEP, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine

 

350. The Effect of Insulin Dependent Diabetes on Uncontrolled Hemorrhage in a Rodent Model, Eric Morely, MD, State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center

 

351. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Is Associated With Lack Of Boundary Lubrication By Lubricin, Gregory Jay, MD, Brown University

 

352. Prospective Validation of the Surgical Trauma Alert Classification (STAC) Scoring System in Predicting Major Trauma Resuscitation., Victor Coba, MD, St. John Hospital and Medical Center

 

353. Incidence of Nephropathy after Intravenous Contrast in ED Trauma Patients, Elizabeth Kelly, MD, University of Pittsburgh

 

354. Repeated Thoracic Discharges From a Stun Device, Daniel Valentino, MD, Stroger Hospital of Cook County

 

355. Does Tourniquet Time Affect Venous Lactate? Drew Watters, MD, University of Arizona

 

356. A Simple Scoring System Derived from FAST Findings and Vital Signs Predicts the Need for Urgent Laparotomy in Patients with Blunt Abdominal Trauma, Michael Manka, MD, State University of New York at Buffalo

 

357. The Association of Coagulopathy and Traumatic Brain Injury, Samara Soghoian, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center

 

358. Gender and Outcome after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Jeffrey Bazarian, MD, University of Rochester

 

359. Transfer of Medication Administration Information From Critical Care Transport Teams to Trauma Teams, Kenneth Robinson, MD, Hartford Hospital

 

 

Research Design

 

360. The Utility of an Automated Paging System in Clinical Injury Research Subject Recruitment in the Emergency Department, Jolie Holschen, MD, The University of Michigan

 

361. Comparison of Abstract Submissions and Oral Presentations at a Regional SAEM, Joshua Schiller, MD, Stony Brook University

 

362. Emergency Physicians Miss Treatable Symptoms in Active Cancer, Tammie Quest, MD, Emory University

 

363. Measuring Nausea in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Observational Study Utilizing Factor Analysis to Evaluate an Emergency Department Nausea Profile, Robert Cloutier, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

364. Autoresuscitative Breathing in a Animal Model of Respiratory Failure, Romolo Gaspari, MD, University of Massachusetts

 

365. Physician vs Self-Reported Measures of Dyspnea in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, Selin Caglar, MD, Baystate Medical Center

 

366. Validity of Patient-Reported Prescription Filling as an Outcome in Emergency Medicine Research, Corinne Hohl, MD, University of British Columbia

 

367. Logit-Based Risk-Stratification Tools are Generic Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality, Michael Marchick, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

368. Inhospital Mortality Risk for Patients Admitted through Emergency Departments, Guohua Li, MD, Johns Hopkins University

 

 

MODERATED POSTERS (10:00 – 11:00 am)

 

Wounds

Moderator: Adam Singer, MD, Stony Brook University

 

369. Prophylactic Antibiotics for Dog Bites: A RCT with Refined Cost Model, James Quinn, MD, Stanford University

 

370. Tap Water Is Equally Safe And Effective As Sterile Normal Saline for Wound Irrigation; A Double Blind, Randomized, Controlled, Prospective Clinical Trial, Eric Weiss, MD, Stanford University

 

371. Curcumin Reduces Burn Progression in Rats, Adam Singer, MD, Stony Brook University

 

372. Effects of a Novel Hemostatic Agent in a Model of Lethal Arterial Injury, Michael Tupper, BS, University of Michigan

 

373. Modulation Of The Deleterious Effects Of Glucocorticoids On Wound Healing By Immune Regulating Hormones, V. Ramana Feeser, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Reanimation Engineering Shock Center

 

Patient Satisfaction

Moderator: Bob Lowe, MD, MPH, Oregon Health & Science University

 

374. Patient Satisfaction And The Risk Of Malpractice Suits, Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, MD, UCLA- Harbor

 

375. Measuring Patient Satisfaction In A Public Hospital ED, Helen Straus, MD, Cook County Hospital

 

376. Impact Of Emergency Department Triage And PreBed Provider Evaluation On Walk-Out Rate, Ambulance Diversion and Patient Satisfaction, Peter Hill, MD, Johns Hopkins University

 

377. Patient Satisfaction As A Function Of ED Pre-Visit Expectations, Wayne Triner, DO, Albany Medical College

 

378. Patient Satisfaction Scores Do Not Predict Return Visits to the Emergency Department, Brian Hiestand, MD, The Ohio State University

 

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

 

Ethics (11:00 am – 12 noon)

Moderator: Ken Iserson, MD, MBA, University of Arizona

 

379. Bridging the gap: Participation in clinical research amongst minority populations, Seth Glickman, MD, Duke University

 

380. Estimating The Incidence of Unethical Recruiting Practices and Illegal Questioning By Emergency Medicine Residency Programs In The Resident Recruitment Process, R. Thurman, MD, Vanderbilt University

 

381. A Brief Educational Intervention Does Not Change Patient Attitudes Towards Research Involving an Emergency Exception From Informed Consent. Joshua Goldstein, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

382. A Comparison of the Responses to Different Methods of Community Consultation for a Study Using Exception to Informed Consent, Maria Nelson, Oregon Health & Science University

 

 

Geriatrics (11:00 am – 12 noon)

Moderator: Lowell Gerson, PhD, Northeastern Ohio Universities 

 

383. Brief Screen For High Risk Older Adults In An Emergency Department, Kim Yates, MBChB, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

 

384. Use Of A Novel Technology To Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment In Elderly Patients, David Wright, MD, Emory University

 

385. Admission Lactate And Base Excess Predict Mortality In Normotensive Elderly Blunt Trauma Patients, David Callaway, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

386. Medication Non-Compliance Among Elderly Emergency Department Patients, Steven Mooth, DO, York Hospital

 

Stroke (1:30 – 3:00 pm)

Moderator: Edward Jauch, MD, University of Cincinnati 

 

387. Intravenous NGF Reduces Thrombus Burden And Lesion-Size In Experimental Acute Ischemic Stroke. Kama Guluma, MD, University of California, San Diego

 

388. Role of Statins in Functional Outcome following an Acute Ischemic Stroke, Lekshmi Vaidyanathan, MBBS, Mayo Clinic

 

389. Dose of Hypertension More Accurately Identifies Patients with Stroke at Risk for Adverse Neurologic Outcome Than AHA guidelines, Christopher Barton, MD, University of California, San Francisco

 

390. Defining A Threshold For Hyperglycemia-Related Mortality Risk Following Acute Ischemic Stroke, Rachel Gilmore, MD, Mayo Clinic

 

391. Stroke Severity at Presentation to the Emergency Department Varies by Time of Day: Results of a Population-Based Study, Brian Stettler, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

392. Comparing The Effectiveness Of Various Methods Of Stroke Education, Yu-Feng Chan, MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

 

Health Care Policy (1:30 – 3:00 pm)

Moderator: Arthur Kellermann, MD, MPH, Emory University

 

393. What is the Cost of Emergency Department Utilization by Medicaid Enrollees? Daniel Handel, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

394. Which is Better: Adding More Beds to Your ED or Reducing Inpatient Holding Times? Emilie Powell, MD, Northwestern University

 

395. The Increasing Cost of Maintaining Emergency Department On-Call Coverage, K McConnell, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

396. Community Characteristics Affecting ED Use by Medicaid Enrollees, Rongwei (Rochelle) Fu, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

397. Measuring Syncope Care in the ED: Does Choice of Case Definition Bias Outcomes?, Jeremiah Schuur, MD, Yale University

 

398. Distance to ED and to PCP Office Affects ED Use in Children, Annameika Ludwick, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

 

Saturday, May 19, 2007

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

 

EMS (8:00 – 10:00 am)

Moderator: Craig Newgard, MD, Oregon Health and Science University

 

399. A Simple Triage Scoring System Predicting Death and Need for Critical Resources for Use During Epidemics, Nathan Shapiro, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

400. Impact of New Resuscitation Guidelines on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival, William Fales, MD, Michigan State University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies

 

401. Effect of Emergency Medical Dispatch Systems on First-Responder Run Volume, David Cone, MD, Yale University

 

402. Simulation-Based Assessment of Paramedic Pediatric Resuscitation Skills, Richard Lammers, MD, Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies

 

403. Emergency Medical Services Utilization By Stroke Patients: A Population-Based Study, Opeolu Adeoye, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

404. Prospective Evaluation Of A Paramedic Administered EMS Alternative Transport Protocol, Barry Knapp, MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School

 

405. Can Paramedics Read ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction on Prehospital ECGs?, Ketan Trivedi, MD, Yale University

 

406. To Drug or Not to Drug: The Impact of RSI on Mortality in Prehospital Intubation, Michael Cudnik, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

Antibiotics for Pneumonia (8:00 – 9:00 am)

Moderator: Katherine Heilpern, MD, Emory University

 

407. The Association Between ED Crowding and Time To Antibiotics For Pneumonia, Jesse Pines, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

408. Early Antibiotic Therapy Does Not Improve Mortality of Community Acquired Pneumonia, Marie Elie, MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

 

409. Improving Time To Antibiotics In Pneumonia- Does It Save Lives? William Frohna, MD, Union Memorial Hospital and the Washington Hospital Center

 

410. The Effect Of A Chest X-Ray At Triage Protocol On Time To Antibiotics For Admitted Patients With Pneumonia, Julie Cooper, BA, University of Pennsylvania

 

Cardiovascular (9:00 – 11:00 am)

Moderator: Andra Blomkains, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

411. Failure to validate the San Francisco Syncope Rule in an independent ED population, Andrew Wollowitz, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 

412. The Relationship Between Duration Of Antithrombotic Therapy And Ischemic Outcomes In High-Risk Nste Acs Patients In The Acuity Trial, Charles Pollack, MD, Pennsylvania Hospital

 

413. Short and Long Term Outcomes With Nesiritide For Acute Decompensated Heart Failure In The Emergency Department Observation Unit, Joseph Styron, BA, Case Western Reserve University

 

414. Interval Development of Coronary Artery Disease Within Five Years After a Normal Coronary Angiogram, Jason McMullan, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

415. Heart Failure and Audicor Technology for Rapid Diagnosis and Initial Treatment of  ED Patients with Suspected Heart Failure (HEARD-IT), Sean Collins, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

416. CT Coronary Angiography For Disposition Of Chest Pain Patients From the Clinical Decision (Observation) Unit, Judd Hollander, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

417. Myocardial Perfusion PET: A New Tool For Chest Pain Evaluation In The Emergency Department, Brooks Moore, MD, Emory University

 

418. The Impact Of An Accelerated Clinical Protocol With Outpatient Stress Testing In Chest Pain Patients At Low Risk Of Acute Coronary Syndrome On Admission Rates, Linda Papa, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

Pediatrics (10:00 – 11:00 am)

Moderator: Jill Baren, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

419. Bladder Ultrasound Increases Catheterization Success In Pediatric Patients, Brigitte Baumann, MD, UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden

 

420. Multicenter Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Impact of Advanced Life Support on Children with Out-of-Hospital Respiratory Distress, Martin Osmond, MD, University of Ottawa

 

421. Evaluation of a Rapid Nucleic Acid Hybridization Test in Detecting Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis and Comparison to Throat Culture in a Pediatric Emergency Department, Benoit Bailey, MD, CHU Ste-Justine

 

422. Cosmetic Outcomes of Absorbable Versus Nonabsorbable Sutures in Pediatric Facial Lacerations, Raemma Luck, MD, Temple University Children's Medical Center

 

Pulmonary Embolism (11:00 am – 12:00 noon)

Moderator: John Ma, MD, Oregon Health and Science University

 

423. High Pretest Probability Pulmonary Embolism: Prospective Comparison of the Wells Score vs. Unstructured Physician Estimation, D. Courtney, MD, Northwestern University

 

424. Biomarkers to Predict Echocardiographic Right Ventricular Hypokinesis from Pulmonary Embolism, Jeffrey Kline, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

425. Use of Cardiac Troponin I for Risk Stratification of Patients with Pulmonary Embolism in Emergency Department, Hamid Shokoohi, MD, George Washington University

 

426. Prospective Evaluation of a Quantitative D-dimer for Pulmonary Embolism: is Structured Pretest Probability Assessment Necessary? D. Courtney, MD, Northwestern University

 

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS (1:00 – 3:00 pm)

 

Ischemia/Reperfusion

 

427. Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Defects in Acute Murine Hind Limb Ischemia/Reperfusion, T. Paul Tran, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center

 

428. Pharmaceutical Metabolic Downregulation By Protein Synthesis Inhibition in Conscious Rats, Penny Reynolds, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

 

429. Acute Stroke in an Urban Matrix of Primary Stroke Centers; Who is Calling 9-1-1? Bentley Bobrow, MD, Mayo Clinic

 

CPR

 

430. Independent Validation of a Prehospital Termination of Resuscitation (TOR) Clinical Decision Rule, Peter Richman, MD, Mayo Clinic, Arizona

 

431. In-Hospital Course of Initial CPR Survivors, Wendi Miller, MS-IV, Wayne State University

 

432. Fatigue and Quality of CPR by Older Bystanders Using the New 30:2 Chest Compression to Ventilation Guidelines: A Randomized Cross-over Trial, Christian Vaillancourt, MD, University of Ottawa

 

433. Television Public Service Announcements Improve Bystander CPR Rates, Christian Vaillancourt, MD, University of Ottawa

 

434. A Comparison Of The Emergency Medicine Physician And The Lay Person Understanding Of Do Not Resuscitate Orders, Kevin Miller, MD, State University of New York at Buffalo

 

435. Burst Stimulation Improves Hemodynamics Following ROSC After Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation and Resuscitation, Gregory Walcott, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

436. Detecting Cardiac Output Generated by Isolated Atrial Activity During Resuscitation from Ventricular Fibrillation Using a Hands-free, Noninvasive Doppler Device, Todd Larabee, MD, University of Colorado

 

437. Factors Associated With Survival And Neurologic Outcome In Post-Resuscitated Patients Who Received Therapeutic Hypothermia., Yong Su Lim, MD, Gachon Medical and Science University Gil Medical Center

 

438. The Effectiveness Of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instruction, Animation Versus Dispatcher Through Cellular Phone: Cluster Randomized Trial, Minhong Choa, MD, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

 

439. Establishing A State-Wide Automated External Defibrillator Database And Educational Network:  The Save Hearts In Arizona Registry And Education Experience, Sara Shimmin, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona

 

440. Therapeutic Hypothermia for Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest Patients with Anoxic Encephalopathy - Neurologic and Survival Results after the Implementation of an Inter-Disciplinary Protocol, Jon Hokanson, MD, Abbott Northwestern Hospital

 

441. Beliefs And Attitudes To Family Witnessed Resuscitation Amongst Doctors, Nurses And Paramedics In Emergency Departments: A UK Perspective, Ayan Sen, MD, Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester, UK

 

442. Withdrawn

 

Cardiovascular Basic Science

 

443. Neuroprotective Effects of Ceftriaxone Following Excitotoxic Spinal Cord Injury, Kori Brewer, PhD, East Carolina University

 

444. Prevention of Hippocampal Microglial Activation by Oximetry-Guided Normoxic Reperfusion after Experimental Cardiac Arrest, Robert Rosenthal, MD, University of Maryland

 

445. Endothelial Dysfunction in Adiponectin Knockout Mice and Its Mechanisms Involved, Yu Cao, MD, West China Hospital Sichuan University

 

HIV

 

446. High Volume, Rapid HIV Testing in an Urban ED, Yvette Calderon, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 

447. Is A 9.5 Minute Video An Effective Substitute for An HIV Counselor For Rapid HIV Testing? Roland Merchant, MD, Brown Medical School

 

448. New CDC Guidelines For HIV Testing: Emergency Medicine Resident Attitudes And Perceptions Before And After An Educational Program and Testing Implementation, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

 

449. A Simple Method for Estimating the Epidemiology of Undiagnosed HIV Infection Suggests that Existing HIV Prevalence Data are Not Adequate for Site-Specific ED Decision Making, Michael Lyons, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

450. Initial outcomes of a rapid HIV testing program in an emergency department in western Kenya, Michael Waxman, MD, Brown Medical School

 

451. Impact Of Prevention Counselor Characteristics On Patient Consent For Emergency Department Based HIV Testing, Ali Raja, MD, University of Cincinnati

 

452. A Novel Emergency Department Based Prevention Intervention Program for People Living with HIV: Evaluation of Early Experiences, Dana L. Raab, RN, MS, University of Cincinnati

 

453. A Hypothetical Cost Estimation of Implementing Routine Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing in the Emergency Department, Charlene Irvin, MD, St. John Hospital and Medical Center

 

Infectious Disease

 

454. Lyme Disease as a Cause of Aseptic Meningitis in Children in a Lyme-Endemic Region, Maia Rutman, MD, Brown Medical School

 

455. Neutropenic Staphylococcus epidermidis Bacteremia in a Multicompartment Pharmacokinetic System, Hangyul Chung, University of Michigan

 

456. Statin Therapy In Patients With Sepsis, Michael Donnino, MD, Beth Israel Medical Center

 

457. The Use Of Sub-syndromes To Investigate Peaks In A Syndromic Surveillance System, John Allegra, MD, Emergency Medical Associates of New Jersey Research Foundation

 

458. Video Tool for Increasing Syphilis Knowledge and Testing in the Emergency Department, John Sanchez, MD, Jacobi Medical Center

 

459. Predicting Need for 24 Hour Admission Among Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Soft Tissue Infection, Brett Jensen, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

 

460. Organ Dysfunction In The Emergency Department Is An Important Predictor Of Mortality In Patients With Suspected Sepsis, Michael Filbin, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

Shock/Critical Care

 

461. A Central Venous Pressure Threshold Of 8 Mmhg Or Greater Does Not Exclude Preload-Dependent Increases In Cardiac Output During Early Hemodynamic Support Of Septic Shock, Nicole Abate, MD, Albert Einstein Medical Center

 

462. A Novel Method for Measuring Central Venous Pressure to Facilitate Early Goal Directed Therapy in the Emergency Department, Amish Shah, MD, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

 

463. Noninvasive Measurement Of Central Venous Pressure, Kevin Ward, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Reanimation Engineering Shock Center

 

464. Inhibition of Margination and Diapedesis of Neutrophils by Protein Synthesis Blockade, Kevin Ward, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Reanimation Engineering Shock Center

 

465. Impact of Patient and Environmental Factors On Capillary Refill Time, Bronwyn Anderson, MD, Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research at Western Health

 

466. Capillary Refill Time In Adults Has Poor Inter-rater Agreement, Anne-Maree Kelly, MD, Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research at Western Health

 

467. Hemodynamic Support And Survival Following Severe Trauma-Hemorrhage In Rodents With Low Volume Cocktail Resuscitation, Robert Barbee, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

 

468. The Relationship of Central Venous Saturation with Mortality in Septic Shock, Nathan Shapiro, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

469. Sensitivity And Specificity Of An Ngram Method For Classifying Emergency Department Visits Into The Respiratory Syndrome In The Turkish Language, Dennis Cochrane, MD, Morristown Memorial Hospital

 

470. Soluble Flt-1, a Novel Marker in Sepsis, Nathan Shapiro, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

471. In Vitro And In Silico Analysis Of The Utility Of Annexin V Binding To Lymphocytes As A Biomarker In Emergency Department Studies Of Sepsis, Colin Greineder, MD, University of Michigan

 

472. Determination of the Effect of In-Vitro Time, Temperature and Tourniquet Use on Whole Blood Venous Point-of-Care Lactate Concentrations, Matthew Leonard, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

473. Elevated Lactic Acid Levels Are Common But Not Predictive Of Mortality In Patients With Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Alice Stroe, MD, Henry Ford Hospital

 

474. Cholinergic Agonists Inhibit LPS Induced Whole Blood TNF Release Ex Vivo In Patients With Severe Sepsis: A Pilot Study, Richard Goldstein, MD, North Shore University

 

475. A Cardiovascular Chinese Herbal Medicine Rescues Mice from Lethal Sepsis by Selectively Attenuating a Late-acting Proinflammatory Mediator, HMGB1., Wei Li, MD, North Shore University

 

476. Clinical Effectiveness of Implementing Early Goal Directed Therapy in the Emergency Department Care of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock:  A Prospective Study, Alan Jones, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

477. Impact of Emergency Department Length of Stay on Outcomes of Critically Ill Adult Emergency Department Patients, Alan Jones, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

478. Bacteriology Of Septic Shock In Four Urban Emergency Departments, James Walter, BA, University of Chicago Pritzker

 

479. Etomidate Use in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock May Contribute to Relative Adrenal Insufficiency But Not Mortality, Marie Mullen, MD, University of Massachusetts

 

OB/GYN

 

480. Fetal Loss In Symptomatic First Trimester Pregnancies With Documented Fetal Cardiac Activity, Michael Juliano, MD, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

 

481. Whole Blood Testing For Rapid Detection Of Pregnancy, Christian Fromm, MD, Maimonides Medical Center

 

482. Factors Associated with Lack of Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy in the ED for Females Testing Positive for Gonorrhea or Chlamydia: A Case Control Study, Satyajit Deshmukh, MD, Lincoln Medical Center

 

Disaster Medicine

 

483. Healthcare Worker Response to Disaster Conditions, David Karras, MD, Temple University

 

484. Who’s Publishing Disaster Medicine?  Evaluation of Disaster Publications Pre and Post 9/11, Lauren Sauer, BA, Johns Hopkins University

 

485. Implications Of Hospital Evacuation After Hurricane Rita, Carl H. Schultz, MD, University of  California, Irvine

 

486. Does Wireless Technology Improve Patient Tracking in Mass Casualty Incidents? Colleen Buono, MD, University of California, San Diego

 

487. Professional Consensus on Altered Standards of Hospital Care in Disaster Surges, Robert Kanter, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University

 

488. Disparities In Prolonged Indirect Health Effects of Disasters, Robert Kanter, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University

 

489. Pediatric Hospital Mortality Reduction Strategies In Disasters, Robert Kanter, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University

 

Pulmonary

 

490. The Impact of the Taser Weapon on Respiratory and Ventilatory Function in Human Subjects? Theodore Chan, MD, University of California, San Diego

 

491. Volumetric Capnography Derived Indices for Prediction of Noninvasive Ventilation in the Emergency Department, Ronny Otero, MD, Henry Ford Hospital

 

492. Spacer Device Ownership and Utilization by Emergency Department Patients, Ilona Barash, PhD, University of California at San Diego

 

493. Evaluation of 50 Potential Markers of Pulmonary Embolism for Use in the Emergency Department, Alice Mitchell, MD, Carolinas Medical Center

 

494. Mycoplasma pneumoniae increases airway mucin production in asthmatics, Charles Cairns, MD, Duke University

 

495. Volumetric Capnography as Predictor of Respiratory Outcomes in Triage, Ronny Otero, MD, Henry Ford Hospital

 

496. Quantified Changes in End-tidal Carbon Dioxide During Procedural Sedation are Associated with Specific Clinical Signs of Respiratory Depression, Joseph Mayerle, MS, Hennepin County Medical Center

 

Toxicology

 

497. Patient-Reported Adverse Drug Related Events from Emergency Department Discharge Prescriptions, Corinne Hohl, MD, University of British Columbia

 

498. Non-Adherence With Emergency Discharge Prescriptions, Corinne Hohl, MD, University of British Columbia

 

499. Toxicokinetics of Paraquat in Rat Model, Yu Jin Kim, MD, Seoul National University College of Medicine

 

500. High Dose Insulin Reverses Calcium Channel Blocker Inhibition Of Glucose Uptake In An Adipocyte Model, Laura Bechtel, PhD, University of Virginia

 

501. Treatment Of The Poison Ivy Rash With a Topical Over-The-Counter Agent: A Randomized Controlled Trial, David Rios, MD, St. Luke's Hospital

 

502. Six Years Of Acute Unintentional Epinephrine Digital Injections: Lack Of Ischemia Or Significant Systemic Effects, Andrew Muck, MD, Wilford Hall Medical Center

 

503. The Role Of Cardiac Free Fatty Acid Metabolism In Verapamil Toxicity Treated With Intravenous Fat Emulsions, Tony Lyon, St. Luke's-Roosevelt

 

504. Slower Infusion of Metoclopramide Reduces Akathisia, Linda Regan, MD, NYU -Bellevue Hospital Center

 

506. Multiplying the Serum Acetaminophen by the Aminotransferase to Risk-stratify Patients Following Acetaminophen Overdose, Marco Sivilotti, MD, Queen's University

 

507. Hospital Admission Is Common After Intentional Zolpidem Ingestion, Amy Zosel, MD, Northwestern University

 

Observation Units

 

508. Evaluation of an Emergency Department Inpatient Observational Unit, Thomas Richardson, MBA, University of Rochester

 

509. Prevalence of Non-Diagnostic Stress Tests in Observation Unit Patients: Potential Implications for CT Coronary Angiography, Emilie Powell, MD, Northwestern University

 

510. ED Predictors Of Observation Unit Heart Failure Treatment Outcomes, Preeti Jois-Bilowich, MD, Cleveland Clinic

 

511. Heart Failure:  Predictors of Treatment Failure in an ED based Observation Unit, Rick Spurlock, MD, Emory University

 

512. Impact Of Stress Test Selection On Chest Pain Observation Unit Length Of Stay, Abhinav Chandra, MD, Duke University Medical CEnter

 

513. Evaluation and Validation the Use of Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) in Emergency Department Observation Ward, CA Graham, MD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Health Care Policy

 

514. Drug Related Problems (Drps) In The Emergency Department (ED): Clinical Pharmacists Improve Detection Of Medication Non-Adherence. Maria Rudis, PhD, University of Southern California

 

515. Medical and Nursing Staff Highly Value Clinical Pharmacists in the ED, Rollin Fairbanks, MD, University of Rochester

 

516. Effect Of An Expedited Referral System On Follow-up Rate Of Emergency Department Patients To A Federally Funded Health Clinic System, Tara Scherer, Washington University

 

517. Perception of Language as a Barrier to Care Among Non English Speaking Patients, Steven Shuchat, MD, New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens

 

518. Frequent Emergency Department Utilizers: A One Year Review, Michael Baumann, MD, Maine Medical Center

 

519. Effect Of Follow-Up To A Federally Funded Health Clinic System On Repeat Emergency Department Visits, Rachel Jones, MD, Washington University

 

520. The Effect Of Mandatory Nursing Ratios On Quality Of Patient Care At A California Urban Emergency Department, Lori Weichenthal, MD, University of California San Francisco-Fresno

 

521. Sleep Duration and Quality in Emergency Department Staff Working Sequential Night Shifts, Karen Hansen, MD, University of Maryland

 

522. Development of a standardized diagnosis list for use in Canadian Emergency Departments, Bernard Unger, MD, SMBD Jewish General Hospital

 

523. Reduction of Physical Restraint Use In Emergency Behavioral Health Patients After Logistic Modification of Infrastructure and Implementation of Evidence-Based Care Guidelines, Thomas Yeich, MD, Henry Ford Hospital

 

524. On Call Physician Availability in California Emergency Departments - 2006, Michael Menchine, MD, University of California, Irvine

 

525. Improving Patient Flow: The Effect Of A Staggered Resident Staffing Pattern, Eric Lowe, MD, Maine Medical Center

 

526. Geography And Travel Distance Impact ED Visits, Philip Henneman, MD, Tufts-Baystate Medical Center

 

527. The Drive Toward Quality: Do CMS Quality-Process Measures Improve Quality Of Care In The Emergency Department? Reena Duseja, MD, University of Pennsylvania

 

528. Malpractice Claims on Emergency Physicians: Time and Money, Darien Cohen, MD, Resurrection Medical Center

 

529. Transitioning Patients from the ED to the Hospital: Observations of Handoff Communication, Christopher Beach, MD, Northwestern University

 

530. Predictors Of Emergency Physician Workload. Jonathan Dreyer, MD, The University of Western Ontario

 

531. Variability Of Emergency Physician Time By Triage Category. Jonathan Dreyer, MD, The University of Western Ontario

 

532. Comparing Two Strategies to Estimate Emergency Department Flow, Neil Hadpawat, MD, New York Methodist Hospital

 

533. Do Patients Present for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Evaluations More Often During Nights, Weekends, or Summertime? A Five-Year Analysis of Presentation Trends, Danielle Peress, BS, North Shore University

 

534. Effect of Peer to Peer Education on Emergency Physician Critical Care Documentation Practices, Jennifer Wiler, MD, Drexel University

 

535. The Effect of Medical Students on Patient Flow in a Low Acuity Area of an Academic Emergency Department, Jason Frank, MD, University of Ottawa

 

536. Are Physicians Good At Turning Out To Vote? Jennifer Lee, MD, Johns Hopkins

 

537. Characteristics and Short-Term Recidivism Rates Of Patients Who Leave The Emergency Department Against Medical Advice, Ru Ding, MS, Johns Hopkins University

 

538. Determination of factors most associated with patients leaving the Emergency Department without being seen with data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey, Douglas Brosnan, MD, University of California, Irvine

 

539. A Mid-Level Provider After Triage to Reduce Patients Who Left Without Being Seen, Benjamin Sigal, MD, MPH, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital

 

540. Pre-formatted Structured Charts Versus Open Charts: A Comparison Of Documentation And Adherence To Consensus Guidelines, Laura Sehnert, MD, Denver Health

 

541. Follow-up of patients discharged from the emergency department: Why do we have the wrong phone number? Erik Almeida, DO, Advocate Christ Medical Center

 

542. CTAS Reliability Across Provincial Health Regions, Eric Grafstein, MD, Providence Health Care & St. Paul's Hospital

 

543. Do Emergency Physicians and Nurses Differently Perceive Safety-related Factors? The National ED Safety Study, Ashley Sullivan, MS, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

544. A New Classification System for Emergency Departments: Massachusetts, 2005, Carlos Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

545. Effect of Night Work on C-Reactive Protein in Emergency Department Staff, Karen Hansen, MD, University of Maryland