Predictors of Futility in Near-Hanging and Therapeutic Hypothermia.

Favorable neurologic outcomes have been reported in near-hanging (NH) victims treated with therapeutic hypothermia (TH), but variable methods and small samples sizes limit interpretability. This study examines the relationship between clinical predictors, TH, and outcomes in NH patients. A risk profile was created by examining relationships between variables.

Favorable Outcomes in Blunt Chest Injury with Noninvasive Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation.

Recent clinical research in patients with blunt chest injury has focused on the benefits of surgical fixation of rib fractures. Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has been demonstrated to prevent the need for intubation and ventilation in posttraumatic respiratory failure. The preemptive use of NIV in patients with rib fractures has not been extensively studied.