Value of anatomic and physiologic scoring systems in outcome prediction of trauma patients.

Objective: The goal of this study was to compare the prediction performance of two anatomic scales, the Injury Severity Scale (ISS) and the New Injury Severity Scale (NISS), with two physiologic scales, the Revised Trauma Scale (RTS) and the Simplified Acute Physiology Scale II (SAPS II), in trauma patients.

Design: Prospective study carried out over a 16-month period.

Setting: Emergency department of a teaching hospital.

[Compared effects of etomidate and propofol for anaesthesia during electroconvulsive therapy].

Objective: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) requires repeated short-term anaesthesia with muscle relaxation and deep narcosis and uses several anaesthetic agents. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of the anaesthetic technique applied for ECT by comparing two products: propofol and etomidate.

Methods: This was a prospective randomised study that included ECT sessions.