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Bernhard M, Becker TK, Nowe T, Mohorovicic M, Sikinger M, Brenner T, Richter GM, Radeleff B, Meeder PJ, Büchler MW, Böttiger BW, Martin E, Gries A. Introduction of a treatment algorithm can improve the early management of emergency patients in the resuscitation room. Resuscitation. 2007 Jun;73(3):362-73. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.09.014. Epub 2007 Feb 6. PubMed PMID: 17287064.
Becker TK, Yeung SC. Drug-induced QT interval prolongation in cancer patients. Oncol Rev. 2010; 4(4):223-232.
Foran M, Levine A, Lippert S, Chan J, Aschkenasy M, Arnold K, Rosborough S. International emergency medicine: a review of the literature from 2009. Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Jan;18(1):86-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00961.x. Epub 2010 Dec 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 21182567.
Aschkenasy M, Arnold K, Foran M, Lippert S, Schroeder ED, Bertsch K, Levine AC. International emergency medicine: a review of the literature from 2010. Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Aug;18(8):872-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01129.x. Epub 2011 Jul 26. Review. PubMed PMID: 21790839.
Becker TK, Gries A, Martin E, Bernhard M. Experiences with a PDA-based documentation system in clinical research. J Med Syst. 2012 Apr;36(2):647-51. doi: 10.1007/s10916-010-9530-z. Epub 2010 May 29. PubMed PMID: 20703667.
Schroeder ED, Jacquet G, Becker TK, Foran M, Goldberg E, Aschkenasy M, Bertsch K, Levine AC. Global emergency medicine: a review of the literature from 2011. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Oct;19(10):1196-203. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01447.x. Epub 2012 Sep 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 22994394.
Bernhard M, Becker TK, Böttiger BW. Prehospital airway management for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA. 2013 May 8;309(18):1888. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.3098. PubMed PMID: 23652513.
Jacquet GA, Foran M, Bartels S, Becker TK, Schroeder ED, Duber HC, Goldberg E, Cockrell H, Levine AC. Global Emergency Medicine: a review of the literature from 2012. Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Aug;20(8):835-43. doi: 10.1111/acem.12173. Review. PubMed PMID: 24033627.
Becker TK, Gausche-Hill M, Aswegan AL, Baker EF, Bookman KJ, Bradley RN, De Lorenzo RA, Schoenwetter DJ. Ethical challenges in Emergency Medical Services: controversies and recommendations. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2013 Oct;28(5):488-97. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X13008728. Epub 2013 Jul 26. PubMed PMID: 23890578.
Hansoti B, Weiner SG, Martin IB, Dunlop S, Hayward AS, Tupesis JP, Becker TK, Douglass K. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's Global Emergency Medicine Academy: global health elective code of conduct. Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Dec;20(12):1319-20. doi: 10.1111/acem.12264. PubMed PMID: 24341588.
Becker TK, Jacquet GA, Marsh R, Schroeder ED, Bartels S, Duber HC, Cockrell H, Levine AC. Global emergency medicine: a review of the literature from 2013. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Jul;21(7):810-7. doi: 10.1111/acem.12414. Epub 2014 Jul 8. Review. PubMed PMID: 25040254.
Becker TK, Hariri H. A case of lithium toxicity with significant QT interval prolongatio. Notfall Rettungsmed. 2015; 18(3):227-230.
Becker TK. Sichere Präoxygenierung zur Atemwegssicherung bei agitierten Notfallpatienten. Intensiv- und Notfallbehandlung. 2015; 40(2):81-83.
Becker TK, Schomerus F, Hinkelbein J, Kerner T, Genzwuerker H. Statutes Governing Physician-Staffed Emergency Medical Service Vehicle Equipment in Germany. Notarzt. 2015; 31:1-6.
Bernhard M, Knapp J, Hossfeld B, Struck MF, Becker TK, Karatolios K, Schaumberg S, Schieffer B, Kill C. Update zur kardiopulmonalen Reanimation: Die neuen Guidelines 2015. Intensiv- und Notfallbehandlung. 2015; 40(4):132-142.
Becker TK, Skiba JF, Sozener CB. An educational measure to significantly increase critical knowledge regarding interfacility patient transfers. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Jun;30(3):244-8. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X15000266. Epub 2015 Mar 19. PubMed PMID: 25786539.
Becker TK, Bartels S, Hansoti B, Jacquet GA, Lunney K, Marsh R, Osei-Ampofo M, Lam C, Levine AC. Global emergency medicine: a review of the literature from 2014. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Aug;22(8):976-84. doi: 10.1111/acem.12733. Epub 2015 Jul 29. PubMed PMID: 26223901.
Bernhard M, Becker TK, Gries A, Knapp J, Wenzel V. The First Shot Is Often the Best Shot: First-Pass Intubation Success in Emergency Airway Management. Anesth Analg. 2015 Nov;121(5):1389-93. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000891. Review. PubMed PMID: 26484464.
Becker TK, Betcher JA, Dooley-Hash SL, Fung CH, Soyk CC, Barton DF, Theyyunni NR. A WINning Technique: The Wire-in-Needle Feasibility Study. J Emerg Med. 2015 Nov;49(5):785-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.05.042. Epub 2015 Aug 15. PubMed PMID: 26281803.
Becker DM, Tafoya CA, Becker SL, Kruger GH, Tafoya MJ, Becker TK. The use of portable ultrasound devices in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the literature. Trop Med Int Health. 2016 Mar;21(3):294-311. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12657. Epub 2016 Jan 10. Review. PubMed PMID: 26683523.
Becker TK, Bernhard M. Should laryngeal tubes or masks be used for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients?. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Apr;34(4):749-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.01.033. Epub 2016 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 26906331.
Bernhard M, Becker TK, Hossfeld B. Should we resuscitate or not-that is the question!. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Jun;8(6):1053-6. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.04.24. PubMed PMID: 27293817; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4886018.
Bernhard M, Hossfeld B, Kumle B, Becker TK, Böttiger B, Birkholz T. Don't forget to ventilate during cardiopulmonary resuscitation with mechanical chest compression devices. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2016 Aug;33(8):553-6. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000426. PubMed PMID: 26854661.
Becker TK, Bernhard M, Böttiger BW, Rittenberger JC, Epitropoulos MG, Becker SL. Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Civic Duty. Am J Bioeth. 2017 Feb;17(2):51-53. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1265173. PubMed PMID: 28112624.
Tafoya CA, Tafoya MJ, Osei-Ampofo M, Oteng RA, Becker TK. Sustainable Resuscitation Ultrasound Education in a Low-Resource Environment: The Kumasi Experience. J Emerg Med. 2017 May;52(5):723-730. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.01.050. Epub 2017 Mar 9. PubMed PMID: 28284769.
Fandler M, Gotthardt P, Becker TK. Novel Educational Concepts for Emergency Medicine. Notfall Rettungsmed. 2017 August; 21(6):505-512. doi: 10.1007/s10049-017-0351-1.
Mathur JL, Rajabi F, Schroeder A, Becker TK. Case of steroid-responsive encephalopathy from hypoglycaemia. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Aug 24;2017. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221262. PubMed PMID: 28838925; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5623988.
Becker TK, Hansoti B, Bartels S, Hayward AS, Hexom BJ, Lunney KM, Marsh RH, Osei-Ampofo M, Trehan I, Chang J, Levine AC. Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature From 2016. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Sep;24(9):1150-1160. doi: 10.1111/acem.13216. Epub 2017 Aug 11. Review. PubMed PMID: 28474823.
Becker SL, Fähndrich S, Trudzinski FC, Gärtner B, Langer F, Becker TK, Bals R, Lepper PM, Lensch C. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as salvage treatment for pulmonary Echinococcus granulosus infection with acute cyst rupture. Int J Infect Dis. 2017 Nov;64:47-49. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.09.001. Epub 2017 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 28893673.
Balhara KS, Silvestri DM, Tyler Winders W, Selvam A, Kivlehan SM, Becker TK, Levine AC. Impact of nutrition interventions on pediatric mortality and nutrition outcomes in humanitarian emergencies: A systematic review. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 Dec;22(12):1464-1492. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12986. Epub 2017 Nov 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 28992388.
Becker TK, Tafoya CA, Osei-Ampofo M, Tafoya MJ, Kessler RA, Theyyunni N, Yakubu HA, Opuni D, Clauw DJ, Cranford JA, Oppong CK, Oteng RA. Cardiopulmonary ultrasound for critically ill adults improves diagnostic accuracy in a resource-limited setting: the AFRICA trial. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 Dec;22(12):1599-1608. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12992. Epub 2017 Nov 9. PubMed PMID: 29072885.
Becker TK, Berning AW, Prabhu A, Callaway CW, Guyette FX, Martin-Gill C. An assessment of ventilation and perfusion markers in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receiving mechanical CPR with endotracheal or supraglottic airways. Resuscitation. 2018 Jan;122:61-64. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.11.054. Epub 2017 Nov 23. PubMed PMID: 29175355.
Becker TK, Martin-Gill C, Callaway CW, Guyette FX, Schott C. Feasibility of Paramedic Performed Prehospital Lung Ultrasound in Medical Patients with Respiratory Distress. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2018 Mar-Apr;22(2):175-179. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2017.1358783. Epub 2017 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 28910212.
Becker SL, Becker TK. Parasitic infections in the intensive care unit. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2018 Sep;46(5):546-548. PubMed PMID: 30189830.
Warnecke T, Dobbermann M, Becker T, Bernhard M, Hinkelbein J. [Performance of prehospital emergency anesthesia and airway management : An online survey]. Anaesthesist. 2018 Sep;67(9):654-663. doi: 10.1007/s00101-018-0466-x. Epub 2018 Jun 29. PubMed PMID: 29959500.
Osei-Ampofo M, Tafoya MJ, Tafoya CA, Oteng RA, Ali H, Becker TK. Skill and knowledge retention after training in cardiopulmonary ultrasound in Ghana: an impact assessment of bedside ultrasound training in a resource-limited setting. Emerg Med J. 2018 Nov;35(11):704-707. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2018-207716. Epub 2018 Aug 28. PubMed PMID: 30154142.
Becker TK, Trehan I, Hayward AS, Hexom BJ, Kivlehan SM, Lunney KM, Modi P, Osei-Ampofo M, Pousson A, Cho DK, Levine AC. Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature From 2017. Acad Emerg Med. 2018 Nov;25(11):1287-1298. doi: 10.1111/acem.13456. Epub 2018 Jun 14. Review. PubMed PMID: 29791967.
Osei-Ampofo M, Aidoo A, Antwi-Kusi A, Joan Ofungwu O, Kotey SN, Siaw-Frimpong M, Chiedozie O, Tafoya MJ, Becker TK. Respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults in Ghana: A prospective observational study. Afr J Emerg Med. 2018 Dec;8(4):155-157. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2018.08.001. Epub 2018 Sep 20. PubMed PMID: 30534520; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6277501.
Betcher J, Becker TK, Stoyanoff P, Cranford J, Theyyunni N. Military trainees can accurately measure optic nerve sheath diameter after a brief training session. Mil Med Res. 2018 Dec 20;5(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s40779-018-0189-y. PubMed PMID: 30572931; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6300875.
Hwang CW, Fitzpatrick DE, Becker TK, Jones JM. Paramedic determination of appropriate emergency department destination. Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Mar;37(3):482-485. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.06.024. Epub 2018 Jun 12. PubMed PMID: 29933895.
Hwang CW, Gamble G, Marchick M, Becker TK. A case of refractory ventricular fibrillation successfully treated with low-dose esmolol. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Mar 8;12(3). doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228208. PubMed PMID: 30852502; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6424273.
Balhara KS, Bustamante ND, Selvam A, Winders WT, Coker A, Trehan I, Becker TK, Levine AC. Bystander Assistance for Trauma Victims in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Prevalence and Training Interventions. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2019 May-Jun;23(3):389-410. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2018.1513104. Epub 2018 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 30141702.
Trehan I, Osei-Ampofo M, Balhara KS, Hexom BJ, Kivlehan SM, Modi P, Pousson AY, Selvam A, Quao NSA, Cho DK, Becker TK, Levine AC. Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature from 2018. Acad Emerg Med. 2019 Oct;26(10):1186-1196. doi: 10.1111/acem.13832. Epub 2019 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 31313411.
Becker TK, Gul SS, Cohen SA, Maciel CB, Baron-Lee J, Murphy TW, Youn TS, Tyndall JA, Gibbons C, Hart L, Alviar CL. Public perception towards bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Emerg Med J. 2019 Nov;36(11):660-665. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2018-208234. Epub 2019 Aug 31. PubMed PMID: 31473603.
Gul SS, Cohen SA, Avery KL, Balakrishnan MP, Balu R, Chowdhury MAB, Crabb D, Huesgen KW, Hwang CW, Maciel CB, Murphy TW, Han F, Becker TK. Cardiac arrest: An interdisciplinary review of the literature from 2018. Resuscitation. 2020 Mar 1;148:66-82. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.12.030. Epub 2020 Jan 13. Review. PubMed PMID: 31945428.
Gul SS, Cohen SA, Becker TK, Huesgen K, Jones JM, Tyndall JA. Patient, Neighborhood, and Spatial Determinants of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes Throughout the Chain of Survival: A Community-Oriented Multilevel Analysis. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2020 May-Jun;24(3):307-318. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2019.1640324. Epub 2019 Aug 5. PubMed PMID: 31287347; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7000295.
Murphy TW, Windermere S, Morris T, Slish J, Holtzman L, Becker TK. Risk and ROSC - Legal implications of bystander CPR. Resuscitation. 2020 Jun;151:99-102. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.03.017. Epub 2020 Apr 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 32259608.
Amaral CB, Ralston DC, Becker TK. Prehospital point-of-care ultrasound: A transformative technology. SAGE Open Med. 2020;8:2050312120932706. doi: 10.1177/2050312120932706. eCollection 2020. Review. PubMed PMID: 32782792; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7383635.
Flaherty KE, Zakariah AN, Vescio VA, Osei-Ampofo M, Mahama MN, Agongo V, Becker TK. The state of emergency medical technician education in Ghana. Afr J Emerg Med. 2020 Sep;10(3):107-110. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.01.009. Epub 2020 Mar 7. PubMed PMID: 32923318; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7474231.
Carr CT, Mills MR, Sutchu SS, Becker TK, The Florida Cardiac Arrest Research Team, Cohen SA, Maciel CB, Adrian Tyndall J, Patel SV, Ticas D, Smith T, Murphy TW. Physician perception of targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest: An underappreciated barrier?. Resuscitation. 2020 Dec;157:174-175. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.10.014. Epub 2020 Nov 9. PubMed PMID: 33181227.
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