Title: Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Title: Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

ISO Abbreviated Title:

JCR Abbreviated Title:

ISSN:

Journal Country/Territory:

Language:

Publisher:

Publisher Address:

Subject Categories:

: Impact Factor

Clarys, J.P. (1994), Electrology and localized electrization revisited. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 4 (1), 5-14.

Full Text: J\J Ele Kin4, 5.pdf

Abstract: The pioneers of clinical and kinesiological electromyography are known to be Galvani (1786, 1792), von Humboldt (1797) and Duchenne (de Boulogne) (1855, 1862, 1867, 1872). A bibliometric survery of historical — if possible — original manuscripts have given a lot of information on the works of different scientists related to Electrology, localized electrization which became electromyography. Part of this information has not been verified with an original source, often because the original source cannot be discovered and if found, permission is not always obtained for consulting and/or copying. Historical information is known via fragmented reference in modern literature. Again it is often incomplete and much depends on how the reference was used in the first place. Among most scientists Galvani is considered the oldest source in electromyography (muscular irritation) but many original sources and correspondence indicate that many of his peers were working on the same topic before and during the major Galvani publication (1792). In Belgium and Holland many anatomists and movement scientists know Swammerdam and Boerhaave, (e.g. Kardel, 1990), but this information has never been put into perspective with that of earlier centuries.

Keywords: History, Clinical Electromyography and Kinesiological Electromyography, Bibliometry

Title: Journal of Emergency Medicine

ISO Abbreviated Title:

JCR Abbreviated Title:

ISSN:

Journal Country/Territory:

Language:

Publisher:

Publisher Address:

Subject Categories:

: Impact Factor

Wong, E., Leong, M.K.F., Anantharaman, V., Raman, L., Wee, K.P. and Chao, T.C. (2002), Road traffic accident mortality in Singapore. Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22 (2), 139-146.

Full Text: J\J Eme Med22, 139.pdf

Abstract: The aim of this study was to identify factors that contribute to road traffic accident mortality and the patterns of injuries sustained by these victims, with a view to identifying areas for future intervention. All road traffic accident deaths that occurred in Singapore over a period of I year were reviewed. A total of 226 deaths occurred: 82.3% of the victims were male. The median age was 31 years. Blood alcohol was detected in 42 (18.7%) victims. In general, head (86.7%), followed by thoracic (67.7%) and abdominal (31.4%) injuries, were the most common injuries. Severe lower extremity trauma was most common among pedestrians and pedal cyclists (20.6% and 11.0%, respectively). The mean Injury Severity Score was 38.7. The relative risk of mortality between motorcyclists and motorcar drivers was 18.8: 1. Suggestions for future prevention and intervention include stricter enforcement of speed limits, more severe penalties for drunk driving, helmet use among pedal cyclists, and the introduction of pre-hospital advanced airway management. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc.

Keywords: Road Traffic Accident, Injury Severity Score, Mortality, Trauma, Singapore, Helmet-Use, Trauma Deaths, Epidemiology, Injury

? Carpenter, C.R., Keim, S.M., Seupaul, R.A. and Pines, J.M. (2009), Differentiating low-risk and no-risk pe patients: The perc score. Journal of Emergency Medicine, 36 (3), 317-322.

Abstract: Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains one of the most challenging diagnoses in emergency medicine. The Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria (PERC) score, a decision aid to reliably distinguish low-risk from very low-risk PE patients, has been derived and validated. Clinical Question: Can a subset of patients with sufficiently low risk for PE be identified who require no diagnostic testing? Evidence Review: The PERC score derivation and validation trials were located using PUBMED and Web of Science. A critical appraisal of this research is presented. Results: One single-center and another multi-center validation trial both confirmed that the eight-item PERC score identified a very low-risk subset of patients in whom PE was clinically contemplated with a negative likelihood ratio 0.17 (95% confidence interval 0.11-0.25) in the larger trial. If applied, the rule would have identified 20% of potential PE patients as very low risk. Conclusion: The PERC score provides clinicians with an easily remembered, validated clinical decision rule that allows physicians to forego diagnostic testing for pulmonary embolus in a very low-risk population. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords: Clinical Decision Rules, Critical Appraisal, D-Dimer, D-Dimer, Diagnosis, Emergency Medicine, Emergency-Department, Evidence-Based Medicine, Medicine, Physicians, Probability, Pubmed, Pulmonary Embolism, Ratio, Research, Review, Risk, Rule-Out Criteria, Science, Suspected Pulmonary-Embolism, Validation, Web of Science

? Cabanas, J.G., Brice, J.H., De Maio, V.J., Myers, B. and Hinchey, P.R. (2011), Field-induced therapeutic hypothermia for neuroprotection after out-of hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Emergency Medicine, 40 (4), 400-408.

Abstract: Background: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has started to embrace the early use of therapeutic hypothermia as standard treatment to improve neurological recovery in out-of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors. Objective: We conducted a systematic review to provide an overall description of the current literature on the use of therapeutic hypothermia in OHCA and to identify possible gaps in the literature. Methods: Comprehensive searches of MEDLINE, PUBMED, CINAHL, and ISI Web of Science from 1950 to March 2009, and EMBASE from 1988 to March 2009 were performed. Bibliographies of selected articles were hand searched. Two reviewers independently selected studies on the basis of three inclusion criteria. Two additional independent reviewers assessed selected studies for quality. Results: of more than 800 screened citations, a total of 11 published studies were included in the systematic review. Three studies were conducted in the United States, three in Finland, and one each in Australia, France, Germany, Austria, and Norway. Four of the studies were pilot clinical trials that provided prehospital mild therapeutic hypothermia during active cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The remaining seven studies performed cooling after return of spontaneous circulation. Significant differences in research methodology and outcome measures were noted. Eight studies scored poor for quality. Conclusions: The use of mild therapeutic hypothermia is gaining acceptance within the EMS community. It seems that hypothermia can be efficiently induced in the prehospital environment. There is a need for more research in this area to understand the effectiveness and timing of early therapeutic hypothermia in the prehospital environment. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords: American-Heart-Association, Bibliographies, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary-Resuscitation, Care Committee, Citations, Clinical Trials, Comatose Survivors, Cooling, Effectiveness, Embase, Ems, Environment, European Resuscitation Council, France, Germany, Hospital, Hypothermia, Induced, International Liaison Committee, ISI, Literature, Medline, Methodology, Methods, Mild Hypothermia, Outcome, Prehospital, Prehospital Induction, Pubmed, Research, Review, Science, Significant, Southern Africa, Stroke Foundation, Systematic, Systematic Review, Treatment, Web of Science