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Status epilepticus: Updates on mechanisms and treatments

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Status epilepticus (SE) consists of prolonged, self‐sustaining seizures and is a common neurological emergency that causes respiratory compromise and neuronal injury. Without prompt treatment, the seizures can become resistant to benzodiazepines, leading to the progressive evolution of established, refractory, and super‐refractory SE.
Suchitra Joshi, Jaideep Kapur
wiley   +1 more source

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

Journal 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, Simona Tantillo, Lorenzo Miggiano, Martina Guarnera, Marco Menghini, Francesco Talarico, Federica Mazzanti, Nicola Cilloni   +7 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

Renal screening sonography—A comparative study in a Portuguese basic emergency service

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 8-16, March 2025.
Renal sonography screening aids in clinical decision‐making for patients with suspected renal colic. This study intends to compare the accuracy and pertinence of sonographic findings obtained by a sonographer in a Basic Emergency Service (BES) with that of radiologists at Referral Hospital (RH) in Portugal. Renal sonography screening was able to detect
Sérgio Miravent, Carmen Jiménez, Narciso Barbancho, Manuel Duarte Lobo, Teresa Figueiredo, Carla Gomes, Ion Ratusneac, João Mário Gonçalves, Corina Hasnas, Rui de Almeida   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Inverted Circuit: Attribution, Answerability, and Accountability in Canadian Health Governance

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Canada and the United States have not failed for want of accountability mechanisms in health governance. They have failed because accountability is repeatedly invoked where attribution and answerability are not already standing, so the result is the punishment of visible individuals rather than structural correction.
ALAN H. MENKIS
wiley   +1 more source

Prehospital diagnosis and management of supraventricular tachycardia – a scoping review

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs) are tachyarrhythmias that may result in haemodynamic instability and require prompt recognition and management in the prehospital setting. Current guidelines recommend a stepwise approach— vagal manoeuvres,
Lorenzo Gamberini, Federico Moro, Claudia Dallari, Silvia Cavagna, Paolo Pallavicini, Alessandra Bagioni, Giulia Scurria, Valeria Carinci, Federico Semeraro, Carlo Coniglio, Marco Tartaglione   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency Medical Services Calls for Service at Adult Detention Centers: A Descriptive Study

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Incarcerated individuals represent a vulnerable sector of society, with a disproportionate burden of substance use, mental health problems, and chronic illness.
Jeffrey N. Wood, Aaron B. Klassen, Matthew D. Sztajnkrycer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Undergraduate medical education in emergency medical care : a nationwide survey at German medical schools [PDF]

, 2009
Background Since June 2002, revised regulations in Germany have required "Emergency Medical Care" as an interdisciplinary subject, and state that emergency treatment should be of increasing importance within the curriculum. A survey of the current status
Müller, Michael P., Angstwurm, Matthias, Beckers, Stefan, Timmermann, Arnd, Beckers, Stefan K., Walcher, Felix, Beckers Stefan K, Walcher Felix, Müller Michael P, Angstwurm Matthias, Timmermann Arnd   +10 more
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Whole‐Body CT Utilisation in Adult Trauma: Guideline Compliance, Incidental Findings, and the Role of Anticoagulation in Low‐Energy Falls at a Regional New Zealand Centre

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Whole‐body CT (WBCT) is central to major trauma assessment, but indiscriminate use carries a substantial radiation burden. The Central Region Trauma Network's Early Radiological Imaging in Major Trauma Guideline (CPG154), adopted at this centre, specifies criteria for WBCT and excludes low‐energy falls from standing height.
Vamsi Thammandra, Jonny Russell
wiley   +1 more source

Prehospital care providers’ understanding of responsibilities during a behavioural emergency

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Prehospital emergency care providers are frequently called to assist with the management of mental healthcare users (MHCUs). The Mental Health Care Act no.
Charnelle Stander, Peter Hodkinson, Enrico Dippenaar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source