Asim Tarabar, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Emergency MedicineCards
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2025
Who is coming in? Evaluation of physician performance within multi-physician emergency departments
Sangal R, Teresi R, Dashevsky M, Ulrich A, Tarabar A, Parwani V, Van Tonder R, King M, Venkatesh A. Who is coming in? Evaluation of physician performance within multi-physician emergency departments. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2025, 90: 9-15. PMID: 39793122, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2025.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysician performancePhysician behaviorAdmission ratesEvaluation of physician performanceED operational efficiencyAttending teamPhysician ordersED throughputStaffing modelsED visitsED revisitsCo-attendanceLinear regression modelsAverage attendancePatient LOSEmergency departmentPatient lengthPhysician workPatients treated per hourPhysiciansAttendanceImaging testsImaging utilizationRegression modelsPatient data
2023
Inequities among patient placement in emergency department hallway treatment spaces
Tuffuor K, Su H, Meng L, Pinker E, Tarabar A, Van Tonder R, Chmura C, Parwani V, Venkatesh A, Sangal R. Inequities among patient placement in emergency department hallway treatment spaces. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 76: 70-74. PMID: 38006634, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEscalation of careAdjusted odds ratioED revisitsHallway bedsEmergency departmentHigher oddsPatient placementPatient insurance coverageSocial risk factorsPatient social factorsDischarge AMAED visitsSecondary outcomesPatient agePatient demographicsPrimary outcomeMale sexPatient sexTreatment spaceED censusFemale sexRisk factorsOdds ratioED staffingObservational study
2007
Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure associated with clenbuterol exposure
Schechter E, Hoffman R, Stajic M, McGee M, Cuevas S, Tarabar A. Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure associated with clenbuterol exposure. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2007, 25: 735.e1-735.e3. PMID: 17606110, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.12.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary edemaRespiratory failureClenbuterol exposureChest painCatecholamine-induced myocardial necrosisRoom air oxygen saturationVital signsCreatinine kinase-myocardial bandInitial vital signsWide pulse pressureBilateral pulmonary edemaHospital day 4Intensive care unitConsequent respiratory failureΒ2-adrenergic agonistIntravenous lorazepamReactive pupilsFine tremorFluid overloadPersistent tachycardiaST depressionCare unitInitial presentationPleural effusionSinus tachycardia
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Asim Tarabar, MD, specializes in emergency medicine with a focus on medical toxicology. He provides comprehensive care for patients with toxicological issues including poisoning, substance abuse and withdrawal.
As an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Tarabar’s research interests are centered on substance abuse and prevention. He has contributed several articles addressing substance abuse and withdrawal and was a contributing author to Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies, a leading reference in the field of toxicology.
Dr. Tarabar received his medical training from the Medical School of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital and a fellowship in medical toxicology at New York University, Bellevue Hospital/New York Poison Control Center.
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Emergency Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Emergency Medicine
- Latest Certification Date
- 2012
- Original Certification Date
- 2002
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