Ausgabe 1/2016
Inhalt (148 Artikel)
Longer time to antibiotics and higher mortality among septic patients with non-specific presentations -a cross sectional study of Emergency Department patients indicating that a screening tool may improve identification
Ulrika Margareta Wallgren, Viktor Erik Antonsson, Maaret Kaarina Castrén, Lisa Kurland
A national research agenda for pre-hospital emergency medical services in the Netherlands: a Delphi-study
Irene van de Glind, Sivera Berben, Fon Zeegers, Henk Poppen, Margreet Hoogeveen, Ina Bolt, Pierre van Grunsven, Lilian Vloet
Preperitoneal pelvic packing in patients with hemodynamic instability due to severe pelvic fracture: early experience in a Korean trauma center
Ji Young Jang, Hongjin Shim, Pil Young Jung, Seongyup Kim, Keum Seok Bae
Mechanical chest compressions in the coronary catheterization laboratory to facilitate coronary intervention and survival in patients requiring prolonged resuscitation efforts
Henrik Wagner, Bjarne Madsen Hardig, Malin Rundgren, David Zughaft, Jan Harnek, Matthias Götberg, Göran K. Olivecrona
Apneic preoxygenation without nasal prongs: the “Hungarian Air Ambulance method”
Attila Eross, Laszlo Hetzman, Andras Petroczy, Laszlo Gorove
Evaluation of penetrating cardiac stab wounds
Mehdi Bamous, Abdou Abdessamad, Jawad Tadili, Ali Kettani, Mamoun Faroudy
Routine whole body CT of high energy trauma patients leads to excessive radiation exposure
Fredrik Linder, Kevin Mani, Claes Juhlin, Hampus Eklöf
A randomised controlled trial of cognitive aids for emergency airway equipment preparation in a Paediatric Emergency Department
Elliot Long, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Domenic R. Cincotta, Joanne Grindlay, Michael Joseph Barrett
ShockOmics: multiscale approach to the identification of molecular biomarkers in acute heart failure induced by shock
Federico Aletti, Costanza Conti, Manuela Ferrario, Vicent Ribas, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Antoine Herpain, Emiel Post, Eduardo Romay Medina, Cristina Barlassina, Eliandre de Oliveira, Roberta Pastorelli, Gabriella Tedeschi, Giuseppe Ristagno, Fabio S. Taccone, Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein, Ricard Ferrer, Daniel De Backer, Karim Bendjelid, Giuseppe Baselli
Mechanical versus manual chest compressions for cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hui Li, Dongping Wang, Yi Yu, Xiang Zhao, Xiaoli Jing
Selection of quality indicators for hospital-based emergency care in Denmark, informed by a modified-Delphi process
Michael Moesmann Madsen, Andreas Halgreen Eiset, Julie Mackenhauer, Annette Odby, Christian Fynbo Christiansen, Lisa Kurland, Hans Kirkegaard
Use of the reverse shock index for identifying high-risk patients in a five-level triage system
Jung-Fang Chuang, Cheng-Shyuan Rau, Shao-Chun Wu, Hang-Tsung Liu, Shiun-Yuan Hsu, Hsiao-Yun Hsieh, Yi-Chun Chen, Ching-Hua Hsieh
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta for uncontrolled haemorrahgic shock as an adjunct to haemostatic procedures in the acute care setting
Junya Tsurukiri, Itsurou Akamine, Takao Sato, Masatsugu Sakurai, Eitaro Okumura, Mariko Moriya, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Shoichi Ohta
Patient safety and patient assessment in pre-hospital care: a study protocol
Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Lena Nilsson, Anneli Strömsöe, Christer Axelsson, Anna Kängström, Johan Herlitz
Dyspnea, a high-risk symptom in patients suspected of myocardial infarction in the ambulance? A population-based follow-up study
Morten Thingemann Bøtker, Carsten Stengaard, Mikkel Strømgaard Andersen, Hanne Maare Søndergaard, Karen Kaae Dodt, Troels Niemann, Hans Kirkegaard, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Christian Juhl Terkelsen
An evaluation of the Swiss staging model for hypothermia using case reports from the literature
T. Deslarzes, V. Rousson, B. Yersin, B. Durrer, M. Pasquier
Point-of-care coagulometry in prehospital emergency patients – are international normalized ratios useful?
Manuel F. Struck, Peter Hilbert-Carius
An epidemiological approach to mass casualty incidents in the Principality of Asturias (Spain)
Rafael Castro Delgado, Cecilia Naves Gómez, Tatiana Cuartas Álvarez, Pedro Arcos González
A reliability study of the rapid emergency triage and treatment system for children
Brita Henning, Stian Lydersen, Henrik Døllner
Increasing incidence of hypotension in the emergency department; a 12 year population-based cohort study
Jon G. Holler, Daniel P. Henriksen, Søren Mikkelsen, Court Pedersen, Annmarie T. Lassen
The association between vital signs and mortality in a retrospective cohort study of an unselected emergency department population
Malin Ljunggren, Maaret Castrén, Martin Nordberg, Lisa Kurland
Ease and difficulty of pre-hospital airway management in 425 paediatric patients treated by a helicopter emergency medical service: a retrospective analysis
Alexander R. Schmidt, Lea Ulrich, Burkhardt Seifert, Roland Albrecht, Donat R. Spahn, Philipp Stein
Early goal-directed resuscitation for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis
Li-bing Jiang, Mao Zhang, Shou-yin Jiang, Yue-feng MA
Non-technical skills evaluation in the critical care air ambulance environment: introduction of an adapted rating instrument - an observational study
Julia A. Myers, David M. C. Powell, Alex Psirides, Karyn Hathaway, Sarah Aldington, Michael F. Haney
Combining the new injury severity score with an anatomical polytrauma injury variable predicts mortality better than the new injury severity score and the injury severity score: a retrospective cohort study
Ting Hway Wong, Gita Krishnaswamy, Nivedita Vikas Nadkarni, Hai V. Nguyen, Gek Hsiang Lim, Dianne Carrol Tan Bautista, Ming Terk Chiu, Khuan Yew Chow, Marcus Eng Hock Ong
Effect of an organizational change in a prehospital trauma care protocol and trauma transport directive in a large urban city: a before and after study
Rebecka Rubenson Wahlin, Sari Ponzer, Markus B. Skrifvars, Hans Morten Lossius, Maaret Castrén
Predictors of early versus late mortality in pelvic trauma patients
Hao Wang, Richard D. Robinson, Billy Moore, Alexander J. Kirk, Jessica Laureano Phillips, Johnbosco Umejiego, Joseph Chukwuma, Tyler Miller, Donna Hassani, Nestor R. Zenarosa
Barriers in the implementation of the Resuscitation Guidelines: European survey of defibrillation techniques
Paweł Krawczyk, Andrzej A. Kononowicz, Janusz Andres
Fibrinogen levels in trauma patients during the first seven days after fibrinogen concentrate therapy: a retrospective study
Christoph J. Schlimp, Martin Ponschab, Wolfgang Voelckel, Benjamin Treichl, Marc Maegele, Herbert Schöchl
What helps or hinders the transformation from a major tertiary center to a major trauma center? Identifying barriers and enablers using the Theoretical Domains Framework
Neil Roberts, Fabiana Lorencatto, Joanna Manson, Susan I Brundage, Jan O Jansen
Traumatic brain injury is not associated with significant myocardial dysfunction: an observational pilot study
Karim Serri, Malak El Rayes, Geneviève Giraldeau, David Williamson, Francis Bernard
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine reviewer acknowledgement 2015
Kristi G. Bache
Medical Emergency Team: How do we play when we stay? Characterization of MET actions at the scene
Raquel Silva, Manuel Saraiva, Teresa Cardoso, Irene C. Aragão
Occupational stress experienced by residents and faculty physicians on night shifts
Feriyde Çalişkan Tür, İbrahim Toker, Cafer Tayyar Şaşmaz, Serkan Hacar, Burcu Türe
Comparison of Miller and Airtraq laryngoscopes for orotracheal intubation by physicians wearing CBRN protective equipment during infant resuscitation: a randomized crossover simulation study
Pierre-Géraud Claret, Renaud Asencio, Damien Rogier, Claire Roger, Philippe Fournier, Tu-Anh Tran, Mustapha Sebbane, Xavier Bobbia, Jean Emmanuel de La Coussaye
Randomized controlled trial of multidisciplinary team stress and performance in immersive simulation for management of infant in shock: study protocol
Daniel Aiham Ghazali, Stéphanie Ragot, Cyril Breque, Youcef Guechi, Amélie Boureau-Voultoury, Franck Petitpas, Denis Oriot
Trauma team leaders’ non-verbal communication: video registration during trauma team training
Maria Härgestam, Magnus Hultin, Christine Brulin, Maritha Jacobsson
Analysis of death in major trauma: value of prompt post mortem computed tomography (pmCT) in comparison to office hour autopsy
MArkus Schmitt-Sody, Stefanie Kurz, MAximilian REiser, Karl Georg Kanz, Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Oliver Peschel, Sonja Kirchhoff
Geographic information system data from ambulances applied in the emergency department: effects on patient reception
Nikolaj Raaber, Iben Duvald, Ingunn Riddervold, Erika F. Christensen, Hans Kirkegaard
Continuous venovenous hemofiltration decreases mortality and ameliorates acute lung injury in canine model of severe salt water drowning
Jian Chen, Guangming Chen, Daping Xiao, Weihua Peng, Guoqing Yu, Yueyong Lin, Feng Zheng
Erratum to: The accuracy and timeliness of a Point Of Care lactate measurement in patients with Sepsis
Fatene Ismail, William G. Mackay, Andrew Kerry, Harry Staines, Kevin D. Rooney
Prehospital volume resuscitation - Did evidence defeat the crystalloid dogma? An analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU® 2002–2012
Arne Driessen, Matthias Fröhlich, Nadine Schäfer, Manuel Mutschler, Jerome M. Defosse, Thomas Brockamp, Bertil Bouillon, Ewa K. Stürmer, Rolf Lefering, Marc Maegele
Good neurological outcome despite very low regional cerebral oxygen saturation during resuscitation—a prospective preclinical trial in 29 patients
Christian Storm, Alexander Wutzler, Lars Trenkmann, Alexander Krannich, Sabrina von Rheinbarben, Fridolin Luckenbach, Jens Nee, Natalie Otto, Tim Schroeder, Christoph Leithner
Increased risk of ischemic stroke in patients with burn injury: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan
Tzu-Yao Hung, Yi-Kung Lee, Ming-Yuan Huang, Chen-Yang Hsu, Yung-Cheng Su
Acute emergency care and airway management of caustic ingestion in adults: single center observational study
Manuel F. Struck, André Beilicke, Albrecht Hoffmeister, Ines Gockel, André Gries, Hermann Wrigge, Michael Bernhard
Stroke thrombolysis given by emergency physicians cuts in-hospital delays significantly immediately after implementing a new treatment protocol
Iiro Heikkilä, Hanna Kuusisto, Alexandr Stolberg, Ari Palomäki
Are two or four hands needed for elderly female bystanders to achieve the required chest compression depth during dispatcher-assisted CPR: a randomized controlled trial
Asta Krikscionaitiene, Zilvinas Dambrauskas, Tracey Barron, Egle Vaitkaitiene, Dinas Vaitkaitis
The endothelial glycocalyx and its disruption, protection and regeneration: a narrative review
Ulf Schött, Cristina Solomon, Dietmar Fries, Peter Bentzer
Airway management in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Finland: current practices and outcomes
Pamela Hiltunen, Helena Jäntti, Tom Silfvast, Markku Kuisma, Jouni Kurola
Obese motorcycle riders have a different injury pattern and longer hospital length of stay than the normal-weight patients
Hang-Tsung Liu, Cheng-Shyuan Rau, Shao-Chun Wu, Yi-Chun Chen, Shiun-Yuan Hsu, Hsiao-Yun Hsieh, Ching-Hua Hsieh
Real-time tablet-based resuscitation documentation by the team leader: evaluating documentation quality and clinical performance
T. Grundgeiger, M. Albert, D. Reinhardt, O. Happel, A. Steinisch, T. Wurmb
Lung complications are common in intensive care treated patients with pelvis fractures: a retrospective cohort study
Joakim Engström, Henrik Reinius, Jennie Ström, Monica Frick Bergström, Ing-Marie Larsson, Anders Larsson, Tomas Borg
Impact of an emergency medical dispatch system on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a population-based study
François-Xavier Ageron, Guillaume Debaty, Angèle Gayet-Ageron, Loïc Belle, Arnaud Gaillard, Marie-France Monnet, Stéphane Bare, Jean-Christophe Richard, Vincent Danel, Jean-Pierre Perfus, Dominique Savary
Radiological assessment of chest compression point and achievable compression depth in cardiac patients
Sverre Nestaas, Knut Haakon Stensæth, Vigdis Rosseland, Jo Kramer-Johansen
Revision for the Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System Adult (RETTS-A) needed?
Amir Mirhaghi, Michael Christ
An exploration of the views of paramedics regarding airway management
Janet Brandling, Megan Rhys, Matthew Thomas, Sarah Voss, Sian Emma Davies, Jonathan Benger
Effect of prehospital notification on acute stroke care: a multicenter study
Ming-Ju Hsieh, Sung-Chun Tang, Wen-Chu Chiang, Li-Kai Tsai, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Matthew Huei-Ming Ma
Incidence and outcome of cardiac injury in patients with severe head trauma
Ahmed Hasanin, Amr Kamal, Shereen Amin, Dina Zakaria, Riham El Sayed, Kareem Mahmoud, Ahmed Mukhtar
The impact of occupational hazards and traumatic events among Belgian emergency physicians
Francis J. Somville, Véronique De Gucht, Stan Maes
Effect of private versus emergency medical systems transportation in trauma patients in a mostly physician based system- a retrospective multicenter study based on the TraumaRegister DGU®
Stephan Huber, Moritz Crönlein, Francesca von Matthey, Marc Hanschen, Fritz Seidl, Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Peter Biberthaler, Rolf Lefering, Stefan Huber-Wagner
Coma of unknown origin in the emergency department: implementation of an in-house management routine
Mischa Braun, Wolf Ulrich Schmidt, Martin Möckel, Michael Römer, Christoph J. Ploner, Tobias Lindner
Pre-hospital severe traumatic brain injury – comparison of outcome in paramedic versus physician staffed emergency medical services
Toni Pakkanen, Ilkka Virkkunen, Antti Kämäräinen, Heini Huhtala, Tom Silfvast, Janne Virta, Tarja Randell, Arvi Yli-Hankala
The development and features of the Spanish prehospital advanced triage method (META) for mass casualty incidents
Pedro Arcos González, Rafael Castro Delgado, Tatiana Cuartas Alvarez, Gracia Garijo Gonzalo, Carlos Martinez Monzon, Nieves Pelaez Corres, Alberto Rodriguez Soler, Fernando Turegano Fuentes
Arterial blood pressure differences between AutoPulse™ and Lucas2™during mechanic cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Manuel Frey, Stefan Lötscher, Lorenz Theiler, Roland Albrecht
Does the Norwegian emergency medical dispatch classification as non-urgent predict no need for pre-hospital medical treatment? An observational study
Eystein Grusd, Jo Kramer-Johansen
Comparison of risk-adjusted survival in two Scandinavian Level-I trauma centres
Poya Ghorbani, Kjetil Gorseth Ringdal, Morten Hestnes, Nils Oddvar Skaga, Torsten Eken, Anders Ekbom, Lovisa Strömmer
Four ways to ventilate during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a porcine model: a randomized study
Benedict Kjærgaard, Egidijus Bavarskis, Sigridur Olga Magnusdottir, Charlotte Runge, Daiva Erentaite, Jes Sefland Vogt, Mette Dahl Bendtsen
Characteristics and outcomes of emergency patients with self-inflicted injuries: a report from ambulance records in Osaka City, Japan
Tasuku Matsuyama, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Kosuke Kiyohara, Sumito Hayashida, Takashi Kawamura, Taku Iwami, Bon Ohta
Paediatric trauma systems and their impact on the health outcomes of severely injured children: protocol for a mixed methods cohort study
Kate Curtis, Amy McCarthy, Rebecca Mitchell, Deborah Black, Kim Foster, Stephen Jan, Brian Burns, Gary Tall, Oran Rigby, Russell Gruen, Belinda Kennedy, Andrew J. A. Holland
Short structured feedback training is equivalent to a mechanical feedback device in two-rescuer BLS: a randomised simulation study
Noemi Pavo, Georg Goliasch, Franz Josef Nierscher, Dominik Stumpf, Moritz Haugk, Jan Breckwoldt, Kurt Ruetzler, Robert Greif, Henrik Fischer
Development of a new Emergency Medicine Spinal Immobilization Protocol for trauma patients and a test of applicability by German emergency care providers
Michael Kreinest, Bernhard Gliwitzky, Svenja Schüler, Paul A. Grützner, Matthias Münzberg
Erratum to: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta for uncontrolled haemorrahgic shock as an adjunct to haemostatic procedures in the acute care setting
Junya Tsurukiri, Itsurou Akamine, Takao Sato, Masatsugu Sakurai, Eitaro Okumura, Mariko Moriya, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Shoichi Ohta
Effectiveness of non invasive external pelvic compression: a systematic review of the literature
Peyman Bakhshayesh, Tarek Boutefnouchet, Anna Tötterman
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients treated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: focus on survival rate and neurologic outcome
Jae Jun Lee, Sang Jin Han, Hyoung Soo Kim, Kyung Soon Hong, Hyun Hee Choi, Kyu Tae Park, Jeong Yeol Seo, Tae Hun Lee, Heung Cheol Kim, Seonju Kim, Sun Hee Lee, Sung Mi Hwang, Sang Ook Ha
Initial assessment and treatment of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea (a secondary data analysis concerning the initial assessment and treatment of 2656 refugees rescued from distress at sea in support of the EUNAVFOR MED relief mission of the EU)
M. Kulla, F. Josse, M. Stierholz, B. Hossfeld, L. Lampl, M. Helm
Outpatient treatment of acute poisoning by substances of abuse: a prospective observational cohort study
Odd Martin Vallersnes, Dag Jacobsen, Øivind Ekeberg, Mette Brekke
Moderate traumatic brain injury, acute phase course and deviations in physiological variables: an observational study
Stine B. Lund, Kari H. Gjeilo, Kent G. Moen, Kari Schirmer-Mikalsen, Toril Skandsen, Anne Vik
Erratum to: Incidence and outcome of cardiac injury in patients with severe head trauma
Ahmed Hasanin, Amr Kamal, Shereen Amin, Dina Zakaria, Riham El Sayed, Kareem Mahmoud, Ahmed Mukhtar
National Early Warning Score (NEWS) as an emergency department predictor of disease severity and 90-day survival in the acutely dyspneic patient – a prospective observational study
Bente Bilben, Linda Grandal, Signe Søvik
The association of Red cell distribution width and in-hospital mortality in older adults admitted to the emergency department
Soo Hyun Kim, Jeong Hoon Yeon, Kyu Nam Park, Sang Hoon Oh, Seung Pill Choi, Young Min Kim, Han Joon Kim, Chun Song Youn
Capillary lactate concentration on admission of normotensive trauma patients: a prospective study
Pierre Bouzat, Clotilde Schilte, Marc Vinclair, Pauline Manhes, Julien Brun, Jean-Luc Bosson, Jean-François Payen
Head computed tomographic measurement as a predictor of outcome in patients with subdural hematoma with cerebral edema
Hitoshi Yamamura, Takasei Morioka, Tomonori Yamamoto, Yasumitsu Mizobata
Video laryngoscopy in pre-hospital critical care – a quality improvement study
Marianne Grønnebæk Rhode, Mads Partridge Vandborg, Vibeke Bladt, Leif Rognås
The chain of survival in hypothermic circulatory arrest: encouraging preliminary results when using early identification, risk stratification and extracorporeal rewarming
Tomasz Darocha, Sylweriusz Kosiński, Anna Jarosz, Dorota Sobczyk, Robert Gałązkowski, Jacek Piątek, Janusz Konstany-Kalandyk, Rafał Drwiła
Solo emergency care by a physician assistant versus an ambulance nurse: a cross-sectional document study
Anneke Bloemhoff, Lisette Schoonhoven, Arjan J. L. de Kreek, Pierre M. van Grunsven, Miranda G. H. Laurant, Sivera A. A. Berben
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
Physician presence at out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is not necessarily the cause of improved survival
Pieter Francsois Fouche, Paul Andrew Jennings
Medical dispatchers recognise substantial amount of acute stroke during emergency calls
Søren Viereck, Thea Palsgaard Møller, Helle Klingenberg Iversen, Hanne Christensen, Freddy Lippert
Association between trauma and socioeconomic deprivation: a registry-based, Scotland-wide retrospective cohort study of 9,238 patients
Alasdair R. Corfield, Danny F. MacKay, Jill P. Pell
Cardiopulmonary responses during the cooling and the extracorporeal life support rewarming phases in a porcine model of accidental deep hypothermic cardiac arrest
Guillaume Debaty, Maxime Maignan, Bertrand Perrin, Angélique Brouta, Dorra Guergour, Candice Trocme, Vincent Bach, Stéphane Tanguy, Raphaël Briot
Physician staffed helicopter emergency medical service case identification - a before and after study in children
Alan A. Garner, Anna Lee, Andrew Weatherall, Mary Langcake, Zsolt J. Balogh
High flow nasal cannula in children: a literature review
Ingvild Bruun Mikalsen, Peter Davis, Knut Øymar
Urgent EMS managed out-of-hospital delivery dispatches in Helsinki
Jussi Pirneskoski, Katja Peräjoki, Mika Nuutila, Markku Kuisma
Injuries sustained by earthquake relief workers: a retrospective analysis of 207 relief workers during Nepal earthquake
Feizhou Du, Jialing Wu, Jin Fan, Rui Jiang, Ming Gu, Xiaowu He, Zhiming Wang, Ci He
Prehospital lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of cardiogenic pulmonary oedema: a pilot study
Christian B. Laursen, Anja Hänselmann, Stefan Posth, Søren Mikkelsen, Lars Videbæk, Henrik Berg
Interprofessional and interdisciplinary simulation-based training leads to safe sedation procedures in the emergency department
Thomas C. Sauter, Wolf E. Hautz, Simone Hostettler, Monika Brodmann-Maeder, Luca Martinolli, Beat Lehmann, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Dominik G. Haider
Validation of the PECARN clinical decision rule for children with minor head trauma: a French multicenter prospective study
F. Lorton, C. Poullaouec, E. Legallais, J. Simon-Pimmel, M. A. Chêne, H. Leroy, M. Roy, E. Launay, C. Gras-Le Guen
Effect of ultrasound training of physicians working in the prehospital setting
Charlotte Loumann Krogh, Jacob Steinmetz, Søren Steemann Rudolph, Rasmus Hesselfeldt, Freddy K. Lippert, Peter A. Berlac, Lars S. Rasmussen
Introduction of a prognostic biomarker to strengthen risk stratification of acutely admitted patients: rationale and design of the TRIAGE III cluster randomized interventional trial
Andreas Sandø, Martin Schultz, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Lars Simon Rasmussen, Lars Køber, Erik Kjøller, Birgitte Nybo Jensen, Lisbet Ravn, Theis Lange, Kasper Iversen
Assessment of disaster preparedness among emergency departments in Italian hospitals: a cautious warning for disaster risk reduction and management capacity
Matteo Paganini, Francesco Borrelli, Jonathan Cattani, Luca Ragazzoni, Ahmadreza Djalali, Luca Carenzo, Francesco Della Corte, Frederick M. Jr. Burkle, Pier Luigi Ingrassia
Mechanical chest compressions in the coronary catheterization laboratory – do not hesitate to go step further!
Jan Bělohlávek, Tomáš Kovárník
The probability of having advanced medical interventions is associated with age in out-of-hospital life-threatening situations
Vania Tavares, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Bertrand Yersin, Patrick Taffé, Bernard Burnand, Valérie Pittet
Posttraumatic levels of liver enzymes can reduce the need for CT in children: a retrospective cohort study
Peter James Bruhn, Lene Østerballe, Jens Hillingsø, Lars Bo Svendsen, Frederik Helgstrand
Evaluation of a trauma team activation protocol revision: a prospective cohort study
Trond Dehli, Svein Arne Monsen, Knut Fredriksen, Kristian Bartnes
Association between off-hour presentation and endotracheal-intubation-related adverse events in trauma patients with a predicted difficult airway: A historical cohort study at a community emergency department in Japan
Yuko Ono, Takuya Sugiyama, Yasuyuki Chida, Tetsuya Sato, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Daiji Suzuki, Masakazu Ikeda, Koichi Tanigawa, Kazuaki Shinohara
Presentations to an urban emergency department in Switzerland due to acute γ-hydroxybutyrate toxicity
Evangelia Liakoni, Fabio Walther, Christian H. Nickel, Matthias E. Liechti
The assessment of circulating volume using inferior vena cava collapse index and carotid Doppler velocity time integral in healthy volunteers: a pilot study
Tom Peachey, Andrew Tang, Elinor C. Baker, Jason Pott, Yonathan Freund, Tim Harris
Ambulance helicopter contribution to search and rescue in North Norway
Ragnar Glomseth, Fritz I. Gulbrandsen, Knut Fredriksen
Prehospital control of life-threatening truncal and junctional haemorrhage is the ultimate challenge in optimizing trauma care; a review of treatment options and their applicability in the civilian trauma setting
S. E. van Oostendorp, E. C. T. H. Tan, L. M. G. Geeraedts Jr
Accidental hypothermia–an update
Peter Paal, Les Gordon, Giacomo Strapazzon, Monika Brodmann Maeder, Gabriel Putzer, Beat Walpoth, Michael Wanscher, Doug Brown, Michael Holzer, Gregor Broessner, Hermann Brugger
Management of suspected acute heart failure dyspnea in the emergency department: results from the French prospective multicenter DeFSSICA survey
Tahar Chouihed, Stéphane Manzo-Silberman, Nicolas Peschanski, Sandrine Charpentier, Meyer Elbaz, Dominique Savary, Eric Bonnefoy-Cudraz, Said Laribi, Patrick Henry, Nicolas Girerd, Faiez Zannad, Carlos El Khoury
Epidemiology, prehospital care and outcomes of patients arriving by ambulance with dyspnoea: an observational study
Anne Maree Kelly, Anna Holdgate, Gerben Keijzers, Sharon Klim, Colin A. Graham, Simon Craig, Win Sen Kuan, Peter Jones, Charles Lawoko, Said Laribi, Richard McNulty, David Lord Cowell, Anna Holdgate, Nitin Jain, Tracey De Villecourt, Kendall Lee, Dane Chalkley, Lydia Lozzi, Stephen Edward Asha, Martin Duffy, Gina Watkins, David Rosengren, Jae Thone, Shane Martin, Ulrich Orda, Ogilvie Thom, Frances Kinnear, Michael Watson, Rob Eley, Alison Ryan, Douglas Gordon Morel, Jeremy Furyk, Richard D. B. Smith, Michelle Grummisch, Robert Meek, Pamela Rosengarten, Barry Chan, Helen Haythorne, Peter Archer, Simon Craig, Kathryn Wilson, Jonathan Knott, Peter Ritchie, Michael Bryant, Stephen MacDonald, Mlungisi Mahlangu, Peter Jones, Michael Scott, Thomas Cheri, Mai Nguyen, Colin A. Graham, Melvin S. Y. Chor, Chi Pang Wong, Tai Wai Wong, Ling-Pong Leung, Chan Ka Man, Ismail Mohd Saiboon, Nik Hisamuddin Rahman, Wee Yee Lee, Francis Chun Yue Lee, Shaun E. Goh, Win Sen Kuan, Sharon Klim, Kerrie Russell, Anne-Maree Kelly, Gerben Keijzers, Charles Lawoko
A systematic review on the rotational thrombelastometry (ROTEM®) values for the diagnosis of coagulopathy, prediction and guidance of blood transfusion and prediction of mortality in trauma patients
Precilla V. Veigas, Jeannie Callum, Sandro Rizoli, Bartolomeu Nascimento, Luis Teodoro da Luz
A systematic review on the effectiveness of back protectors for motorcyclists
Rafael Ekmejian, Pooria Sarrami, Justine M. Naylor, Ian A. Harris
Possibly preventable cardiac arrest in a morbidly obese patient - a comment on the 2015 ERC guidelines
Felix Patricius Hans, Claudia Johanna Maria Hoeren, Phillipp Kellmeyer, Lisa Hohloch, Hans-Jörg Busch, Jörg Bayer
Hyperchloremia is associated with 30-day mortality in major trauma patients: a retrospective observational study
Jin Young Lee, Tae Hwa Hong, Kyung Won Lee, Myung Jae Jung, Jae Gil Lee, Seung Hwan Lee
Are ethical norms and current policies still relevant in face of the recent mass terror events?
Tomer Simon, Avishay Goldberg, Bruria Adini
Elevations in growth hormone and glucagon-like peptide-2 levels on admission are associated with increased mortality in trauma patients
Matthew P. Rowan, Darrick J. Beckman, Julie A. Rizzo, Claire L. Isbell, Christopher E. White, Stephen M. Cohn, Kevin K. Chung
CT screened arterial calcification as a risk factor for mortality after trauma
Henry D. De’Ath, Kathryn Oakland, Karim Brohi
Prehospital treatment with continuous positive airway pressure in patients with acute respiratory failure: a regional observational study
Vibe Maria Laden Nielsen, Jacob Madsen, Anette Aasen, Anne Pernille Toft-Petersen, Kenneth Lübcke, Bodil Steen Rasmussen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen
The pre-hospital administration of tranexamic acid to patients with multiple injuries and its effects on rotational thrombelastometry: a prospective observational study in pre-hospital emergency medicine
Nils Kunze-Szikszay, Lennart A. Krack, Pauline Wildenauer, Saskia Wand, Tim Heyne, Karoline Walliser, Christopher Spering, Martin Bauer, Michael Quintel, Markus Roessler
The Copenhagen Triage Algorithm: a randomized controlled trial
Rasmus Bo Hasselbalch, Louis Lind Plesner, Mia Pries-Heje, Lisbet Ravn, Morten Lind, Rasmus Greibe, Birgitte Nybo Jensen, Lars S. Rasmussen, Kasper Iversen
Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) in out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest
A. Claesson, D. Fredman, L. Svensson, M. Ringh, J. Hollenberg, P. Nordberg, M. Rosenqvist, T. Djarv, S. Österberg, J. Lennartsson, Y. Ban
Use of point-of-care testing and early assessment model reduces length of stay for ambulatory patients in an emergency department
Meri Kankaanpää, Maria Raitakari, Leila Muukkonen, Siv Gustafsson, Merja Heitto, Ari Palomäki, Kimmo Suojanen, Veli-Pekka Harjola
Agreement between triage category and patient’s perception of priority in emergency departments
Ghasem-Sam Toloo, Peter Aitken, Julia Crilly, Gerry FitzGerald
The ReCaPTa study - a prospective out of hospital cardiac arrest registry including multiple sources of surveillance for the study of sudden cardiac death in the Mediterranean area
Youcef Azeli, Eneko Barbería, María Jiménez-Herrera, Gil Bonet, Eva Valero-Mora, Alfonso Lopez-Gomariz, Isaac Lucas-Guarque, Alex Guillen-Lopez, Carlos Alonso-Villaverde, Inés Landín, Pilar Torralba, Ali Jammoul, Jordi Bladé-Creixenti, Christer Axelsson, Alfredo Bardají
Physical function and pain after surgical or conservative management of multiple rib fractures – a follow-up study
Monika Fagevik Olsén, Margareta Slobo, Lena Klarin, Eva-Corina Caragounis, David Pazooki, Hans Granhed
Myocardial function at the early phase of traumatic brain injury: a prospective controlled study
Adrien Cuisinier, Claire Maufrais, Jean-François Payen, Stephane Nottin, Guillaume Walther, Pierre Bouzat
Which score should be used for posttraumatic multiple organ failure? - Comparison of the MODS, Denver- and SOFA- Scores
Matthias Fröhlich, Arasch Wafaisade, Anastasios Mansuri, Paola Koenen, Christian Probst, Marc Maegele, Bertil Bouillon, Samir G. Sakka
Analysis of thromboelastography, PT, APTT and fibrinogen in intraosseous and venous samples—an experimental study
Gunnar Strandberg, Miklós Lipcsey, Mats Eriksson, Norbert Lubenow, Anders Larsson
Hemodynamic, management, and outcomes of patients admitted to emergency department with heart failure
Pierre-Géraud Claret, Ian G. Stiell, Justin W. Yan, Catherine M. Clement, Brian H. Rowe, Lisa A. Calder, Jeffrey J. Perry
Traumatic brain injury patient volume and mortality in neurosurgical intensive care units: a Finnish nationwide study
Rahul Raj, Stepani Bendel, Matti Reinikainen, Sanna Hoppu, Teemu Luoto, Tero Ala-Kokko, Sami Tetri, Ruut Laitio, Timo Koivisto, Jaakko Rinne, Riku Kivisaari, Jari Siironen, Markus B. Skrifvars
Heel pressure ulcer, prevention and predictors during the care delivery chain – when and where to take action? A descriptive and explorative study
Åsa Muntlin Athlin, Maria Engström, Lena Gunningberg, Carina Bååth
Team talk and team activity in simulated medical emergencies: a discourse analytical approach
Stine Gundrosen, Ellen Andenæs, Petter Aadahl, Gøril Thomassen
Post-traumatic acute kidney injury: a cross-sectional study of trauma patients
Wei-Hung Lai, Cheng-Shyuan Rau, Shao-Chun Wu, Yi-Chun Chen, Pao-Jen Kuo, Shiun-Yuan Hsu, Ching-Hua Hsieh, Hsiao-Yun Hsieh
Do emergency medicine journals promote trial registration and adherence to reporting guidelines? A survey of “Instructions for Authors”
Matthew T. Sims, Nolan M. Henning, C. Cole Wayant, Matt Vassar
A statistical analysis protocol for the time-differentiated target temperature management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (TTH48) clinical trial
Hans Kirkegaard, Asger Roer Pedersen, Ville Pettilä, Jakob Hjort, Bodil Steen Rasmussen, Inge de Haas, Jørgen Feldbæk Nielsen, Susanne Ilkjær, Anne Kaltoft, Anni Nørgaard Jeppesen, Anders Morten Grejs, Christophe Henri Valdemar Duez, Alf Inge Larsen, Valdo Toome, Urmet Arus, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Christian Storm, Timo Laitio, Markus B Skrifvars, Eldar Søreide
Surgical intervention for paediatric liver injuries is almost history - a 12-year cohort from a major Scandinavian trauma centre
Tomohide Koyama, Jorunn Skattum, Peder Engelsen, Torsten Eken, Christine Gaarder, Pål Aksel Naess
Outcomes after helicopter versus ground emergency medical services for major trauma--propensity score and instrumental variable analyses: a retrospective nationwide cohort study
Asuka Tsuchiya, Yusuke Tsutsumi, Hideo Yasunaga
Warming the head of hypothermic patient – is it always safe?
Paweł Podsiadło, Tomasz Darocha, Sylweriusz Kosiński
Medical priority dispatch codes—comparison with National Early Warning Score
Marko Hoikka, Sami Länkimäki, Tom Silfvast, Tero I. Ala-Kokko
Altered pharmacological effects of adrenergic agonists during hypothermia
Erik Sveberg Dietrichs, Georg Sager, Torkjel Tveita
Adult “termination-of-resuscitation” (TOR)-criteria may not be suitable for children - a retrospective analysis
Victoria Maria Rotering, Sonja Trepels-Kottek, Konrad Heimann, Jörg-Christian Brokmann, Thorsten Orlikowsky, Mark Schoberer
Pre-hospital transfusion of plasma in hemorrhaging trauma patients independently improves hemostatic competence and acidosis
Hanne H. Henriksen, Elaheh Rahbar, Lisa A. Baer, John B. Holcomb, Bryan A. Cotton, Jacob Steinmetz, Sisse R. Ostrowski, Jakob Stensballe, Pär I. Johansson, Charles E. Wade
Complications after surgical management of distal lower leg fractures
Mirjam V. Neumann, Peter C. Strohm, Kilian Reising, Joern Zwingmann, Thorsten O. Hammer, Norbert P. Suedkamp
Impact of Cushing’s sign in the prehospital setting on predicting the need for immediate neurosurgical intervention in trauma patients: a nationwide retrospective observational study
Tetsuya Yumoto, Toshiharu Mitsuhashi, Yasuaki Yamakawa, Atsuyoshi Iida, Nobuyuki Nosaka, Kohei Tsukahara, Hiromichi Naito, Atsunori Nakao
Is the shock index based classification of hypovolemic shock applicable in multiple injured patients with severe traumatic brain injury?—an analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU®
Matthias Fröhlich, Arne Driessen, Andreas Böhmer, Ulrike Nienaber, Alhadi Igressa, Christian Probst, Bertil Bouillon, Marc Maegele, Manuel Mutschler
When a vehicle becomes a weapon: intentional vehicular assaults in Israel
Gidon Almogy, Asaf Kedar, Miklosh Bala