Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Emergency Medicine

Allan Wolfson practices Emergency Medicine. He studied medicine at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Allan Wolfson is a published physician. He published 54 publications, including: 'Anticholinergic syndrome precipitated by opioid reversal.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• A descriptive study of myoclonus associated with etomidate procedural sedation in the ED.
• Urolithiasis in the emergency department.
• Clinically suspected coagulopathy in blunt head trauma.
• Frequency and follow-up of incidental findings on trauma computed tomography scans: experience at a level one trauma center.
• Postpartum preeclampsia occurring after resolution of antepartum preeclampsia.
• The prevalence and factors associated with QTc prolongation among emergency department patients.
• Direct observation of residents in the emergency department: a structured educational program.
• Can patients with brain herniation on cranial computed tomography have a normal neurologic exam?
• Case series: diverticulitis in the young.
• Intracranial pathology in elders with blunt head trauma.
• Postpartum focal neurologic deficits: posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome.
• Combining clinical risk with D-dimer testing to rule out deep vein thrombosis.
• Picking a winner among decision aids.
• Interrater reliability of criteria used in assessing blunt head injury patients for intracranial injuries.
• Spurious values of serum electrolytes due to admixture of intravenous infusion fluids.
• The myth of the fecalith.
• Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Research Plan 2002-2006. Tumor Utilization Committee.
• Retrospective epidemiologic analysis of patients diagnosed with intracranial meningioma from 1977 to 1990 at the Jackson Memorial Hospital, Sylvester Comprehensive Can...
• Mechanisms of inhibition of IL-6-mediated immunoglobulin secretion by dexamethasone and suramin in human lymphoid and myeloma cell lines.
• Dexamethasone and suramin inhibit cell proliferation and interleukin-6-mediated immunoglobulin secretion in human lymphoid and multiple myeloma cell lines.
• Respiratory physiology.
• Anticholinergic syndrome precipitated by opioid reversal.
• Oral indomethacin for acute renal colic.
• Emphysematous cystitis: a complication of urinary tract infection occurring predominantly in diabetic women.
• Hemodynamic effects of 3,4-diaminopyridine in a swine model of verapamil toxicity.
• Evaluation of studies on the efficacy of paramedic treatment in acute myocardial infarction.
• Ethical conflicts in the prehospital setting.
• Approaches to acute fluoride intoxication.
• Thoracic aortic dissection: ruling in and ruling out.
• Guidelines for evaluation of international emergency medicine assistance and development projects.
• Comparison of intravenous ketorolac, meperidine, and both (balanced analgesia) for renal colic.
• Diagnostic testing: a call for continuing investigation [corrected].
• Prognostic factors and survival in patients with spinal cord gliomas after radiation therapy.
• A survey of observation units in the United States.
• Prevalence and prognosis of traumatic intraventricular hemorrhage in patients with blunt head trauma.
• Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality: results of the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study in blunt cervical trauma.
• Developing a clinical decision instrument to rule out intracranial injuries in patients with minor head trauma: methodology of the NEXUS II investigation.
• Developing a decision instrument to guide computed tomographic imaging of blunt head injury patients.
• Selective cervical spine radiography in blunt trauma: methodology of the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS).
• Validity of a set of clinical criteria to rule out injury to the cervical spine in patients with blunt trauma. National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study Group.
• Use of plain radiography to screen for cervical spine injuries.
• Striking the balance.
• Ethical issues in geriatric emergency medicine.
• Diagnosis of acute thoracic aortic dissection in the emergency department.
• Routine admission electrocardiography in emergency department patients.
• Planning recommendations for international emergency medicine and out-of-hospital care system development.
• Perceptions of emergency care by the elderly: results of multicenter focus group interviews.
• Proposed fellowship training program in international emergency medicine.
• Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
• Pancreatitis.
• Hemodialysis-related emergencies--Part II.
• Hemodialysis-related emergencies--Part 1.
• Chronic cocaine abuse associated with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Schools

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• Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania

• Thos Jefferson University Hospital

• University Pa Health Sys Presby M C

Doctors Specialties

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• Emergency Medicine
• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Thomas Jefferson University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Hospital

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• UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1649265653
NPPES Provider LastName		WOLFSON
NPPES Provider FirstName		ALLAN
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		152195114
NPPES Provider State		PA
Specialty Description		Emergency Medicine
Total Claim Count		47.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1649265653
Last Name Of The Provider	WOLFSON
First Name Of The Provider	ALLAN
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