OBJECTIVES To determine the current position regarding the use of rapid sequence induction (RSI) by accident and emergency (A&E) medical staff and the attitudes of consultants in A&E and anaesthetics towards this. METHODS A questionnaire was designed that was distributed to consultant anaesthetists and A&E physicians in hospitals receiving over 50,000 new A&E patients per year. RESULTS A to...

Both bacterial symbionts and pathogens rely on their host-sensing mechanisms to activate the biosynthetic pathways necessary for their invasion into host cells. The Gram-negative bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti relies on its RSI (ExoR-ExoS-ChvI) Invasion Switch to turn on the production of succinoglycan, an exopolysaccharide required for its host invasion. Recent whole-genome sequencing effort...

Most recent research on querying and managing data streams has concentrated on traditional data models where the data come in the form of tuples or XML data. Complex types of streaming data, in particular spatio-temporal data, have primarily been investigated in the context of moving objects and location-aware services. In this paper, we study query processing and optimization aspects for strea...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE The diagnosis of repetitive strain injury (RSI) is subjective and solely based on clinical signs and physical examination. The aim of this paper was to assess the usefulness of three-phase bone scintigraphy (TPBS) in diagnosing RSI. DESIGN AND SETTING Prospective study at the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade ...

INTRODUCTION Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia and tracheal intubation (RSI) is an integral part of modern emergency care. Previously, emergency department (ED) RSI has been provided by anaesthetists, but UK emergency physicians are increasingly developing this skill. We undertook a 2-week census of ED RSI to establish a baseline of current practice. METHODS All 115 UK College of Emerge...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of domperidone in combination with omeprazole in the treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) compare to omeprazole alone. MATERIAL AND METHOD A prospective and randomized study included seventy patients with a reflux symptom index (RSI) 13 or more. They received either domperidone 10 mg thrice daily plus omeprazole 20 mg twice daily or omeprazole alone f...

PURPOSE We aimed to test the null hypothesis that relative apparent diffusion coefficient (rADC) and relative signal intensity values (rSI(HASTE)) do not change in the evaluation of placental maturation with advancing gestational age. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-six fetuses with diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) data were enrolled in this retrospective study. Fetuses were...

PURPOSE The pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, safety, and dosing of medications used during the pretreatment and paralysis with induction steps of rapid-sequence intubation (RSI) and the role of the pharmacist in RSI are reviewed. SUMMARY RSI is a process involving the administration of a sedative induction agent and a paralytic agent to facilitate endotracheal intubation. This is a procedure i...

OBJECTIVES To study the current practice of rapid sequence intubations (RSIs) in four different emergency medicine training programmes in the UK. METHODS Observational study design involving four regional training programmes (Wessex, North West, Yorkshire, Avon). Data were collected in real time using a previously piloted survey tool. Data were collected by specialist registrars in emergency ...

This study investigated whether lying requires executive control using a reaction-time based lie test. We hypothesized that (1) goal neglect induced by a long response-stimulus interval (RSI; 5-8s) would make lying harder relative to a short RSI (.2 s) that promoted attentional focus, and (2) participants whose executive control resources were depleted by an initial executive control task would...