We present the case of a 26 year old polytrauma patient with a left intra-articular distal radial fracture, with an uncorrected late univentricular heart with severe pulmonary hypertension, subsequent Eisenmenger syndrome and supraventricular tachycardia managed with metoprolol. We find this case particu...
RESUMEN Introducción: el politraumatismo por si solo constituye uno de los problemas más grandes de la sociedad moderna. Las lesiones traumáticas en Cuba aparecen en el quinto lugar entre las causas globales de muerte para todas las edades. Objetivo: determinar cómo incidió el factor tiempo en l...
Introdução: Lesões geradas por queimaduras representam
um importante problema de saúde pública, constituindo
a quarta causa de morte na infância no Brasil e Estados
Unidos. Além disso, poucas são as doenças que trazem
prejuízos tão importantes, com considerável morbidade pelo
desenvolvimento ...
ABSTRACT Objective: to discuss the clinical and therapeutic aspects of tracheobronchial lesions in victims of thoracic trauma. Methods: we analyzed the medical records of patients with tracheobronchial lesions treated at the São Paulo Holy Home from April 1991 to June 2008. We established patients' ...
ABSTRACT The damage control surgery came up with the philosophy of applying essential maneuvers to control bleeding and abdominal contamination in trauma patients who are within the limits of their physiological reserves. This concept was extended to thoracic injuries, where relatively simple maneuvers c...
Objective: To analyze the characteristics of trauma patients with renal lesions treated at a university hospital in Curitiba. Methods: We conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional study guided by review of medical records of trauma victims who underwent surgical treatment. The variables analyzed were ag...
We reported a case of a twenty-nine-year-old male who presented a penile fracture associated with urethral injury caused by a sexual intercourse. An ideal anamnesis and a special physical examination were determinant to correct diagnostics. Ultrasonography and uretrocistography must be performed for conf...
Se reporta que la neurocirugía en Cuba ha considerado como esencial su papel en el manejo de los pacientes con traumatismos craneoencefálicos. Se reseña el manejo de los pacientes con traumatismos craneoencefálicos en el Hospital Manuel Ascunce Domenech y se describen los resultados generales obtenid...
