Author: Sibley H, Bradley K, Werdmann M Abstract presented at the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting, 2000 Objective: To determine if College Research Associates (RAS) could screen adult female ED patients for completion of annual cervical and breast cancer exams and for the risk of domestic violence (DV). Methods Methods: Design Prospective, observational. Setting Urban, community, teaching hospital. Participants Volunteer, college RAs received traini

Author: Ferrigno RF; Bradley K; Werdmann MJ. Am J Emerg Med 2001 Jan;19(1):46-48. The purpose of this study was to assess strategies to improve telephone contact with adult patients discharged from the emergency department (ED). The basic procedure was a prospective, randomized, interventional trial of a convenience sample of patients 18 years or older being discharged from the ED. Patients were excluded if they had altered mental status or were unable to communicate with the

Author: Osborn HH; Tang M; Bradley K; Duncan BR. Acad Emerg Med 1997 Jul;4(7):689-92. Objective: To determine whether the occurrence of new-onset bronchospasm or the recrudescence of asthma is associated with the use of cocaine. Methods: A consecutive sample of patients presenting to an inner-city adult ED with new-onset bronchospasm or recrudescence of bronchospasm after > 5 years were prospectively enrolled in a case-control prevalence study. The bronchospasm patients were