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{ "count": 38441, "next": "https://eartharxiv.org/api/articles/?format=api&limit=100&offset=24900", "previous": "https://eartharxiv.org/api/articles/?format=api&limit=100&offset=24700", "results": [ { "pk": 40440, "title": "Pinocchio, ossia C’era una volta un pezzo di legno Dal capolavoro letterario alla mia opera per bambini", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "La sfida: trasformare un meraviglioso capolavoro della letteratura, il “Pinocchio” di Collodi, in un lavoro teatrale musicale per bambini (e adulti), impiegando solo un narratore/attore e un clarinettista.\n \nLe difficoltà nel lavorare su un personaggio diventato figura universale la cui storia, densa di simboli, è sia favola per ragazzi che allegoria della società moderna e delle sue contraddizioni.\n \nIl lavoro su un testo intenso che esplora tutta la gamma delle emozioni umane.\n \nIl delicato filtraggio per arrivare ad un lavoro teatrale di circa 60 minuti che evidenziasse i significati più profondi di un faticoso “cammino verso la crescita”.\n \nLa scelta di “anticipare” il finale ad un momento speciale, concludendo sulle parole poetiche e amorevoli che un figlio, Pinocchio diventato ragazzo, rivolge a suo padre: “\n Appoggiatevi a me, caro babbino, e andiamo, andiamo... Cammineremo pian pianino, e quando saremo stanchi ci riposeremo...”.\n \nE insieme (ancor più difficile!): scrivere una musica che sapesse “creare” la scena ed essere Teatro, che fosse tutt’uno con il testo ed esprimesse ciò che le parole non possono. Musica affidata ad un clarinetto, strumento qui adatto a creare un mondo di suoni ed emozioni fortissime, con la complicità di quella simpatica “follia” che molti clarinettisti hanno.\n \nCome tutto questo è stato da me affrontato per giungere all'opera teatrale \nPinocchio, ossia C’era una volta un pezzo di legno.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Resoundings", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7s69j4bh", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Simone", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Fontanelli", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-10-01T00:57:39+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-10-01T00:57:39+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:34:34+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40440/galley/30398/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40484, "title": "Female Voice in Dacia Maraini’s Norma ‘44", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This essay provides an introduction to and interpretation of the play \nNorma ’44\n by the Italian feminist writer Dacia Maraini (1986), translated here for the first time into English. Maraini’s play focuses on the story of two Jewish Italian women imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp during World War Two. Starting with the title itself, the play incorporates references to the famous bel canto opera \nNorma\n by composer Vincenzo Bellini and librettist Felice Romani (1831). The plot of \nNorma ’44\n clearly parallels the plot of the opera, but Maraini’s play additionally engages with the predecessor text through a layering that is meta- and inter-textual, historical, and mythical. The characters of the play; Karl, Sara, and Lidia, directly mirror and echo the protagonists of the opera; Pollione, Norma, and Adalgisa. Not only do they interact in the present time of the play in ways that unconsciously imitate the plot of the opera, they also concurrently rehearse and stage the very same scenes from the opera. This produces an uncanny mirror-like and echo-like effect of which Maraini’s protagonists become conscious of only once it is too late to change the course of the dramatic action. While the opera can be seen as the structuring device that informs the tragic action of the play, it serves as much more than just a plot device. Specifically, the opera functions in the play as a musical and cultural subtext that evokes the distinct power of the female voice and the strength of female solidarity and friendship. Although the principal events of Maraini’s drama echo to some extent those of Bellini’s tragic opera, \nNorma ’44\n is not merely a modern adaptation of the opera as much as a feminist take on some of its key themes. With its powerful female protagonist and matriarchal milieu, the opera by Bellini and Romani has an arguably proto-feminist orientation rare for its time, providing a compelling foundation for Maraini’s contemporary work.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Opera, Bellini, Bel Canto, Norma, Maraini, Theater, Holocaust, Wold War Two, Voice, Feminism" }, { "word": "Italian, Women's Studies, Musicology, Translation Studies" } ], "section": "Resoundings", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3nz25024", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Monica", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Streifer", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California - Los Angeles", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-07-01T10:50:40+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-07-01T10:50:40+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:34:14+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40484/galley/30427/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40485, "title": "Dacia Maraini's Norma '44: An English Language Translation", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This is the first English-language translation of the play \nNorma ’44 \n(1986)\n \nby Italian feminist writer Dacia Maraini. \nNorma ’44 \nis the story of two Jewish Italian women who are forced to stage a production of \nNorma\n while imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp during World War Two. Starting with the title itself, the play incorporates references to the famous bel canto opera \nNorma\n by composer Vincenzo Bellini and librettist Felice Romani (1831). The plot of \nNorma ’44\n clearly parallels the plot of Bellini’s opera, with the characters of the play; Karl, Sara, and Lidia, directly mirroring and echoing the protagonists of the opera; Pollione, Norma, and Adalgisa. Karl puts a recording of the opera on the phonograph and from that point forward each actor intermittently sings along with his or her respective part. Maraini structures the play as a series of rehearsals for the ultimate performance of \nNorma\n for Colonel Saidler, a performance that never takes place.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Opera, Bellini, Bel Canto, Norma, Dacia Maraini, Theater, Holocaust, Wold War Two, Feminism" }, { "word": "Italian, Women's Studies, Musicology, Translation Studies" } ], "section": "Resoundings", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8zb5k68r", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Lucia", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Re", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California - Los Angeles", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Monica", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Streifer", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California - Los Angeles", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-07-04T05:46:09+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-07-04T05:46:09+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:33:39+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40485/galley/30428/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40474, "title": "Compositori, impresari e pubblico nell’Anello di Ugo Fleres: Un ritratto del mondo musicale operistico alle soglie del Novecento.", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between literary and musical forms in a novel by Ugo Fleres, l’\nAnello\n ( 1898). Fleres, italian writer, Pirandello and Luigi Capuana’s friend , tells the story of Ottavio, mediocre composer, who inherites by a suicidial musician a drama, \nL’Anello.\n He decides to stage the opera and lives by proxy the experience of artistic perfection, pretending to be the author of this brilliant composition ; the \nAnello,\n wagnerian drama, shocks the public at first but, after a while, it arouses an incredible enthusiasm. Ottavio, unable to repeat the work that he stole, characterized by incomparable modernity, composes wearily trivial operettas, and he turns into the distorted doppelgänger of an ingenious artist. On the other hand, in his desperate attempts to \ncreate, \nthe main character gets to futuristic solutions, that seem to overcome the antithesis among sound and noise as it will be placed by Luigi Russolo in his manifesto \nL’arte dei rumori, \nyears later. \n \nThe novel focuses the mechanism of musical composition and the interaction between word and sound, taking inspiration by Wagnerian total art but, at the same time, denying it in the deeply divided self of Ottavio. Equally significant in the story is the representation of contemporary Italian music and opera world, seen in all its aspects – public, singers, journalists, managers - , with a \nwickedness \nthat eliminates definitively the last traces of Romantic idealization.", "language": "it", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Italian Literature '800 '900" }, { "word": "Cultural Studies Italian Studies" } ], "section": "Sound and Sense", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2q12n1rm", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Daniela", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Bombara", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Messina", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-05-05T16:07:16+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-05-05T16:07:16+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:32:42+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40474/galley/30422/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40463, "title": "Come un fulgore azzurro: Umberto Saba and the Verdian Sound of Italy", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This article probes the political contours of the fascination that the Italian poet Umberto Saba (1883-1957) had for the composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Born in Trieste in the late 19th century, when the city was still a province of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, Saba aspired to participate in the Italian literary tradition. Saba profoundly identified with Verdi, whom he saw as a symbol of Italy itself. Through a close analysis of the textual and intellectual influence of the composer on Saba's poetry, I argue that Verdi is decisive in Saba's struggle to shape his Italian national identity.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Saba" }, { "word": "Verdi" }, { "word": "Risorgimento" }, { "word": "Opera" }, { "word": "music" }, { "word": "Poetry" }, { "word": "Politics" } ], "section": "Sound and Sense", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8nh1s4c1", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Mattia", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Acetoso", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Boston College", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-02-18T06:32:52+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-02-18T06:32:52+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:32:24+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40463/galley/30416/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40498, "title": "Leopardi and the Power of Sound", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This essay (a translated, updated version of the last chapter of my book,\n Leopardi Sublime: la poetica della temporalità) \nexamines Leopardi's conception of the role of sound as a major poetic device (a figure of sound). His writings on how sound produces poetic meaning and affect, scattered throughout his notebooks, \nLo Zibaldone, \nhave much in common with later 19th and 20th century poetic and linguistic investigations into what Roman Jakobson will call \"the poetic function\" or the paradigmatic axis of language use. For Leopardi, sound produces meaning in a more direct (or non-mimetic) mode than lexemes, and is inherently connected to his theories of the indefinite, memory and recurrence, and \"il vago.\" The recurrence of a sound is therefore both the subject of many of his \nidilli \nand also a principle structuring device. In the concluding section, the essay turns to to Paul Valéry's theories of poetic sound, and to several lyrics of William Wordsworth, in order to initiate a possible \"conversation\" between these three poets.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Sound and Sense", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5p07t1jq", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Margaret", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Brose", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UCSC", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-10-02T10:10:11+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-10-02T10:10:11+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:31:46+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40498/galley/30433/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40472, "title": "The New Stakes for National Cinemas, a Word on the Case of Italy, and an Interview with Ivan Cotroneo", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This is an article on the state of Italian national cinema and an interview with scriptwriter/director Ivan Cotroneo on his directorial debut film and the history of Italian cinema. Cotroneo is a well know scriptwriter who directed and released his first film as a director in 2011, \nLa kryptonite nella borsa\n. The film was screened at the Toronto Film Festival Lightbox centre and subsequenlty the director meet with a University of Toronto scholar for an interview.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Cinema, History, Contemporary Italy, Art, Aesthetics, Media and Culture" }, { "word": "Italian Cinema, Cotroneo, Toronto Film Festival" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1833r8cc", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Anthony", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Cristiano", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Toronto", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-19T00:27:21+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-19T00:27:21+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:29:42+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40472/galley/30420/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40469, "title": "Disciplining Narratives and Damaged Identities in Rossana Campo’s Lezioni di arabo", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Rossana Campo’s novel \nLezioni di arabo\n imagines a relationship between two outcasts, Betti and Suleiman, an Italian woman and an Algerian man living in a post-9/11 Paris. This article explores the different ways Betti and Suleiman respond to the social and ideological imperatives to conform to normative notions of gendered existence. Suleiman must contend with the narratives of otherness that, since 9/11, have made the Arab male body hyper visible, and have rewritten him as threatening, potential terrorist. Betti, on the other hand, is faced with the restrictive myths of femininity that mark the sexually desiring woman as deviant \nbecause of \nher pleasure. Neither Betti nor Suleiman recognize themselves in the narrative of the suspicious Other: damaged woman, and dangerous Arab man. In response to these othering stereoptypes the outcast subject must either render themselves legible and thus “harmless” by offering up alternate narratives that excessively explain and combat assumptions of deviance; or else, the outcast subject may choose to inhabit that space of otherness without transparency, without volunteering “safe” explanations for non-normative behavior. This article considers the consequences and challenges that accompany these decisions to participate in or abstain from the pervasive logic of self-narrativization and individual transparency.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Arab" }, { "word": "Women" }, { "word": "Butler" }, { "word": "Puar" }, { "word": "Italy" }, { "word": "France" }, { "word": "9/11" }, { "word": "Islamophobia" }, { "word": "Sexuality" }, { "word": "racism" }, { "word": "misogyny" }, { "word": "multiculturalism" }, { "word": "Gender Studies" }, { "word": "Women's Studies" }, { "word": "Italian Literature" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1zz6852n", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Sole", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Anatrone", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California, Berkeley", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-16T01:11:07+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-16T01:11:07+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:29:06+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40469/galley/30418/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40466, "title": "Contemporary Italian Novels on Chinese Immigration to Italy", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "In this essay, I survey for the first time some of the most meaningful novels concerned with Chinese immigration to Italy. My primary focus is to examine the ways in which authors of various socio-cultural backgrounds address the interconnections of narrativity, social concerns, and cultural identities. I show that these novels reinforce or contest the meanings of specific issues as well as the rhetorical strategies in media and cinematic representations of Chinese immigrants in Italy following the protest in Milan’s Chinatown in 2007. Ultimately, I contend that by engaging with specific literary genres in which the nexuses of historical narrative, social critique, and ethics are featured (e.g., “New Italian Epic” and crime novel), these novels rehearse and reshape received social perceptions regarding Chinese immigrants in contemporary Italy.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Chinese Immigration to Italy" }, { "word": "Migration Literature" }, { "word": "Italian Studies" }, { "word": "Migration Studies" }, { "word": "Cultural Studies" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0jr1m8k3", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Gaoheng", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Zhang", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Southern California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-12T08:38:38+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-12T08:38:38+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:28:34+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40466/galley/30417/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40450, "title": "“Guido” Culture: The Destabilization of Italian-American Identity on Jersey Shore", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "In this article, I explore the stereotypical representation of Italian-American identity on the MTV Networks reality television series \nJersey Shore. \nLeaders of Italian-American organizations have voiced strong opposition to the show over concerns that the “guido” and “guidette” subculture it depicts will become synonymous, for viewers, with Italian-American identity at large. Drawing on feminist theories about gender performance as well as Italian cultural and media studies, I argue that the admittedly pejorative portrayal of Italian-American culture on \nJersey Shore\n may nevertheless be read productively. The characterization of Guidos and Guidettes in the series suggests that the definition of Italian-American identity depends upon practices and variables that are available for appropriation. Consequently, \nJersey Shore\n may be interpreted as challenging the possibility of a real—as opposed to constructed—Italian-American culture.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Guido, Italian American, Jersey Shore, Reality Television, Identity, Stereotypes, Camp, Performativity" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1m95s09q", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Sara", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Troyani", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Notre Dame", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-01-02T10:13:38+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-01-02T10:13:38+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:28:03+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40450/galley/30406/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40473, "title": "Il mancato incontro con l’attore-poeta: Carmelo Bene secondo Ruggero Jacobbi", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This study is an exploration of Carmelo Bene through the critical writings of Ruggero Jacobbi. An analysis of Jacobbi’s writings reveals that the poetic production of Vittorio Bodini has been the main inspiration and propeller for Bene’s theatrical work. Bodini’s Baroque visions of his native Salento, his engagement with San Giuseppe Desa da Cupertino, and the ironic portrayal of the South as provincial microcosm are more influential for Bene than the theories of Deridda and Deleuze. Thanks to his theatrical and literary background, Jacobbi provides an original analysis of Bene’s work. In the end, however, his point of view remains grounded in that of the generation of the 1920s, whose achievement was the creation of the institution of the \nregia critica\n; while Bene is representative of the phenomenon of the actor-poet that characterized the latter thirty years of the last century. In this sense, my study also offers a chance to think in retrospect about the complex relationship between these two generations of Italian artists.", "language": "it", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Ruggero Jacobbi" }, { "word": "Carmelo Bene" }, { "word": "Vittorio Bodini" }, { "word": "Theater" }, { "word": "Drama" }, { "word": "performing arts" }, { "word": "Literature" }, { "word": "Cultural Studies" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0cj2d251", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Fabrizio", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Cilento", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Messiah College", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-30T23:34:58+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-30T23:34:58+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:27:33+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40473/galley/30421/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40447, "title": "Myths of the Resistance and Bernardo Bertolucci’s La strategia del ragno (The Spider’s Strategy, 1970)", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "In this article I consider Bernardo Bertolucci's 1970 film, The Spider's Strategy in the context of debates over the antifascist paradigm in 1970s Italy. Although such debates are referenced in the relevant critical literature, this context has not to my knowledge supplied a focus point for sustained consideration of the ways in which the film reprises elements of the criticism of so-called 'state antifascism' in the 1960s and 1970s. Developing these issues allows me to reflect on the way in which Bertolucci's film anticipates later academic interest in the construction of public memory. Key features of the film in this respect are the treatment of the figure of the antifascist martyr and the monument to the 'fallen' heroes. Making use of the work of scholars such as Cristina Cenci, Alessandro Portelli and James Young, I attempt to apply some of the insights of recent work on history and memory to the 1970 film.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "fascism" }, { "word": "antifascism" }, { "word": "public memory" }, { "word": "bernardo bertolucci" }, { "word": "film studies" }, { "word": "italian culture" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6c72k6h1", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Dominic", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Gavin", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "NYU", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-11-14T07:17:39+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-11-14T07:17:39+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:26:53+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40447/galley/30402/download/" }, { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40447/galley/30403/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40439, "title": "Impegno nero: Italian Intellectuals and the African-American Struggle", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "In the aftermath of the Second World War, Italian intellectuals participated in Italy’s reconstruction with an ideological commitment inspired by the African-American struggle for equal rights in the United States. Drawing on the work of many of the leading figures in postwar Italian culture, including Italo Calvino, Giorgio Caproni, Cesare Pavese, and Elio Vittorini, this essay argues that Italian intellectual \nimpegno\n—defined as the effort to remake Italian culture and to guide Italian social reform—was united with a significant investment in the African-American cause. The author terms this tendency \nimpegno nero\n and traces its development in the critical reception of African-American writers including W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, and Richard Wright. Postwar \nimpegno nero \nis then contrasted with the treatment of African-American themes under Fascism, when commentators had likewise condemned American racism, but had paradoxically linked their laments for the plight of African Americans with defenses of the racial policies of the Fascist regime. Indeed, Fascist colonialism and anti-Semitism were both justified through references to what Fascist intellectuals believed to be America’s greater injustices. After 1945, in contrast, Italian intellectuals advocated an international, interdependent campaign for justice, symbolizing national reforms by projecting them onto an emblematic America. In this way, \nimpegno nero\n revived and revised the celebrated \"myth of America\" that had developed in Italy between the world wars. Advancing a new, postwar myth, Italian intellectuals adopted the African-American struggle in order to reinforce their own efforts in the ongoing struggle for justice in Italy.", "language": "en; it", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Italian Literature" }, { "word": "African-American Literature" }, { "word": "Italian Studies" }, { "word": "African-American Studies" }, { "word": "Cultural Studies" }, { "word": "translation studies" }, { "word": "Intellectual History" }, { "word": "Italian Politics" }, { "word": "fascism" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6qn2w1cm", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Charles", "middle_name": "L.", "last_name": "Leavitt IV", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Reading\nDepartment of Modern Languages\nSchool of Literatures and Languages", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-09-15T05:10:21+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-09-15T05:10:21+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:26:23+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40439/galley/30397/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40459, "title": "The Politics of Pasta: La cucina futurista and the Italian Cookbook in History", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "In 1932 the Italian Futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti published \nLa cucina futurista\n, provoking the public with his \"crusade against pasta\" and promise to expand minds and publics with his wildly unusual recipes. Though Marinetti's debt to past cookbooks has been acknowledged, most modern readers have characterized the text as a successful but minor example of a late Futurist avant-garde foray into the sober and codified world of nineteenth century cooking. Yet from its inception, the Italian cookbok has in fact figured itself as a nuanced and potent political tool, used first in the early modern Italian court to instigate movement up the hierarchy, and later as the peninsula tried to become a cohesive whole after the Risorgimento. This article explores Marinetti's cookbook in light of the more complex historical tradition and political valences of the genre, demonstrating the serious intentions of the apparently insubstantial text.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Futurism" }, { "word": "fascism" }, { "word": "Risorgimento" }, { "word": "Cookbooks" }, { "word": "Italian" }, { "word": "Alimentary History" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/76c6r6jx", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Danielle", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Callegari", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "New York University", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-01-30T01:18:53+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-01-30T01:18:53+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:25:49+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40459/galley/30414/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40477, "title": "“How to Succeed at Court: Annibal Guasco’s Advice to his Daughter Lavinia and Renaissance Manuals of Conduct”", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "In spite of the scant scholarly attention it has received, Annibal Guasco’s \nDiscourse to Lady Lavinia, His Daughter\n (1586) is an unicum of Renaissance literature and, in particular, on the subject of women’s education. The present article shows how Guasco’s manual, while following the lead of the international best-seller of the period, Baldassar Castiglione’s \nBook of the Courtier \n(1528), also, and more importantly, ‘fills-in’ where the canonical text falls short of its promise. In order to gage the full extent of its originality, seminal passages in Guasco’s meticulously organized, detailed, astute, and often progressive \nragionamento\n will constitute the focus of the present article. In addition, the text will be discussed alongside two other cinquecento manuals: the first of its kind in the genre, Anne de France’s \nEnseignements\n (ca. 1505), and another contemporary Italian publication, Lodovico Domenichi’s \nLa donna di corte\n (1564).", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "conduct manual, court, women, education" }, { "word": "women's studies, early modern studies" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/02b5401p", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Alexandra", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Coller", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Lehman College, City University of New York", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-05-10T00:43:40+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-05-10T00:43:40+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:25:09+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40477/galley/30423/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40470, "title": "If So In Adversity: Mastering Fortune in Lorenzo Leonbruno’s Calumny of Apelles", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Allegories of Fortune proliferated in 16th century Italy as a means for cultural producers to confront their personal vulnerability in the face of pervasive political change. These works were overwhelmingly literary, but I argue that they have a counterpart in a ca. 1525 painting by the Mantuan court painter Lorenzo Leonbruno. Leonbruno, who was himself a victim of political intrigue at the court of Federico Gonzaga, painted a Calumny of Apelles within an allegory of Fortune that makes use of specifically north Italian literary and visual sources. In this work, Leonbruno claims a spatial and temporal self-mastery that reflects ideas, developed in the works of Boiardo, Machiavelli, and Fregoso, of the necessity of linking time and experience in the struggle with Fortune. Ultimately, he seizes on not only the imagery but the allegorical structure of Antonio Fregoso's 1519 \nDialogo di Fortuna\n to allow himself the one subject position immune to Fortune -- that of the goddess herself.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "allegory, calumny of apelles, lorenzo leonbruno, andrea mantegna, giulio romano, machiavelli, matteo maria boiardo" }, { "word": "Italian Studies, Art History, Literature" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4sm6f944", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Lisa", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Regan", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Independent Scholar", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-16T03:40:13+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-16T03:40:13+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:24:33+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40470/galley/30419/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40454, "title": "“Vox Populi”: Machiavelli, \nOpinione\n, and the \nPopolo\n, from the \nPrincipe\n to the \nIstorie Fiorentine", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "In a famous passage from the dedicatory letter to the \nPrincipe\n, Machiavelli paradoxically authorizes himself as an expert concerning the high and the mighty by claiming to speak with “the voice of the people”. On the face of it the \nPrincipe \ncontains one lesson after another in how a “virtuous” leader can manipulate and control the populace to his own ends. On the other hand, from shortly after the composition of the treatise, readers have asserted that Machiavelli is secretly, ironically, allegorically, expressing opinions that place him on the side of the “popolo” against the repressive regimes of such as Cesare Borgia and Julius II. Rather than taking sides in this still unresolved, and perhaps unresolvable, debate, I argue that the \nPrincipe\n, in the letter to Lorenzo and throughout, delineates the problematic nature of Machiavelli’s relationship to the “people”—and with it the unstable contours of his “subject position” as opinionated commentator on politics and history—posing questions which will continue to haunt his writings from the near contemporary \nDiscorsi\n, particularly in the remarkable chapter 59 of book 1, up through his final masterpiece, the \nIstorie fiorentine\n. Indeed I will claim that Machiavelli’s treatment of the categories of the “popolo” and “opinione” in relation to his own discursive stance may be said to anticipate, \nmutatis mutandis,\n features later associated with what Habermass has called “the public sphere” in which private citizens express opinions about public matters.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5zj301rh", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Albert", "middle_name": "Russell", "last_name": "Ascoli", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UC Berkeley", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-01-18T12:49:49+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-01-18T12:49:49+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:23:48+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40454/galley/30408/download/" }, { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40454/galley/30409/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40457, "title": "Galiziella’s Escape: Interconfessional Erotics and Love Between Knights in the Aspremont Tradition", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This essay traces a theme of eroticism between knights as it crosses lines of gender, genre, religion, culture, period, and language, beginning with the twelfth-century Old French \nChanson d'Aspremont\n and continuing through late medieval Italian versions of the Aspremont story, including the anonymous \nCantari d'Aspramonte\n and Andrea da Barberino's \nAspramonte\n in prose. Following the kinetic medieval narrative as it reproduces itself in new contexts rather than looking backward from later texts in search of sources, the essay proposes alternatives to the models of textual filiation and literary history generally recognized by traditional philology.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Chanson d'Aspremont, Andrea da Barberino, homoeroticism, literary history, philology, Boiardo" }, { "word": "Literature, Gender Studies" } ], "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/86f6m0g1", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Jason", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Jacobs", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Roger Williams University", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-01-26T06:28:03+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-01-26T06:28:03+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T10:22:09+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40457/galley/30412/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 40430, "title": "Fifth Elements: A Research Program in Italian Sound", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "What can it mean to talk or write or shout about \"Italian sound\"? I search for answers to this question in the history of Italian(ate) opera, dance, cinema, anthems, popular songs, taxi horns, violins, headphones and mopeds, as well as the braying of Neapolitan donkeys, the clanking of Roman lawyers abuzz in procession, the vociferations of Futurists at war, and the silence of Etruscan funerary sculpture.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Sound and Sense", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/152841mv", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Hillel", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Schwartz", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-05-21T04:56:48+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-05-21T04:56:48+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T09:47:57+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cisj/article/40430/galley/30390/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 39369, "title": "Review: Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions, 2nd ed.", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Bool Review", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "none", "short_name": "none", "text": "", "url": "https://escholarship.org/terms" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "air pollution" }, { "word": "atmospheric chemistry" } ], "section": "Reviews", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1bp1g6z7", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Yves", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Laberge", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Centre de recherche en éducation et formation relatives à l’environnement et à l’écocitoyenneté – Centr'ERE", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2014-01-21T06:29:21+05:30", "date_accepted": "2014-01-21T06:29:21+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-03T00:50:33+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/egj/article/39369/galley/29724/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 4752, "title": "Prehistoric Regional Cultures", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "In Egypt at the beginning of the fourth millennium BCE two distinct cultural units developed. In the south arose the Naqada culture, named after the great cemetery discovered by Petrie at the end of the nineteenth century. In the north, spanning the Delta up to the Memphite region, arose the “Maadi-Buto,” or Lower Egyptian culture, named after the two reference sites of Maadi and Buto. The establishment of these two entities, whose material culture and funereal traditions differed, was the result of the role played in the process of neolithization of the Nile Valley by two great regions: the East on the one hand and the Sahara on the other. During the fourth millennium, after a period of interactions between those two regions, a cultural uniformity was born comprising elements of a mixed culture dominated by southern features.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "prehistory" }, { "word": "Maadi" }, { "word": "Buto" }, { "word": "Naqada" } ], "section": "Time and History", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4zz9t461", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Beatrix", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Midant-Reynes", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2009-12-12T05:09:43+05:30", "date_accepted": "2009-12-12T05:09:43+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-01T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/nelc_uee/article/4752/galley/2669/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 8007, "title": "Phenytoin Toxicity from Cocaine Adulteration", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "The use of phenytoin (PHT) as a cocaine adulterant was reported decades ago;that practice is still current. Ironically PHT has also been used for the treatment of cocaine dependence. A drug smuggler developed PHT toxicity after swallowing several rocks of crack. We investigated the current trends of PHT as a cocaine adulterant and its toxicological implications. We also reviewed the clinical use of PTH in relation to cocaine. The use of PHT as cocaine cut is a current practice. This may affect the clinical manifestations and the management of the cocaine-related visits to the emergency department. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):127–130.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Phenytoin, Cocaine, adulterants" } ], "section": "Diagnostic Acumen", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/55k1263n", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Carlos", "middle_name": "J", "last_name": "Roldan", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-10-15T06:57:08+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-10-15T06:57:08+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-01T04:05:10+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/8007/galley/4636/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7966, "title": "Diagnosis of Fournier's Gangrene on Bedside Ultrasound", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "[West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):122.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Fournier's gangrene, ultrasound, emergency ultrasound, necrotizing skin infection" } ], "section": "Diagnostic Acumen", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7zm202hx", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Christoper", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Coyne", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Emergency Medicine\nLos Angeles County + USC Medical Center", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Philips", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Perera", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Stanford University Medical Center\nDivision of Emergency Medicine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Thomas", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Mailhot", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Emergency Medicine\nLos Angeles County + USC Medical Center", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-09-07T02:19:33+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-09-07T02:19:33+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-01T03:35:39+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7966/galley/4618/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7898, "title": "Improving Bariatric Patient Transport and Care with Simulation", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Obesity is prevalent in the United States. Obese patients have physiologic differences from non-obese individuals. Not only does transport and maintenance of these patients require use of specialized equipment, but it also requires a distinct skill set and knowledge base. To date, there is no literature investigating simulation as a model for educating pre-hospital providers in the care of bariatric patients. The purpose of this study was to determine if a 3-hour educational course with simulation could improve paramedics’ knowledge and confidence of bariatric procedures and transport. This study also examined if prior experience with bariatric transport affected training outcomes.\nMethods: Our study took place in August 2012 during paramedic training sessions. Paramedics completed a pre- and post-test that assessed confidence and knowledge and provided information on previous experience. They had a 30-minute didactic and participated in 2 20-minute hands-on skills portions that reviewed procedural issues in bariatric patients, including airway procedures, peripheral venous and intraosseous access, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Study participants took part in one of two simulated patient encounters. Paramedics were challenged with treating emergent traumatic and/or medical conditions, as well as extricating and transporting bariatric patients. Each group underwent a debriefing of the scenario immediately following their case. We measured confidence using a 5-point Likert-type response scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) on a 7-item questionnaire. We assessed knowledge with 12 multiple choice questions. Paired-sample t-tests were used to compare pre- and post-simulation confidence and knowledge with a significance level of p≤0.05. We used analysis of covariance to examine the effect of previous experiences on pre-and post-educational activity confidence and knowledge with a significance level of p ≤0.05. Proportions and 95% confidence intervals are presented as appropriate. We determined the magnitude of significant pre-post differences with Cohen’s d. We assessed scale reliability using Cronbach’s alpha and was found to be reliable with scores of 0.83 and 0.88 across pre- and post-test responses, respectively.\nResults: Participants exhibited a significant increase in confidence in performing procedures (p<0.01) and knowledge of bariatric patient management (p<0.001) after the simulation. The current study also found an increase in knowledge of transport, vascular access/circulation and airway management (p<0.001). Participant background showed no effects on these changes.\nConclusion: This study suggests that simulation paired with a didactic is an effective method of education for paramedics caring for and transporting bariatric patients. The data show a significant increase in knowledge and confidence with a 3-hour training session, irrespective of previous training or experience with bariatric patients. This is the first study of its kind to apply simulation training for the pre-hospital care of bariatric patients. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):199–204.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Simulation" }, { "word": "emergency medical services" }, { "word": "paramedic" }, { "word": "bariatric" }, { "word": "patient transport" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" }, { "word": "prehospital care" }, { "word": "education" } ], "section": "Prehospital Care", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/343141hz", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Brad", "middle_name": "D", "last_name": "Gable", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Emergency Medicine, Summa Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio; Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Aimee", "middle_name": "K", "last_name": "Gardner", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Dan", "middle_name": "H", "last_name": "Celik", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Emergency Medicine, Summa Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Mary", "middle_name": "Colleen", "last_name": "Bhalla", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Emergency Medicine, Summa Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio; Department of Emergency Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Rami", "middle_name": "A", "last_name": "Ahmed", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Emergency Medicine, Summa Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio; Department of Emergency Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-07-03T02:54:14+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-07-03T02:54:14+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-01T03:33:27+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7898/galley/4587/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7905, "title": "Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring for Discharged Emergency Department Patients with Possible Cardiac Arrhythmias", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Many emergency department (ED) patients have symptoms that may be attributed to arrhythmias, necessitating outpatient ambulatory cardiac monitoring. Consensus is lacking on the optimal duration of monitoring. We describe the use of a novel device applied at ED discharge that provides continuous prolonged cardiac monitoring.\nMethods: We enrolled discharged adult ED patients with symptoms of possible cardiac arrhythmia. A novel, single use continuous recording patch (Zio®Patch) was applied at ED discharge. Patients wore the device for up to 14 days or until they had symptoms to trigger an event. They then returned the device by mail for interpretation. Significant arrhythmias are defined as: ventricular tachycardia (VT) ≥4 beats, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) ≥4 beats, atrial fibrillation, ≥3 second pause, 2nd degree Mobitz II, 3rd degree AV Block, or symptomatic bradycardia.\nResults: There were 174 patients were enrolled and all mailed back their devices. The average age was 52.2 (± 21.0) years, and 55% were female. The most common indications for device placement were palpitations 44.8%, syncope 24.1% and dizziness 6.3%. Eighty-three patients (47.7%) had ≥1 arrhythmias and 17 (9.8%) were symptomatic at the time of their arrhythmia. Median time to first arrhythmia was 1.0 days (IQR 0.2-2.8) and median time to first symptomatic arrhythmia was 1.5 days (IQR 0.4-6.7). 93 (53.4%) of symptomatic patients did not have any arrhythmia during their triggered events. The overall diagnostic yield was 63.2%\nConclusion: The Zio®Patch cardiac monitoring device can efficiently characterize symptomatic patients without significant arrhythmia and has a higher diagnostic yield for arrhythmias than traditional 24-48 hour Holter monitoring. It allows for longer term monitoring up to 14 days. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):194–198.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "syncope" }, { "word": "palpitations" }, { "word": "Arrhythmia" }, { "word": "ambulatory cardiac monitoring" }, { "word": "Holter monitor" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" }, { "word": "cardiology" } ], "section": "Prehospital Care", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/50f7t7k5", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Donald", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Schreiber", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Division of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Ayesha", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Sattar", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Division of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Dorian", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Drigalla", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Temple,Texas", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Steven", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Higgins", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Cardiology, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-07-12T14:02:29+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-07-12T14:02:29+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-01T03:16:55+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7905/galley/4591/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7618, "title": "Urinary Metabolomic Analysis to Detect Changes After Intravenous, Non-ionic, Low Osmolar Iodinated Radiocontrast for Computerized Tomographic Imaging", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Contrast-induced nephropathy is a result of injury to the proximal tubules caused by oxidative stress and ischemia. Metabolomics is a novel technique that has been used to identify renal damage from drug toxicities. The objective of this study is to analyze the metabolic changes in the urine after dosing with intravenous (IV) contrast for computed tomograph (CT) of the chest Methods: A convenience sample of patients undergoing a chest CT with IV contrast who had at least one of the following: age ≥50 years, diabetes, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease, or diastolic blood pressure >90 mmHg -- were eligible for enrollment. Urine samples were collected prior to imaging and 4-6 hours post imaging. Samples underwent gas chromography/mass spectrometry profiling. We measured peak metabolite values and log transformed data. Paired T tests were calculated. We used significance analysis of microarrays (SAM) to determine the most significant metabolites. Results: The cohort comprised 14 patients with matched samples; 9 /14 (64.3) were males, and the median age was 61 years (IQR 50-68). A total of 158 metabolites were identified. Using SAM we identified 9 metabolites that were identified as significant using a delta of 1.6. Conclusion: Changes in urinary metabolites are present soon after contrast administration. This change in urinary metabolites may be potential early identifiers of contrast-induced nephropathy and could identify patients at high-risk for developing this condition. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):152–157.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "metabolomics, contrast, nephropathy, computerized tomographic imaging" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" } ], "section": "Diagnostic Acumen", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6300428r", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Deborah", "middle_name": "B", "last_name": "Diercks", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Davis, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Kelly", "middle_name": "P", "last_name": "Owen", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Davis, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Vladimir", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Tolstikov", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Davis, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Mark", "middle_name": "E", "last_name": "Sutter", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Davis, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Jeffrey", "middle_name": "A", "last_name": "Kline", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-11-25T08:12:12+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-11-25T08:12:12+05:30", "date_published": "2014-03-01T03:09:33+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7618/galley/4472/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 63191, "title": "Black Radicals Make for Bad Citizens: Undoing the Myth of the School to Prison Pipeline", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Over the past ten years, the analytic formation of the school to prison pipeline has come to dominate the lexicon and general common sense with respect to the relationship between schools and prisons in the United States. The concept and theorization that undergirds its meaning and function do not address the root causes that are central to complex dynamics between public education and prisons. This paper argues that in place of the articulation of the school to prison pipeline, what is needed is a nuanced and historicized understanding of the racialized politics pertaining to the centrality of education to Black liberation struggles. The result of such work indicates that the enclosure of public education foregrounds the expansion of the prison system and consequently, schools are not a training ground for prisons, but are the key site at which technologies of control that govern Black oppression are deemed normal and necessary.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "School-to-prison Pipeline" }, { "word": "Black Radical Tradition" }, { "word": "Enclosures" }, { "word": "Los Angeles" }, { "word": "Education" }, { "word": "Black Studies" }, { "word": "Prison Studies" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/35c207gv", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Damien", "middle_name": "M", "last_name": "Sojoyner", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Scripps College", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-01-10T09:10:10+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-01-10T09:10:10+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-28T06:52:57+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/bre/article/63191/galley/48780/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 63189, "title": "Lived-in Room: Classroom Space as Teacher", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This paper is a portrait of a public elementary school classroom in light of the relationships, history, and ideas that have formed its physical space. In describing Judy Richard’s classroom, the author shows how a creative teacher’s commitment to seeing her classroom as a living space inevitably brings her to overstep the narrow limits of the traditional mandates of classroom management. The author presents this portrait as an example of the ideological and creative stance teachers can assume in relation to their classrooms. Addressing challenges that are specific to urban public schools, the author also suggests that public schools must abandon their oversimplified conception of learning spaces and develop support systems that help teachers incorporate the socio-emotional, developmental, and cultural needs of their students into their classroom settings.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "Space" }, { "word": "Classroom Environment" }, { "word": "Henri Lefebvre" }, { "word": "Social Production of Space" }, { "word": "Resistance" }, { "word": "Traditional Classroom" }, { "word": "Portraiture" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1gn704tw", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Houman", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Harouni", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Harvard University", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-11-28T23:17:41+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-11-28T23:17:41+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-28T06:46:28+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/bre/article/63189/galley/48779/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 63187, "title": "Theorizing Food Sharing Practices in a Junior High Classroom", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This reflective essay analyzes interactions where food was shared between a teacher and her junior high school students. The author describes the official uses of food in junior high school classrooms and in educational contexts in general. The author then theorizes these interactions, suggesting other semiotic, dialogic, and culturally encoded possibilities for interpreting food exchanges between teachers and students. These possibilities are contextualized using several stories that demonstrate socially grounded interpretations of food use, which contrast with typical notions of how food operates in educational contexts. The implications of these stories raise questions about how relationships are built and maintained in classrooms, what happens in reality when items are banned at school, and what possibilities exist for teachers as they approach classroom interactions in more strategic ways.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "food practices" }, { "word": "food in education" }, { "word": "classroom life" }, { "word": "classroom semiotics" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0g55s543", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Mary", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Rice", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Kansas", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-10-26T19:59:59+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-10-26T19:59:59+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-28T06:45:35+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/bre/article/63187/galley/48777/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 63181, "title": "Loving Whiteness to Death: Sadomasochism, Emotionality, and the Possibility of Humanizing Love", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Although scholars have articulated how whites institutionally, economically, and socially invest in their whiteness, they have paid little attention to white emotionality. By explicating a critical, more humanizing theory of love that accounts for the painful process of sharing in the burden of creating humanity, this psychoanalytic theoretical essay illustrates how the norms and values of white emotionality are premised on a sadomasochistic notion of love. Finally, the authors re-imagine a different set of norms and values through a critical humanizing pedagogy of love, one that can only be realized when whites learn to “love whiteness to death.” That is, whites need to find not just the political will but also the emotional strength (i.e., vulnerability) necessary to eliminate the white race as a sociopolitical form of human organization and free themselves and others from the shackles of the institution of race.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "Critical Whiteness Studies" }, { "word": "Critical Race Theory" }, { "word": "Love" }, { "word": "Humanity" }, { "word": "Sadomasochism" }, { "word": "Whiteness" }, { "word": "Education" }, { "word": "Sociology" }, { "word": "Cultural Studies" }, { "word": "Critical Theory" }, { "word": "Women's Studies" }, { "word": "Whiteness Studies" }, { "word": "Social Psychology" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9sd900g8", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Cheryl", "middle_name": "E.", "last_name": "Matias", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Colorado Denver", "department": "" }, { "first_name": "Ricky", "middle_name": "Lee", "last_name": "Allen", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of New Mexico", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-10-03T23:33:29+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-10-03T23:33:29+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-28T06:20:03+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/bre/article/63181/galley/48776/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 63176, "title": "History Through First-Year Secondary School Spanish Textbooks: A Content Analysis", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Although enrollments in secondary school Spanish have risen over the past few decades, the Spanish-speaking world (Latin America, in particular) tends to be underrepresented or absent in history textbooks. Given that not all students who take entry-level Spanish classes will continue to more advanced levels, the first-year Spanish textbook may be some students’ first or only engagement with the histories of the Spanish-speaking world. Using content analysis, I evaluate four entry-level secondary school Spanish textbooks for the nations they include, the time periods they reference, and the ways in which those references are made. My analysis indicates that many nations, time periods, and concepts are excluded, resulting in reductionist views of history. The histories referenced tend to be exoticized, resulting in the Othering of contemporary groups. Further approaches are suggested.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "Spanish textbooks" }, { "word": "historiography" }, { "word": "textbook studies" }, { "word": "secondary education" }, { "word": "content analysis" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9bs374xg", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Sam", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Holley-Kline", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Stanford University", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-09-13T09:16:52+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-09-13T09:16:52+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-28T06:18:57+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/bre/article/63176/galley/48774/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 63166, "title": "Creating High Leverage Policies: A New Framework to Support Policy Development", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "In this paper we describe the development and application of a research-based model for understanding the formulation and implementation of education policy. We draw upon research on policy implementation across a variety of contexts to create what we call the “high leverage policy” (HLP) framework. The HLP framework identifies three specific areas policy makers should attend to: the policy-to-practice lever, design features of the policy, and contingencies for implementation. These three elements are connected by an explicit theory-of-action that describes the policy’s intentions and how it will play out in practice. We illustrate the application of the HLP framework using an example of state policy development and execution in Rhode Island. Finally, we conclude by discussing the framework’s potential utility to policy makers.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "educational policy" }, { "word": "equity" }, { "word": "student performance" }, { "word": "education" }, { "word": "policy studies" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1cd044n1", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Casey", "middle_name": "D.", "last_name": "Cobb", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Connecticut", "department": "" }, { "first_name": "Morgaen", "middle_name": "L.", "last_name": "Donaldson", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Connecticut", "department": "" }, { "first_name": "Anysia", "middle_name": "P.", "last_name": "Mayer", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "California State University, Stanislaus", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-07-24T07:16:19+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-07-24T07:16:19+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-28T06:17:58+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/bre/article/63166/galley/48769/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 39341, "title": "Electronic Waste Management in India: A Stakeholder’s Perspective", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "E-waste or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) illustrate discarded appliances that utilize electricity for their functioning. Today, the Indian market is engrossed with massive volumes of electrical and electronic goods and gadgets, having tremendously high domestic demand. Consequently, the amount of E-waste being generated in the country is flourishing at an alarming rate, although the management practices and policy initiatives of the same are still in an elementary stage. The current methods of storage, processing, recycling and disposal of E-waste in India have immense potential to harm human health and the environment. Furthermore, the policy level initiatives related to E-waste in India are reasonably recent and inadequate to address the issue. The paper tries to evaluate the current status of E-waste management practices in India. The domination of informal sector in the E-waste recycling business with all its socio-economic, health and environmental implications are dealt with in detail and the dawdling progress of formal recycling units in the country is assessed upon. The paper tries to identify the range of diverse stakeholders in the E-waste management system in India. These stakeholders are significant right from the production of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) to the final disposal of E-waste. The paper concludes that identifying the range of stakeholders in the E-waste management system and constructing a sustainable E-waste management system involving these stakeholders are the needs of the hour.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "none", "short_name": "none", "text": "", "url": "https://escholarship.org/terms" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "E-waste Management" }, { "word": "stakeholders" }, { "word": "Socio-economic" }, { "word": "health" }, { "word": "environmental effects" }, { "word": "Environmental Science, Environmental Policy" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1cq3j0b0", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Anwesha", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Borthakur", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Central University of Gujarat", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Kunal", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Sinha", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-24T02:22:04+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-24T02:22:04+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-27T09:13:36+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/egj/article/39341/galley/29703/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7901, "title": "Complete Ventricular Asystole in a Patient with Altered Mental Status", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Patients who present with recurrent syncope are at risk for having underlying conduction disease, which may worsen if not promptly recognized and treated. We describe a patient who initially presented to a Mexican clinic with recurrent syncope and an electrocardiogram that showed complete heart block. After being transferred to our emergency department, he deteriorated into complete ventricular asystole with preserved atrial function and required placement of a transvenous cardiac pacemaker. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):149-151.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Asystole" }, { "word": "Arrhythmia" }, { "word": "Conduction disease" }, { "word": "syncope" }, { "word": "altered mental status" }, { "word": "electrocardiogram" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" }, { "word": "cardiology" }, { "word": "Electrophysiology" } ], "section": "Diagnostic Acumen", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8w22m8cs", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Stephen", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Zanoni", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Naval Medical Center San Diego, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Diego, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Gerald", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Platt", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Naval Medical Center San Diego, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Diego, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Shaun", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Carstairs", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Naval Medical Center San Diego, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Diego, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Mark", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Hernandez", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Scripps Hospital Chula Vista, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chula Vista, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-07-09T03:11:48+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-07-09T03:11:48+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-26T07:12:14+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7901/galley/4588/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7834, "title": "Factors Important to Applicants to Osteopathic Versus Allopathic Emergency Medicine Residency Programs", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction\n: Our objective is to evaluate the factors important to osteopathic applicants when selecting an American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians accredited emergency medicine (EM) residency and to compare these results with previous allopathic EM studies.\nMethods\n: We gave osteopathic applicants a survey during interview season to be filled out anonymously at the end of their interview day. This survey included 18 factors which the applicants were asked to rank between 1 (“not very important”) to 4 (“very important”). We then compared results to prior results of the same survey.\nResults\n: Forty applicants (67%) out of 60 completed the survey. From these individuals, we noticed differences in the top factors listed by the applicants when compared to allopathic interviewees, the most notable being the unimportance of geographic location of the program to osteopathic applicants as manifested by osteopathic student average score of 2.8 (standard deviation 0.75) verses allopathic student average of 3.6 (standard deviation 0.06).\nConclusion\n: Of the top 5 factors listed by the applicants, only 1 (AOA-approved residency) is an objective factor that the program has a role in controlling. The remainder are mainly subjective factors based on applicant’s perceptions of the program. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):184–187.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "match" }, { "word": "Residency" }, { "word": "emergency" }, { "word": "applicants" }, { "word": "Medicine" }, { "word": "education" } ], "section": "Education", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5198f420", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Bruce", "middle_name": "Alfred", "last_name": "St. Amour", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "St. Mary Mercy Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Livonia, Michigan", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-05-14T05:52:57+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-05-14T05:52:57+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-26T07:06:53+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7834/galley/4565/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7887, "title": "Emergency Department Crowding and Loss of Medical Licensure: A New Risk of Patient Care in Hallways", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "We report the case of a 32-year-old male recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes treated at an urban university emergency department (ED) crowded to 250% over capacity. His initial symptoms of shortness of breath and feeling ill for several days were evaluated with chest radiograph, electrocardiogram (EKG), and laboratory studies, which suggested mild diabetic ketoacidosis. His medical care in the ED was conducted in a crowded hallway. After correction of his metabolic abnormalities he felt improved and was discharged with arrangements made for outpatient follow-up. Two days later he returned in cardiac arrest, and resuscitation efforts failed. The autopsy was significant for multiple acute and chronic pulmonary emboli but no coronary artery disease. The hospital settled the case for $1 million and allocated major responsibility to the treating emergency physician (EP). As a result the state medical board named the EP in a disciplinary action, claiming negligence because the EKG had not been personally interpreted by that physician. A formal hearing was conducted with the EP’s medical license placed in jeopardy. This case illustrates the risk to EPs who treat patients in crowded hallways, where it is difficult to provide the highest level of care. This case also demonstrates the failure of hospital administration to accept responsibility and provide resources to the ED to ensure patient safety. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):137–141.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "ED Crowding" }, { "word": "ED Hallway care" }, { "word": "death" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" } ], "section": "Diagnostic Acumen", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3203m6fj", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Robert", "middle_name": "W", "last_name": "Derlet", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Davis Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Robert", "middle_name": "M", "last_name": "McNamara", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Temple University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Amin", "middle_name": "Antoine", "last_name": "Kazzi", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "American University of Beirut, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "John", "middle_name": "R", "last_name": "Richards", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Davis Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-06-25T01:28:25+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-06-25T01:28:25+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-26T06:49:41+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7887/galley/4583/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7936, "title": "Impact of an Abbreviated Cardiac Enzyme Protocol to Aid Rapid Discharge of Patients with Cocaine-associated Chest Pain in the Clinical Decision Unit", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: In 2007 there were 64,000 visits to the emergency department (ED) for possible myocardial infarction (MI) related to cocaine use. Prior studies have demonstrated that low- to intermediate-risk patients with cocaine-associated chest pain can be safely discharged after 9-12 hours of observation. The goal of this study was to determine the safety of an 8-hour protocol for ruling out MI in patients who presented with cocaine-associated chest pain.\nMethods: We conducted a retrospective review of patients treated with an 8-hour cocaine chest pain protocol between May 1, 2011 and November 30, 2012 who were sent to the clinical decision unit (CDU) for observation. The protocol included serial cardiac biomarker testing with Troponin-T, CK-MB (including delta CK-MB), and total CK at 0, 2, 4, and 8 hours after presentation with cardiac monitoring for the observation period. Patients were followed up for adverse cardiac events or death within 30 days of discharge.\nResults: There were 111 admissions to the CDU for cocaine chest pain during the study period. One patient had a delta CK-MB of 1.6 ng/ml, but had negative Troponin-T at all time points. No patient had a positive Troponin-T or CK-MB at 0, 2, 4 or 8 hours, and there were no MIs or deaths within 30 days of discharge. Most patients were discharged home (103) and there were 8 inpatient admissions from the CDU. Of the admitted patients, 2 had additional stress tests that were negative, 1 had additional cardiac biomarkers that were negative, and all 8 patients were discharged home. The estimated risk of missing MI using our protocol is, with 99% confidence, less than 5.1% and with 95% confidence, less than 3.6% (99% CI, 0-5.1%; 95% CI, 0-3.6%).\nConclusion: Application of an abbreviated cardiac enzyme protocol resulted in the safe and rapid discharge of patients presenting to the ED with cocaine-associated chest pain. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):180–183.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "cocaine-associated chest pain, chest pain, myocardial infarction, toxicology" } ], "section": "Emergency Department Operations", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1j89p22b", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Faheem", "middle_name": "W.", "last_name": "Guirgis", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Florida", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Kelly", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Gray-Eurom", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Florida, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Teri", "middle_name": "L", "last_name": "Mayfield", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Florida, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "David", "middle_name": "M", "last_name": "Imbt", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Florida, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Colleen", "middle_name": "J", "last_name": "Kalynych", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Florida, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Dale", "middle_name": "F", "last_name": "Kraemer", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville; Center for Health Equity and Quality Research", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Steven", "middle_name": "A", "last_name": "Godwin", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Florida, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-08-09T18:26:13+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-08-09T18:26:13+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-26T06:46:23+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7936/galley/4606/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7878, "title": "4,871 Emergency Airway Encounters by Air Medical Providers: A Report of the Air Transport Emergency Airway Management (NEAR VI: “A-TEAM”) Project", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Pre-hospital airway management is a key component of resuscitation although the benefit of pre-hospital intubation has been widely debated. We report a large series of pre-hospital emergency airway encounters performed by air-transport providers in a large, multi-state system.\nMethods: We retrospectively reviewed electronic intubation flight records from an 89 rotorcraft air medical system from January 01, 2007, through December 31, 2009. We report patient characteristics, intubation methods, success rates, and rescue techniques with descriptive statistics. We report proportions with 95% confidence intervals and binary comparisons using chi square test with p-values <0.05 considered significant.\nResults: 4,871 patients had active airway management, including 2,186 (44.9%) medical and 2,685 (55.1%) trauma cases. There were 4,390 (90.1%) adult and 256 (5.3%) pediatric (age ≤ 14) intubations; 225 (4.6%) did not have an age recorded. 4,703 (96.6%) had at least one intubation attempt. Intubation was successful on first attempt in 3,710 (78.9%) and was ultimately successful in 4,313 (91.7%). Intubation success was higher for medical than trauma patients (93.4% versus 90.3%, p=0.0001 JT test). 168 encounters were managed primarily with an extraglottic device (EGD). Cricothyrotomy was performed 35 times (0.7%) and was successful in 33. Patients were successfully oxygenated and ventilated with an endotracheal tube, EGD, or surgical airway in 4809 (98.7%) encounters. There were no reported deaths from a failed airway.\nConclusion: Airway management, predominantly using rapid sequence intubation protocols, is successful within this high-volume, multi-state air-transport system. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):188–193.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Air Transport" }, { "word": "intubation" }, { "word": "emergency airway management" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" } ], "section": "Prehospital Care", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4cf8v7s3", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Calvin", "middle_name": "A", "last_name": "Brown III", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Kelly", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Cox", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Illinois-Peoria, Department of Emergency Medicine, Peoria, Illinois", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Shelley", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Hurwitz", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Ron", "middle_name": "M", "last_name": "Walls", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-06-14T07:31:13+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-06-14T07:31:13+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-26T06:33:33+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7878/galley/4580/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7816, "title": "Staff Perceptions of an On-site Clinical Pharmacist Program in an Academic Emergency Department after One Year", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Emergency department clinical pharmacists (EPh) serve a relatively new clinical role in emergency medicine. New EPh may still face barriers prior to working in the emergency department (ED), including staff acceptance. We aimed to assess staff perceptions of a university hospital EPh program 1 year after implementation.\nMethods: We sent an electronic survey consisting of 7 multiple-choice questions, 17 5-point Likert-scale questions, and 1 free-text comment section to ED providers and nurses. The qualitatively validated survey assessed staff’s general perceptions of the EPh and their clinical work.\nResults: We received responses from 14 attending physicians, 34 emergency medicine residents, 5 mid-level providers, and 51 nurses (80% response rate). Overall, the ED staff strongly supported the presence of an EPh. All of the respondents consulted the EPh at least once in their previous 5 ED shifts. Most respondents (81%) felt the EPh’s availability for general consultation and aid during resuscitations served as the major contribution to medication and patient safety. The participants also expressed that they were more likely to consult a pharmacist when they were located in the ED, as opposed to having to call the main pharmacy.\nConclusion: The EPh model of practice at our institution provides valuable perceived benefit to ED providers. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):205–210.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "emergency department clinical pharmacists" }, { "word": "General practice, quality improvement" } ], "section": "Provider Workforce", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7xz6p29m", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Zlatan", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Coralic", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California; University of California San Francisco, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, San Francisco, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Hemal", "middle_name": "K", "last_name": "Kanzaria", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Los Angeles, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Lisa", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Bero", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California San Francisco, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, San Francisco, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "John", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Stein", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-30T00:35:23+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-30T00:35:23+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-26T06:13:39+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7816/galley/4556/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7826, "title": "Impact of Decontamination Therapy on Ultrasound Visualization of Ingested Pills", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Acute toxic ingestion is a common cause of morbidity and mortality. Emergency physicians (EP) caring for overdose (OD) patients are often required to make critical decisions with incomplete information. Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) may have a role in assisting EPs manage OD patients. We evaluated the impact of different liquid adjuncts used for gastric decontamination on examiners’ ability to identify the presence of tablets using POCUS, and assessed examiners’ ability to quantify the numbers of tablets in a simulated massive OD.\nMethods: This prospective, blinded, pilot study was performed at an academic emergency department. Study participants were volunteer resident and staff EPs trained in POCUS. Five non-transparent, sealed bags were prepared with the following contents: 1 liter (L) of water, 1 L of water with 50 regular aspirin (ASA) tablets, 1 L of water with 50 enteric-coated aspirin tablets (ECA), 1 L of polyethylene glycol (PEG) with 50 ECA, and 1 L of activated charcoal (AC) with 50 ECA. After performing POCUS on each of the bags using a 10-5 MHz linear array transducer, participants completed a standardized questionnaire composed of the following questions: (1) Were pills present? YES/NO; (2) If tablets were identified, estimate the number (1-10, 11-25, >25). We used a single test on proportions using the binomial distribution to determine if the number of EPs who identified tablets differed from 50% chance. For those tablets identified in the different solutions, another test on proportions was used to determine whether the type of solution made a difference. Since 3 options were available, we used a probability of 33.3%.\nResults: Thirty-seven EPs completed the study. All (37/37) EP’s correctly identified the absence of tablets in the bag containing only water, and the presence of ECA in the bags containing water and PEG. For Part 2 of the study, most participants - 25/37 (67.5%) using water, 23/37 (62.1%) using PEG, and all 37 (100%) using AC - underestimated the number of ECA pills in solution by at least 50%.\nConclusion: There may be a potential role for POCUS in the evaluation of patients suspected of acute, massive ingested OD. EPs accurately identified the presence of ECA in water and PEG, but underestimated the number of tablets in all tested solutions. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):176–179.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "ultrasound" }, { "word": "overdose" }, { "word": "Pills" }, { "word": "capsules" }, { "word": "toxicology" }, { "word": "decontamination" }, { "word": "emergency ultrasound" } ], "section": "Emergency Department Operations", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1nb8t7cm", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Jason", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Bothwell", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, Washington", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Carl", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Skinner", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, Washington", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "David", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Della-Giustina", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Yale School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Christopher", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Kang", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, Washington", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Laura", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Cookman", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, Washington", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Brooks", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Laselle", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, Washington", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-05-07T22:14:23+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-05-07T22:14:23+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-26T06:09:06+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7826/galley/4562/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 1762, "title": "R Markdown: Integrating A Reproducible Analysis Tool into Introductory Statistics", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Nolan and Temple Lang argue that “the ability to express statistical computations is an es- sential skill.” A key related capacity is the ability to conduct and present data analysis in a way that another person can understand and replicate. The copy-and-paste workflow that is an artifact of antiquated user-interface design makes reproducibility of statistical analysis more difficult, especially as data become increasingly complex and statistical methods become increasingly sophisticated. R Markdown is a new technology that makes creating fully-reproducible statistical analysis simple and painless. It provides a solution suitable not only for cutting edge research, but also for use in an introductory statistics course. We present experiential and statistical evidence that R Markdown can be used effectively in introductory statistics courses, and discuss its role in the rapidly-changing world of statistical computation.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "statistics, computation, reproducibility, R, data analysis" } ], "section": "Technology Innovations", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/90b2f5xh", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Ben", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Baumer", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Smith College", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Mine", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Cetinkaya-Rundel", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Duke University", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Andrew", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Bray", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Smith College", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Linda", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Loi", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Smith College", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Nicholas", "middle_name": "J.", "last_name": "Horton", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Amherst College", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-10-24T03:56:34+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-10-24T03:56:34+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-25T21:28:06+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/tise/article/1762/galley/1226/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 44061, "title": "Psoriasis: Medications and Other Environmental Factors", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "", "language": "eng", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Clinical Vignette" } ], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5rb3t7dr", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Brian ", "middle_name": "S.", "last_name": "Morris", "name_suffix": "MD", "institution": "University of California, Los Angeles", "department": "Medicine" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-25T12:14:22+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucladom_proceedings/article/44061/galley/32864/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 44059, "title": "Prothrombin G20210A Mutation and Venous Thrombosis", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "", "language": "eng", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Clinical Vignette" } ], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1fn8g0k3", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Brian ", "middle_name": "S.", "last_name": "Morris", "name_suffix": "MD", "institution": "University of California, Los Angeles", "department": "Medicine" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-25T12:07:49+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucladom_proceedings/article/44059/galley/32862/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 44044, "title": "Diabetic Amyotrophy: A Case Report", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "", "language": "eng", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Clinical Vignette" } ], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9sq4f8b4", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Timothy ", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Canan", "name_suffix": "M.D.", "institution": "University of California, Los Angeles", "department": "Medicine" }, { "first_name": "Erin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Dowling", "name_suffix": "M.D.", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-25T11:19:31+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucladom_proceedings/article/44044/galley/32847/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 41592, "title": "Variability of venation patterns in extant genus \nSalix\n: Implications for fossil taxonomy", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "The extant genus \nSalix\n Linnaeus (1753) represents one of the most diverse groups of woody plants. Leaf areas vary from a few mm2 in arctic or high alpine habitats to more than 100 cm2 in humid subtropical zones. \nSalix\n leaves are represented across the range of possible leaf shapes, from circular, obovate, and ovate, to lanceolate and linear with a length-to-width ratio of up to 30. Leaf venation may be eucamptodromous, eucamptodromous with occasional brochidodromous or semicraspedodromous arches, or brochidodromous. Because brochidodromous and semicraspedodromous arches may occur on the same leaf, the more inclusive term brochoid is introduced here. This study gives an overview of venation patterns within extant genus \nSalix\n and sorts leaves into five venation-defined morphotype groups. In some species of subgenera \nProtitea\n and \nSalix\n, individuals in hot, dry environments develop long brochoid chains over most of the blade length or intramarginal veins with only tertiary-gauged connections to the secondary vein framework. These unusual venation patterns correlate with high mean monthly temperature (MMT) and low mean monthly precipitation (MMP) of the hottest month. This study also discusses possible reasons as to why intramarginal veins seem to be absent or at least rare in fossil \nSalix\n specimens. These findings aid in both distinguishing between fossil \nSalix\n species and in separating fossil \nSalix\n remains from those of other genera.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "Salicaceae" }, { "word": "<em>Salix</em>" }, { "word": "Leaf" }, { "word": "venation" }, { "word": "Fossil" }, { "word": "climate" } ], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/53c2g26n", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Walter", "middle_name": "K.", "last_name": "Buechler", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2014-02-22T00:24:34+05:30", "date_accepted": "2014-02-22T00:24:34+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-21T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucmp_paleobios/article/41592/galley/31134/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7998, "title": "Splenic Laceration and Pulmonary Contusion Injury From Bean Bag Weapon", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "[West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):118–119.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Emergency Medicine, Blunt Abdominal Trauma, Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma, Bean Bag, Law Enforcement" } ], "section": "Diagnostic Acumen", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8cf4z83z", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Amar", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Patel", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Shannon", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Toohey", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Irvine Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Megan", "middle_name": "Boysen", "last_name": "Osborn", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Irvine Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-10-04T04:38:10+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-10-04T04:38:10+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-20T05:58:39+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7998/galley/4633/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7911, "title": "Incarcerated Diaphragmatic Hernia with Bowel Perforation Presenting as a Tension Pneumothorax", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "We present an interesting case of a patient with a previously known diaphragmatic hernia in which the colon became incarcerated, ischemic and finally perforated. She had no prior history of abdominal pain or vomiting, yet she present with cardiovascular collapse. To our knowledge, this is the only case report of a tension pneumothorax associated with perforated bowel that was not in the setting of trauma or colonoscopy. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):142-144.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "tension pneumothorax" }, { "word": "diaphragmatic hernia" } ], "section": "Diagnostic Acumen", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5r43959n", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Ryan", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Offman", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Mercy Health Partners, Muskegon, Michigan", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Ryan", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Spencer", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-08-05T06:57:32+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-08-05T06:57:32+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-20T05:53:44+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7911/galley/4595/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7759, "title": "Impact of a Teaching Service on Emergency Department Throughput", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: There are 161 emergency medicine residency programs in the United States, many of which have medical students rotating through the emergency department (ED). Medical students are typically supervised by senior residents or attendings while working a regular shift. Many believe that having students see and present patients prolongs length of stay (LOS), as care can be delayed. Our institution implemented a unique method of educating medical students while in the ED with the creation of a teaching service, whose primary goal is education in the setting of clinical care. The objective of this study was to explore the effect of the teaching service on efficiency by describing LOS and number of patients seen on shifts with and without a teaching service. Methods: This was a retrospective chart review performed over a 12-month period of visits to an urban academic ED. We collected data on all patients placed in a room between 14:00 and 19:59, as these were the hours that the teaching shift worked in the department. We categorized shifts as 1) a teaching service with students (TWS); 2) a teaching service without students (TWOS); and 3) no teaching service (NTS). LOS and median number of patients seen on days with a teaching service, both with and without students (TWS and TWOS), was compared to LOS on days without a teaching service (NTS).Results: The median LOS on shifts with a dedicated teaching service without students (TWOS) was 206 minutes, while the median LOS on shifts with a teaching service with students (TWS) was 220 minutes. In comparison, the median LOS on shifts when no teaching service was present (NTS) was 202.5 minutes. The median number of patients seen on shifts with the teaching service with students (TWS) was 44, identical to the number seen on shifts when the teaching service was present without students (TWOS). When the teaching service was absent (NTS), the median number of patients seen was 40. Conclusion: A teaching service in the ED is a novel educational model for medical student and resident instruction that increases total ED patient throughput and has only a modest effect on increased median length of stay for patients. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):165–169.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Length of Stay, Teaching Service, Medical Education" }, { "word": "education" }, { "word": "Teaching" } ], "section": "Emergency Department Operations", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/45112272", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Courtney", "middle_name": "M", "last_name": "Smalley", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine, Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Gabrielle", "middle_name": "A.", "last_name": "Jacquet", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine, Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Margaret", "middle_name": "K.", "last_name": "Sande", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine, Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Jeffrey", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Druck", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Kennon", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Heard", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-03-12T19:43:53+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-03-12T19:43:53+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-20T05:43:23+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7759/galley/4536/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7815, "title": "Epidemiology of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in the Emergency Department", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Consensus guidelines recommend sepsis screening for adults with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), but the epidemiology of SIRS among adult emergency department (ED) patients is poorly understood. Recent emphasis on cost-effective, outcomes-based healthcare prompts the evaluation of the performance of large-scale efforts such as sepsis screening. We studied a nationally representative sample to clarify the epidemiology of SIRS in the ED and subsequent category of illness.Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of ED visits by adults from 2007 to 2010 in the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). We estimated the incidence of SIRS using initial ED vital signs and a Bayesian construct to estimate white blood cell count based on test ordering. We report estimates with Bayesian modified credible intervals (mCIs).Results: We used 103,701 raw patient encounters in NHAMCS to estimate 372,844,465 ED visits over the 4-year period. The moderate estimate of SIRS in the ED was 17.8% (95% mCI: 9.7 to 26%). This yields a national moderate estimate of approximately 16.6 million adult ED visits with SIRS per year. Adults with and without SIRS had similar demographic characteristics, but those with SIRS were more likely to be categorized as emergent in triage (17.7% versus 9.9%, p<0.001), stay longer in the ED (210 minutes versus 153 minutes, p<0.0001), and were more likely to be admitted (31.5% versus 12.5%, P<0.0001). Infection accounted for only 26% of SIRS patients. Traumatic causes of SIRS comprised 10% of presentations; other traditional categories of SIRS were rare.Conclusion: SIRS is very common in the ED. Infectious etiologies make up only a quarter of adult SIRS cases. SIRS may be more useful if modified by clinician judgment when used as a screening test in the rapid identification and assessment of patients with the potential for sepsis. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(3):329–336.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome" }, { "word": "SIRS" }, { "word": "SIRS Epidemiology" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" }, { "word": "triage" }, { "word": "healthcare" }, { "word": "Public health" } ], "section": "Critical Care", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1w65v75x", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Timothy", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Horeczko", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Los Angeles, Department of Emergency Medicine, Torrance, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Jeffrey", "middle_name": "P", "last_name": "Green", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Davis, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Edward", "middle_name": "A", "last_name": "Panacek", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Davis, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-27T02:05:35+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-27T02:05:35+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-20T05:40:16+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7815/galley/4555/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7960, "title": "High-Pressure Injection Injury with Molten Aluminum", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "[West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):120–121.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Injection" }, { "word": "Molten" }, { "word": "High-Pressure" }, { "word": "burn" } ], "section": "Diagnostic Acumen", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0kv2243n", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Joseph", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "McCarthy", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Joseph, Michigan", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Christopher", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Trigger", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Joseph, Michigan", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-09-12T23:33:23+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-09-12T23:33:23+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-20T05:39:52+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7960/galley/4616/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 8150, "title": "WestJEM’s Impact Factor, h-index, and i10-index: Where We Stand", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "WestJEM Section", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Editorial", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8mg8w8p1", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Calvin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "He", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UC Irvine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Calvin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Tan", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Shahram", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Lotfipour", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2014-02-20T04:25:14+05:30", "date_accepted": "2014-02-20T04:25:14+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-20T05:08:53+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/8150/galley/4694/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 8149, "title": "Masthead February 2014", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Masthead February 2014", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Masthead", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8bn4k90s", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Calvin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "He", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UC Irvine", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2014-02-20T04:22:09+05:30", "date_accepted": "2014-02-20T04:22:09+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-20T05:03:27+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/8149/galley/4693/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 8148, "title": "Table of Contents February 2014", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Table of Contents February 2014", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Table of Contents", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9656k3cn", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Calvin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "He", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UC Irvine", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2014-02-20T04:19:10+05:30", "date_accepted": "2014-02-20T04:19:10+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-20T05:00:47+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/8148/galley/4692/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7976, "title": "Increasing Suicide Rates Among Middle-age Persons and Interventions to Manage Patients with Psychiatric Complaints: In conjunction with the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published significant data and trends related to suicide rates in the United States (U.S.). Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in U.S. adults, and rates are increasing across all geographic regions. There is a significant increase in the suicide rate among adults in the 35-64 age range. We present findings from the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) with commentary on current resources and barriers to psychiatric care. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):11–13.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Ethical and Legal Issues", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0p91956z", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Bharath", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Chakravarthy", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Erica", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Frumin", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Shahram", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Lotfipour", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-09-11T03:17:17+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-09-11T03:17:17+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-19T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7976/galley/4623/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 44065, "title": "Spontaneous Pyomyositis", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "", "language": "eng", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Clinical Vignette" } ], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3qk3r14v", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Amy ", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Metzger", "name_suffix": "MD ", "institution": "University of California, Los Angeles", "department": "Medicine" }, { "first_name": "Michael ", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Pfeffer", "name_suffix": "MD, FACP", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-18T12:29:38+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucladom_proceedings/article/44065/galley/32868/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 4754, "title": "Dynasties 2 and 3", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "The 2nd-3rd dynasties were crucial for the early development of Pharaonic civilization, yet they remain obscure due to a paucity of contemporary texts and securely dated material. The broad historical outline has been established with some certainty, but numerous questions remain unanswered. Royal funerary monuments dominate the archaeological record and help to chart changes in the underlying ideology. Religion as a whole was virtually indistinguishable from the royal cult, and the disconnect between state and private worship reflects a wider division between the ruling elite and the populace. Nevertheless, the demands of pyramid building led to the opening up and professionalization of government. Long-lasting initiatives to enhance economic productivity included better record-keeping, greater exploitation of Egypt’s mineral wealth, and increased foreign trade.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "Arts and Humanities" } ], "section": "Time and History", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1hb1s3pn", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Toby", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Wilkinson", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Cambridge University", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2009-12-12T05:17:42+05:30", "date_accepted": "2009-12-12T05:17:42+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-17T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/nelc_uee/article/4754/galley/2671/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 44041, "title": "Charcot Neuroarthropathy", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "", "language": "eng", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Clinical Vignette" } ], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1wv3r6ht", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Spencer ", "middle_name": "R. ", "last_name": "Adams", "name_suffix": "MD", "institution": "University of California, Los Angeles", "department": "Medicine" }, { "first_name": "Roger ", "middle_name": "M.", "last_name": "Lee", "name_suffix": "MD ", "institution": "", "department": "" }, { "first_name": "Matthew ", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Leibowitz", "name_suffix": "MD ", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-13T11:13:30+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucladom_proceedings/article/44041/galley/32844/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 1990, "title": "Thanks to Reviewers", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "The individuals listed below served as referees during the preparation of Volume 5 Issue 1 and Volume 5 Issue 2 of the L2 Journal. We wish to express our sincere gratitude for their insightful contributions to the quality of the articles published in this journal:\n \n \n \nWendy Allen; Dwight Atkinson; Fabienne Baider; Robert Blake; Kirk Belnap; Sofia Chapparo; Supatra Chowchuvech; Dan Disney; Isabelle Drewelow; Thomas Garza; Geoff Hall; David Hanauer; Yoko Hasegawa; Agnes He; William Heidenfeldt; Inez Hollander; Tes Howell; Claude Mark Hurlbert; Adam Jaworski; Mark Kaiser; Paula Kalaja; Celeste Kinginger; Glenn Levine; Dave Malinowski; Mairi McLaughlin; Julia Menard-Warwick; Adam Mendelson; Junko Mori; Michael Newman; Kate Paesani; Joan Peskin; Maria Prikhodko; Vaidehi Ramanathan; Philip Riley; Karen Risager; Angela Scarino; Jean Schulz; Virginia Scott; Jaran Shin; Sonia Shiri; Mette Steenberg; Patricia Sullivan; Guadelupe Valdés; Paige Ware; Jean Wong; Magdalena Wrembel; Lihua Zhang", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8xs5z4g4", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Claire", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Kramsch", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UC Berkeley", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2014-02-13T10:54:09+05:30", "date_accepted": "2014-02-13T10:54:09+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-13T10:55:27+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/l2/article/1990/galley/1315/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 35350, "title": "Preface: Food Infrastructures", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "The Editors of Issue #4 take a look at the concept of \"food infrastructures.\"", "language": null, "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1ms682fk", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Bart", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Penders", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" }, { "first_name": "David", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Schleifer", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" }, { "first_name": "Xaq", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Frohlich", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" }, { "first_name": "Mikko", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Jauho", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-12T01:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "HTML", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/limn/article/35350/galley/26259/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 44035, "title": "A Case of Lithium Toxicity", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "", "language": "eng", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Clinical Vignette" } ], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7r85m51r", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Neil ", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Patel", "name_suffix": "M.D.", "institution": "University of California, Los Angeles", "department": "Medicine" }, { "first_name": "Carol ", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Lee", "name_suffix": "M.D.", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-11T10:51:56+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucladom_proceedings/article/44035/galley/32838/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7725, "title": "Should Osteopathic Students Applying to Allopathic Emergency Medicine Programs Take the USMLE Exam?", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Board scores are an important aspect of an emergency medicine (EM) residency application. Residency directors use these standardized tests to objectively evaluate an applicant’s potential and help decide whether to interview a candidate. While allopathic (MD) students take the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), osteopathic (DO) students take the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX). It is difficult to compare these scores. Previous literature proposed an equation to predict USMLE based on COMLEX. Recent analyses suggested this may no longer be accurate. DO students applying to allopathic programs frequently ask whether they should take USMLE to overcome this potential disadvantage. The objective of the study is to compare the likelihood to match of DO applicants who reported USMLE to those who did not, and to clarify how important program directors consider it is whether or not an osteopathic applicant reported a USMLE score. Methods: We conducted a review of Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) data for 2010-2011 in conjunction with a survey of EM residency programs. We reviewed the number of allopathic and osteopathic applicants, the number of osteopathic applicants who reported a USMLE score, and the percentage of successful match. We compared the percentage of osteopathic applicants who reported a USMLE score who matched compared to those who did not report USMLE. We also surveyed allopathic EM residency programs to understand how important it is that osteopathic (DO) students take USMLE. Results: There were 1,482 MD students ranked EM programs; 1,277 (86%, 95% CI 84.3-87.9) matched. There were 350 DO students ranked EM programs; 181 (52%, 95% CI 46.4-57.0) matched (difference=34%, 95% CI 29.8-39.0, p<0.0001). There were 208 DO students reported USMLE; 126 (61%, 95% CI 53.6-67.2) matched. 142 did not report USMLE; 55 (39%, 95% CI 30.7-47.3) matched (difference=22%, 95% CI 11.2-32.5, p<0.0001). Survey results: 39% of program directors reported that it is extremely important that osteopathic students take USMLE, 38% stated it is somewhat important, and 22% responded not at all important. Conclusion: DO students who reported USMLE were more likely to match. DO students applying to allopathic EM programs should consider taking USMLE to improve their chances of a successful match. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):101–106.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Residency, Recruiting, Osteopathic, USMLE" }, { "word": "education" } ], "section": "Education", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/181052bb", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Moshe", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Weizberg", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Staten Island, New York", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Dara", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Kass", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Staten Island, New York", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Abbas", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Husain", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Staten Island, New York", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Jennifer", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Cohen", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Staten Island, New York", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Barry", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Hahn", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Staten Island, New York", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-02-15T01:18:29+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-02-15T01:18:29+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-11T04:45:03+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7725/galley/4521/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7857, "title": "Electronic Medical Record Utopia May Be Right Before Our Eyes", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "[West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):94–95.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Technology, Medicine, Electronic Medical Record" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine, Medicine" } ], "section": "Technology in Emergency Care", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9gr304hx", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Clark", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Rosenberry", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Aviation Medicine, Fort Bliss, Texas", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-05-30T19:32:38+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-05-30T19:32:38+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-11T04:44:40+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7857/galley/4574/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7641, "title": "A Comparison of Procedural Sedation for the Reduction of Dislocated Total Hip Arthroplasty", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction:\n Various types of sedation can be used for the reduction of a dislocated total hip arthroplasty. Traditionally, an Opiate/Benzodiazepine combination has been employed. The use of other pharmacologic agents, such as Etomidate and Propofol, has more recently gained popularity. Currently no studies directly comparing these sedation agents have been carried out. The purpose of this study is to compare differences in reduction and sedation outcomes including recovery times of these three different sedation agents.\n \nMethods:\n A retrospective chart review was performed examining 198 patient’s charts who presented with dislocated total hip arthroplasty at two academic affiliated medical centers. The patients were organized into groups according to the type of sedation agent used during their reduction. The percentages of reduction and sedation complications were calculated along with overall recovery times. Reduction complications included fracture, skin or neurovascular injury, and failure of reduction requiring general anesthesia. Sedation complications included use of bag-valve mask and artificial airway, intubation, prolonged recovery, use of a reversal agent, and inability to achieve sedation. The data were then compared for each sedation agent.\n \nResults:\n The reduction complications rates found were 8.7% in the Propofol group, 24.68% in the Etomidate, and 28.85% in the Opiate/Benzodiazepine groups. The reduction complication rate in the Propofol group was significantly different than those of the other two agents (p≤0.01). Sedation complications were found to happen 7.25% of the time in the Propofol group, 11.69% in the Etomidate group, and 21.25% in the Opiate/ Benzodiazepine group with Propofol having complication rates significantly different than that of the Opiate/Benzodiazepine group (p=0.02). Average lengths of recovery were 25.17 minutes for Propofol, 30.83 minutes for Etomidate, and 44.35 minutes for Opiate/ Benzodiazepine with Propofol averaging a significantly less recovery time than the Opiate/Benzodiazepine group (p=0.05).\n \nConclusions:\n For the purpose of reducing a dislocated total hip arthroplasty under conscious sedation, Propofol appears to have fewer complications and a trend of more rapid recovery than both Etomidate and Opiate/Benzodiazepine. Etomidate does appear to have some advantages over Opiate/Benzodiazepine regarding sedation complications and recovery time; however its rate of reduction complications was similar. This preliminary data supports the use of Propofol as the first line agent for procedural sedation of dislocated total hip arthroplasty as it may lead to few complications and shorter stays in the emergency department.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Hip" }, { "word": "reduction" }, { "word": "sedation" }, { "word": "arthroplasty" }, { "word": "dislocation" }, { "word": "Orthopedics" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" } ], "section": "Emergency Department Operations", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0h4379pj", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Jonathan", "middle_name": "E", "last_name": "dela Cruz", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Donald", "middle_name": "N", "last_name": "Sullivan", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Eric", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Varboncouer", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Joseph", "middle_name": "C", "last_name": "Milbrandt", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Myto", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Duong", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Scott", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Burdette", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Daniel", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "O'Keefe", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Steven", "middle_name": "L", "last_name": "Scaife", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Khaled", "middle_name": "J", "last_name": "Saleh", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-12-12T02:32:57+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-12-12T02:32:57+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-11T04:44:13+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7641/galley/4481/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7864, "title": "The Shock Index as a Predictor of Vasopressor Use in Emergency Department Patients with Severe Sepsis", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Severe sepsis is a leading cause of non-coronary death in hospitals across the United States. Early identification and risk stratification in the emergency department (ED) is difficult because there is limited ability to predict escalation of care. In this study we evaluated if a sustained shock index (SI) elevation in the ED was a predictor of short-term cardiovascular collapse, defined as vasopressor dependence within 72 hours of initial presentation.\nMethods: Retrospective dual-centered cross-sectional study using patients identified in the Yale-New Haven Hospital Emergency Medicine sepsis registry.\nResults: We included 295 patients in the study with 47.5% (n¼140) having a sustained SI elevation in the ED. Among patients with a sustained SI elevation, 38.6% (54 of 140) required vasopressors within 72 hours of ED admission contrasted to 11.6% (18 of 155) without a sustained SI elevation (p¼0.0001; multivariate modeling OR 4.42 with 95% confidence intervals 2.28-8.55). In the SI elevation group the mean number of organ failures was 4.0 6 2.1 contrasted to 3.2 6 1.6 in the non-SI elevation group (p¼0.0001).\nConclusion: ED patients with severe sepsis and a sustained SI elevation appear to have higher rates of short-term vasopressor use, and a greater number of organ failures contrasted to patients without a sustained SI elevation. An elevated SI may be a useful modality to identify patients with severe sepsis at risk for disease escalation and cardiovascular collapse. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):60–66.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Shock, Sepsis" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" } ], "section": "Treatment Protocol Assessment", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7wc4t102", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Charles", "middle_name": "R", "last_name": "Wira", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Yale School of Medicine\nDepartment of Emergency Medicine", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Melissa", "middle_name": "W", "last_name": "Francis", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Yale University, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Sundeep", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Bhat", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Program, Palo Alto, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Robert", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Ehrman", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Yale University, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "David", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Conner", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Yale University, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Mark", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Siegel", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Yale University, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New Haven,\nConnecticut", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-06-04T03:22:39+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-06-04T03:22:39+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-11T04:16:50+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7864/galley/4576/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7793, "title": "Correlation of the Emergency Medicine Resident In-Service Examination with the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine Part I", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Eligible residents during their fourth postgraduate year (PGY-4) of emergency medicine (EM) residency training who seek specialty board certification in emergency medicine may take the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) Part 1 Board Certifying Examination (AOBEM Part 1). All residents enrolled in an osteopathic EM residency training program are required to take the EM Resident In-service Examination (RISE) annually. Our aim was to correlate resident performance on the RISE with performance on the AOBEM Part 1. The study group consisted of osteopathic EM residents in their PGY-4 year of training who took both examinations during that same year.\nMethods: We examined data from 2009 to 2012 from the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME). The NBOME grades and performs statistical analyses on both the RISE and the AOBEM Part 1. We used the RISE exam scores, as reported by percentile rank, and compared them to both the score on the AOBEM Part 1 and the dichotomous outcome of passing or failing. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was generated to depict the relationship.\nResults: We studied a total of 409 residents over the 4-year period. The RISE percentile score correlated strongly with the AOBEM Part 1 score for residents who took both exams in the same year (r¼0.61, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.54 to 0.66). Pass percentage on the AOBEM Part 1 increased by resident percent decile on the RISE from 0% in the bottom decile to 100% in the top decile. ROC analysis also showed that the best cutoff for determining pass or fail on the AOBEM Part 1 was a 65th percentile score on the RISE.\nConclusion: We have shown there is a strong correlation between a resident’s percentile score on the RISE during their PGY-4 year of residency training and first-time success on the AOBEM Part 1 taken during the same year. This information may be useful for osteopathic EM residents as an indicator as to how well prepared they are for the AOBEM Part 1 Board Certifying Examination. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):45–50.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Board Exam, In-Service Exam, Resident Physician" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" }, { "word": "education" } ], "section": "Education", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/61h707mq", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "David", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Levy", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Ronald", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Dvorkin", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Adam", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Schwartz", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Steven", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Zimmerman", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Feiming", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Li", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-08T06:58:52+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-08T06:58:52+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-11T04:16:31+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7793/galley/4546/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7787, "title": "Prognosis for Emergency Physician with Substance Abuse Recovery: 5-year Outcome Study", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Emergency physicians (EPs) are reported to have a higher rate of substance use disorder (SUD) than most specialties, although little is known about their prognosis. We examined the outcomes of emergency physician compared to other physicians in the treatment of substance use disorders in Physician Health Programs (PHP).\nMethods: This study used the dataset from a 5-year, longitudinal, cohort study involving 904 physicians with diagnoses of SUD consecutively admitted to one of 16 state PHPs between 1995 and 2001. We compared 56 EPs to 724 other physicians. Main outcome variables were rates of relapse, successful completion of monitoring, and return to clinical practice.\nResults: EPs had a higher than expected rate of SUD (odds ratio [OR] 2.7 confidence interval [CI]: 2.1–3.5, p,0.001). Half of each group (49% of EPs and 50% of the others) enrolled in a PHP due to alcohol-related problems. Over a third of each group (38% of EPs and 34% of the others) enrolled due to opioid use. During monitoring by the PHPs, 13% of EPs had at least one positive drug test compared to 22% of the other physicians; however, this difference was not significant (p¼0.13). At the end of the 5-year follow-up period, 71% of EPs and 64% of other physicians had completed their contracts and were no longer required to be monitored (OR 1.4 [CI: 0.8-2.6], p ¼ 0.31). The study found that the proportion of EPs (84%) continuing their medical practice was generally as high as that of other physicians (72%) (OR 2.0 [CI: 1.0–4.1], p ¼ 0.06).\nConclusion: In the study EPs did very well in the PHPs with an 84% success rate in completion and return to clinical practice at 5 years. Of the 3 outcome variables measured, rates of relapse, successful completion of monitoring, and return to clinical practice, EPs had a high rate of success on all variables compared to the other physician cohort. These data support the conclusion that EM physicians do well following treatment of SUD with monitoring in PHPs and generally return to the practice of emergency medicine. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):20–25.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Physician Health" }, { "word": "Substance Abuse" }, { "word": "Medicine" }, { "word": "emergency" } ], "section": "Ethical and Legal Issues", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6m2122s7", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "John", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Rose", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Davis School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Michael", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Campbell", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc.\nRockville, Maryland", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Gregory", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Skipper", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Promises Treatment Centers, Professionals Health Services, Santa Monica, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-04T21:07:34+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-04T21:07:34+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-11T04:01:33+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7787/galley/4545/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 8059, "title": "The Alameda Model: An Effort Worth Emulating", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "[West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):7–8.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Emergency Medicine" } ], "section": "Ethical and Legal Issues", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1xf4j0t9", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Aimee", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Moulin", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Kevin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Jones", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-12-05T01:45:27+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-12-05T01:45:27+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-11T04:00:36+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/8059/galley/4655/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 19271, "title": "Meta-analysis of Protocolized Goal-Directed Hemodynamic Optimization for the Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock in the Emergency Department.", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: To perform a meta-analysis identifying studies instituting protocolized hemodynamic optimization in the emergency department (ED) for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.\nMethods: We modeled the structure of this analysis after the QUORUM and MOOSE published recommendations for scientific reviews. A computer search to identify articles was performed from 1980 to present. Studies included for analysis were adult controlled trials implementing protocolizedhemodynamic optimization in the ED for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. Primary outcome data was extracted and analyzed by 2 reviewers with the primary endpoint being short-term mortality reported either as 28-day or in-hospital mortality.\nResults: We identified 1,323 articles with 65 retrieved for review. After application of inclusion and exclusion criteria 25 studies (15 manuscripts, 10 abstracts) were included for analysis (n¼9597). The mortality rate for patients receiving protocolized hemodynamic optimization (n¼6031) was 25.8% contrasted to 41.6% in control groups (n¼3566, p,0.0001).\nConclusion: Protocolized hemodynamic optimization in the ED for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock appears to reduce mortality. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):51–59.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "sepsis" }, { "word": "goal directed therapy" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" } ], "section": "Treatment Protocol Assessment", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4fg0w0jt", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Charles", "middle_name": "R", "last_name": "Wira", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Yale University, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Kelly", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Dodge", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Yale University, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "John", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Sather", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Yale University, Department of Emergency Medicine and Surgical Critical Care, New Haven, Connecticut", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "James", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Dziura", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Yale University, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2011-06-13T22:24:48+05:30", "date_accepted": "2011-06-13T22:24:48+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-11T03:59:43+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/19271/galley/9538/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 35364, "title": "All Lost In The Supermarket", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Anthropologist and retail consultant Michael Powell takes us on a stroll down Aisle #6. What's in the center of the grocery store and why is it causing a crisis in the industry?", "language": null, "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1086727m", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Michael", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Powell", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-11T01:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/limn/article/35364/galley/26291/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 35366, "title": "Measuring Food", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Food system activist Anna Lappé takes stock of the pieces in this issue.", "language": null, "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2j48b494", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Anna", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Lappé", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-11T01:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/limn/article/35366/galley/26293/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 35361, "title": "The Oil Palm Kernel and the Tinned Can", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Do you see the peculiar industrial legacy of West Africa's oil palm tree in a humble tin can? Makalé Faber-Cullen does.", "language": null, "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3h91w16c", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Makalé", "middle_name": "Faber", "last_name": "Cullen", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-11T01:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/limn/article/35361/galley/26288/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7250, "title": "Patient Impression and Satisfaction of a Self-administered, Automated Medical History Taking Device in the Emergency Department", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: We evaluated patient impressions and satisfaction of an innovative self-administered, hand-held touch-screen tablet to gather detailed medical information from emergency department (ED) patients in the waiting room prior to physician contact.\nMethods: Adult, medically stable patients presenting to the ED at Los Angeles County Hospital used the PatientTouche system to answer a series of questions about their current history of present illness and past medical/surgical histories in English or Spanish. Patients then completed a survey rating their experience.\nResults: Among 173 participants, opinion of PatientTouche was strongly positive; 93.6% (95%CI 90.0–97.3%) felt the physical product was easy to hold and handle, and 97.1% (94.6–99.6%) felt the questions were detailed enough for them to fully describe their condition; 97.8% (95.4–100.0%) felt using PatientTouche would help them organize their thoughts and communicate better with their physician, 94.8% (91.4–98.1%) thought it would improve the quality of their care, and 97.1% (94.6– 99.6%) expressed desire to use the product again in the future.\nConclusion: The study was conducted at a largely Hispanic county ED, and only patients with 1 of 6 pre-determined chief complaints participated. We did not include a control group to assess if perceived improvements in communication translated to measurable differences. In this pilot study, patients were highly satisfied with all aspects of the PatientTouche self-administered, hand-held, touch-screen tablet. Importantly, subjects felt it would help them better communicate with their doctor, would improve their overall quality of care and overwhelmingly expressed a desire to use it in the future. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):35–40.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "administration" }, { "word": "kiosk" }, { "word": "patient satisfaction" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" } ], "section": "Technology in Emergency Care", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8px936m7", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Sanjay", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Arora", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Andrew", "middle_name": "D", "last_name": "Goldberg", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Michael", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Menchine", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2011-12-07T00:48:22+05:30", "date_accepted": "2011-12-07T00:48:22+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-10T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7250/galley/4334/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 8073, "title": "Response to Moulin and Jones: “The Alameda Model: An Effort Worth Emulating”", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "[West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):9–10.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Ethical and Legal Issues", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4hh1g3cd", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Scott", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Zeller", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-12-19T05:46:38+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-12-19T05:46:38+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-10T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/8073/galley/4662/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 39346, "title": "Green Marketing: A Study of Consumer Perception and Preferences in India", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Concerns have been expressed by manufacturers and customers about the environmental impact of products during recent decades. Consumers and manufacturers have directed their attention toward environment friendly products that are presumed to be “green” or environment friendly like low power consuming (energy-efficient) electrical appliances, organic foods, lead free paints, recyclable paper, and phosphate free detergents. Indian marketers are also realizing the importance of the Green Marketing Concept. Although a variety of research on green marketing has been conducted across the globe; little academic research on consumer perception and preferences has been carried out in India. This research provides a brief review of environmental issues and identifies the green values of the consumers, their level of awareness about environmental issues, green products and practices. This paper highlights the consumers’ perception and preferences towards green marketing practices and products with the help of a structured questionnaire. A study was conducted on 106 respondents. High level of awareness about green marketing practices and products was found among the consumers. Green values were also found to be high among the respondents. Research has given good insights for marketers of the green products and suggests the need of designing the marketing communication campaigns promoting green products due to high green value among the consumers. Results of regression analysis reveals the view that overall green values, awareness about green products and practices and the perception regarding seriousness of marketing companies towards green marketing had positive significant impact on consumer persuasion to buy and prefer green products over conventional products.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "none", "short_name": "none", "text": "", "url": "https://escholarship.org/terms" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Green Marketing" }, { "word": "Environmentally friendly products" }, { "word": "Green Product Awareness" }, { "word": "Willingness to buy" }, { "word": "Consumer behavior." }, { "word": "Management (Marketing Management" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5mc39217", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Mayank", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Bhatia", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Ahmedabad Institute of Technology\nAffiliated to Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Amit", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Jain", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-05-29T11:48:01+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-05-29T11:48:01+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-10T06:17:39+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "other", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/egj/article/39346/galley/29707/download/" }, { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/egj/article/39346/galley/29708/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 54878, "title": "The Ultimate Romana Mors: The Suicide of Cato and the resulting paradigmatic shift of Roman Suicide", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "The suicide of M. Porcius Cato at the end of the Roman Republic shifted the Roman attitude towards self-killing. As to be discussed more fully in the paper, suicides before Cato were more to avoid or escape imminent shame or defeat. After the example of Cato, suicide became an act to be imitated: it was a means of achieving glory. This paper treats the evolution of suicide, before and after Cato, and the impact of his suicide.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": false, "remote_url": null, "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Mary-Evelyn", "middle_name": "Hatton", "last_name": "Farrior", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Brown University", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-11-17T05:37:17+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-11-17T05:37:17+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-07T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucbclassics_bujc/article/54878/galley/41405/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 35363, "title": "Iconoclasm in the Supermarket", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "What happens when activists re-label your food? Javier Lezaun explores the \"Label it Yourself\" movement and its ambivalent power.", "language": null, "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6km649jq", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Javier", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Lezaun", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-04T01:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/limn/article/35363/galley/26290/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 35365, "title": "Infrastructures of Credibility", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "What makes a claim believable? Bart Penders and Steven Flipse explore two cases of credibility engineering.", "language": null, "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7z9293pf", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Bart", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Penders", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" }, { "first_name": "Steven", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Flipse", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-04T01:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/limn/article/35365/galley/26292/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 35362, "title": "Labels for Life", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "The labels on our food exist in a complex political struggle over consumers’ attention. Xaq Frohlich walks us through the information infrastructure of the label and its impact on our “choices.”", "language": null, "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" }, "keywords": [], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4g67b0qx", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Xaq", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Frohlich", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": null, "date_accepted": null, "date_published": "2014-02-04T01:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "PDF", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/limn/article/35362/galley/26289/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 2696, "title": "Value-Added Modeling: Challenges for Measuring Special Education Teacher Quality", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Teacher evaluation systems that rely upon subjective observations and are limited to binary rating scales have been criticized for their inability to distinguish highly effective from ineffective teachers. Largely in response to the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competition for federal funding, school districts are looking to value-added models as a means by which to improve their teacher evaluation systems and promote highly qualified and effective teachers. Value-added models purport to measure teacher quality by collecting longitudinal student achievement data in the form of standardized test scores. While value-added models could potentially improve teacher assessment, there are limitations to including students with disabilities in the models. This literature review examines the promises and criticisms of value-added models, and continues the discussion of measuring special education teacher equality using the standardized test scores of students with disabilities.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "teacher evaluation" }, { "word": "value-added modeling" }, { "word": "special education" } ], "section": "Special Section Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9r67085n", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Janelle", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Lawson", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UCLA", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-10-27T22:28:28+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-10-27T22:28:28+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-04T00:50:46+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/gseis_interactions/article/2696/galley/1605/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 2704, "title": "VAM in Greek, English, and Implication: Explanations of Different Models and their Effects on Aggregate and Individual Teacher Outcomes", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This article first explains how to estimate the most common value-added models and discusses the assumptions underlying each model. Second, we compare how the models differ in estimates of effectiveness for individual teachers, emphasizing the large differences found for some teachers from one model to another. Finally, our study illustrates how policies for the use of value-added models could mitigate the implications of these large differences and capitalize on the strengths of these models.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "value added models" }, { "word": "teacher evaluation" }, { "word": "teacher effectiveness" } ], "section": "Special Section Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5kq9j901", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Kevin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Schaaf", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UCLA", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Daniel", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Dockterman", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UCLA", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-11-01T12:33:43+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-11-01T12:33:43+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-03T18:45:50+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/gseis_interactions/article/2704/galley/1607/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 2679, "title": "Book Review: Enhancing Campus Capacity for Leadership by Adrianna J. Kezar and Jaime Lester", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "book review", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "Grassroots leadership" }, { "word": "College faculty" }, { "word": "College staff" }, { "word": "Organizational change" }, { "word": "Higher education administration" }, { "word": "Higher education" }, { "word": "Social Movements" }, { "word": "Leadership Studies" } ], "section": "Book Reviews", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8g80t7xc", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Bryce", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Hughes", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California, Los Angeles", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-07-02T03:33:10+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-07-02T03:33:10+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-03T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/gseis_interactions/article/2679/galley/1598/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 2716, "title": "Book Review: Evgeny Morozov: To Save Everything, Click Here.", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "This is a book review of technology pundit Evgeny Morozov's latest book in which he criticizes what he calls \"technological solutionism\".", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "technology" }, { "word": "book" }, { "word": "review" }, { "word": "book review" }, { "word": "evgeny" }, { "word": "Morozov" }, { "word": "solutionism" }, { "word": "silicon valley" }, { "word": "internet" } ], "section": "Book Reviews", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8sp9k2fh", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Morten", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Bay", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UCLA", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-12-23T03:00:27+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-12-23T03:00:27+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-03T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/gseis_interactions/article/2716/galley/1611/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 2717, "title": "Book Review: Import of the Archive: U.S. Colonial Rule of the Philippines and the Making of American Archival History by Cheryl Beredo", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Book Review of Cheryl Beredo's recent book Import of the Archive: U.S. Colonial Rule of the Philippines and the Making of American Archival History. <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face \t{font-family:&quot;ＭＳ 明朝&quot;; 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Their growing numbers (over 500 worldwide) make them a significant grassroots movement supporting informal learning. Scholars have found pedagogical benefits of tinkering and hacking, but the cultural contexts from which these practices arise remain under-studied. How do members of hacker and maker spaces bring about personalized and collaborative learning? In-depth interviews were conducted between October 2011 and March 2012 with members of \nGeekSpace\n, a North American HMS. Findings suggest that the pragmatic attitude present in other hacker cultures served a similar uniting function in this space. Specifically, members encouraged learning and collaboration predominantly through a belief in materialities, particularly as \nGeekSpace\n's collective identity shifted from hacker to maker. Members altered the space to serve individual and collective goals rather than employing deliberation or strong organizational methods. Initially the group approached learning through lectures and solo problem-solving, which gave way to learning through hands-on work and peripheral participation on projects. Future avenues of research on HMSs include patterning across different sites, organizational practices and factors that inhibit participation. This article draws on interviews with HMS members to discuss how the spread of hacking and making has led to members forming loose organizations focused on informal learning and peer production.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "hackers, informal learning, materialities" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0js1n1qg", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Andrew", "middle_name": "Richard", "last_name": "Schrock", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Southern California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-12-02T04:56:48+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-12-02T04:56:48+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-03T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/gseis_interactions/article/2708/galley/1608/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 2688, "title": "The Semantics of Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: How Word Choice Shapes Public Perception, Policy, and Practice", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Using a framework from general semantics, \ncommunication as a semantic environment \n(Postman, 1976), this paper analyzes specific language used in discourse about measuring teacher effectiveness. Three contextualizing features of this sematic environment are discussed (people, purposes, and rules of discourse). With the use of multiple examples, the author introduces and illustrates four common language behaviors (Definition Tyranny, Model Muddles, Propaganda, and Silent Questions) and shows how they can lead to conflict and/or confusion in discourse about measuring teacher effectiveness.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "Semantics, Teacher Effectiveness" } ], "section": "Special Section Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2s75x4pk", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Glory", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Tobiason", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UC Los Angeles", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-09-30T18:29:48+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-09-30T18:29:48+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-03T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/gseis_interactions/article/2688/galley/1603/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 2680, "title": "The Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship Program: Enhancing the LIS Professoriate", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "With the aid of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity offered the first full fellowships under the Spectrum Scholarship program for 12 students to pursue doctoral degrees in Library and Information Science at accredited institutions around the country. The Fellows were drawn from the four underrepresented ethnic populations and are in various stages of study from early course work to near completion of their doctoral degrees.\n \nWith the goal of increasing racial and ethnic diversity among the profession’s next generation of Library and Information Science (LIS) faculty and leaders, the program has provided an unprecedented opportunity for the scholars. It has also created the ability to extract a wealth of information from the scholars about their experiences as doctoral students. The major goal of this research is to capture that information, especially the advantages and disadvantages those students experienced both as Fellows and as minority students in LIS PhD programs. The results of this research will inform LIS education and pedagogy and provide documented evidence of experiences that can lead to the improvement of doctoral education for minorities in the future and enrich the knowledge on which future initiatives are based.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "Doctoral Study" }, { "word": "Diversity" }, { "word": "Fellowships" }, { "word": "recruitment" }, { "word": "LIS Education" }, { "word": "library and information science" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7vb7v4p8", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Nicole", "middle_name": "A.", "last_name": "Cooke", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-07-15T00:04:07+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-07-15T00:04:07+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-03T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/gseis_interactions/article/2680/galley/1599/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 2703, "title": "VAM-Based Teacher Evaluation Policies: Ideological Foundations, Policy Mechanisms, and Implications", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "For the first time in history, many states, districts, and administrators, are now required to evaluate teachers by methods that are up to 50% based on their “value-added,” as demonstrated at the classroom-level by growth on student achievement data over time. In this critical literature review, the authors use a three-tier framework to review VAM-based literature, reports, and U.S. education policies to examine this controversial topic of teacher evaluation that continues to sweep the nation. The authors argue that, given the current problems with VAMs in terms of reliability, validity, bias, and fairness, as well as the lack of evidence that previous accountability policies have worked to alleviate the root causes of low educational quality, it is hard to make a legitimate claim that VAM-based teacher evaluation policies will work in their intended ways.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "Value-added models" }, { "word": "VAM-based teacher evaluations" }, { "word": "Teacher Evaluations" }, { "word": "Education Policy" } ], "section": "Special Section Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1pm161v8", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Jessica", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Holloway-Libell", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Arizona State University", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Clarin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Collins", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Arizona State University", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-11-01T12:41:44+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-11-01T12:41:44+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-03T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/gseis_interactions/article/2703/galley/1606/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 54879, "title": "Catullus and the Lyric Voice", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "The Lyric Voice can be explored to show the nexus of interlocutors clamouring to be heard in Catullus’ poetry, but ultimately, it is Catullus himself who frames and controls all interaction. In addressing his poems to specific people at specific times, Catullus attempts to be constantly present with the reader. He invites the reader to live the poem, to allow it to transcend the petty constraints of time and space, then elsewhere reminds the reader of the literary artifice which is innate in writing about writing. He points outside the poem, both to bring the readers into his world, but also to force them to recognise that it is fake and created. Playing with Sappho, Catullus explores how liminal translation is, and questions the locus of the voice in that dialogue. Voice is most investigated through silence however, and Catullus explores everyone’s silences; those he addresses, the readers and even his own.Ultimately though, Catullus comes out on top, these are his poems, he is never silent, and to engage with him is to have your mouth filled with his words. Just as he silences those who can speak, he breathes life into a variety of personae loquentes that litter his poem, such as his phaselus, whose epigraphic tone helps Catullus capture and freeze a moment in time. The Lyric Voice exerts immense influence over how we interact with these poems, and if we listen closely, we can appreciate the voices Catullus does and does not allow us to hear.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Catullus" }, { "word": "lyric" }, { "word": "voice" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": false, "remote_url": null, "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Qasim", "middle_name": "Zulfekar", "last_name": "Alli", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Cambridge", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-11-18T03:37:03+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-11-18T03:37:03+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-02T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucbclassics_bujc/article/54879/galley/41406/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 54871, "title": "Poems in Various Meter", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "I am a pseudo-intellectual, an ex-hellenophile, a washed-out poet.", "language": "en, la", "license": { "name": "", "short_name": "", "text": null, "url": "" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Self-deprecatory" } ], "section": "Translations", "is_remote": false, "remote_url": null, "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Michelangelo", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Macchiarella", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "UC Berkeley", "department": "" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-10-18T03:01:09+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-10-18T03:01:09+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-02T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [] }, { "pk": 7721, "title": "Betrayed Mood in Public View: Taking a MySpace History", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Social networking sites (SNS), the modern mainstay of adolescent expression, may provide vital information to physicians. The Emergency Department (ED) is a setting where SNS may be helpful. A reticent 19-year-old in the ED prompted a search for pertinent information on the Internet, where a profile on www.myspace.com relayed a troubled post. The patient was admitted for psychiatric evaluation due to intentional overdose. These SNS may provide a venue for physicians to learn about risky behaviors and life stressors that would help identify underlying medical issues in young adults. We provide a guideline on how to utilize SNS with privacy rights in mind. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):31–34.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "My Space, Internet, Social networking sites, history-taking, computers, teenagers, illicit drug use, suicidal ideation, depression" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" }, { "word": "psychology" }, { "word": "Adolescent Medicine" } ], "section": "Technology in Emergency Care", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2v033980", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Vinodinee", "middle_name": "L", "last_name": "Dissanayake", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, Illinois", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Isam", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Nasr", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, Illinois", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-02-11T05:26:12+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-02-11T05:26:12+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-01T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7721/galley/4519/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7784, "title": "Effect of a Regional Dedicated Psychiatric Emergency Service on Boarding and Hospitalization of Psychiatric Patients in Area Emergency Departments", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Mental health patients boarding for long hours, even days, in United States emergency departments (EDs) awaiting transfer for psychiatric services has become a considerable and widespread problem. Past studies have shown average boarding times ranging from 6.8 hours to 34 hours. Most proposed solutions to this issue have focused solely on increasing available inpatient psychiatric hospital beds, rather than considering alternative emergency care designs that could provide prompt access to treatment and might reduce the need for many hospitalizations. One suggested option has been the “regional dedicated emergency psychiatric facility,” which serves to evaluate and treat all mental health patients for a given area, and can accept direct transfers from other EDs. This study sought to assess the effects of a regional dedicated emergency psychiatric facility design known at the “Alameda Model” on boarding times and hospitalization rates for psychiatric patients in area EDs. Methods: Over a 30-day period beginning in January 2013, 5 community hospitals in Alameda County, California, tracked all ED patients on involuntary mental health holds to determine boarding time, defined as the difference between when they were deemed stable for psychiatric disposition and the time they were discharged from the ED for transfer to the regional psychiatric emergency service. Patients were also followed to determine the percentage admitted to inpatient psychiatric units after evaluation and treatment in the psychiatric emergency service.Results: In a total sample of 144 patients, the average boarding time was approximately 1 hour and 48 minutes. Only 24.8% were admitted for inpatient psychiatric hospitalization from the psychiatric emergency service. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the Alameda Model of transferring patients from general hospital EDs to a regional psychiatric emergency service reduced the length of boarding times for patients awaiting psychiatric care by over 80% versus comparable state ED averages. Additionally, the psychiatric emergency service can provide assessment and treatment that may stabilize over 75% of the crisis mental health population at this level of care, thus dramatically alleviating the demand for inpatient psychiatric beds. The improved, timely access to care, along with the savings from reduced boarding times and hospitalization costs, may well justify the costs of a regional psychiatric emergency service in appropriate systems. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):1–6.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Mental Health" }, { "word": "Emergency Psychiatry" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" }, { "word": "Patient Boarding" }, { "word": "Hospitalization" }, { "word": "Re-hospitalization" }, { "word": "Crisis Stabilization" }, { "word": "Involuntary Psychiatric Detention" }, { "word": "diversion" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry" } ], "section": "Ethical and Legal Issues", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/01s9h6wp", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Scott", "middle_name": "L.", "last_name": "Zeller", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Alameda Health System, Department of Psychiatric Emergency Services, Oakland, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Nicole", "middle_name": "M", "last_name": "Calma", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Ashley", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Stone", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "California Hospital Association, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-01T04:11:26+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-01T04:11:26+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-01T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7784/galley/4543/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7681, "title": "Impact of Learners on Emergency Medicine Attending Physician Productivity", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Several prior studies have examined the impact of learners (medical students or residents) on overall emergency department (ED) flow as well as the impact of resident training level on the number of patients seen by residents per hour. No study to date has specifically examined the impact of learners on emergency medicine (EM) attending physician productivity, with regards to patients per hour (PPH). We sought to evaluate whether learners increase, decrease, or have no effect on the productivity of EM attending physicians in a teaching program with one student or resident per attending.Methods: This was a retrospective database review of an urban, academic tertiary care center with 3 separate teams on the acute care side of the ED. Each team was staffed with one attending physician paired with either one resident, one medical student or with no learners. All shifts from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2010 were reviewed using an electronic database. We predefined a shift as “Resident” if > 5 patients were seen by a resident, “Medical Student” if any patients were seen by a medical student, and “No Learners” if no patients were seen by a medical student or resident. Shifts were removed from analysis if more than one learner saw patients during the shift. We further stratified resident shifts by EM training level or off-service rotator. For each type of shift, the total number of patients seen by the attending physician was then divided by 8 hours (shift duration) to arrive at number of patients per hour. Results: We analyzed a total of 7,360 shifts with 2,778 removed due to multiple learners on a team. For the 2,199 shifts with attending physicians with no learners, the average number of PPH was 1.87(95% confidence interval [CI] 1.86,1.89). For the 514 medical student shifts, the average PPH was 1.87(95% CI 1.84,1.90), p = 0.99 compared with attending with no learner. For the 1,935 resident shifts, the average PPH was 1.99(95% CI 1.97,2.00). Compared with attending physician with no learner, attending physicians with a resident saw more PPH (1.99 vs 1.87, p< 0.005). There was no statistically significant difference found between EM1: 1.98PPH, EM2: 1.99PPH, EM3: 1.99PPH, and off-service rotators: 1.99PPH. Conclusion: EM attending physicians paired with a resident in a one-on-one teaching model saw statistically significantly more patients per hour (0.12 more patients per hour) than EM attending physicians alone. EM attending physicians paired with a medical student saw the same number of patients per hour compared with working alone. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):41–44.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "residency, productivity, administration" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" } ], "section": "Education", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/71m8v526", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Rahul", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Bhat", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Georgetown University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington, DC; Washington Hospital Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington, DC", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Jeffrey", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Dubin", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Washington Hospital Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington, DC", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Kevin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Maloy", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Washington Hospital Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington, DC", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-01-16T02:48:04+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-01-16T02:48:04+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-01T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7681/galley/4504/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7683, "title": "Patient Attitudes Regarding Consent for Emergency Department Computed Tomographies", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Little is known about patient attitudes towards informed consent for computed tomography (CT) in the emergency department (ED). We set out to determine ED patient attitudes about providing informed consent for CTs.Methods: In this cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey study, we evaluated a convenience sample of patients’ attitudes about providing informed consent for having a CT at 2 institutional sites. Historically, at our institutional network, patients received a CT at approximately 25% of their ED visits. The survey consisted of 17 “yes/no” or multiple-choice questions. The primary outcome question was “which type of informed consent do you feel is appropriate for a CT in the Emergency Department?”Results: We analyzed 300 survey responses, which represented a 90% return rate of surveys distributed. Seventy-seven percent thought they should give their consent prior to receiving a CT, and 95% were either comfortable or very comfortable with their physician making the decision regarding whether they needed a CT. Forty percent of the patients felt that a general consent was appropriate before receiving a CT in the ED, while 34% thought a verbal consent was appropriate and 15% percent thought a written consent was appropriate. Seventy-two percent of the ED patients didn’t expect to receive a CT during their ED visit and 30% of the ED patients had previously provided consent prior to receiving a CT. Conclusion: Most patients feel comfortable letting the doctor make the decision regarding the need for a CT. Most ED patients feel informed consent should occur before receiving a CT but only a minority feel the consent should be written and specific to the test. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):14–19.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "CT attitudes, CT consent" }, { "word": "Medicine" } ], "section": "Ethical and Legal Issues", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3d3102cg", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Michael", "middle_name": "B", "last_name": "Weigner", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Department of Emergency Medicine Research, Allentown, Pennsylvania", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Hilary", "middle_name": "F", "last_name": "Basham", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Department of Emergency Medicine Research, Allentown, Pennsylvania", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Kate", "middle_name": "M", "last_name": "Dewar", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Department of Emergency Medicine Research, Allentown, Pennsylvania", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Valerie", "middle_name": "A", "last_name": "Rupp", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Department of Emergency Medicine Research, Allentown, Pennsylvania", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Llewellyn", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Cornelius", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Department of Emergency Medicine Research, Allentown, Pennsylvania", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Marna", "middle_name": "Rayl", "last_name": "Greenberg", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Department of Emergency Medicine Research, Allentown, Pennsylvania", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-01-17T03:34:33+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-01-17T03:34:33+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-01T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7683/galley/4505/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7670, "title": "Predictors of Unattempted Central Venous Catheterization in Septic Patients Eligible for Early Goal-directed Therapy", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Introduction: Central venous catheterization (CVC) can be an important component of the management of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. CVC, however, is a time- and resource-intensive procedure associated with serious complications. The effects of the absence of shock or the presence of relative contraindications on undertaking central line placement in septic emergency department (ED) patients eligible for early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) have not been well described. We sought to determine the association of relative normotension (sustained systolic blood pressure >90 mmHg independent of or in response to an initial crystalloid resuscitation of 20 mL/kg), obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥30), moderate thrombocytopenia (platelet count <50,000 per μL), and coagulopathy (international normalized ratio ≥2.0) with unattempted CVC in EGDT-eligible patients. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of 421 adults who met EGDT criteria in 5 community EDs over a period of 13 months. We compared patients with attempted thoracic (internal jugular or subclavian) CVC with those who did not undergo an attempted thoracic line. We also compared patients with any attempted CVC (either thoracic or femoral) with those who did not undergo any attempted central line. We used multivariate logistic regression analysis to calculate adjusted odd ratios (AORs). Results: In our study, 364 (86.5%) patients underwent attempted thoracic CVC and 57 (13.5%) did not. Relative normotension was significantly associated with unattempted thoracic CVC (AOR 2.6 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.6-4.3), as were moderate thrombocytopenia (AOR 3.9; 95% CI, 1.5-10.1) and coagulopathy (AOR 2.7; 95% CI, 1.3-5.6). When assessing for attempted catheterization of any central venous site (thoracic or femoral), 382 (90.7%) patients underwent attempted catheterization and 39 (9.3%) patients did not. Relative normotension (AOR 2.3; 95% CI, 1.2-4.5) and moderate thrombocytopenia (AOR 3.9; 95% CI, 1.5-10.3) were significantly associated with unattempted CVC, whereas coagulopathy was not (AOR 0.6; 95% CI, 0.2-1.8). Obesity was not significantly associated with unattempted CVC, either thoracic in location or at any site. Conclusion: Septic patients eligible for EGDT with relative normotension and those with moderate thrombocytopenia were less likely to undergo attempted CVC at any site. Those with coagulopathy were also less likely to undergo attempted thoracic central line placement. Knowledge of the decision-making calculus at play for physicians considering central venous catheterization in this population can help inform physician education and performance improvement programs. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(1):67–75.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "central venous catheterization, sepsis, emergency medicine, relative contraindications" }, { "word": "Medicine" } ], "section": "Treatment Protocol Assessment", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8689x0qz", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "David", "middle_name": "R", "last_name": "Vinson", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, California; Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Dustin", "middle_name": "W", "last_name": "Ballard", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, California;\nKaiser Permanente San Rafael Medicine Center, San Rafael, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Matthew", "middle_name": "D", "last_name": "Stevenson", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Dustin", "middle_name": "G", "last_name": "Mark", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, California;\nKaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Mary", "middle_name": "E", "last_name": "Reed", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Adina", "middle_name": "S", "last_name": "Rauchwerger", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Uli", "middle_name": "K", "last_name": "Chettipally", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, California; Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center, South San Francisco, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Steven", "middle_name": "R", "last_name": "Offerman", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, California; Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, Sacramento, California", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-01-05T07:25:21+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-01-05T07:25:21+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-01T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7670/galley/4495/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 7607, "title": "Social Media Guidelines and Best Practices: Recommendations from the Council of Residency Directors Social Media Task Force", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Social media has become a staple of everyday life among over one billion people worldwide. A social networking presence has become a hallmark of vibrant and transparent communications. It has quickly become the preferred method of communication and information sharing. It offers the ability for various entities, especially residency programs, to create an attractive internet presence and “brand” the program. Social media, while having significant potential for communication and knowledge transfer, carries with it legal, ethical, personal, and professional risks. Implementation of a social networking presence must be deliberate, transparent, and optimize potential benefits while minimizing risks. This is especially true with residency programs. The power of social media as a communication, education, and recruiting tool is undeniable. Yet the pitfalls of misuse can be disastrous, including violations in patient confidentiality, violations of privacy, and recruiting misconduct. These guidelines were developed to provide emergency medicine residency programs leadership with guidance and best practices in the appropriate use and regulation of social media, but are applicable to all residency programs that wish to establish a social media presence. [West JEmerg Med. 2014;15(1):26–30.]", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0", "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "social media" }, { "word": "education" }, { "word": "social networking" }, { "word": "Emergency Medicine" } ], "section": "Technology in Emergency Care", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8jh2p2mq", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Malford", "middle_name": "T", "last_name": "Pillow", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, Houston, Texas", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Laura", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Hopson", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Michael", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Bond", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Daniel", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Cabrera", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Mayo Clinic, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Leigh", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Patterson", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Brody School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "David", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Pearson", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Harsh", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Sule", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Felix", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Ankel", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Madonna", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Fernández-Frackelton", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of California Los Angeles, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Ronald", "middle_name": "V", "last_name": "Hall", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Jason", "middle_name": "A", "last_name": "Kegg", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Springfield, Illinois", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Donald", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Norris", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbus, Ohio", "department": "None" }, { "first_name": "Katrin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Takenaka", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Department of Emergency Medicine, Houston, Texas", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2012-11-12T11:37:01+05:30", "date_accepted": "2012-11-12T11:37:01+05:30", "date_published": "2014-02-01T13:30:00+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7607/galley/4466/download/" } ] }, { "pk": 41586, "title": "Leidyosuchus\n (Crocodylia: Alligatoroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous Kaiparowits Formation (late Campanian) of Utah, USA", "subtitle": null, "abstract": "Several crocodyliform lineages inhabited the Western Interior Basin of North America during the late Campanian (Late Cretaceous), with alligatoroids in the Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah exhibiting exceptional diversity within this setting. A partial skeleton of a previously unknown alligatoroid taxon from the Kaiparowits Formation may represent the fifth alligatoroid and sixth crocodyliform lineage from this unit. The fossil includes the lower jaw, numerous osteoderms, vertebrae, ribs, and a humerus. The lower jaw is generally long and slender, and the dentary features 22 alveoli with conical, non-globidont teeth. The splenial contributes to the posterior quarter of the mandibular symphysis, which extends posteriorly to the level of alveolus 8, and the dorsal process of the surangular is forked around the terminal alveolus. Dorsal midline osteoderms are square. This combination of character states identifies the Kaiparowits taxon as the sister taxon of the early alligatoroid \nLeidyosuchus canadensis\n from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, the first verified report of the \nLeidyosuchus\n (\nsensu stricto\n) lineage from the southern Western Interior Basin. This phylogenetic placement is consistent with at least occasional faunal exchanges between northern and southern parts of the Western Interior Basin during the late Campanian, as noted for other reptile clades.", "language": "en", "license": null, "keywords": [ { "word": "Kaiparowits Formation" }, { "word": "Western Interior Basin" }, { "word": "Alligatoroidea" }, { "word": "Leidyosuchus" }, { "word": "biogeography" }, { "word": "Paleontology" } ], "section": "Article", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0q11x9vs", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Andrew", "middle_name": "A.", "last_name": "Farke", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "Raymond M. 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This paper examines the barriers to the adoption of green vehicles in China from a consumer perspective, focusing on battery-only vehicles (BEVs). A web-based survey was conducted to solicit views from Chinese residents in November 2012. The results indicated that although the majority of respondents expressed interests in BEVs and agreed that BEVs were good for the environment and were cheaper to run, many respondents expressed concerns over them being inconvenient to charge, long charging times, limited battery longevity, limited vehicle range and high price. The greatest barrier was inconvenience to charge. The results also show that the level of interest, perception, and demands are significantly influenced by gender, age, income, education, and car ownership status.", "language": "en", "license": { "name": "none", "short_name": "none", "text": "", "url": "https://escholarship.org/terms" }, "keywords": [ { "word": "Green Vehicles" }, { "word": "Battery-Only Electric Vehicles" }, { "word": "China" }, { "word": "Geography" }, { "word": "Environmental Studies" }, { "word": "urban studies" } ], "section": "Articles", "is_remote": true, "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/61m888kg", "frozenauthors": [ { "first_name": "Kevin", "middle_name": "", "last_name": "Lo", "name_suffix": "", "institution": "University of Melbourne", "department": "None" } ], "date_submitted": "2013-04-22T17:44:49+05:30", "date_accepted": "2013-04-22T17:44:49+05:30", "date_published": "2014-01-30T08:04:25+05:30", "render_galley": null, "galleys": [ { "label": "", "type": "other", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/egj/article/39339/galley/29701/download/" }, { "label": "", "type": "pdf", "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/egj/article/39339/galley/29702/download/" } ] } ] }