Browsing by Subject "emergency medicine"

Patterns, predictors, variations, and temporal trends in emergency medical service hospital prenotification for acute ischemic stroke.

Lin, Cheryl B; Peterson, Eric D; Smith, Eric E; Saver, Jeffrey L; Liang, Li; Xian, Ying; Olson, Daiwai M; ... (11 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2012-08)

BACKGROUND#ENTITYSTARTX02014;: Emergency medical services (EMS) hospital prenotification of an incoming stroke patient is guideline recommended as a means of increasing the timeliness with which stroke patients are evaluated ...

Provocative biomarker stress test: stress-delta N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide.

Limkakeng, Alexander T; Leahy, J Clancy; Griffin, S Michelle; Lokhnygina, Yuliya; Jaffa, Elias; Christenson, Robert H; Newby, L Kristin (Open Heart, 2018-01)

Objective:Stress testing is commonly performed in emergency department (ED) patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We hypothesised that changes in N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) ...

The Burden of Non-communicable Disease in Low-Income Countries: A Retrospective Analysis of Casualty Department Injury Patterns in Moshi, Tanzania

Casey, Erica Rae (2011)

Injuries represent a significant and growing public health concern in the developing world. Road traffic injuries in particular contribute to a large extent the increasing number of injury victims in low-income countries. ...