Emergency Medicine

"Emergency Medicine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The branch of medicine concerned with the evaluation and initial treatment of urgent and emergent medical problems, such as those caused by accidents, trauma, sudden illness, poisoning, or disasters. Emergency medical care can be provided at the hospital or at sites outside the medical facility.

Descriptor ID	D004635
MeSH Number(s)	H02.403.250
Concept/Terms	Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine Medicine, Emergency

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Emergency Medicine".

Natural Sciences [H]
Health Occupations [H02]
Medicine [H02.403]
Emergency Medicine [H02.403.250]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Emergency Medicine".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Emergency Medicine".

Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Emergency Medicine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Emergency Medicine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 234 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 17 publications in 1999 and 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	7	0	7
1997	6	0	6
1998	8	1	9
1999	14	3	17
2000	8	0	8
2001	10	0	10
2002	9	2	11
2003	6	2	8
2004	6	2	8
2005	8	3	11
2006	5	1	6
2007	6	1	7
2008	4	1	5
2009	8	1	9
2010	15	2	17
2011	7	2	9
2012	3	0	3
2013	5	2	7
2014	10	1	11
2015	12	4	16
2016	11	1	12
2017	10	1	11
2018	4	0	4
2019	3	2	5
2020	3	1	4
2021	3	0	3
2022	2	0	2
2023	4	0	4
2024	2	1	3
2025	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Emergency Medicine" by people in Profiles.

McLean M, Stowens J, Barnicle R, Mafi N, Shah K. Leadership Perceptions, Educational Struggles and Barriers, and Effective Modalities for Teaching Vertigo and the HINTS Exam: A National Survey of Emergency Medicine Residency Program Directors. West J Emerg Med. 2025 Jan; 26(1):70-77.

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Gmora FL, Hynes AM. Out-of-Hospital Treatment for Acute Traumatic Pain: Ketamine as an Adjunct: October 2024 Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal Club. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 10; 84(4):461-463.

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Gaeta TJ, Ankel FK, Calderon Y, Holden L, Knapp BJ, Marshall JP, Purosky RG, Johnston MM. American Board of Emergency Medicine Report on Residency and Fellowship Training Information (2023-2024). Ann Emerg Med. 2024 07; 84(1):65-81.

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Talmud J, Spiegel R. Uncertainty in the Management of Uncertain Head Trauma: January 2024 Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal Club. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 01; 83(1):81-82.

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Agarwal AK, Barrett JR, Gonzales R, Deutsch AJ, Scott KR. Evaluating perspectives on well-being and burnout among emergency medicine program leaders. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 03; 77:223-225.

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Deutsch AJ, Alvarez A, Balint S, Pappal RD, Roseen S, Sun WW, Warren J, Stanton K, Agarwal AK. #StopTheStigmaEM: Building a social media-based movement to support emergency medicine mental health. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 06; 31(6):617-620.

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Gorgas DL, Calderon Y, Carter WA, White SR, Feldhaus KM, Reisdorff EJ, Joldersma KB, Kraus CK. The correlation between performance on the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) qualifying and oral certifying examinations. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 01; 31(1):91-93.

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Gaeta TJ, Calderon Y, Ankel FK, Gausche-Hill M, Gorgas DL, Goyal DG, Purosky RG, Trotter A, Johnston MM. American Board of Emergency Medicine Report on Residency and Fellowship Training Information (2022-2023). Ann Emerg Med. 2023 07; 82(1):66-81.

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Nelson LS, Calderon Y, Ankel FK, Barry JD, Beeson MS, Chudnofsky CR, Feldhaus KM, Gausche-Hill M, Gaeta TJ, Gorgas DL, Goyal DG, Keim SM, Clark-Roumpz LA, Purosky RG, Johnston MM. American Board of Emergency Medicine Report on Residency and Fellowship Training Information (2021-2022). Ann Emerg Med. 2022 07; 80(1):74-83.e8.

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Calderon Y, Beeson MS, Johnston MM, Joldersma KB, Reisdorff EJ. Emergency Medicine Residency Does Not Reduce a Racial Minority-Based Test Performance Gap. J Emerg Med. 2022 06; 62(6):793-799.

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