OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Academic Emergency Medicine is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Author Index	95
SAEM22 Abstracts	46
Utilization of the Fordham Risk Screening Tool for violence risk assessment in an emergency department	44
Assessing the one‐month mortality impact of civilian‐setting prehospital transfusion: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	41
Provider‐to‐provider telehealth for sepsis patients in a cohort of rural emergency departments	32
Post‐Roe emergency medicine: Policy, clinical, training, and individual implications for emergency clinicians	32
Lessons learned from a bouffant surgical cap	31
Use of machine learning models to predict neurologically intact survival for advanced age adults following out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest	30
Issue Information	28
Reporting of sex and gender demographics among research studies	28
Hot off the press: SGEM#416: She's always a woman—Query PE	27
Comment on “Diagnostic Accuracy and Application of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Decision Rules Among Patients With Non‐Traumatic Acute Headache: A Systematic Review”	27
Hypertension in the emergency department: A missed opportunity to screen for primary aldosteronism?	27
From diagnostic errors to diagnostic excellence in emergency care: Time to flip the script	26
Analysis of bias in toxicology screening of patients in serious motor vehicle collisions	26
Early anticoagulation in acute ischemic stroke	25
Prediction models in prehospital and emergency medicine research: How to derive and internally validate a clinical prediction model	25
A new skill is needed in the emergency department: Introducing ourselves properly	24
Just patient care	23
Is older age an appropriate criterion alone for ordering cervical spine computed tomography after trauma	22
Discharge instruction comprehension by older adults in the emergency department: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	22
Epidemiology and management of abdominal injuries in children	22
Issue Information	21
SAEM23 Editors‐in‐Chief Welcome	21
Issue Information	21

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Issue Information	20
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Odds ratios versus risk ratios in intensive care research: Using frailty in intensive care as a case study	19
A death with a plan	18
Lost and found in the ER	18
Fentanyl test strip distribution acceptability and use among substance‐related emergency department visits	18
Predictive accuracy of adding shock index to the American College of Surgeons’ minimum criteria for full trauma team activation	17
Characteristics of pediatric behavioral health emergencies in the prehospital setting	17
Aggressive intravenous fluid resuscitation for acute pancreatitis	17
A systematic review of the effectiveness and safety of droperidol for pediatric agitation in acute care settings	17
Easy as Pi? Why geometry might save us from tough percutaneous catheter insertions	17
Treatment of pediatric behavioral health patients with intravenous and intramuscular chemical restraints: Results from a nationwide sample of emergency departments	16
Leveraging resilience	16
Effects of a Geriatric Emergency Department Multidisciplinary Intervention on Functional Status and Quality of Life: A Pre/Post Cohort Study	15
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No Interpreter Needed	14
Comment on “Psychological Comorbidity in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Low‐Risk Chest Pain and Anxiety”	14
Estimating the size and scope of the academic emergency physician workforce	14
Implementation of a compulsory clinical pharmacist‐led medication deprescribing intervention in high‐risk seniors in the emergency department	14
Thoracic point‐of‐care ultrasound is an accurate diagnostic modality for clinically significant traumatic pneumothorax	14
Safety of treating low‐risk patients with acute pulmonary embolism at home	14
Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department–initiated buprenorphine across five health care systems	14
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Pragmatic clinical trial design in emergency medicine: Study considerations and design types	13
Reply: Inconsistencies in the Impact of Electronic Health Record‐Based Clinical Decision Support on Reducing Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Adults	13
Issue Information	13
“I don't want to be the squeaky wheel”: Addressing bias as a leader in emergency medicine	13
Utility of head computed tomography for older adults with suspected delirium in the emergency department: A retrospective observational study	13
Accuracy of the Orlando Head CT Criteria in detecting clinically significant abnormalities in patients without head trauma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
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Response to the Commentary on Sheppard et al.'s Study of First Trimester POCUS Behaviors	13
End stage	12
Only love can hurt like this	12
Performance of the 0/2‐hour high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin T diagnostic protocol in a multisite United States cohort	12
A true human experience	12
Characterizing malpractice cases involving emergency department advanced practice providers, physicians in training, and attending physicians	12
Pre‐ and posttransfer computed tomography imaging in Canadian trauma centers: A multicenter retrospective cohort study	11
Opening invisible wounds	11
Hot off the press: MRI sensitivity for transient global amnesia	11
Oral analgesic for musculoskeletal injuries in children: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis	11
First steps in family‐centered care for family violence	11
Letter to the Editor, re: GRACE‐2: Low‐risk, recurrent abdominal pain in the emergency department	11
Emergency physician gender and head computed tomography orders for older adults who have fallen	10
Utility of predictive scales for emergency department patients with a new diagnosis of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage	10
Issue Information	10
Patient centered or provider centered? The inclusion of social determinants of health in emergency department billing and coding	10
ER seasons	10
Fentanyl versus placebo with ketamine and rocuronium for patients undergoing rapid sequence intubation in the emergency department: The FAKT study—A randomized clinical trial	10
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The clinical frailty scale predicts 1‐year mortality in emergency department patients aged 65 years and older	10
How to effectively integrate advanced practice providers into the ED workforce	10
Burying bullying	10
Issue Information	10
Response to “Assessing analgesic efficacy of single‐injection erector spinae plane block for rib fractures in the emergency department”	9
Race, racism, and antiracism in emergency medicine: A scoping review of the literature and research agenda for the future	9
Clinical relevance rather than evidence existence: The SAEMGRACEpragmatism	9
Advanced practice providers in academic emergency medicine: A national survey of chairs and program directors	9
Decline in nontraumatic dental conditions at emergency departments in North Carolina, 2010–2020	9
2022 consensus conference on diversity, equity, and inclusion: Developing an emergency medicine research agenda for addressing racism through health care research	9
A legacy in emergency medicine: Remembering Gloria Kuhn, DO, PhD, FACEP	9
In their own words: Experiences of emergency health care workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic	8
The association between area deprivation index and emergency department discharge rates and revisits	8
Global emergency medicine: A scoping review of the literature from 2023	8
Hospital‐level variation in risk‐standardized admission rates for emergency care–sensitive conditions among older and younger Veterans	8
Patient perceptions of microaggressions and discrimination toward patients during emergency department care	8
Issue Information	8
A systematic review of instruments to measure health literacy of patients in emergency departments	8
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Broken gods	8
Using Video Ethnography and Stimulated Recall Interviews to Describe the Diagnostic Process in the Emergency Department	8
Reevaluating biomarker accuracy in alcohol‐intoxicated TBI patients	8
Electrocardiographic findings associated with early clinical deterioration in acute pulmonary embolism	8
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Point‐Of‐Care Respiratory Diagnosis and Antibiotic Utilization in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Evaluation of Multiplex PCR	8
Correction to “Consent to advanced imaging in antenatal pulmonary embolism diagnostics: Prevalence, outcomes of nonconsent and opportunities to mitigate delayed diagnosis risk”	8
Test characteristics of ultrasound for the diagnosis of peritonsillar abscess: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	8
Iowa emergency departments lack board‐certified emergency physicians: A comprehensive statewide emergency department workforce study	8
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Prevalence of violence against health care workers among agitated patients in an urban emergency department	8
Response to Tangkamolsuk and La RE: Online public response to emergency department diagnostic error report: A qualitative study	8
Prospective evaluation of single‐dose aminoglycosides for treatment of complicated cystitis in the emergency department	7
Emergency department utilization after hospitalization discharge for acute stroke: The COMprehensive Post‐Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) study	7
In the face of threats to DEI, investments in women and Underrepresented in Medicine leaders are needed more than ever	7
Pre‐hospital freeze‐dried plasma for critical bleeding after trauma: A pilot randomized controlled trial	7
First time in the emergency department	7
Impact of risk‐based sexually transmitted infection screening in the emergency department	7
SQuID (subcutaneous insulin in diabetic ketoacidosis) II: Clinical and operational effectiveness	7
With resistance for a reason	7
Emergency department staff compassion is associated with lower fear of enacted stigma among patients with opioid use disorder	7
Telephone advice on first aid in hypoglycemia: Developing an evidence‐based dispatcher algorithm	7
Exploring diagnostic stewardship in the emergency department evaluation of pediatric abdominal pain in a statewide quality collaborative	7
Ambulatory follow‐up among publicly insured children discharged from the emergency department	7
Out of Time	7
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SPEED protocol	7
National Intensive Care Unit Utilization for Diabetic Ketoacidosis Increased From 2012 to 2022	7
Direct oral anticoagulants versus conventional anticoagulants for pulmonary embolism	7
Is older age an appropriate criterion alone for ordering cervical spine computed tomography after trauma, by M Radmard et al.	7
Patient perspectives on emergency department initiation of medication for alcohol use disorder	7
SAEM GRACE: Phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal management in the emergency department: A systematic review of direct evidence	7
The HEART Pathway: Just a HEART score permutation or the future of clinical decision rules?	7
A mobile integrated health program for the management of undifferentiated acute complaints in older adults is safe and feasible	7
Irregular	7
Performance of individual criteria of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) intraabdominal injury prediction rule	7
The moral injury of zeeple‐zoople	7
Prediction models for severe manifestations and mortality due to COVID‐19: A systematic review	6
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Corticosteroids for patients with vestibular neuritis: An evidence synthesis for guidelines for reasonable and appropriate care in the emergency department	6
Issue Information	6
Review for color atlas of emergency trauma, third edition	6
Variation in point‐of‐care ultrasound privileges in academic emergency departments	6
Forget me not	6
Headpulse measurement can reliably identify large‐vessel occlusion stroke in prehospital suspected stroke patients: Results from the EPISODE‐PS‐COVID study	6
Issue Information	6
A systematic review of interventions for persons living with dementia: The Geriatric ED Guidelines 2.0	6
Leukopenia, neutropenia, and procalcitonin levels in young febrile infants with invasive bacterial infections	6
A novel approach to measuring emergency physician efficiency	6
Hospitalize or discharge the emergency department patient with syncope? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of direct evidence for SAEM GRACE	6
Patient‐reported outcome measure use among older adults after emergency department care: A systematic review	6
Assessment of statewide initiative for children boarding in rural emergency departments with mental health concerns	6
Low‐cost interventions to increase uptake of cervical cancer screening among emergency department patients: Results of a randomized clinical trial	6
Decreased racial disparities in sepsis mortality after an order set–driven initiative: An analysis of 8151 patients	6
Validation of the Appendicitis Inflammatory Response (AIR) score during pregnancy: A nested case–control study	6
Utility of prehospital call center ambulance dispatch data for COVID‐19 cluster surveillance: A retrospective analysis	6
Early decrease in blood pressure after acute intracerebral hemorrhage	6
Establishing outcome‐driven vital signs ranges for children in the prehospital setting	6
Delivery system emergency department capacity and its effect on nonsystem service utilization	6
Authors' reply to Sabour S. “The 4‐step STANDING algorithm for predicting central causes of vertigo; methodological issues on reliability, validity, and prediction”	6
Mortality in adolescents and young adults following a first presentation to the emergency department for alcohol	5

Neighborhood‐level variation in prehospital care of patients with suspected stroke in Rhode Island	5
Low‐value care in pediatric populations: There is no silver lining	5
Diagnostic reasoning and cognitive error in emergency medicine: Implications for teaching and learning	5
Issue Information	5
Benefits and safety of transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in acute stroke: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized trials	5
Telemental health in emergency care settings: A qualitative analysis of considerations for sustainability and spread	5
Failure rate of the pulmonary embolism rule‐out criteria rule for adults 35 years or younger: Findings from the RIETE Registry	5
Traumatic injury clinical trial evaluating tranexamic acid in children (TIC‐TOC): A pilot randomized trial	5
Efficacy of prescribed opioids for acute pain after being discharged from the emergency department: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	5
Integrated emergency, critical, and operative care: A coordinated approach to strengthening emergency care and health service delivery	5
Global emergency medicine: A scoping review of the literature from 2021	5
The Importance of Geriatric Emergency Department Assessments: Recognizing Patient Risks and Value of Data in Research—A Reply	5
The Police Department in the Emergency Department: Developing a Patient‐Centered Resource for Navigating Law Enforcement Interactions in Clinical Care Settings	5
Impact of an Oregon health policy aimed at strengthening adolescent linkage to outpatient mental health care from the emergency department	5
Hot off the press: Going ultrasound—For small bowel obstructions	5
The prevalence for the risk of serious infection in hypothermic infants ≤ 60 days: A systematic review	5
Emergency Department Visit Frequency Among Adults With Chronic Abdominal Pain: Findings From the 2023 US National Health Interview Survey	5
Letter to “Effects of a Geriatric Emergency Department Multidisciplinary Intervention on Functional Status and Quality of Life”	5
Proceed to your nearest emergency room … and wait	5
Fixed‐dose subcutaneous low‐molecular‐weight heparin versus adjusted‐dose unfractionated heparin for venous thromboembolism treatment	5
The private‐sector “auxiliary EMS” model complementing formal EMS in Japan	5
A response to: “The termination of an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion”	5
Understanding the association between frequent emergency department use and jail incarceration: A cross‐sectional analysis	4
Response to “Utility of electroencephalography in toxin‐induced seizures”	4
What's in a name?	4
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: Clinical trajectories and patterns of use three months following a visit to the emergency department	4
Benchmarking expectations for interventions to reduce emergency department use among today’s high users	4
Editor‐in‐Chief Introduction	4
Introduction to the AEM special issue on the science of errors in emergency care, 2025	4
Issue Information	4
A qualitative analysis of cancer‐related patient care in the emergency department	4
Disparities in use of physical restraints at an urban, minority‐serving hospital emergency department	4
Comparison of prehospital and in‐hospital HEART scores in patients with possible myocardial infarction	4
Geriatric screening in the emergency department increases consultations to geriatric medicine and physical and occupational therapy: A pre/post cohort study	4
Author Keyword Index	4
Timing for nystagmus evaluation by STANDING or HINTS in patients with vertigo/dizziness in the emergency department	4
Give us some GRACE, we can't take the HINT: there is still a role for imaging in dizzy patients!	4
Recovering lost opportunities in the management of critically ill patients boarding in the emergency department	4
Issue Information	4
Real‐time artificial intelligence predicts adverse outcomes in acute pancreatitis in the emergency department: Comparison with clinical decision rule	4
Issue Information	4
Cocaethylene cardiotoxicity in emergency department patients with acute drug overdose	4
Single Dose Epinephrine Protocol Is Associated With Improved Survival of Older Adults With Out‐Of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest	4
Buprenorphine or methadone: A single‐center survey of patient preference in an urban emergency department	4
The pieta	4
Standards for Point‐of‐care Ultrasound Research Reporting (SPUR): A modified Delphi to develop a framework for reporting point‐of‐care ultrasound research	4
Accuracy of presenting symptoms, physical examination, and imaging for diagnosis of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	4
Examining trends in emergency medicine journals' publications about racism	4
Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature from 2022	4
Epidemiology of sepsis presentations and management among United States emergency departments from 2016 to 2023	4
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Formal Education in Life	4
Issue Information	4
Global, regional, and national drowning trends from 1990 to 2021: Results from the 2021 Global Burden of Disease Study	4
The personal in the protocol	4
Association between neighborhood socioeconomic status and mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: A nationwide multilevel observational study	4
Listening	4
Factors influencing the conduction of confidential conversations with adolescents in the emergency department: A multicenter, qualitative analysis	4
Emergency department patient and physician survey accuracy compared to chart abstraction in patients with acute respiratory illness	3
Prevalence and predictors of radiographic pneumonia in children with wheeze: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	3
Issue Information	3
Interventions to improve consultations in the emergency department: A systematic review	3
Issue Information	3
In reply	3
Evaluation of protocol fidelity for prehospital antibiotic administration	3
The termination of an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion	3
Ultrasound‐Guided Nerve Block for Pediatric Femur Fractures in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Multi‐Center Study	3
Early emergency department experience with 7‐day extended‐release injectable buprenorphine for opioid use disorder	3
GRACE‐4 letter to the editor “Opening invisible wounds” response	3
Eliminating pain disparities for children in the emergency department	3
Public support for and concerns regarding pediatric dose optimization for seizures in emergency medical services: An exception from informed consent (EFIC) trial	3
Rapid assessment of clinically levels of direct acting oral anticoagulants in the emergency department	3
Return Visits Among Emergency Department Patients Leaving Against Medical Advice	3
Mechanism of injury and special considerations as predictive of serious injury: A systematic review	3
Evaluation of National Institutes of Health cardiac arrest research based on “chain of survival” links	3
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Parental Stress in Academic Emergency Medicine Physicians	3
Troponin or not troponin, what is the (clinical) question?	3
Use of specialized trauma carts in the emergency department: A scoping review	3
Ultrasound for the diagnosis of shoulder dislocation and reduction: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	3
Increased identification of cannabis use among drivers involved in motor vehicle collisions using an expanded cannabis inventory	3
Video laryngoscopy versus fiberoptic bronchoscopy for awake tracheal intubation	3
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La Sagrada	3
Response to “Rising high‐acuity emergency care services independently billed by advanced practice providers, 2013 to 2019”	3
Palliative care interventions for adults in the emergency department: A review of components, delivery models, and outcomes	3
Issue Information	3
The neglected fact: Metal allergy of vascular stents in emergency department	3
A quantitative assessment of emergency department boarding and its association with decreases in operational efficiency: A multicenter nationwide study	3
“Why bother?”: Barriers to reporting gender and sexual harassment in emergency medicine	3
Online public response to emergency department diagnostic error report: A qualitative study	3
Current use of push‐dose epinephrine: Survey and interview results from academic clinicians in emergency medicine	3
Observation unit use among patients with cancer following emergency department visits: Results of a multicenter prospective cohort from CONCERN	3
Primary care and emergency department utilization patterns: Differences between White and Black low‐acuity patients	3
Tranexamic acid for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage	3