In ischemic stroke, adding EVT to usual care at 6 to 24 h improved functional status at 90 d.

Olthuis SGH, Pirson FAV, Pinckaers FME, et al; MR CLEAN-LATE investigators. Lancet. 2023;401:1371-1380.

Determination of Nutrient Content of Gagea bohemica (Liliaceae) in Turkey.

Mineral nutrients are essential for the growth and survival of a plant. In particular, bulbous plants such as Gagea bohemica (Zauschn.) Schultes & Schultes f.

Six Diagnoses of Separation: Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Emergency Department Visits: A Multicenter Study.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) arrived in the New York metropolitan area in early March 2020. Recommendations were made to self-quarantine within households and limit outside visits, including those to clinics and hospitals, to limit the spread of the virus. This resulted in a decrease in pediatric emergency department (ED) visits.

In ischemic stroke, IV alteplase within 3 h of onset improves functional outcome vs. control.

Mun KT, Bonomo JB, Liebeskind DS, et al. Stroke. 2022;53:2069-74.

In acute ischemic stroke, EVT alone vs. IV alteplase plus EVT did not differ for functional outcome at 90 d.

LeCouffe NE, Kappelhof M, Treurniet KM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021;385:1833-44.

The AbC-19 Rapid Test had 85% sensitivity and 99% specificity for detecting previous SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Mulchandani R, Jones HE, Taylor-Phillips S, et al. BMJ. 2020;371:m4262.

Prone Positioning of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Who Are Nonintubated in Hypoxic Respiratory Distress: Single-Site Retrospective Health Records Review.

Introduction: In March and April 2020 of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, site clinical practice guidelines were implemented for prone positioning of patients with suspected coronavirus disease 2019 in hypoxic respiratory distress who are awake, alert, and spontaneously breathing. The purpose of this pandemic disaster practice improvement project was to measure changes in pulse oximetry associated with prone positioning of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 infection in adult acute respiratory distress or adult respiratory distress syndrome, who are awake, alert, spontaneously breathing, and nonintubated.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients who were coronavirus disease 2019 positive in the emergency department from March 30, 2020 to April 30, 2020 was conducted for patients with a room air pulse oximetry <90% and a preprone position pulse oximetry ≤94% who tolerated prone positioning for at least 30 minutes.

Effect of COVID19 on prehospital pronouncements and ED visits for stroke and myocardial infarction.

Objective: The Novel Coronavirus19 (COVID19) arrived in northern New Jersey (NJ) in early March 2020, peaked at the beginning of April, and then declined. Starting in March, some patients who called 911 and required advanced life support (ALS) may have decompensated more rapidly than would have been expected, possibly because of concomitant COVID19 infection and/or delays in seeking medical care because of fear of exposure to the virus, and social isolation. In this study, our goal was to determine if there was an increase in prehospital ALS pronouncements and a decrease in ED visits for potentially serious conditions such as MI and stroke during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in northern NJ.

Positive Tests for Lyme Disease and Emergency Department Visits for Bell's Palsy Patients.

Background: Etiologies for Bell's palsy include herpes viruses and Lyme disease, with highest incidence in the colder and warmer months, respectively. In New Jersey, a Lyme-endemic area, the months with the most Lyme disease (80% of cases) are May through October ("Lyme months").

Objective: Our aim was to determine whether positive tests for Lyme disease and visits are greater in the Lyme months than the rest of the year for patients with Bell's palsy in New Jersey emergency departments (EDs).

In vitro studies on different extracts of fenugreek (Trigonella spruneriana BOISS.): Phytochemical profile, antioxidant activity, and enzyme inhibition potential.

The side effects of synthetic antioxidants make it necessary to find a natural alternative. Therefore, the current study investigates the potential of T. spruneriana as a new alternative in terms of natural bioactive components.

Preoperative ankle block for postoperative analgesia in foot surgery.

Background: The use of a tourniquet and patients' preference for general anesthesia (GA) limit performing ankle blocks (AB) as a sole anesthetic technique for orthopedic foot surgery. The aim of this prospective and randomized study was to test the hypothesis that administration of an AB before GA could be effective for postoperative pain relief in patients undergoing outpatient hallux valgus surgery. Primary outcome measure was mean pain score and secondary outcome measures were time to mobilization of patients, time to hospital discharge, and complications.

ED treatment of migraine patients has changed.

Study Objectives: Numerous studies have shown benefits of nonnarcotic treatments for emergency department (ED) migraine patients. Our goal was to determine if ED treatment of migraine patients and the rate of return within 72 h have changed.

Methods: Design: Multi-hospital retrospective cohort.

Placement of central venous lines for sepsis in the elderly has markedly increased-Evidence from a cohort of New Jersey (USA) emergency departments.

Background: Early goal directed therapy for sepsis patients requires placement of central lines (CVPL) to measure central pressure.

Objective: We hypothesized that the percentage of CVPL placed for sepsis has increased over time, whereas the frequency of lines placed for other conditions has not changed.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study.

Intubations in elderly patients have decreased from 1999 through 2014-Results of a multi-center cohort study.

Background: Advances in pharmacologic therapy, non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) and advanced directives may have decreased the intubations of dyspneic elderly (≥65years old) patients in the emergency department (ED).

Objective: To determine if the percentage of elderly ED patients intubated has decreased in recent years.

Methods: Design: Retrospective multihospital cohort.

Correction: Correction to 'Clinical Policy for Well-Appearing Infants and Children Younger Than 2 Years of Age Presenting to the Emergency Department With Fever' [Annals of Emergency Medicine 67 (2016) 625-639.e13].

Due to a miscommunication during the process of transferring this manuscript from our editorial team to Production, the Members of the American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Committee (Oversight Committee) were not properly indexed in PubMed. This has now been corrected online. The publisher would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Diazepam and Meclizine Are Equally Effective in the Treatment of Vertigo: An Emergency Department Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Background: Vertigo is a debilitating disease that is commonly encountered in the emergency department (ED). Diazepam and meclizine are oral medications that are commonly used to alleviate symptoms.

Objectives: We sought to determine whether meclizine or diazepam is superior in the treatment of patients with peripheral vertigo in the ED.

Diagnosis of Aortic Dissection in Emergency Department Patients is Rare.

Introduction: Aortic dissection is a rare event. While the most frequent symptom is chest pain, that is a common emergency department (ED) chief complaint and other diseases causing chest pain occur much more often. Furthermore, 20% of dissections are without chest pain and 6% are painless.

Emergency Department Visits for Gastroenteritis Before and After Rotavirus Vaccine Implementation in 2006.

Objectives: Gastroenteritis (GE) accounts for a significant number of emergency department (ED) visits in children. Several studies since the introduction of a new rotavirus vaccine in 2006 have found decreases in rotavirus illness. We sought to determine in a large multicenter ED database whether there was also a decrease in ED visits in young children for GE.

Prednisone for emergency department low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Although oral corticosteroids are commonly given to emergency department (ED) patients with musculoskeletal low back pain (LBP), there is little evidence of benefit.

Objective: To determine if a short course of oral corticosteroids benefits LBP ED patients.

Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Rates of ED visits and of intubations for congestive heart failure declined from 1996 to 2008.

Objective: Many advances have been made recently in the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF). We hypothesize that this should have resulted in fewer CHF patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) and fewer being intubated.

Design: Retrospective cohort.

Admission rates of ED patients with transient ischemic attack have increased since 2000.

Objective: A study published in December 2000 showed that 5% of patients presenting with transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) developed a stroke within 48 hours. This finding has been corroborated in several other studies. We hypothesize that, influenced by this, emergency department (ED) physicians have been more reluctant to discharge TIA patients resulting in an increase in the percentage of TIA patients admitted.

Rise in emergency department visits of pediatric patients for renal colic from 1999 to 2008.

Objective: Renal colic has been considered predominantly a disease of adults with only occasional cases occurring in the pediatric population. A recent report from a single hospital showed a rise in the number of children with renal colic. Our objective was to examine this in a much larger multihospital database of emergency department (ED) visits.

The seasonality of testicular torsion.

Objective: Previous studies of the seasonality of testicular torsion have yielded conflicting results. Our goal was to examine this issue in a large emergency department (ED) database. We also hypothesized that seasonal patterns would be similar in younger and older patients.