Editor-in-Chief Pick
March 2025
Introducing the AEM Special Issue on the Science of Errors in Emergency Care
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD,
editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
Special Issue: The Science of Errors in Emergency Care
February 2025
It Is About the Math
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD,
editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Failure rate of D-dimer testing in patients with high clinical probability of pulmonary embolism: Ancillary analysis of three European studies"
Héloïse Bannelier
MD, Thomas Kapfer MD, Mélanie Roussel MD, Yonathan Freund PhD, Karine Alame MD, Pierre Catoire MD, Amélie Vromant MD
January 2025
Beyond Watching "Yellowstone"
Discussion by Jeffrey A.
Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Interventions to improve equity in emergency departments for Indigenous people: A scoping review"
Davis MacLean MD, MPH, Kimberley D. Curtin PhD, Cheryl Barnabe
MD, MSc, Lea Bill, Bonnie Healy, Brian R. Holroyd MD, MBA, Jaspreet K. Khangura MD, MSc, Patrick McLane PhD
December 2024
Open Mind, Open Heart
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline,
MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Emergency department staff compassion is associated with lower fear of enacted stigma among patients with opioid use disorder"
Savannah Steinhauser BS, Rachel Haroz
MD, Iris Jones LPC, LCADC, CCS, NCC, William Skelton PsyD, Brian M. Fuller MD, MSCI, Michael B. Roberts PsyD, Christopher W. Jones MD, Stephen Trzeciak MD, MPH, Brian W. Roberts MD, MSc
November 2024
In With the New and In With the Old
Discussion by Jeffrey
A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Study of pediatric appendicitis scores and management strategies: A prospective observational feasibility study"
Wei Hao Lee MBBS, DCH, MSc, MPH/MGH (Ext),
Sharon O'Brien BN, PhD, Elizabeth McKinnon PhD, Michael Collin MBBS (Hons), Stuart R. Dalziel MBChB, PhD, Simon S. Craig MBBS, MPH, MHPE, Meredith L. Borland AM, MBBS
October 2024
Just Do It
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Low-dose
ketamine as an adjunct to morphine: A randomized controlled trial among patients with and without current opioid use"
Stine Fjendbo Galili MD, Bodil Hammer Bech PhD, Hans Kirkegaard DMSc, Jette Ahrensberg PhD, Lone Nikolajsen DMSc
September 2024
Can Headpulse Speed Recognition of Large Vessel Occlusion?
Discussion by Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSC, deputy editor, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Headpulse measurement can reliably identify large-vessel occlusion stroke in prehospital suspected stroke patients: Results from
the EPISODE-PS-COVID study"
James H. Paxton MD, MBA, Kevin J. Keenan MD, MAS, John M. Wilburn MD, Stefanie L. Wise MD, Howard A. Klausner MD, Matthew T. Ball MD, Robert B. Dunne MD, K. Derek Kreitel MD, Larry F. Morgan DO, William
D. Fales MD, Debbie Madhok MD, Nobl Barazangi MD, PhD, Steven T. McLean MD, Katherine Cross MEd, Lisa Distenfield BS, Jordan Sykes MSE, Paul Lovoi PhD, Beth Johnson, Wade S. Smith MD, PhD, the EPISODE-PS-COVID Collaborators
August 2024
Who Owns Academic Emergency Medicine?
Discussion by
Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Estimating the size and scope of the academic emergency physician workforce"
Cameron J. Gettel MD, MHS, Carlos A. Camargo Jr. MD, DrPH, Christopher
L. Bennett MD, MSc, MA, D. Mark Courtney MD, Amy H. Kaji MD, PhD, Gregory J. Fermann MD, Fiona E. Gallahue MD, Lewis S. Nelson MD, MBA, Carleigh F. Hebbard MD, PhD, Craig Rothenberg MPH, Ali S. Raja MD, DBA, MPH, Arjun K. Venkatesh MD, MBA, MHS
July 2024
Flags with Two Faces
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline,
MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Patient perceptions of behavioral flags in the emergency department: A qualitative analysis"
Rachel E. Gonzales MPH, Emily F. Seeburger MPH, Ari B. Friedman
MD, PhD, Anish K. Agarwal MD, MPH, MS
June 2024
It Is No Wonder
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD,
editor-in-chief,
Academic Emergency Medicine
"Conflict in emergency medicine: A systematic review"
Timothy Edward Tjan BBioMed, Lee Yung Wong MBBS, GradDipClinEd, FACEM, Andrew Rixon PhD
April 2024
Reducing the Misery of Rib Fractures
Discussion by
Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block compared to sham procedure in adult patients with rib fractures presenting to the emergency
department: A randomized controlled trial"
Swetha Ramesh MD, S. Manu Ayyan MD, Durga Prasad Rath MS, MCh, Deepthy Melepurakkal Sadanandan PhD
March 2024
Vital Information
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline,
MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Correlation of vital sign centiles with in-hospital outcomes among adults encountered by emergency medical services"
Sriram Ramgopal MD, Robert J. Sepanski MS, Remle
P. Crowe PhD, Masashi Okubo MD, MS, Clifton W. Callaway MD, PhD, Christian Martin-Gill MD, MPH
February 2024
Warranted Fear
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline,
MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"The sonographic protocol for the emergent evaluation of aortic dissections (SPEED protocol): A multicenter, prospective, observational study"
Ryan C. Gibbons MD, Dylan
Smith MD, Rivka Feig MD, Molly Mulflur MD, Thomas G. Costantino MD
January 2024
Evil Lurks in Necessity
Discussion by Jeffrey A.
Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Disparities in use of physical restraints at an urban, minority-serving hospital emergency department"
Elizabeth C. Pino PhD, Felisha Gonzalez MD, Kerrie P. Nelson
PhD, Sorraya Jaiprasert MPH, Gina M. Lopez MD, MPH
December 2023
Work to Be Done
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline,
MD, editor-in-chief,
Academic Emergency Medicine
"Patient perceptions of microaggressions and discrimination toward patients during emergency department care"
Brittany E. Punches PhD, RN, Evans Osuji, Jason J. Bischof MD, Simiao Li-Sauerwine
MD, Henry Young MD, Michael S. Lyons MD, MPH, Lauren T. Southerland MD
November 2023
A Decade of Difference
Discussion by Jeffrey A.
Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Emergency medicine physician workforce attrition differences by age and gender"
Cameron J. Gettel MD, MHS, D. Mark Courtney MD, MSc, Pooja Agrawal MD, MPH, Tracy
E. Madsen MD, PhD, Craig Rothenberg MPH, Angela M. Mills MD, Michelle D. Lall MD, MHS, Samuel M. Keim MD, MSc, Chadd K. Kraus DO, DrPH, Megan L. Ranney MD, MPH, Arjun K. Venkatesh MD, MBA, MHS
October 2023
Toward Moving the Needle in the Haystack
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Implementation of an emergency department back pain clinical management tool on the early diagnosis and testing of spinal epidural abscess"
Angela G. Cai MD, MBA, Mark S. Zocchi MPH, Jestin N. Carlson MD, John Bedolla MD, Jesse M. Pines
MD, MBA, MSCE
September 2023
Gender-influenced Hypothesis Generation
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Sex differences in guideline-consistent diagnostic testing for acute pulmonary embolism among adult emergency department patients aged 18–49"
Angela F. Jarman MD, MPH, Bryn E. Mumma MD, MAS, Richard White MD, Emily Dooley, Nuen Tsang
Yang MS, Sandra L. Taylor PhD, Craig Newgard MD, MPH, Cynthia Morris PhD MPH, Jared Cloutier, Brandon C. Maughan MD, MHS, MSHP
August 2023
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"The SQuID protocol (subcutaneous insulin in diabetic ketoacidosis): Impacts on ED operational metrics"
Richard T. Griffey MD, MPH, Ryan M. Schneider MSN, ACNP-BC, CPPS, Margo Girardi MD, Julianne Yeary Pharm D, BCCCP, Craig McCammon Pharm D, BCCCP, Laura Frawley RN, Rachel Ancona MS, PhD, Paulina Cruz-Bravo MD
July 2023
Times Are Always Changing, Sometimes for the Better
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Patterns of change in prehospital spinal motion restriction: A retrospective database review"
Neil McDonald MPhil, Dean Kriellaars
PhD, Rob T. Pryce PhD
June 2023
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
“Head computed tomography findings in geriatric emergency department patients with delirium, altered mental status, and confusion: A systematic review”
Shan W. Liu MD, SD, Sangil Lee MD, MS, Jane M. Hayes MPH, Danya Khoujah MBBS, MEHP, Alexander X. Lo MD, PhD, Michelle Doering MLS, Kerstin de Wit MD, the Geriatric Emergency Department Delirium Guidelines Group
April 2023
An Under-recognized Career in Emergency Medicine
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"The hidden jewel of emergency medicine careers: Why it's time to explore the VA"
Neil Patel MD, Chad Kessler MD, MBA, MHPE
March 2023
More Powerful Than Are We
Discussion by Jeffrey
A. Kline, MD, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
“Objective assessment of sleep and fatigue risk in emergency medicine physicians”
Lauren A. Fowler PhD, Emily L. Hirsh MD, Zachary Klinefelter PhD, Margaret Sulzbach BS, Thomas W. Britt PhD
February 2023
Minding the Gap
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, editor-in-chief,
Academic Emergency Medicine
"Cocaethylene cardiotoxicity in emergency department patients with acute drug overdose"
Siri Shastry MD, MS, Omid Manoochehri MD, Lynne D. Richardson MD, Alex F. Manini MD, MS, FAACT, FACMT
January 2023
Another Parachute
Discussion by Jeffrey A. Kline, editor-in-chief, Academic Emergency Medicine
"Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation versus conventional rewarming for severe hypothermia in an urban emergency department"
Matthew E. Prekker MD, MPH, Megan Rischall MD, Michelle Carlson MD, Brian E. Driver MD, Melissa Touroutoutoudis DO, Jessica Boland MD, Michael Hu MD, Beth Heather RN, Nicholas S. Simpson MD
December 2022
The Medicolegal Tsunami
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November 2022
Those Who Can't Hear Should Be Heard
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