Frank LoVecchio, DO

Department

Emergency Medicine (Phoenix)

Position

Professor

Books

• Critical Care Toxicology: Diagnosis and Management of the Critically Poisoned Patient
  LoVecchio F., Hydantoin anticonvulsants: Phenytoin and fosphenytoin [Book Chapter] 2017
• Emergency Department Analgesia: An Evidence-Based Guide
  Lovecchio F., Undifferentiated abdominal pain [Book Chapter] 2008
• Emergency Department Analgesia: An Evidence-Based Guide
  Lovecchio F., Bites and stings – terrestrial [Book Chapter] 2008

Publications

• Vaccine
  Plumb Ian D., Effectiveness of a bivalent mRNA vaccine dose against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection among U.S. Healthcare personnel, September 2022–May 2023 2023
• BMC Infectious Diseases
  Malley B. E., Impact of adherence to procalcitonin antibiotic prescribing guideline recommendations for low procalcitonin levels on antibiotic use
  23:1 2023
• Frontiers in Medicine
  Amin A. N., It’s about the patients: Practical antibiotic stewardship in outpatient settings in the United States
  9 2022
• MMWR Recommendations and Reports
  Pilishvili T., Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Among Health Care Personnel — 33 U.S. Sites, January–March 2021
  70:20, p. 753 - 758 2021
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Talan D. A., Emergence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Urinary Tract Infections Among Hospitalized Emergency Department Patients in the United States
  77:1, p. 32 - 43 2021
• New England Journal of Medicine
  Pilishvili T., Effectiveness of mRNA covid-19 vaccine among U.S. Health care personnel
  385:25 2021
• Academic Emergency Medicine
  Reagh J. J., Sex-related differences in D-dimer levels for venous thromboembolism screening
  28:8, p. 873 - 881 2021
• Academic Emergency Medicine
  Peacock W. F., Myocardial Infarction Can Be Safely Excluded by High-sensitivity Troponin I Testing 3 Hours After Emergency Department Presentation
  27:8, p. 671 - 680 2020
• Journal of clinical microbiology
  Strålin K., Performance of PCR/Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry on Whole Blood for Detection of Bloodstream Microorganisms in Patients with Suspected Sepsis
  58:9 2020
• Clinical toxicology
  Claudius I. A., Marijuana self-report compared with testing in trauma patients before and after legalization
  58:8, p. 801 - 803 2020
• Substance Abuse
  Levine M., Prevalence of marijuana use among trauma patients before and after legalization of medical marijuana: The Arizona experience, p. 1 - 6 2020
• JAMA Network Open
  Yende S., Long-term Host Immune Response Trajectories among Hospitalized Patients with Sepsis
  2:8 2019
• Journal of Medical Toxicology
  Curry S. C., The Relationship Between Circulating Acetaminophen-Protein Adduct Concentrations and Alanine Aminotransferase Activities in Patients With and Without Acetaminophen Overdose and Toxicity
  15:3, p. 143 - 155 2019
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Mower W. R., Effect of Initial Bedside Ultrasonography on Emergency Department Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Management
  74:3, p. 372 - 380 2019
• Clinical toxicology
  Quan D., Comparing clinical outcomes between two scorpion antivenom dosing strategies in children
  57:9, p. 760 - 764 2019
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Levine M., Assessing Bleeding Risk in Patients With Intentional Overdoses of Novel Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Medications
  71:3, p. 273 - 278 2018
• Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  Clark S., Changes in emergency department concordance with guidelines for the management of stinging insect-induced anaphylaxis: 1999–2001 vs 2013–2015
  120:4, p. 419 - 423 2018
• Academic Emergency Medicine
  Levine M., Assessing the Effect of a Medical Toxicologist in the Care of Rattlesnake-envenomated Patients
  25:8, p. 921 - 926 2018
• BMC Emergency Medicine
  Huang D. T., Design and rationale of the Procalcitonin Antibiotic Consensus Trial (ProACT), a multicenter randomized trial of procalcitonin antibiotic guidance in lower respiratory tract infection
  17:1 2017
• Journal of Medical Toxicology
  Watts D. C., Articles You Might Have Missed
  13:1, p. 95 - 98 2017
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Bickel S. T., Elderly Woman With Painful Swollen Fingers
  69:3 2017
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Lovecchio F., Icare vs Tono-Pen in the ED
  34:3, p. 670 - 673 2016
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Kannan V. C., Geolocalization of Influenza Outbreak Within an Acute Care Population: A Layered-Surveillance Approach
  68:5, p. 618 - 626 2016
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Moffat A., Presentations of coccidioidomycosis in the ED
  34:5, p. 906 - 910 2016
• Clinical Infectious Diseases
  Talan D. A., A Randomized Trial of Clindamycin Versus Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for Uncomplicated Wound Infection
  62:12, p. 1505 - 1513 2016
• Resuscitation
  Crowe C., Measuring and improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality inside the emergency department
  93, p. 8 - 13 2015
• Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy
  Rafique Z., Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (ZS-9) for the treatment of hyperkalemia
  16:11, p. 1727 - 1734 2015
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Lovecchio F., Incidence of electronic cigarette exposures in children skyrockets in Arizona
  33:6, p. 834 - 835 2015
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Geren K. I., Identification of acute HIV infection using fourth-generation testing in an opt-out emergency department screening program
  64:5, p. 537 - 546 2014
• New England Journal of Medicine
  Yealy D. M., A randomized trial of protocol-based care for early septic shock
  370:18, p. 1683 - 1693 2014
• Advances in Skin and Wound Care
  Alimov V., Use of a silver-containing hydrofiber dressing for filling abscess cavity following incision and drainage in the emergency department: A randomized controlled trial
  26:1, p. 20 - 25 2013
• Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Moran G. J., Acute bacterial skin infections: Developments since the 2005 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines
  44:6 2013
• Journal of Medical Toxicology
  Cohen J. P., Plasma and Urine Dimercaptopropanesulfonate Concentrations after Dermal Application of Transdermal DMPS (TD-DMPS)
  9:1, p. 9 - 15 2013
• Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet
  Christian-Kopp S., Social Media Use Among Adolescent Patients Visiting an Inner City Pediatric Emergency Department
  16:2, p. 147 - 161 2012
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Lovecchio F., Multivitamin 'banana bags' provide little value in emergency department patients
  59:5, p. 414 - 415 2012
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Roque P., Inpatient utilization of blood cultures drawn in an urban ED
  30:1, p. 110 - 114 2012
• Journal of Medical Toxicology
  Levine M., Influence of Drug Use on Morbidity and Mortality in Heatstroke
  8:3, p. 252 - 257 2012
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Roque P. J., Optic nerve ultrasound for the detection of elevated intracranial pressure in the hypertensive patient
  30:8, p. 1357 - 1363 2012
• Pediatric emergency care
  Levine M., Hypoglycemia after accidental pediatric sulfonylurea ingestions
  27:9, p. 846 - 849 2011
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Balls A., Ultrasound guidance for central venous catheter placement: results from the Central Line Emergency Access Registry Database
  28:5, p. 561 - 567 2010
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Nelson J. L., Echinococcosis presenting as acute abdominal pain
  28:6 2010
• JAMA
  Bobrow B. J., Chest compression-only CPR by lay rescuers and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
  304:13, p. 1447 - 1454 2010
• Resuscitation
  Levine M., Diphenhydramine-induced Brugada pattern
  81:4, p. 503 - 504 2010
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Massive dipropylene glycol toxicity is very similar in presentation to cases of diethylene glycol toxicity
  27:1, p. 123 2009
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Norquist C., The card game: outcomes after exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis in prisoners
  27:1, p. 115 - 116 2009
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Outcomes after accidental pediatric ingestions of (dextro)amphetamine and methylphenidate
  27:8, p. 933 - 934 2009
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Acute renal failure, neuropathy, and myopathy after ingestion of dipropylene glycol fog solution
  26:5 2008
• Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology
  LoVecchio F., Poison control centers decrease emergency healthcare utilization costs.
  4:4, p. 221 - 224 2008
• Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology
  LoVecchio F., Four-year experience with methotrexate exposures.
  4:3, p. 149 - 150 2008
• Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  Banerji A., Multicenter study of patients with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced angioedema who present to the emergency department
  100:4, p. 327 - 332 2008
• Pediatrics
  Mansbach J. M., Prospective multicenter study of bronchiolitis: Predicting safe discharges from the emergency department
  121:4, p. 680 - 688 2008
• Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology
  LoVecchio F., The feasibility of administration of activated charcoal with respect to current practice guidelines in emergency department patients.
  3:3, p. 100 - 102 2007
• Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology
  Pizon A. F., Reversible cardiomyopathy complicating intrathecal baclofen withdrawal: a case report.
  3:4, p. 187 - 189 2007
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Quan D., Letter to the Editor
  25:7, p. 856 2007
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Outcomes after environmental hyperthermia
  25:4, p. 442 - 444 2007
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Bee swarmings in children
  25:8, p. 931 - 933 2007
• Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Isolated atomoxetine (Strattera™) ingestions commonly result in toxicity
  31:3, p. 267 - 268 2006
• Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Pizon A. F., Adverse Reaction from use of intravenous N-acetylcysteine
  31:4, p. 434 - 435 2006
• Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Myokymia after snake envenomation in Arizona [2]
  16:2, p. 116 - 117 2005
• European Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Outcomes of chlorine exposure: A 5-year poison center experience in 598 patients
  12:3, p. 109 - 110 2005
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Injection of pyrethroids without significant sequelae [7]
  23:3, p. 406 2005
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., L-carnitine was safely administered in the setting of valproate toxicity
  23:3, p. 321 - 322 2005
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Three-year experience with ziprasidone exposures [15]
  23:4, p. 586 - 587 2005
• Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
  Quan D., Prehospital use of aspirin rarely is associated with adverse events
  19:4, p. 362 - 365 2004
• Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Letter to the editor: Media influence on poison center call volume after 11 September 2001
  19:2, p. 185 2004
• Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Serum Sickness Following Administration of Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent in 181 Cases of Presumed Rattlesnake Envenomation
  14:4, p. 220 - 221 2003
• Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology
  LoVecchio F., Scorpion Envenomations in Young Children in Central Arizona
  41:7, p. 937 - 940 2003
• Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology
  Slauson S. D., Risperidone-induced priapism
  36:1, p. 91 - 92 2002
• Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Antibiotics after rattlesnake envenomation
  23:4, p. 327 - 328 2002
• Academic Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Delayed absorption of valproic acid, resulting in coma [3]
  9:12, p. 1464 2002
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Ruha A. -M, Initial postmarketing experience with Crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab for treatment of rattlesnake envenomation
  39:6, p. 609 - 615 2002
• Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Snakebite envenomation in children: A 10-year retrospective review
  12:3, p. 184 - 189 2001
• European Journal of Emergency Medicine
  McHALE P. M., Narcotic analgesia in the acute abdomen—a review of prospective trials
  8:2, p. 131 - 136 2001
• European Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVECCHIO F., Ventricular fibrillation following inhalation of Glade Air Freshener™
  8:2, p. 153 - 154 2001
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Intravenous pyridoxine-induced metabolic acidosis
  38:1, p. 62 - 64 2001
• Annals of Pharmacotherapy
  Lovecchio F. A., Atrial fibrillation following acute overdose with oral cyclosporine [3]
  34:3, p. 405 2000
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Tanen D. A., Failure of intravenous N-acetylcysteine to reduce methemoglobin produced by sodium nitrite in human volunteers: A randomized controlled trial
  35:4, p. 369 - 373 2000
• Anesthesia and Analgesia
  Graeme K. A., The lack of transplacental movement of the cyanide antidote thiosulfate in gravid ewes
  89:6, p. 1448 - 1452 1999
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Incidence of immediate and delayed hypersensitivity to Centruroides antivenom
  34:5, p. 615 - 619 1999
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Wallace K. L., Effect of magnesium hydroxide on iron absorption after ferrous sulfate [4] (multiple letters)
  34:5, p. 685 - 686 1999
• New England Journal of Medicine
  Suchard J. R., Envenomations by rattlesnakes thought to be dead [7]
  340:24, p. 1930 1999
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  Gill M., Serotonin syndrome in a child after a single dose of fluvoxamine
  33:4, p. 457 - 459 1999
• Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Gerkin Jr. R. D., Rapid reversal of life-threatening toluene-induced hypokalemia with hemodialysis
  16:5, p. 723 - 725 1998
• Academic Emergency Medicine
  Wallace K. L., Effect of magnesium hydroxide on iron absorption following simulated mild iron overdose in human subjects
  5:10, p. 961 - 965 1998
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Dexfenfluramine overdose
  32:1, p. 102 - 103 1998
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Lovecchio F., Hypertonic sodium bicarbonate in an acute flecainide overdose
  16:5, p. 534 - 537 1998
• Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  Suchard J., Cutaneous nodular reaction to oral mercury [5] (multiple letters)
  38, p. 784 - 785 1998
• Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., The use of analgesics in patients with acute abdominal pain
  15:6, p. 775 - 779 1997
• Emergency medicine clinics of North America
  LoVecchio F., Approach to generalized weakness and peripheral neuromuscular disease
  15:3, p. 605 - 623 1997
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Intraventricular bleeding after the use of thrombolytics in a cocaine user
  14:7, p. 663 - 664 1996
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  LoVecchio F., Neurosyphilis presenting as refractory status epilepticus
  13:6, p. 685 - 686 1995