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Survival of the fastest? A descriptive analysis of severely injured trauma patients primarily admitted or secondarily transferred to major trauma centers in a Danish inclusive trauma system

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Trauma systems are crucial for enhancing survival and quality of life for trauma patients. Understanding trauma triage and patient outcomes is essential for optimizing resource allocation and trauma care.
Thea Palsgaard Møller, Josefine Tangen Jensen, Roar Borregaard Medici, Søren Steemann Rudolph, Lars Bredevang Andersen, Jakob Roed, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Helle Collatz Christensen, Mark Edwards   +8 more
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STREET: Swedish Tool for Risk/Resource Estimation at EvenTs. Part one, risk assessment – face validity and inter–rater reliability

Journal of Acute Disease, 2015
Objective: To develop a validated and generalized high reliability organizations collaborative tool in order to conduct common assessments and information sharing of potential risks during mass-gatherings.
Andreas Berner, Tariq Saleem Alharbi, Eric Carlström, Amir Khorram-Manesh   +3 more
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Two Decades of Burns in Queensland (2003–2023): A Retrospective Analysis of Prospectively Collected Data

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Burns pose a significant public health concern due to their severe physical and psychosocial effects and the need for specialised care. Understanding their epidemiology is vital for prevention, resource allocation and disaster planning.
Justin Hunt, Madison Bowles, Nicholas Tellam, Elizabeth Vujcich, Jason Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drowning incidents treated by the Danish Royal Air Force’s Search and Rescue helicopters: a 10-year nationwide registry-based cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background The primary objective of this study was to estimate the incidence and describe the characteristics of non-fatal and fatal drowning incidents treated by the Royal Danish Air Force’s Search And Rescue (SAR) helicopters from 2014 to 2023. Methods
Niklas Breindahl, Katharina Sunekaer, Kasper Bitzer, Signe A. Wolthers, Monika Laugesen, Anne-Sofie Lynnerup, Jacob Steinmetz, Helle C. Christensen   +7 more
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Distinct clinical clusters of paediatric patients with status epilepticus: Retrospective cohort study

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Large Swiss cohort of paediatric status epilepticus demonstrates that treatment delay (> 60 min) directly contributes to morbidity. Machine‐learning analysis of routine clinical data identifies three distinct patient clusters: febrile status epilepticus, severe para‐infectious status epilepticus, and status epilepticus in children with known epilepsy ...
Richard J Burman, Anne Steinberg, Jamie Norris, Giorgio Selmin, Tommaso Fedele, Richard E Rosch, Georgia Ramantani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prehospital triage of patients diagnosed with perforated peptic ulcer or peptic ulcer bleeding: an observational study of patients calling 1-1-2

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2018
Background Triage systems are used in emergency medical services to systematically prioritize prehospital resources according to individual patient conditions.
Kasper Bonnesen, Kristian D. Friesgaard, Morten T. Boetker, Lone Nikolajsen   +3 more
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Incidence, mortality, and management of status epilepticus from 2012 to 2022: An 11‐year nationwide study

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Recent data on status epilepticus (SE) incidence and mortality remain limited, despite the 2015 revision of its definition by the International League Against Epilepsy. The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic also remains unclear. We assessed trends in SE incidence, mortality, and management from 2012 to 2022 and examined the pandemic's ...
Quentin Calonge, Aurélie Hanin, Edouard Januel, Octave Guinebretiere, Thomas Nedelec, Francois Le Gac, Mario Chavez, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Vincent Navarro   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-specific diagnoses are frequent in patients hospitalized after calling 112 and their mortality is high – a register-based Danish cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background The number of patients calling for an ambulance increases. A considerable number of patients receive a non-specific diagnosis at discharge from the hospital, and this could imply less serious acute conditions, but the mortality has only ...
Frederikke Vestergaard Nielsen, Mette Rønn Nielsen, Jesper Amstrup, Ida Lund Lorenzen, Torben A. Kløjgaard, Emil Færk, Henrik Bøggild, Erika Frischknecht Christensen   +7 more
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Prediction of a time-sensitive condition among patients with dizziness assessed by the emergency medical services

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Dizziness is a relatively common symptom among patients who call for the emergency medical services (EMS). Aim To identify factors of importance for the early identification of a time-sensitive condition behind the symptom of dizziness among ...
C. Magnusson, J. Gärskog, E. Lökholm, J. Stenström, R. Wetter, C. Axelsson, M. Andersson Hagiwara, N. Packendorff, K. Jood, T. Karlsson, J. Herlitz   +10 more
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Respiratory dysfunction and fatal apnea during pilocarpine‐induced status epilepticus

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is second only to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy as a cause of seizure‐related mortality. The progression of respiratory dysfunction during experimental SE remains poorly characterized. We investigated how pilocarpine‐induced SE affects respiration in mice.
Chengsan Sun, Rachel Spera, John M. Williamson, Suchitra Joshi, Bhavya Guduru, Harini Ganabady, Jaideep Kapur   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source