Danish medical journal
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Danish medical journal · Nov 2012
High dosage of dextran 70 is associated with severe bleeding in patients admitted to the intensive care unit for septic shock.
Synthetic colloids are frequently used in fluid resuscitation of septic patients. Despite this, little is known about the potential side effects including the risk of renal failure and bleeding. As practice has changed, we performed a before-and-after study of fluid resuscitation and outcome in patients with septic shock. ⋯ not relevant.
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Amputation is followed by both painful and non-painful phantom phenomena in a large number of amputees. Non-painful phantom sensations rarely pose any clinical problem, but 60-80% of all amputees also experience painful sensations (i.e. phantom pain) located to the missing limb. The severity of phantom pain usually decreases with time, but severe pain persists in 5-10% of patients. ⋯ Supraspinal factors are also important for pain after amputation as catastrophizing was associated with phantom pain (X). In conclusion, the present doctoral thesis confirmed and expanded the findings by others that several mechanisms are involved in the development and maintenance of phantom pain. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms will hopefully lead to improved treatment of pain after amputation in the future.
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Danish medical journal · Oct 2012
Multicenter StudyData from clinical database on septic shock are valid.
Clinical databases have become important tools in intensive care. Disease severity and organ dysfunction scoring systems are registered in the databases, including the Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) and the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and accuracy of a clinical database on intensive care unit (ICU) patients. ⋯ not relevant.
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Danish medical journal · Oct 2012
Comparative StudyTime telling devices used in Danish health care are not synchronized.
Many patients begin their encounter with the health-care services in an ambulance. In some critical patients, it is pivotal that the timing of treatment and events is registered correctly. When patients are transferred from one health care provider to another, there is a risk that the time telling devices used are not synchronized. It has never been examined if this is a problem in Denmark. We performed the present study to examine if time telling devices used in the pre-hospital setting were synchronized with devices used in emergency departments. ⋯ not relevant.
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Danish medical journal · Sep 2012
Need for more clear parental recommendations regarding foreign body aspiration in children.
Foreign body (FB) aspiration is a common cause of respiratory emergency in early childhood and is associated with a high rate of airway distress. FB aspiration peaks at the age of 1-2 years. Factors placing children at higher risk include incomplete dentition, immature swallowing coordination and the tendency to be easily distracted while eating. Symptoms may vary from an un-affected child to impending airway failure. Mucosal cough receptors often accommodate and the child may be asymptomatic when evaluated. ⋯ not relevant.