Affiliation: George Washington University
- The Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV Infection in Those Who Decline HIV Screening in an Urban Emergency DepartmentM Czarnogorski
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA
AIDS Res Treat 2011:879065. 2011..Interventions are urgently needed to decrease the opt-out rate in routine ED HIV testing settings...
- Does pelvic exam in the emergency department add useful information?Jeremy Brown
The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
West J Emerg Med 12:208-12. 2011..We evaluated how often the findings of the pelvic exam changed management in a cohort of consecutive female patients presenting with acute abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding...
- Patient perceptions and acceptance of routine emergency department HIV testingJeremy Brown
Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Medical Faculty Associates, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Public Health Rep 123:21-6. 2008..We report on the rates of patient acceptance and their perceptions of routine emergency department (ED) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in a high-prevalence area...
- Routine HIV screening in the emergency department using the new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines: results from a high-prevalence areaJeremy Brown
Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Medical Faculty Associates, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:395-401. 2007..We established a screening program implementing these recommendations at an urban university hospital ED in Washington, DC. We report the results of this program...
- Establishing an ED HIV screening program: lessons from the front linesJeremy Brown
Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:658-61. 2007..Consideration of these steps will help streamline the establishment of the program, but there should be careful consideration of the program's costs and sustainability before embarking on the process...
- Diagnostic and treatment patterns for renal colic in US emergency departmentsJeremy Brown
Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University, Washington DC 20037, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 38:87-92. 2006..To describe the epidemiology, imaging and treatment patterns of acute renal colic in US emergency departments...
- The spectrum of informed consent in emergency psychiatric researchJeremy Brown
Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Ann Emerg Med 47:68-74. 2006..I evaluate the variation in requirements for informed consent in studies evaluating chemical tranquilization of agitated patients...
- Operational methods of HIV testing in emergency departments: a systematic reviewJason S Haukoos
Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Ann Emerg Med 58:S96-103. 2011..The objective of this study is to provide a detailed account of the various models and operational constructs that have been described for performing HIV testing in EDs...
- Public health and clinical impact of increasing emergency department-based HIV testing: perspectives from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing ConsortiumAleksandar Kecojevic
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
Ann Emerg Med 58:S151-9.e1. 2011..We codify those domains of public health and clinical care most affected by implementing HIV testing in EDs, as determined by expert opinion...
- Nontargeted rapid human immunodeficiency virus screening provided by dedicated personnel does not adversely affect emergency department length of stayNathalie Coeller
Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:708-13. 2011..This study therefore analyzed the effect of nontargeted HIV screening on LOS in a cohort of ED patients...
- Barriers to the use of outpatient enoxaparin therapy in patients with deep venous thrombosisNathan I Shapiro
Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Emerg Med 23:30-4. 2005..To establish a clinical pathway for outpatient enoxaparin therapy in deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and then characterize its implementation and barriers to use...
- Nomenclature and definitions for emergency department human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing: report from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing ConsortiumMichael S Lyons
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:168-77. 2009..These definitions are designed to facilitate discussion, increase comparability of future reports, and potentially accelerate wider implementation of ED HIV testing...
- Summary of NIH Medical-Surgical Emergency Research Roundtable held on April 30 to May 1, 2009Amy H Kaji
Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W Carson Street, Box 21, Torrance, CA 90509 2910, USA
Ann Emerg Med 56:522-37. 2010....
- Views of National Health Service (NHS) Ethics Committee members on how education research should be reviewedJeremy Brown
Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
Med Teach 29:225-30. 2007..A Local Research Ethics Committee (LREC) may not be appropriate for reviewing research projects involving trainees as participants...
- Tamsulosin and steroids for urolithiasisJeremy Brown; Fiscal Year: 2007..This therapy, if effective, will reduce the amount of time a patient is off work because of the pain from the disease, and may also reduce the need for expensive and time-consuming surgical treatments. ..