Boot camp approach to surgical residency preparation: feedback from a French university hospital by Etienne Buscail, Fabrice Muscari, Aurélien Hostalrich, Manon Bolzinger, Sandra Malavaud, Vincent Minville, Charlotte Martin, Magali Delhoste, Charles Henri Houze-Cerfon, Simon Buscail, Bruno Bastiani, Mathieu Roumiguié, Ariane Weyl, Nicolas Carrère, Olivier Abbo

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Importance of nutritional assessment tools in the critically ill patient: A systematic review by Vicente Domenech-Briz, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Michal Czapla, Michal Czapla, Elena Chover-Sierra, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Ivan Santolalla Arnedo, Ivan Santolalla Arnedo, Víctor J. Villanueva-Blasco, Víctor J. Villanueva-Blasco, Juan Luis Sánchez-González, Antonio Martínez-Sabater

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Variability in Oral Iron Prescription and the Effect on Spanish Mothers’ Health: A Prospective Longitudinal Study by Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández, José Antonio García-Erce, Francisco José Rodríguez-Velasco, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Teresa Sufrate-Sorzano, María Elena Garrote-Cámara, Raquel Urra-Martínez, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Michał Czapla, Iván Santolalla-Arnedo

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Program of Uncontrolled Donation After Circulatory Death as Potential Solution to the Shortage of Organs: A Canadian Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study by D'Aragon F, Lachance O, Lafleur V, Ortega-Deballon I, Masse MH, Trepanier G, Lamarche D, Battista MC

“…Frederick D’Aragon,1,2 Olivier Lachance,1 Vincent Lafleur,1 Ivan Ortega-Deballon,3,4 Marie-Helene Masse,5 Gabrielle Trepanier,6 Daphnee Lamarche,1 Marie-Claude Battista5 1Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; 2Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; 3Nursing Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain; 4Helicopter & Nursing Care Unit, Emergency Medical Service SUMMA 112, Madrid, Spain; 5Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; 6Department of Family Medicine and Emergency, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, CanadaCorrespondence: Frederick D’Aragon, 3001 12e Avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, J1H 5N4, Canada, Tel +1 819 821-8000 ext. 70103, Email Frederick.D’Aragon@USherbrooke.caPurpose: Worldwide, the number of patients waiting for organ transplantation exceeds the number of organs available. …”
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Stroke pathway performance assessment: a retrospective observational study by Jacopo Camporesi, Silvia Strumia, Andrea Di Pilla, Matteo Paolucci, Diego Orsini, Chiara Assorgi, Maria Gabriella Cacciuttolo, Maria Lucia Specchia

“…Moreover, health education initiatives involving all the stakeholders should be promoted, also by using social media, to increase population awareness on timely recognition of stroke signs and symptoms and emergence medical services usage.…”
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Efficacy and Safety of Tranexamic Acid in Emergency Trauma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mahdi Al-Jeabory, Lukasz Szarpak, Kecskes Attila, Michael Simpson, Adam Smereka, Aleksandra Gasecka, Wojciech Wieczorek, Michal Pruc, Maciej Koselak, Wladyslaw Gawel, Igor Checinski, Milosz J. Jaguszewski, Krzysztof J. Filipiak

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Admissions to the Emergency Department Due to Atrial Fibrillation/Atrial Flutter Incidents during the Third Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic by Goutam Chourasia, Dorota Zyśko, Joanna Wizowska, Paweł Wróblewski, Katarzyna Madziarska, Kacper Wróbel, Wojciech Timler, Remigiusz Kozłowski, Michał Marczak, Dariusz Timler

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The Influence of COVID-19 on Out-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Karol Bielski, Agnieszka Szarpak, Miłosz Jaroslaw Jaguszewski, Tomasz Kopiec, Jacek Smereka, Aleksandra Gasecka, Przemysław Wolak, Grazyna Nowak-Starz, Jaroslaw Chmielewski, Zubaid Rafique, Frank William Peacock, Lukasz Szarpak

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Spanish version of the Heart Failure Somatic Perception Scale (HFSPS v.3) – psychometric properties by Rosa Antonio-Oriola, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Michal Czapla, Angela Durante, Marco Di Nitto, José Vicente Benavent-Cervera, Carlos Saus-Ortega, Noelia Navas-Echazarreta, Ana Cobos-Rincón, Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido, Ivan Santolalla-Arnedo, Vicente Gea-Caballero

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Nursery Assistants' Performance and Knowledge on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Impact of Simulation-Based Training by Fabien Beaufils, Fabien Beaufils, Fabien Beaufils, Aiham Ghazali, Aiham Ghazali, Bettyna Boudier, Valérie Gustin-Moinier, Denis Oriot, Denis Oriot

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Simple demographic characteristics and laboratory findings on admission may predict in-hospital mortality in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: development and validation of the c... by Marta Obremska, Monika Pazgan-Simon, Katarzyna Budrewicz, Lukasz Bilaszewski, Joanna Wizowska, Dariusz Jagielski, Beata Jankowska-Polanska, Klaudiusz Nadolny, Jarosław Madowicz, Jolanta Zuwala-Jagiello, Dorota Zysko, Waldemar Banasiak, Krzysztof Simon

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Association between prehospital time and outcome of trauma patients in 4 Asian countries: A cross-national, multicenter cohort study. by Chi-Hsin Chen, Sang Do Shin, Jen-Tang Sun, Sabariah Faizah Jamaluddin, Hideharu Tanaka, Kyoung Jun Song, Kentaro Kajino, Akio Kimura, Edward Pei-Chuan Huang, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Matthew Huei-Ming Ma, Wen-Chu Chiang

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We conducted a retrospective cohort study of trauma patients transported from the scene to hospitals by emergency medical service (EMS) from January 1, 2016, to November 30, 2018, using data from the Pan-Asia Trauma Outcomes Study (PATOS) database. …”
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Análisis del primer año del nuevo protocolo de código ictus en Asturias. Experiencia de un único centro by C. García-Cabo, L. Benavente, J. Martínez-Ramos, Á. Pérez-Álvarez, A. Trigo, S. Calleja

“…Palabras clave: Código ictus, Fibrinólisis, Escala prehospitalaria de Los Ángeles, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, Servicio de Atención Médica Urgente, Trombectomía mecánica, Keywords: Code stroke, Fibrinolysis, Los Angeles stroke scale, NIHSS, Emergency Medical Service, Mechanical thrombectomy…”
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Emergency department outcome of elderly patients assisted by professional home services, the EPIGER study by Anne-Laure Feral-Pierssens, Gustave Toury, Fatima Sehimi, Nicolas Peschanski, Saïd Laribi, Amélie Carpentier, Magali Kraif, Clément Carbonnier, François-Xavier Duchateau, Yonathan Freund, Philippe Juvin, the EPIGER IRU-SFMU study group

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic as a source of unprecedented bioethical and biolaw issues: lessons for intensivists by Davide Mazzon, Mariassunta Piccinni, Anna Aprile, Alberto Grassetto, Silvia De Rosa, Fabio Baratto, Silvio Marafon, Fabio Toffoletto, Paolo Rosi, Paolo Navalesi

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The Automated External Defibrillator: Heterogeneity of Legislation, Mapping and Use across Europe. New Insights from the ENSURE Study by Enrico Baldi, Niccolò B. Grieco, Giuseppe Ristagno, Hajriz Alihodžić, Valentine Canon, Alexei Birkun, Ruggero Cresta, Diana Cimpoesu, Carlo Clarens, Julian Ganter, Andrej Markota, Pierre Mols, Olympia Nikolaidou, Martin Quinn, Violetta Raffay, Fernando Rosell Ortiz, Ari Salo, Remy Stieglis, Anneli Strömsöe, Ingvild Tjelmeland, Stefan Trenkler, Jan Wnent, Jan-Thorsten Grasner, Bernd W. Böttiger, Simone Savastano

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Ethical Criteria for the Admission and Management of Patients in the ICU Under Conditions of Limited Medical Resources: A Shared International Proposal in View of the COVID-19 Pand... by Vittoradolfo Tambone, Donald Boudreau, Massimo Ciccozzi, Karen Sanders, Laura Leondina Campanozzi, Jane Wathuta, Luciano Violante, Roberto Cauda, Carlo Petrini, Antonio Abbate, Rossana Alloni, Josepmaria Argemi, Josep Argemí Renom, Anna De Benedictis, France Galerneau, Emilio García-Sánchez, Giampaolo Ghilardi, Janet Palmer Hafler, Magdalena Linden, Alfredo Marcos, Andrea Onetti Muda, Marco Pandolfi, Thierry Pelaccia, Mario Picozzi, Ruben Oscar Revello, Giovanna Ricci, Robert Rohrbaugh, Patrizio Rossi, Ascanio Sirignano, Antonio Gioacchino Spagnolo, Trevor Stammers, Lourdes Velázquez, Evandro Agazzi, Mark Mercurio

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CRADLE-5: a stepped-wedge type 2 hybrid implementation-effectiveness cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the real-world scale-up of the CRADLE Vital Signs Alert interve... by Alexandra E. Ridout, Francis L. Moses, Simren Herm-Singh, Cristina Fernandez Turienzo, Paul T. Seed, Venetia Goodhart, Nicola Vousden, Betty Sam, Mariama Momoh, Daniel Kamara, Katy Kuhrt, Sorie Samura, Candace Beoku-Betts, Alice Hurrell, Kate Bramham, Sartie Kenneh, Francis Smart, Lucy Chappell, Jane Sandall, Andrew Shennan, on behalf of CRIBS Collaborative Group

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Association between low body mass index and increased 28-day mortality of severe sepsis in Japanese cohorts by Takehiko Oami, Satoshi Karasawa, Tadanaga Shimada, Taka-aki Nakada, Toshikazu Abe, Hiroshi Ogura, Atsushi Shiraishi, Shigeki Kushimoto, Daizoh Saitoh, Seitaro Fujishima, Toshihiko Mayumi, Yasukazu Shiino, Takehiko Tarui, Toru Hifumi, Yasuhiro Otomo, Kohji Okamoto, Yutaka Umemura, Joji Kotani, Yuichiro Sakamoto, Junichi Sasaki, Shin-ichiro Shiraishi, Kiyotsugu Takuma, Ryosuke Tsuruta, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Kazuma Yamakawa, Tomohiko Masuno, Naoshi Takeyama, Norio Yamashita, Hiroto Ikeda, Masashi Ueyama, Satoshi Fujimi, Satoshi Gando, JAAM FORECAST Group

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The burden of traumatic brain injury from low-energy falls among patients from 18 countries in the CENTER-TBI Registry: A comparative cohort study. by Fiona E Lecky, Olubukola Otesile, Carl Marincowitz, Marek Majdan, Daan Nieboer, Hester F Lingsma, Marc Maegele, Giuseppe Citerio, Nino Stocchetti, Ewout W Steyerberg, David K Menon, Andrew I R Maas, CENTER-TBI Participants and Investigators

“…<h4>Background</h4>Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important global public health burden, where those injured by high-energy transfer (e.g., road traffic collisions) are assumed to have more severe injury and are prioritised by emergency medical service trauma triage tools. However recent studies suggest an increasing TBI disease burden in older people injured through low-energy falls. …”
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