West
Volume XIII, Number 5, November 2012
Open Access at www.westjem.org
ISSN 1936-900X
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION 383 Does Limiting Oral Contrast Decrease Emergency Department Length of Stay? CL Hopkins, T Madsen, Z Foy, M Reina, E Barton 388
Value of Mandatory Screening Studies in Emergency Department Patients Cleared for Psychiatric Admission P Parmar, CA Goolsby, K Udompanyana, LD Matesick, KP Burgamy, WR Mower
TECHNOLOGY IN EMERGENCY CARE 394 Quantitative Brain Electrical Activity for the Initial Screening of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries B O’neil, LS Prichep, R Naunheim, R Chabot PATIENT COMMUNICATION 401 Urine Collection in the Emergency Department: What Really Happens in There? BW Frazee, K Frausto, B Cisse, DEA White, H Alter PREHOSPITAL CARE 406 Comparison of Prehospital Glucose with or without Intravenous Thiamine MA Merlin, A Carluccio, N Raswant, F DosSantos, P Ohman-Strickland, DP Lehrfeld EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ACCESS 410 Factors Influencing Emergency Department Patient Preference for Access to Health Care LE Brown, R Burton, B Hixon, M Kakade, P Bhagalia, C Vick, A Edwards, MT Hawns SOCIETAL IMPACT ON EMERGENCY CARE 416 How Frequent are “Classic” Drug-seeking Behaviors Used by Patients in the Emergency Department? CA Grover, JW Elder, RJH Close, SM Curry
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