Annals of emergency medicine
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Retraction Of Publication Retracted Publication
RETRACTED: The Virtual Cutting Edge: Adolescent Self-injury and YouTube.
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and Authors. We wish to retract the abstract "The Virtual Cutting Edge: Adolescent Self-injury and YouTube," published in the October 2015 issue of Annals. ⋯ Denis JM, et al. The scope of nonsuicidal self-injury on YouTube. Pediatrics. 2011;1127:e552-e557.
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Multicenter Study
Complications Associated With Nitrate Use in Patients Presenting With Acute Pulmonary Edema and Concomitant Moderate or Severe Aortic Stenosis.
We evaluate the incidence of complications associated with the use of nitrates in patients presenting with acute pulmonary edema and concomitant moderate or severe aortic stenosis compared with patients without aortic stenosis. Nitrates are contraindicated in severe aortic stenosis because of the theoretical yet unproven risk of precipitating profound hypotension. ⋯ In this retrospective study, neither moderate nor severe aortic stenosis was associated with a greater risk of clinically relevant hypotension requiring intervention when nitroglycerin was used for acute pulmonary edema. Future studies should investigate safety and efficacy of nitroglycerin for patients with aortic stenosis because this study was limited by a small sample size and design limitations. Cautious use of nitroglycerin in patients with moderate or severe aortic stenosis and presenting with acute pulmonary edema may be a safer strategy than traditionally thought.