Salvage intraosseous thrombolysis and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for massive pulmonary embolism.

Intraosseous access is an alternative route of pharmacotherapy during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provides cardiac and respiratory support when conventional therapies fail. This case reports the use of intraosseous thrombolysis and ECMO in a patient with acute massive pulmonary embolism (PE).

Eye trauma epidemiology in regional Australia.

Purpose: To describe the epidemiology of eye trauma presenting to a regional referral health service in New South Wales, Australia.

Methods: A two-stage retrospective and prospective case series study was conducted. Patients who presented with eye trauma to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital (WWBH) emergency department (ED) during a one-year review period formed the retrospective case series (RCS).

Comparison of topcon optical coherence tomography and ultrasound pachymetry.

Purpose: To establish within-rater repeatability and minimum measurements required for reliable assessment of central corneal thickness (CCT) using Topcon three-dimensional OCT-2000 (Topcon Medical Systems, Oakland, NJ) Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) and to test agreement against ultrasound pachymetry (USP).

Methods: Twenty participants underwent five scans using FD-OCT followed by five CCT measurements using USP. Each FD-OCT scan produced 12 meridional optical sections, giving 60 sections in total.