Emergencias
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Observational Study
Triage level assignment and nurse characteristics and experience.
To study the relation between nursing staff demographics and experience and their assignment of triage level in the emergency department. ⋯ We found that triage level assignments were related to age, experience, shift, and total number of patients triaged by a nurse.
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Sudden unexpected death in the young, though rare, is devastating for both the family and the community. Although only 1.3 to 8.5 cases of sudden cardiac death (SCD) occur per 100 000 young people, autopsy is often inconclusive. ⋯ Autopsy-negative SCD has been related to inherited arrhythmogenic causes such as long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, Wolff- Parkinson-White syndrome, and idiopathic ventricular fibrillation. The important question for the emergency physician is how SCD can be predicted and prevented in the young so that there is no need for an autopsy.
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Observational Study
Volume expansion and variation in hemodynamic parameters.
To assess correlations among variations in hemodynamic parameters during fluid volume loading. ⋯ The relationships between changes in hemodynamic parameters after fluid loading are complex and must be taken into account if fluids are infused during resuscitation.
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial
Cognitive function and fatigue from cardiopulmonary resuscitation effort in health care professionals: a simulation test.
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Editorial Comment
Acute heart failure: Understanding the patient is essential.