Scand J Trauma Resus
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Scand J Trauma Resus · Sep 2016
Multicenter StudyManagement of suspected acute heart failure dyspnea in the emergency department: results from the French prospective multicenter DeFSSICA survey.
An appropriate diagnostic process is crucial for managing patients with acute heart failure (AHF) in emergency department (ED). Our study aims to describe the characteristics and therapeutic management of patients admitted to the ED for dyspnea suspected to have AHF, their in-hospital pathway of care and their in-hospital outcome. ⋯ DeFSSICA shows that patients admitted for dyspnea suspected to be the consequence of AHF are mostly elderly. The diagnosis of AHF is difficult to ascertain based on clinical presentation in patients with dyspnea. Novel diagnostic techniques such as thoracic ultrasound are warranted to provide the right treatment to the right patients in the ED as early as possible.
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Scand J Trauma Resus · Sep 2016
Multicenter StudyAmbulance helicopter contribution to search and rescue in North Norway.
Search and rescue (SAR) operations constitute a significant proportion of Norwegian ambulance helicopter missions, and they may limit the service's capacity for medical operations. We compared the relative contribution of the different helicopter resources using a common definition of SAR-operation in order to investigate how the SAR workload had changed over the last years. ⋯ The number of SAR missions increased during 2000-2010, and the Tromsø HEMS experienced the greatest increase in workload.