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RESULTS Forty-eight intervertebral segments were surgically treated in the CSR group. There was a higher incidence of osteophytes in the operated foramen (70.8%) than in the nonoperated foramen (28.2%, p  less then  0.01) in the patients with CSR. The anteroposterior diameter (width) of the foramen was significantly smaller at all levels in the CSR patients, whereas the height of the foramen did not significantly differ between the two groups. CONCLUSION It can be speculated that the width of the intervertebral foramen (developmental factor) and the formation of osteophytes (spondylotic factor) were related to the onset of the CSR. OBJECTIVES Immediate ischemic stroke treatment improves outcomes and early alteplase administration is recommended for patients within window. We implemented stroke guidelines through a neuro-resuscitation initiative (NRI) and hypothesized that the intervention would decrease times to assessment and treatment. METHODS We analyzed quality assurance data for EMS and triage patients arriving to our academic emergency department with suspected ischemic stroke to compare outcomes 12 months before to 6 months after initiative implementation at an academic certified primary stroke center in the U.S. Southwest. We examined four time-based outcomes neurology at bedside, CT head without contrast, CT head angiogram, and alteplase administration. We summarized times with median and IQR values and compared pre and post times to event (in minutes) with Wilcoxon rank sum tests and Kaplan-Meier survival curves. RESULTS We identified 203 EMS (83 pre, 120 post) and 66 (11 pre, 55 post) triage Stroke Alert patients. We observed decreased times for all outcomes in both the EMS and triage samples; however, only those in the EMS sample were significant. In the EMS sample, neurology at bedside median times decreased from 20 min to 2 min (p  less then  0.001); median minutes to CT head without contrast decreased from 16 min to 9 min (p  less then  0.001); median minutes to CT head angiogram decreased from 71 min to 21 min (p = 0.007); and, median minutes to alteplase decreased from 72 min to 49.5 min (p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS An academic ED led stroke care initiative streamlined evaluation and care with significantly shortened times to all four events. INTRODUCTION Peripheral nerve blocks and regional anesthesia are routinely used to alleviate pain in the emergency department. Our objective is to report on the feasibility and initial experience of emergency physicians initiating and managing continuous nerve blocks for trauma patients. METHODS This was a retrospective, observational cohort study of a convenience sample of patients 18 years or older presenting with either rib or hip fractures between August 15, 2016 and January 15, 2019. Demographic and clinical data was abstracted using a structured data collection form. Data collected included basic demographics, mechanism of injury, type of regional anesthesia, admission location, respiratory complications, pre- and post-procedure opioid use, efficacy of anesthesia and duration of continuous nerve blockade. All analyses were descriptive in nature, including means, median, and range when appropriate. RESULTS Forty-one patients presented during the study period with rib or hip fractures and received a nerve block catheter and a continuous infusion pump. The mean age of patients was 65.9 years and 26 (63.4%) patients were male. The mean duration of continuous nerve blockade was 3.4 days (range 1-9 days). Hourly opioid use was reduced by 58%. The most common complication was accidental dislodgement of the catheter;, no patient developed a pneumothorax, hemothorax, catheter related infection, or hematoma. CONCLUSIONS It is feasible and effective for emergency physicians to initiate and manage continuous nerve blockade for acute hip and rib fractures. Oprozomib supplier Continuous nerve blockade may allow trauma patients to significantly decrease their use of opioids. BACKGROUND Kuanxiong Aerosol (KA) has been used in patients with angina pectoris (AP) attacks for many years, this systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of KA versus nitrates in the treatment of AP. METHODS Seven databases (PubMed, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CNKI, VIP, CBM and Wanfang) were searched from inception to November 2019 to include randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compare the efficacy and safety of KA with nitrates on the treatment of AP. And two reviewers independently assessed the risk of bias. RESULT A total of 12 RCTs were eventually included, involving 2001 patients. Compared with the Nitrates group, the KA group showed great significant improvement on the 3-min [relative risk (RR) = 1.12, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.03,1.23), P  less then  .05;11 studies,1875 patients] and 5-min [RR = 1.05, 95%CI (1.01,1.08), P  less then  0.05; 11 studies,1875 patients] angina remission rates, the incidence of adverse reactions [RR = 0.42,95% CI (0.33,0.54), P  less then  0.00001; 8 studies, 1350 patients], endothelin(ET) [SMD = -0.40, 95%CI (-0.74,-0.07), P  less then  0.05; 2 studies, 143 patients] and c-reactive protein (CRP) [SMD = -0.58, 95%CI (-0.87,-0.30), P  less then  0.00001;2 studies, 200 patients],but no significant improvement on electrocardiogram efficacy [RR = 1.03, 95%CI (0.98,1.10), P = 0.26;11 studies, 1549 patients], nitric oxide (NO) [SMD = -0.08, 95%CI (-0.61,0.45), P = 0.76;2 studies, 143 patients]. CONCLUSION The clinical use of KA is effective and safe on the treatment of AP, which appears to be better than nitrates in terms of efficiency, adverse reactions, endothelial function and inflammatory response. Nevertheless, due to some limitations in the sample size and quality of the included studies, more high-quality RCTs were still needed for further verification. OBJECTIVES Children in the emergency department who require computerized tomography (CT) of the head often are given sedative medications to facilitate completion of the study with adequate imaging. A prior study found the two most common medications used to obtain head CT in children were pentobarbital and chloral hydrate; however, these medications have become less popular. We hypothesized that there was variability in medication choice amongst providers in the emergency department and there has been a change in the preferred sedatives used in the last decade. METHODS We conducted a retrospective multicenter cross-sectional study of children 0-18 years old who received a medication with sedative properties and underwent head CT while in the emergency department from 2007 to 2018, using the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database. The primary outcome measure was the frequency of administration of drugs within an individual sedative class. RESULTS We analyzed 24,418 patient encounters, of whom 53% received an opioid and 41% received a benzodiazepine.