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Billets, bombs and babies: how the state shaped the narrative of birth during the Second World War [PDF]

, 2018
The health and social historiography of the Second World War is closely bound to the British national narrative of total war and the conflagration of the home front.
White, C-EM
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Testing a Personalized Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Veterans

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to test the efficacy of personalized treatment of older veterans with chronic low back pain (CLBP) delivered by Aging Back Clinics (ABCs) as compared with usual care (UC). Methods Two hundred ninety‐nine veterans aged 65 to 89 with CLBP from three Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers underwent baseline testing, randomization to ABC ...
Debra K. Weiner, Angela Gentili, Meika A. Fang, Edward Garay, Laura Lawson, Lenore Joseph, Cathy C. Lee, Michelle I. Rossi, Beverly Thorn, Subashan Perera   +9 more
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An analysis of ambulance re-contacts after non-conveyance: a retrospective cohort study in the Netherlands

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Non-conveyance is an increasing part of ambulance care and has to be safe. One of the indicators to measure safety is an ambulance re-contact within 72 h. However, solely measuring the percentage of re-contacts has limited validity as it lacks
Susanne E. de Loor, Tessa Verheij, Thomas Karol, Franciscus G. M. H. M. Cuppen, Frits van Dijk, Femke Goldstein, Joyce Janssen, Remco H. A. Ebben   +7 more
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PLANNING AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR A RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE DISTRICT [PDF]

Public Economics,
Doeksen, Gerald A., Oehrtman, Robert L., Schmidt, Joseph F.   +2 more
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Clinical Practice Guideline for Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Nervous System Manifestations in Sjögren's Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives Sjögren's disease is an autoimmune disorder that can impact multiple organ systems, including the peripheral nervous system (PNS). PNS manifestations, which can exist concurrently, include mononeuropathies, polyneuropathies, and autonomic nervous system neuropathies. To help patients and providers in the decision‐making process, we developed
Anahita Deboo, Robert Fox, Katherine M. Hammitt, Julie Frantsve‐Hawley, Matthew C. Baker, Stamatina Danielides, Eduardo De Sousa, Brent P. Goodman, Jennifer K. King, Steven Mandel, Ghaith Noaiseh, Pantelis P. Pavlakis, George Sarka, R. Hal Scofield, Arun Varadhachary, Daniel J. Wallace, Matt Makara, Nancy Carteron, Steven Carsons, In collaboration with the Consensus Expert Panel (CEP) members   +19 more
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Design of an emergency medical information system for mass gatherings

Heliyon
Background: The frequency of mass gatherings is increasing. Such events often involve many people and carry the risk of mass casualty incidents, which require substantial medical resources from various healthcare institutions. The current medical system,
Yu Tian, Zhuyi Shen, Yinghao Zhao, Tianshu Zhou, Qiang Li, Mao Zhang, Jingsong Li   +6 more
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Host‐Directed Biomaterials for Combatting Bloodstream Infections: From Macrocyclic Peptides to Immune‐Activating Cell Backpacks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bloodstream infections (BSI) are one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in both civilian and military populations. This paper summarizes recent progress in novel treatment strategies to manage BSI arising from both bacterial and fungal pathogens using molecules, particles, and materials to elicit host‐directed immunity.
Thomas Thomou, Jagadish Krishnappa, Justin B. Schaal, Prasad Tongaonkar, Dat Q. Tran, Wenchao Gu, Yung‐Fu Chang, Michael E. Selsted, Shaoyi Jiang, Samir Mitragotri, Michael Super, Christopher J. Bettinger   +11 more
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PROSPECTS OF CREATION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN SERVICE OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE

Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2016
. Modern approaches to creation of the quality system of medical care, and also relevance and features of its formation in service of an emergency medical service are covered in article.
I. M. Barsukova
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Association among blood pressure, end-tidal carbon dioxide, peripheral oxygen saturation and mortality in prehospital post-resuscitation care

Resuscitation Plus
Aim: Post-resuscitation care is described as the fourth link in a chain of survival in resuscitation guidelines. However, data on prehospital post-resuscitation care is scarce.
Elina Heikkilä, Piritta Setälä, Milla Jousi, Jouni Nurmi   +3 more
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A Comparison of the Ability of the Physiologic Components of Medical Emergency Team Criteria and the U.K. National Early Warning Score to Discriminate Patients at Risk of a Range of Adverse Clinical Outcomes. [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To compare the ability of medical emergency team criteria and the National Early Warning Score to discriminate cardiac arrest, unanticipated ICU admission and death within 24 hours of a vital signs measurement, and to quantify the associated ...
Abbott, Alam, Ball, Bell, Chen, Churpek, Churpek, Cretikos, Edwards, Gao, Hanley, Herod, Hickey, Hillman, Hourihan, Jarvis, Jarvis, Kolic, Mohammed, Morgan, Paterson, Prytherch, Prytherch, Santiano, Schmidt, Silcock, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Subbe, Subbe, Tarassenko, Tirkkonen   +34 more
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