Domestic and family violence, non-lethal strangulation and social work intervention in the emergency department.

Objective: To review domestic and family violence (DFV) and non-lethal strangulation (NLS) presentations to an ED with 24-h social work.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study of 12 months of DFV presentations comparing demographics, perpetrator relationship, social work review, injuries and NLS incidence and assessment.

Results: Women represent 90% of DFV presentations.

Impact of electric scooters to a tertiary emergency department: 8-week review after implementation of a scooter share scheme.

Objective: A retrospective audit of presentations to a tertiary trauma centre reviewing the demographics of electric scooter injuries in the first 2 months of the scooter-share scheme, which was commenced in Brisbane in November 2018.

Methods: Electric scooter-associated presentations to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Emergency and Trauma Centre from November 2018 to January 2019 were identified. Data collected included patient demographics, type and location of injuries, helmet use, alcohol consumption, length of stay and disposition.

Mitral annular peak systolic and diastolic velocities are characteristic of healthy hearts: A Doppler tissue imaging study.

Introduction: Although systolic and diastolic dysfunction must coexist, they are most often considered in isolation. Therefore, a simple and reproducible quantitative measurement that integrates systolic and diastolic function is desirable. We hypothesize that the absolute sum of lateral mitral annular systolic and early diastolic peak velocities is predictive of overall cardiac function.

Association of Left Atrial Function Index with Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiovascular Disease: The Framingham Offspring Study.

Background: Left atrial (LA) size, a marker of atrial structural remodeling, is associated with increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). LA function may also relate to AF and CVD, irrespective of LA structure. We tested the hypothesis that LA function index (LAFI), an echocardiographic index of LA structure and function, may better characterize adverse LA remodeling and predict incident AF and CVD than existing measures.

Clinical and Echocardiographic Correlates of Left Atrial Function Index: The Framingham Offspring Study.

Background: Left atrial (LA) remodeling is a predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We performed measurement of the LA function index (LAFI), a composite measure of LA structure and function, in a community-based cohort and here report the distribution and cross-sectional correlates of LAFI.

Methods: In 1,719 Framingham Offspring Study participants (54% women, mean age 66 ± 9 years), we derived LAFI from the LA emptying fraction, left ventricular (LV) outflow tract velocity time integral, and indexed maximal LA volume.