The American journal of emergency medicine
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The aim of this study was to evaluate factors of digoxin use and its relation to mortality in ED patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). ⋯ In ED patients with AF, digoxin was more frequently assigned to vulnerable patients with concomitant HF or valvular heart disease, and digoxin use was not related to a significantly increased risk of mortality.
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This study investigates unintentional non-fatal golf-related injuries in the US using a nationally representative database. ⋯ Although golf is a source of injury among all age groups, the frequency and rate of injury were higher at the two ends of the age spectrum. Given the higher injury and hospital admission rates of patients ≥55years, this age group merits the special attention of additional research and injury prevention efforts.
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The clinical characteristics of an injury of external iliac artery branches in blunt pelvic trauma have not yet been sufficiently studied. We evaluated the relationship between injury characteristics and the presence of an injury to external iliac artery branches in blunt pelvic trauma. ⋯ Blunt pelvic trauma with hemodynamic instability may be associated with concomitant external iliac artery branch injury.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of early sequential hypothermia and delayed hypothermia on neurological function after resuscitation in a swine model.
We utilized a porcine cardiac arrest model to compare early sequential hypothermia (ESH) with delayed hypothermia (DH) and no hypothermia (NH) to investigate the different effects on cerebral function after resuscitation. ⋯ Early sequential hypothermia could increase the protection of neurological function after resuscitation and produce better neurological outcomes. The institutional protocol number: 2010-D-013.