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J Emerg Nurs ; 32(5): 370-81, 2006 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16997023

ABSTRACT

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and illness in the United States. National practice guidelines call for all health care providers to "ask" all patients about tobacco use, and to "advise, assess, assist, arrange" when smokers want to quit smoking (the "5 As"). Emergency departments (EDs) have not been an important locus of tobacco control efforts, although ED patients typically smoke at rates exceeding that of the general population, are interested in quitting, and often have limited access to primary care. To address the role of emergency medicine in tobacco control, the American College of Emergency Physicians convened a task force of representatives of major emergency medicine professional organizations. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the group met in 2004 and 2005. This article represents a summary of the task force's recommendations for tobacco control practice, training, and research. We call on emergency care providers to routinely assess patients' smoking status, offer brief advice to quit, and refer patients to the national smokers' Quitline (800-QUIT-NOW) or a locally available program. Given the global burden of tobacco-related illness, the task force considers it essential for emergency physicians to conduct research into the efficacy of ED-based interventions and to place tobacco control into the training curriculum for emergency medicine residencies. Tobacco control fits within the traditions of other ED-based public health practices, such as injury control. ED-based tobacco control would allow the specialty to help fulfill the Healthy People 2010 mandate to reduce the prevalence of smoking among US citizens.


Subject(s)
Emergency Medicine/standards , Emergency Service, Hospital/standards , Physician's Role , Smoking Cessation , Smoking Prevention , Cause of Death , Cost of Illness , Counseling/standards , Curriculum/standards , Education, Medical, Graduate/standards , Emergency Medicine/education , Health Services Needs and Demand , Healthy People Programs/standards , Hotlines/standards , Humans , Public Health Practice/standards , Quality Indicators, Health Care/standards , Referral and Consultation/standards , Research/standards , Smoking/adverse effects , Smoking/epidemiology , United States/epidemiology
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Ann Emerg Med ; 48(4): e417-26, 2006 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16997678

ABSTRACT

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and illness in the United States. National practice guidelines call for all health care providers to "ask" all patients about tobacco use, and to "advise, assess, assist, arrange" when smokers want to quit smoking (the "5 As"). Emergency departments (EDs) have not been an important locus of tobacco control efforts, although ED patients typically smoke at rates exceeding that of the general population, are interested in quitting, and often have limited access to primary care. To address the role of emergency medicine in tobacco control, the American College of Emergency Physicians convened a task force of representatives of major emergency medicine professional organizations. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the group met in 2004 and 2005. This article represents a summary of the task force's recommendations for tobacco control practice, training, and research. We call on emergency care providers to routinely assess patients' smoking status, offer brief advice to quit, and refer patients to the national smokers' Quitline (800-QUIT-NOW) or a locally available program. Given the global burden of tobacco-related illness, the task force considers it essential for emergency physicians to conduct research into the efficacy of ED-based interventions and to place tobacco control into the training curriculum for emergency medicine residencies. Tobacco control fits within the traditions of other ED-based public health practices, such as injury control. ED-based tobacco control would allow the specialty to help fulfill the Healthy People 2010 mandate to reduce the prevalence of smoking among US citizens.


Subject(s)
Emergency Medicine/standards , Emergency Service, Hospital/standards , Physician's Role , Smoking Cessation , Smoking Prevention , Cause of Death , Cost of Illness , Counseling/standards , Curriculum/standards , Education, Medical, Graduate/standards , Emergency Medicine/education , Health Services Needs and Demand , Healthy People Programs/standards , Hotlines/standards , Humans , Public Health Practice/standards , Quality Indicators, Health Care/standards , Referral and Consultation/standards , Research/standards , Smoking/adverse effects , Smoking/epidemiology , United States/epidemiology
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Brain Res Dev Brain Res ; 138(1): 35-43, 2002 Sep 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12234656

ABSTRACT

The functional specificity of mammalian isocortex requires that precise connections be established between cortical areas and their targets. While recent studies of cortical development have focused on intrinsic specification, the role of extrinsic factors has received considerably less attention. In the present study, we examined how early removal of thalamic input affects the development of visual corticocortical connections. Hamster pups received ablations of visual thalamic nuclei on the day of birth. At 30 days of age, an injection of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was placed into the area of cortex deafferented by the early thalamic ablation to retrogradely label adult corticocortical connections. Ablated animals displayed a significant increase in the number of corticocortical connections compared to control animals. The increased connectivity in ablated animals was primarily due to a significant increase in the number of corticocortical projections arising from non-visual areas. These results demonstrate that an intact thalamocortical projection is necessary for the development of normal cortical connectivity.


Subject(s)
Thalamic Nuclei/cytology , Thalamic Nuclei/growth & development , Visual Cortex/cytology , Visual Cortex/growth & development , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Cricetinae , Female , Horseradish Peroxidase , Mesocricetus , Neural Pathways , Pregnancy , Thalamic Nuclei/surgery
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Acad Emerg Med ; 9(9): 903-9, 2002 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12208679

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: New diagnostic and treatment options for emergency department (ED) patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) may facilitate the ED discharge of some patients. However, some patients require admission to exclude concurrent acute coronary syndrome (ACS) as the precipitant of CHF. The objective of this study was to identify the incidence, clinical characteristics, and hospital course of CHF patients who present to the ED with and without concurrent ACS. METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study of consecutive patients >23 years of age who presented to the ED with chest pain, received an electrocardiogram (ECG), and either had a known history of CHF or presented with new-onset CHF, between July 1999 and April 2001. The hospital course of each patient was followed daily, and telephone follow-up occurred at 30 days. The main outcomes were the incidence of ACS and comparisons of lengths of hospital stay (LOSs), rates of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), intubations, and death rates among patients with and without ACS. RESULTS: Two hundred ninety-eight CHF patients presented 380 times. The incidence of ACS in the 380 patient visits was 32% (95% CI = 27% to 36%). Compared with patients who did not have ACS, patients who had concurrent ACS were more likely to have known coronary artery disease (CAD) (67% vs. 42%; p < 0.0001) and hypercholesterolemia (36% vs. 18%; p = 0.0002). Patients with concurrent ACS were also more likely to be admitted to the hospital (97% vs 82%; p < 0.0001), had a longer LOS (5.2 [3.9-6.5] vs 3.2 [2.6-3.8] days; p = 0.006), had higher rates of ICU admission (44% vs. 13%; p < 0.0001), were more likely to be intubated (8% vs. 1%, p = 0.002), and were more likely to die (15 vs 7 deaths; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of ACS in ED CHF patients with chest pain was 32%. Patients with CHF complicated by ACS had more prolonged hospital stays, required higher levels of care, and had a higher incidence of death than those patients without ACS. Strategies tailored to early identification and management of these patients would be desirable.


Subject(s)
Chest Pain/complications , Chest Pain/epidemiology , Coronary Disease/complications , Coronary Disease/epidemiology , Heart Failure/complications , Heart Failure/epidemiology , Acute Disease , Aged , Chest Pain/diagnosis , Coronary Disease/diagnosis , Electrocardiography , Female , Heart Failure/diagnosis , Hospital Mortality , Humans , Incidence , Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data , Intubation, Intratracheal/statistics & numerical data , Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data , Male , Middle Aged , Pennsylvania/epidemiology , Predictive Value of Tests , Prospective Studies , Risk Factors
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