OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Academic Emergency Medicine is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Acute dizziness: A personal journey through a paradigm shift	60
A qualitative analysis of cancer‐related patient care in the emergency department	60
Issue Information	57
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Personalized risk communication and opioid prescribing in association with nonprescribed opioid use: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial	44
A response to: “The termination of an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion”	36
Lung and blood and air	32
Comment on “Colchicine for acute gout”	31
Will you help us?	31
GRACE‐3: Be the baller	31
23 minutes—Reflecting on a Sunday morning tennis game turned into a life‐saving ordeal	30
Sex‐specific high‐sensitivity troponin T cut‐points have similar safety but lower efficacy than overall cut‐points in a multisite U.S. cohort	30
Majoring on the minors: Regulatory organizations turn a blind eye to emergency department boarding in favor of rare conditions	29
Implementation and assessment of a one‐month sabbatical program for faculty in an academic emergency department	28
Higher intensity of 72‐h noninvasive cardiac test referral does not improve short‐term outcomes among emergency department patients with chest pain	25
Effect of blood alcohol on the diagnostic accuracy of glial fibrillary acidic protein and ubiquitin carboxy‐terminal hydrolase L1 for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage: A TRACK‐TBI study	25
Agreement of electronic health record–documented race and ethnicity with parental report	24
Predictive model for diagnosing central lesions in emergency department patients with isolated dizziness who undergo diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging	21
A case‐control analysis of stroke in COVID‐19 patients: Results of unusual manifestations of COVID‐19–study 11	21
Delayed first medical contact to reperfusion time increases mortality in rural emergency medical services patients with ST‐elevation myocardial infarction	21
Peripheral nervous system and neuromuscular disorders in the emergency department: A review	20
Just another day	20
Liberal versus conservative intravenous fluid administration in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis	20
Early anticoagulation in acute ischemic stroke	20
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The personal in the protocol	19
Hot off the press: Prehospital cervical spine immobilization	19
Authors’ reply to Siegel, AM and McCurdy, MT. “Pre–central venous catheter insertion platelet count: How low can you go?	19
Serious outcomes among emergency department patients with presyncope: A systematic review	19
Pre‐central venous catheter insertion platelet count: How low can you go?	19
Benchside vigil	19
The pieta	19
Dizziness as a missed symptom of central nervous system pathology: A review of malpractice cases	19
Provider trust in emergency patient histories in common clinical scenarios	19
Hospital admission decisions for older Veterans with community‐onset pneumonia: An analysis of 118 U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Centers	19
Hot off the press: Medications for opioid use disorder In the emergency department	18
SAEM22 Innovations	18
Listening	18
Emergency department–initiated oral naltrexone for patients with moderate to severe alcohol use disorder: A pilot feasibility study	17
Issue Information	17
Impact of an Oregon health policy aimed at strengthening adolescent linkage to outpatient mental health care from the emergency department	17
“He was not listening to hear me”: Parent experiences with communication, inclusion, and marginalization in the pediatric emergency department	17
Emergency department guidelines for the night shift	16
Antibiotics for otitis media with effusion in children	16
A new skill is needed in the emergency department: Introducing ourselves properly	16
Hot off the press: SGEM#343: Weight bias in medicine	16
In the End	16
Characterization of pediatric beta‐adrenergic antagonist ingestions reported to the National Poison Data System from 2000 to 2020	15
Intern orientation	15
Issue Information	15
Serious diagnoses at revisits in children discharged from the emergency department with back pain	15
Impact of patient race/ethnicity on emergency department management of pediatric gastroenteritis in the setting of a clinical pathway	14
Spotlighting the imbalance: Gender disparities among speakers and awardees at pediatric emergency medicine conferences	14
Look closely	14
Identifying common emergency department patient complaints through Yelp	14
Atypical symptoms in emergency department patients with urosepsis challenge current urinary tract infection management guidelines	14
Cerebrovascular disease hospitalizations following emergency department headache visits: A nested case–control study	13
Issue Information	13
Association of limited English proficiency with emergency department irregular departures and return visits: A cross‐sectional cohort study in the Upper Midwest between Janu	13
Biomarkers for acute dizziness: Nowhere near ready for prime time	13
Editorial: A closer examination of the racial discrepancies in ED cardiac care	13
Response to Pan et al.	13
Author Index	12
Hot off the press: Microaggressions in the emergency department	12
Benchmarking expectations for interventions to reduce emergency department use among today’s high users	12
Depression and anxiety screening in emergency department patients with recurrent abdominal pain: An evidence synthesis for a clinical practice guideline	12
Standard nurse phone triage versus tele–emergency care pilot on Veteran use of in‐person acute care: An instrumental variable analysis	12
Lessons learned from a bouffant surgical cap	12
Hot off the press: SGEM#416: She's always a woman—Query PE	12
Provider‐to‐provider telehealth for sepsis patients in a cohort of rural emergency departments	12
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Utilization of the Fordham Risk Screening Tool for violence risk assessment in an emergency department	12
Diversity, equity, inclusion, justice—Are we accountable?	11
Just patient care	11
Growing pains	11

Laboratory trends in severe MIS‐C	11
Hot off the press: Going ultrasound—For small bowel obstructions	11
Rural and socioeconomic differences in the effectiveness of the HEART Pathway accelerated diagnostic protocol	11
Florida emergency department facility fees vary significantly based on hospital ownership	11
Pediatric mental health emergency department visits from 2017 to 2022: A multicenter study	10
Benefits and safety of transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in acute stroke: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized trials	10
Major adverse cardiac event rates in moderate‐risk patients: Does prior coronary disease matter?	10
Inter‐rater reliability of the Clinical Frailty Scale by staff members in a Swedish emergency department setting	10
Understanding the association between frequent emergency department use and jail incarceration: A cross‐sectional analysis	10
Reaching the hard to reach: Characteristics of patients who received a COVID‐19 vaccine in the emergency department	9
Analysis of bias in toxicology screening of patients in serious motor vehicle collisions	9
Proceed to your nearest emergency room … and wait	9
Troponin thresholds for myocardial infarction risk stratification	9
A pilot study of prehospital antibiotics for severe sepsis	9
Can an individual be enrolled in more than one clinical trial using exception from informed consent?	9
Peripheral nerve block for hip fracture	9
Hypertension in the emergency department: A missed opportunity to screen for primary aldosteronism?	9
Discrepant documentation: What happens when two clinicians document on the same patient?	9
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Use of machine learning models to predict neurologically intact survival for advanced age adults following out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest	9
Association between neighborhood socioeconomic status and mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: A nationwide multilevel observational study	9
Emergency department visits and helpline calls in Rhode Island for acute sexual assault before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic	9
Does the definition of preventable emergency department visit matter? An empirical analysis using 20 million visits in Ontario and Alberta	8
Measuring the efficacy of community consultation in a pediatric exception from informed consent trial	8
ED‐Home: Pilot feasibility study of a targeted homelessness prevention intervention for emergency department patients with drug or unhealthy alcohol use	8
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Assessing the one‐month mortality impact of civilian‐setting prehospital transfusion: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	8
Dexmedetomidine in the emergency department: A prospective observational cohort study	8
Response to the letter: “Utility of electroencephalography in toxin‐induced seizure”	8
Is older age an appropriate criterion alone for ordering cervical spine computed tomography after trauma	8
Full‐dose challenge of moderate, severe, and unknown beta‐lactam allergies in the emergency department	7
December	7
Discharge instruction comprehension by older adults in the emergency department: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	7
My search for light	7
Issue Information	7
Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE‐4): Alcohol use disorder and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome management in the emergency department	7
The shape of war	7
A prediction model for prehospital clinical deterioration: The use of early warning scores	7
Global emergency medicine: A scoping review of the literature from 2021	7
Documentation of incidentally noted hepatic steatosis to emergency department patients: A retrospective study	7
Cocaethylene cardiotoxicity in emergency department patients with acute drug overdose	7
“We measure what we value”: Building the science to equitably respond to labor and sex trafficking	7
Reporting of sex and gender demographics among research studies	7
Geriatric screening in the emergency department increases consultations to geriatric medicine and physical and occupational therapy: A pre/post cohort study	7
The private‐sector “auxiliary EMS” model complementing formal EMS in Japan	7
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Epidemiology and management of abdominal injuries in children	7
Impact of a simplified cannulation procedure pack on peripheral intravenous catheter–associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: An interrupted time series analysis	6
Pathway with single‐dose long‐acting intravenous antibiotic reduces emergency department hospitalizations of patients with skin infections	6
Telemental health in emergency care settings: A qualitative analysis of considerations for sustainability and spread	6
Paxlovid for nonhospitalized patients with COVID‐19	6
Mortality in adolescents and young adults following a first presentation to the emergency department for alcohol	6
Prediction models in prehospital and emergency medicine research: How to derive and internally validate a clinical prediction model	6
Effect of prehospital workflow optimization on treatment delays and clinical outcomes in acute ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	6
Failure rate of the pulmonary embolism rule‐out criteria rule for adults 35 years or younger: Findings from the RIETE Registry	6
Cellular host response sepsis test for risk stratification of patients in the emergency department: A pooled analysis	6
Can we predict which COVID‐19 patients will need transfer to intensive care within 24 hours of floor admission?	6
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Take‐Pause: Efficacy of mindfulness‐based virtual reality as an intervention in the pediatric emergency department	6
Comparison of prehospital and in‐hospital HEART scores in patients with possible myocardial infarction	6
SAEM22 Abstracts	6
Global, regional, and national drowning trends from 1990 to 2021: Results from the 2021 Global Burden of Disease Study	5
Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department restraint use: A multicenter retrospective analysis	5
The use of dexmedetomidine in the emergency department: A systematic review	5
Feasibility of a screening tool for sex trafficking in an adult emergency department	5
From diagnostic errors to diagnostic excellence in emergency care: Time to flip the script	5
Balancing risks and priorities: Achieving right care in diagnosing pulmonary embolism during pregnancy	5
Accuracy of presenting symptoms, physical examination, and imaging for diagnosis of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	5
Head computed tomography findings in geriatric emergency department patients with delirium, altered mental status, and confusion: A systematic review	5
“This is part of emergency medicine now”: A qualitative assessment of emergency clinicians’ facilitators of and barriers to initiating buprenorphine	5
Diagnostic accuracy of neuroimaging in emergency department patients with acute vertigo or dizziness: A systematic review and meta‐analysis for the guidelines for reasonable and appropriate care in th	5
Effectiveness of a care transitions intervention for older adults discharged home from the emergency department: A randomized controlled trial	5
Post‐Roe emergency medicine: Policy, clinical, training, and individual implications for emergency clinicians	5
Exploring bias in restraint use: Four strategies to mitigate bias in care of the agitated patient in the emergency department	5
Disparities in use of physical restraints at an urban, minority‐serving hospital emergency department	5
Factors influencing the conduction of confidential conversations with adolescents in the emergency department: A multicenter, qualitative analysis	5
Efficacy of ketorolac in the treatment of acute migraine attack: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	5
Enhancing geriatric trauma mortality prediction: Modifying and assessing the geriatric trauma outcome score with net benefit and decision curve analysis	5
Massive blood transfusion following older adult trauma: The effect of blood ratios on mortality	5

Real‐time artificial intelligence predicts adverse outcomes in acute pancreatitis in the emergency department: Comparison with clinical decision rule	5
Identifying signs and symptoms of urinary tract infection from emergency department clinical notes using large language models	5
Consent to advanced imaging in antenatal pulmonary embolism diagnostics: Prevalence, outcomes of nonconsent and opportunities to mitigate delayed diagnosis risk	5
Fixed‐dose subcutaneous low‐molecular‐weight heparin versus adjusted‐dose unfractionated heparin for venous thromboembolism treatment	5
Introduction to the AEM special issue on the science of errors in emergency care, 2025	5
Comparison of a trauma comorbidity index with other measures of comorbidities to estimate risk of trauma mortality	5
Guidelines for reasonable and appropriate care in the emergency department 3 (GRACE‐3): Acute dizziness and vertigo in the emergency department	5
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Issue Information	4
Epinephrine metered‐dose inhaler for pediatric croup	4
Issue Information	4
Epidemiology of diagnostic errors in pediatric emergency departments using electronic triggers	4
Response to “Utility of electroencephalography in toxin‐induced seizures”	4
The cost of saving lives: Complications arising from prehospital tourniquet application	4
Differentiating central from peripheral causes of acute vertigo in an emergency setting with the HINTS, STANDING, and ABCD2 tests: A diagnostic cohort study	4
A firearm violence research methodologic pitfall to avoid	4
Issue Information	4
Diagnostic testing for evaluation of brief resolved unexplained events	4
Salary disparities based on gender in academic emergency medicine leadership	4
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What's in a name?	4
Comparison of cost and resource utilization between firearm injuries and motor vehicle collisions at pediatric hospitals	4
Changes in application of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's abstract scoring criteria, 2020 versus 2021	4
Issue Information	4
A qualitative assessment of emergency physicians’ experiences with robust emergency department buprenorphine bridge programs	4
Compassion fatigue; A physician's story	4
“I feel lonely, COVID has made it worse”: A teen's struggle	4
Evaluation of the “hemoptysis” item in clinical decision rules for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department	4
Issue Information	4
Nebulized hypertonic saline for bronchiolitis in infants	4
Patient perceptions of diagnostic certainty at discharge and patient satisfaction in the emergency department	4
Using natural language processing to identify emergency department patients with incidental lung nodules requiring follow‐up	4
Welcome to SAEM23 in Austin, Texas!	4
SAEM23 Editors‐in‐Chief Welcome	4
Safety net	4
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Issue Information	4
Long guidewire peripheral intravenous catheters in emergency departments for management of difficult intravenous access: A multicenter, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial	4
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Recovering lost opportunities in the management of critically ill patients boarding in the emergency department	4
SAEM21 Program Chair	4
Lost and found in the ER	4
Aggressive intravenous fluid resuscitation for acute pancreatitis	3
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Assessment of sous vide water baths in the acute rewarming of frostbitten extremities: A multicenter study	3
A systematic approach to tackling racism in emergency medicine: A commentary on the executive summary of the SAEM 2022 consensus conference	3
Thoracic point‐of‐care ultrasound is an accurate diagnostic modality for clinically significant traumatic pneumothorax	3
AEM special issue on (in)equity in emergency medicine	3
Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature from 2022	3
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Predilection to pursue pulmonary embolism in young females	3
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's victory is our own	3
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Feasibility of adolescent contraceptive care in the pediatric emergency department: A pilot randomized controlled trial	3
Hot off the press: Stop fallin’—Geriatric fall prevention in the emergency department	3
Hot off the press: Low‐risk, recurrent abdominal pain in the emergency department	3
Issue Information	3
Novel referral pathway for patients with new solid tumors discharged from the emergency department: A pilot study	3
All the death we cannot see	3
Intranasal ketorolac versus intravenous ketorolac for treatment of migraine headaches in children: A randomized clinical trial	3
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The use of computed tomography in the management of injury in tertiary emergency departments in Western Australia: Evidence of overtesting?	3
Evidence Based Emergency Care 3rd edition; PinesJM, BellolioF, CarpenterCR, RajaAS, eds. John Wiley & Sons Ltd2023; USD 80.00 eBook, USD 99.99 Paperback, 750 pp. <	3
Give us some GRACE, we can't take the HINT: there is still a role for imaging in dizzy patients!	3
An alternate explanation for the 2023Match: Emergency medicine physicians endure repeated workplace moral distress and our students are watching	3
ACEP–SAEM response to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposal to simplify the review framework for research project grant applications	3
Change in emergency department telehealth use for various indications, 2016 to 2020	3
Routine	3
Safety of the pulmonary embolism rule‐out criteria rule: Findings from the Registro Informatizado de la Enfermedad TromboEmbolica venosa (RIETE) registry	3
Routine blood culture in the emergency department: Worthy or waste?	3
Issue Information	3
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Resource utilization and outcomes among children risk stratified by pediatric appendicitis risk calculator at a tertiary pediatric center	3
Corticosteroids for acute respiratory distress syndrome	3
Characteristics of pediatric behavioral health emergencies in the prehospital setting	3
Levetiracetam compared with phenytoin or fosphenytoin in benzodiazepine‐refractory pediatric status epilepticus	3
Author gender diversity within emergency medicine publications	3
Hot off the press: SGEM#402: Call me—on the telemental health line	3
Easy as Pi? Why geometry might save us from tough percutaneous catheter insertions	3
Does code status clarification for elderly patients being admitted from the emergency department make a difference?	3
Palliative care interventions for adults in the emergency department: A review of components, delivery models, and outcomes	3
Promotion is a team sport, always point to your passer	3
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest	3
Point‐of‐care echocardiography of the right heart improves acute heart failure risk stratification for low‐risk patients: The REED‐AHF prospective study	3
Overcoming stagnant flow: A scoping review of vertical movement in the emergency department	3
Operational factors associated with emergency department patient satisfaction: Analysis of the Academy of Administrators of Emergency Medicine/Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine nati	2
Executive summary of the 2021 SAEM consensus conference: From bedside to policy: Advancing social emergency medicine and population health through research, collaboration, and education	2
A quantitative assessment of emergency department boarding and its association with decreases in operational efficiency: A multicenter nationwide study	2
Adjuvant anticholinergic therapy for the prevention of akathisia in patients with primary headache in the emergency department: A systematic review	2
Myopericarditis in a previously healthy adolescent male following COVID‐19 vaccination: A case report	2
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: Clinical trajectories and patterns of use three months following a visit to the emergency department	2
Oral fidaxomicin versus vancomycin for Clostridioides difficile infection	2
Is older age an appropriate criterion alone for ordering cervical spine CT after trauma	2
Timing for nystagmus evaluation by STANDING or HINTS in patients with vertigo/dizziness in the emergency department	2
Neonatal transport. A red snapshot	2