Background Acute deterioration in critical ill patients is often preceded by changes in physiological
parameters, such as pulse, blood pressure, temperature and respiratory rate. If these …

Objectives : This review and meta-analysis reviews the prognostic value of cardiac magnetic
resonance (CMR) in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Background : Late …

Background Insertion of a central venous catheter (CVC) is common practice in critical care
medicine. Complications arising from CVC placement are mostly due to a pneumothorax or …

Background Ischemic heart disease is a major cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The
role of immediate coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the …

Background Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel have already made substantial
contributions to improving care for patients with time-dependent illnesses, such as trauma …

Importance At present, the choice of noninvasive testing for a diagnosis of significant coronary
artery disease (CAD) is ambiguous, but nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging with single-…

… van de Ven advised and assisted in statistics. Dr. Pijnenburg critically read the manuscript
and assisted in writing. … Van de Ven and Dr. Pijnenburg report no disclosures. Dr. …

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of hospitalisation in infants.
The burden of RSV infection in healthy term infants has not yet been established. Accurate …

Background : Fractional flow reserve (FFR) computation from coronary computed tomography
angiography (CTA) datasets (FFR CT ) has emerged as a promising noninvasive test to …

… The study was performed on February 22, 2017, between 8 am and 5 pm. To stimulate
participation by health care workers and patients, conventional and social media provided some …