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Medicine

A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings
Akilesh Honasoge 1, Neal Lyons 2, Kathleen Hesse 3, Braden Parker 3, Robert Mokszycki 2, Kelly Wesselhoff 3, Rolla Sweis 2, Erik B. Kulstad 3
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.

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Education

Esophageal Heat Transfer for Patient Temperature Control and Targeted Temperature Management
Melissa I. Naiman 1,2, Maria Gray 2, Joseph Haymore 3, Ahmed F. Hegazy 4, Andrej Markota 5, Neeraj Badjatia 6, 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.

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Medicine

Cooling or Warming the Esophagus to Reduce Esophageal Injury During Left Atrial Ablation in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Jason Zagrodzky 1, Mark M. Gallagher 2, Lisa W. M. Leung 2, Tiffany Sharkoski 3, Pasquale Santangeli 4, Cory Tschabrunn 4, Jose M. Guerra 5, Bieito Campos 5, John MacGregor 6, Jamal Hayat 2, Brad Clark 7, Alex Mazur 8, Marcel Feher 9, Martin Arnold 9, Mark Metzl 10, Jose Nazari 10, Erik Kulstad 11
1St. David's South Austin Medical Center, 2St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, St. George's, University of London, 3Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, 4University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 5Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBERCV, 6PeaceHealth Medical Group, St. Joseph Medical Center, 7St. Vincent Hospital, 8University of Iowa, 9University Hospital Erlangen, 10NorthShore University Health System, 11Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

The goal of this protocol is to describe the use of esophageal temperature modulation to counteract esophageal thermal injury from left atrial ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

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