Construct validity of acute morbidity as a novel outcome for emergency patients.

Objectives: Validation of acute morbidity as a novel outcome in emergency medicine.

Methods: Construct validity of acute morbidity was established by comparison to other outcomes using linear and logistic regression models.

Results: Data of 4608 patients were analysed.

Risk of adverse outcome in patients referred by emergency medical services in Switzerland.

Aims Of The Study: Comparison of outcomes between different emergency medical services (EMS) is difficult and lacking in Switzerland. Therefore, knowledge about the inherent risks of EMS-referred patients is important. Targeted interventions may benefit these patients by optimising resource allocation.

Symptoms at presentation to the emergency department: Predicting outcomes and changing clinical practice?

Background: The type and number of symptoms in emergency patients differ widely. It remains unclear, if outcomes can be predicted by the number of symptoms. Furthermore, it is unknown, whether clinical practice could be influenced by presenting symptoms.

A Population Genetics Perspective on Geminivirus Infection.

Unlabelled: The selective accumulation of both DNA components of a bipartite geminivirus, Abutilon mosaic virus, was recorded during early systemic infection of Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Purified nuclei were diagnosed for viral DNA using hybridization specific for DNA A or DNA B to detect these individual genome components either alone or both simultaneously by dual-color staining. Although this virus needs both components for symptomatic infection, DNA A alone was transported to upper leaves, where it was imported into phloem nuclei and replicated autonomously.