Publications by authors named "Elizabeth H Tilley"
Background And Aims: Alcohol intoxication may confound the clinical assessment of the trauma patient. Head computed tomography (h-CT) is the standard imaging technique to rule out intracranial injury in most intoxicated trauma patients. The objective of this study was to determine whether certain clinical findings (computed clinical score [CCS]) could predict the h-CT yield, admission, and neurosurgical consultation (NSC) among intoxicated trauma patients.
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- Early surgical treatment for severe necrotizing soft-tissue infections (NSTIs) is crucial for better outcomes, as delays can significantly prolong hospital stays.
- The study analyzed 115 NSTI patients over 11 years, finding that 30% received surgery within 6 hours, with late surgery leading to longer hospital stays (38 vs. 23 days).
- Comorbid conditions like alcohol abuse, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes were linked to higher mortality rates, highlighting the importance of early intervention and managing these health issues.
Background: Telemedicine and advanced technologies that ensure telepresence have become common practice and are an effective way of providing healthcare services.
Materials And Methods: The authors conducted a traditional narrative review of English literature through search engines (Medline, Pub Med, Embase, and Science Direct) using mesh terms "telemedicine," "telepresence," "earthquake," "disaster," "natural disaster," and "man-made disaster" published between January 1, 1980 and September 30, 2013. For our analysis, only published studies were selected when telemedicine or telepresence was reported for disaster management, both in real life and in mock and simulation situations.
Girls receiving lower quality paternal investment tend to engage in more risky sexual behavior (RSB) than peers. Whereas paternal investment theory posits that this effect is causal, it could arise from environmental or genetic confounds. To distinguish between these competing explanations, the current authors employed a genetically and environmentally controlled sibling design (N = 101 sister pairs; ages 18-36), which retrospectively examined the effects of differential sibling exposure to family disruption/father absence and quality of fathering.
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