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3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Medicine

A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings

Akilesh Honasoge¹, Neal Lyons², Kathleen Hesse³, Braden Parker³, Robert Mokszycki², Kelly Wesselhoff³, Rolla Sweis², Erik B. Kulstad³

¹College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, ²Department of Pharmacy, Advocate Christ Medical Center, ³Department of Emergency Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center

This study presents a novel device that offers an easy route to quickly provide medications and fluids in patients with limited or difficult IV access. This small-diameter device is placed in the distal third of the rectum, allowing for ongoing medication and fluids administration.

Education

Esophageal Heat Transfer for Patient Temperature Control and Targeted Temperature Management

Melissa I. Naiman^1,2, Maria Gray², Joseph Haymore³, Ahmed F. Hegazy⁴, Andrej Markota⁵, Neeraj Badjatia⁶, Erik B. Kulstad^2,7

¹Center for Advanced Design, Research, and Exploration, University of Illinois at Chicago, ²Attune Medical, ³University of Maryland School of Nursing, ⁴University of Western Ontario, ⁵University Medical Centre Maribor, ⁶University of Maryland, ⁷Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

This study presents a novel method to provide efficient patient temperature control for cooling or warming patients. A single use, triple lumen device is placed into the esophagus, analogous to a standard orogastric tube, and connects to existing heat exchange units to perform automatic patient temperature management.

Medicine

Determination of Continuity Index Values in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with Proactive Esophageal Cooling

Catherine Lazarus¹, Jacob Sherman², Natalie Putzel³, Tiffany Sharkoski⁴, William Zagrodzky⁴, Erik Kulstad^4,5, Alex Ro⁶, Jose Nazari⁶, Westby Fisher⁶, Mark Metzl⁶

¹Northwestern University, ²Washington University in St. Louis, ³University of Southern California, ⁴Attune Medical, ⁵University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, ⁶NorthShore University Hospital

This protocol describes the methods used to determine the continuity index in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation procedures using radiofrequency ablation and demonstrates the differences in continuity index between ablation procedures using proactive esophageal cooling as compared to procedures using traditional luminal esophageal temperature monitoring.