... scores.Discriminatory power of biomarkers for predictingdeath ranged between 0.60 for PCT to 0.76 for proADMand 0.79 for proANP. CURB65 and PSI score had AUCs of 0.74 and 0.84, respectively. ... patients with severe CAP,defined as the presence of either one of two major criteria(need for mechanical ventilation, septic shock), the pres-ence of two of three minor criteria (systolic blood pres-sure ... diagnosis of CAP. In a second step, perfor-mance of developed models was extrapolated to patientswith non-CAP LRTI (that is, acute bronchitis and exacer-bation of COPD).The primary endpoint of this...
... electronicambulance recordList of abbreviationsATLS: Advanced Trauma Life Support; EMCC: Emergency Medical Communication Centre; EMS: Emergencymedical service; EMT: Emergency medical technician; GCS: ... Competence Centre ofEmergency Medicine. Weare grateful to Professor Petter Andreas Steen for invaluable discussions on theconcept and design of the study as well as for revision of the manuscript. ... beredskap ispesialisthelsetjenesten Norwegian Medical Association. (Office of theAuditor General of Norway: The OAG’s investigation of emergency medical prepardness in the specialist health service)....
... identified 47 patients for whom ETI was performed immediately upon arrivalto the emergency department (ED). This group represented 16% of all intubated patients. Of the ETIs performed inthe ED, ... Aeronautics score of 4 - 7 during the period of 1994-2005 from a mixedrural/urban Norwegian HEMS was performed.Results: Among the 1255 cases identified, 238 successful pre-hospital ETIs out of 240 attempts ... C, Zondervan A, Patka P, de Lange JJ: A retrospective analysis of theintubations performed during 5 years of helicopter emergency medical service in Amsterdam. Air Med J 2004, 23:36-37.19. Sollid...
... standardization of protocols in the new EMCC organization.BackgroundThe emergencymedical communication centre (EMCC)and the emergencymedical dispatchers (EMD) is a part of the emergencymedical ... but historically there is often alack of structured evaluation of these organization changes. The aim of this study was to evaluate if theperformance in emergencymedical dispatching changed ... aim of this study was to evaluate if the perfor-mance in emergencymedical dispatching changed in asmaller community outside Helsinki after the emergency medical call centre organization reform...
... prospectivebefore-and-after trial of a medicalemergency team. Med JAust 2003, 179:283-287.30. Buist MD, Moore GE, Bernard SA, Waxman BP, Anderson JN,Nguyen TV: Effects of a medicalemergency ... controlledtrial of effect ofmedicalemergency team on postoperativemorbidity and mortality rates. Crit Care Med 2004, 32:916-921.34. Kenward G, Castle N, Hodgetts T, Shaikh L: Evaluation of a medical emergency ... thedocumentation ofmedicalemergency team reviews. Crit CareResusc 2008, 10:29.22. Jones D, Opdam H, Egi M, Goldsmith D, Bates S, Gutteridge G,Kattula A, Bellomo R: Long-term effect of a Medical Emergency Team...
... suffered at least loss of one rel-ative, for example, a partner or child, and two mothers of ourcohort lost both of their children. The majority of patients com-plained of nightmares, emotional ... closure may be con-sidered medically necessary for patients with complicated sur-gical wounds when both of the following criteria are met: (i)need for accelerated formation of granulation tissue ... airports of arrival for those being evacuated by disaster intervention teams and emergency pastors, coordinated by NOAH (Nachsorge,Opfer- und Angehörigenhilfe), a special division of the FederalOffice...
... andmethods of observation in at-risk hospital patients, reinforce theneed for adequately trained medical staff to be available 24hours per day, and provide useful information for allocation of resources ... thecircadian pattern of MET activation and to relate it to nursing and medical activities.Method We conducted a retrospective observational study of the time of activation for 2568 incidents of MET attendance.Each ... Gutteridge G: A prospectivebefore-and-after trial of a medicalemergency team. Med JAust 2003, 179:283-287.5. Lee A, Bishop G, Hillman KM, Daffurn K: The medical emergency team. Anaesth Intensive...
... scores. Irrespective of the well known shortcomings of the Symptom checklist because of the nonspecific nature of a number of the symptoms asked for and the lack of assessment of functional status ... (±16.5) for the whole study group, 62 (±15.3) for AVNRT, 48 (±17.6) for AVRT and 63 (±13.3) for EAT. With respect to the underlying tachycardia, 66.9% of patients with AVNRT, 75% of patients ... Independent of symptoms, the patients had to rate the perceived success of the ablation procedure in general (very successful, successful, moderately suc-cessful or not successful) . The majority of...
... continued liability concerns for end users. There is also liability in terms of what must be disclosed for informed consent in case of an emergency. End Users: Challenges for Public Health and Providers ... the case of an emergency, one can broadly treat through that protocol. Tyler Martin, chief medical officer of Dynavax, said that like Chimerix, Dynavax has focused its development efforts on ... Project BioShield Act of 2004, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration may authorize the use of an unapproved medical product, or an unapproved use of an ap-proved medical product,...
... type of reading for unfamiliar words and concepts, scientific formulate. It can take up to an hour just to read a few lines of text.Reading to study type of reading: The aim of the method of ... improved. Only 5 of 75 students used the skill of guessing word’s meaning by making use of context clues.Nearly half of the students (64 out of 75) used their knowledge of parts of speech to ... benefits of reading completely.2.1.4 Types of reading and Reading rates:Scanning type of reading: This type is used to look for some printed materials quickly or find a particular piece of information...
... and offer some specific strategiesfor theirreview. The following section will help you create a great atti-tude for playing your best golf.Mind Stuff: Things to Do to Play GreatFive Strategies ... way, you takecontrol of the situation instead of allowing the situation to takecontrol of you.Find the most logical and objective way to deal with thecircumstances in front of you. Think through ... support for Tiger, it wasTiger who did the day-to-day work. The contribution of Tiger’s1702 (013-024B) chapter 2 2/23/04 12:58 PM Page 17 How often have you heard that “the game of golf is...
... Ease of Doing Business in GDD 41 4.1. Sources of Initial Funding 47 4.2. Sources of Subsequent Funding 48 4.3. Sources of First-Round Outside Funding 52 2 An Outline ofStrategiesfor ... opportunities for them to meet.Networks will allow for more informal information sharing and will help generate ideas.Medium Medium MiddleTable S.2—Continued 12 An Outline ofStrategiesfor Building ... and successful entrepreneurs, such a council should provide GDD with valuable advice and form the heart of a network.High Easy EarlyTable S.1—Continued xiv An Outline ofStrategies for...
... third of the cross-peakspresent in the [15N]-HSQC spectrum of the corres-ponding uniformly labelled sample. Not a single case of complete cross-peak overlap was encountered in thecase of the ... [15N]-labelledproteins makes it an attractive tool for preliminarystudies prior to the production of uniformly [15N ⁄13C]-labelled samples for in-depth NMR analysis. Muchinformation can be gleaned already ... [15N]-labelling,without the need of sequence specific resonance assign-ments [10].One of the most attractive applications of combina-torial [15N]-labelling, however, may be for the identifi-cation of ligand binding...
... unique variety of occupations associated with the names of villages, called communes, associated native tradition, survival and development for hundreds of years. Entered a period of renewal ... Number of households - labor small industry production in 2008 (Source: Department of Trade in 2008) After 10 years of re-establishment of small and medium enterprises in the village of Bac ... TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration Abstract Table of content List of figures Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Definitions 1.1 The definition of sustainable development 1.2 Some models of sustainable...
... modifications of lifestyle are required and sufficient time should be allowed for the effects to take place. Macroeconomic and whole -of- government interventions have been successfully performed for tobacco ... without the benefit of an integrated programme for manag-ing lifestyle. There is thus considerable scope for developing better training for the professionals responsible for treating obese ... growing health challenge for the next generation.ã Overweight and obesity are responsible for about 80% of cases of type 2 diabetes, 35% of ischaemic heart disease and 55% of hypertensive disease...