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Pott's puffy tumor in a six-year-old female

Hitti E.; Love E. (HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA, 2010)

[No abstract available]
Acute cystic rupture and hemorrhagic shock after a vigorous massage chair asession in a patient with polycystic kidney disease

Mufarrij A.J.; Hitti E. (PHILADELPHIA530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA, 2011)

Although cyst bleeding is a common complication in polycystic kidney disease (PCKD), cyst rupture is uncommon even in the setting of trauma. The risk factors, morbidity and mortality of cystic rupture in patients with PCKD ...
A case of phlegmesia cerulea dolens after dialysis catheter insertion

Mufarrij A.J.; Hitti E. (MALDENCOMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA, 2011)

Phlegmesia cerulea dolens (PCD) is a rare complication of deep vein thrombosis characterized by massive venous thrombosis leading to arterial compromise and tissue ischaemia. PCD carries high morbidity and mortality and ...
Improving door-to-antibiotic time in severely septic emergency department patients

Hitti E.A.; Lewin III J.J.; Lopez J.; Hansen J.; Pipkin M.; Itani T.; Gurny P. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2012)

Background: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines recommend that broad-spectrum antibiotics be administered to severely septic patients within 3 h of emergency department (ED) admission. Despite the well-established ...
Disaster metrics: Quantitative estimation of the number of ambulances required in trauma-related multiple casualty events

Bayram J.D.; Zuabi S.; El Sayed M.J. (, 2012)

Introduction Estimating the number of ambulances needed in trauma-related Multiple Casualty Events (MCEs) is a challenging task. Hypothesis-Problem Emergency medical services (EMS) regions in the United States have varying ...
What's new in emergencies, trauma, and shock? Correlating rapid prehospital transport and survival

El Sayed M.J. (, 2013)

[No abstract available]
Unexplained macrocytosis

Younes M.; Dagher G.A.; Dulanto J.V.; Njeim M.; Kuriakose P. (PHILADELPHIA530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA, 2013)

OBJECTIVES: Macrocytosis is a relatively common finding in adult patients undergoing blood cell counting. Approximately 10percent of patients will have unexplained macrocytosis after laboratory evaluation. Data on the ...
Prehospital emergency medical services in Lebanon: Overview and prospects

El Sayed M.J.; Bayram J.D. (, 2013)

Prehospital emergency medical services in Lebanon are based on volunteer systems with multiple agencies. In this article, a brief history of the development of prehospital care in Lebanon is presented with a description ...
Emergency response to mass casualty incidents in Lebanon.

El Sayed M.J. (, 2013)

The emergency response to mass casualty incidents in Lebanon lacks uniformity. Three recent large-scale incidents have challenged the existing emergency response process and have raised the need to improve and develop ...
Pediatric preparedness of Lebanese Emergency Departments

Sawaya R.D.; Dayan P.; Pusic M.V.; Nasri H.; Kazzi A.A. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2013)

Background: The pediatric preparedness of Lebanese Emergency Departments (EDs) has not been evaluated. Study Objectives: To describe the number, regional location, and characteristics of EDs in Lebanon providing care to ...
Hitti reply to alavi-moghaddam

Hitti E. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2014)

[No abstract available]
Imaging in acute obstructive sialadenitis

Hitti E.; Salloum C.; Mufarrij A.J. (Blackwell Publishing; HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2014)

[No abstract available]
Emergency department crowding and loss of medical licensure: A new risk of patient care in hallways

Derlet R.W.; McNamara R.M.; Kazzi A.A.; Richards J.R. (University of California;, 2014)

We report the case of a 32-year-old male recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes treated at an urban university emergency department (ED) crowded to 250percent over capacity. His initial symptoms of shortness of breath and ...

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