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emergency medicine (field)

Known as: Emergency medicine, Medicine, Emergency 
The branch of medicine concerned with the evaluation and initial treatment of urgent and emergent medical problems, such as those caused by accidents… 
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Review
2008
Review
2008
A public health approach to emergency medicine: preparing for the twenty-first century.
This paper focuses on the implications of an inadequate public health/preventive health care system for emergency medicine (EM… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Triage of the pediatric patient in the emergency department: are we all in agreement?
OBJECTIVE To compare triage categorization as a measure of perceived patient acuity on presentation to the emergency department… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
bestbets.org: Odds on favourite for evidence in emergency medicine reaches the world wide web
This edition sees the second anniversary of the first publication of best evidence topic reports (BETs) from Manchester Royal… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Do patients with acute medical conditions have the capacity to give informed consent for emergency medicine research?
OBJECTIVE Because of stress and illness, conscious emergency medicine (EM) patients may be temporarily cognitively impaired and… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Which countries publish in important anesthesia and critical care journals?
UNLABELLED Using a MEDLINE-based analysis, we studied the national origin of articles published in important anesthesia, pain… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Patients with alcohol problems in the emergency department, part 1: improving detection. SAEM Substance Abuse Task Force. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Medical and social problems related to alcohol use are frequently seen in the ED. Often, the tempo of emergency medicine practice… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
The development of international emergency medicine: a role for U.S. emergency physicians and organizations. SAEM International Interest Group.
There is a rapidly growing interest in emergency medicine (EM) and emergency out-of-hospital care throughout the world. In most… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Emergency department uses of physician assistants and nurse practitioners: a national survey.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Interpretation of emergency department radiographs by radiologists and emergency medicine physicians: teleradiology workstation versus radiograph readings.
PURPOSE To compare accuracy of interpretation by radiologists and emergency medicine physicians of conventional radiographs and… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Pharmaceutical representatives and emergency medicine residents: a national survey.
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