2024
Effects of opening a vertical care area on emergency medicine resident clinical experience
Tsyrulnik A, Rothenberg C, Sun W, Venkatesh A, Coughlin R, Goldflam K, Sangal R. Effects of opening a vertical care area on emergency medicine resident clinical experience. AEM Education And Training 2024, 8: e11040. PMID: 39574943, PMCID: PMC11576914, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.11040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency Severity IndexBehavioral health patientsEmergency departmentHealth patientsPostgraduate year (PGY)-1 residentsAcuity level of patientsCare unitPractice registered nursesResident educational outcomesESI 4PGY-3 residentsFast-track unitPGY-1 residentsResident clinical experiencePatient acuityCritical care patientsCare patientsCare areasClinical educationTriage physiciansAcuity levelsCritical careLevels of patientsPGY-2PGY-1Is boarding compromising our residents' education? A national survey of emergency medicine program directors
Goldflam K, Bradby C, Coughlin R, Cordone A, Bod J, Bright L, Merrill R, Tsyrulnik A. Is boarding compromising our residents' education? A national survey of emergency medicine program directors. AEM Education And Training 2024, 8: e10973. PMID: 38633136, PMCID: PMC11018641, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10973.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResident educationEmergency departmentCross-sectional convenience sampleHigher patient volumesFree-text responsesPearson chi-square testED throughputBoarding patientsResident staffingChi-square testPatient volumeED boardingMixed-methods approachPatient flowManagement of critically ill patientsBedside teachingUndifferentiated patientsDescriptive dataResidency trainingResident feedbackCritically ill patientsNational surveyResident learningProgram directorsLack of exposure
2014
Patient Perceptions of Ultrasound Educational Scans in the Emergency Department
Goldflam K, Goett RR, Lewiss RE, Bania TC, Saul T. Patient Perceptions of Ultrasound Educational Scans in the Emergency Department. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2014, 46: 833-838. PMID: 24686074, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.11.102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentPatients' perceptionsMedical careBedside ultrasound scanPart of patientsChi-squared testAdditional patientsMedical recordsUltrasound scanPatient understandingEmergency medicine residentsPatientsStatistical differenceConvenience sampleMedicine residentsScansT-testKruskal-WallisPhase 2Phase 1CareSuch scansDepartmentGroup dataManagement of Pneumothoraces Detected on Chest Computed Tomography: Can Anatomical Location Identify Patients Who Can Be Managed Expectantly?
Agbo C, Hempel D, Studer M, Gulati K, Oliva I, Goldflam K, Ledbetter S, Platz E. Management of Pneumothoraces Detected on Chest Computed Tomography: Can Anatomical Location Identify Patients Who Can Be Managed Expectantly? Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2014, 46: 605-611. PMID: 24508116, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.11.079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest tube thoracotomyChest CT scanCT scanComputed tomographyEmergency departmentAnatomical distributionLevel I trauma centerInitial hemodynamic parametersManagement of pneumothoracesTrauma ultrasound examinationI trauma centerMajority of patientsManagement of pneumothoraxSize of pneumothoraxChest Computed TomographyDistinct anatomical distributionChest zonesTube thoracotomyStable patientsMechanical ventilationMedian timeRetrospective reviewTrauma centerChest tubeMedical records
2011
Anatomical distribution of traumatic pneumothoraces on chest computed tomography: implications for ultrasound screening in the ED
Mennicke M, Gulati K, Oliva I, Goldflam K, Skali H, Ledbetter S, Platz E. Anatomical distribution of traumatic pneumothoraces on chest computed tomography: implications for ultrasound screening in the ED. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2011, 30: 1025-1031. PMID: 21908143, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.06.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentChest CTTraumatic pneumothoracesAnatomical distributionInitial chest X-rayChest X-rayTime of CTRetrospective reviewChest tubeUltrasound screeningPneumothoracesStudy periodStandardized protocolPTXCTLarge anteriorAnatomical regionsChestRegion 9UltrasoundTomographyHemithoraxEtiologyHemithoracesAnterior