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Lightning injuries: prevention and on-site treatment in mountains and remote areas. Official guidelines of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine and the Medical Commission of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (ICAR and UIAA MEDCOM).

Lightning is a hazard during outdoor activities, especially for hikers and mountaineers. Specific preventive measures include staying off ridges and summits, and away from single trees. If possible, stay close to a wall but keeping a distance of at least 1m away from the wall. All metal objects (carabiners, crampons, ice-axe, ski poles, etc.) should be removed and stored away safely. Lightning currents can follow wet ropes. To prevent blunt trauma the helmet should not be removed. Move as quickly as possible away from wire ropes and iron ladders. The crouch position should be adopted immediately if there is a sensation of hair "standing on end". Crackling noises or a visible glow indicate an imminent lightning strike. Rescue of lightning victims may be hazardous. Airborne helicopters can be struck by lightning with disastrous effects. It is prudent to wait until the danger of further strikes has passed. Treatment of lightning victims is based upon the ABCs - (Assessment) airway, breathing and circulation. Victims who are not breathing can often be resuscitated and should be helped first. Respiratory arrest may be prolonged, but the prognosis can be excellent if breathing is supported. Standard Advanced Life Support (ALS), if necessary, should be given at the scene.

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Properties and Units in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences. IX. Properties and Units in Trace Elements (IUPAC-IFCC Technical report 1997). International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and International Federation of Clinical Chemistry. rita.cornelis@rug.ac.be.

This document is the first recommendation on the presentation of trace elements and their values in clinical laboratory sciences from IFCC and IUPAC. It forms part of the ongoing effort to standardize requests and reporting of laboratory data for transmission across cultural and linguistic domains, without attempting to standardize the language used by clinicians and laboratory practitioners. Subsequent documents deal with syntax, kinds-of-property, and properties and units used in other areas of clinical laboratory sciences.

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Glycine antagonist (gavestinel) in neuroprotection (GAIN International) in patients with acute stroke: a randomised controlled trial. GAIN International Investigators.

BACKGROUND: Early treatment may improve acute ischaemic stroke outcome. Gavestinel is a selective antagonist at the glycine site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, and is neuroprotective in animal models of ischaemic stroke. METHODS: We did a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to test whether gavestinel could improve functional outcome after acute stroke in human beings. Conscious patients with stroke involving limb weakness received either gavestinel at an intravenous loading dose of 800 mg followed by 200 mg every 12 h for five doses, or matching placebo, within 6 h of stroke onset. Stratification variables were age and stroke severity. A computed tomography brain scan within 18 h of stroke onset identified the primary efficacy population with ischaemic stroke. Outcome was assessed by an independent observer with the Barthel index at 3 months. Three outcome categories were applied: good (Barthel index 95-100), moderate (60-90), and poor (0-55 or dead). Analysis was by intention to treat. FINDINGS: Of 1804 patients randomised, 16 received no treatment, and 333 had primary intracranial haemorrhage. 891 patients received gavestinel and 897 received placebo. Outcome in 721 patients who received gavestinel and were analysed for the primary endpoint at 3 months was good in 246 (34.1%), moderate in 136 (18.8%), and poor in 339 (47.0%), compared with 256 (34.9%), 133 (18.1%), and 345 (47.0%), respectively, of 734 patients who received placebo (p=0.8). Mortality at 3 months was 147 (20.4%) in the gavestinel group and 138 (18.8%) in the placebo group. Outcomes within preplanned subgroup and secondary analyses were also neutral. There were no significant differences in serious side-effects between the groups. INTERPRETATION: Treatment with gavestinel within 6 h of acute ischaemic stroke did not improve outcome.

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