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001) and no change in Group 2. Also, we found statistically significant differences between ΔETCO2 levels in Groups 1 and 2 at all 3 time intervals. CONCLUSION Conventional SI with an angle of 0° led to an increase in ETCO2 while subjects immobilization at a 20° angle maintained their initial ETCO2 values. Immobilization at 20° may prevent decompensation in patients who have thoracic trauma or lung diseases or those who are elderly, pregnant, or obese. OBJECTIVE Hands-on defibrillation (HOD) is a technique that has great potential to positively impact outcomes from cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with the removal of an interruption in chest compressions. The safety and efficacy of HOD, however, have yet to be proven. This review aims to examine the safety of HOD, and secondarily, its efficacy. METHODS A systematic literature search was performed through PubMed, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane Database. Additional articles were selected from the reference lists of this search result. RESULTS From 52 results, 26 articles were reviewed and from the references of these articles, 9 more were included, leaving 35 articles for analysis. 14 of the analyzed articles were excluded. CONCLUSIONS HOD generally appears safe, though significant uncertainty still remains for each protective barrier type. HOD appears to be efficacious in improving CPR with no strong evidence to suggest otherwise. PURPOSE This study aimed to determine whether the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin (B/A) ratio is a useful prognostic factor of mortality in patients with aspiration pneumonia. METHODS The study included patients with aspiration pneumonia who had been admitted to our hospital via the emergency department (ED) between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2018. The 28-day mortality after the ED visits was the primary end point of this study. The data of the survivors and non-survivors were compared. RESULTS A final diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia was made for 443 patients during the study period. Significant differences were observed in age, respiratory rate, albumin levels, total protein levels, blood urea nitrogen levels, C-reactive protein levels, glucose, and Charlson comorbidity index scores between the survivor and non-survivor groups. Moreover, the B/A ratio was significantly higher in the non-survivor group than that in the survivor group. The area under the curve for the B/A ratio was 0.70 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.65-0.74], 0.71 for the PSI (95% CI 0.67-0.76), 0.64 for CURB-65 (95% CI 0.60-0.69), and 0.65 for albumin (95% CI 0.60-0.70) on the receiver operating characteristic curve for predicting mortality within 28 days of the ED visit. Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that the B/A ratio (>7, OR 3.40, 95% CI 1.87-6.21, P  less then  0.001) was associated with mortality within 28 days of the ED visit. CONCLUSION The B/A ratio is a simple and potentially useful prognostic factor of mortality in aspiration pneumonia patients. BACKGROUND The established clinical risk factors for post-traumatic intracranial bleeding have not been evaluated in patients receiving DOACs yet. AIM Evaluating the association between clinic and patient characteristics and post-traumatic intracranial bleeding (ICH) in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and DOACs. METHODS This is a retrospective observational study conducted on three Emergency Departments. Multivariate analysis provided association in terms of OR with the risk of ICH. The performance of the multivariate model, described in a nomogram, has been tested with discrimination and decision curve analysis. RESULTS Of 473 DOACs patients with MTBI, 8.5% had post-traumatic ICH. On multivariable analysis, major dynamics (odds ratio [OR] 6.255), post-traumatic amnesia (OR 3.961), post-traumatic loss of consciousness (LOC, OR 7.353), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score  less then  15 (OR 3.315), post-traumatic headache (OR 4.168) and vi