WestJEM is the official journal of the California Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians. WestJEM is now indexed in PubMed with full text in PubMed Central, CINAHL, Scopus and Directory of Open Access Journals.
WestJEM's goal is to be the premier open-access, peer-reviewed emergency medicine journal, drawing submissions from the Western United States and Western Hemisphere, and providing an English language forum for developing emergency care systems throughout the world. The journal’s purpose is to provide original research and review articles in:
- Optimal patient care through enhanced clinical decision-making, efficiency of evaluation and treatment, medical education and promotion of patient safety.
- The role of computers in the emergency department, including simulation and information transfer within and between health systems, and between patients and physicians.
- Injury prevention and population health.
- Clinical imaging
Current Issue, Volume 12, Issue 4, 2011
Airway
Rapid Sequence Intubation from the Patient’s Perspective
Kimball, Deborah; Kincaide, Ramon C; Ives, Crystal; Henderson, Sean
Impending Airway Compromise due to Cystic Hygroma
Weiser, Giora; Beck-Razi, Nira; Shavit, Itai
Quincke's Disease
Johnson, Warren; Shastri, Nirav; Fowler, Milton
Cardiovascular
Pre-Hospital 12-Lead Electrocardiogram within 60 Minutes Differentiates Proximal versus Nonproximal Left Anterior Descending
Artery Myocardial Infarction
Aertker, Robert A; Barker, Colin M; Anderson, H Vernon; Denktas, Ali E; Giesler, Gregory M; Julapalli, Vinay R et al.
Course of Untreated High Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department
Cienki, John J; DeLuca, Lawrence A; Feaster, Daniel J
“Playboy Bunny” Sign of Congestive Heart Failure
Hokama, Akira; Arakaki, Shingo; Shibata, Daisuke; Maeshiro, Tatsuji; Kinjo, Fukunori; Fujita, Jiro
Pharmaceutical Sponsorship Bias Influences Thrombolytic Literature in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Radecki, Ryan P
Vascular Pedicle Width on Chest Radiograph as a Measure of Volume Overload: Meta-Analysis
Wang, Hao; Shi, Runhua; Mahler, Simon; Gaspard, Joseph; Gorchynski, Julie; D'Etienne, James et al.
Cardiac Complications in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Wira, Charles R; Rivers, Emanuel; Martinez-Capolino, Cynthia; Silver, Brian; Iyer, Gayathri; Sherwin, Robert et al.
Technology and Education
Simulation in Medical School Education: Review for Emergency Medicine
Chakravarthy, Bharath; ter Haar, Elizabeth; Bhat, Srinidhi Subraya; McCoy, Christopher Erik; Denmark, T. Kent; Lotfipour,
Shahram
Simulation in Medical Student Education: Survey of the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine
Heitz, Corey; Ten Eyck, Raymond; Smith, Michael; Fitch, Michael
Can Emergency Medicine Residents Reliably Use the Internet to Answer Clinical Questions?
Krause, Richard; Moscati, Ronald; Halpern, Shravanti; Schwartz, Diane G.; Abbas, June
Completeness and Accuracy of Emergency Medical Information on the Web: Update 2008
Zun, Leslie; Downey, Lavonne; Brown, Susan
Ultrasound
Implication and Approach to Incidental Findings in Live Ultrasound Models
Fox, J Christian; Richardson, Andrew G; Lopez, Sarah; Solley, Matthew; Lotfipour, Shahram
Bedside Ultrasound Diagnosis of Acalculous Cholecystitis from Ebstein-Barr Virus
Nagdev, Arun; Ward, Jeanine
Incidental Identification of Right Atrial Mass Using Bedside Ultrasound: Cardiac Angiosarcoma
Pourmand, Ali; Boniface, Keith
Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Access in the Emergency Department: Patient-Centered Survey
Schoenfeld, Elizabeth M; Shokoohi, Hamid; Boniface, Keith
Comparison of Metallic Foreign Body Removal between Dynamic Ultrasound and Static Radiography in a Pigs’ Feet Model
Manson, William C; Ryan, James G; Ladner, Heidi; Gupta, Sanjey
Geriatrics
Physician and Nurse Acceptance of Technicians to Screen for Geriatric Syndromes in the Emergency Department
Carpenter, Chris; Griffey, Richard T; Stark, Susan; Coopersmith, Craig M; Gage, Brian F
Assessment of a Chief Complaint–Based Curriculum for Resident Education in Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Wadman, Michael C; Lyons, William L; Hoffman, Lance H; Muelleman, Robert L
Clinical Practice
Propofol and Etomidate are Safe for Deep Sedation in the Emergency Department
Denny, Mark A; Manson, Roger; Della-Giustina, David
Ileus and Small Bowel Obstruction in an Emergency Department Observation Unit: Are there Outcome Predictors?
Dorsey, Steven T.; Harrington, Eric T.; Peacock, W. F.; Emerman, Charles L.
Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus in Hepatic Encephalopathy
Jhun, Paul; Kim, Hyung
Comparison of Three Aspirin Formulations in Human Volunteers
Nordt, Sean Patrick; Clark, Richard F.; Castillo, Edward M.; Guss, David A.
Antibiotic Prescribing Practices of Emergency Physicians and Patient Expectations for Uncomplicated Lacerations
Ong, Samuel; Moran, Gregory J; Krishnadasan, Anusha; Talan, David A
Tattoos and Piercing: A Review for the Emergency Department Physician
Urdang, Michael; Mallek, Jennifer T; Mallon, William K.
Reversal of Warfarin-Induced Hemorrhage in the Emergency Department
Zareh, Meena; Davis, Andrew J; Henderson, Sean O
Myositis Ossificans
Chuah, Tyng Yu; Loh, Tze Ping; Loi, Hoi Yin; Lee, Keat Hwa
A Rare Isolated Trapezoid Fracture
Afifi, Negean; Lu, Jenny J
Oral and Tympanic Membrane Temperatures are Inaccurate to Identify Fever in Emergency Department Adults
Barnett, Barbara J; Nunberg, Stacy; Tai, Julia; Lesser, Martin; Fridman, Vladmir; Nichols, Patricia et al.
Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome as a Cause for Infant Hypotension
Coates, Ryan W.; Weaver, Kevin R; Lloyd, Rezarta; Ceccacci, Nicole; Greenberg, Marna Rayl
Radiographic Evidence of Osteomyelitis
Desouza, Natalie Terese; Govindarajan, Prasanthi
Unusual Cause of Chest Pain on Radiograph
Gallitelli, Mauro; De Chirico, Pasquale
Os Odontoideum: Rare Cervical Lesion
Robson, Kristie A
Continuous Diaphragm Sign
Schmitt, Eric R; Burg, Michael D
Torsion of Undescended Testis in a 14-Month-Old Child Refusing to Bear Weight
Knight, Ryan M; Cuenca, Peter J
Education
Feedback in the Emergency Medicine Clerkships
Bernard, Aaron W; Kman, Nicholas E; Khandelwal, Sorabh
In-Training Practice Patterns of Combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Residents, 2003-2007
Kessler, Chad S; Gonzalez, Andrew A; Stallings, Leonard A; Templeman, Todd A
Advanced Topics in Emergency Medicine: Curriculum Development and Initial Evaluation
Kman, Nicholas E; Bernard, Aaron W; Martin, Daniel R; Bahner, David; Gorgas, Diane; Nagel, Rollin et al.
Dermatology
A Desert Rash
Bledsoe, Bryan E; Loptien, Matt; Berkeley, Ross P.
Erythema Gyratum Repens: A Rare Paraneoplastic Rash
Gore, Marina; Winters, Michael E
Cutaneous Conditions Leading to Dermatology Consultations in the Emergency Department
Jack, Alexander R; Spence, Allyson A; Nichols, Benjamin J; Chong, Summer; Williams, David T; Swadron, Stuart P et al.
Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms: Two Emergency Department Cases
Tsyrulnik, Alina; Landman, Adam
Cardiology
Acute Aortic Dissection in a Third Trimester Pregnancy without Risk Factors
Kinney-Ham, Lisa; Nguyen, H. Bryant; Steele, Robert; Walters, Elizabeth L
Cardiac Arrest from Postpartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
Pillow, Malford T; Nguyen, Ngoc Anh; Kuo, Dick
Pacemarker Limitation of Tachycardia in Hypovolemic Shock
Sparacino, Nicholas; Geninatti, Marilyn R; Moore, Gregory
Trauma
Blunt Abdominal Trauma Patients Are at Very Low Risk for Intra-Abdominal Injury after Emergency Department Observation
Kendall, John; Kestler, Andrew M; Whitaker, Kurt T; Adkisson, Mette-Margrethe; Haukoos, Jason S
Pylephlebitis: An Uncommon Complication of Intra-Abdominal Infection
Hagopian, Tara; Zuniga, Fabricio; Surani, Salim R
Fracture Dislocation C6 to C7: Importance of Adequate Radiolographs
Muñoz-Mahamud, Ernesto; Combalia, Andrés
Pericardial Cyst: Unexpected Finding on a Chest Radiograph
Schmitt, Eric R; Burg, Michael D
Severe Open Ankle Sprain
Sinnott, Bridget A; Strote, Jared
CAL/AAEM Newsletter
President's Message November 2011
Mills, Trevor
The Impact of the 2011 New Duty Hours Regulations on EM Residents
Woo, Randy
2011 Western Regional Emergency Medicine Student Symposium: Students Working for Students
Jakle, Hal; Memmer, Amy; Kurobe, Aileen
Table of Contents
Table of Contents November 2011
