There has been a significant shift in resuscitation practices in forward combat hospitals indicating widespread military adoption of DCR. Patients who died in a hospital during the DCR period were more likely to be severely injured and have a severe brain injury, consistent with a decrease in deaths among potentially salvageable patients.

Sulfakinins are myoactive peptides and antifeedant factors. Naturally-occurring drosulfakinin I (DSK I; FDDYGHMRFNH2) and drosulfakinin II (DSK II; GGDDQFDDYGHMRFNH2) contain sulfated or nonsulfated tyrosine. We discovered sDSK II and nsDSK II influenced D. melanogaster larval odor preference. However, sDSK I, nsDSK I, MRFNH2, and saline did not influence odor preference. We discovered sDSK I and nsDSK I influenced larval locomotion. However, sDSK II, nsDSK II, MRFNH2, and saline did not influence locomotion. Our novel data suggest distinct mechanisms underlie the effects of DSK I and DSK II peptides on odor preference and locomotion, parameters important to many facets of animal survival.

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A right ventricular thrombus (RVT) is an unusual finding on echocardiography. We describe a healthy young male patient who developed RVT with subsequent pulmonary embolism (PE), the etiology of which remains uncertain.

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