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Trauma quality indicators: a way to identify attention points in the treatment of elderly trauma patients

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Purpose: to trauma quality indicators as a tool to identify opportunities of improvement in elderly trauma patient's' treatment. Methods: prospective analysis of data collected between 2014-2015, and stored in the iTreg software (by Ecossistemas). Trauma victims, aged older than 60 years and...

An alternative approach to treatment of inferior vena cava filter perforation

J. vasc. bras; 19 (), 2020
Abstract We report a case of inferior vena cava filter perforation immediately after filter implantation, recognized intraoperatively in a patient undergoing laparotomy for resection of locally advanced ovarian cancer. We describe an alternative approach with strut resection, less invasive than filter re...

Hemosuccus pancreaticus: rara asociación entre pancreatitis aguda, alcoholismo y sesiones vasculares en la circulación esplácnica
Hemosuccus Pancreaticus: an unusual association of acute pancreatitis, alcoholism and vascular abnormalities of the splanchnic circulation

Med. interna (Caracas); 36 (3), 2020
La pancreatitis aguda o crónica puede resultar en lesiones del conducto pancreático, además, la corrosión por el jugo pancreático puede provocar la ruptura de la pared vascular periférica, lo que conduce a hemosuccus pancreático (HP) definido como el sangrado del conducto pancreático a través de...

Validation of an evaluation instrument for responders in tactical casualty care simulations

Objective: to construct and validate a tool for the evaluation of responders in tactical casualty care simulations. Method: three rubrics for the application of a tourniquet, an emergency bandage and haemostatic agents recommended by the Hartford Consensus were developed and validated. Validity and reli...

Bleeding management after implementation of the Hemorrhage Code (Code H) at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective To describe the implementation of a care protocol based on rapid response teams, for management and resolution of bleeding. Methods A hospital protocol called Hemorrhage Code (Code H) was devised and developed. In a flow line, a multidisciplinary team provides comprehensive, fast a...

El papel de la videocápsula endoscópica en la hemorragia digestiva

Metro cienc; 27 (2), 2019
Introducción: desde el advenimiento de la cápsula endoscópica, la hemorragia digestiva del intestino delgado ha cambiado su epidemiología y se ha podido identificar diversas causas que antes no se las entendía. Este estudio enmarca nuestra experiencia en esta nueva técnica de gran utilidad en el Ho...

Requerimiento de hemostasia endoscópica en pacientes de una unidad de cuidado intensivo con hemorragia de vías digestivas altas

Resumen Introducción: los pacientes hospitalizados en la unidad de cuidados intensivos (UCI) tienen riesgo de hemorragia digestiva alta (HVDA). La endoscopia digestiva alta (EVDA) es el examen de elección en esos pacientes y es diagnóstica y terapéutica. Muchas lesiones identificadas endoscópicame...