Thirty-day survival rate of patients having a treatment withholding or treatment withdrawal decision in the emergency department: A retrospective monocentric study.

Aim: Treatment withholding or withdrawal (TWW) is frequent in the emergency department (ED). Most studies on this topic only study patients who die in the ED. The main aim of this study was to determine 30-day mortality after a TWW decision in the ED, for patients discharged alive from ED.

Diagnostic performance of prehospital EFAST in predicting CT scan injuries in severe trauma patients: a multicenter cohort study.

Background: The early mortality of trauma patients, mainly from hemorrhagic shock, raises interest in detecting the presence of non-exteriorized bleeding. Intra-hospital EFAST (Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) has demonstrated its utility in the assessment and management of severe trauma patients (STP). However, there is a lack of data regarding the diagnostic performance of prehospital EFAST (pEFAST).

Visual Patterns of Diaphragmatic Motion in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Prospective Pilot Study.

Introduction: Right diaphragmatic excursion is a reliable and reproducible technique used in intensive care to assess diaphragmatic function. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the appearance of diaphragmatic motion and the etiological diagnosis of patients admitted to the emergency department with acute respiratory failure (ARF).

Materials: A prospective, observational, and multicenter pilot study was conducted.

Evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction by a new automatic tool on a pocket ultrasound device: Concordance study with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Introduction: Assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is one of the primary objectives of echocardiography. The gold standard assessment technique in emergency medicine is eyeballing. A new tool is now available on pocket ultrasound devices (PUD): automatic LVEF.

S100B serum level: A relevant biomarker for the management of non-traumatic headaches in emergency care?

Background: The diagnostic of primary or secondary headaches in emergency units is mostly based on brain imaging, which is expensive and sometimes hardly accessible. An increase in serum S100B protein has already been found in several neurological conditions inducing brain damage. The objective of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of S100B serum assay to distinguish primary and secondary headaches among patients with non-traumatic headaches in the emergency department.