Objectives: To determine if a sensitive D-dimer assay can exclude progression to organ dysfunction, death, and intensive care unit (ICU) admission in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with suspected infection, and if increasing levels of D-dimer are predictive of those end points. Methods: The study took place at two academic EDs, both located in tertiary care hospitals. This was a prospective convenience sample of adult patients presenting with ...
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (LM ATL) and the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) have been collaborating to improve methods of pre-hospital documentation. The collaboration is focused on creating a pre-hospital documentation grammar and spoken natural language understanding capability to support a hands-free and eyes-free interaction paradigm. This interaction paradigm will minimize the impact on the field medic during treatment of patients in stressful combat situations. The MediTRA-PH ...
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