Professor, Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Dr. Loren G. Yamamoto, MD
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Loren Yamamoto is an expert in the field of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He went to University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine has a rank of 74 in research and a 19 in primary care He over the years received 2 awards: "Fellow (FACEP)" and "Fellow (FAAP)". Loren Yamamoto is also a published MD. He has 99 publication published. The most recent publication is: A blinded, randomized, paired, placebo-controlled trial of 20-minute EMLA cream to reduce the pain of peripheral i.v. cannulation in the ED.
Publications
- Emergency Department Presentations of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis.
- The benefit of neck computed tomography compared with its harm (risk of cancer).
- Mechanical factors affecting nebulized albuterol aerosol particle sizes for asthma drug delivery.
- Intubation methods by novice intubators in a manikin model.
- Risks and management of radiation exposure.
- Disaster preparedness for technology and electricity-dependent children and youth with special health care needs.
- Endotracheal tube and laryngeal mask airway cuff pressures can exceed critical values during ascent to higher altitude.
- Improvement in likelihood to donate blood after being offered a topical anesthetic.
- Reduction of bowing forearm fractures in the ED under propofol sedation.
- Tonometry methods in the pediatric emergency department.
- Improving length-based weight estimates by adding a body habitus (obesity) icon.
- Post-infant circumcision amongst children in Hawai'i.
- Nail polish does not significantly affect pulse oximetry measurements in mildly hypoxic subjects.
- Prime-time television exposure to high priority school-aged social-developmental issues.
- Initiating a hospital-wide pediatric sedation service provided by emergency physicians.
- Epidemiology of college athlete sizes, 1950s to current.
- Acute-onset dysrhythmia heralding fulminant myocarditis and refractory cardiac arrest treated with ED cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Conjugate heptavalent pneumococcal vaccine outcome improvements.
- Correlation and consistency of pain severity ratings by teens using different pain scales.
- Adolescent calorie/fat menu ordering at fast food restaurants compared to other restaurants.
- Change in approach and delivery of medical care in children with asthma: results from a multicenter emergency department educational asthma management program.
- Challenges of electronic medical record implementation in the emergency department.
- Correlation of initial emergency department pulse oximetry values in asthma severity classes (steps) with the risk of hospitalization.
- Adolescent fast food and restaurant ordering behavior with and without calorie and fat content menu information.
- We have a shortage of specialists.
- Intussusception incidence relative to rotavirus vaccine use in Honolulu.
- Comparing the teaching efficacy of a procedure-in-a-box toolkit to a live instructional workshop.
- Does crying turn tympanic membranes red?
- Lumbar puncture needle length determination.
- Comparing 2 methods of emergent zipper release.
- Pediatric prescription pick-up rates after ED visits.
- Dental fracture risk of metal vs plastic laryngoscope blades in dental models.
- Using the world wide web to facilitate the editing and publishing of a textbook for faculty professional development.
- Normal oxygen saturation values in pediatric patients.
- Erythromycin-induced resistance to clindamycin in Staphylococcus aureus.
- Survey of Internet web sites on circumcision.
- Survey of parenting books for advice on the common cold, diarrhea, and otitis media in infants and toddlers.
- Parenting book recommendations for commonly encountered pediatric issues.
- Teaching suturing in a workshop setting: a comparison of several models.
- Gas flow rates through transtracheal ventilation catheters.
- Water fluoridation information found on the World Wide Web.
- Which IO model best simulates the real thing?
- Acute compartment syndrome signs and symptoms described in medical textbooks.
- Efficacy of superactivated charcoal administered late (3 hours) after acetaminophen overdose.
- Minimum clinically significant VAS differences for simultaneous (paired) interval serial pain assessments.
- MMR vaccine information on the Internet World Wide Web.
- Comparing the methods of measuring compartment pressures in acute compartment syndrome.
- Acetaminophen levels 4 and 7 hours after 2000 and 3000 mg single doses in healthy adults.
- Adverse effects of superactivated charcoal administered to healthy volunteers.
- A randomized paired comparison trial of cutaneous treatments for acute jellyfish (Carybdea alata) stings.
- Commercial airline travel decreases oxygen saturation in children.
- Similar erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein sensitivities at the onset of septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, acute rheumatic fever.
- Access to optimal emergency care for children.
- Terminology used to describe volume expanding resuscitation fluid.
- Intraosseous is faster and easier than umbilical venous catheterization in newborn emergency vascular access models.
- A blinded, randomized, paired, placebo-controlled trial of 20-minute EMLA cream to reduce the pain of peripheral i.v. cannulation in the ED.
- Informed consent and parental choice of anesthesia and sedation for the repair of small lacerations in children.
- Stool appearance in intussusception: assessing the value of the term "currant jelly".
- The influence of intravenous hydration on hospital length of stay in infants with hyperbilirubinemia.
- A one-year prospective ED cohort of pediatric trauma.
- Personal computer teleradiology interhospital image transmission to facilitate tertiary pediatric telephone consultation and patient transfer: soft-tissue lateral neck...
- Pulse oximetry and peak flow as indicators of wheezing severity in children and improvement following bronchodilator treatments.
- Dispensing home nebulizers for acute wheezing from the hospital is cost-effective.
- Oxygen saturation changes during the pediatric emergency department treatment of wheezing.
- A one-year series of pediatric emergency department wheezing visits: the Hawaii EMS-C project.
- Characteristics of frequent pediatric emergency department users.
- Emergency department versus office setting and physician/patient kinship effects in the diagnostic and therapeutic choices of febrile children at risk for occult bacte...
- Changes in the treatment of wheezing children in the emergency department.
- Acute rheumatic fever in Hawaii: 1966 to 1988.
- Toxic exposures and ingestions in Honolulu: I. A prospective pediatric ED cohort; II. A prospective poison center cohort.
- A one-year series of pediatric ED water-related injuries: the Hawaii EMS-C project.
- A one-year prospective ED cohort of pediatric burns: a proposal for standardizing scald burns.
- Emergency department presentations of cerebrovascular disease in children.
- Sedation and local anesthesia preferences of emergency physician parents.
- Comparing errors in ED computer-assisted vs conventional pediatric drug dosing and administration.
- Pulse oximetry to identify a high-risk group of children with wheezing.
- Kawasaki syndrome in the ED.
- GPS computer navigators to shorten EMS response and transport times.
- Comparison of a new screw-tipped intraosseous needle versus a standard bone marrow aspiration needle for infusion.
- A one-year series of pediatric prehospital care: I. Ambulance runs; II. Prehospital communication; III. Interhospital transport services.
- Accessing and using the Internet's World Wide Web for emergency physicians.
- Rapid sequence anesthesia induction for emergency intubation.
- Creating a home page on the World Wide Web: an inexpensive means to promote medical education and physician recruitment.
- Pediatric and adult emergency management assistance using computerized guidelines.
- Retention of pediatric bag-mask ventilation efficacy skill by inexperienced medical student resuscitators using standard bag-mask ventilation masks, pocket masks, and ...
- Malpractice risk assessment among different approaches for informed consent.
- Child literacy promotion in the emergency department.
- Comparing ease of intraosseous needle placement: Jamshidi versus cook.
- Revising the decision analysis for febrile children at risk for occult bacteremia in a future era of widespread pneumococcal immunization.
- The role of intravenous valproic acid in status epilepticus.
- Scanned emergency department to emergency department image transfer (SEE-IT): implementation and standardizing protocols to optimize tertiary referrals.
- Using JPEG image compression to facilitate telemedicine.
- Storing radiographs on a PC using a hand scanner: a simple tool to improve the teaching quality of radiographs in medical education.
- Scanned computed tomography image transmission by modem: feasibility for emergency department transfers.
- Effect of environmental conditions on emergency department use by wheezing children.
- Application of informed consent principles in the emergency department evaluation of febrile children at risk for occult bacteremia.
- Telemedicine using the internet.
- A revised decision analysis of strategies in the management of febrile children at risk for occult bacteremia.
Schools
University of Hawaii At Manoa
Kapiolani Chldns Med Center
Kapiolani Wmns and Chldns Med
Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna
- Blue Card PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- GEHA
- Health Alliance
- Preferred Provider/Comp Med
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Kaiser Permanente
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Fellow (FACEP)
- Fellow (FAAP)
Education
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University of Hawaii -
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine
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