Articles: trauma.
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DVT/PE PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: Chest computed tomography (CT) has replaced angiography and ventilation/perfusion scanning as the diagnostic method of choice for pulmonary embolism. This study reviews the indications and outcomes of chest CT scanning in the setting of a non-trauma based community hospital Emergency Department (ED) in an effort to develop a "best practice" guideline that optimizes patient care while minimizing radiation exposure and cost. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Thomas Willson, Benjamin Larsen, Matthew Blecha, Mark Connolly, Francis PodbielskiNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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To assess the association between Injury Severity Score (ISS) and subsequent risk of early retirement. ⋯ The risk of early retirement is 2.6 times higher in severely injured patients (ISS 16-75) than the risk in low to moderately injured patients (ISS 1-15) and they have a high absolute 5-year risk as well. Early, targeted interventions to assist with return to work might be able to reduce this risk.
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To describe quality of life (QoL) in the year following minor injury and to test the hypothesis that individuals with depression in the postinjury year experience lower QoL than do individuals with no depression. ⋯ The findings of this study show that patients who have injuries that are treated and discharged from an emergency department can have significantly lower QoL in the year after that injury that is attributed, in part, to postinjury depression. Nurses should provide anticipatory guidance to patients that they may experience feelings of sadness or being "blue," and that if they do, they should seek care.
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Critical care medicine · Mar 2014
Monitoring of Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure in Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Initial Findings of the Injured Spinal Cord Pressure Evaluation Study.
To develop a technique for continuously monitoring intraspinal pressure at the injury site (intraspinal pressure) after traumatic spinal cord injury. ⋯ Our findings provide proof-of-principle that subdural intraspinal pressure at the injury site can be measured safely after traumatic spinal cord injury.