Published in JAMA on March 17, 2004
The OPALS Major Trauma Study: impact of advanced life-support on survival and morbidity. CMAJ (2008) 2.51
Hypertonic saline: a clinical review. Neurosurg Rev (2007) 1.13
A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of phenytoin for the prevention of early posttraumatic seizures in children with moderate to severe blunt head injury. Ann Emerg Med (2004) 2.44
Significantly improved American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination scores associated with weekly assigned reading and preparatory examinations. Arch Surg (2003) 2.32
Noninvasive measurement of carboxyhemoglobin: how accurate is accurate enough? Ann Emerg Med (2010) 2.18
A prospective, population-based study of the epidemiology and outcome of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest. Pediatrics (2004) 2.11
Implications of hospital evacuation after the Northridge, California, earthquake. N Engl J Med (2003) 2.06
Advanced statistics: bootstrapping confidence intervals for statistics with "difficult" distributions. Acad Emerg Med (2005) 1.96
Hospital disaster preparedness in Los Angeles County. Acad Emerg Med (2006) 1.79
Is all ventricular fibrillation the same? A comparison of ischemically induced with electrically induced ventricular fibrillation in a porcine cardiac arrest and resuscitation model. Crit Care Med (2007) 1.72
Is there an association between PEPFAR funding and improvement in national health indicators in Africa? A retrospective study. J Int AIDS Soc (2010) 1.57
Adaptive clinical trials: a partial remedy for the therapeutic misconception? JAMA (2012) 1.54
Steering wheel deformity and serious thoracic or abdominal injury among drivers and passengers involved in motor vehicle crashes. Ann Emerg Med (2005) 1.50
Are antibiotics necessary for pediatric epididymitis? Pediatr Emerg Care (2011) 1.49
The importance of "shrinkage" in subgroup analyses. Ann Emerg Med (2010) 1.46
Asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections in HIV-infected men who have sex with men: prevalence, incidence, predictors, and screening strategies. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2008) 1.45
Peripheral vascular surgery using targeted beta blockade reduces perioperative cardiac event rate. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 1.40
An overview of the adaptive designs accelerating promising trials into treatments (ADAPT-IT) project. Ann Emerg Med (2012) 1.30
Assessment of the reliability of the Johns Hopkins/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality hospital disaster drill evaluation tool. Ann Emerg Med (2007) 1.29
Recognition of undiagnosed HIV infection: an evaluation of missed opportunities in a predominantly urban minority population. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2005) 1.22
The 80-hour resident workweek does not adversely affect patient outcomes or resident education. Curr Surg (2006) 1.16
Assessing hospital disaster preparedness: a comparison of an on-site survey, directly observed drill performance, and video analysis of teamwork. Ann Emerg Med (2008) 1.15
Summary of NIH Medical-Surgical Emergency Research Roundtable held on April 30 to May 1, 2009. Ann Emerg Med (2010) 1.14
Detection of undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetic states in high-risk emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med (2009) 1.12
A Bayesian dose-finding trial with adaptive dose expansion to flexibly assess efficacy and safety of an investigational drug. Clin Trials (2010) 1.10
Are we looking for superiority, equivalence, or noninferiority? Asking the right question and answering it correctly. Ann Emerg Med (2010) 1.10
Prehospital hypotension is a predictor of the need for an emergent, therapeutic operation in trauma patients with normal systolic blood pressure in the emergency department. J Trauma (2006) 1.09
Evaluation of an emergency department referral system for outpatient HIV testing. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2004) 1.08
Improving the quality of care for patients with pneumonia in very small hospitals. Arch Intern Med (2003) 1.06
A bedside ultrasound curriculum for medical students: prospective evaluation of skill acquisition. Teach Learn Med (2007) 1.06
The effect of financial incentives on adherence with outpatient human immunodeficiency virus testing referrals from the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med (2005) 1.05
Use of admission serum lactate and sodium levels to predict mortality in necrotizing soft-tissue infections. Arch Surg (2007) 1.03
Current hospital disaster preparedness. JAMA (2007) 1.02
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha is associated with early postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction. Crit Care Med (2004) 1.01
Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with general versus local anesthesia: a comparison of cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality rates. J Vasc Surg (2002) 1.00
Evaluating emergency care research networks: what are the right metrics? Acad Emerg Med (2009) 0.97
Cardiac function and the proinflammatory cytokine response after recovery from cardiac arrest in swine. J Interferon Cytokine Res (2009) 0.96
Paramedic self-efficacy and skill retention in pediatric airway management. Acad Emerg Med (2008) 0.95
Institutional variability in a minimal risk, population-based study: recognizing policy barriers to health services research. Health Serv Res (2005) 0.95
Facilitating emergency care research networks: integration into the Clinical Translational and Science Award (CTSA) infrastructure. Acad Emerg Med (2009) 0.95
Pediatric preparedness of US emergency departments: a 2003 survey. Pediatrics (2007) 0.93
Risk assessment in drug development for symptomatic indications: a framework for the prospective exclusion of unacceptable cardiovascular risk. Clin Pharmacol Ther (2006) 0.90
Ultrasound for routine lumbar puncture. Acad Emerg Med (2014) 0.90
Decreased bile duct injury rate during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the era of the 80-hour resident workweek. Arch Surg (2008) 0.89
ECG competency-by whom, for whom? Acad Emerg Med (2002) 0.88
Current status of research on the federal guidelines for performing research using an exception from informed consent. Acad Emerg Med (2005) 0.88
Is the ACLS score a valid prediction rule for survival after cardiac arrest? Acad Emerg Med (2003) 0.88
Prospective validation of an out-of-hospital decision rule to identify seriously injured children involved in motor vehicle crashes. Acad Emerg Med (2005) 0.88
Response-adaptive decision-theoretic trial design: operating characteristics and ethics. Stat Med (2013) 0.87
The paradox of human subjects protection in research: some thoughts on and experiences with the Federalwide Assurance Program. Acad Emerg Med (2002) 0.87
Community consultation by randomly reaching out to the community. Ann Emerg Med (2008) 0.87
Pharmacodynamics of linezolid in a clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae genetically modified to express lux genes. J Antimicrob Chemother (2003) 0.87
Emergency medical services system changes reduce pediatric epinephrine dosing errors in the prehospital setting. Pediatrics (2006) 0.86
The proinflammatory cytokine response following resuscitation in the swine model depends on the method of ventricular fibrillation induction. Acad Emerg Med (2008) 0.86
Use of out-of-hospital variables to predict severity of injury in pediatric patients involved in motor vehicle crashes. Ann Emerg Med (2002) 0.85
Effects of child age and body size on serious injury from passenger air-bag presence in motor vehicle crashes. Pediatrics (2005) 0.85
Manual vs device-assisted CPR: reconciling apparently contradictory results. JAMA (2006) 0.85
Prediction rules for estimating neurologic outcome following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation (2004) 0.85
Design of clinical trials of antibacterial agents for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. Clin Investig (Lond) (2011) 0.84
Impact on patient outcomes after closure of an adjacent trauma center. Am Surg (2008) 0.84
Apparent life-threatening events in infants: high risk in the out-of-hospital environment. Ann Emerg Med (2004) 0.84
Bayesian hierarchical modeling and the integration of heterogeneous information on the effectiveness of cardiovascular therapies. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2011) 0.84
Total bilirubin is a useful predictor of persisting common bile duct stone in gallstone pancreatitis. Am Surg (2008) 0.83
Rapid electrochemical detection and identification of catalase positive micro-organisms. Biosens Bioelectron (2003) 0.83
Predictors of the isolated hepatitis B core antibody pattern in HIV-infected and -uninfected men in the multicenter AIDS cohort study. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 0.83
FDA recalls not as alarming as they seem. Arch Intern Med (2011) 0.83
Emergency department triage of patients infected with HIV. Acad Emerg Med (2002) 0.82
Milrinone facilitates resuscitation from cardiac arrest and attenuates postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction. Circulation (2003) 0.82
Disassembling goal-directed therapy for sepsis: a first step. JAMA (2010) 0.82
Left ventricular function after monophasic and biphasic waveform defibrillation: the impact of cardiopulmonary resuscitation time on contractile indices. Acad Emerg Med (2003) 0.81
Should this study change my practice? Acad Emerg Med (2003) 0.81
Tissue adhesive skills study: the physician learning curve. Pediatr Emerg Care (2004) 0.81
Placing the Bayesian network approach to patient diagnosis in perspective. Ann Emerg Med (2005) 0.81
Prospective evaluation of a clinical practice guideline for diagnosis of appendicitis in children. Acad Emerg Med (2012) 0.81
Endotracheal drug administration during out-of-hospital resuscitation: where are the survivors? Resuscitation (2002) 0.80
The Pediatric Assessment Triangle: accuracy of its application by nurses in the triage of children. J Emerg Nurs (2012) 0.79
Diagnostic characteristics of S100A8/A9 in a multicenter study of patients with acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Acad Emerg Med (2012) 0.79
Seat position and the risk of serious thoracoabdominal injury in lateral motor vehicle crashes. Accid Anal Prev (2005) 0.78
Some thoughts regarding gender issues in the mentoring of future academicians. Acad Emerg Med (2003) 0.78
Reanalysis of prehospital intravenous fluid administration in patients with penetrating truncal injury and field hypotension. Am Surg (2007) 0.78
Transthoracic impedance does not decrease with rapidly repeated countershocks in a swine cardiac arrest model. Resuscitation (2003) 0.77
Modeling complex systems: gaining valid insights and avoiding mathematical delusions. Acad Emerg Med (2007) 0.77
Statistical methods for prehospital care research. Prehosp Emerg Care (2002) 0.76
Stopping seizures early and the surgical epilepsy trial that stopped even earlier. JAMA (2012) 0.75
Multiplicities in the assessment of multiple vitamins: is it too soon to tell men that vitamins prevent cancer? JAMA (2012) 0.75
Hemoglobin-based blood substitutes and risk of myocardial infarction and death. JAMA (2008) 0.75
Bayesian modeling and real-world problems. Acad Emerg Med (2003) 0.75
A survey study of institutional review board thought processes in the United States and South Korea. West J Emerg Med (2012) 0.75
A controlled investigation of optimal internal medicine ward team structure at a teaching hospital. PLoS One (2012) 0.75
Decisionmaking in hospital earthquake evacuation: does distance from the epicenter matter? Ann Emerg Med (2007) 0.75
Derivation and reliability of an instrument to estimate medical benefit of emergency treatment. Am J Emerg Med (2010) 0.75
Screen savers as an adjunct to medical education on patient safety. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2011) 0.75
Neurologic outcome score for infants and children. Acad Emerg Med (2003) 0.75
Can the National Kidney Foundation guidelines for first-time arteriovenous fistula creation be met in underserved end-stage renal disease patients? Ann Vasc Surg (2008) 0.75
Paramedics accurately apply the pediatric assessment triangle to drive management. Prehosp Emerg Care (2014) 0.75
Improving the introductions of manuscripts. Ann Intern Med (2005) 0.75
A meta-analysis platform methodology for determining the comparative effectiveness of antihepatitis C virus regimens. J Comp Eff Res (2015) 0.75
Academic Emergency Medicine and the "Tragedy of the Commons" defined. Acad Emerg Med (2004) 0.75
The 2008 Emergency Care Research Networks (ECRN) Conference: design, summary of findings, and an update. Acad Emerg Med (2009) 0.75
Gallstone pancreatitis: a benign disease in Hispanics. Am Surg (2007) 0.75
Tools for the measurement of outcome after minor head injury in children: summary from the Ambulatory Pediatric Association/EMSC Outcomes Research Conference. Acad Emerg Med (2003) 0.75
Statement of endorsement. Pediatric care in the emergency department. Pediatrics (2004) 0.75