BACKGROUND Practice effects are improvements in cognitive test performance associated with repeated administrations of same or similar measures and are traditionally seen as error variance. However, there is growing evidence that practice effects provide clinically useful information. METHODS Within-session practice effects (WISPE) across 2 h were collected from 61 non-consecutive patients re...

BACKGROUND Few data is available on triage of critically ill patients. Because the demand for ICU beds often exceeds their availability, frequently intensivists need to triage these patients in order to equally and efficiently distribute the available resources based on the concept of potential benefit and reasonable chance of recovery. The objective of this study is to evaluate factors influen...

OBJECTIVE To examine the characteristics, expectations, and use of health services of patients who self refer to minor injury units (MIUs). DESIGN Preconsultation questionnaire administered to self referred patients attending with new problems. SETTING Two MIUs in south Kent. MAIN RESULTS Of 312 self referred patients, 265 (84.9%) presented with minor injuries and 47 (15.1%) with illnesse...

Little is known regarding alterations of the renin-angiotensin system in patients referred for cardiac catheterization. Here, we measured plasma levels of active renin and aldosterone in patients referred for cardiac catheterization in order to determine the prevalence of elevated renin, aldosterone, and the aldosterone-renin ratio.A chemiluminescence assay was used to measure plasma aldosteron...

One of the first symptoms of a heart attack can be pain in the teeth and/or jaws. In the case of a heart attack, the presence of pain in the teeth or jaws doesn't mean that there is any dental condition that needs to be treated, in the absence of any pre-existing dental condition. The experience of dentally related pain during a heart attack is a classical example of referred pain which is pain...

introduction: otalgia is one of the complaints which may occur at any age. the etiology of the pain may be in the ear, structures around the ear or other head and neck structures. this is caused by the complex nervous connections in the head and neck areas, the ear, the pharynx and the nose. since understanding the etiologies of referred otalgia can help in the assessment and treatment of the d...

Introduction: Otalgia is one of the complaints which may occur at any age. The etiology of the pain may be in the ear, structures around the ear or other head and neck structures. This is caused by the complex nervous connections in the head and neck areas, the ear, the pharynx and the nose. Since understanding the etiologies of referred otalgia can help in the assessment and treatment of the ...