Amputation in emergency situations: indications, techniques and Médecins Sans Frontières France's experience in Haiti [PDF]
, 2012 PURPOSE: The decision to amputate is always difficult but becomes even harder in emergency situations, which usually present extra complicating factors.
D Pukljak +4 more
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Association of the ICH Score With Withdrawal of Life‐Sustaining Treatment Over a 10‐Year Period
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective The intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) score was developed to enhance provider communication and facilitate early severity assessment. We examined the association of the ICH score with mortality and withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatment (WLST) in a large, multicenter stroke registry, and evaluated temporal trends in these associations.
Nina Massad +15 more
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Circulating Interleukin‐6 Levels and Timing of Acute Ischemic Stroke Onset
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Intravenous thrombolysis is the most widely available effective ischemic stroke treatment, but is approved only if given within 4.5 h from stroke onset. Many patients are not treated because stroke onset time is unknown. We evaluated the cytokine interleukin 6 (IL‐6) in circulating blood after acute ischemic stroke (AIS).
Robert G. Kowalski +15 more
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A proposed model for designing an electronic system for managing patient transfer
بیمارستان, 2020 Background: Information technology application in health care is increasing. The aim of this study, is to introduce a scientific model for designing an electronic system for managing patient transfer.
Faramarz Pourasghar, Nesa Kavakebi
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Transportation and Distribution of Strategic National Stockpile Supplies in a Public Health Emergency [PDF]
, 2018 In the event of a public health emergency in the United States, it is important that public authorities are equipped to distribute medical supplies to every person in need as quickly as possible.
Goss, Olivia A
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Multimodal Autonomic Biomarkers Predict Phenoconversion in Pure Autonomic Failure
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Pure autonomic failure (PAF) presents with autonomic failure without other neurological features. A third develop central neurological features, fulfilling criteria for multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Lewy body diseases (LBD), including Parkinson's disease and Dementia with Lewy bodies.
S. Koay +12 more
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The Business Case for Community Paramedicine: Lessons from Commonwealth Care Alliance's Pilot Program [PDF]
, 2016 Mobile integrated health care and community paramedicine (MIH-CP) programs expand the role of traditional emergency medical services personnel to address non-emergency needs and bring outpatient primary and urgent care into patients' homes.
Dominick Esposito +6 more
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The probability of having advanced medical interventions is associated with age in out-of-hospital life-threatening situations. [PDF]
, 2016 The use of out-of-hospital emergency medical services by old and very old individuals is increasing. These patients frequently require complex evaluation and decision-making processes to determine a strategy of care, therapeutic choices or withdrawal of ...
Burnand, B. +5 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose This study aimed to explore the association between quantitative shape irregularity and density heterogeneity of hematomas and hematoma expansion (HE) for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients. Methods This cohort study included patients arriving within 24 h of symptom onset between August 2021 and July 2022 as the derivation cohort ...
Zeqiang Ji +11 more
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