Publications

Selected Publications

Abstracts/Presentations
Commentary

2007

Academic ED BIRT Research Collaborative. Of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral Alcohol Curriculum for Academic ED Providers. Substance Abuse. In Press.

Walton, M.A., Cunningham, R.M., Chermack, S.T., Maio, R., Blow, C.F., Weber, J. Gender. Violence History among Injured Patient in an Urban Emergency Department. J Addict Dis. In Press

Cunningham RM, Walton MA, Tripathi SP, Weber J, Maio RF, Booth BM. Past Year Violence Among Patients with Cocaine Related Chest Pain. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. In Press

Goldstein A., Walton M., Cunningham R., Trowbridge M., Maio R. Violence, Weapon Carriage, and Substance Use as Predictors of Depression Symptoms among Adolescents in the ED. J Adolesc Health. In Press.

Goldstein AL. Walton MA. Cunningham RM. Trowbridge MJ. Maio RF. Violence and substance use as risk factors for depressive symptoms among adolescents in an urban emergency department. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2007. 40(3):276-9.

P F Ehrlich, A Drongowski and S Swisher- MClure. Feasibility of a Selected injury Intervention Program and a Pediatric Trauma Center. J Trauma. Accepted.

Chamberlain JM, Singh T, Baren JM, Maio RF. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Food and Drug Administration public hearing on the conduct of emergency clinical research: testimony of Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Academic emergency medicine, 2007, 4(4):e41 -42 

Chong M, Sochor M, Ipaktchi K, Brede C, Poster C, Wang S.  The Interaction of Occupant Factors’ on the Lower Extremity Fractures in Frontal Collision of Motor Vehicle Crashes based on a Level 1 Trauma Center.  Journal of Trauma, 2007,  62(3): pp.720-9.

Stanley R, Zimmerman J, Hashikawa C, Clark SJ. Appropriateness of Children’s Nonurgent Visits to Selected Michigan Emergency Departments. Pediatric Emergency Care, 23(8), August 2007

Gorelick MH, Knight S, Alessandrini EA, Stanley RM, Chamberlain JM, Kuppermann N, Alpern ER, for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Lack of Agreement in Pediatric Emergency Department Discharge Diagnoses from Clinical and Administrative Data Sources. Academic Emergency Medicine 2007; 14:646–652

2006

Borgialli DA, Camargo CA Jr. Healthy People 2010 Emergency Medicine Module: a multicenter survey and education intervention. J Emerg Med 2006 Jan; 30(1) 103-106

Cunningham, R.M., Walton, M.A., Trowbridge, M., Weber, J., Outman, R., Betway, A., Maio, R. Correlates of Violent Behavior Among Adolescents Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department. J Pediatr, 2006; 149:770-776.
 
Ehrlich PF, Brown JK, Sochor MR, Wang SC, Eichelberger.  Factors Influencing Pediatric Injury Severity Score (ISS) and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in Pediatric Automobile Crashes:  Results from the Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN), Journal of Pediatric Surgery.  2006; 41(11): 1854-8.

PF Ehrlich Brown JK, Drongowski R. Characterization of the drug positive adolescent trauma population: Should we, do we and does it make a difference if we test? J Ped Surg, 2006 May, 41(5): 927-930. (Paper reported in feature article in NY Times)

PF Ehrlich, A Haque, S Swisher-McClure, J Helmkamp. Screeing and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems in a University Health Clinic. J Am Col Health, 2006 Mar-Apr, 54(5): 279-87.

JK Brown, Y Jing Ehrlich PF. Patterns of Severe Injury in Paediatric Car Crash Victims: Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN) Database. J Ped Surg, 2006 Feb, 41(2): 362-7.

Pribble, JM, Goldstein, KM, Fowler, EF, Greenberg, MJ, Noel, SK, Howell, JD. Medical news for the public to use? What’s on local TV news. Am J Manag Care. 2006 Mar;12(3):170-6.

Alpern ER. Stanley RM. Gorelick MH. Donaldson A. Knight S. Teach SJ. Singh T. Mahajan P. Goepp JG. Kuppermann N. Dean JM. Chamberlain JM. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Epidemiology of a pediatric emergency medicine research network: the PECARN Core Data Project. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2006, 22(10):689-99.

Jaffery JB, Jacobson LM, Goldstein KM, Pribble JM. Local Television News Reporting of Kidney Disease. Am J Kidney Dis 48(6), December, 2006 pp. 983-985.

Pribble JM. Commentary: Morphing social norms through media messaging. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Notes. Ann Emerg Med. 2006; 48:740-42.

Pribble J, Vaca F, Garrison HG, McKay MP, Gotschall CS. A Social Norms Strategy to Reduce Impaired Driving Among 21- to 34-Year-Olds. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Notes. Ann Emerg Med. 2006;48:739.

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2005

Forchheimer, M. Cunningham, RM, Maio, RF .The Relationship of Blood Alcohol Concentration to Impairment Severity in Spinal Cord Injury J Spinal Cord Med 2005; 28: 1-5.

Cunningham RM, Vaidya RS, Maio, RM. Training Emergency Medicine Nurses and Physicians in Youth Violence Prevention. Am J Prev Med 29(5) 220-225 Suppl. 2 Dec 2005

Booth, B. M. Weber, J.E. Walton, M. Cunningham, RM. Thrush, C. Maio, R.F. Massey, L. Cocaine users presenting to a Chest pain Observation Unit. Acad Emerg Med April 2005 Vol 12 no 4 pp-329-337.

Luba Leontieva, Arshadul Haque, James Helmkamp, Samuel Swisher-McClure, Peter Ehrlich, Janet Williams, Kimberly Horn Stages of Change is Predictive of Response to Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems in Young Adult Emergency Department Patients. J Cri Care , 2005, 20: 251-256

PF Ehrlich, W. T. McClellan and DE Wesson. Monitoring Performance: Long Term Impact of Trauma Verification and Review. 2005 J Am Col Surg ,Vol 200(1) 166-172.

Kowalenko T, Walters B, Khare R, Compton S. Workplace Violence: A Survey of Emergency Physicians in the State of Michigan, Ann Emerg Med 2005; 45(3).

Maio RF, Shope JT, Blow FC, Gregor MA Zakrajsek JS, Weber JE, Nypaver MM: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an ED-based Interactive Computer Program to Prevent Alcohol Misuse Among Injured Adolescents. Ann Emerg Med, Vol. 45(4):420-9, April 2005.

Mahajan P, Stanley R, Ross KW, Clark L, Sandberg K, Lichtenstein R. Evaluation of an emergency department-based enrollment program for uninsured children. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 45(3):245-50, 2005 Mar.

Trowbridge MJ, Sege RD, Olson L, O’Connor K, Flaherty E, and Spivak H. Intentional Injury Management and Prevention in Pediatric Practice: Results From 1998 and 2003 American Academy of Pediatrics Periodic Surveys. Pediatrics. 2005. 116(4): 996-1000

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2004

Helmkamp JC, Swisher-McClure S, Manley W, Horn K, Leontieva L, EhrlichPF. A Brief Summary of Alcohol Intervention Research at West VirginiaUniversity from 1998 - 2003. WV Med J 2004; 100(4):143-146.

P F Ehrlich, W T McClellan , A Ducatman, J C Helmkamp, and S Islam , Understanding work Related injuries in children ; A perspective in West Virginia using the State managed Workers compensation System. J Ped Surg . Vol 39 (5) 768-72 2004

Ehrlich P F , Helmknmap J, Williams, J et al. Matched Analysis of Parent’s and Children’s Attitudes and Practices towards Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Safety: An Important Information Gap. J Inj Control Saf Promotion. Vol 11, No. 1 2004 pages 23-28. (This paper attracted national and international news attention, reports appeared in 24 newspapers and 16 TV stations)

PF Ehrlich, S Attllah, P Seidman and JC Helmkamp. Endotracheal intubations in rural pediatric trauma patients. J Ped Surg 2004 Vol 39, No 9 1376-1380

Holschen JC. The female athlete. South Med J. 2004 Sep;97(9):852-858.

Pribble JM, Maio RF, Freed GL: Parental perceptions regarding mandatory mouthguard use in competitive youth soccer. Inj Prev 2004; 10(3): 159-162.

Rowe, SC, Sochor, MR, Staples, KS, Wahl, WL, and Wang, SC ; “Pelvic ring fractures: Implications of vehicle design, crash type, and occupant characteristics” Surgery, Volume 136, Issue 4, October 2004, Pages 842-847

Dombkowski, K.J., Stanley R, Clark S.A. (2004). Influence of Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment on Emergency Department Utilization by Children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158:17- 21.12.

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2003

Cunningham, R., Walton, M.A., Maio, R., Blow, F.C., Weber, J. Violence and substance use among an injured ED population. Acad Emerg Med; 10; 764-775 2003.

Ehrlich PF, Renton C, Kincaid S. Should helical CT scanning of the thoracic cavity replace the conventional x-ray as a primary tool in pediatric trauma? An efficacy and cost analysis. J Ped Surg 2003, Vol38, No 5 793-797

Ehrlich PF, J Renton. Should Helical CT scanning of the thoracic cavity replace the conventional chest x-ray as a primary assessment tool in pediatric trauma? An efficacy and cost analysis. J Pediatr Surg 2003, Vol38, No 5 793-797

Cunningham R, Walton MA, Maio RF, Blow FC, Weber JE, Mirel L. Acute Violent Injury, Violence History, and Substance Use Among an Injured ED Population. Acad Emerg Med, 10(7):764-775, 2003.

Gregor MA, Shope JT, Blow FC, Maio RF, Weber JE, Nypaver MM. Feasibility of Using an Interactive Laptop Program in the ED to Prevent Alcohol Misuse Among Adolescents. Ann Emerg Med, 42(2):276-284, 2003.

Waller PF, Hill EM, Maio RF, Blow FC. Alcohol Effects on Motor Vehicle Crash Injury. Alcoholism: Clin Exper Res 27(4):695-703, 2003.

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2002

Denminghoff, KL, Knox, L, Cunningham, R, Partain, S: Emergency medicine: Competencies for youth violence prevention and control. Acad Emerg Med 2002; 9:947-956.

Cunningham, R., Hill, E. Maio, R., Zink, B.: The Effects of Alcohol on Head Injury in the Motor Vehicle Crash Victim. Alcohol Alcohol 2002. Vol 37, no 3. pp236-240

Ehrlich PF, Ortega J, and Vaughan RA, Mucha P: The need for a statewide trauma system. W Vir Med J, Vol. 98 No 2, 66-68 2002

Ehrlich PF, Newman KD, and Holcomb G: Lesson learned from a failed multi-institutional randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Surg. Vol 37, No 3, 431-436, 2002

Ehrlich PF, Rockwell S, Kincaid S, Mucha P: American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma Verification Review: Does it Really Make a Difference? J Trauma 53: 811-816, 2002

Weber JE, Maio RF, Blow FC, Hill EM, Barry KL, Waller PF: Alcohol and/or Other Drug Use Among Adult Non-Occupant Motor Vehicle Crash Victims. Alcohol Alcoholism, 37(5):468-471, 2002.

Cunningham R, Maio RF, Zink B, Hill E, and Sceinburg M. The Effects of alcohol on head injury in the motor vehicle crash victim. Alcohol Alcoholism;37(3):236-240, 2002.

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2001

Williams JM, Ehrlich PF, Prescott JE, Emergency medical care in Rural America. Ann Emerg Med Sep; 38 (3): 323-7, 2001

Ehrlich PF, Longhi JJ, Vaughan RA, Rockwell S: Correlation between parental perception and actual childhood patterns of bicycle helmet use and riding practices. J Pediatr Surg 36(5): 763-766, 2001

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2000

Borgialli DA, Hill EM, Maio RF, Compton CP, Gregor, MA . Effects of Alcohol on the Geographic Variation of Driver Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes 2000 Acad Emerg Med 7(1), 7-13

Stern SA, Kowalenko T, Dronen, Wang X. Comparison of the effects of Bolus versus Slow Infusion of 7.5% NaCl/6% Dextran-70 in a model of near-lethal uncontrolled hemorrhage. Shock 2000; 14(6): 616-622.

Maio, RF, Shope JT, Blow FC, Copeland LA, Gregor MA, Brockmann LM,Weber JE, Metrou. Adolescent injury in the emergency department: opportunity for alcohol interventions? Ann Emerg Med; 35-252-257, 2000.

Graham DM, Maio RF, Blow FC, Hill EM: Emergency Physician Attitudes Concerning Intervention for Alcohol Abuse/Dependence Delivered in the Emergency Department. J Addict Diseases, Vol. 19(1), 45-53, 2000.

Rosenberg N, Lelyveld S, Herman MI, Stanley R. (2000) A conflict in care. Pediatric Emergency Care. 16(6), 451-454.

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1998
Rosenberg N, Stanley R. (1998) Clinical pharmacologic management in the emergency
Department. Pediatric Emergency Care. 14(5), 376-379.

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Abstracts/Presentations

Booth, B.M., Thapa, P.B., Cunningham, R., Walton, M., Longitudinal Cocaine Outcomes for Emergency Department Patients with Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain: Role of Subsequent Substance Use Treatment and Clinical Factors. Abstract submitted to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D), 2007 National Meeting.

MA Walton, RM Cunningham, ST Chermack, M Zimmerman, CR Bingham, J Shope, FC Blow. Multiple Risk Behaviors Among Teens At An Urban Emergency Department: Alcohol and Violence. Abstract presented at the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society of Alcoholism, July, 2007.

Massey LS, Walton MA, Murray R, Barry K, Chermack ST, Cunningham RM, Booth BM, Blow FC. Predictors of Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Presenting For Care At An Inner-City ER Abstract presented at the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society of Alcoholism, July, 2007.

Cunningham RM, Walton MA, Zimmerman M, Stanley R, Chermack ST, Bingham CR, Shope J. SafERTeens: Computerized Screening and Brief Intervention for Teens At-Risk for Youth Violence. Abstract #264 presented at the 2007 SAEM Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. May, 2007.

Cunningham RM, Outman R, Walton MA, Booth, BM. Tracking Inner City Substance Abusers Longitudinally: How Many Phone Calls (Letters, Home Visits) Does It Take? Abstract #343 presented at the 2007 SAEM Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL., May, 2007.

Pribble JM, Hirshberg JA, Boutin JL, Kamat SV, Maio RF. Understanding how injury health stories are reported on local television news across United States. 2005 National Injury Prevention and Control Conference. Injury and Violence in America: Meeting Challenges, Sharing Solutions. May 9-11, 2005.

Holschen J, Cardozo E, and Smith, B. The Utility of an Automated Paging System in Clinical Injury Research Subject Recruitment in the Emergency Department. Acad. Emerg. Med. 2007 14: S143 

Holschen JC, Schubert N, Guenther M, Flanagan B, Messersmith R, Kwak S, and Olsen J. Acute Ankle Injuries: A Prospective Study of Two Views versus Three Views for Initial Radiographic Evaluation, Acad. Emerg. Med. 2001 8: 523 

Sochor MR, Faust DP, Anderson KF, Barnes S, Ridella SA, Wang SC. Assessment of 3- and 6-Year Old Neck Injury Criteria Based On Field Investigation, Modeling, and Sled Testing. Society of Automotive Engineers # 2006-01-0253, April, 2006 pp. 1-30.

Ritchie NL, Wang SC, Sochor MR, Schneider, LW. A Method For Documenting Locations of Rib Fractures for Occupants in Real-World Crashes Using Medical Computed Tomography (CT) Scans. Society of Automotive Engineers #2006-01-0250, April, 2006, pp.1-8.

Chong, M, Ipaktchi, K, Sochor, M, Brede, C, Poster, C, Wang, S. “Lower extremity fractures in Northern America vehicle crashes” 15th Annual Meeting European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS), Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2005.

Sroufe NS, Kay JB, Singal BM, Warschausky SA, and Maio RF.
A Prospective, Longitudinal Study of Neurocognitive Deficits and Recovery Rates after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury versus Isolated Extremity Injury in Children 10-17 Years of Age
Acad. Emerg. Med. 2006 13: S12-a.

J Tsung, EA Alpern, R Stanley, P Mahajan, J Chamberlain for the Pediatric
Emergency Care Applied Research Network. “A Description of Uninsured Patients within a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Network” Pediatr  Res 2005. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Washington DC, May 2005).

P Mahajan, G Foltin, E Jacobs, EA Alpern, R Stanley,  J Chamberlain for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. “A Description of Psychiatric visits within a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Network” Pediatr  Res 2005. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Washington DC, May 2005).

Sochor, MR; Faust, DP; Garton, H; et al “Simulation of Occipitoatlantoaxial Injury Utilizing a MADYMO Model” (2004) Society of Automotive Engineers paper # 2004-01-0326, SP-1872, March 2004.

Weber PR; Cassatta SJ; Sochor MR; et al “Lateral Air Bag Performance in CIREN Field Studies”. (2004) Society of Automotive Engineers Paper #2004-01-0331, SP–1880, March 2004.

Wang SC, Brede C, Lange D, Poster CS, Lange AW, Kohoyda-Inglis C, Sochor MR, Ipaktchi, K, Rowe SA, Patel S, Garton H. Gender Differences in Hip Anatomy: Possible Implications for Injury Tolerance in Frontal Collisions. 48th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine; 2004. Pages 287-301.

Haque A, Helmkamp J, Hungerford D, Williams J, Ehrlich P, Swisher-Mcclure S, Furbee P, Manley W. Brief intervention for alcohol problems in a university hospital emergency department: a randomized controlled trial. Annals of Epidemiology. 2003 Sep;13(8):573-4. abstract (peer reviewed).

Haque A, Helmkamp J, Swisher-Mcclure S, Williams J, Ehrlich P, Furbee P, Manley W. Characteristics of individuals with risk for alcohol problems in a rural university emergency department identified by AUDIT-C. Annals of Epidemiology. 2003 Sep;13(8):573 abstract (peer reviewed)

Melnick DM, Maio RF, Blow FC, Hill EM: Does Acute Alcohol Ingestion and/or Chronic Alcohol Use Among Motor Vehicle Crash Victims Lead to a More Complicated Hospital Course? 44th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, pp 429-444, October 2000.

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Commentary

Kowalenko T. Nation’s ERs need emergency improvements”. Editorial. Detroit Free Press, June 30, 2006.

Pribble JM. Commentary: Morphing social norms through media messaging. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Notes. Ann Emerg Med. 2006; 48:740-42.

Sochor M and Rupp J. Commentary: Emergency Department Patients and Crash Test Dummies. Ann Emerg Med. 2005;46:169-171

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