Validating the DIVERT scales, CARS, and EARLI for predicting emergency department visits in home health care in Japan: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: The Detection of Indicators and Vulnerabilities for Emergency Room Trips (DIVERT) scale, the Community Assessment Risk Screen (CARS), and the Emergency Admission Risk Likelihood Index (EARLI) are scales that assess the risk of emergency department (ED) visits among home health care patients. This study validated these scales and explored factors that could improve their predictive accuracy among Japanese home health care patients.

Methods: This was a single-center retrospective cohort study.

Corrigendum: Association of airway obstruction with first-pass success and intubation-related adverse events in the emergency department: multicenter prospective observational studies.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.

Atherosclerotic carotid plaque characteristics vary with time from ischemic event: A multicenter, prospective magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging registry study.

Recent studies report that the rate of recurrent stroke is highest in the stages immediately following cerebral infarction and decreases over time in patients with atherosclerotic carotid stenosis. The purpose of this study was to identify temporal differences in early stage carotid plaque components from acute cerebrovascular ischemic events using carotid MRI. Carotid plaque images were obtained on 3 T MRI from 128 patients enrolled in MR-CAS.

Association of Number of Physician Postgraduate Years With Patient Intubation Outcomes in the Emergency Department.

This cohort study examines the association between the number of physician postgraduate years and intubation outcomes among patients undergoing airway management in the emergency department.

Association Between Repeated Tracheal Intubation Attempts and Adverse Events in Children in the Emergency Department.

Study Objectives: Studies have shown that multiple intubation attempts are associated with a higher risk of intubation-related adverse events. However, little is known about the relationship in children in the emergency department (ED).

Methods: This is an analysis of the data from 2 prospective, observational, multicenter registries of emergency airway management.

Detection of Advanced Lesions of Atherosclerosis in Carotid Arteries Using 3-Dimensional Motion-Sensitized Driven-Equilibrium Prepared Rapid Gradient Echo (3D-MERGE) Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Screening Tool.

Background And Purpose: Two-dimensional high-resolution multicontrast magnetic resonance imaging (2D-MC MRI) is currently the most reliable and reproducible noninvasive carotid vessel wall imaging technique. However, the long scan time required for 2D-MC MRI restricts its practical clinical application. Alternatively, 3-dimensional motion-sensitized driven-equilibrium prepared rapid gradient echo (3D-MERGE) vessel wall MRI can provide high isotropic resolution with extensive coverage in two minutes.

Atherosclerotic Burden and Remodeling Patterns of the Popliteal Artery as Detected in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Osteoarthritis Initiative Data Set.

Background An artificial intelligence vessel segmentation tool, Fully Automated and Robust Analysis Technique for Popliteal Artery Evaluation (FRAPPE), was used to analyze a large databank of popliteal arteries imaged through the OAI (Osteoarthritis Initiative) to study the impact of atherosclerosis risk factors on vessel dimensions and characterize remodeling patterns. Methods and Results Magnetic resonance images from 4668 subjects contributing 9189 popliteal arteries were analyzed using FRAPPE. Age ranged from 45 to 79 years (median, 61), and 58% were women.

Computed tomography angiography findings predictive of post-intervention vasospasm in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Objective: To evaluate the association of CT/CT angiography (CTA) findings and clinical characteristics with subsequent vasospasm in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH).

Methods-: Consecutive presentation CTA head exams in patients with aSAH between January 2005 and June 2015 were retrospectively evaluated for intracranial arterial calcification, undulation and non-calcified stenosis. Additional variables including modified Fisher Scale (mFS), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and neurological exam status were reviewed.

Association of advanced age with intubation-related adverse events in the emergency department: a multicentre prospective observational study.

Background: While the older population accounts for an increasing proportion of emergency department (ED), little is known about intubation-related adverse events in this high-risk population. We sought to determine whether advanced age is associated with a higher risk of intubation-related adverse events in the ED.

Methods: This is an analysis of data from a prospective, 15-centre, observational study-the second Japanese Emergency Airway Network (JEAN-2) study.

Bilaterally Asymmetric Associations Between Extracranial Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis and Ipsilateral Middle Cerebral Artery Stenosis in Symptomatic Patients: A CARE-II Study.

Objective: To determine the bilaterally asymmetrical associations between extracranial carotid artery atherosclerosis and ipsilateral middle cerebral artery (MCA) stenosis in symptomatic patients using magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging. Approach and Results: Patients with symptomatic carotid artery atherosclerosis were recruited from the Chinese Atherosclerosis Risk Evaluation, a multicenter study. All subjects underwent intracranial magnetic resonance angiography and extracranial carotid artery magnetic resonance imaging.

Differences in atheroma between Caucasian and Asian subjects with anterior stroke: A vessel wall MRI study.

Background And Purpose: While extracranial carotid artery stenosis is more common among Caucasians and intracranial artery stenosis is more common among Asians, the differences in atherosclerotic plaque characteristics have not yet been extensively examined. We sought to investigate plaque location and characteristics within extracranial carotid and intracranial arteries in symptomatic Caucasians and Chinese using vessel wall MRI.

Methods: Subjects with recent anterior circulation ischaemic stroke were recruited and imaged at two sites in the USA and China using similar protocols.

Comparison of carotid atherosclerotic plaques between subjects in Northern and Southern China: a Chinese atherosclerosis risk evaluation study.

Background And Purpose: To investigate differences in the characteristics of carotid atherosclerotic plaques of symptomatic subjects in northern and southern China using MRI.

Methods: Sixty-three subjects in northern China (mean age: 59.1±8.

Fully automated and robust analysis technique for popliteal artery vessel wall evaluation (FRAPPE) using neural network models from standardized knee MRI.

Purpose: To develop a fully automated vessel wall (VW) analysis workflow (fully automated and robust analysis technique for popliteal artery evaluation, FRAPPE) on the popliteal artery in standardized knee MR images.

Methods: Popliteal artery locations were detected from each MR slice by a deep neural network model and connected into a 3D artery centerline. Vessel wall regions around the centerline were then segmented using another neural network model for segmentation in polar coordinate system.

Association Between Carotid Bifurcation Geometry and Atherosclerotic Plaque Vulnerability: A Chinese Atherosclerosis Risk Evaluation Study.

Objective: Carotid bifurcation geometry has been believed to be a risk factor for the initiation of atherosclerosis because of its influence on hemodynamics. However, the relationships between carotid bifurcation geometry and plaque vulnerability are not fully understood. This study aimed to determine the association between carotid bifurcation geometry and plaque vulnerability using magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging.

Author Correction: Association of ketamine use with lower risks of post-intubation hypotension in hemodynamically-unstable patients in the emergency department.

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Factors associated with successful rescue intubation attempts in the emergency department: an analysis of multicenter prospective observational study in Japan.

Aim: It remains unclear whether physicians should change intubation approaches after the failed first attempt. We aimed to determine the rescue intervention approaches associated with a higher success rate at the second attempt in the emergency department (ED).

Methods: We analyzed the data from a prospective, multicenter, observational study - the second Japanese Emergency Airway Network Study.

Characterization of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques Using 3-Dimensional MERGE Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Correlation With Stroke Risk Factors.

Background and Purpose- High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging is capable of characterizing carotid atherosclerotic plaque morphology and composition. Most reported carotid plaque imaging techniques are 2-dimensional (2D) based with limited longitudinal coverage of ≈30 mm, which may be insufficient for complete visualization of extracranial carotid atheroma. A 3D black-blood imaging technique, motion-sensitized driven equilibrium prepared rapid gradient echo technique (3D-MERGE) can provide larger coverage.