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Readmissions due to traffic accidents at a general hospital

AbstractObjective: to verify the occurrence and the causes of hospital readmissions within a year after discharge from hospitalizations due to traffic accidents.Methods: victims of multiple traumas due to traffic accidents were included, who were admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. Sociodemographic data,...

Night admission is an independent risk factor for mortality in trauma patients - a systemic error approach

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 42 (4), 2015
ABSTRACTObjective:to assess the impact of the shift inlet trauma patients, who underwent surgery, in-hospital mortality.Methods:a retrospective observational cohort study from November 2011 to March 2012, with data collected through electronic medical records. The following variables were statistically a...

Alcohol and brief intervention for trauma victims

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 42 (4), 2015
Objective:to describe the causes and severities of trauma in patients who met the criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence according to Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, and to display the pattern of alcohol consumption and subsequent changes one year after trauma.Methods:a transversal and l...

Implementation of the trauma registry as a tool for quality improvement in trauma care in a brazilian hospital: the first 12 months

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 42 (4), 2015
ABSTRACTObjective:to analyze the implementation of a trauma registry in a university teaching hospital delivering care under the unified health system (SUS), and its ability to identify points for improvement in the quality of care provided.Methods:the data collection group comprised students from medici...

The impact of a chest tube management protocol on the outcome of trauma patients with tube thoracostomy

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 42 (4), 2015
ABSTRACTObjective:to investigate the effect of standardized interventions in the management of tube thoracostomy patients and to assess the independent effect of each intervention.Methods:A chest tube management protocol was assessed in a retrospective cohort study. The tube thoracostomy protocol (TTP) w...

Curbing Inflammation in hemorrhagic trauma: a review

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 42 (4), 2015
Trauma is one of the world's leading causes of death within the first 40 years of life and thus a significant health problem. Trauma accounts for nearly a third of the lost years of productive life before 65 years of age and is associated with infection, hemorrhagic shock, reperfusion syndrome, and infla...

Caracterización del trauma pediátrico en un hospital militar de la ciudad de bogotá

Rev. MED; 23 (2), 2015
Objetivo: Describir las características sociodemográficas y clínicas de los pacientes entre 0 y 15 años de edad hospitalizados en el 2011 por trauma Pediátrico en el Hospital Militar Central. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo descriptivo en los pacientes pediátricos del Hospital Milita...

Criterios de amputación de una extremidad severamente lesionada
Amputation criteria of a severely injured extremity

Se realiza una revisión de las debilidades y valores clínicos de los diferentes sistemas de evaluación, ya publicados, en cuanto al trato a brindar a una extremidad severamente lesionada. Se consideran los criterios de cada sistema de puntuación en relación a la toma de decisión, ante la disyuntiva...

Neuropatía óptica postraumática, presentación de un caso
Post-traumatic optic neuropathy: case presentation

Cambios rev. méd; 14 (25), 2015
Introducción: la neuropatía óptica postraumática (NOP) es una entidad en la cual se presenta una lesión del nervio óptico secundaria a un traumatismo directo o indirecto. Puede ser muy fácil de diagnosticar cuando existe la sospecha clínica y se encuentran alteraciones funcionales pupilares. Exis...