Department Blog - January 2020

Mak Moayedi, MD, CDEM, Assistant Professor; Steve Schenkel, MD, Associate Professor; and Hong Kim, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of the abstract “Access and Use of Bystander Naloxone Among Emergency Department Patients with Opioid Abuse in the Era of Adulterated Heroin with Fentanyl,” which was presented at the 39th Congress of the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists in Naples, Italy, in May.

Mak Moayedi, MD, CDEM, Assistant Professor; Steve Schenkel, MD, Associate Professor; and Hong Kim, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Prevalence of Fentanyl Exposure and Knowledge Regarding the Risk of Its Use Among Emergency Department Patients with Active Opioid Use History at an Urban Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland” (abstract available for full article published in Clinical Toxicology on September 1). The abstract was also presented at the 39th Congress of the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists in Naples, Italy, in May.

Hong Kim, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Clinical Utility of Venoarterial-Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in Patients with Drug-Induced Cardiogenic Shock: A Retrospective Study of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organizations’ ECMO Case Registry” (abstract available for full article published in Clinical Toxicology on October 16). The abstract was also presented at the 39th Congress of the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists in Naples, Italy, in May.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Lay Responder Care for an Adult with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest” which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on December 5. MedicalXpress.com published a story about the article, titled "Bystanders Can Help More Cardiac Arrest Victims Survive."

Hong Kim, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was lead author of “The Role of Take-Home Naloxone in the Epidemic of Opioid Overdose Involving Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl and Its Analogs” (abstract available), which was published in Expert Opinion on Drug Safety in June.

Hong Kim, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Prepacked Naloxone Administration for Suspected Opioid Overdose in the Era of Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl: A Retrospective Study of Regional Poison Center Data” (abstract available). The abstract was presented at the 50th North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology in Chicago in October 2018, and the full article was published in Clinical Toxicology on May 16.

Quincy Tran, MD, Assistant Professor; Daniel Haase, MD, Assistant Professor; and Jay Menaker, MD, Associate Professor, all in the Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “The Critical Care Resuscitation Unit Transfers More Patients From Emergency Departments Faster and Is Associated With Improved Outcomes” (full text available), which was published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine on November 21.

Michael Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Associate Professor, and George Willis, MD, Assistant Professor, both from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “Risk Management and Avoiding Legal Pitfalls in the Emergency Treatment of High-Risk Orthopedic Injuries” (abstract available), which will be published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in February.

Michael Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was one of two guest editors of the upcoming February issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, focused on orthopedic emergencies.

Mike Abraham, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “The Emergent Evaluation and Treatment of Hand and Wrist Injuries: An Update” (abstract available), which will be published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in February.

Kami M. Hu, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Joe Martinez, MD, Associate Professor, and Mike Winters, MD, Professor, all from the Department of Emergency Medicine, are among the authors of “The Critical Care Literature 2018,” which was accepted on November 17 for publication in a future issue of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

George Willis, MD, and Semhar Tewelde, MD, both Assistant Professors from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “The Approach to the Patient with Hematuria” (abstract available), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.

Ryan Spangler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was one of two guest editors of the November issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, focused on genitourinary emergencies.

Kami M. Hu, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, co-authored “Female Nonobstetric Genitourinary Emergencies” (abstract available), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.

Sarah Dubbs, MD, and Sarah Sommerkamp, MD, both Assistant Professors from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “Evaluation and Management of Urinary Tract Infection in the Emergency Department” (abstract available), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.

Michael Billet, MD, and Andy Windsor, MD, both Assistant Professors from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “Urinary Retention” (abstract available), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine was among the discussants in the November 11 podcast episode, “The PrePARE Trial—Do IVFs Prevent Peri-Intubation CV Collapse?” of Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine (audio available with paid subscription). In this episode, the doctors discussed Janz et al.’s recent article in Lancet Respiratory Medicine, “Effect of a Fluid Bolus on Cardiovascular Collapse Among Critically Ill Adults Undergoing Tracheal Intubation (PrePARE): A Randomised Controlled Trial” (abstract available).

Brian Browne, MD, FACEP, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, was honored November 12 when the Baltimore Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America bestowed on him the title of Chairman Emeritus at its 26th Annual Health Services Leadership Award Luncheon.

Youssef Annous, MD, Research Fellow, joined the Department of Emergency Medicine as the newest member of the clinical research team on November 7. Dr. Annous joins us from Beirut, Lebanon, where he graduated from medical school at the American University of Beirut. He also spent some time in Baltimore in 2016 as an observer in the Department of Vascular Surgery at UMMC and Mt. Sinai.

David Gatz, MD, Instructor, and Ryan Spangler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, both from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “Evaluation of the Renal Transplant Recipient in the Emergency Department” (abstract abvailable), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Resuscitating the Critically Ill Geriatric Emergency Department Patient” (abstract available) which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in August.