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Iranian Nurses' Experiences of Workplace Violence in Prehospital Emergency Care

open access: yes, 2020
Prehospital emergency care nurses experience severe workplace violence. However, despite the widespread violence they experience, this phenomenon has not been well studied among these nurses.
Rahmani, Azad   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Diagnostic accuracy of prehospital serum S100B and GFAP in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: a prospective observational multicenter cohort study – “the PreTBI I study”

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background The biomarker serum S100 calcium-binding protein B (S100B) is used in in-hospital triage of adults with mild traumatic brain injury to rule out intracranial lesions.
Sophie-Charlott Seidenfaden   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Image transmission and video live-streaming in emergency medical communication centre: a narrative review of its feasability, use, and impact

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Introduction Emergency Medical Communication Centres (EMCC) are responsible for assessing calls, providing pre-arrival instructions, and dispatching resources.
Nicolas Marjanovic   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global Trends and Advances in Traumatic Brain Injury

open access: yesBrain Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major global public health challenge, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality while imposing a significant socioeconomic burden. In recent years, notable progress has been made in understanding TBI pathophysiology, classification, monitoring, and treatment.
Yuan Zhuang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dexmedetomidine in prevention and treatment of postoperative and intensive care unit delirium: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Intensive Care, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of the Residual Gensini Score on Prognosis of Patients With ST‐Elevation Myocardial Infarction

open access: yesCatheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The residual Gensini score (rGS) was developed to quantify the severity of coronary atheroma burden after coronary revascularisation. The predictive value of the rGS for clinical outcomes in patients with ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains unexplored.
Batric Popovic   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fasting in critical illness: the role of ketonuria — a retrospective observational study

open access: yesJournal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care
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
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of amount of fluid for circulatory resuscitation on renal function in patients in shock: evaluating the influence of intra-abdominal pressure, renal resistive index, sublingual microcirculation and total body water measured by bio-impedance analysis on haemodynamic parameters for guidance of volume resuscitation in shock therapy: a protocol for the VoluKid pilot study–an observational clinical trial

open access: yesRenal Replacement Therapy, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

A scoping review to determine the barriers and facilitators to initiation and performance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation during emergency calls

open access: yesResuscitation Plus, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation of prehospital point-of-care international normalized ratio to laboratory-based international normalized ratio in acute traumatic coagulopathy

open access: yes, 2022
Acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) is associated with increased mortality and hospital transfusion requirements.1,2 Accurate prehospital identification of ATC may improve outcomes by expediting care.
Lachlan Parker   +15 more
core   +1 more source

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