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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2017

Inhalt (120 Artikel)

Open Access Original research

Should we perform a FAST exam in haemodynamically stable patients presenting after blunt abdominal injury: a retrospective cohort study

D. Dammers, M. El Moumni, I.I. Hoogland, N. Veeger, E. ter Avest

Open Access Review

The Norwegian guidelines for the prehospital management of adult trauma patients with potential spinal injury

Daniel K Kornhall, Jørgen Joakim Jørgensen, Tor Brommeland, Per Kristian Hyldmo, Helge Asbjørnsen, Thomas Dolven, Thomas Hansen, Elisabeth Jeppesen

Open Access Letter to the Editor

External validation of a clinical decision rule: we need events in a population in order to rule them out!

Yonathan Freund, Anne-Laure Philippon

Open Access Original research

Pre-hospital treatment of bee and wasp induced anaphylactic reactions: a retrospective study

Athamaica Ruiz Oropeza, Søren Mikkelsen, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, Charlotte G. Mortz

Open Access Original research

Prehospital intravenous fentanyl to patients with hip fracture: an observational cohort study of risk factors for analgesic non-treatment

Kristian D. Friesgaard, Erika F. Christensen, Hans Kirkegaard, Mette D. Bendtsen, Flemming B. Jensen, Lone Nikolajsen

Open Access Original research

Development of a novel information and communication technology system to compensate for a sudden shortage of emergency department physicians

Kumiko Tanaka, Taka-aki Nakada, Hiroshi Fukuma, Shota Nakao, Naohisa Masunaga, Keisuke Tomita, Yosuke Matsumura, Yasuaki Mizushima, Tetsuya Matsuoka

Open Access Commentary

Trials and tribulations: how we established a major incident database

S. E. J. Hardy, S. Fattah

Open Access Original research

Investigation of complications secondary to chest compressions before and after the 2010 cardiopulmonary resuscitation guideline changes by using multi-detector computed tomography: a retrospective study

Jin Ho Beom, Je Sung You, Min Joung Kim, Min Kyung Seung, Yoo Seok Park, Hyun Soo Chung, Sung Phil Chung, Incheol Park

Open Access Review

Recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during emergency calls — a systematic review of observational studies

Søren Viereck, Thea Palsgaard Møller, Josephine Philip Rothman, Fredrik Folke, Freddy Knudsen Lippert

Open Access Original research

Severity-dependent differences in early management of thoracic trauma in severely injured patients - Analysis based on the TraumaRegister DGU®

J. Bayer, R. Lefering, S. Reinhardt, J. Kühle, N. P. Südkamp, T. Hammer

Open Access Original research

Thrombocytopenia on the first day of emergency department visit predicts higher risk of acute kidney injury among elderly patients

Chia-Ter Chao, Hung-Bin Tsai, Chih-Kang Chiang, Jenq-Wen Huang

Open Access Original research

Pre-hospital transfusion of packed red blood cells in 147 patients from a UK helicopter emergency medical service

Richard M. Lyon, Eleanor de Sausmarez, Emily McWhirter, Gary Wareham, Magnus Nelson, Ashley Matthies, Anthony Hudson, Leigh Curtis, Malcolm Q. Russell

Open Access Original research

Diagnostic error in the Emergency Department: follow up of patients with minor trauma in the outpatient clinic

Pieter-Jan Moonen, Luc Mercelina, Willem Boer, Tom Fret

Open Access Original research

Developing quality indicators for physician-staffed emergency medical services: a consensus process

Helge Haugland, Marius Rehn, Pål Klepstad, Andreas Krüger, Gry Elise Albrektsen, Peter Anthony Berlac, Geir Sverre Braut, Per Bredmose, Robert Burman, Brian Burns, Alasdair Corfield, Marta Ebbing, Magnus Hjortdahl, Freddy Lippert, Pål Madsen, Per Oretorp, Leif Rognås, Julian Thompson, Oddvar Uleberg, Janne Virta, Wolfgang G. Voelckel, Ryan Wubben

Open Access Original research

Should capnography be used as a guide for choosing a ventilation strategy in circulatory shock caused by severe hypothermia? Observational case-series study

Tomasz Darocha, Sylweriusz Kosiński, Anna Jarosz, Paweł Podsiadło, Mirosław Ziętkiewicz, Tomasz Sanak, Robert Gałązkowski, Jacek Piątek, Janusz Konstanty-Kalandyk, Rafał Drwiła

Open Access Original research article

Potential benefits of an integrated military/civilian trauma system: experiences from two major regional conflicts

Jeffry L. Kashuk, Kobi Peleg, Elon Glassberg, Adi Givon, Irina Radomislensky, Yoram Kluger

Open Access Original research

The impact of a physician-staffed helicopter on outcome in patients admitted to a stroke unit: a prospective observational study

Kamilia S. Funder, Lars S. Rasmussen, Nicolai Lohse, Rasmus Hesselfeldt, Volkert Siersma, Jesper Gyllenborg, Sandra Wulffeld, Ole M. Hendriksen, Freddy K. Lippert, Jacob Steinmetz

Open Access Original research

The number of displaced rib fractures is more predictive for complications in chest trauma patients

Chih-Ying Chien, Yu-Hsien Chen, Shih-Tsung Han, Gerald N. Blaney, Ting-Shuo Huang, Kuan-Fu Chen

Open Access Original research

Development of the major trauma case review tool

Kate Curtis, Rebecca Mitchell, Amy McCarthy, Kellie Wilson, Connie Van, Belinda Kennedy, Gary Tall, Andrew Holland, Kim Foster, Stuart Dickinson, Henry T. Stelfox

Open Access Case report

Pre-hospital ct diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage

Maren Ranhoff Hov, Annette Ryen, Katrine Finsnes, Janne Storflor, Thomas Lindner, Jostein Gleditsch, Christian Georg Lund

Open Access Original research

The difficult medical emergency call: A register-based study of predictors and outcomes

Thea Palsgaard Møller, Thora Majlund Kjærulff, Søren Viereck, Doris Østergaard, Fredrik Folke, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Freddy K. Lippert

Open Access Original research

Presentations of adult septic patients in the prehospital setting as recorded by emergency medical services: a mixed methods analysis

Ulrika Margareta Wallgren, Katarina Eva Margareta Bohm, Lisa Kurland

Open Access Original research

Can we rely on out-of-hospital blood samples? A prospective interventional study on the pre-analytical stability of blood samples under prehospital emergency medicine conditions

Johannes Prottengeier, Nicola Jess, Frank Harig, Christine Gall, Joachim Schmidt, Torsten Birkholz

Open Access Review

The haemodynamic dilemma in emergency care: Is fluid responsiveness the answer? A systematic review

Mohammed H. Elwan, Ashraf Roshdy, Eman M. Elsharkawy, Salah M. Eltahan, Timothy J. Coats

Open Access Original research

Presentations to an urban emergency department in Bern, Switzerland associated with acute recreational drug toxicity

Evangelia Liakoni, Sabine Müller, Adrian Stoller, Meret Ricklin, Matthias E. Liechti, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos

Open Access Original research

Effect and accuracy of emergency dispatch telephone guidance to bystanders in trauma: post-hoc analysis of a prospective observational study

Håkon Kvåle Bakke, Tine Steinvik, Håkon Ruud, Torben Wisborg

Open Access Original research

The laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing fasciitis (LRINEC) scoring: the diagnostic and potential prognostic role

Ayman El-Menyar, Mohammad Asim, Insolvisagan N. Mudali, Ahammed Mekkodathil, Rifat Latifi, Hassan Al-Thani

Open Access Original research

Prothrombin time is predictive of low plasma prothrombin concentration and clinical outcome in patients with trauma hemorrhage: analyses of prospective observational cohort studies

Clare A. Balendran, Ann Lövgren, Kenny M. Hansson, Karin Nelander, Marita Olsson, Karin J. Johansson, Karim Brohi, Dietmar Fries, Anders Berggren

Open Access Original research

Targeted temperature management in cardiac arrest: survival evaluated by propensity score matching

Eirik A. Buanes, Karl O. Hufthammer, Jørund Langørgen, Anne-Berit Guttormsen, Jon-Kenneth Heltne

Open Access Commentary

We need to include bystander first aid in trauma research

Håkon Kvåle Bakke, Torben Wisborg

Open Access Original research

Blood transfusion and coagulopathy in geriatric trauma patients

Brett Mador, Bartolomeu Nascimento, Simon Hollands, Sandro Rizoli

Open Access Original article

Termination of prehospital resuscitative efforts: a study of documentation on ethical considerations at the scene

Søren Mikkelsen, Caroline Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, Lars Grassmé Binderup, Hans Morten Lossius, Palle Toft, Annmarie Touborg Lassen

Open Access Original research

PreHospital Ambulance Stroke Test - pilot study of a novel stroke test

Gunnar Andsberg, Magnus Esbjörnsson, Arne Olofsson, Arne Lindgren, Bo Norrving, Mia von Euler

Open Access Original research

The challenges of military medical education and training for physicians and nurses in the Nordic countries - an interview study

Linda Sonesson, Kenneth Boffard, Lars Lundberg, Martin Rydmark, Klas Karlgren

Open Access Original research

Merger of two dispatch centres: does it improve quality and patient safety?

Alexandre Moser, Annette Mettler, Vincent Fuchs, Walter Hanhart, Claude-François Robert, Vincent Della Santa, Fabrice Dami

Open Access Original research

The association of patient and trauma characteristics with the health-related quality of life in a Dutch trauma population

Amy Gunning, Mark van Heijl, Karlijn van Wessem, Luke Leenen

Open Access Review

Lessons from a large trauma center: impact of blunt chest trauma in polytrauma patients—still a relevant problem?

Konstantina Chrysou, Gabriel Halat, Beatrix Hoksch, Ralph A. Schmid, Gregor J. Kocher

Open Access Original research

Hypothermia in trauma victims at first arrival of ambulance personnel: an observational study with assessment of risk factors

Frédéric Lapostolle, James Couvreur, François Xavier Koch, Dominique Savary, Armelle Alhéritière, Michel Galinski, Jean-Luc Sebbah, Karim Tazarourte, Frédéric Adnet

Open Access Original research

Treatment-limiting decisions in patients with severe traumatic brain injury in a Norwegian regional trauma center

Annette Robertsen, Reidun Førde, Nils Oddvar Skaga, Eirik Helseth

Open Access Original research

In-hospital airway management training for non-anesthesiologist EMS physicians: a descriptive quality control study

Helmut Trimmel, Christoph Beywinkler, Sonja Hornung, Janett Kreutziger, Wolfgang G. Voelckel

Open Access Original research

Clinical course and prognostic factors of patients in severe accidental hypothermia with circulatory instability rewarmed with veno-arterial ECMO - an observational case series study

Sylweriusz Kosiński, Tomasz Darocha, Anna Jarosz, Aleksander Zeliaś, Mirosław Ziętkiewicz, Paweł Podsiadło, Tomasz Sanak, Kinga Sałapa, Jacek Piątek, Janusz Konstany-Kalandyk, Robert Gałązkowski, Paweł Krawczyk, Łukasz Krzych, Rafał Drwiła

Open Access Original research

Sex-based differences in outcomes after severe injury: an analysis of blunt trauma patients in China

Ziqiang Zhu, Xiaoping Shang, Peiyi Qi, Shengli Ma

Open Access Original research

Do pre-hospital poisoning deaths differ from in-hospital deaths? A retrospective analysis

Lauri Koskela, Lasse Raatiniemi, Håkon Kvåle Bakke, Tero Ala-Kokko, Janne Liisanantti

Open Access Original research

A novel scoring system for predicting the neurologic prognosis prior to the initiation of induced hypothermia in cases of post-cardiac arrest syndrome: the CAST score

Mitsuaki Nishikimi, Naoyuki Matsuda, Kota Matsui, Kunihiko Takahashi, Tadashi Ejima, Keibun Liu, Takayuki Ogura, Michiko Higashi, Hitoshi Umino, Go Makishi, Atsushi Numaguchi, Satoru Matsushima, Hideki Tokuyama, Mitsunobu Nakamura, Shigeyuki Matsui

Open Access Original research

Risk for intracranial pressure increase related to enclosed air in post-craniotomy patients during air ambulance transport: a retrospective cohort study with simulation

Helge Brändström, Anna Sundelin, Daniela Hoseason, Nina Sundström, Richard Birgander, Göran Johansson, Ola Winsö, Lars-Owe Koskinen, Michael Haney

Open Access Original research

Dispatch and prehospital transport for acute septic patients: an observational study

Peter Bank Pedersen, Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen, Søren Mikkelsen, Annmarie Touborg Lassen

Open Access Original research

Pre-hospital triage performance after standardized trauma courses

Maria Lampi, Johan Junker, Peter Berggren, Carl-Oscar Jonson, Tore Vikström

Open Access Original research

The golden hour of acute ischemic stroke

Rajiv Advani, Halvor Naess, Martin W. Kurz

Open Access Original research

Poor performance of quick-SOFA (qSOFA) score in predicting severe sepsis and mortality – a prospective study of patients admitted with infection to the emergency department

Åsa Askim, Florentin Moser, Lise T. Gustad, Helga Stene, Maren Gundersen, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Jostein Dale, Lars Petter Bjørnsen, Jan Kristian Damås, Erik Solligård

Open Access Original research

Comparison of transportation related injury mechanisms and outcome of young road users and adult road users, a retrospective analysis on 24,373 patients derived from the TraumaRegister DGU®

Thomas Brockamp, Uli Schmucker, Rolf Lefering, Manuel Mutschler, Arne Driessen, Christian Probst, Bertil Bouillon, Paola Koenen

Open Access Original research

Community first responders and responder schemes in the United Kingdom: systematic scoping review

Viet-Hai Phung, Ian Trueman, Fiona Togher, Roderick Orner, A. Niroshan Siriwardena

Open Access Original research

Performance of point-of-care international normalized ratio measurement to diagnose trauma-induced coagulopathy

Thomas Mistral, Yvonnick Boué, Jean-Luc Bosson, Pauline Manhes, Jules Greze, Julien Brun, Pierre Albaladejo, Jean-François Payen, Pierre Bouzat

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Ultrasonography helps emergency physician identify the best lumbar puncture site under the conus medullaris

Line Dussourd, Batistin Martinon, Clara Candille, Carole Paquier, Claire Wintenberger, Perrine Dumanoir, Anais Plazanet, Damien Viglino, Maxime Maignan

Open Access Original research

Risk score to predict false-positive ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the emergency department: a retrospective analysis

Ji Hoon Kim, Yun Ho Roh, Yoo Seok Park, Joon Min Park, Bo Young Joung, In Cheol Park, Sung Phil Chung, Min Joung Kim

Open Access Case Report

Two cases of low birth weight infant survival by prehospital emergency hysterotomy

Miretta Tommila, Mikko Pystynen, Hanna Soukka, Fatih Aydin, Matias Rantanen

Open Access Original research

Anatomical landmarks for safely implementing resuscitative balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in zone 1 without fluoroscopy

Yohei Okada, Hiromichi Narumiya, Wataru Ishi, Ryoji Iiduka

Open Access Original research

Mortality due to traumatic spinal cord injuries in Europe: a cross-sectional and pooled analysis of population-wide data from 22 countries

Marek Majdan, Dominika Plancikova, Eva Nemcovska, Lenka Krajcovicova, Alexandra Brazinova, Martin Rusnak

Open Access Original research

Effect of dextran-70 on outcome in severe sepsis; a propensity-score matching study

Peter Bentzer, Marcus Broman, Thomas Kander

Open Access Case report

Controlled automated reperfusion of the whole body after 120 minutes of Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: first clinical report

Georg Trummer, Alexander Supady, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Christian Scherer, Tobias Wengenmayer, Markus Umhau, Christoph Benk

Open Access Original research

National consensus on communication in prehospital trauma care, the DENIM study

Annelieke Maria Karien Harmsen, Leo Maria George Geeraedts Jr., Georgios Fredericus Giannakopoulos, Maartje Terra, Herman M. T. Christiaans, Lidwine Brigitta Mokkink, Frank Willem Bloemers

Open Access Original research

Hypothermia induced alteration of repolarization - impact on acute and long-term outcome: a prospective cohort study

Sophie von Ulmenstein, Christian Storm, Thomas G. K. Breuer, Sebastian Lask, Philipp Attanasio, Andreas Mügge, Alexander Wutzler

Open Access Original research

Serum lactate is an independent predictor of hospital mortality in critically ill patients in the emergency department: a retrospective study

Ralphe Bou Chebl, Christopher El Khuri, Ali Shami, Eva Rajha, Nagham Faris, Rana Bachir, Gilbert Abou Dagher

Open Access Original research

Demographic and clinical characteristics of carbon monoxide poisoning: nationwide data between 1999 and 2012 in Taiwan

Chien-Cheng Huang, Chung-Han Ho, Yi-Chen Chen, Hung-Jung Lin, Chien-Chin Hsu, Jhi-Joung Wang, Shih-Bin Su, How-Ran Guo

Open Access Review

A patient-safety and professional perspective on non-conveyance in ambulance care: a systematic review

Remco H.A. Ebben, Lilian C.M. Vloet, Renate F. Speijers, Nico W. Tönjes, Jorik Loef, Thomas Pelgrim, Margreet Hoogeveen, Sivera A.A. Berben

Open Access Original research

The use of non-uniform drowning terminology: a follow-up study

Andrew C. Schmidt, Justin R. Sempsrott, David Szpilman, Ana Catarina Queiroga, Matt S. Davison, Ryan J. Zeigler, Sean J. McAlister

Open Access Case report

Swedish-Norwegian co-operation in the treatment of three hypothermia victims: a case report

Anders Wetting Carlsen, Nils K. Skjaervold, Nils Johan Berg, Øystein Karlsen, Eli Gunnarson, Alexander Wahba

Open Access Original research

Computed tomography during initial management and mortality among hemodynamically unstable blunt trauma patients: a nationwide retrospective cohort study

Yusuke Tsutsumi, Shingo Fukuma, Asuka Tsuchiya, Tatsuyoshi Ikenoue, Yosuke Yamamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Miho Kimachi, Shunichi Fukuhara

Open Access Original research

The Anticoagulated trauma patient in the age of the direct oral anticoagulants: a Canadian perspective

Brendan Wood, Barto Nascimento, Sandro Rizoli, Michelle Sholzberg, Amanda McFarlan, Andrea Phillips, Alun D. Ackery

Open Access Original research

Characteristics and outcome of rapid response team patients ≥75 years old: a prospective observational cohort study

Joonas Tirkkonen, Piritta Setälä, Sanna Hoppu

Open Access Original research

Management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in emergency departments, from bleeding symptoms to diagnosis: a prospective, multicenter, observational study

Pierre-Clément Thiebaud, Youri Yordanov, Jacques-Emmanuel Galimard, Pierre-Alexis Raynal, Sébastien Beaune, Laurent Jacquin, François-Xavier Ageron, Dominique Pateron

Open Access Original research

Subjective safety and self-confidence in prehospital trauma care and learning progress after trauma-courses: part of the prospective longitudinal mixed-methods EPPTC-trial

David Häske, Stefan K. Beckers, Marzellus Hofmann, Rolf Lefering, Paul A. Grützner, Ulrich Stöckle, Vassilios Papathanassiou, Matthias Münzberg

Open Access Original research

Hospitalisation in an emergency department short-stay unit compared to an internal medicine department is associated with fewer complications in older patients – an observational study

Camilla Strøm, Talie Khadem Mollerup, Laurits Schou Kromberg, Lars Simon Rasmussen, Thomas Andersen Schmidt

Open Access Original research

Antiarrhythmic drug therapy among patients presenting to emergency department with symptomatic atrial fibrillation – a prospective nationwide cohort

Tero Penttilä, Heikki Mäkynen, Juha Hartikainen, Harri Hyppölä, Timo Lauri, Mika Lehto, Juha Lund, MJ Pekka Raatikainen, Pekka Raatikainen, Mika Lehto, Aleksi Almenoksa, Juha Koskinen, Sergei Kesonen, Jyri Veräjänkorva, Kimmo Salmio, Juhani Metsäniitty, Laura Mikkonen, Jouni Nurmi, Risto Viitanen, Jukka Vaahersalo, Jukka Rinne, Risto Pajari, Jani Mononen, Anna-Mari Hekkala, Laura Moring, Bernd Günther, Juha Lund, Jarkko Karihuhta, Jon Holmström, Juho Lindberg, Anja Toljamo, Jonna Juhola, Marjatta Strandberg, Tuula Meinander, Heikki Mäkynen, Tero Penttilä, Ville Hällberg, Tapio Innamaa, Hanna Suurmunne, Jari Nyrhilä, Katja Jokela, Peeter Kasemets, Juha Hartikainen, Matti Onnela, Harri Hyppölä, Kai Nyman, Pirjo Mustonen, Tuomas Rissanen, Jaana Luukkonen, Pertti Salmi, Pekka Salminen, Teemu Lasanen, Matti Kettunen, Timo Lauri, Ari Toppinen, Jussi Sia, Hanna Tormilainen, Magnus Hagnäs, Tapio Åman, Liisa Miettinen, Niilo Keränen

Open Access Original research

Identifying pre-hospital factors associated with outcome for major trauma patients in a regional trauma network: an exploratory study

Lee Thompson, Michael Hill, Caroline Davies, Gary Shaw, Matthew D Kiernan

Open Access Original research

Maintaining immobilisation devices on trauma patients during CT: a feasibility study

Pål Johan Stokkeland, Erlend Andersen, Maria Myhre Bjørndal, Arne Morten Mikalsen, Sindre Aslaksen, Per Kristian Hyldmo

Open Access Original research

Daily volume of cases in emergency call centers: construction and validation of a predictive model

Damien Viglino, Aurelien Vesin, Stephane Ruckly, Xavier Morelli, Rémi Slama, Guillaume Debaty, Vincent Danel, Maxime Maignan, Jean-François Timsit

Open Access Original research

Does the applied polytrauma definition notably influence outcome and patient population? – a retrospective analysis

Stephan Frenzel, Philipp Krenn, Thomas Heinz, Lukas Leopold Negrin

Open Access Original research

We need support! A Delphi study about desirable support during the first year in the emergency medical service

Anna Hörberg, Maria Jirwe, Susanne Kalén, Veronica Vicente, Veronica Lindström

Open Access Original research

Fatal poisonings in Northern Finland: causes, incidence, and rural-urban differences

Lauri Koskela, Lasse Raatiniemi, Håkon Kvåle Bakke, Tero Ala-Kokko, Janne Liisanantti

Open Access Original research

The most commonly used disease severity scores are inappropriate for risk stratification of older emergency department sepsis patients: an observational multi-centre study

Bas de Groot, Frank Stolwijk, Mats Warmerdam, Jacinta A. Lucke, Gurpreet K. Singh, Mo Abbas, Simon P. Mooijaart, Annemieke Ansems, Laura Esteve Cuevas, Douwe Rijpsma

Open Access Original research

The effect of a national web course “Help-Brain-Heart” as a supplemental learning tool before CPR training: a cluster randomised trial

Anette Nord, Leif Svensson, Andreas Claesson, Johan Herlitz, Håkan Hult, Susanne Kreitz-Sandberg, Lennart Nilsson

Open Access Original research

Physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service has a beneficial impact on the incidence of prehospital hypoxia and secured airways on patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Toni Pakkanen, Antti Kämäräinen, Heini Huhtala, Tom Silfvast, Jouni Nurmi, Ilkka Virkkunen, Arvi Yli-Hankala

Open Access Original research

Barriers and facilitators towards implementing the Sepsis Six care bundle (BLISS-1): a mixed methods investigation using the theoretical domains framework

Neil Roberts, Guy Hooper, Fabiana Lorencatto, Wendell Storr, Michael Spivey

Open Access Original research

Factors influencing on-scene time in a rural Norwegian helicopter emergency medical service: a retrospective observational study

Øyvind Østerås, Jon-Kenneth Heltne, Bjørn-Christian Vikenes, Jörg Assmus, Guttorm Brattebø

Open Access Original research

Intoxication with GHB/GBL: characteristics and trends from ambulance-attended overdoses

Desiree Madah-Amiri, Lars Myrmel, Guttorm Brattebø

Open Access Original research

The impact of early thromboelastography directed therapy in trauma resuscitation

Mohamed Mohamed, Karl Majeske, Gul R. Sachwani, Kristin Kennedy, Mina Salib, Michael McCann

Open Access Original research

Post-trauma morbidity, measured as sick leave, is substantial and influenced by factors unrelated to injury: a retrospective matched observational cohort study

Erik von Oelreich, Mikael Eriksson, Olof Brattström, Andrea Discacciati, Lovisa Strömmer, Anders Oldner, Emma Larsson

Open Access Original research

Specialist advice may improve patient selection for decompression therapy following diving accidents: a retrospective observational study

Daniel Steffensmeier, Roland Albrecht, Jürg Wendling, Roger Melliger, Donat R. Spahn, Philipp Stein, Christophe Wyss

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Shock in the emergency department; a 12 year population based cohort study

Jon Gitz Holler, Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen, Søren Mikkelsen, Lars Melholt Rasmussen, Court Pedersen, Annmarie Touborg Lassen

Open Access Original research

EMT-led laryngeal tube vs. face-mask ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation - a multicenter prospective randomized trial

Anna Fiala, Wolfgang Lederer, Agnes Neumayr, Tamara Egger, Sabrina Neururer, Ernst Toferer, Michael Baubin, Peter Paal

Open Access Original research

Use of intrathoracic pressure regulation therapy in breathing patients for the treatment of hypotension secondary to trauma

Victor A. Convertino, Brent A. Parquette, David A. Wampler, Craig A. Manifold, David A. Lindstrom, Lori L. Boland, Nathan T. Burkhart, Keith G. Lurie, Charles J. Lick

Open Access Original research

Prehospital prognosis is difficult in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Katrine P. Lindvig, Anne C. Brøchner, Annmarie T. Lassen, Søren Mikkelsen

Open Access Original research

Epidemiological comparison between the Navarra Major Trauma Registry and the German Trauma Registry (TR-DGU®)

B. Ali Ali, R. Lefering, M. Fortun Moral, T. Belzunegui Otano

Open Access Original research

High-performing trauma teams: frequency of behavioral markers of a shared mental model displayed by team leaders and quality of medical performance

Bjørn Helge Johnsen, Heidi Kristina Westli, Roar Espevik, Torben Wisborg, Guttorm Brattebø

Open Access Case report

A case of blunt thoracic aortic injury requiring ECMO for acute malperfusion before TEVAR

Daiki Wada, Koichi Hayakawa, Shuji Kanayama, Shuhei Maruyama, Hiromu Iwamura, Noriyuki Miyama, Fukuki Saito, Yasushi Nakamori, Yasuyuki Kuwagata

Open Access Original research

Anaphylaxis in an emergency care setting: a one year prospective study in children and adults

Athamaica Ruiz Oropeza, Annmarie Lassen, Susanne Halken, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, Charlotte G Mortz

Open Access Original research

Treatment of splenic trauma in Norway: a retrospective cohort study

Trond Dehli, Jorunn Skattum, Bjørn Christensen, Ole-Petter Vinjevoll, Bent-Åge Rolandsen, Christine Gaarder, Pål Aksel Næss, Torben Wisborg

Open Access Original research

S100A8/A9 and sRAGE kinetic after polytrauma; an explorative observational study

Philippe Joly, John C. Marshall, Philippe A. Tessier, Chantal Massé, Nathalie Page, Anne Julie Frenette, François Khazoom, Soazig Le Guillan, Yves Berthiaume, Emmanuel Charbonney

Open Access Original research

Routine blood tests are associated with short term mortality and can improve emergency department triage: a cohort study of >12,000 patients

Michael Kristensen, Anne Kristine Servais Iversen, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Rebecca Østervig, Jakob Danker Linnet, Charlotte Barfod, Kai Henrik Wiborg Lange, György Sölétormos, Jakob Lundager Forberg, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Lars Simon Rasmussen, Morten Schou, Lars Køber, Kasper Iversen

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Pre-hospital advanced airway management in children: a challenge that training can handle

Joanna B. Watterson, Cliff Reid, Brian J. Burns, Luke Regan

Open Access Original research

Impact of systolic blood pressure limits on the diagnostic value of triage algorithms

Tobias Neidel, Nicolas Salvador, Axel R. Heller

Open Access Original research

Noise exposure during prehospital emergency physicians work on Mobile Emergency Care Units and Helicopter Emergency Medical Services

Mads Christian Tofte Hansen, Jesper Hvass Schmidt, Anne C. Brøchner, Jakob Kjersgaard Johansen, Stine Zwisler, Søren Mikkelsen

Open Access Original research

Therapeutic hypothermia in patients with coagulopathy following severe traumatic brain injury

Toru Hifumi, Yasuhiro Kuroda, Kenya Kawakita, Susumu Yamashita, Yasutaka Oda, Kenji Dohi, Tsuyoshi Maekawa

Open Access Commentary

Proper training and use of ultrasonography facilitates lumbar puncture

Geert-Jan van Geffen, Rein Ketelaars, Jörgen Bruhn

Open Access Original research

A comparison of two emergency medical dispatch protocols with respect to accuracy

Klara Torlén, Lisa Kurland, Maaret Castrén, Knut Olanders, Katarina Bohm