The American journal of emergency medicine
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To derive and validate a clinical prediction rule of acute congestive heart failure obtainable in the emergency care setting. ⋯ This score of acute congestive heart failure based on easily available and objective variables is entirely standardized. Applying the score to dyspneic adult emergency patients may enable a more rapid and efficient diagnostic process.
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Comparative Study
Computed tomography interpretations in multiply injured patients: comparison of emergency physicians and on-call radiologists.
In this study, emergency physicians and on-call radiologists were compared regarding identification of fatal injuries on computed tomographic (CT) scans in patients with trauma. ⋯ In this study, it was shown that emergency physicians were successful in identifying fatal injuries on trauma CT images after a short-term training on interpretation of trauma CTs.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of thiol/disulfide homeostasis in acute pulmonary embolism (APE) and investigate its compliance to show hospital mortality of patients with APE. ⋯ We have shown that thiol/disulfide homeostasis can be altered during APE and associated with worse hemodynamic parameters, and may be used as a prognostic marker for hospital mortality.