Signa Vitae

Print ISSN: 1334-5605 | Online ISSN: 1845-206X

Signa Vitae (SV) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that aims be an unbiased and permanent forum for the fields of emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, anesthesia and pain medicine. It focuses on the latest research advances in these fields, including Disease prevention, diagnose, treatment and prognosis, Disease etiology, pathophysiology, and molecular mechanisms, Health care, Medical personnel health, Facilities and equipment, Teaching and training, Organization and management, Information and techniques, Drug application, etc. As a tool for easier and more effective experiences and science sharing, SV aims to provide professionals dedicated to all these relevant fields with cutting-edge techniques and information.



Articles

Open Access

The role of test results in the emergency department in the evaluation of major torso injury patients

Chun-Chih Cheng,Shih-Ching Kang,Pei-Hua Li,Chien-Hung Liao,Chi-Hsun Hsieh,Yu-Chi Kuo,Ting-An Hsu,Chih-Yuan Fu

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.064

Abstract ( 694 ) PDF (3.63 MB) ( 145 ) Full Text

Open Access Special Issue

Enhancing EMS readiness: a pilot evaluation of CPR proficiency and training dynamics among paramedics in Poland

Łukasz Maciejewski,Katarzyna Naylor,Konrad Szast,Ahmed M. Al-Wathinani,Mohammed Aljuaid,Krzysztof Goniewicz

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.063

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Critical Interventions: Enhancing Emergency Medical Services through Interdisciplinary Research)

Abstract ( 949 ) PDF (562.89 kB) ( 144 ) Full Text

Open Access

Sepsis-induced coagulopathy (SIC) score is an independent predictor of mortality and overt-disseminated intravascular coagulation in emergency department patients with sepsis

Gianluca Tullo,Marcello Covino,Luigi Carbone,Flavio Lo Dico,Giulia Corsini,Andrea Piccioni,Davide Della Polla,Martina Petrucci,Claudio Sandroni,Benedetta Simeoni,Antonio Gasbarrini,Francesco Franceschi

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.069

Abstract ( 1119 ) PDF (4.47 MB) ( 122 ) Full Text

Open Access

Risk factors of post-intubation hypotension in severe pneumonia patients

Pan Pan,Qing Hu,Yanwu Yang,Tao Cheng,Yu Cao

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.071

Abstract ( 1071 ) PDF (194.78 kB) ( 150 ) Full Text

Open Access

Effect of seat belt use and airbags deployment on mortality in patients with road traffic injury

Jong Hee Kim,Gwan Jin Park,Young Min Kim,Hyun Seok Chai,Sang Chul Kim,Hoon Kim,Suk Woo Lee

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.072

Abstract ( 1140 ) PDF (2.94 MB) ( 149 ) Full Text

Open Access

Success of the emergency physician to recognize pathological diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in acute stroke patients

Mehmet Nuri Bozdemir,Mehmet Uynaz,Ahmet Celik,Bulent Cekic,Mehmet Berk Eyinc,Mehmet Akcimen

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.048

Abstract ( 1353 ) PDF (424.53 kB) ( 127 ) Full Text

Published Ahead of Print

Open Access

Is the application of subcostal transversus abdominis plane block effective for pain control in classical four-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

Atakan Ozkan,Nihat Gulaydin,Bahriye Kilic,Mert Mahsuni Sevinc

Online publish date: 19 June 2024

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.076

Abstract ( 330 ) PDF (191.88 kB) ( 137 ) Full Text

Open Access

Assessment of pediatric emergency physicians' interpretation of brain non-contrast computed tomography: a prospective study in a tertiary care center

Hashim M. Bin Salleeh,Mohammed A. Alrowayshed,Anas A. Althenayan,Ahmed Mohammed A Alkhars,Rakan S. Shaheen,Zohair Al Aseri

Online publish date: 19 June 2024

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.077

Abstract ( 430 ) PDF (173.51 kB) ( 185 ) Full Text

Open Access

The effective dose of ketamine in the management of acute agitation in emergency departments

Sultan Alghadeer,Ghadeer A. Alhamid,Rana Almotawa,Abeer Alshareef,Mohmad A. Knas,Saqer Althunayyan

Online publish date: 31 May 2024

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.066

Abstract ( 466 ) PDF (206.63 kB) ( 119 ) Full Text

Open Access

Application of opioid-free general anesthesia in laparoscopy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

Mei-hui Gao,Jin Meng,Xu-ming Hu,Jie Liu

Online publish date: 26 April 2024

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.050

Abstract ( 856 ) PDF (7.52 MB) ( 121 ) Full Text

Special Issues

Special issue title:

Critical Interventions: Enhancing Emergency Medical Services through Interdisciplinary Research

Keywords: Emergency Medical Services; Interdisciplinary Research in EMS; Pre-hospital Care Technologies; Crisis Management in Healthcare; Psychological Aspects of EMS; Public Health and Emergency Services

Editor: Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Goniewicz, PhD,Prof. Dr. Ahmed M. Al-Wathinani, PhD

Submission deadline: 28 February 2025

Special issue title:

AI Horizons: Revolutionizing Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine

Keywords: Anesthesia; Critical Care Medicine; Pain Medicine; Artificial Intelligence; Large Language Models; Natural Language Processing; Big Data; Data Science; Machine Learning

Editor: Prof. Marco Cascella

Submission deadline: 31 December 2024

Special issue title:

Advances in Obstetric Anaesthesia

Keywords: Obstetric Anaesthesia; Epidural Analgesia; Remifentanil-PCA; Labour and Delivery Outcomes; Quality Control in Perinatology and Obstetric Anaesthesia; ROTEM; Obstetric Haemorrhage; Preeclampsia

Editor: Prof. Tatjana Stopar Pintarič, MD, PhD, DEAA

Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

Special issue title:

Cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care: current challenges and novelties

Keywords: cardiac anaesthesia, thoracic anaesthesia, intensive care, education, innovation, perioperative medicine, healthcare, outcomes, challenges

Editor: Dr. Marko Zdravkovic, MD, PhD

Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

Special issue title:

Selected papers from Korean Society of Emergency Medicine (KSEM) in 2021-2022

Keywords: Emergency medicine

Editor: Kyungwon Lee, MD, PhD,Young Duck Cho, MD, PhD

Submission deadline: 31 December 2022

Special issue title:

Medical Simulation - success in education, future of science

Keywords: medical simulation, emergency medicine, medical education

Editor: Tomasz Kłosiewicz, MD, MSc,Mateusz Puślecki, PhD

Submission deadline: 31 December 2022

Special issue title:

21st Panhellenic Congress on Regional Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Palliative Care

Keywords: Regional Anaesthesia, Pain Management, Palliative Care, PARH.SY.A., ESRA HELLAS, the A’ Anaesthesiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens

Editor: Dr. Ioanna Siafaka, MD, PhD,Dr. Maria Kokolaki, MD, PhD,Dr. Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP,Dr. Evmorfia Stavropoulou, MD, PhD, EDRA,Dr. Eleni Moka, MD, PhD, MSc, EDRA

Submission deadline: 27 May 2022

Special issue title:

Selected papers from Korean Association of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in 2021

Keywords: Cardiac arrest, Resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, guidelines, outcome

Editor: Prof. Won Young Kim, MD, PhD

Submission deadline: 01 June 2022

Special issue title:

Spinal Cord Injury

Keywords: Spinal cord injury (SCI), Damage mechanisms, Primary and secondary medullary lesions, Neurorehabilitation, Neurorestoration

Editor: Lecturer dr. Constantin Munteanu, PhD,Prof. Dr. Gelu Onose,Associate Prof. Dr. Mariana Rotariu, PhD,Assistant Prof. Dr. Gabriela Dogaru, PhD,Associate Prof. Dr. Elena Valentiana IONESCU, PhD,Assistant Prof. Dr. Cristina Daia, PhD

Submission deadline: 31 March 2022

Special issue title:

Outcome Measures and Assessment Tools in Spinal Cord Injury

Keywords: Spinal Cord Injury, Rehabilitation, Assessment Tools

Editor: Dr. Giovanni Galeoto

Submission deadline: 10 December 2021

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Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Giovanni Landoni, MD

Prof Giovanni Landoni, MD, is currently Full Professor and Residency Program Director of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. He’s also Director of the Center for Intensive Care and Anesthesiology of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. His strong clinical and research interests in intensive care and anesthesia resulted in more than 700 scientific publications in indexed journals, cited >20,000 times, h-index=75 on Scopus and 95 on Scholar, including randomized trials on NEJM, Lancet, and JAMA, and over 100 invitations in international congresses. He participated to 47 randomized controlled trials. Prof Landoni was Chief Investigator in successfully completed multicenter randomized clinical trials that randomized > 10,000 critically ill or perioperative patients over the last 10 years. He served as reviewer for over 50 journals (NEJM, JAMA, and The Lancet among others) and for foreign grant agencies, and he is member of the Editorial Board of several international journals.