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... scores. Discriminatory power of biomarkers for predicting death ranged between 0.60 for PCT to 0.76 for proADM and 0.79 for proANP. CURB65 and PSI score had AUCs of 0.74 and 0.84, respectively. ... patients with severe CAP, defined as the presence of either one of two major criteria (need for mechanical ventilation, septic shock), the pres- ence of two of three minor criteria (systolic blood pres- sure ... diagnosis of CAP. In a second step, perfor- mance of developed models was extrapolated to patients with non-CAP LRTI (that is, acute bronchitis and exacer- bation of COPD). The primary endpoint of this...

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... electronic ambulance record List of abbreviations ATLS: Advanced Trauma Life Support; EMCC: Emergency Medical Communication Centre; EMS: Emergency medical service; EMT: Emergency medical technician; GCS: ... Competence Centre of Emergency Medicine. We are grateful to Professor Petter Andreas Steen for invaluable discussions on the concept and design of the study as well as for revision of the manuscript. ... beredskap i spesialisthelsetjenesten Norwegian Medical Association. (Office of the Auditor General of Norway: The OAG’s investigation of emergency medical prepardness in the specialist health service)....

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... identified 47 patients for whom ETI was performed immediately upon arrival to the emergency department (ED). This group represented 16% of all intubated patients. Of the ETIs performed in the ED, ... Aeronautics score of 4 - 7 during the period of 1994-2005 from a mixed rural/urban Norwegian HEMS was performed. Results: Among the 1255 cases identified, 238 successful pre-hospital ETIs out of 240 attempts ... C, Zondervan A, Patka P, de Lange JJ: A retrospective analysis of the intubations performed during 5 years of helicopter emergency medical service in Amsterdam. Air Med J 2004, 23:36-37. 19. Sollid...

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... standardization of protocols in the new EMCC organization. Background The emergency medical communication centre (EMCC) and the emergency medical dispatchers (EMD) is a part of the emergency medical ... but historically there is often a lack of structured evaluation of these organization changes. The aim of this study was to evaluate if the performance in emergency medical dispatching changed ... aim of this study was to evaluate if the perfor- mance in emergency medical dispatching changed in a smaller community outside Helsinki after the emergency medical call centre organization reform...

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... prospective before-and-after trial of a medical emergency team. Med J Aust 2003, 179:283-287. 30. Buist MD, Moore GE, Bernard SA, Waxman BP, Anderson JN, Nguyen TV: Effects of a medical emergency ... controlled trial of effect of medical emergency team on postoperative morbidity and mortality rates. Crit Care Med 2004, 32:916- 921. 34. Kenward G, Castle N, Hodgetts T, Shaikh L: Evaluation of a medical emergency ... the documentation of medical emergency team reviews. Crit Care Resusc 2008, 10:29. 22. Jones D, Opdam H, Egi M, Goldsmith D, Bates S, Gutteridge G, Kattula A, Bellomo R: Long-term effect of a Medical Emergency Team...

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... suffered at least loss of one rel- ative, for example, a partner or child, and two mothers of our cohort lost both of their children. The majority of patients com- plained of nightmares, emotional ... closure may be con- sidered medically necessary for patients with complicated sur- gical wounds when both of the following criteria are met: (i) need for accelerated formation of granulation tissue ... airports of arrival for those being evacuated by disaster intervention teams and emergency pastors, coordinated by NOAH (Nachsorge, Opfer- und Angehörigenhilfe), a special division of the Federal Office...

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... and methods of observation in at-risk hospital patients, reinforce the need for adequately trained medical staff to be available 24 hours per day, and provide useful information for allocation of resources ... the circadian pattern of MET activation and to relate it to nursing and medical activities. Method We conducted a retrospective observational study of the time of activation for 2568 incidents of MET attendance. Each ... Gutteridge G: A prospective before-and-after trial of a medical emergency team. Med J Aust 2003, 179:283-287. 5. Lee A, Bishop G, Hillman KM, Daffurn K: The medical emergency team. Anaesth Intensive...

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... scores. Irrespective of the well known shortcomings of the Symptom checklist because of the nonspecific nature of a number of the symptoms asked for and the lack of assessment of functional status ... (±16.5) for the whole study group, 62 (±15.3) for AVNRT, 48 (±17.6) for AVRT and 63 (±13.3) for EAT. With respect to the underlying tachycardia, 66.9% of patients with AVNRT, 75% of patients ... Independent of symptoms, the patients had to rate the perceived success of the ablation procedure in general (very successful, successful, moderately suc- cessful or not successful) . The majority of...

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... continued liability concerns for end users. There is also liability in terms of what must be disclosed for informed consent in case of an emergency. End Users: Challenges for Public Health and Providers ... the case of an emergency, one can broadly treat through that protocol. Tyler Martin, chief medical officer of Dynavax, said that like Chimerix, Dynavax has focused its development efforts on ... Project BioShield Act of 2004, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration may authorize the use of an unapproved medical product, or an unapproved use of an ap- proved medical product,...

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... type of reading for unfamiliar words and concepts, scientific formulate. It can take up to an hour just to read a few lines of text. Reading to study type of reading: The aim of the method of ... improved. Only 5 of 75 students used the skill of guessing word’s meaning by making use of context clues. Nearly half of the students (64 out of 75) used their knowledge of parts of speech to ... benefits of reading completely. 2.1.4 Types of reading and Reading rates: Scanning type of reading: This type is used to look for some printed materials quickly or find a particular piece of information...

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... and offer some specific strategies for their review. The following section will help you create a great atti- tude for playing your best golf. Mind Stuff: Things to Do to Play Great Five Strategies ... way, you take control of the situation instead of allowing the situation to take control of you. Find the most logical and objective way to deal with the circumstances in front of you. Think through ... support for Tiger, it was Tiger who did the day-to-day work. The contribution of Tiger’s 17 02 (013-024B) chapter 2 2/23/04 12:58 PM Page 17 How often have you heard that “the game of golf is...

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... Ease of Doing Business in GDD 41 4.1. Sources of Initial Funding 47 4.2. Sources of Subsequent Funding 48 4.3. Sources of First-Round Outside Funding 52 2 An Outline of Strategies for ... opportunities for them to meet. Networks will allow for more informal information sharing and will help generate ideas. Medium Medium Middle Table S.2—Continued 12 An Outline of Strategies for Building ... and successful entrepreneurs, such a council should provide GDD with valuable advice and form the heart of a network. High Easy Early Table S.1—Continued xiv An Outline of Strategies for...

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... third of the cross-peaks present in the [ 15 N]-HSQC spectrum of the corres- ponding uniformly labelled sample. Not a single case of complete cross-peak overlap was encountered in the case of the ... [ 15 N]-labelled proteins makes it an attractive tool for preliminary studies prior to the production of uniformly [ 15 N ⁄ 13 C]- labelled samples for in-depth NMR analysis. Much information can be gleaned already ... [ 15 N]-labelling, without the need of sequence specific resonance assign- ments [10]. One of the most attractive applications of combina- torial [ 15 N]-labelling, however, may be for the identifi- cation of ligand binding...

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... unique variety of occupations associated with the names of villages, called communes, associated native tradition, survival and development for hundreds of years. Entered a period of renewal ... Number of households - labor small industry production in 2008 (Source: Department of Trade in 2008) After 10 years of re-establishment of small and medium enterprises in the village of Bac ... TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration Abstract Table of content List of figures Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Definitions 1.1 The definition of sustainable development 1.2 Some models of sustainable...

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... modifications of lifestyle are required and sufficient time should be allowed for the effects to take place. Macroeconomic and whole -of- government interventions have been successfully performed for tobacco ... without the benefit of an integrated programme for manag- ing lifestyle. There is thus considerable scope for developing better training for the professionals responsible for treating obese ... growing health challenge for the next generation. ã Overweight and obesity are responsible for about 80% of cases of type 2 diabetes, 35% of ischaemic heart disease and 55% of hypertensive disease...

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