Trauma patients with haemorrhagic shock who only transiently respond or do not respond
to fluid therapy and/or the administration of blood products have exsanguinating injuries. …

Background Sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Early recognition
and treatment of sepsis is associated with improved outcome. The emergency department (…

Background Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel have already made substantial
contributions to improving care for patients with time-dependent illnesses, such as trauma …

Objective To investigate whether an internet based, nurse led vascular risk factor management
programme promoting self management on top of usual care is more effective than usual …

Objective To study whether stopping elastic compression stockings (ECS) after 12 months is
non-inferior to continuing them for 24 months after proximal deep venous thrombosis. …

Background To reduce overutilization of laboratory testing many interventions have been
tried, but selecting the most effective intervention for a given setting is challenging. To be …

Background An ‘unlikely’ clinical decision rule with a negative D‐dimer result safely
excludes pulmonary embolism (PE) in 30% of presenting patients. We aimed to simplify this …

Aims To compare NAFLD prevalence, distribution and its etiologic determinants in patients
with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Methods In this cross-sectional study, …

Aims Assess prevalence of hepatic steatosis (HS) and of fibrosis in an unselected population
of patients with type 1 diabetes. Describe their clinical profile and explore the association …

Background Data on effects of intra-gastric balloon (IGB) on metabolic dysfunction-associated
steatotic liver disease (MASLD) are scarce, in part with contradictory results, and mainly …