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Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Emergency Medicine is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Table of Contents	103
20 Outcomes of Apixaban Versus Rivaroxaban in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation	85
19 Lack of Telehealth Capable Devices Among Patients With Heart Failure as a Barrier to Virtual Outpatient Follow-up Care	70
470 Novice Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Department	60
408 Evaluating the Impact of the Stroke Stop Protocol on Time to CT for Stroke Patients in a University Hospital Emergency Department	57
323 Do Disaster Drills Impact Real-Time Patient Care in the Emergency Department?	49
Information for Readers	41
A Mistaken Case of Pacemaker Malfunction	40
44 Prediction of Mortality Among Patients With Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury Using Machine Learning Models in Asian Countries: An International Multicenter Cohort Study	39
76 A Report on 83 Patients with Suspected Methanol Poisoning from Philippine Coconut Wine (Lambanog) Seen at East Avenue Medical Center: A Case Series	38
121 Social and Structural Influences of Emergency Care Seeking Behaviors in Documented and Undocumented Adult Safety-Net Patients	36
372 Perceptions, Use, and Behaviors Surrounding the Receipt of a Naloxone Kit for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder in an Urban Emergency Department	34
310 Emergency Department Oral Anticoagulation Prescribing Practices for Acute Atrial Fibrillation: Pre-Implementation of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool	34
192 Using the Electronic Health Record to Identify Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department at Highest Risk for Subsequent Overdose	34
311 Ultrasound-Guided Trigger Point Injections for the Treatment of Neck and Back Pain in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Trial	34
325 Bridging the Gap: Medical Interpreter Utilization Workshop to Improve Communication	33
No One Can Come	33
An Elderly Man With Anterior Neck Pain	32
Association of Early Noninvasive Cardiac Stress Testing With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Mortality	31
Housing Status and Longitudinal Care Patterns After Injury	31
Man With Cardiac Arrest	30
The Emergency Medicine Physician Workforce: Projections for 2030	30
Information for Readers	29
Woman With Groin Pain	28
Woman With Swollen Upper Arm	28

Table of Contents	28
Classified	27
46 Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines in Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis	27
“At the Breaking Point” Meets Pediatric Patients	26
127 Program Director Longevity in Emergency Medicine Residencies: A 40 Year Analysis	26
Masthead	26
19 The Use of Emergency Physician Televideo Visits to Provide Care-at-Home After Emergency Department Discharge	25
207 Evaluation of EHR-Integrated Clinical Pathway Implementation of High Sensitivity Troponin Upon Emergency Department Disposition Rates	23
Jaw Dislocation After Airway and Upper Endoscopic Procedures	23
67 Evaluation of Acute Pediatric Ankle and Foot Injuries Using Point-of-Care MRI in the Emergency Department	23
141 Comparing Aerosol Exposure and Prevention Strategies During Bystander, Pre-hospital, and Inpatient Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	23
Woman with Right Lower Quadrant Pain	23
Large, Negative T Waves, Beyond Ischemia and Beyond Arrhythmias	22
99EMF A Retrospective Study of a Novel Prediction Tool for Assessing Those at Risk for Firearm Violence	22
Implementation of an Electronic Alert to Improve Timeliness of Second Dose Antibiotics for Patients With Suspected Serious Infections in the Emergency Department: A Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial	22
91 Bridging to Better Substance Use Treatment: Implementation and Effectiveness of Statewide Emergency Department Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Programs in California	22
56 Intubation in Propofol-treated Status Epilepticus: A Cohort Study	21
Young Woman With Vulvar Mass	21
Classified	21
15 Implementation of a Novel Bedside Electroencephalogram-Based Device Aids in Accurately Ruling Out Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage and Reduces Computed Tomography Utilization	21
382 Moral Distress in Resuscitation Policy Implementation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study	21
Are Two Shocks Better Than One?	21
416EMF Emergency Department Utilization and Hospitalizations Associated With Flooding in the Continental United States: 2008-2017	21
202 Feasibility of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Single Center Pilot Study	21
268 Epidemiology of Urban Micro-Transit Injuries	21
Policy Statements Approved January 2022	20
402 Sedation After Intubation	20
Man with Hip Pain	20
25EMF Burnout in the Emergency Department: Its Prevalence and Link to Occupational and Extra-occupational Factors	20
An Old Man with Near-Syncope	20
62 Forecasting Areas of Need for Geriatric Emergency Care: Quantifying National Access to and Utilization of Geriatric Emergency Departments	20
584 Multi-Disciplinary Pathway Creation for Transferring Veterans to a VA Hospital	19
323 The Halo Effect of an Emergency Department-Run Observation Unit on Hospital-Wide Throughput	19
341 Impact of a Host-Protein Test on Antibiotic Use and Healthcare Costs in LRTI: JUNO RCT Sub-Analysis	19
Commercial Price Variation for Emergency Services Evaluation and Management	19
471 Impact of Order Changes on Utilization of Lactated Ringer Solution in an Urgent Care Network	19
328 The Emergency Department Observation Unit's Effect on Inpatient Efficiency	19
122 Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound Blood Flow Patterns During Compression to Detect Return of Spontaneous Circulation	19
146 Implementation of Weight-Based Front-Loaded Phenobarbital Protocol for Alcohol Withdrawal	18
529 Characteristics of Thoracic Trauma in Elderly Asian Population	18
534 The Left InterScapular Approach View: A Novel Way to use POCUS to Evaluate for Aortic Pathology	18
403 Management of Emergency Department Patients With Low-Risk Deep Vein Thrombosis in the United States	18
347 Predictors of Echocardiography Findings in Older Adults With Syncope: Validating the ROMEO Score	18
97TF Mock Emergency Medicine Certifying Exam: An Innovative Simulation Course	18
493 Dementia Increases Rates of Intracranial Hemorrhage in Geriatric Emergency Department Head Trauma Patients	18
38 Structured Training to Improve Blood Loss Estimation by Emergency Physicians	17
73 Does Artificial Intelligence Note Writing Affect Emergency Medicine Throughput and Billing Metrics?	17
Effect of Routine Opt-Out HIV Screening on Emergency Department Operational Metrics: Results From the Pragmatic Randomized HIV TESTED Trial	17
118 Optimal Chest Compressions May Lie 4 cm Left of the Sternum	17
Dexamethasone Treatment Regimen and Clinical Outcomes in Children With Asthma Exacerbations	17

186 Improving Emergency Department Sepsis Education Through Resident Case Review	17
152 Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With Cancer: Predicting 30-day Mortality	17
Does Practice Make Perfect, or Is There More to Consider?	17
135 Early Femoral Arterial Access in Trauma: Does it Make a Difference?	16
Door-In-Door-Out Times at Referring Hospitals and Outcomes of Hemorrhagic Stroke	16
Hyperacute T-waves Can Be a Useful Sign of Occlusion Myocardial Infarction if Appropriately Defined	16
Does Routine Screening for Child Abuse Decrease Subsequent Abuse? One Big Step Forward, Two Small Steps Back	16
175 National Trends in Chemical Restraint for Pediatric Behavioral Health Patients in the Emergency Department	16
Man With Severe Abdominal Pain	16
Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities Evident in Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in the Emergency Department	16
Artificial Intelligence to Predict Billing Code Levels of Emergency Department Encounters	16
326 Phenobarbital vs Benzodiazepines for Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	15
Severity Indices of Diquat Poisoning for Triage and Prognosis in Acute Diquat Poisoning: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study	15
Past-Year Emergency Department Utilization Patterns Among Suicide Decedents: Characterizing At-Risk Patient Populations	15
75 Disparities in Emergency Department Wait Times for Female, Transgender Female, Black and Non-English-Speaking Patients	15
A Pilot Study to Evaluate Artificial Intelligence-Driven Early Retrieval of Medical Histories in the Emergency Department	15
The 2013 to 2019 Emergency Medicine Workforce: Clinician Entry and Attrition Across the US Geography	15
A Woman With Rapidly Progressive Weakness	15
Correspondence	15
137 Does Boarding Time in the Emergency Department Contribute to Mortality Among Those Who Are Mechanically Ventilated?	14
260 Improving Patient Satisfaction With Mobile-Based Real-Time Results Sharing in the Emergency Department	14
114 Optimizing Emergency Department Flow: The Impact of a Split Flow Model on Efficiency Metrics	14
29 Bridge for Meth: Multi-Center Prospective Evaluation of Emergency Department Initiation of Mirtazapine for Problematic Methamphetamine Use	14
368 Determining the Combined Impact of Geriatric-Specific Predictors of Hospitalization Among Geriatric Emergency Department Patients	14
35 Increasing Naloxone Prescriptions Through Electronic Medical Record Best Practice Advisory Alerts	14
235 COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Hesitancy in the Emergency Department	14
312 Racial Differences in Adult Emergency Department Triage Assignment Across An Urban-Rural Health System	14
STOP-MSU: Is It Time to STOP-Tranexamic Acid?	14
269 Use of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography to Reduce Length of Stay in Patients With Moderate Risk Chest Pain	13
176 Forecasting Emergency Department Waiting Room Volumes Using Machine Learning: A Pilot Study	13
480 Triage Point-of-Care Ketone Measurements: Association With Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Severity	13
445 Physician Orders Associated With an Emergency Department Telehealth Transitions of Care Program	13
87 Inspired for Life? Long Term Practice of Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks a Decade After Training	13
455 Evaluation of Mental Health Co-Response Models: A Scoping Review	13
532 External Validation and Extended Application of Four Clinical Decision Rules in Minor Head Injuries	13
369 Characterizing Patients with Cold Drink-Triggered Atrial Fibrillation: A Mixed-Methods Study	13
400 Association of Crystalloid Use and Favorable Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	12
180 Predicting Syncope Outcomes: Correlating Real-Time Outpatient Arrhythmias With FAINT and CSRS	12
61 Paxlovid Efficacy in Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients: A Comprehensive Review of Outcomes	12
The Premature Rush to Decision Instruments: Are We Facilitating Our Own Obsolescence?	12
174 Large Academic Enterprise Load Balancing: Emergency Department Patient Transfers to Regional Hospitals	12
204 Prevalence and Outcomes of Assault Cases Reported in Hospitals in Polk County, Iowa	12
Emergency Department Acupuncture Is a Promising Option That Deserves an Open Mind and Continued Rigor	12
Medicare for All as a Potential Reform for Emergency Physician Compensation	12
424 Improving Clinician Comfort and Knowledge With Facilitating Clinical Event Debriefs	12
Noninvasive Airway Management in Comatose Patients for the Win	12
In reply	12
The Moment Before	12
Information for Readers	11
190 ISAR Screening: Implications for Older Patients Seen in the Emergency Department for Fall and Injuries	11
102 Leveraging Big Data in ACEP’s Emergency Medicine Data Institute Registry to Measure Syphilis and Sexually Transmitted Infection Co-Testing Rates Among Emergency Department Patients With Pregnancy	11
Large-Scale Combat Operations and Implications for the Emergency Medicine Community	11
Information for Readers	11
128 Emergency Department Initiation of Buprenorphine/Naloxone to Reduce Opioid Overdose and Death	11
253 Prescribing Patterns and Patient Factors in an Emergency Department-Initiated MOUD Program to Combat Opioid Use Disorder Throughout a Changing Landscape	11
Information for Readers	11
221 Basic Emergency Care: Post-Covid Implementation Utilizing Regional Teams	11
Calendar	11
Clindamycin Should Remain the Toxin-Neutralizing Antibiotic of Choice for Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections	11
120 Social Needs Screening in Emergency Medicine: Utilizing an Abridged PRAPARE Screening Tool	11
311 Impact of a Best Practice Advisory on Reducing Duplicative ABO/Rh Testing in the Emergency Department	11
Hacking Acute Care: A Qualitative Study on the Health Care Impacts of Ransomware Attacks Against Hospitals	11
Man in Cardiac Arrest	11
Hidden Depths: A Mysterious Mass in the Mouth	11
439 Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: Perspectives and Experiences of Emergency Physicians and Trauma Surgeons	10
Pregnant Woman With Abnormal Ultrasound	10
Woman With Facial Swelling	10
264 Baseline Measures of Resident and Faculty Confidence Perceptions on Leading Level 1 Traumas Prior to Implementation of a Novel Training Program	10
A Child With Vomiting	10
Do Corticosteroids Reduce Mortality or Progression to Severe Disease for Non-Oxygen Requiring Patients Infected With COVID-19?	10
33 Landmark vs. Ultrasound-Guided Identification of the Cricothyroid Membrane: A Randomized, Prospective Cohort Study	10
Annals of Emergency Medicine and the Birth of Emergency Department Procedural Sedation	10
359 Manual Versus Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Complications After Successful Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	10
Elderly Woman With Painful Rashes on Hands and Feet	10
What Is the Efficacy and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants Compared With that of Vitamin K Antagonists in Patients With Cerebral Vein Thrombosis?	10
The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER	10
Elderly Woman With Left Shoulder Pain After a Fall	10
211 Gender Differences in Empiric Treatment in US Emergency Departments for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	10
Associations of the Composite Pulmonary Embolism Shock Score in the Emergency Department With Short-Term Clinical Outcomes	9
Global Research Highlights	9

The Rise of Psychedelic Drug Use Associated With Legalization/Decriminalization: An Assessment With the Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs Survey	9
Woman With Worsening Dyspnea and Chest Pain	9
322 Clean Cuts With Dirty Tools: Developing a Reusable Procedure Kit for Disaster Relief	9
139EMF Assessing Efficacy and Value of Tele-Emergency Care Within the Veterans Health Administration	9
Looking Downriver	9
189 Does Medicaid Cover Out-of-State Abortion? A Mystery Shopper Survey of State Medicaid Agencies	9
An Erythematous Plaque on Sole of the Foot	9
317 Outcomes in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Patients Presenting in Advanced Shock: Insights From the FLAME Study	9
Correspondence	9
Essential Assistant Microskills for Bougie-Assisted Critical Care Intubations	9
305 Accuracy of a Host Response Test for Diagnosis of Bacterial and Viral Infections and Prediction of Illness Severity in Emergency Department Patients Is Not Impacted by the Patient's Immune Status	9
Comments on “Right Ventricular ‘Bubble Time’ to Identify Patients With Right Ventricular Dysfunction”	9
Magnesium Sulfate Versus Lidocaine as an Adjunct for Renal Colic in the Emergency Department: A Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled Trial	9
Nonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis: The Elephant in the (Emergency) Room?	9
105 Intersectional Inequities in Emergency Medicine Resident Performance Assessments by Race and Sex	9
140 A Descriptive Analysis of Patients Undergoing Prehospital and Emergency Department Surgical Airways: Characteristics and Outcomes	9
Intravenous Access Should Be Prioritized Over Intraosseous Access in Cardiac Arrest	9
Acute Opioid Withdrawal Following Intramuscular Administration of Naloxone 1.6 mg: A Prospective Out-Of-Hospital Series	9
Woman With Unilateral Facial Paleness	9
Journal Performance Report	9
Toward Improving Patient Equity in a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Framework for Implementation	9
130 Incentivizing Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Emergency Departments: A Competition-Based Approach Harnessing Electronic Health Record Data	8
316 Life or Death Decisions: Understanding Public Perception of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Emergency Departments	8
500 A Multipatient Simulation-Based Program to Train Emergency Medicine Residents in the Rapid Ultrasound for SHock (RUSH) Exam	8
PDF of the Full Issue	8
Cliical Policy Executive Summary	8
346 A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models in Predicting Emergency Department Patient Volumes in a University Hospital	8
167 Patient Monitor Position and Operator Utilization During Endotracheal Intubation	8
372 The Leaky Gender Pipeline in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs From 2011 to 2022	8
24 Comparative Effectiveness of Normal Saline, Lactated Ringer’s Solution, and Isolyte on Rate of Lactate Clearance in Shock	8
371 Gender Representation Among Faculty Speakers at National Emergency Medicine Conferences	8
Masthead	8
40 Characterization of Online Medical Direction Calls in the Emergency Department	8
185 An Emergency Medical Services to Emergency Department Checklist for Handoff of Cardiac Arrest: A Modified Delphi Approach	8
Man With Scrotal Pain	8
438 Identifying and Addressing Health Care Barriers for Frequent Emergency Department Visitors	8
A Rare Cause of Constipation in an Adolescent	8
Woman with Acute Finger Pain and Swelling	8
415 Assessing Missed Opportunities for Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing and Linkage to Prenatal Care During Emergency Department Visits in Early Pregnancy	7
Twenty Years After the EMS Research Agenda: Trends in Emergency Medical Services Publications and Research Funding	7
Whose Note Is It Anyway?	7
9 A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Emergency Department Discharge Intervention as an Alternative to Hospitalization	7
Clinical Performance Measures for Emergency Department Care for Adults With Intracranial Hemorrhage	7
427 All About Rhythm: The Implementation of an Unstable Cardiac Dysrhythmia Simulation Curriculum at a Rwandan Emergency Residency	7
424 The Implementation and Evaluation of an E-Learning Program for Residents in an Irish Emergency Department	7
222 Comparison of Serious Illness Communication and Self-Reported Practice Patterns of Code Status Conversation Between Japanese and American Clinicians Using a Multicenter Scenario-Based Survey	7
Information for Readers	7
What's Coming in Annals - September 2022	7
What's Coming in Annals * October 2022	7
320 Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidence of Thrombotic Events in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department	7
347 Effect of an AI Tool on Stroke Metrics in Endovascular Thrombectomy Patients	7
96 Review of Intensive Care Unit Upgrades Within 24 Hours of Admission: A Quality Assurance Initiative	7
How Emergency Medicine Residents Have Conversations About Life-Sustaining Treatments in Critical Illness: A Qualitative Study Using Inductive Thematic Analysis	7
388 Increasing Incidence of Methamphetamine Use in Hospitalized and Critically Ill Patients	7
337 Can the Presence of Gestational Sac Alone on Emergency Physician-Performed Point-of-Care Ultrasound Safely Exclude Ectopic Pregnancy?	7
Global Research Highlights	7
76 Feasibility and Outcomes of Monoclonal Antibody Administration in the Emergency Department for Non-Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19	7
215 Reasons for Delay in Primary COVID-19 Vaccine Series in Underserved Emergency Department Patients	7
Information for Readers	7
Adult Woman With Tunnel Vision	7
Pregnant Woman With Contractions	7
Is a Full Heart a Happy Heart?	7
A Male Adolescent With Vomiting for 2 Weeks	7
343 Assessing the Educational Value of YouTube and TikTok Videos on Home Suture Removal	7
282 Buprenorphine-Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal in the Emergency Department: A Case Series	6
Treating Violence: An Emergency Room Doctor Takes on a Deadly American Epidemic	6
287 Influence of Time to Diagnosis on Time to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Emergency Department ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients: Door to ECG Matters	6
318 How Are Research Associate Programs Structured? The First Updated, Cross-sectional Survey of Programs Across the US and Canada	6
214 Characteristics of OHCA Survival and EMS Interaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
205 Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Interobserver Agreement of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Detected Mesenteric Adenitis in Non-Surgical Pediatric Abdominal Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study	6
The Unspoken Inequities of Our Boarding Crisis	6
Development of a Clinical Risk Score to Risk Stratify for a Serious Cause of Vertigo in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department	6
370 Correlation Between the Electronic Frailty Index and Hospitalization Mortality in Older Adults Infected with SARS-CoV-2	6
266 The Importance of Opioid and Naloxone Education in the Emergency Department for High-Risk Age Groups	6
In reply	6
128 Impact of a Cadaver Lab and Video Content-Based Curriculum on Emergency Physician and Advanced Practice Provider Performance Confidence and Clinical Utilization of Ultrasound-Guided Knee and Ankle	6
Pregnant Woman With Abdominal Pain and Vaginal Bleeding	6
Clinical Policy: Use of Thrombolytics for the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Emergency Department	6
Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Heart Failure Syndromes	6
268 Axillary Use of Three Junctional Tourniquet Devices in Human Volunteers	6
280 Emergency Department Predictors of Mortality for Adult Patients With Severe Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) in a Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study	6
118 Wilderness Medicine Curricula in Non-Physician Training Programs	6
71 HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review	6
The Challenge of Developing Quality Indicators Across the Increasing Scope of Emergency Medicine	6
Information for Readers	5
Effect of Different Early Oxygenation Levels on Clinical Outcomes of Patients Presenting in the Emergency Department With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury	5
340 Feel the Burn, While You Learn: The Impact of Exercise on Podcast Knowledge Acquisition and Retention	5
330 Procedural Competency in Academic Emergency Medicine Attendings: Strategies for Skill Retention	5
43 Hazardous Chemical Accidents: A Data-Driven Study of Incidents in the United States During 2021-2024	5
In a World of Stigma and Bias, Can a Computer Algorithm Really Predict Overdose Risk?	5
298 Does Viral Infection Reduce the Risk of Group A Streptococcus Pharyngitis in Adults?	5
Global Research Highlights	5
Managing Angioedema	5
A Prospective Observational Cohort Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Between Paramedics and Matched Blood Donors in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Journal Performance Report	5