Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Article	Citations
The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Worker Wellness: A Scoping Review	357
15 Smartphone Apps for Older Adults to Use While in Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic	188
The Appropriate Use of Testing for COVID-19	129
Sex- and Gender-specific Observations and Implications for COVID-19	85
Predictors of Mortality in Adults Admitted with COVID-19: Retrospective Cohort Study from New York City	70
Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound Is More Sensitive than Chest Radiograph for Evaluation of COVID-19	49
Consensus Guidelines for Digital Scholarship in Academic Promotion	46
Underutilization of the Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic	46
Homeless Shelter Characteristics and Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2	45
Healthcare Ethics During a Pandemic	39
Telehealth Solutions for In-hospital Communication with Patients Under Isolation During COVID-19	37
In Young Adults with COVID-19, Obesity Is Associated with Adverse Outcomes	33
Decrease in Trauma Admissions with COVID-19 Pandemic	32
A 2-Question Summative Score Correlates with the Maslach Burnout Inventory	31
Predictors of Mortality in Elderly and Very Elderly Emergency Patients with Sepsis: A Retrospective Study	30
How the COVID-19 Epidemic Affected Prehospital Emergency Medical Services in Tehran, Iran	29
COVID-19: An Emerging Threat to Antibiotic Stewardship in the Emergency Department	29
Evidence-Based Heatstroke Management in the Emergency Department	27
Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Chest Radiographs for COVID-19 at Presentation	26
Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescriptions for Urinary Tract Infections	26
Beyond Buprenorphine: Models of Follow-up Care for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergeny Department	25
Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Intussusception in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	23
Dumpster Diving in the Emergency Department: Quantity and Characteristics of Waste at a Level I Trauma Center	22
Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Representation in Leadership: An Evidence-Based Guide to Best Practices for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Me	22
Identifying Patients at Greatest Risk of Mortality due to COVID-19: A New England Perspective	21

Clinical Teaching: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices from the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors	20
Augmenting the Disaster Healthcare Workforce	20
First Pass Success Without Adverse Events Is Reduced Equally with Anatomically Difficult Airways and Physiologically Difficult Airways	20
Prevalence of Emergency Department Social Risk and Social Needs	19
Human Trafficking in the Emergency Department: Improving Our Response to a Vulnerable Population	19
Holistic Review, Mitigating Bias, and Other Strategies in Residency Recruitment for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices from the Council of Residency Directors	18
Humanism in the Age of COVID-19: Renewing Focus on Communication and Compassion	18
Development and Usability Testing of a Web-based COVID-19 Self-triage Platform	18
Sources of Distress and Coping Strategies Among Emergency Physicians During COVID-19	18
The Next Pandemic: Prepare for “Disease X”	17
Nobody Wants to Be Narcan’d: A Pilot Qualitative Analysis of Drug Users’ Perspectives on Naloxone	17
Effectiveness of Mechanical Chest Compression Devices over Manual Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis	17
Reducing Emergency Department Transfers from Skilled Nursing Facilities Through an Emergency Physician Telemedicine Service	17
Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Crowding: A Call to Action for Effective Solutions to “Access Block”	17
Emergency Department Visits by Patients with Substance Use Disorder in the United States	17
The Incidence of QT Prolongation and Torsades des Pointes in Patients Receiving Droperidol in an Urban Emergency Department	17
Intention to Leave Emergency Medicine: Mid-career Women Are at Increased Risk	16
It’s In The Bag: Tidal Volumes in Adult and Pediatric Bag Valve Masks	16
Plastic Surgery Complications: A Review for Emergency Clinicians	16
Burnout and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic	16
Review of the Basics of Cognitive Error in Emergency Medicine: Still No Easy Answers	15
Recommendations for Prehospital Airway Management in Patients with Suspected COVID-19 Infection	15
Trauma-informed Care Interventions in Emergency Medicine: A Systematic Review	15
Changes in Emergency Department Activity and the First COVID-19 Lockdown: A Cross-sectional Study	15
Emergency Medicine Journal Editorial Boards: Analysis of Gender, H-Index, Publications, Academic Rank, and Leadership Roles	15
Management of Agitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic	15
What is a Freestanding Emergency Department? Definitions Differ Across Major United States Data Sources	15
A Video-based Debriefing Program to Support Emergency Medicine Clinician Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic	14
The Emergency Medicine Group Standardized Letter of Evaluation as a Workplace-based Assessment: The Validity Is in the Detail	14
In-situ Simulation Use for Rapid Implementation and Process Improvement of COVID-19 Airway Management	14
Rural Interfacility Emergency Department Transfers: Framework and Qualitative Analysis	14
Addressing Challenges in Obtaining Emergency Medicine Away Rotations and Standardized Letters of Evaluation Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	14
Paramedic-performed Prehospital Point-of-care Ultrasound for Patients with Undifferentiated Dyspnea: A Pilot Study	13
Impact of Hurricane Harvey on Healthcare Utilization and Emergency Department Operations	13
Point-of-care Ultrasound in Morbidity and Mortality Cases in Emergency Medicine: Who Benefits the Most?	13
COVID-19 Conferences: Resident Perceptions of Online Synchronous Learning Environments	13
COVID-19: A Driver for Disruptive Innovation of the Emergency Medicine Residency Application Process	13
Preparedness, Adaptation, and Innovation: Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Decentralized, Quaternary Care Department of Emergency Medicine	13
Sepsis Alerts in Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review of Accuracy and Quality Measure Impact	13
Mastery Learning Ensures Correct Personal Protective Equipment Use in Simulated Clinical Encounters of COVID-19	13
Emergency Department Access During COVID-19: Disparities in Utilization by Race/Ethnicity, Insurance, and Income	12
Nonfatal Firearm Injuries by Intent in the United States: 2016-2018 Hospital Discharge Records from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project	12
The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Hospital Staff	12
Update on Neurological Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2	12
Acute Kidney Injury After CT in Emergency Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis	11
Impact of Social Distancing on Individuals Who Use Drugs: Considerations for Emergency Department Providers	11
Adolescents’ Acceptance of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception After an Educational Intervention in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial	11
Patient and Community Organization Perspectives on Accessing Social Resources from the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study	11
Norepinephrine in Septic Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	11
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits at a Canadian Academic Tertiary Care Center	11

Wellness: Combating Burnout and Its Consequences in Emergency Medicine	11
Emergency Tracheal Intubation in Patients with COVID-19: A Single-center, Retrospective Cohort Study	11
Practice Gap in Atrial Fibrillation Oral Anticoagulation Prescribing at Emergency Department Home Discharge	10
Cancer-related Emergency Department Visits: Comparing Characteristics and Outcomes	10
Descriptive Analysis of Extubations Performed in an Emergency Department-based Intensive Care Unit	10
Anti-immigrant Rhetoric and the Experiences of Latino Immigrants in the Emergency Department	10
Prospective Observational Multisite Study of Handover in the Emergency Department: Theory versus Practice	10
Addressing Racism in Medicine Through a Resident-Led Health Equity Retreat	10
Universal Screening for Hepatitis C Virus in the ED Using a Best Practice Advisory	10
Making Our Preference Known: Preference Signaling in the Emergency Medicine Residency Application	10
Improving Understanding of Screening Questions for Social Risk and Social Need Among Emergency Department Patients	10
Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Intubation Confirmation of COVID-19 Patients	10
Oncologic Emergencies: Immune-Based Cancer Therapies and Complications	10
Randomized Controlled Trial of Ultrasound-guided Fluid Resuscitation of Sepsis-Induced Hypoperfusion and Septic Shock	10
Practical Diagnostic Accuracy of Nasopharyngeal Swab Testing for Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	10
Adult Patients with Respiratory Distress: Current Evidence-based Recommendations for Prehospital Care	10
Emergency Department and Urgent Care Medical Malpractice Claims 2001–15	10
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means-Emergency Department (CALM-ED): A Quality Improvement Program for Firearm Injury Prevention	10
A Virtual Escape Room versus Lecture on Infectious Disease Content: Effect on Resident Knowledge and Motivation	10
Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters	10
Establishment of an Alternate Care Site (ACS) in Imperial County During COVID-19	10
Comparing Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Practice in U.S. Emergency Departments, 2010–2017	9
Remdesivir for the Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review of the Literature	9
Streamlining Care in Crisis: Rapid Creation and Implementation of a Digital Support Tool for COVID-19	9
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Family-witnessed Resuscitation of Emergency Department Patients	9
Increased Emergency Department Hallway Length of Stay is Associated with Development of Delirium	9
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Risk Stratification of COVID-19 Patients Using Ambulatory Oxygen Saturation in the Emergency Department	9
A Model Partnership: Mentoring Underrepresented Students in Medicine (URiM) in Emergency Medicine	9
Ibuprofen During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Media Precautions and Implications	9
A Qualitative Study of “What Matters” to Older Adults in the Emergency Department	9
Paradigm Shift for COVID-19 Response: Identifying High-risk Individuals and Treating Inflammation	8
Unheard Victims: Multidisciplinary Incidence and Reporting of Violence in an Emergency Department	8
Suicide Among the Emergency Medical Systems Occupation in the United States	8
National Survey of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scholarly Tracks in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs	8
Physician Wellness During a Pandemic	8
Current Understanding of the Neurobiology of Agitation	8
Fever Incidence Is Much Lower in the Morning than the Evening: Boston and US National Triage Data	8
The Role of Gender in Nurse-Resident Interactions: A Mixed-methods Study	8
Fall Prevention Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors: A Survey of Emergency Providers	8
Viral Coinfection is Associated with Improved Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients with SARS-CoV-2	7
Resident Research in Emergency Medicine: An Introduction and Primer	7
A Review of Journal Impact Metrics and Characteristics to Assist Emergency Medicine Investigators with Manuscript Submission Decisions	7
Clinical Features of Emergency Department Patients from Early COVID-19 Pandemic that Predict SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Machine-learning Approach	7
A Novel Multimodal Approach to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education in Low-Resource Settings	7
Patient Characteristics and Clinical Process Predictors of Patients Leaving Without Being Seen from the Emergency Department	7
Emergency Medicine Residents Experience Acute Stress While Working in the Emergency Department	7
First Do No Harm With COVID-19: Corona Collateral Damage Syndrome	7
Virtual Emergency Medicine Clerkship Curriculum during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Development, Application, and Outcomes	7
Emergency Medicine Program Directors’ Perspectives on Changes to Step 1 Scoring: Does It Help or Hurt Applicants?	7
Assessment of Emergency Medicine Residents’ Clinical Reasoning: Validation of a Script Concordance Test	7
Use of Telemedicine to Expedite and Expand Care During COVID-19	7
Emergency Department-initiated High-flow Nasal Cannula for COVID-19 Respiratory Distress	7
An Emergency Medicine Virtual Clerkship: Made for COVID, Here to Stay	7
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Prompt Outpatient Care For Older Adults Discharged From The Emergency Department Reduces Recidivism	7
A Case for Risk Stratification in Survivors of Firearm and Interpersonal Violence in the Urban Environment	7
Home-based Testing for SARS-CoV-2: Leveraging Prehospital Resources for Vulnerable Populations	7
“Friction by Definition”: Conflict at Patient Handover Between Emergency and Internal Medicine Physicians at an Academic Medical Center	7
Residents’ Perceptions of Effective Features of Educational Podcasts	7
Presyncope Is Associated with Intensive Care Unit Admission in Emergency Department Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism	7
Impact of COVID-19 and Shelter in Place on Volume and Type of Traumatic Injuries	7
Patient Age, Race and Emergency Department Treatment Area Associated with “Topbox” Press Ganey Scores	7
COVID-19: Implications for Advanced Care Planning and End-of-life Care	7
Barrier Enclosure for Endotracheal Intubation in a Simulated COVID-19 Scenario: A Crossover Study	7
Patients Presenting with Bull-related Injuries to a Southern Indian Emergency Department	6
Patient Characteristics and Perspectives of Firearm Safety Discussions in the Emergency Department	6
Self-Inflicted Gun Shot Wounds: A Retrospective, Observational Study of U.S. Trauma Centers	6
Chief Complaints, Underlying Diagnoses, and Mortality in Adult, Non-trauma Emergency Department Visits: A Population-based, Multicenter Cohort Study	6
Assessing Violence Risk in Adolescents in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Systematic Review and Clinical Guidance	6
Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Chart Review	6
Lethal Means Counseling for Suicidal Adults in the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study	6
Survey-based Evaluation of Resident and Attending Financial Literacy	6
Telemedicine to Decrease Personal Protective Equipment Use and Protect Healthcare Workers	6
A Retrospective Cohort Study of Acute Epiglottitis in Adults	6
Creation and Implementation of a Mastery Learning Curriculum for Emergency Department Thoracotomy	6
Chronic Health Crises and Emergency Medicine in War-torn Yemen, Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Associated Rates of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a New York City Emergency Department	6
Academic Emergency Medicine Faculty Experiences with Racial and Sexual Orientation Discrimination	6
Emergency Medicine Influencers’ Twitter Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-methods Analysis	6

Visual Estimation of Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion by Emergency Medicine Clinicians	6
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Transfers to a Higher Level of Care	6
Emergency Department-based Hepatitis A Vaccination Program in Response to an Outbreak	6
Development and Implementation of a Community Paramedicine Program in Rural United States	6
Effect of an Aerosol Box on Intubation in Simulated Emergency Department Airways: A Randomized Crossover Study	6
The FAST VIP (First Aid for Severe Trauma “Virtual” in-Person) Educational Study	6
United States’ Emergency Department Visits for Fever by Young Children 2007-2017	6
Retrospective Study of Midazolam Protocol for Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies	6
Cannabis in Homes with Children: A Survey on Use, Storage, and Attitudes	6
Evolving from Morbidity and Mortality to a Case-based Error Reduction Conference: Evidence-based Best Practices from the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors	6
Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Delays in Acute Stroke Care	6
COVID-19 and Serious Bacterial Infection in Febrile Infants Less Than 60 Days Old	5
Risk Factors of Fall-Related Emergency Department Visits by Fall Location of Older Adults in the US	5
Electronic Health Record-Based Surveillance for Community Transmitted COVID-19 in the Emergency Department	5
Males Receive Low-Tidal Volume Component of Lung Protective Ventilation More Frequently than Females in the Emergency Department	5
Drive-through Medicine for COVID-19 and Future Pandemics	5
A Scoping Review of Current Social Emergency Medicine Research	5
Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Resource Utilization During COVID-19	5
A Clinical Prediction Tool for MRI in Emergency Department Patients with Spinal Infection	5
Reduction in Emergency Department Presentations in a Regional Health System during the Covid-19 Pandemic	5
Pediatric Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Visits in Houston after Hurricane Harvey	5
Racial Discrimination from Patients: Institutional Strategies to Establish Respectful Emergency Department Environments	5
Direct vs Video Laryngoscopy for Difficult Airway Patients in the Emergency Department: A National Emergency Airway Registry Study	5
Effect of a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program on Emergency Department Opioid Prescribing	5
Consolidating Emergency Department-specific Data to Enable Linkage with Large Administrative Datasets	5
Effect of Blood Pressure Variability on Outcomes in Emergency Patients with Intracranial Hemorrhage	5
Language Barriers and Timely Analgesia for Long Bone Fractures in a Pediatric Emergency Department	5
A Global Survey of Emergency Department Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound Is Useful to Evaluate Emergency Department Patients for COVID-19	5
A Near-Peer Educational Model for Online, Interactive Learning in Emergency Medicine	5
Conference Didactic Planning and Structure: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices from the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors	5
The Association of Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Geographic Factors with Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Utilization	5
Emergency Medicine History and Expansion into the Future: A Narrative Review	5
Variations in the California Emergency Medical Services Response to Opioid Use Disorder	5
Clinical Characteristics Associated with Return Visits to the Emergency Department after COVID-19 Diagnosis	5
CEdRIC: Strategy for Patient Education During COVID-19 Triage	5
Low-cost Videolaryngoscope in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Emergency Department Patients Who Leave Before Treatment Is Complete	5
Physician Pipeline and Pathway Programs: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine	5
Gender-based Barriers in the Advancement of Women Leaders in Emergency Medicine: A Multi-institutional Qualitative Study	5
Emergency Physician Survey on Firearm Injury Prevention: Where Can We Improve?	5
Importance of Mentoring on Workplace Engagement of Emergency Medicine Faculty: A Multi-institutional Study	5
Accuracy of Landmark-guided Glenohumeral Joint Injections as Assessed by Ultrasound in Anterior Shoulder Dislocations	5
Punctuated Equilibrium: COVID and the Duty to Teach for Adaptive Expertise	5
Food Insecurity in a Pediatric Emergency Department and the Feasibility of Universal Screening	5
A Nationwide Survey of Program Directors on Resident Attrition in Emergency Medicine	4
Four-factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Reversal of Factor Xa Inhibitors versus Warfarin in Life-threatening Bleeding	4
Feasibility of Health Literacy Tools for Older Patients in the Emergency Department	4
Medical Malpractice and Diagnostic Errors in Japanese Emergency Departments	4
Diagnostic Uncertainty in Dyspneic Patients with Cancer in the Emergency Department	4
Rabies Vaccination Compliance and Reasons for Incompletion	4
Firearm Exposure and Storage Practices in the Homes of Rural Adolescents	4
The Impact of COVID-19 on a Large, Canadian Community Emergency Department	4
Provider Antibody Serology Study of Virus in the Emergency Room (PASSOVER) Study: Special Population COVID-19 Seroprevalence	4
Post-abortion Complications: A Narrative Review for Emergency Clinicians	4
Brief Review of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Toxicity and Management	4
Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Adult Emergency Department Patients in Canada	4
A Virtual Book Club for Professional Development in Emergency Medicine	4
Minimizing Pulse Check Duration Through Educational Video Review	4
Development and Validation of a Novel Triage Tool for Predicting Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department	4
Documentation Displaces Teaching in an Academic Emergency Department	4
Clinical, Operational, and Socioeconomic Analysis of EMS Bypass of the Closest Facility for Pediatric Asthma Patients	4
Boarding is Associated with Reduced Emergency Department Efficiency that is not Mitigated by a Provider in Triage	4
Impact of Scribes with Flow Coordination Duties on Throughput in an Academic Emergency Department	4
Outcomes Associated with Lower Doses of Ketamine by Emergency Medical Services for Profound Agitation	4
Deciphering a Changing Match Environment in Emergency Medicine and Identifying Residency Program Needs	4
Effect of Implementation of HEART Chest Pain Protocol on Emergency Department Disposition, Testing and Cost	4
COVID-19 Pandemic and Care of Older Adults at Risk for Delirium and Cognitive Vulnerability	4
Does a Standardized Discharge Communication Tool Improve Resident Performance and Overall Patient Satisfaction?	4
Documentation of Screening for Firearm Access by Healthcare Providers in the Veterans Healthcare System: A Retrospective Study	4
WestJEM Will No Longer Use the Term “Provider” to Refer to Physicians	4
A Community Mural Tour: Facilitating Experiential Learning About Social Determinants of Health	4
Falls in Older Adults Requiring Emergency Services: Mortality, Use of Healthcare Resources, and Prognostication to One Year	4
Healthcare Use After Buprenorphine Prescription in a Community Emergency Department: A Cohort Study	4
Code Status Documentation Availability and Accuracy Among Emergency Patients with End-stage Disease	4
Low Rates of Lung and Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake Among a Safety-net Emergency Department Population	4
Gaps in the Identification of Child Race and Ethnicity in a Pediatric Emergency Department	4
A Multidisciplinary Intubation Algorithm for Suspected COVID-19 Patients in the Emergency Department	4
Can Emergency Physicians Perform Carotid Artery Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Detect Stenosis in Patients with TIA and Stroke? A Pilot Study	4
Cross-sectional Analysis of Food Insecurity and Frequent Emergency Department Use	4
Homeless Shelter Characteristics and Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2	4
Demographics and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension Patients in United States Emergency Departments	4
Impact of Social Determinants of Health, Health Literacy, Self-perceived Risk, and Trust in the Emergency Physician on Compliance with Follow-up	4
The Challenging Case Conference: A Gamified Approach to Clinical Reasoning in the Video Conference Era	4
Perceptions of Emergency Care by Sexual and Gender Minorities in Colorado: Barriers, Quality, and Factors Affecting Identity Disclosure	4
Estimated Cost Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination for Emergency Medical Services Professionals	4
Developing Master Adaptive Learners: Implementation of a Coaching Program in Graduate Medical Education	3
Descriptive Analysis of Components of Emergency Medicine Residency Program Websites	3
Emergency Department Management of COVID-19: An Evidence-Based Approach	3
Improving Uptake of Emergency Department-initiated Buprenorphine: Barriers and Solutions	3
A Novel, Low-cost, Low-fidelity Pericardiocentesis Teaching Model	3
United States Congressional COVID-19 Legislation: Recent Laws and Future Topics	3
Prevalence and Predictors of Driving after Prescription Opioid Use in an Adult ED Sample	3
Emergency Department Length of Stay Is Associated with Delirium in Older Adults	3
The Utility of Color Doppler to Confirm Endotracheal Tube Placement: A Pilot Study	3