Ugeskrift for laeger
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Jun 2014
Review[Assessment of the prognosis in patients who remain comatose after resuscitation from cardiac arrest].
In Denmark there are around 3,500 unexpected cardiac arrests (CA) out of hospital each year. There is an unknown number of CA in hospitals. ⋯ The purpose of this work is to disseminate new knowledge and to help standardizing the treatment in the group of patients who remain comatose after being resuscitated from CA. Assessment of the prognosis for a patient in this group can be made after 72 hours and a multi-modal approach to the patient is required.
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Burn wounds (ambustio) in children are frequent and occur in about 5% of all children and in about half of these before the age of three. The majority of the burn wounds in children occur at home, most frequently in the kitchen or the bathroom. ⋯ Hair-dryers have become widely used in drying soar baby buttoms. Therefore, professionals as well as parents should be better informed about the potential risks of using hair-dryers for this purpose.