Results rSO2b increased at 12 hours (p = 0.0039), and rSO2s did not change compared to data immediately after surgery. Deficit base decreased (p = 0.016) and standard bicarbonates increased (p = 0.016) on POD1, lactate decreased (p = 0.0001) and diuresis increased (p = 0.013) on POD2, heart rate decreased (p = 0.035) on POD3. There was no change in systemic arterial blood pressure, left atrial ...

OBJECTIVE To develop a tool for predicting survival to term in babies born more than 8 weeks early using only information available at or before birth. DESIGN 1456 non-malformed very preterm babies of 22-31 weeks' gestation born in 2000-3 in the north of England and 3382 births of 23-31 weeks born in 2000-4 in Trent. OUTCOME Survival to term, predicted from information available at birth, a...

Fiscal vulnerability, like a contagion, poses threat to financial sector stability, which can lead towards sovereign default. This study aimed assess fiscal vulnerability crisis by investigating the Australian economy’s gross public debt, net and liabilities. We used threshold regression model compared results with baseline deficit–debt framework of analysis. The base suggested that economy is ...

Objective. The aim of this study was to identify routinely available clinical surrogate markers for potential clotting factor alterations following multiple trauma. Methods. In 68 patients admitted directly from the scene of the accident, all soluble clotting factors were analyzed and clinical data was collected prospectively. Ten healthy subjects served as control group. Results. Patients show...

OBJECTIVE To assess the performance of central venous oxygen saturation, lactate, base deficit, and C-reactive protein levels and SOFA and SWIFT scores on the day of discharge from the intensive care unit as predictors of patient readmission to the intensive care unit. METHODS This prospective and observational study collected data from 1,360 patients who were admitted consecutively to a clin...

Ionized hypocalcemia is a common finding in critically ill patients, but the relationship between ionized hypocalcemia and mortality risk in trauma patients has not been well established. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of initial ionized calcium (iCa) in predicting mortality in the trauma population, and evaluate its superiority over the three other triage tools: base defici...

INTRODUCTION Acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) is defined as having evidence of coagulopathy in patients with severe trauma. The aim of this preliminary study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of ATC in severely traumatic patients presenting to emergency department (ED). METHODS In this retrospective cross sectional study, all patients with severe traumatic injury and avail...

BACKGROUND Nonvestibular schwannomas of the skull base often represent a challenge owing to their anatomic location. With improved techniques in endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery, resection of various ventral skull base tumors, including schwannomas, has become possible. OBJECTIVE To assess the outcomes of using endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) for nonvestibular schwannomas of the sk...

objectives:  to identify the predictive factors of successful non-operative management of patients with intraperitoneal bleeding following blunt abdominal trauma. methods:  this was cross-sectional study being performed in our level i trauma center in southern iran between 2010 and 2011. we included adult (>14 years) patients with blunt abdominal trauma and intraperitoneal hemorrhage detected b...