Association of prehospital lactate levels with base excess in various emergencies - a retrospective study.

Objectives: Blood gas analysis, including parameters like lactate and base excess (BE), is crucial in emergency medicine but less commonly utilized prehospital. This study aims to elucidate the relationship between lactate and BE in various emergencies in a prehospital setting and their prognostic implications.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of prehospital emergency patients in Graz, Austria, from October 2015 to November 2020.

Successful Use of Percutaneous Dissolvable Sutures During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Review.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic effects on all fields of medicine, including an effort to limit in-person visits. Within dermatologic surgery, one strategy is to close surgical incisions using percutaneous absorbable sutures. To the authors' knowledge, there are no large studies comparing changes in suture preferences and subsequent outcomes during the pandemic.

Balloon sandwich technique for retrieval of fractured delivery wire of pipeline stent.

Delivery wire fracture of flow-diverter stents are rare but have been described. We describe a video case of a successful technique to retrieve such a fractured delivery wire by using a balloon microcatheter and the intermediate catheter when other proven methods may fail.