Headache is the fourth most common chief complaint in the emergency department (ED),
comprising approximately 3% of all ED visits in the United States. 1, 2 Depending on its …

Background The flipped classroom model for didactic education has recently gained
popularity in medical education; however, there is a paucity of performance data showing its …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) was chosen as an Emergency Neurological Life Support topic
due to its frequency, the impact of early intervention on outcomes for patients with TBI, and …

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the ability of Focused Assessment
Using Sonography for Trauma (FAST) to discriminate between survivors and nonsurvivors …

Methods This was a structured, explicit, retrospective chart review. Two blinded investigators
used reviewed charts of all adult patients over a 6-month period with a final diagnosis of …

Methods A retrospective chart review of 204 patients presenting to the ED who received
dermatology consultations at Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical …

Introduction About one-third of critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) develop
persistently decreased kidney function, known as acute kidney disease (AKD), which may …

Importance The 23rd Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI-23) consensus conference
proposed a framework to integrate biomarkers into the staging of acute kidney injury (AKI). It …

To compare the analgesic efficacy and tolerability of intravenous (IV) ketorolac
tromethamine with IV meperidine in the treatment of biliary colic, a prospective, randomized …

Combined computed tomography and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis has been shown to
be 100% sensitive for detecting subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) when CSF is obtained …