Effect of Trans-Nasal Evaporative Intra-arrest Cooling on Functional Neurologic Outcome in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest : The PRINCESS Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
© 2019 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.Importance: Therapeutic hypothermia may increase survival with good neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest.
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Mental health challenges faced by young medical residents fighting COVID-19 in tunisia
Introduction COVID-19 pandemic affected not only physical health of individuals, and communities but also their mental health worldwide. Young physicians, who were providing care for patients during the outbreak in a global atmosphere of stress ...
M. Dhemaid +5 more
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Clinical selection strategies to identify ischemic stroke patients with large anterior vessel occlusion: results from SITS-ISTR (Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke International Stroke Thrombolysis Registry) [PDF]
Background and Purpose—The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) correlates with presence of large anterior vessel occlusion (LAVO). However, the application of the full NIHSS in the prehospital setting to select patients eligible for ...
Abdul-Rahim, Azmil H. +13 more
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A systematic review of educational interventions aiming to reduce prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome [PDF]
Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Interventions aiming at reducing prehospital delay (PHD) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) have yielded inconsistent findings. Therefore, we
Albarqouni, Loai +2 more
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Introduction Emergency Medical Communication Centres (EMCC) are responsible for assessing calls, providing pre-arrival instructions, and dispatching resources.
Nicolas Marjanovic +5 more
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Background All forms of shock, particularly septic shock, that involve insufficient blood supply to tissues to meet metabolic demands are main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and develop in one third of patients admitted to the intensive care
Alexa Hollinger +10 more
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Panamerican Trauma Society: The first three decades [PDF]
Panamerican Trauma Society was born 30 years ago with the mission of improving trauma care in the Americas by exchange of ideas and concepts and expanding knowledge of trauma and acute illness.
Aboutanos, Michel, Ivatury, Rao R.
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Fasting in critical illness: the role of ketonuria — a retrospective observational study
Background Metabolic acidosis is a frequent finding in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). It can be caused by prolonged fasting due to surgical procedures or by medical conditions that lead to starvation ketoacidosis (SKA).
Irene Ottaviani +7 more
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Background To determine the preventive and therapeutic effect of dexmedetomidine on intensive care unit (ICU) delirium. Methods The literature search using PubMed and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials was performed (August 1, 2018) to ...
Julian Flükiger +6 more
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Background: To maximise out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients’ survival, bystanders should perform continuous, good quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until ambulance arrival.
Emogene S. Aldridge +4 more
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