Economic and social indicators need to be given more importance in the management of results-oriented rural infrastructure (RSI) order become an integral measure monitoring country’s development. The research aim – prepare test a methodology for assessment RSI condition ensure territorial cohesion. following objectives have been set out: 1) summarize theoretical aspects development context cohe...

BACKGROUND Airway management is a key component of prehospital care for seriously ill and injured patients. Although endotracheal intubation has been a commonly performed prehospital procedure for nearly three decades, the safety and efficacy profile of prehospital intubation has been challenged in the last decade. Reported intubation success rates vary widely, and established benchmarks are la...

INTRODUCTION The Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease has a prevalence of ∼12% of the urban population in Brazil. Koufman proposed the term to designate Laryngeal Pharyngeal Reflux (LPR) symptoms, signs or tissue damage resulting from aggression of the gastrointestinal contents in the upper aerodigestive tract. Belafsky et al proposed a score that points to inflammatory laryngeal signs through video...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of cases suggestive of repetitive strain injury/work-related musculoskeletal disorders (RSI/WRMSD), three decades after restructuring of banking. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study on 356 employees in 27 bank branches of public and private banks in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, between April and August 2009. After crude statistical analysis, adjustm...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Gastroesophageal reflux disease and heartburn negatively impact sleep; the impact of extraesophageal reflux (EER) symptoms on sleep is unknown. This study's goal was to evaluate the association of EER and measures of nasal obstruction, mood, insomnia, hypersomnia, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Tertiary care hospital...

The aims of this study were: To describe the prevalence of Emergency Department (ED) airway management failures requiring rescue maneuvers, to describe successful rescue methods used when the primary method chosen is unsuccessful, and to characterize the roles of emergency physicians and other specialists in rescue airway management. A prospective observational study was conducted of ED airway ...

SIGNIFICANCE Oxidative stress is thought to account for aberrant redox homeostasis and contribute to aging and disease. However, more often than not, administration of antioxidants is ineffective, suggesting that our current understanding of the underlying regulatory processes is incomplete. Recent Advances: Similar to reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species, reactive sulfur speci...

Background Current evidence for the conduct of rapid sequence induction (RSI) is weak. This increases risk clinicians modifying RSI procedure according to personal preferences. Checklists may help increase compliance best practice guidelines and reduce complication rates. Their value during RSI, a critical in anaesthesia, unknown. The aim this study was investigate local frequency RSI-related c...

Editor—We thank Jayaram and Manickam for their e-letter in the BJA online, and also a letter in the Bulletin in response to our article, and note that they identify several important issues relating to airway management in intensive care unit (ICU). We agree that airway interventions in critically ill patients are associated with an increased rate of difficulty and complications. 4 Our survey s...