Publications

2023

Makutonin, Michael; Moghatederi, Ali; Newton, Sophia; Ma, Yan; Meltzer, Andrew C
Biliary colic in the emergency department: A state-wide analysis of one-year costs and clinical outcomes
Surgery Open Science 12. 2023.09.13

Meltzer, Andrew C; Wargowsky, Richard S; Moran, Seamus; Jordan, Tristan; Toma, Ian; Jepson, Tisha; Shu, Shiyu; Ma, Yan; McCaffrey, Timothy A
Diagnostic accuracy of novel mRNA blood biomarkers of infection to predict outcomes in emergency department patients with undifferentiated abdominal pain
Scientific Reports 12.1.2023..2297

2022

Makutonin, Michael; Newton, Sophia; Tse, Justin; Moghtaderi, Ali; Ma, Yan; Meltzer, Andrew C
Patients with complicated gallstone disease in the emergency department: clinical impact and cost‐effectiveness of emergency department disposition decision
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open 3.5.2022.e12795

Broder, Joshua S; Oliveira J. e Silva, Lucas; Bellolio, Fernanda; Freiermuth, Caroline E; Griffey, Richard T; Hooker, Edmond; Jang, Timothy B; Meltzer, Andrew C; Mills, Angela M; Pepper, Joan D; Prakken, Stephen D; Repplinger, Michael D; Upadhye, Suneel; Carpenter, Christopher R
Guidelines for reasonable and appropriate Care in the Emergency Department 2 (GRACE‐2): low‐risk, recurrent abdominal pain in the emergency department
Academic Emergency Medicine 29.5.2022.526-560

Goldberg, Elizabeth M; Southerland, Lauren T; Meltzer, Andrew C; Pagenhardt, Justine; Hoopes, Ryan; Camargo Jr, Carlos A; Kline, Jeffrey A
Age‐related differences in symptoms in older emergency department patients with COVID‐19: prevalence and outcomes in a multicenter cohort
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 70.7.2022.1918-1930

Meltzer, Andrew C; Newton, Sophia; Lange, Joel; Hall, Nicole C; Vargas, Nataly Montano; Huang, Yihe; Moran, Seamus; Ma, Yan
A randomized control trial of a multiplex gastrointestinal PCR panel versus usual testing to assess antibiotics use for patients with infectious diarrhea in the emergency department
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open 3.1.2022.e12616

Oliveira J. e Silva, Lucas; Prakken, Steven D; Meltzer, Andrew C; Broder, Joshua S; Gerberi, Danielle J; Upadhye, Suneel; Carpenter, Christopher R; Bellolio, Fernanda
Depression and anxiety screening in emergency department patients with recurrent abdominal pain: An evidence synthesis for a clinical practice guideline
Academic Emergency Medicine 29.5.2022.615-629

Jackman, Stephen V; Maganty, Avinash; Wolfson, Allan B; Burrows, Pamela K; MacPherson, Cora; Vargas, Nataly Montano; Kirkali, Ziya; Meltzer, Andrew C
Resolution of hydronephrosis and pain to predict stone passage for patients with acute renal colic
Urology 159.2022.48-52

2021

Newton, Sophia; Zollinger, Benjamin; Freeman, Jincong; Moran, Seamus; Helfand, Alexandra; Authelet, Kayla; McHarg, Matthew; Montano Vargas, Nataly; Shesser, Robert; Cohen, Joanna S; Cummings, Derek; Ma, Yan; Meltzer, Andrew C
Factors associated with clinical severity in emergency department patients presenting with symptomatic SARS‐CoV‐2 infection
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open 2.4.2021.e12453

Meltzer, Andrew C; Wolfson, Allan B; Mufarrij, Patrick; MacPherson, Cora; Montano, Nataly; Kirkali, Ziya; Burrows, Pamela Katzen; Jackman, Stephen V
Analgesic and opioid use for patients discharged from the emergency department with ureteral stones
Journal of Endourology 35.7.2021.1067-1071

Kline, Jeffrey A; Camargo Jr, Carlos A; Courtney, D Mark; Kabrhel, Christopher; Nordenholz, Kristen E; Aufderheide, Thomas; Baugh, Joshua J; Beiser, David G; Bennett, Christopher L; Bledsoe, Joseph; Castillo, Edward; Chisolm-Straker, Makini; Goldberg, Elizabeth M; House, Hans; House, Stacey; Jang, Timothy; Lim, Stephen C; Madsen, Troy E; McCarthy, Danielle M; Meltzer, Andrew; Moore, Stephen; Newgard, Craig; Pagenhardt, Justine; Pettit, Katherine L; Pulia, Michael S; Puskarich, Michael A; Southerland, Lauren T; Sparks, Scott; Turner-Lawrence, Danielle; Vrablik, Marie; Wang, Alfred; Weekes, Anthony J; Westafer, Lauren; Wilburn, John
Clinical prediction rule for SARS-CoV-2 infection from 116 US emergency departments 2-22-2021
PLoS One 16.3.2021.e0248438

Meltzer, Andrew C; Limkakeng Jr, Alexander T; Gentile, Nina T; Freeman, Jincong Q; Hall, Nicole C; Vargas, Nataly Montano; Fleischer, David E; Malik, Zubair; Kallus, Samuel J; Borum, Marie L; Ma, Yan; Kumar, Anita B
Risk stratification with video capsule endoscopy leads to fewer hospital admissions in emergency department patients with low‐risk to moderate‐risk upper gastrointestinal bleed: A multicenter clinical trial
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open 2.5.2021.e12579

Beiser, David G; Jarou, Zachary J; Kassir, Alaa A; Puskarich, Michael A; Vrablik, Marie C; Rosenman, Elizabeth D; McDonald, Samuel A; Meltzer, Andrew C; 
Predicting 30‐day return hospital admissions in patients with COVID‐19 discharged from the emergency department: A national retrospective cohort study
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open 2.6.2021.e12595

2020

Sullivan, Natalie; Chen, Chen; Siegel, Rebecca; Ma, Yan; Pourmand, Ali; Montano, Nataly; Meltzer, Andrew
Ketamine for emergency sedation of agitated patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 38.3.2020.655-661

Meltzer, Andrew C; Burrows, Pamela Katzen; Kirkali, Ziya; Hollander, Judd E; Kurz, Michael; Mufarrij, Patrick; Wolfson, Allan B; MacPherson, Cora; Hubosky, Scott; Montano, Nataly; Jackman Stephen V
Accuracy of patient reported stone passage for patients with acute renal colic treated in the emergency department
Urology 136.2020.70-74

2019

Silverman, Robert A; House, Stacey L; Meltzer, Andrew C; Hahn, Barry; Lovato, Luis M; Avarello, Jahn; Miller, Joseph B; Kalfus, Ira N; Fathi, Reza; Raday, Gilead; Plasse, Terry F; Yan, Eric C.
Bimodal release ondansetron for acute gastroenteritis among adolescents and adults: a randomized clinical trial
JAMA Network Open 2.11.2019.e1914988-e1914988

Barkun, Alan N; Almadi, Majid; Kuipers, Ernst J; Laine, Loren; Sung, Joseph; Tse, Frances; Leontiadis, Grigorios I; Abraham, Neena S; Calvet, Xavier; Chan, Francis KL; Douketis, James; Enns, Robert; Gralnek, Ian M; Jairath, Vipul; Jensen, Dennis; Lau, James; Lip, Gregory Y H; Loffroy, Romaric; Maluf-Filho, Fauze; Meltzer, Andrew C; Reddy, Nageshwar; Saltzman, John R; Marshall, John K; Bardou, Marc
Management of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: guideline recommendations from the International Consensus Group
Annals of Internal Medicine 171.11.2019.805-822

Marko, Kathryn I; Ganju, Nihar; Krapf, Jill M; Gaba, Nancy D; Brown, James A; Benham, Joshua J; Oh, Julia; Richards, Lorna M; Meltzer, Andrew C
A mobile prenatal care app to reduce in-person visits: prospective controlled trial
JMIR mHealth and uHealth 7.5.2019.e10520

Lee, Paulyne; Le Saux, Maxine; Siegel, Rebecca; Goyal, Monika; Chen, Chen; Ma, Yan; Meltzer, Andrew C
Racial and ethnic disparities in the management of acute pain in US emergency departments: meta-analysis and systematic review
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 37.9.2019.1770-1777

Li, Annabel; Tran, Sarah; Wang, Haijun; LeSaux, Maxine; Ma, Yan; Meltzer, Andrew C
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction test to diagnose infectious diarrhea in the emergency department
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 37.7.2019.1368-1370

Boumezrag, Maryam; Harounzadeh, Sormeh; Ijaz, Hamza; Johny, Angeline; Richards, Lorna; Ma, Yan; Le Saux, Maxine A; Kulie, Paige; Davis, Caitlin; Meltzer, Andrew C
Assessing the CT findings and clinical course of ED patients with first-time versus recurrent acute pancreatitis
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 37.2.2019.304-307

2018

Ijaz, Hamza; Wong, Christopher; Weaver, Jennifer; Mallinson, Trudy; Richards, Lorna; Le Saux, Maxine A; Wang, Haijun; Ma, Yan; Meltzer, Andrew C
Exploring the attitudes & practices of shared decision-making for CT scan use in emergency department patients with abdominal pain
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 36.12.2018.2263-2267

Meltzer, Andrew C; Burrows, Pamela Katzen; Wolfson, Allan B; Hollander, Judd E; Kurz, Michael; Kirkali, Ziya; Kusek, John W; Mufarrij, Patrick; Jackman, Stephen V; Brown, Jeremy
Effect of tamsulosin on passage of symptomatic ureteral stones: a randomized clinical trial
JAMA Internal Medicine 178.8.2018.1051-1057

2017

Berman, Daniel J; Ijaz, Hamza; Alkhunaizi, Mohammad; Kulie, Paige E; Vaziri, Khashayar; Richards, Lorna M; Meltzer, Andrew C
Nasogastric decompression not associated with a reduction in surgery or bowel ischemia for acute small bowel obstruction
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 35.12.2017.1919-1921

Meltzer, Andrew C; Pines, Jesse M; Richards, Lorna M; Mullins, Peter; Mazer-Amirshahi, Maryann
US emergency department visits for adults with abdominal and pelvic pain (2007–13): Trends in demographics, resource utilization and medication usage
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 35.12.2017.1966-1969

2016

Marko, Kathryn I; Krapf, Jill M; Meltzer, Andrew C; Oh, Julia; Ganju, Nihar; Martinez, Anjali G; Sheth, Sheetal G; Gaba, Nancy D
Testing the feasibility of remote patient monitoring in prenatal care using a mobile app and connected devices: a prospective observational trial
JMIR Research Protocols 5.4.2016.e6167

2015

Lewiss, Resa E; Chan, Wilma; Sheng, Alexander Y; Soto, Jorge; Castro, Alexandra; Meltzer, Andrew C; Cherney, Alan; Kumaravel, Manickam; Cody, Dianna; Chen, Esther H
Research priorities in the utilization and interpretation of diagnostic imaging: education, assessment, and competency
Academic Emergency Medicine 22.12.2015.1447-1454

2014

Abid, Zaynah; Meltzer, Andrew C; Lazar, Danielle; Pines, Jesse M
Psychiatric boarding in US Eds: a multifactorial problem that requires multidisicplinary solutions

Meltzer, Andrew Charles; Bregman, Benjamin; Blanchard, Janice
Depression is associated with repeat emergency department visits in patients with non-specific abdominal pain
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 15.3.2014.325

Meltzer, Andrew C; Klein, Joshua C
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: patient presentation, risk stratification, and early management
Gastroenterology Clinics 43.4.2014.665-675

Meltzer, Andrew C; Ward, Michael J; Gralnek, Ian M; Pines, Jesse M
The cost-effectiveness analysis of video capsule endoscopy compared to other strategies to manage acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the ED
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 32.8.2014.823-832

Mazer-Amirshahi, Maryann; Mullins, Peter M; van den Anker, John; Meltzer, Andrew; Pines, Jesse M
Rising rates of proton pump inhibitor prescribing in US emergency departments
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 32.6.2014.618-622

2013

Meltzer, Andrew C; Pinchbeck, Carrie; Burnett, Sarah; Buhumaid, Rasha; Shah, Payal; Ding, Ru; Fleischer, David E; Gralnek, Ian M
Emergency physicians accurately interpret video capsule endoscopy findings in suspected upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a video survey
Academic Emergency Medicine 420.7.2013.711-715

Meltzer, Andrew C; Burnett, Sarah; Pinchbeck, Carrie; Brown, Angela L; Choudhri, Tina; Yadav, Kabir; Fleischer, David E; Pines, Jesse M
Pre-endoscopic Rockall and Blatchford scores to identify which emergency department patients with suspected gastrointestinal bleed do not need endoscopic hemostasis
The Journal of Emergency Medicine 44.6.2013.1083-1087

Meltzer, Andrew C; Baumann, Brigitte M; Chen, Esther H; Shofer, Frances S; Mills, Angela M
Poor sensitivity of a modified Alvarado score in adults with suspected appendicitis
Annals of Emergency Medicine 62.2.2013.126-131

Meltzer, Andrew C; Ali, M Aamir; Kresiberg, Roderick B; Patel, Gayatri; Smith, Jeff P; Pines, Jesse M; Fleischer, David E
Video capsule endoscopy in the emergency department: a prospective study of acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Annals of Emergency Medicine 61.4.2013.438-443.e1

2009

Abraham, Michael K; Scott, Sara B; Meltzer, Andrew; Barrueto, Fermin
Levosimendan does not improve survival time in a rat model of verapamil toxicity
Journal of Medical Toxicology 5.2009.7-Mar