Comparison between pupillometry and numeric pain rating scale for pain assessments in communicating adult patients in the emergency department.

Objective: The adequate assessment of pain in the emergency department (ED) can be challenging. Two dynamic pupillary measures used in conscious subjects after a surgical procedure were previously shown to correlate to the magnitude of ongoing pain. The objective of this study was to test the ability of dynamic measures derived from pupillometry to evaluate pain intensity in conscious adult patients admitted to the ED.

[The use of ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in severe hypothermia associated with cardiac arrest].

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in severe hypothermia associated with cardiac arrest has become a more frequent warming technique in specialized centers over the years with better survival outcomes compared to traditional rewarming methods. We show that a full recovery is possible, even after prolonged resuscitation. We report the case of a 36-year old male who survived approximately 4 hours of cardiopulmonary resuscitation following an unknown duration of asystole in the context of severe accidental hypothermia (24°C).