Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Article	Citations
The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Worker Wellness: A Scoping Review	362
Predictors of Mortality in Adults Admitted with COVID-19: Retrospective Cohort Study from New York City	70
Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound Is More Sensitive than Chest Radiograph for Evaluation of COVID-19	49
Underutilization of the Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic	46
Consensus Guidelines for Digital Scholarship in Academic Promotion	46
Homeless Shelter Characteristics and Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2	45
Telehealth Solutions for In-hospital Communication with Patients Under Isolation During COVID-19	37
In Young Adults with COVID-19, Obesity Is Associated with Adverse Outcomes	33
Decrease in Trauma Admissions with COVID-19 Pandemic	33
Predictors of Mortality in Elderly and Very Elderly Emergency Patients with Sepsis: A Retrospective Study	31
How the COVID-19 Epidemic Affected Prehospital Emergency Medical Services in Tehran, Iran	29
COVID-19: An Emerging Threat to Antibiotic Stewardship in the Emergency Department	29
Evidence-Based Heatstroke Management in the Emergency Department	27
Beyond Buprenorphine: Models of Follow-up Care for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergeny Department	27
Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Chest Radiographs for COVID-19 at Presentation	26
Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Intussusception in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	23
Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Representation in Leadership: An Evidence-Based Guide to Best Practices for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Me	22
Dumpster Diving in the Emergency Department: Quantity and Characteristics of Waste at a Level I Trauma Center	22
First Pass Success Without Adverse Events Is Reduced Equally with Anatomically Difficult Airways and Physiologically Difficult Airways	21
Identifying Patients at Greatest Risk of Mortality due to COVID-19: A New England Perspective	21
Sources of Distress and Coping Strategies Among Emergency Physicians During COVID-19	20
Clinical Teaching: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices from the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors	20
Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Crowding: A Call to Action for Effective Solutions to “Access Block”	20
Holistic Review, Mitigating Bias, and Other Strategies in Residency Recruitment for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices from the Council of Residency Directors	19
Prevalence of Emergency Department Social Risk and Social Needs	19

Nobody Wants to Be Narcan’d: A Pilot Qualitative Analysis of Drug Users’ Perspectives on Naloxone	19
Development and Usability Testing of a Web-based COVID-19 Self-triage Platform	18
Reducing Emergency Department Transfers from Skilled Nursing Facilities Through an Emergency Physician Telemedicine Service	18
Emergency Department Visits by Patients with Substance Use Disorder in the United States	18
The Incidence of QT Prolongation and Torsades des Pointes in Patients Receiving Droperidol in an Urban Emergency Department	17
Effectiveness of Mechanical Chest Compression Devices over Manual Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis	17
The Next Pandemic: Prepare for “Disease X”	17
Burnout and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic	17
Review of the Basics of Cognitive Error in Emergency Medicine: Still No Easy Answers	16
Plastic Surgery Complications: A Review for Emergency Clinicians	16
Intention to Leave Emergency Medicine: Mid-career Women Are at Increased Risk	16
Trauma-informed Care Interventions in Emergency Medicine: A Systematic Review	15
Changes in Emergency Department Activity and the First COVID-19 Lockdown: A Cross-sectional Study	15
Management of Agitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic	15
Nonfatal Firearm Injuries by Intent in the United States: 2016-2018 Hospital Discharge Records from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project	15
Emergency Medicine Journal Editorial Boards: Analysis of Gender, H-Index, Publications, Academic Rank, and Leadership Roles	15
Recommendations for Prehospital Airway Management in Patients with Suspected COVID-19 Infection	15
A Video-based Debriefing Program to Support Emergency Medicine Clinician Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic	14
Rural Interfacility Emergency Department Transfers: Framework and Qualitative Analysis	14
Paramedic-performed Prehospital Point-of-care Ultrasound for Patients with Undifferentiated Dyspnea: A Pilot Study	14
In-situ Simulation Use for Rapid Implementation and Process Improvement of COVID-19 Airway Management	14
Sepsis Alerts in Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review of Accuracy and Quality Measure Impact	13
COVID-19: A Driver for Disruptive Innovation of the Emergency Medicine Residency Application Process	13
COVID-19 Conferences: Resident Perceptions of Online Synchronous Learning Environments	13
Point-of-care Ultrasound in Morbidity and Mortality Cases in Emergency Medicine: Who Benefits the Most?	13
The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Hospital Staff	13
Mastery Learning Ensures Correct Personal Protective Equipment Use in Simulated Clinical Encounters of COVID-19	13
Preparedness, Adaptation, and Innovation: Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Decentralized, Quaternary Care Department of Emergency Medicine	13
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means-Emergency Department (CALM-ED): A Quality Improvement Program for Firearm Injury Prevention	12
Patient and Community Organization Perspectives on Accessing Social Resources from the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study	12
Update on Neurological Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2	12
Emergency Department Access During COVID-19: Disparities in Utilization by Race/Ethnicity, Insurance, and Income	12
Impact of Social Distancing on Individuals Who Use Drugs: Considerations for Emergency Department Providers	11
Norepinephrine in Septic Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	11
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits at a Canadian Academic Tertiary Care Center	11
Prospective Observational Multisite Study of Handover in the Emergency Department: Theory versus Practice	11
Cancer-related Emergency Department Visits: Comparing Characteristics and Outcomes	11
Acute Kidney Injury After CT in Emergency Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis	11
Emergency Tracheal Intubation in Patients with COVID-19: A Single-center, Retrospective Cohort Study	11
Adult Patients with Respiratory Distress: Current Evidence-based Recommendations for Prehospital Care	11
Emergency Department and Urgent Care Medical Malpractice Claims 2001–15	10
Practice Gap in Atrial Fibrillation Oral Anticoagulation Prescribing at Emergency Department Home Discharge	10
A Qualitative Study of “What Matters” to Older Adults in the Emergency Department	10
Establishment of an Alternate Care Site (ACS) in Imperial County During COVID-19	10
Practical Diagnostic Accuracy of Nasopharyngeal Swab Testing for Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	10
Making Our Preference Known: Preference Signaling in the Emergency Medicine Residency Application	10
Current Understanding of the Neurobiology of Agitation	10
A Virtual Escape Room versus Lecture on Infectious Disease Content: Effect on Resident Knowledge and Motivation	10
Anti-immigrant Rhetoric and the Experiences of Latino Immigrants in the Emergency Department	10
Addressing Racism in Medicine Through a Resident-Led Health Equity Retreat	10

Universal Screening for Hepatitis C Virus in the ED Using a Best Practice Advisory	10
Improving Understanding of Screening Questions for Social Risk and Social Need Among Emergency Department Patients	10
Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Intubation Confirmation of COVID-19 Patients	10
Randomized Controlled Trial of Ultrasound-guided Fluid Resuscitation of Sepsis-Induced Hypoperfusion and Septic Shock	10
A Model Partnership: Mentoring Underrepresented Students in Medicine (URiM) in Emergency Medicine	10
Comparing Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Practice in U.S. Emergency Departments, 2010–2017	9
Remdesivir for the Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review of the Literature	9
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National Survey of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scholarly Tracks in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs	9
Increased Emergency Department Hallway Length of Stay is Associated with Development of Delirium	9
Risk Stratification of COVID-19 Patients Using Ambulatory Oxygen Saturation in the Emergency Department	9
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Family-witnessed Resuscitation of Emergency Department Patients	9
Streamlining Care in Crisis: Rapid Creation and Implementation of a Digital Support Tool for COVID-19	9
Emergency Medicine Residents Experience Acute Stress While Working in the Emergency Department	8
Suicide Among the Emergency Medical Systems Occupation in the United States	8
Fever Incidence Is Much Lower in the Morning than the Evening: Boston and US National Triage Data	8
Fall Prevention Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors: A Survey of Emergency Providers	8
Physician Wellness During a Pandemic	8
Virtual Emergency Medicine Clerkship Curriculum during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Development, Application, and Outcomes	8
The Role of Gender in Nurse-Resident Interactions: A Mixed-methods Study	8
Prompt Outpatient Care For Older Adults Discharged From The Emergency Department Reduces Recidivism	8
A Case for Risk Stratification in Survivors of Firearm and Interpersonal Violence in the Urban Environment	8
United States’ Emergency Department Visits for Fever by Young Children 2007-2017	8
Unheard Victims: Multidisciplinary Incidence and Reporting of Violence in an Emergency Department	8
“Friction by Definition”: Conflict at Patient Handover Between Emergency and Internal Medicine Physicians at an Academic Medical Center	7
Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Resource Utilization During COVID-19	7
An Emergency Medicine Virtual Clerkship: Made for COVID, Here to Stay	7
A Novel Multimodal Approach to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education in Low-Resource Settings	7
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Barrier Enclosure for Endotracheal Intubation in a Simulated COVID-19 Scenario: A Crossover Study	7
Viral Coinfection is Associated with Improved Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients with SARS-CoV-2	7
Resident Research in Emergency Medicine: An Introduction and Primer	7
A Review of Journal Impact Metrics and Characteristics to Assist Emergency Medicine Investigators with Manuscript Submission Decisions	7
Clinical Features of Emergency Department Patients from Early COVID-19 Pandemic that Predict SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Machine-learning Approach	7
Patient Characteristics and Clinical Process Predictors of Patients Leaving Without Being Seen from the Emergency Department	7
Impact of COVID-19 and Shelter in Place on Volume and Type of Traumatic Injuries	7
Patient Age, Race and Emergency Department Treatment Area Associated with “Topbox” Press Ganey Scores	7
A Retrospective Cohort Study of Acute Epiglottitis in Adults	7
Emergency Medicine Program Directors’ Perspectives on Changes to Step 1 Scoring: Does It Help or Hurt Applicants?	7
Assessment of Emergency Medicine Residents’ Clinical Reasoning: Validation of a Script Concordance Test	7
Use of Telemedicine to Expedite and Expand Care During COVID-19	7
Residents’ Perceptions of Effective Features of Educational Podcasts	7
Emergency Department-initiated High-flow Nasal Cannula for COVID-19 Respiratory Distress	7
COVID-19: Implications for Advanced Care Planning and End-of-life Care	7
First Do No Harm With COVID-19: Corona Collateral Damage Syndrome	7
Home-based Testing for SARS-CoV-2: Leveraging Prehospital Resources for Vulnerable Populations	7
Effect of an Aerosol Box on Intubation in Simulated Emergency Department Airways: A Randomized Crossover Study	6
The FAST VIP (First Aid for Severe Trauma “Virtual” in-Person) Educational Study	6
Chief Complaints, Underlying Diagnoses, and Mortality in Adult, Non-trauma Emergency Department Visits: A Population-based, Multicenter Cohort Study	6
Gender-based Barriers in the Advancement of Women Leaders in Emergency Medicine: A Multi-institutional Qualitative Study	6
Emergency Medicine Influencers’ Twitter Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-methods Analysis	6
Reduction in Emergency Department Presentations in a Regional Health System during the Covid-19 Pandemic	6
Survey-based Evaluation of Resident and Attending Financial Literacy	6
Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Delays in Acute Stroke Care	6
Patient Characteristics and Perspectives of Firearm Safety Discussions in the Emergency Department	6
Development and Implementation of a Community Paramedicine Program in Rural United States	6
Self-Inflicted Gun Shot Wounds: A Retrospective, Observational Study of U.S. Trauma Centers	6
SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Associated Rates of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a New York City Emergency Department	6
Academic Emergency Medicine Faculty Experiences with Racial and Sexual Orientation Discrimination	6
Cannabis in Homes with Children: A Survey on Use, Storage, and Attitudes	6
Visual Estimation of Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion by Emergency Medicine Clinicians	6
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Transfers to a Higher Level of Care	6
Food Insecurity in a Pediatric Emergency Department and the Feasibility of Universal Screening	6
Patients Presenting with Bull-related Injuries to a Southern Indian Emergency Department	6
Creation and Implementation of a Mastery Learning Curriculum for Emergency Department Thoracotomy	6
Chronic Health Crises and Emergency Medicine in War-torn Yemen, Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Direct vs Video Laryngoscopy for Difficult Airway Patients in the Emergency Department: A National Emergency Airway Registry Study	6
Assessing Violence Risk in Adolescents in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Systematic Review and Clinical Guidance	6
Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Chart Review	6
Lethal Means Counseling for Suicidal Adults in the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study	6
Evolving from Morbidity and Mortality to a Case-based Error Reduction Conference: Evidence-based Best Practices from the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors	6
Telemedicine to Decrease Personal Protective Equipment Use and Protect Healthcare Workers	6
Emergency Department-based Hepatitis A Vaccination Program in Response to an Outbreak	6
Racial Discrimination from Patients: Institutional Strategies to Establish Respectful Emergency Department Environments	6
Risk Factors of Fall-Related Emergency Department Visits by Fall Location of Older Adults in the US	5
Physician Pipeline and Pathway Programs: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine	5
Language Barriers and Timely Analgesia for Long Bone Fractures in a Pediatric Emergency Department	5
Post-abortion Complications: A Narrative Review for Emergency Clinicians	5
Effect of Blood Pressure Variability on Outcomes in Emergency Patients with Intracranial Hemorrhage	5
A Global Survey of Emergency Department Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic	5

Accuracy of Landmark-guided Glenohumeral Joint Injections as Assessed by Ultrasound in Anterior Shoulder Dislocations	5
A Near-Peer Educational Model for Online, Interactive Learning in Emergency Medicine	5
Punctuated Equilibrium: COVID and the Duty to Teach for Adaptive Expertise	5
Documentation of Screening for Firearm Access by Healthcare Providers in the Veterans Healthcare System: A Retrospective Study	5
Consolidating Emergency Department-specific Data to Enable Linkage with Large Administrative Datasets	5
A Scoping Review of Current Social Emergency Medicine Research	5
Emergency Physician Survey on Firearm Injury Prevention: Where Can We Improve?	5
Electronic Health Record-Based Surveillance for Community Transmitted COVID-19 in the Emergency Department	5
COVID-19 and Serious Bacterial Infection in Febrile Infants Less Than 60 Days Old	5
Emergency Department Patients Who Leave Before Treatment Is Complete	5
Effect of a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program on Emergency Department Opioid Prescribing	5
A Clinical Prediction Tool for MRI in Emergency Department Patients with Spinal Infection	5
Conference Didactic Planning and Structure: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices from the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors	5
Pediatric Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Visits in Houston after Hurricane Harvey	5
Clinical Characteristics Associated with Return Visits to the Emergency Department after COVID-19 Diagnosis	5
Low-cost Videolaryngoscope in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound Is Useful to Evaluate Emergency Department Patients for COVID-19	5
CEdRIC: Strategy for Patient Education During COVID-19 Triage	5
Drive-through Medicine for COVID-19 and Future Pandemics	5
Outcomes Associated with Lower Doses of Ketamine by Emergency Medical Services for Profound Agitation	5
Importance of Mentoring on Workplace Engagement of Emergency Medicine Faculty: A Multi-institutional Study	5
The Association of Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Geographic Factors with Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Utilization	5
Emergency Medicine History and Expansion into the Future: A Narrative Review	5
The Challenging Case Conference: A Gamified Approach to Clinical Reasoning in the Video Conference Era	4
Does a Standardized Discharge Communication Tool Improve Resident Performance and Overall Patient Satisfaction?	4
Simulation-based Mastery Learning Improves Emergency Medicine Residents’ Ability to Perform Temporary Transvenous Cardiac Pacing	4
WestJEM Will No Longer Use the Term “Provider” to Refer to Physicians	4
Falls in Older Adults Requiring Emergency Services: Mortality, Use of Healthcare Resources, and Prognostication to One Year	4
Development and Validation of a Novel Triage Tool for Predicting Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department	4
Code Status Documentation Availability and Accuracy Among Emergency Patients with End-stage Disease	4
Emergency Medicine Challenges in Ecuador	4
Diagnostic Uncertainty in Dyspneic Patients with Cancer in the Emergency Department	4
Feasibility of Health Literacy Tools for Older Patients in the Emergency Department	4
Firearm Exposure and Storage Practices in the Homes of Rural Adolescents	4
The Impact of COVID-19 on a Large, Canadian Community Emergency Department	4
Provider Antibody Serology Study of Virus in the Emergency Room (PASSOVER) Study: Special Population COVID-19 Seroprevalence	4
Substance Use-related Emergency Department Visits and Resource Utilization	4
Pediatric Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasonography: A Narrative Review	4
A Virtual Book Club for Professional Development in Emergency Medicine	4
Impact of Social Determinants of Health, Health Literacy, Self-perceived Risk, and Trust in the Emergency Physician on Compliance with Follow-up	4
A Community Mural Tour: Facilitating Experiential Learning About Social Determinants of Health	4
Perceptions of Emergency Care by Sexual and Gender Minorities in Colorado: Barriers, Quality, and Factors Affecting Identity Disclosure	4
A Nationwide Survey of Program Directors on Resident Attrition in Emergency Medicine	4
Healthcare Use After Buprenorphine Prescription in a Community Emergency Department: A Cohort Study	4
Low Rates of Lung and Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake Among a Safety-net Emergency Department Population	4
Gaps in the Identification of Child Race and Ethnicity in a Pediatric Emergency Department	4
A Multidisciplinary Intubation Algorithm for Suspected COVID-19 Patients in the Emergency Department	4
Point-of-sale Naloxone: Novel Community-based Research to Identify Naloxone Availability	4
Cross-sectional Analysis of Food Insecurity and Frequent Emergency Department Use	4
Deciphering a Changing Match Environment in Emergency Medicine and Identifying Residency Program Needs	4
Homeless Shelter Characteristics and Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2	4
Brief Review of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Toxicity and Management	4
Race, Healthcare, and Health Disparities: A Critical Review and Recommendations for Advancing Health Equity	4
Severe Vitamin K-dependent Coagulopathy from Rodenticide-contaminated Synthetic Cannabinoids: Emergency Department Presentations	4
Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Adult Emergency Department Patients in Canada	4
Minimizing Pulse Check Duration Through Educational Video Review	4
Estimated Cost Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination for Emergency Medical Services Professionals	4
Documentation Displaces Teaching in an Academic Emergency Department	4
Four-factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Reversal of Factor Xa Inhibitors versus Warfarin in Life-threatening Bleeding	4
Medical Malpractice and Diagnostic Errors in Japanese Emergency Departments	4
Clinical, Operational, and Socioeconomic Analysis of EMS Bypass of the Closest Facility for Pediatric Asthma Patients	4
Rabies Vaccination Compliance and Reasons for Incompletion	4
A Novel Technique to Identify Intimate Partner Violence in a Hospital Setting	4
Effect of Implementation of HEART Chest Pain Protocol on Emergency Department Disposition, Testing and Cost	4
Wellness Interventions in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: Review of the Literature Since 2017	4
COVID-19 Pandemic and Care of Older Adults at Risk for Delirium and Cognitive Vulnerability	4