Publications by authors named "A Salvator"
Background: The Critical Care Air Transport (CCAT) Advanced Course utilizes fully immersive high-fidelity simulations to assess personnel readiness for deployment. This study aims to determine whether simple well-defined demographic identifiers can be used to predict CCAT students' performance at CCAT Advanced.
Materials And Methods: CCAT Advanced student survey data and course status (pass/fail) between March 2006 and April 2020 were analyzed.
Guidelines from the Office for Human Research Protections regarding categories of research that institutional review boards (IRBs) may review through expedited procedures limit the volume of blood that can be obtained from research participants for minimal risk research purposes. As defined by the Common Rule, minimal risk research is research in which the probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort anticipated are not greater than the probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort encountered from routine clinical tests. For this study, we considered the volume of remnant blood following routine clinical tests in light of the current definition of minimal risk in research.
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- The study aimed to assess how healthcare practitioners use ketamine in critically ill patients and to identify barriers affecting its use.
- An online survey was sent to members of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, primarily targeting physicians in U.S. academic medical centers, which showed most practitioners felt comfortable using ketamine for various procedures.
- Despite general comfort, there were significant inconsistencies in dosage and application, along with barriers like adverse effects and institutional policies, suggesting a need for further education on ketamine use.
Introduction: Screening for blunt cardiac injury (BCI) includes obtaining a serum troponin level and an electrocardiogram for patients diagnosed with a sternal fracture. Our institution has transitioned to the use of a high sensitivity troponin I (hsTnI). The aim of this study was to determine whether hsTnI is comparable to troponin I (TnI) in identifying clinically significant BCI.
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- The study aimed to analyze how differently resident trainees and attending surgeons approach the informed consent process for cholecystectomy, focusing on the comprehensiveness of documented procedures and complications.
- A retrospective analysis of 334 patients showed that residents listed more potential complications in their consent forms compared to attendings, including risks like bile duct injury and reoperation.
- The findings suggest there is a notable variability in consent documentation practices, with residents providing more detailed disclosures of complications than their attending counterparts.