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  1. Morphologic and biochemical changes occur during red cell storage prior to product expiry, and these changes may hinder erythrocyte viability and function following transfusion. Despite a relatively large body...

    Authors: Marianne J Vandromme, Gerald McGwin Jr and Jordan A Weinberg
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:35
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. Traumatic injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries worldwide. Recent studies suggest that many deaths are preventable if injuries are recognized and treated in an expeditious...

    Authors: Lawrence M Gillman, Chad G Ball, Nova Panebianco, Azzam Al-Kadi and Andrew W Kirkpatrick
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:34
    Content type: Review Published on:

  3. The Bonfils intubation fibrescope is a promising alternative device for securing the airway. We examined the success rate of intubation and the ease of use in standardized simulated difficult airway scenarios ...

    Authors: Tim Piepho, Rüdiger R Noppens, Florian Heid, Christian Werner and Andreas R Thierbach
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:33
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  4. Although disasters and major incidents are difficult to predict, the results can be mitigated through planning, training and coordinated management of available resources. Following a fire in a disco in Gothen...

    Authors: Amir Khorram-Manesh, Annika Hedelin and Per Örtenwall
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:32
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  6. The municipalities are responsible for the emergency primary health care services in Norway. These services include casualty clinics, primary doctors on-call and local emergency medical communication centres (...

    Authors: Erik Zakariassen, Elisabeth Holm Hansen and Steinar Hunskaar
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:30
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  7. Clinicians are often challenged to manage critically ill poison patients. The clinical effects encountered in poisoned patients are dependent on numerous variables, such as the dose, the length of exposure tim...

    Authors: Jennifer S Boyle, Laura K Bechtel and Christopher P Holstege
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:29
    Content type: Review Published on:

  8. Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe soft tissue infection characterized by rapidly progressing necrosis, involving subcutaneous tissues. This rare condition carries high mortality rate and require prompt diagnos...

    Authors: GA Naqvi, SA Malik and W Jan
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:28
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  9. We present a report of a blunt-trauma patient who developed an atypical extrapleural hematoma with hemodynamic instability following a dislocation fracture of the first lumbar vertebra. We successfully treated...

    Authors: Seiji Morita, Tomoatsu Tsuji, Tomokazu Fukushima, Takeshi Yamagiwa, Hiroyuki Otsuka and Sadaki Inokuchi
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:27
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  10. A hospital's capacity and preparedness is one of the important parts of disaster planning. Hospital-related incidents, a new phenomenon in Swedish healthcare, may lead to ambulance diversions, increased waitin...

    Authors: Amir Khorram-Manesh, Annika Hedelin and Per Örtenwall
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:26
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  13. Continuous monitoring of central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) has been proposed as a prognostic indicator in several pathological conditions, including cardiac diseases, sepsis, trauma. To our knowledge, no s...

    Authors: Alessandro Di Filippo, Chiara Gonnelli, Lucia Perretta, Giovanni Zagli, Rosario Spina, Marco Chiostri, Gian Franco Gensini and Adriano Peris
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:23
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  14. To evaluate the feasibility and safety of non-operative management (NOM) of blunt abdominal trauma in a district general hospital with middle volume trauma case load.

    Authors: George A Giannopoulos, Iraklis E Katsoulis, Nikolaos E Tzanakis, Panayotis A Patsaouras and Michalis K Digalakis
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:22
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  15. The challenges of end-of-life care require emergency physicians to utilize a multifaceted and dynamic skill set. Such skills include medical therapies to relieve pain and other symptoms near the end-of-life. P...

    Authors: Eric A Savory and Catherine A Marco
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:21
    Content type: Review Published on:

  16. Necrotizing myositis is a rare and fatal disease of skeletal muscles caused by group A beta hemolytic streptococci (GABHS). Its early detection by advanced imaging forms the basis of current management strateg...

    Authors: Ramanathan Saranga Bharathi, Vinay Sharma, Rohit Sood, Arunava Chakladar, Pragnya Singh and Deep Kumar Raman
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:20
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  17. Penetrating abdominal injuries have been traditionally managed by routine laparotomy. New understanding of trajectories, potential for organ injury, and correlation with advanced radiographic imaging has allow...

    Authors: Muhammad U Butt, Nikolaos Zacharias and George C Velmahos
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:19
    Content type: Review Published on:

  18. A large proportion of patients who suffer from out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outside home are theoretically candidates for public access defibrillation (PAD). We describe the change in characteristics ...

    Authors: Mattias Ringh, Johan Herlitz, Jacob Hollenberg, Mårten Rosenqvist and Leif Svensson
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:18
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  20. First responders are recommended as a supplement to the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in order to achieve early defibrillation. Practical and organisational aspects are essential when trying to implement ne...

    Authors: Christian Bjerre Høyer and Erika Frischknecht Christensen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:16
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  21. Although disaster simulation trainings were widely used to test hospital disaster plans and train medical staff, the teaching performance of the instructors in disaster medicine training has never been evaluat...

    Authors: Masahiro Wakasugi, Heléne Nilsson, Johan Hornwall, Tore Vikström and Anders Rüter
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:15
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  22. Burn injury and its subsequent multisystem effects are commonly encountered by acute care practitioners. Resuscitation is the major component of initial burn care and must be managed to restore and preserve re...

    Authors: David J Dries
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:14
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  23. Diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) is a highly accurate test for evaluating intraperitoneal hemorrhage or a ruptured hollow viscus, but is performed less frequently today due to the increased use of focused ab...

    Authors: Jill S Whitehouse and John A Weigelt
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  24. The scientific evidence of a beneficial effect of physicians in prehospital treatment is scarce. The objective of this systematic review of controlled studies was to examine whether physicians, as opposed to p...

    Authors: Morten T Bøtker, Skule A Bakke and Erika F Christensen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:12
    Content type: Review Published on:

  25. Illicit cocaine consumption in Spain is one of the highest in Europe. Our objective was to study the incidence of undisclosed cocaine consumption in patients attending in two Spanish Emergency Departments for ...

    Authors: Guillermo Burillo-Putze, Beatriz López, Juan María Borreguero León, Miquel Sánchez Sánchez, Martin García González, Alberto Domínguez Rodriguez, Eva Vallbona Afonso, Alejandro Jiménez Sosa and Oscar Mirò
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:11
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  26. "Intra-abdominal hypertension", the presence of elevated intra-abdominal pressure, and "abdominal compartment syndrome", the development of pressure-induced organ-dysfunction and failure, have been increasingl...

    Authors: Michael L Cheatham
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:10
    Content type: Review Published on:

  27. Medical emergency motorcycles (MEM) can be used in time-critical conditions like cardiac arrest and multi-traumatized patients in an attempt to reduce the response time. Other potential benefits with MEM are m...

    Authors: Anders Rostrup Nakstad, Bjørn Bjelland and Mårten Sandberg
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:9
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  32. Authors: Thomas C König, Timothy Morris, Christine Gaarder, Marc Maegele, Carel Goslings, Shuba Allard, Mitchell Cohen, Jean Francois Pittet, Pär Johansson, Simon Stanworth and Karim Brohi
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17(Suppl 1):O1
    Content type: Oral presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  33. Chest injuries were reported as early as 3000 BC in the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus. Ancient Greek chronicles reveal that they had anatomic knowledge of the thoracic structures. Even in the ancient world, mos...

    Authors: Patrizio Petrone and Juan A Asensio
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:8
    Content type: Review Published on:

  34. Three young men were trapped in a car at the bottom of a canal at two meters depth, after losing control of their vehicle. They were brought up by rescue divers and found in cardiac arrest. One of three patien...

    Authors: Hans Friberg and Malin Rundgren
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:7
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  35. In three previous Norwegian studies conducted between 1974 and 1993, the annual incidence rates of hospital admitted head injuries were 236, 200 and 169 per 100,000 population. The aim of this study was to des...

    Authors: Ben Heskestad, Roald Baardsen, Eirik Helseth, Bertil Romner, Knut Waterloo and Tor Ingebrigtsen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:6
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  36. Use of inhaled nitric oxide in humans with traumatic brain injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome has twice previously been reported to be beneficial. Here we report a third case. We propose that INO m...

    Authors: Thomas J Papadimos, Azedine Medhkour and Sooraj Yermal
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:5
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  38. Trauma is the most prevalent cause of death in the young. Insight into cause and time of fatal pediatric and adolescent trauma is important for planning trauma care and preventive measures. Our aim was to anal...

    Authors: Kjetil Søreide, Andreas J Krüger, Christian L Ellingsen and Kjell E Tjosevik
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:3
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  39. Coagulation complications are significant contributors to morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Although the lethal triad of hypothermia, acidosis and coagulopathy has been recognized for over a decade, ...

    Authors: Wenjun Zhou Martini
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:2
    Content type: Review Published on:

  40. Field triage is important for regional trauma systems providing high sensitivity to avoid that severely injured are deprived access to trauma team resuscitation (undertriage), yet high specificity to avoid res...

    Authors: Marius Rehn, Torsten Eken, Andreas Jorstad Krüger, Petter Andreas Steen, Nils Oddvar Skaga and Hans Morten Lossius
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:1
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  41. The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Program was developed to teach doctors one safe, reliable method to assess and initially manage the trauma patient. The ATLS principles represents an organized approach ...

    Authors: Kjetil Søreide
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:19
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  42. Immediate start of basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and early defibrillation have been highlighted as crucial for survival from cardiac arrest, but despite new knowledge, new technology and massive pe...

    Authors: Laila A Hopstock
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:18
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  43. Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a key component in the care of critically ill and injured patients. Weaning from MV constitutes a major challenge in intensive care units (ICUs). Any delay in weaning may increas...

    Authors: Britt Sætre Hansen, Wenche Torunn Mathiesen Fjælberg, Odd Bjarte Nilsen, Hans Morten Lossius and Eldar Søreide
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:17
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  44. Low energy trauma to the upper extremity is rarely associated with a significant vascular injury. Due to the low incidence, a high level of suspicion combined with appropriate diagnostic algorithms are mandato...

    Authors: Jonathan T Bravman, Kyros Ipaktchi, Walter L Biffl and Philip F Stahel
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  45. Pre-notification of an arriving trauma patient, given by transporting emergency medical unit, is needed in terms of facilitating the admitting emergency department to get ready for the patient before the patie...

    Authors: Lauri E Handolin and Juhapetteri Jääskeläinen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:15
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  46. Isolated non-skeletal injuries of the cervical spine are rare and frequently missed. Different evaluation algorithms for C-spine injuries, such as the Canadian C-spine Rule have been proposed, however with str...

    Authors: Timo M Ecker, Mark Kleinschmidt, Luca Martinolli, Heinz Zimmermann and Aristomenis K Exadaktylos
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:14
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  47. Serum protein S-100B determinations have been widely proposed in the past as markers of traumatic brain injury and used as a predictor of injury severity and outcome. The purpose of this prospective observatio...

    Authors: Lorin M Benneker, Christoph Leitner, Luca Martinolli, Kretschmer Robert, Heinz Zimmermann and Aristomenis K Exadaktylos
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:13
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  48. We present a patient with sudden onset progressive shortness of breath and no history of trauma, who rapidly became haemodynamically compromised with a pneumothorax and pleural effusion seen on chest radiograp...

    Authors: Benjamin Oliver Patterson, Sarah Itam and Fey Probst
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:12
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  49. In the early minutes of cardiac arrest, timing of defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation during the basic life support phase (BLS CPR) is debated. Aims of this study were to provide in-hospital incid...

    Authors: Eirik Skogvoll and Trond Nordseth
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:11
    Content type: Original research Published on:

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