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

A special face mask with integrated angle meter to optimize the head position for bag-valve-mask ventilation—a prospective simulated proof-of-concept study

Fabio Schumacher,Natalia Oberhanss,Peter Paal,Urs Pietsch,Wolfgang Wetsch,Volker Wenzel,Holger Herff

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.023

Abstract ( 376 ) PDF (5.39 MB) ( 160 ) Full Text

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Recognizing the usage of analgesics among Saudi women with primary dysmenorrhea

Fatimah M Alali,Wejdan A Alhejji,Nancy S Younis

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2023.126

Abstract ( 751 ) PDF (1.19 MB) ( 135 ) Full Text

Open Access

Cerebral blood flow in type II diabetes mellitus patients with impaired awareness of hypoglycemia: a cross-sectional study

Kang Han,Yang-Weon Kim,Jae-Gu Ji,Jae-Kwang Yu,Da-Som Kim,Ji-Hun Kang,Yun-Deok Jang,Yoo Sang Yoon

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.024

Abstract ( 323 ) PDF (6.77 MB) ( 116 ) Full Text

Open Access

Adaptation and validation of a pediatric simulator to study the movement of the cervical spine

Javier Ruiz Casquet,Ana Nicolás Carrillo,María Isabel Hontoria Hernández,Pablo Rico Berbegal,Raquel Gordillo Martín,Laura Juguera Rodríguez,Mariana Ferrandini Price,Manuel Pardo Ríos

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.026

Abstract ( 336 ) PDF (3.78 MB) ( 111 ) Full Text

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Quality of inter-facility transfer for Type A aortic dissection patients in a medical center in Taiwan: a retrospective observational study

Shang-Li Tsai,Chip-Jin Ng,Ming-Fang Wang,Chi-Chun Lin,Chen-Bin Chen,Chien-Hsiung Huang,Li-Heng Tsai,Cheng-Yu Chien

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.027

Abstract ( 332 ) PDF (3.47 MB) ( 156 ) Full Text

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Effect of prebriefing in cardiopulmonary resuscitation education for laypeople on educational effectiveness and satisfaction

Seung Woo Yoo,Daun Choi,Hyeonyoung Song,Kyunghye Hong,Hoyeon Shim,Choung Ah Lee,Hye Ji Park,Sola Kim,Ju Ok Park,Young Taeck Oh

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.028

Abstract ( 310 ) PDF (1.13 MB) ( 143 ) Full Text

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The effect of ozonation of bupivacaine on bupivacaine-induced neurotoxicity in rats

Mehmet Ali Harbelioğlu,Yeliz Kılıç,Mehmet Sacit Güleç

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.030

Abstract ( 304 ) PDF (15.29 MB) ( 110 ) Full Text

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A case of pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to fulminant myocarditis requiring extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Kimiko Murakami,Keisuke Takano,Arisa Kinoshita,Shun Hiraga,Kazuhiro Mitani,Shinya Yokoyama,Nobuyuki Tsujii,Takahiro Kajimoto,Aya Sasaki,Hidetada Fukushima

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2023.075

Abstract ( 923 ) PDF (2.95 MB) ( 188 ) Full Text

Published Ahead of Print

Open Access

The knowledge, confidence and attitudes of medical students in managing in-flight medical emergencies

Loui Alsulimani,Taha Masri,Aroob Abdulhalim,Lama Maksood,Saif Dahlawi,Ahad Babkier,Aseel Bati

Online publish date: 05 March 2024

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.022

Abstract ( 343 ) PDF (621.22 kB) ( 149 ) Full Text

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Analysis of the aeromedical evacuation of victims from the Syria-Turkey earthquake in 2023

Adeviyye Aksoy,Ramazan Sivil,Mustafa Keşaplı

Online publish date: 23 February 2024

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.021

Abstract ( 426 ) PDF (1.79 MB) ( 177 ) Full Text

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Accidental transdermal fentanyl overdose in a child

Dovile Evalda Grinkeviciute,Ilona Razlevice,Lina Jankauskaite,Tomas Kondratas,Silva Kostylioviene

Online publish date: 15 January 2024

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2024.012

Abstract ( 585 ) PDF (176.21 kB) ( 155 ) Full Text

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Delayed emergence after general anesthesia using remimazolam for induction agent in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case report

Eun-Jin Ahn,Je Jin Lee,Chan Su Park,Min Kyoung Kim

Online publish date: 21 December 2023

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2023.125

Abstract ( 613 ) PDF (369.57 kB) ( 153 ) Full Text

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Sympathetic nerve entrapment point injection for intractable nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: a case report

Sungwoo Choi,Kangho Kim,Sangun Nah,Sechan Kim,Sangsoo Han

Online publish date: 19 December 2023

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2023.122

Abstract ( 774 ) PDF (975.22 kB) ( 158 ) Full Text

Open Access

An early presentation of neurogenic pulmonary edema in acute subarachnoid hemorrhage

Hyunju Kim,Hyunjoon Oh,Jonghak Park,Hanjin Cho,Sukyo Lee

Online publish date: 31 October 2023

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2023.101

Abstract ( 691 ) PDF (1.39 MB) ( 159 ) 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.