Aural Rehabilitation via Telepractice During COVID-19: A Global Perspective on Evolving Early Intervention Practices.

Introduction: Pre-pandemic, telepractice was not globally implemented despite its effectiveness. Clinicians reported challenges related to technology, confidence, and inadequate resources.

Objectives: To document global telepractice, identify current obstacles and measure the impact of a possible solution.

Procalcitonin (PCT) Level in the Emergency Department Identifies a High-Risk Cohort for All Patients Treated for Possible Sepsis.

What Is Already Known?: The benefits of measuring PCT in the Emergency Department (ED) are not yet fully characterised.PCT is widely used in the intensive care setting to guide antimicrobial prescribing.

What This Adds?: Measurement of PCT as a routine in the emergency department for all patients treated for possible sepsis identifies a high-risk cohort.

Far Forward Anesthesia and Massive Blood Transfusion: Two Cases Revealing the Challenge of Damage Control Resuscitation in an Austere Environment.

Since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, the US military has treated more than 51,000 casualties and sustained more than 6,600 deaths. The past decade of conflict has solidified major advances in the use of blood component therapy and the liberal use of fresh whole blood during damage control resuscitation. This resuscitation strategy, combined with far forward damage control surgery, rapid aeromedical evacuation, and major improvements in critical care air transportation and personal protective equipment has led to a 90% to 92% survival rate in US casualties.

Nasal ventilation alters mesenchymal cell turnover and improves alveolarization in preterm lambs.

Rationale: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a frequent cause of morbidity in preterm infants that is characterized by prolonged need for ventilatory support in an intensive care environment. BPD is characterized histopathologically by persistently thick, cellular distal airspace walls. In normally developing lungs, by comparison, remodeling of the immature parenchymal architecture is characterized by thinning of the future alveolar walls, a process predicated on cell loss through apoptosis.