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Research

The Department of Emergency Medicine has a very active research program, covering all aspects of clinical emergency medical care.  Nearly all of the clinical faculty are active participants in research projects which include clinical, administrative and laboratory research.
 
The Department has a full time research nurse, and clinical studies are supported by academic research associates who provide research coverage in the ED from 8am-midnight throughout the week.
 
Some of our current projects are listed below:
 

• Use of ultrasound to guide peripheral intravenous insertion (Boniface)
• Rates of gang membership among ED patients (Mckay)
• ProCESS - Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock -a multi-center trial funded by the National Institutes of Health grant (May)
• Tamsulosin vs placebo for renal stones (STONE study) – funded by the NIH (Brown)
• Powered interosseous device for emergent peripheral access (Brown)
• Effect of patient position on the opening pressure during a lumbar puncture (Jacobs)
• Ziprasidone vs standard therapy for acute agitation in the ED (Brown)
• Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral IV Access: Patient Characteristics, Patient Satisfaction, and Admission Rate (Woods)
• The Learning Curve and Proficiency Attainment of Pre-clinical Medical Students in FAST Ultrasound Examination (Shokoohi)
• The Effects Of Arrival Intensity, Patient Acuity, ED Boarding, and Hourly ED census on Patient Waiting Times, (Sattarian)
• Infection Control for Influenza: Improving ED Use of Droplet Precautions (Lung)
• Access to appointments in the District of Columbia based on insurance status (Oyedele)
• CD4 Counts and Viral Loads of HIV Positive Patients Detected Through a Routine Emergency Department HIV Screening Program (Brown)

 
 
For more information about these research projects, please contact the PI listed above.
 

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