![“Iran’s human rights abuses continue despite agreement” [Swedish]](https://ardavan.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/logo.png){kind=logo}
The situation of the Iranian people will not be affected in any way by this agreement with Iran; the executions will continue, and Iran will remain the world’s largest prison for journalists. The regime’s 36-year history does not lie.
Objectives Emergency department (ED) crowding is an increasing problem in many countries. The purpose of this study was to develop a quantitative model that estimates the degree of crowding based on workload in Swedish EDs. Methods At five different EDs, the head nurse and physician assessed the workload on a scale from 1 to 6…
Objectives Despite a lack of scientific evidence, oxygen has long been a part of standard treatment for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, several studies suggest that oxygen therapy may have negative cardiovascular effects. We here describe a randomized controlled trial, i.e. Supplemental Oxygen in Catheterized Coronary Emergency Reperfusion (SOCCER), aiming to evaluate the…
The SOCCER trial addresses a significant knowledge gap in the routine care of patients with AMI. Even though oxygen therapy is part of standard care, oxygen may not be beneficial to these patients, and possibly even harmful. The results of the present and concurrent oxygen trials may thus change international treatment guidelines for patients with…
![The ABC of Vertigo at the Emergency Department [Swedish]](https://ardavan.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/LT9.jpg)
The majority of patients who present to the Emergency Department with vertigo suffer from benign conditions. However, a few percent of these patients have life-threatening conditions, such as a cerebellar stroke. The HINTS clinical decision rule (Head-Impulse test, Nystagmus, Test-of-Skew) allows the physician to identify patients with an acute vestibular syndrome of central origin. HINTS…
![The Correlation Between Socioeconomic Status and Crime is Weak [Swedish]](https://ardavan.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/LKT1448_312px.jpg)
Socioeconomic status is probably not strongly associated with crime and criminality.
Member of Malmö Police Board (KD): The police had to act against the perpetrators.
![Checklists and »crowdsourcing« for Increased Patient Safety in the Emergency Department [Swedish]](https://ardavan.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/LKT14_11_312px.jpg)
Checklists make it easier to do the right thing in the emergency room. That’s the idea behind a website launched this month. It will contain proposals for checklists on what information should be obtained for the assessment of different conditions at the emergency department. All emergency personnel are invited to participate in this development project.
![Mock to talk about a modern Iran [Swedish]](https://ardavan.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dagens_arena_logotyp-e1628450069717.png)
Repression, terror and mass torture conducted by the Islamic regime in Iran have been going on since 1979. How can one have a dialogue with these executioners? writes Ardavan Khoshnood in a reply to Rouzbeh Parsis.