The American journal of emergency medicine
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Review
Using a new plateau hyperbaric chamber to alleviate high altitude hypoxia: Rabbit and human studies.
To validate the effects of the new plateau hyperbaric chamber on alleviating high altitude hypoxia on Mount Kun Lun. ⋯ The new multiplace plateau hyperbaric chamber may be used to alleviate plateau hypoxia by increasing patient PaO2. However, its value in treating AMS must be confirmed in field conditions.
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Case Reports
Acute upper extremity flaccid paralysis in a 5year old child secondary to enterovirus infection.
The incidence of acute flaccid paralysis has been on a declining trend with the global efforts on eradication of polio virus. A few scattered clusters of acute flaccid paralysis associated with pathogens like enterovirus other than polio virus and flaviviruses have recently come to limelight. This is a case of acute onset flaccid paralysis of left upper extremity in a fully immunized 5 year old child in New York.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measured on non-contrast head computed tomography (CT) and the diagnosis and prognosis of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) on emergency department (ED) patients. ⋯ In patients with spontaneous SAH, the ONSD measured in the orbital sections of a head CT is strongly correlated with a SAH diagnosis. Assessment of ONSD in head CTs taken with spontaneous SAH suspicion may contribute to the diagnoses of spontaneous SAH.