Publications

Metoprolol vs diltiazem for atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate: Systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events. Hintze TD, Downing JV, Acquisto NM, Downton Mslis K, Yardi I, Moran M, Sharma A, Pourmand A, Tran QK. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Dec 27;89:230-240. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.12.070.

Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams-Evidence of Benefits? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 
Bryan A, Tran QK, Ahari J, Mclaughlin E, Boone K, Pourmand A. J Clin Med. 2024 Dec 14;13(24):7623. doi: 10.3390/jcm13247623.

Use of Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest: Advances and Future Challenges. 
Williams CA, Fairley HE, Tran QK, Pourmand A. Medicina (Kaunas). 2024 Nov 20;60(11):1904. doi: 10.3390/medicina60111904.

The Role of Troponin Testing in Patients with Supraventricular Tachycardia, Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 
Pourmand A, Checkeye H, Varghese B, Solomon AJ, Tran QK. J Emerg Med. 2024 May 19:S0736-4679(24)00156-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2024.05.010.

Analyzing unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) attacks; a disaster medicine perspective. 
Shapovalov V, Tran QK, Groussis M, Jasani G, Tilley L, Pourmand A. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Aug 3;84:135-140. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.08.001.

COVID-19 Pandemic and Impact on Research Publications in Critical Care. 
Razavi S, Sharma A, Lavin C, Pourmand A, Smalls N, Tran QK. Crit Care Explor. 2024 Jun 5;6(6):e1103. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000001103. 

 C3-C4 cervical disc herniation producing Brown-Séquard syndrome: A case report and review of the literature.
Groussis M, Issa R, Taheri MR, Pourmand A. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Jun;80:229.e5-229.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.04.027. 

Approach to Decompensated Right Heart Failure in the Acute Setting. 
Levitt CV, Williams CA, Ahari J, Pourmand A. J Clin Med. 2024 Feb 2;13(3):869. doi:10.3390/jcm13030869. PMID: 38337563

ED WAIT: A communication model for addressing difficult patient encounters in the emergency department. Pourmand A, Shapovalov V, Manfredi RA, Potenza MA, Roche C, Shesser R. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Jan 8:S0735-6757(24)00005-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.01.004. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38212209

Approach to traumatic cardiac arrest in the emergency department: a narrative literature review for emergency providers.
Alremeithi R, Tran QK, Quintana MT, Shahamatdar S, Pourmand A. World J Emerg Med. 2024;15(1):3-9. doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2023.085. PMID: 38188559

Prevalence of intra-abdominal injury among patients with seatbelt signs, a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
Pourmand A, Terrebonne E, Shapovalov V, Kartiko S, AlRemeithi R, Tran QK. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Dec 3;76:199-206. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.11.058. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38086186

Application of Technology in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, a Narrative Review.
Levitt CV, Boone K, Tran QK, Pourmand A. J Clin Med. 2023 Nov 29;12(23):7383. doi: 10.3390/jcm12237383. PMID: 38068434

Adjunctive Therapeutics in the Management of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Narrative Literature Review.
Hoffer M, Pena RCF, Tran QK, Pourmand A. J Clin Med. 2023 Nov 28;12(23):7374. doi: 10.3390/jcm12237374. PMID: 38068426

A case report of point-of-care ultrasound directed thrombectomy: a reversible cause of cardiac arrest managed with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation.
Hoffer M, Aziz S, Boniface K, Aziz JE, Pourmand A. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2023 Nov 29. doi: 10.15441/ceem.23.084. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38018071

Trend of Outcome Metrics in Recent Out-of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrest Research: A Narrative Review of Clinical Trials.
Htet NN, Jafari D, Walker JA, Pourmand A, Shaw A, Dinh K, Tran QK. J Clin Med. 2023 Nov 20;12(22):7196. doi: 10.3390/jcm12227196. PMID: 38002808

Emergency department approach to monkeypox.
Levitt CV, Tran QK, Hraky H, Mazer-Amirshahi M, Pourmand A. World J Emerg Med. 2023;14(5):341-348. doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2023.098. PMID: 37908793

Ventilation assisted feedback in out of hospital cardiac arrest: A case series.
Gerber S, Pourmand A, Sullivan N, Shapovalov V, Pourmand A. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Sep 29:S0735-6757(23)00521-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.09.047. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 37805369

Letter to the editor: "Etomidate as an induction agent for endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients: A meta-analysis of randomized trials".
Lavin C, Tran QK, Downing J, Pourmand A.
J Crit Care. 2023 Sep 11;79:154408. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154408. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 37703745 
 
Prevalence of peri-intubation major adverse events among critically ill patients: A systematic review and meta analysis.
Downing J, Yardi I, Ren C, Cardona S, Zahid M, Tang K, Bzhilyanskaya V, Patel P, Pourmand A, Tran QK.
Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Sep;71:200-216. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.06.046. Epub 2023 Jun 28.
PMID: 37437438


Hypertensive emergency versus preeclampsia in a patient with sickle cell disease: a case report.
Patel J, Reyes JA, Berezowski I, Tran QK, Frasure SE, Pourmand A.
World J Emerg Med. 2023;14(4):329-331. doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2023.060.
PMID: 37425075 
 
Comparison of Six Scoring Systems for Predicting In-hospital Mortality among Patients with SARS-COV2 Presenting to the Emergency Department.
Rahmatinejad Z, Hoseini B, Reihani H, Hanna AA, Pourmand A, Tabatabaei SM, Rahmatinejad F, Eslami S.
Indian J Crit Care Med. 2023 Jun;27(6):416-425. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24463.
PMID: 37378368 

Approach to anisocoria in the emergency department.
Clausen K, Davis S, Pourmand A.
Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Jul;69:218.e1-218.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.04.047. Epub 2023 May 8.
PMID: 37179218


Rethinking Traditional Emergency Department Care Models in a Post-Coronavirus Disease-2019 World.
Pourmand A, Caggiula A, Barnett J, Ghassemi M, Shesser R.
J Emerg Nurs. 2023 Jul;49(4):520-529.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2023.02.008. Epub 2023 Apr 20.
PMID: 37086252 


Evaluation of phenobarbital based approach in treating patient with alcohol withdrawal syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pourmand A, AlRemeithi R, Kartiko S, Bronstein D, Tran QK.
Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Jul;69:65-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.04.002. Epub 2023 Apr 5.
PMID: 37060631


Comments on "Economic Evaluation of Ultrasound-guided Central Venous Catheter Confirmation vs Chest Radiography in Critically Ill Patients: A Labor Cost Model".
Austin S, Tran QK, Pourmand A, Matta A, Haase D.
West J Emerg Med. 2023 Mar 6;24(2):368-369. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2022.10.59187.
PMID: 36976610 


Cyclobenzaprine utilization for musculoskeletal back pain: Analysis of 2007-2019 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Data.
Pourmand A, AlRemeithi R, Martinez S, Couperus C, Mazer-Amirshahi M, Yang J, Tran QK.
Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Jun;68:106-111. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.03.025. Epub 2023 Mar 18.
PMID: 36965470


A clinical approach to an unidentified aerosolized bioterrorism agent: a narrative review for emergency providers.
Alremeithi R, Sullivan N, Checkeye H, Mazer-Amirshahi M, Pourmand A.
Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2023 Jun;10(2):147-156. doi: 10.15441/ceem.22.412. Epub 2023 Feb 16.
PMID: 36796783 


Patient care during interfacility transport: a narrative review of managing diverse disease states.
Tran QK, O'Connell F, Hakopian A, Abrahim MS, Beisenova K, Pourmand A.
World J Emerg Med. 2023;14(1):3-9. doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2023.009.
PMID: 36713340 


Efficacy of Video Laryngoscopy versus Direct Laryngoscopy in the Prehospital Setting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Pourmand A, Terrebonne E, Gerber S, Shipley J, Tran QK.
Prehosp Disaster Med. 2022 Dec 14:1-11. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X22002254. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 36515070 


Recurrent abdominal pain visits to the emergency department: A case report using the Central Sensitization Inventory.
Metri S, Shesser R, Pourmand A.
Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Jan;63:177.e1-177.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.09.018. Epub 2022 Sep 15.
PMID: 36150946

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