Prediction of postinjury multiple-organ failure in the emergency department

Multiple organ dysfunction during resuscitation is not postinjury multiple organ failure.

HYPOTHESIS Multiple organ dysfunction (MOD) within 48 hours of injury is a reversible physiologic response to tissue injury and resuscitation. DESIGN A prospective 10-year inception cohort study ending September 2003. SETTING Regional academic level I trauma center. PATIENTS One thousand two hundred seventy-seven consecutive trauma patients at risk for postinjury multiple organ failure (M...

A 12-year prospective study of postinjury multiple organ failure: has anything changed?

HYPOTHESIS The incidence and severity of postinjury multiple organ failure (MOF) has decreased over the last decade. DESIGN A prospective 12-year inception cohort study ending December 31, 2003. SETTING Regional academic level I trauma center. PATIENTS One thousand three hundred forty-four trauma patients at risk for postinjury MOF. Inclusion criteria were aged older than 15 years, admiss...

Organ donation in the emergency department.

Outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the emergency department

Objective: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique useful in the prevention of death or delaying it in a person with cardiac arrest. In this regard, demographic information about patients who need CPR is vital. Methods: In this cross-sectional study patients with cardiopulmonary arrest or arrhythmias admitted to Imam Reza and Sina ed...

Approach to respiratory failure in emergency department.

OBJECTIVES AND BACKGROUND The goal of this review is to provide update recommendations that can be used by emergency physicians who provide primary cares to patients with Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF), from the admission to an emergency department through the first 24 to 48 hours of hospitalization. This work wants to address the diagnosis and emergency medical care of ARF and the management ...