Articles: intubation.
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J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol · Aug 2020
Negative pressure aerosol containment box: An innovation to reduce COVID-19 infection risk in healthcare workers.
Healthcare workers (HCW's) are at increased risk of corona virus disease (COVID-19) infection during aerosol generating activities. The aerosol box has been used during intubation and extubation to prevent transmission of infection to HCWs. ⋯ The described containment box has been designed to be useful in COVID intensive care unit (ICU) as a multipurpose box which is a cost effective and readily available resource. This innovation combines the containment box with negative pressure generation using central vacuum.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Aug 2020
Trauma patients with prehospital Glasgow Coma Scale less than nine: not a homogenous group.
Prehospital guidelines stratify and manage patients with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) less than nine and any sign of head injury as affected by severe traumatic brain injury (STBI). We hypothesized that this group of patients is so inhomogeneous that uniform treatment guidelines cannot be advocated. ⋯ STBI patients are fundamentally different based on whether their initial GCS falls into 3-5 or 6-8 category. Recommendations from trials investigating trauma patients with GCS less than nine as one group should be translated with caution to clinical practice.