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Smart hospital emergency system via mobile-based requesting services [PDF]
, 2019 In recent years, the UK’s emergency call and response has shown elements of great strain as of today. The strain on emergency call systems estimated by a 9 million calls (including both landline and mobile) made in 2014 alone.
Al-Khafajiy, Mohammed +4 more
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Severe, Non‐apneic Respiratory Dysfunction and Hypoxia following Generalized Convulsive Seizures
Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a devastating consequence of some generalized convulsive seizures (GCS). Recent work has focused on seizure related apnea as a biomarker of SUDEP risk, frequently without characterizing the adequacy of non‐apneic ventilation or identifying other dysfunctional breathing patterns.
Haley E. Pysick +9 more
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Computer assisted assessment and advice for "non-serious" 999 ambulance service callers : the potential impact on ambulance despatch [PDF]
, 2003 Objective: To investigate the potential impact for ambulance services of telephone assessment and triage for callers who present with non-serious problems (Category C calls) as classified by ambulance service call takers.
Crouch, R. +9 more
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Prescribing competence: The pros and cons of different methods for assessment
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Evaluating a medical graduate’s competence in rational prescribing is challenging. With the aim to guide and inspire teachers, this narrative review explores different methods that can be used to assess prescribing competence. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and thus a mix of different assessment methods is needed throughout the ...
David J. Brinkman +3 more
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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional NeurologyBackground Mechanical thrombectomy has emerged as standard of care in treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke attributable to large‐vessel occlusion.
Nicklas Ennab Vogel +3 more
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is a neurological emergency requiring immediate treatment. Although intravenous lacosamide (LCM) is used for the management of epilepsy, its effectiveness in treating SE remains unclear. We aimed to compare the in‐hospital outcomes between intravenous LCM and levetiracetam (LEV) as an early adjunctive therapy ...
Yumiko Nakamura +8 more
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Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2021 Arwa Althumairi, Zainab Alnasser, Sarah Alsadeq, Nouf Al-kahtani, Afnan Aljaffary Health Information Management and Technology (HIMT) Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Arwa ...
Althumairi A +4 more
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Road ambulances: working conditions of paramedics – pilot studies
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2020 Objectives The article presents the results of selected pilot studies conducted in medical ambulances. Their aim was to determine the working conditions and identify troublesome factors accompanying the performance of basic medical procedures by rescue ...
Sylwia Bęczkowska +4 more
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is an acute complication that can either occur in the course of epilepsy, or reflect an acute neurological or systemic disorder. SE incidence and associated mortality vary across regions and studied populations.
Florian Negrello +8 more
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Asynchronous Multi-Context Systems
, 2015 In this work, we present asynchronous multi-context systems (aMCSs), which provide a framework for loosely coupling different knowledge representation formalisms that allows for online reasoning in a dynamic environment. Systems of this kind may interact
G. Brewka, J. Lang, J.J. Alferes
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