News

Dr. Olsson, Dr. Grant and John Glick Publish Article

Dr. Olsson, Dr. Grant and former medical student John Glick have published an article entitled Conjunctivitis Outbreak Among Divers in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. The authors investigated a March 2006 outbreak of conjunctivitis that occurred over a six day period among twenty-nine individuals who partook in recreational scuba diving trips on two boats off Vitu Levu Island, Fiji, concluding that a communal container used to store diving masks was the likely vector for the spread of infectious conjunctivitis, the first such documented outbreak involving communal diving equipment.

Olsson DJ, Grant WD, Glick JM. Conjunctivitis outbreak among divers. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. 2008; 35(3):169-174

Announcing the 2008-2009 Paramedic Program

Announcing the 2008-2009 paramedic program, a one-year program running from September 3, 2008-August 13, 2009. More details and application information are available here [pdf] (link open in a new window).

New Book Chapter Published

Drs. Lawerence Cresswell, Dustin Riccio, and John McCabe have published a chapter entitled "Medical Evaluation of Behavioral Emergencies" in Emergency Psychiatry: Principles and Practice.

Cresswell LH, Riccio DM, McCabe JB. Medical Evaluation of Behavioral Emergencies. In Rachel Larson Glick, Jon S. Berlin, Aurim B. Fishkind, Scoff L Zeller (Editors) Emergency Psychiatry: Principles and Practice. 2008 Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

New Paper Acceptance for Dr. Mariani

Peter J. Mariani, MD will present his paper: Making the Invisible Obvious: Using Power Doppler to Unmask the Location of Vascular Cannulas [pdf] (link opens in new window) at the American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting to be held October 18-22 2008 in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. Mariani to Present Paper

Peter J. Mariani, MD will present his paper: Failure of a Wireless Voice Communication System to Facilitate Recording of Physician-Patient Assignment in the Emergency Department [pdf] (link open in a new window) at the American Medical Informatics Association 2008 Annual Symposium, November 8-12, 2008, Washington, DC.

Dr. Grant Co-Authors Article

Dr. William Grant has co-authored an article entitled, "Mirels’ Rating for Humerus Lesions is Both Reproducible and Valid." Mirels’ rating system is commonly used to predict risk of fracture in patients with metastatic bone
lesions to long bones, but it has not been independently validated for use in humeral bone lesions. The authors asked whether this system was a valid and reproducible instrument for predicting impending pathologic fractures in the
humerus, concluding that the Mirels rating system for humeral lesions is reproducible and valid, but low specificity at acceptable sensitivity levels as reported remains a problem as for femoral lesions.

Evans AR, Bottros J, Grant WD, Chen BY, Damron TA. "Mirels for Humerus Lesions is Both Reproducible and Valid but of Low Specificity." [pdf] Clin Orthop Relat Res (2008) 466:1279-1284

Article Published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine faculty members Louise A. Prince MD, Elliot Rodriquez MD, and William D. Grant EdD have co-authored an article entitled "Hyperglycemia in ED patients with no history of diabetes," published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of incidentally discovered hyperglycemia in patients with non–glucose-related complaints and to consider the potential care implications.

More than half of the patients found to be hyperglycemic had no known history of diabetes and were being seen for a non–glucose-related complaint.

Louise A. Prince MD, Elliot Rodriquez MD, James Campagna MD, Lawrence Brown EMT-P, MPH, and TM, Daisy Fischer BS, William D. Grant EdD, "Hyperglycemia in ED patients with no history of diabetes." [pdf] American Journal of Emergency Medicine 26(2008): 532-536.

Dr. Nelsen Published in the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Congratulations to Dr. Nelsen of the Poison Control Center on her new publication in the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine:

Jamie L. Nelsen, PharmD, Curtis E. Haas, PharmD, FCCP, Bahru Habtemariam, PharmD, David C. Kaufman, MD, FCCM, Amy Partridge, PharmD, Stephen Welle, PhD, and Alan Forrest, PharmD. A Prospective Evaluation of Propylene Glycol Clearance and Accumulation During Continuous-Infusion Lorazepam in Critically Ill Patients. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. May/June 2008; 23(3): 184-194.

The article is available here [pdf].

Dr. Joslin Publishes Article in Public Library of Science, Medicine

Congratulations to Dr. Joslin whose article was recently published in Public Library of Science, Medicine:

Dachs R, Burton JH, Joslin J. A User's Guide to the NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial Database. PLoSMedicine, 2008;5(5):e113.

The article is available here.