Abstracts for the 37th annual emergencies in medicine conference

• Published in: Journal of emergencies, trauma and shock trauma and shock, 2020-01, Vol.13 (1), p.91-95
• Main Authors: Alali, Sukaina, Paladino, Lorenzo, Tamayo, CAPT, Van Meter, Timothy, Bensimhon, Daniel, Adelman, Sam, Akbar, Abraham, Vandjelovic, Nathan, Voigt, Christopher, Rafique, Zubaid, Riordan, John, Peacock, W
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anticoagulants; Atrial fibrillation; Biomarkers; Clinical trials; Comorbidity; Conference Report; Conferences, meetings and seminars; Emergency medical care; Epidemiology; Fibrillation; Heart failure; Hypertension; Industrial research; Medical centers; Medical research; Medical schools; National parks; Rivaroxaban; Stroke; Veterans hospitals
• ISSN: 0974-2700; 0974-519X
• DOI: 10.4103/JETS.JETS_15_20

Major Bleeding Rates in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients Treated with Rivaroxaban CAPT Sally Tamayo, Manesh Patel1, Zhong Yuan2, Nick Sicignano3, Kathleen Pillsbury Hopf3, W. Frank Peacock4 Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA,1Duke University Health System and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC,2Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Titusville, NJ,3Health ResearchtX LLC, Trevose, PA,4Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA Background: Increasing age is associated with more comorbidity and higher congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 years, diabetes, stroke, vascular disease, age 65–74 years, and sex category (CHA2DS2-VASc) scores. Keywords: Atrial fibrillation, major bleed, nonvalvular, rivaroxaban, stroke Predicting Postconcussive Symptoms in Computed Tomography-Negative Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Timothy E. Van Meter, Nazanin Mirshahi, Kellie Archer1, Vani Rao2, Durga Roy2, Matthew Peters2, Haris Sair3, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia4, Frederick K. Korley5, W. Frank Peacock6 Program for Neurological Diseases, ImmunArray Inc., Richmond, VA,1Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH,2Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,3Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD,4Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,5Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,6Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA Background: Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a global public health concern, with some patients developing chronic debilitating symptoms and long-term dysfunction. Keywords: Biomarker, concussion, mild traumatic brain injury Furoscix® Real-World Evaluation for Decreasing Hospital Admissions in Heart Failure Daniel R. Bensimhon, W. Frank Peacock1, William S. Weintraub2, Rene Myers3, John A. Carter4, Katie Deering4, Joseph J. Medicis3, John F Mohr3 Moses Cone Health, Greensboro, NC,1Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX,2MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, Washington, DC,3scPharmaceuticals, Burlington, MA,4Epi-Q, Inc., Oak Brook, IL, USA Background: As many as 90% of patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with worsening heart failure (HF) are admitted to the hospital, and some have suggested that 50% of hospital admissions for HF admitted from the ED could be avoided. Keywords: Cost, furosemide, heart fai