Admission serum myoglobin and the development of acute kidney injury after major trauma.

Background: Myoglobin and creatine kinase (CK) are both established markers of muscle injury but their hospital admission values have never been compared to predict post-traumatic acute kidney injury (AKI).

Methods: An observational registry study of consecutive trauma patients admitted to a major regional trauma centre. The primary outcome was stage 1 or more AKI in the first 7 days after trauma.

Comparison Between Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Doppler and Contrast Enhanced Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Doppler After Subarachnoid Aneurysmal Hemorrhage.

Background: Transcranial color-coded duplex Doppler (TCCD) is commonly used to detect and monitor vasospasm in subarachnoid aneurysmal hemorrhage (aSAH). However, contrast enhanced TCCD (CE-TCCD) may be more effective. The objective of this study was to compare the accuracy of TCCD and CE-TCCD in the detection of vasospasm.