Prediction of Severe Injury in Bicycle Rider Accidents: A Multicenter Observational Study.

Introduction: This study aimed to establish a predictive model that includes physiological parameters and identify independent risk factors for severe injuries in bicycle rider accidents.

Methods: This was a multicenter observational study. For four years, we included patients with bicycle rider injuries in the Emergency Department-Based Injury In-depth Surveillance database.

Effect of acute alcohol intoxication on mortality, coagulation, and fibrinolysis in trauma patients.

Background: The effect of alcohol on the outcome and fibrinolysis phenotype in trauma patients remains unclear. Hence, we performed this study to determine whether alcohol is a risk factor for mortality and fibrinolysis shutdown in trauma patients.

Materials And Methods: A total of 686 patients who presented to our trauma center and underwent rotational thromboelastometry were included in the study.

Reverse shock index multiplied by Glasgow coma scale as a predictor of massive transfusion in trauma.

Background And Purpose: Previous studies have identified that the reverse shock index multiplied by the Glasgow Coma Scale score (rSIG) is a good predictor of mortality in trauma patients. However, it is unknown if rSIG has utility as a predictor for massive transfusion (MT) in trauma patients. The present study evaluated the ability of rSIG to predict MT in trauma patients.

Pre-hospital modified shock index for prediction of massive transfusion and mortality in trauma patients.

Background: Modified shock index (MSI) is a useful predictor in trauma patients. However, the value of prehospital MSI (preMSI) in trauma patients is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the accuracy of preMSI in predicting massive transfusion (MT) and hospital mortality among trauma patients.

The effect of hydraulic bed movement on the quality of chest compressions.

Objectives: The hydraulic height control systems of hospital beds provide convenience and shock absorption. However, movements in a hydraulic bed may reduce the effectiveness of chest compressions. This study investigated the effects of hydraulic bed movement on chest compressions.

Transthoracic echocardiogram in syncope patients with normal initial evaluation.

Objectives: Despite the low diagnostic yield of echocardiogra0, it is often used in the evaluation of syncope. This study determined whether patients without abnormalities in the initial evaluation benefit from transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and the clinical factors predicting an abnormal TTE.

Methods: This study enrolled 241 patients presenting to the emergency department with syncope.

Blood ammonia is a predictive biomarker of neurologic outcome in cardiac arrest patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the value of commonly examined laboratory measurements, including ammonia and lactate, in predicting neurologic outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia (TH).

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients with a return of spontaneous circulation after OHCA who were treated with TH between February 2007 and July 2010. We measured typical blood measurements on arrival at the emergency department.