The American journal of emergency medicine
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The primary objective of this study was to determine the proportion of patients with medication discrepancies when using a self-administered medication history form in the emergency department (ED). The secondary objectives were to identify predictors of medication discrepancies and determine the proportion of patients with a high-risk medication discrepancy. ⋯ Patient self-administered medication history forms have a high rate of discrepancies and should be verified by a best possible medication history.
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The aim of this prospective study; to investigate in emergency patients with stroke the relationship between jugular saturation and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), lesion volume and mortality score. ⋯ SjVO2 measurement can be used to identify high-risk stroke patients and to direct critical interventions. However, no correlation was found between this value and lesion volume and NIHSS scale.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of berberine (BBR) on oxidative stress in an experimental testicular I/R injury model. ⋯ These results suggest that BBR can inhibit I/R-induced testicular injury by suppressing oxidative stress. Further studies may prove that BBR is a useful agent as an adjunctive treatment in surgical repair in human cases.
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Previous studies implicate that the mitochondrial injury may play an important role in the development of post-resuscitation myocardial dysfunction, however few of them are available regarding the ultrastructural alterations of myocardial mitochondria, mitochondrial energy producing and utilization ability in the stage of arrest time (no-low) and resuscitation time (low-flow). This study aimed to observe the dynamic changes of myocardial mitochondrial function and metabolic disorders during cardiac arrest (CA) and following cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). ⋯ Impairment of myocardial mitochondrial function and the incapability of utilizing glycogen were observed after CA. Furthermore, optimal CPR might, in part, preserved mitochondrial function and enhanced utilization of myocardial glycogen.