Presenting Symptoms of Urological Emergencies -- Lower Urinary Tract Emergencies -- Nontraumatic Renal Emergencies -- Other Infective Urological Emergencies -- Traumatic Urological Emergencies -- Scrotal and Genital Emergencies -- Postoperative Emergencies After Urological Surgery -- Ureteric Colic in Pregnancy -- Management of Urological Neoplastic Conditions Presenting as Emergencies -- Commo…
Generalities -- Basic Notions -- The Ultrasound Equipment -- Specific Notions of Ultrasound in the Critically Ill -- General Ultrasound: Normal Patterns -- Organ by Organ Analysis -- Peritoneum -- Gastrointestinal Tract -- Liver -- Gallbladder -- Urinary Tract -- The Retroperitoneal Space -- Spleen, Adrenals, and Lymph Nodes -- Upper Extremity Central Veins -- Inferior Vena Cava -- Lower Extrem…
Introduction, Background, and Science -- The International Small Arms Situation: A Public Health Approach -- Guns and Bullets -- Bombs, Mines, Blast, Fragmentation, and Thermobaric Mechanisms of Injury -- Ballistic Protection -- Forensic Aspects of Ballistic Injury -- Ballistic Trauma, Armed Violence, and International Law -- Clinical Care -- Prehospital Care -- Resuscitation and Anesthesia for…
Epidemiology and Therapy of Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism -- Epidemiology of Pulmonary Embolism in Japan -- Thrombolytic Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Toward the End of a Long-Lasting Debate? -- The Efficacy of Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis in the Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis -- Thrombolysis During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients…
Presentation and Pathophysiology of Seizures in the Critical Care Environment -- Stroke and Critical Care Seizures -- Traumatic Brain Injury and Seizures in the ICU -- Brain Tumors and ICU Seizures -- Global Hypoxia-Ischemia and Critical Care Seizures -- Seizures in Renal and Hepatic Failure and Endocrine Disease -- Seizures in Organ Transplant Recipients -- Extreme Hypertension, Eclampsia, and…
Evidence based neurorehabilitation -- Evidence based medicine in neurological rehabilitation — a critical review -- Quality management in traumatic brain injury (TBI) Lessons from the prospective study in 6.800 patients after acute TBI in respect of neurorehabilitation -- Posttraumatic epilepsy with special emphasis on prophylaxis and prevention -- Swallowing therapy — a prospective study o…
Session 1 -- The Contribution of Accident Investigation Research to Biomechanics -- Modeling the Effects of Blast on the Human Thorax Using High Strain Rate Viscoelastic Properties of Human Tissue -- Preliminary Analysis of Blunt Ballistic Impacts to the Abdomen -- Development of an Assessment Methodology for Lower Leg Injuries Resulting from Anti-Vehicular Blast Landmines -- Occupant Lower Leg…
Generalities -- Basic Notions -- The Ultrasound Equipment -- Specific Notions of Ultrasound in the Critically Ill -- General Ultrasound: Normal Patterns -- Organ by Organ Analysis -- Peritoneum -- Gastrointestinal Tract -- Liver -- Gallbladder -- Urinary Tract -- The Retroperitoneal Space -- Spleen, Adrenals, and Lymph Nodes -- Upper Extremity Central Veins -- Inferior Vena Cava -- Lower Extrem…
Incidence and Pathogenesis -- Clinical Features -- Investigations -- Diagnostic Criteria -- Treatment: Prophylaxis -- Treatment: Antimicrobial Therapy -- Cardiac Surgery in Infective Endocarditis -- Prognosis.Infective endocarditis is a condition that still carries a high morbidity and mortality rate despite modern antibiotics and surgical treatment. The infection, usually caused by bacteria, i…
Respiratory Failure -- Exacerbations of COPD: The Role of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation -- Acute Respiratory Failure after Abdominal Surgery -- Tracheostomy in Critically Ill Patients: The Right Technique in the Right Patient -- Percutaneous Tracheostomy: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives -- Acute Lung Injury -- Role of iNOS-derived Excessive Nitric Oxide in the Pathogenesis of Acute Lun…