The effect of a single session of psychological first aid in the emergency department on PTSD and depressive symptoms three months post-intervention: results of a randomised controlled trial.

Despite its popularity, evidence of the effectiveness of Psychological First Aid (PFA) is scarce. To assess whether PFA, compared to psychoeducation (PsyEd), an attention placebo control, reduces PTSD and depressive symptoms three months post-intervention. In two emergency departments, 166 recent-trauma adult survivors were randomised to a single session of PFA (= 78) (active listening, breathing retraining, categorisation of needs, assisted referral to social networks, and PsyEd) or stand-alone PsyEd ( = 88).

The ABCDE psychological first aid intervention decreases early PTSD symptoms but does not prevent it: results of a randomized-controlled trial.

Background: Early Psychological First Aid (PFA) has been widely recommended for preventing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, its lack of empirical evidence of safety and effectiveness has been criticized.

Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of PFA-ABCDE, an original PFA protocol, for preventing PTSD one month after the intervention and decreasing PTSD symptoms at one and six months of follow up.

Metastasis to gluteal muscle from high grade transitional cell carcinoma of bladder. Report of a case and review of literature.

High grade bladder malignancies have tendency to local and distant invasion. The most commonly involved sites are lymph nodes, lungs, bone and liver. Muscle metastases are generally rare and have been described in few cases of Genito-Urinary cancer.

Use of key performance indicators in histological dissection.

Aims: Reports into standards in the National Health Service and quality in pathology have focused on the way we work in pathology and how to provide assurance that this is of a high standard. There are a number of external quality assurance schemes covering pathology and histopathology specifically; however, there is no scheme covering the process of histological surgical dissection. This is an area undergoing development, emerging from the sole preserve of medically qualified pathologists to a field populated by a number of highly trained biomedical scientists, but remains without any formal quality assurance.

Isolated pulmonary IgG4-related disease mimicking lung malignancy.

Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease is a relatively rare and only recently recognized immune-mediated fibro-inflammatory condition that is commonly associated with autoimmune pancreatitis. Reports have further been characterized in almost all other organ systems, with several lung-related IgG4 disease reports emerging over the past decade. IgG4-related disease affects more than one organ in 60-90% of patients.