James V Quinn, MD, MS

Academic Focus or Interests

Dr. Quinn receives grant support from the National Institutes of Health and completed his Masters of Science in Health Services Research at Stanford University in 2002. His research interests include tissue adhesives, wound care, syncope, clinical decision rules and cost effectiveness.

Key Publications

Quinn JV, Cummings SC, Sellers KL, Callaham ML, et al: Suture versus conservative management of hand lacerations. BMJ 2002; 325:299-300

Quinn JV, Wells GA, Sutcliffe TA, et al: A randomized trial comparing octylcyanoacrylate tissue adhesive and sutures in the management of traumatic lacerations. JAMA 1997;277:1527-1530.

Quinn JV, Lowe L, Mertz M: The effects of a new tissue adhesive bandage on the healing of traumatic abrasions. Dermatology 2000;201:343-346.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Quinn JV, Drzewiecki A, Li MM, Stiell IG, Sutcliffe T, Elmslie TJ, Wood WE: A randomized, controlled trial comparing a tissue adhesive with suturing in the repair of pediatric facial lacerations. Ann Emerg Med 1993; 22:1130-1135.

Quinn JV, Hebert PC, Stiell IG: A need for sedation and paralysis in a cardiac arrest patient undergoing active compression-decompression CPR. Acad Emerg Med 1994; 1:463-467.

Quinn JV, Kissick J: Tissue adhesives for laceration repair during sporting events. Clin J Sport Med 1994; 4:245-248.

Noordiz P, Foresman PA, Rodheaver, Quinn JV, Edlich RF: Tissue adhesive wound repair revisited. J Emerg Med 1994; 645-649.

Quinn JV, Osmond MS, Yurach J, Moir P: Histoacryl: Risk of contamination with an appraisal of its antibacterial effects. J Emerg Med 1995; 1 3:581-585.

Quinn JV, Drzewiecki AE, Elmslie TJ, Stiell IG: Appearance scales to measure healed lacerations. Am J Emerg Med 1995; 13:229-231.

Quinn JV, Cwinn AA, Carr BS, Grahovac S, Stiell IG: The visualization of C7-Tl on portable lateral cervical spine radiographs of trauma patients using a lead lined acrylic filter. Acad Emerg Med 1995; 2:610-614.

Osmond M, Klassen T, Quinn JV: An economic comparison of a tissue adhesive versus suturing in the management of pediatric facial lacerations. J Pediatrics 1995; 126:892-895.

Waldibillig DK, Quinn JV, Stiell IG, Wells G: A Randomized Double Blinded Controlled Trial Comparing Heated Versus Room Temperature Lidocaine For Digital Nerve Blocks. Ann Emerg Med 1995; 26:677-681.

Stiell IG, Wells GA, McDowell, Greenberg GH, McKnight RD, Cwinn AA, Quinn JV, Yeats A: Use of Radiography in Acute Knee Injuries: Need for Clinical Decision Rules. Acad Emerg Med 1995; 2:966-973.

Maw JL, Quinn JV, Wells GA, Ducic Y, Odell PF, Lamothe A, Brownrigg PJ, Sutcliffe T: A prospective comparison of octylcyanoacrylate tissue adhesive and suture for the closure of head and neck incisions. J Otolaryngol 1997; 26:26-30.

Quinn JV, Maw JL, Ramotar K, Wenckebach G, Wells GA: A comparison of octylcyanoacrylate tissue adhesive and sutures in a contaminated wound model. Surgery 1997; 122:69-72.

Maw JL, Quinn JV: Cyanoacrylate Tissue Adhesives. Am J Cosmetic Surg 1997; 14:413-416.

Quinn JV, Wells GA, Sutcliffe TA, Jarmuske M, Maw JL, Steill IG, Johns P: A randomized trial comparing octylcyanoacrylate tissue adhesive and sutures in the management of traumatic lacerations. JAMA 1997; 277:1527-1530.

Singer AJ, Hollander JE, Quinn JV: Evaluation and management of traumatic lacerations. NEJM 1997; 337(16): 1142-1148.

Singer AJ, Hollander JE, Valentine SM, Turque TW, McCuskey CF, Quinn JV: Prospective randomized controlled trial of a tissue adhesive versus standard wound closure for laceration repair. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5:94-99

Quinn JV, Wells GA: An assessment of clinical wound evaluation scales. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5:583-586.

Bruns TB, Robinson BS, Smith RJ, Kile DL, Davis TP, Sullivan KM, Quinn JV: A new tissue adhesive for laceration repair in children. J Pediatrics 1998; 132(6): 1067-1070.

Blaivas M, Quinn JV: Diagnosis of spontaneous splenic rupture with emergency department ultrasonography. Ann Emerg Med 1998; 32:627-630.

Quinn JV, Wells GA, Sutcliffe TA, Jarmuske M, Maw JL, Stiell IG, Johns P: Tissue adhesive versus suture wound repair at one year: A correlation of early, three month and one year outcomes. Ann Emerg Med 1998; 32:645-649.

Osmond MH, Quinn JV, Sutcliffe TA, Jarmuske M, Klassen TP: A randomized trial comparing butylcyanoacrylate with octylcyanoacrylate in the management of selected pediatric facial lacerations. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6:171-177.

Quinn JV, Lowe L, Mertz M: The effects of a new tissue adhesive bandage on the healing of traumatic abrasions. Dermatology 2000; 201:343-346.

Singer AJ, Quinn JV, Hollander JH: Determinants of Poor Outcomes from laceration and incision repair. Plast Reconstr Surg 2002; 110:429-437.

Singer AJ, Quinn JV, Hollander: Comparison of Octylcyanoacrylate and Standard Wound Closure Methods for Lacerations and Incisions. Surgery 2002; 131:270-276

Quinn JV, Cummings SC, Callaham ML, Sellers K: Suture versus conservative management of hand lacerations. BMJ 2002; 325:299-300

Quinn JV, Cummings S, Callaham ML, Sellers K: Conservative treatment reduced pain and was as effective as sutures in hand lacerations. JBJS 2003;85-A:974

Li JZ, Quinn JV, Jacobs B, McCulloch CM: Patterns of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Emergency Department Patients and Its Association with Health Care Utilization. Am J Emerg Med 2004;22:.

Quinn JV, Stiell IG, McDermott DA, Sellers K, Kohn MA, Wells GA: Derivation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule to Predict Patient With Serious Short Term Outcomes. Ann Emerg Med 2004;43:224-232.

Quinn JV, Durski K: A real-time tracking, notification and web based enrollment system for emergency department research. Accepted Academic Emergency Medicine June 2004

Quinn JV, Stiell IG, McDermott DA, Sellers K, Kohn MA, Wells GA: The San Francisco Syncope Rule vs. physician judgment and decision making. Submitted to Medical Decision Making

Polevoi SK, Quinn JV, Kramer N: Factors associated with patients who leave without being seen in the emergency department. Submitted to Academic Emergency Medicine

Books

Quinn JV: Tissue Adhesives in Wound Care, B.C. Decker Publishing, Hamilton, Canada, 1998

Quinn JV, Chief Editor: E-medicine: AAEM Emergency Family and Medical Health Guide: http://www.emedicine.com/aaem/cover.htm

Quinn JV: Tissue Adhesives Used in Clinical Medicine. BC Decker Publishing, Hamilton, Canada, In Press

Book Chapters (1 of 1 total)

1. Quinn JV: Tissue Adhesives. Singer AJ, Hollander JE: Lacerations and Acute Wounds: An Evidence Based Guide, FA Davis Co., Philadelphia, PA, 2003

Abstracts

(4 of 24, 4 listed were plenary session papers presented at national meetings)

Quinn JV, Drzewiecki AE, Li MM, Stiell IG, Elmslie TJ. A clinical trial comparing n-2-butylcyanoacrylate, with suturing facial lacerations in children. Ann Emerg Med 1992; 21:591.

Quinn JV, Wells GA, Sutcliffe T, et al: Tissue adhesive versus suture wound repair at one year: A correlation of early, three year and one year outcomes. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5:465

Quinn JV, Cummings SC, Callaham ML, et al: Suture versus conservative management of hand lacerations. Acad Emerg Med 2001; 8:414 – 415.

Quinn JV, Stiell IG, Sellers KD, et al: The San Francisco syncope rule to predict patients with serious outcomes. Acad Emerg Med 2002; 530.

Editorials and Letters

Quinn JV: Histoacryl. CAEP Communiqué. January 1994. (Editorial).

Quinn JV: Debunking the myths of analgesia. CMAJ 1994; 151(7): 914-915. (Letter)

Quinn JV: Clinical Wound Evaluation. Acad Emerg Med 1996; 3:298-299. (Editorial)

Quinn JV: Tissue Adhesives. Ann Emerg Med 1996; 27:531. (Letter)

Quinn JV: Heated Lidocaine. Ann Emerg Med 1996; 28:104. (Letter)

Quinn JV: Tissue Adhesives. JAMA 1997; 278:703-4. (Letter)

Quinn JV: Management of Traumatic Lacerations. NEJM 1998; 338(7): 474-476

Quinn JV, Sellers KL: Suture vs Conservative Management of Hand Lacerations. BMJ 2002; 325:1113 (Letter)

Quinn JV: Syncope. In Press Annals of Emergency Medicine

Presentations: (4 of 26)

Guest Speaker - Michigan College of Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting. Grand Hotel Mackinaw Island, Michigan, July 1999. Advances in Wound Care.

Closed Roundtable on the Use of Tissue Adhesives – Synermed Medical Corp – Chicago, Illinois, October 2001

Wound Care. Visiting Professor VA and Valley Medical Center. UC Fresno, November 2002

Syncope. UCSF Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, November 2002

ED Overcrowding: Overview, Challenges and Solutions, Second Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress, Barcelona, Spain, September 2003

Honors, Awards and Memberships

1992

• Best Pediatric - Critical Care Presentation
• Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
• Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada

1992

• PSI Research Award - Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa

1993

• Best Resident Publication
• Annals of Emergency Medicine

1997

• Best Poster Presentation by a Young Investigator, SAEM Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

1998

• University of Michigan, Emergency Medicine Residency
• Teaching Award

2004

• Spring Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Quarterly Bedside Teaching Award
• Professional Memberships:
• Medical Council of Canada
• Fellow American Academy of Emergency Physicians
• Fellow of American College of Emergency Physicians
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Current Research Activities

Through the help of an award from the National Institutes of Health I have set up a clinical research unit in the emergency department at UCSF and now at Stanford University Medical Center. The unit is supported by research volunteers who are undergraduate students looking for an experience in a health care profession. The volunteers help screen and facilitate enrollment and data collection on patients involved in studies supported by the research unit. The unit also supports a clinical database which link the research databases with the clinical information systems within the hospital

The unit has supported three clinical studies since opening in July 2000. I have completed randomized trial comparing sutures versus conservative management of hand lacerations, which was selected for a plenary paper presentation at the 2001 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) annual meeting and accepted for publication in the British Medical Journal. I have also developed clinical guidelines for the need to admit patients with syncope. Over 600 patients were enrolled in the derivation set of this study. Our derivation set was recognized as a plenary session paper at the 2002 SAEM annual meeting and recently published in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

To date over 600 patients have been enrolled into a validation study for the syncope rule. By expanding to Stanford and hopefully other hospitals in the bay area we can focus on multi-center studies to implement the syncope rules and to expand my current RCT on the use of prophylactic antibiotics in dog bites. The findings from this trial will be combined with the economic model developed with colleagues in the Department of Health Research and Policy and the School of Business at Stanford to determine the most cost effective way to manage dog bites.