Post-resuscitation pneumothorax: retrospective analysis of incidence, risk factors and outcome-relevance.

Background: Pneumothorax may occur as a complication of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and could pose a potentially life-threatening condition. In this study we sought to investigate the incidence of pneumothorax following CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), identify possible risk factors, and elucidate its association with outcomes.

Methods: This study was a retrospective data analysis of patients hospitalized following CPR for OHCA.

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in thermal burn injury revisited. Pressure does matter. Review.

For over five decades, many experimental and clinical studies have shown predominantly positive but controversial results on the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in burns. The study aimed to define a common denominator or constellations, respectively, linked to the effects of HBO in burns with a special focus on dosage parameters. Based on original work since 1965, species, number of individuals, type of study, percentage of total body surface area (TBSA), region, depth of burn, causative agent, interval between burn and first HBO2 session, pressure, duration of individual session, number of HBO sessions per day, cumulative number of HBO sessions and type of chamber were assessed.

Management of Severe Burn Wounds Colonized With Multi-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Fusarium Using Marine Omega3 Wound Matrix in a Female Victim of War.

War-related burns are common injuries, also among the civilian population. Additional trauma such as fractures or shrapnel wounds may add significant morbidity. Burn injuries in war zones are furthermore frequently undertreated and hence prone to complications.

Physician utilization in prehospital emergency medical services in Europe: an overview and comparison.

Objectives: National and regional systems for emergency medical care provision may differ greatly. We sought to determine whether or not physicians are utilized in prehospital care and to what extent they are present in differentEuropean countries.

Material And Methods: We collected information on 32 European countries by reviewing publications and sending questionnaires to authors of relevant articles as well as to officials of ministries of health (or equivalent), representatives of national societies in emergency medicine, or well-known experts in the specialty.

Evaluation of the usefulness of non-invasive serum haemoglobin measurement in a perioperative setting in a prospective observational study.

Patient Blood Management (PBM) programmes seek to reduce the number of missed anaemic patients in the run-up to surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of haemoglobin (Hb) measured non-invasively (SpHb) in preoperative screening for anaemia. We conducted a prospective observational study in a preoperative clinic.

Reliability of mechanical ventilation during continuous chest compressions: a crossover study of transport ventilators in a human cadaver model of CPR.

Background: Previous studies have stated that hyperventilation often occurs in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) mainly due to excessive ventilation frequencies, especially when a manual valve bag is used. Transport ventilators may provide mandatory ventilation with predetermined tidal volumes and without the risk of hyperventilation. Nonetheless, interactions between chest compressions and ventilations are likely to occur.