Trauma in the elderly patient

A Atinga, A Shekkeris, M Fertleman… - The British journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Major Trauma Centres and Emergency Departments are treating an increasing number of
elderly trauma patients in the UK. Elderly patients, defined as those over the age of 65 years …

Is basic emergency ultrasound training feasible as part of standard undergraduate medical education?

P Gogalniceanu, Y Sheena, E Kashef… - Journal of surgical …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Bedside ultrasonography is regularly used by surgeons and emergency
physicians to perform focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) in acutely …

[HTML][HTML] Pelvic venous congestion syndrome: female venous congestive syndromes and endovascular treatment options

E Kashef, E Evans, N Patel, D Agrawal… - CVIR …, 2023 - Springer
Pelvic venous congestion syndrome (PVCS) is a common, but underdiagnosed, cause of
chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women. PVCS occurs usually, but not exclusively, in …

Feasibility and safety of remote endovascular catheter navigation in a porcine model

J Bismuth, E Kashef, N Cheshire… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility and safety of a redesigned remotely operated vascular
catheter versus manual catheter manipulation in a porcine model. Methods Following …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of D-dimer, weight, and renal function-adjusted thromboprophylaxis in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

DRJ Arachchillage, C Shi, D Saliu… - … in thrombosis and …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
The activation of inflammatory and coagulation pathways, leading to hypercoagulability with
reduced fibrinolysis, has emerged as pivotal mechanism in development of acute respiratory …

Trauma whole-body MDCT: an assessment of image quality in conventional dual-phase and modified biphasic injection

W Hakim, R Kamanahalli, E Dick… - The British Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To compare the image quality of conventional arterial and portal venous (PV)
phase multidetector CT (MDCT) with two biphasic injection protocols in polytrauma patients …

[HTML][HTML] Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms with a short proximal landing zone using scalloped endografts

A Alsafi, CD Bicknell, N Rudarakanchana… - Journal of vascular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The suitability of the proximal landing zone remains one of the main limitations
to thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). The advent of custom-made scalloped stent …

[HTML][HTML] Four-year results of the Bolton relay proximal scallop endograft in the management of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic pathology with unfavorable …

L Hanna, A Abdullah, E Kashef, C Riga… - Journal of Vascular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Thoracic endovascular aortic repair with a scallop design (scallop-TEVAR) is a
useful treatment strategy to extend the proximal landing zone (PLZ), while maintaining …

Reducing error and improving efficiency during vascular interventional radiology: implementation of a preprocedural team rehearsal

AHM Morbi, MS Hamady, CV Riga, E Kashef… - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine the type and frequency of errors during vascular interventional
radiology (VIR) and design and implement an intervention to reduce error and improve …

Use of advanced imaging techniques during visits to emergency departments—implications, costs, patient benefits/risks

EA Dick, D Varma, E Kashef… - The British journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
25 years ago, on a Friday evening at 9 pm, the emergency department (ED) was full of
patients with a wide range of clinical problems. Their investigations included plain …