abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 10% of the Norwegian population is injured every year, with injuries ranging from minor injuries treated by general practitioners to major and complex injuries requiring specialist in-hospital care. There is a lack of knowledge concerning the caseload of potentially severely injured patients in...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Uleberg O,Vinjevoll OP,Kristiansen T,Klepstad P

更新日期：2014-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency Department demand continues to rise in almost all high-income countries, including those with universal coverage and a strong primary care network. Many of these countries have been experimenting with innovative methods to stem demand for acute care, while at the same time providing much needed services that...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Mason S,Mountain G,Turner J,Arain M,Revue E,Weber EJ

更新日期：2014-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Amberg-Schwandorf Algorithm for Primary Triage (ASAV) is a novel primary triage concept specifically for physician manned emergency medical services (EMS) systems. In this study, we determined the diagnostic reliability and the time requirements of ASAV triage. METHODS:Seven hundred eighty triage runs p...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Wolf P,Bigalke M,Graf BM,Birkholz T,Dittmar MS

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Together with the ambulances staffed with emergency medical technicians (EMTs), general practitioners (GPs) on call are the primary resources for handling emergencies outside hospitals in Norway. The benefit of the GP accompanying the ambulance to pre-hospital calls is a matter of controversy in Norway. The ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Hjortdahl M,Zakariassen E,Wisborg T

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are three different types of ambulance systems, all of which can manage the same secondary intensive care patient transport mission: road ambulance, rotor-wing ambulance, and fixed-wing ambulance. We hypothesized that costs for specific transport distances would differ between systems. We aimed to anal...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Brändström H,Winsö O,Lindholm L,Haney M

更新日期：2014-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Major bile leak after blunt liver trauma is rare but challenging. It usually requires endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) for management. However, there is still lack of specific indications. The aim of this study is to elucidate risk factors for major bile leak and indications for early ERC after bl...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Yuan KC,Wong YC,Fu CY,Chang CJ,Kang SC,Hsu YP

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single-pass, contrast-enhanced whole body multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) emerged as the diagnostic standard for evaluating patients with major trauma. Modern iterative image algorithms showed high image quality at a much lower radiation dose in the non-trauma setting. This study aims at investigati...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Stengel D,Ottersbach C,Kahl T,Nikulka C,Güthoff C,Hartel T,Hünnebeck S,Ekkernkamp A,Mutze S

更新日期：2014-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 19 Norwegian Emergency medical communication centres (EMCCs) use Norwegian Index for medical emergency assistance (Index) as dispatch guidelines. Little is known about the use of Index, nor its validity. We aimed to document the epidemiology of contacts made to the public emergency medical phone number a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Ellensen EN,Hunskaar S,Wisborg T,Zakariassen E

更新日期：2014-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The primary aim of this study was to describe the frequency of pulmonary infiltrates on chest X-ray (CXR) during community acquired Gram-negative bacteremia at a single centre in Denmark. METHODS:The patients were retrospectively identified from the laboratory information system and clinical and radiologica...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Fjeldsøe-Nielsen H,Gjeraa K,Berthelsen BG,Dessau RB

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A common dilemma in the management of pelvic fractures is recognizing the presence of associated abdominal injury. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between initial therapeutic intervention (laparotomy or transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE)) and mortality. METHODS:This was a c...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Katsura M,Yamazaki S,Fukuma S,Matsushima K,Yamashiro T,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The EndoFlex is a new type of tracheal tube with an adjustable distal tip that can be bent without the use of a stylet. The aim of this study was to compare a standard endotracheal tube with the EndoFlex tracheal tube for intubation in patients with simulated cervical spine injury. METHODS:A group of 60 pat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Gaszynska E,Stankiewicz-Rudnicki M,Wieczorek A,Gaszynski T

更新日期：2013-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coagulopathy often develops in patients with serious trauma and is correlated with the clinical outcome. The contribution of platelet activity and endothelial dysfunction to trauma-induced coagulopathy remain to be defined. The purpose of this study was to investigate the time courses of soluble P-selectin (...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Tang N,Yin S,Sun Z,Pan Y

更新日期：2013-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delayed admission to appropriate care has been shown increase mortality following traumatic brain injury (TBI). We investigated factors associated with delayed admission to a hospital with neurosurgical expertise in a cohort of TBI patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:A retrospective analysis ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Raj R,Siironen J,Kivisaari R,Kuisma M,Brinck T,Lappalainen J,Skrifvars MB

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of rescue breathing on neurologic prognosis after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is controversial. Therefore, we investigated the cerebral microcirculatory and oxygen metabolism during continuous compression (CC) and 30:2 CPR (VC) in a porcine model of cardiac arrest to determine which is bet...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Yang L,Wang S,Li CS

更新日期：2013-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An emergency cricothyrotomy is the last-resort in most airway management protocols and is performed when it is not possible to intubate or ventilate a patient. This situation can rapidly prove fatal, making it important to identify the best method to establish a secure airway. We conducted a systematic revie...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Langvad S,Hyldmo PK,Nakstad AR,Vist GE,Sandberg M

更新日期：2013-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) improves out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival. In settings with prolonged ambulance response times, skilled bystanders may be even more crucial. In 2010, American Heart Association (AHA) and European Resuscitation Council (ERC) introduced compression-only CPR as ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Orkin AM

更新日期：2013-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of the study was to evaluate the early changes in pituitary hormone levels after severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) and compare hormone levels to basic neuro-intensive care data, a systematic scoring of the CT-findings and to evaluate whether hormone changes are related to outcome. METHODS:Prospective...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Olivecrona Z,Dahlqvist P,Koskinen LO

更新日期：2013-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:After the Metropolitan Traffic Police, Kathmandu initiated a "No Drinking and Driving" policy in 2011 in which a major intervention for intoxicated drivers was mandatory 1-hour class to modify drunk driving behaviors, reports show that the number of road traffic accidents in the year 2012 decreased by 23 percent from ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Basnet B,Vohra R,Bhandari A,Pandey S

更新日期：2013-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some comprehensive cancer centers in industrialized countries have reported improved outcomes in their cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) patients. Little is known about the outcomes and predictors of CPA in cancer centers in other parts of the world. The objective of this study was to examine the predictors of CP...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Khasawneh FA,Kamel MT,Abu-Zaid MI

更新日期：2013-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Population estimates projects a significant increase in the geriatric population making elderly trauma patients more common. The geriatric trauma patients experience higher incidence of pre-existing medical conditions, impaired age-dependent physiologic reserve, use potent drugs and suffer from trauma system related s...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Rehn M

更新日期：2013-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the efforts of the modern Emergency Medical Service Systems (EMS), survival rates for sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have been poor as approximately 10% of OHCA patients survive hospital discharge. Many aspects of OHCA have been studied, but few previous reports on OHCA have documented ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Hiltunen P,Kuisma M,Silfvast T,Rutanen J,Vaahersalo J,Kurola J,Finnresusci Prehospital Study Group.

更新日期：2012-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Time is a crucial factor in an emergency department and the effectiveness of diagnosing depends on, among other things, the accessibility of rapid reported laboratory test results; i.e.: a short turnaround time (TAT). Former studies have shown a reduced time to action when point of care technologies (POCT) a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Nørgaard B,Mogensen CB

更新日期：2012-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study prospectively assesses clinical characteristics and management of consecutive minimal, mild and moderate head injury patients referred for CT scans. Compliance with the Scandinavian head injury guidelines and possible reasons for non-compliance is explored. METHODS:From January 16th 2006 to Janua...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Strand IH,Solheim O,Moen KG,Vik A

更新日期：2012-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In former studies from North America early Do-Not-Resuscitate orders (DNR orders) in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) had negative prognostic impact on mortality. The influence of DNR orders on functional outcome and whether DNR orders are grounded on relevant patient characteristics is unknow...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Brizzi M,Abul-Kasim K,Jalakas M,Selariu E,Pessah-Rasmussen H,Zia E

更新日期：2012-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a simple approach to emergency burr hole evacuation of extra-axial intracranial haematoma that can be used in the uncommon situation when life saving specialist neurosurgical intervention is not available. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Wilson MH,Wise D,Davies G,Lockey D

更新日期：2012-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bystander resuscitation plays an important role in lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A significant reduction in the "no-flow-time", quantitatively better chest compressions and an improved quality of ventilation can be demonstrated during CPR using supraglottic airway devices (SADs). Previous s...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Schälte G,Stoppe C,Rossaint R,Gilles L,Heuser M,Rex S,Coburn M,Zoremba N,Rieg A

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Formalized trauma systems have shown beneficial effects on patient survival and have harvested great recognition among health care professionals. In spite of this, the implementation of trauma systems is challenging and often met with resistance.Recommendations for a national trauma system in Norway were pub...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Kristiansen T,Ringdal KG,Skotheimsvik T,Salthammer HK,Gaarder C,Naess PA,Lossius HM

更新日期：2012-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severely injured trauma patients are exposed to clinically significant radiation doses from computed tomography (CT) imaging in the emergency department. Moreover, this radiation exposure is associated with an increased risk of cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine some effects of a radiation do...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Kim SH,Jung SE,Oh SH,Park KN,Youn CS

更新日期：2011-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Exsanguination due to uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of potentially preventable deaths among trauma patients. About one third of trauma patients present with coagulopathy on admission, which is associated with increased mortality and will aggravate bleeding in a traumatized patient. Thrombelast...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Nystrup KB,Windeløv NA,Thomsen AB,Johansson PI

更新日期：2011-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Report a nationwide epidemic of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O103:H25 causing hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+HUS) in children. METHODS:Description of clinical presentation, complications and outcome in a nationwide outbreak. RESULTS:Ten children (median age 4.3 years) developed HUS during the outbrea...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Krogvold L,Henrichsen T,Bjerre A,Brackman D,Dollner H,Gudmundsdottir H,Syversen G,Næss PA,Bangstad HJ

更新日期：2011-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accidental hypothermia increases mortality and morbidity in trauma patients. Various methods for insulating and wrapping hypothermic patients are used worldwide. The aim of this study was to compare the thermal insulating effects and comfort of bubble wrap, ambulance blankets / quilts, and Hibler's method, a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Thomassen Ø,Færevik H,Østerås Ø,Sunde GA,Zakariassen E,Sandsund M,Heltne JK,Brattebø G

更新日期：2011-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In critically ill patients intravascular volume status and pulmonary edema need to be quantified as soon as possible. Many critically ill patients undergo a computed tomography (CT)-scan of the thorax after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). This study investigates whether CT-based estimation of car...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Saugel B,Holzapfel K,Stollfuss J,Schuster T,Phillip V,Schultheiss C,Schmid RM,Huber W

更新日期：2011-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this prospective study was therefore to evaluate the diagnostic value of preoperative serum High Mobility Group Box Protein-1 (HMGB-1) levels in patients with Acute Appendicitis (AA) who show normal white blood cell count (WBC) counts. METHOD:Our study was carried out from October 2010 through No...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Albayrak Y,Albayrak A,Celik M,Gelincik I,Demiryılmaz I,Yildirim R,Ozogul B

更新日期：2011-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trauma patients have impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after trauma. The aim of the study was to assess HRQOL during the first year after trauma and hospital stay in trauma patients admitted to an intensive-care unit (ICU) for >24 hours compared with non-ICU trauma patients and the general popu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Tøien K,Bredal IS,Skogstad L,Myhren H,Ekeberg O

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prehospital advanced airway management, including prehospital endotracheal intubation is challenging and recent papers have addressed the need for proper training, skill maintenance and quality control for emergency medical service personnel. The aim of this study was to provide data regarding airway managem...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Rognås LK,Hansen TM

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is closely linked to the quality of CPR, but in real life, resuscitation during prehospital care and ambulance transport is often suboptimal. Mechanical chest compression devices deliver consistent chest compressions, are not prone to fatigue and could potentiall...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Perkins GD,Woollard M,Cooke MW,Deakin C,Horton J,Lall R,Lamb SE,McCabe C,Quinn T,Slowther A,Gates S,PARAMEDIC trial collaborators.

更新日期：2010-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with traumatic injury of an upper limb it is often necessary to both secure intravenous (IV) access and record blood pressure noninvasively in the other upper limb. This may cause intermittent obstruction to the flow of IV fluids during cuff inflation. Also backflow of blood into the IV tubing when the cuf...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Chaudhary K,Gupta L,Anand R

更新日期：2010-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For healthcare providers in the prehospital setting, bag-valve mask (BVM) ventilation could be as efficacious and safe as endotracheal intubation. To facilitate the evaluation of efficacious ventilation, capnographs have been further developed into small and convenient devices able to provide end- tidal carb...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Lindström V,Svensen CH,Meissl P,Tureson B,Castrén M

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-technical skills are seen as an important contributor to reducing adverse events and improving medical management in healthcare teams. Previous research on the effectiveness of teams has suggested that shared mental models facilitate coordination and team performance. The purpose of the study was to inve...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Westli HK,Johnsen BH,Eid J,Rasten I,Brattebø G

更新日期：2010-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of lung ultrasound (LUS) in ICU is increasing but ultrasonographic patterns of lung are often difficult to quantify by different operators. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and quality of LUS reporting after the introduction of a standardized electronic recording sheet. METHODS:Int...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

authors： Tutino L,Cianchi G,Barbani F,Batacchi S,Cammelli R,Peris A

更新日期：2010-08-12 00:00:00