2020
F-Actin is associated with a worsening qSOFA score and intensive care unit admission in emergency department patients at risk for sepsis
Belsky JB, Filbin MR, Rivers EP, Bobbitt KR, Jaehne AK, Wisnik CA, Maciejewski KR, Li F, Morris DC. F-Actin is associated with a worsening qSOFA score and intensive care unit admission in emergency department patients at risk for sepsis. Biomarkers 2020, 25: 391-396. PMID: 32421363, DOI: 10.1080/1354750x.2020.1771419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitEmergency departmentQSOFA scoreIllness severityPlasma levelsThymosin beta 4Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) scoreSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreIntensive care unit admissionOrgan Failure Assessment scoreCare unit admissionPositive urine cultureSymptoms of sepsisSystemic inflammatory syndromeDiagnosis of sepsisEmergency department patientsSignificant outcome measureBeta 4Unit admissionICU admissionInflammatory syndromeDepartment patientsSeptic shockCare unitED patients
2014
A randomized controlled trial of capnography during sedation in a pediatric emergency setting
Langhan ML, Shabanova V, Li FY, Bernstein SL, Shapiro ED. A randomized controlled trial of capnography during sedation in a pediatric emergency setting. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2014, 33: 25-30. PMID: 25445871, PMCID: PMC4272647, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.09.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodes of hypoventilationOxygen desaturationIntervention groupStandard monitoringPediatric emergency department patientsEmergency department patientsSedation of childrenPediatric emergency departmentPediatric emergency settingRates of interventionFrequency of interventionsRespiratory depressionPrimary outcomeDepartment patientsEmergency departmentProcedural sedationEmergency settingHigher oddsHypoventilationCapnography monitorControl groupSedationStandard modalityTimely interventionCapnography
2012
Development of a scale to measure practitioner adherence to a brief intervention in the emergency department
Pantalon MV, Martino S, Dziura J, Li FY, Owens PH, Fiellin DA, O'Connor PG, D'Onofrio G. Development of a scale to measure practitioner adherence to a brief intervention in the emergency department. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2012, 43: 382-388. PMID: 23021098, PMCID: PMC3661016, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2012.08.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrief Negotiation InterviewBrief interventionTwo-factor structureExcellent internal consistencyGood construct validityDiscriminant validityPredictive validityEmergency departmentExcellent inter-rater reliabilityPsychometric propertiesEight-itemConstruct validityHazardous drinkingInternal consistencyEmergency department patientsPractitioner adherenceInter-rater reliabilityDepartment patientsAdherence ScaleClinical practiceValidityInterventionSkillsAdherenceScale