Acute Responses to Forearm Compression of Blood Lactate Accumulation, Heart Rate, Perceived Exertion, and Muscle Pain in Elite Climbers.

To evaluate the immediate responses to forearm compression of blood lactate concentration, heart rate, perceived exertion and local forearm muscle pain during severe climbing in elite climbers. Seven elite climbers (18 ± 2 years; 164 ± 5 cm; 57.8 ± 5.

Ice Climbing Festival in Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics: Medical Management and Injury Analysis.

Objective: Sports ice climbing (SIC) is developing rapidly as an independent sport with Olympic potentials. To date there has been no prior systematic evaluation of injury risks and injury patterns in a SIC-specific setting.

Methods: This paper reports injury statistics collected during the Ice Climbing Festival, which was held during the XXII Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

The surgical treatment of Graves' disease in children and adolescents.

Background: Surgery as definitive treatment of pediatric Graves' disease is recommended for children and adolescents experiencing adverse effects of thionamides or disease relapse after at least 2 years of medical treatment. In addition, it is indicated in patients with a large goiter or with suspicious nodules. Total or near-total thyroidectomy should be performed, since subtotal thyroidectomy is associated with a high risk of relapse in this group.

Emergency percutaneous needle decompression for tension pneumoperitoneum.

Background: Tension pneumoperitoneum as a complication of iatrogenic bowel perforation during endoscopy is a dramatic condition in which intraperitoneal air under pressure causes hemodynamic and ventilatory compromise. Like tension pneumothorax, urgent intervention is required. Immediate surgical decompression though is not always possible due to the limitations of the preclinical management and sometimes to capacity constraints of medical staff and equipment in the clinic.