The coma duration was assessed from the date of the index arrest until the patient followed verbal commands. The functional outcomes at discharge were measured using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS), ...

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The management and prognosis of conditions impairing neurologic function is highly dependent on the severity (in this case, depth of coma) and especially on its etiology. Comatose children differ ...

alfred.org.au Introduction Pre-hospital intubation by paramedics is widely used in comatose patients prior to transportation to hospital, but the optimal technique for intubation is uncertain. One ...

Sixty one HIV infected patients aged 4–15 years attending the clinic for routine care, and an equal number of age matched children with no chronic disease were recruited. Each child was asked to grade ...

Objective To develop a short self-report instrument for the assessment of expectations (Expectation for Treatment Scale(ETS)) using acupuncture as a case example. Design A cross-sectional assessment ...

Female gender and antithrombotic use were associated with decreased scores in dimensions of pain/discomfort and usual activity ... Demographics and clinical characteristics were recorded at patient ...

nwhcn.org.au) Objective—To determine whether minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale (VAS) pain score varies according to the severity of pain reported. Method—Prospective ...

For the analysis, participants were asked to rate the intensity of pain they felt when suffering the problem on a scale of 0 to 10. Surprisingly, childbirth came in at only 7.2. Patients ...

Ideally, treatment at a pain clinic is patient-centric, but in reality, this may depend on the institution's available resources. Currently, there are no established standards for the types of ...

Objective NEWS2 (RCP 2017) 1 recommends use of ‘SpO2 Scale 2’ in patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure (usually due to COPD) to aim target saturations of 88–92%. We aimed to identify if COPD ...

The patient was evaluated using JFK coma recovery scale—revised (CRS-R) and showed no improvement within 1 month ... with no signs of attention or visual tracking and expressed an auditory panic and ...