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Observational study on chest pain during the Covid-19 pandemic: changes and characteristics of visits to a Norwegian emergency department during the lockdown

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Following the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, reports emerged on decreasing emergency department (ED) visits in many countries. Patients experiencing chest pain was no exception.
Mikkel Grande, Lars Petter Bjørnsen, Lars Eide Næss-Pleym, Lars Erik Laugsand, Bjørnar Grenne   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trauma Simulation in Prehospital Emergency Care

Journal of Trauma Nursing, 2018
Well-educated ambulance staff is a prerequisite for high-quality prehospital trauma care. The aim of this study was to examine how nurses in the ambulance service experienced participation in trauma simulation. Sixty-one nurses, working in an emergency ambulance service, performed simulated trauma care on four different occasions and afterward rated ...
Abelsson, Anna, Lundberg, Lars
openaire   +4 more sources

Baden Prevention and Reduction of Incidence of Postoperative Delirium Trial (PRIDe): a phase IV multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial of ketamine versus haloperidol for prevention of postoperative delirium

Trials, 2018
Background Delirium is a neurobehavioural syndrome that frequently develops in the postoperative setting. The incidence of elderly patients who develop delirium during hospital stay ranges from 10-80%.
Harriet Riegger, Alexa Hollinger, Burkhardt Seifert, Katharina Toft, Andrea Blum, Tatjana Zehnder, Martin Siegemund   +6 more
doaj   +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
doaj   +1 more source

Mental health challenges faced by young medical residents fighting COVID-19 in tunisia

European Psychiatry, 2021
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, W. Abbes, F. Ellough, A. Bezzaouia, S. Hafi, L. Ghanmi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Annals 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, Alexa Hollinger, Benjamin Speich, Vera Meier, Janna Tontsch, Tatjana Zehnder, Martin Siegemund   +6 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

Renal 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, Lukas Gantner, Franziska Jockers, Thomas Schweingruber, Katrin Ledergerber, Jonas Dominic Scheuzger, Markus Aschwanden, Michael Dickenmann, Johann Knotzer, Jasper van Bommel, Martin Siegemund   +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

Resuscitation 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, Nirukshi Perera, Stephen Ball, Judith Finn, Janet Bray   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prehospital and Emergency Care Perspectives to Define Pediatric Critical Illness and Injury. [PDF]

West J Emerg Med
Ramgopal S, Cash RE, Martin-Gill C, Hayes A, Barrera L, Horvat CM, Macy ML.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

An Ionic Gelation Powder for Ultrafast Hemostasis and Accelerated Wound Healing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An ultrafast ionic gelation‐activated hemostatic powder (AGCL) forms a hydrogel within ≈1 s upon contact with blood‐derived calcium ions. The AGCL powder enables rapid hemorrhage control, strong tissue adhesion, and enhanced healing. The powder's pre‐crosslinked polymer network ensures high blood uptake and stability, offering effective treatment for ...
Youngju Son, Kyusoon Pak, Taehoon Lee, Monica Celine Prayogo, Jinyoung Choi, Sukkyung Kang, Minjoo Kang, Byungkook Oh, Sang Yu Sun, Sanha Kim, Sung Gap Im, Sangyong Jon, Steve Park   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source