Utilidad y seguridad de los ingresos directos a una unidad hospitalaria de agudos de un servicio de geriatría valorados por atención geriátrica en residencias

Background and objectiveMore than half of institutionalized older people need a emergency department visit annually, with high resources consumption and higher risk of adverse events, due to high complexity. Direct admission to Acute Geriatric Unit (AGU), after geriatric consultant and nursing home medical team assessment, could be a safety and effective alternative to emergency department (ED) admission.MethodsRetrospective observational study of AGU patients admitted by Nursing Home Geriatric Team between January, 1st and December, 31st, 2021. Planned admissions and SARS-CoV-2 positive patients were excluded. Medical (sociodemographic, clinical, functional and cognitive) records and outcomes data (inpatient mortality, hospital and ED lenght of stay, transfer to ED and delirium within 48 h after admission, hospital discharge location) were collected.ResultsTwo hundred and six patients directly admitted, 101 through ED (N 307). 62.5% with Barthel index <40, 65% with dementia, 56.4% with Charlson index ≥3. Inpatient mortality was 14.6% in direct admission, 20.8% in ED referral group, p = 0.14. Hospital lenght of stay was 9.61 ± 6.01 days in direct admission, 11.22 ± 5.36 days in ED group, p = 0.02. 27.7% of patients with delirium in direct admission and 36.6% in ED group; only one patient was transferred to ED, within 48 h after admission.ConclusionsDirect admission is a safety and effective alternative to ED referral in institutionalized older people after geriatric assessment, due to no increased mortality, shorter length of stay and hospital cost reduction.     

IMPROV-ED trial: eHealth programme for faster recovery and reduced healthcare utilisation after CABG

Netherlands Heart Journal - After coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), healthcare utilisation is high and is partly unplanned. eHealth applications have been proposed to reduce healthcare...     

Prehospital Thrombolysis: A Manual from Berlin

In acute ischemic stroke, time from symptom onset to intervention is a decisive prognostic factor. In order to reduce this time, prehospital thrombolysis at the emergency site would be preferable. However, apart from neurological expertise and laboratory investigations a computed tomography (CT) scan is necessary to exclude hemorrhagic stroke prior to thrombolysis. Therefore, a specialized ambulance equipped with a CT scanner and point-of-care laboratory was designed and constructed. Further, a new stroke identifying interview algorithm was developed and implemented in the Berlin emergency medical services. Since February 2011 the identification of suspected stroke in the dispatch center of the Berlin Fire Brigade prompts the deployment of this ambulance, a stroke emergency mobile (STEMO). On arrival, a neurologist, experienced in stroke care and with additional training in emergency medicine, takes a neurological examination. If stroke is suspected a CT scan excludes intracranial hemorrhage. The CT-scans are telemetrically transmitted to the neuroradiologist on-call. If coagulation status of the patient is normal and patient''s medical history reveals no contraindication, prehospital thrombolysis is applied according to current guidelines (intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, iv rtPA, alteplase, Actilyse).Thereafter patients are transported to the nearest hospital with a certified stroke unit for further treatment and assessment of strokeaetiology. After a pilot-phase, weeks were randomized into blocks either with or without STEMO care. Primary end-point of this study is time from alarm to the initiation of thrombolysis. We hypothesized that alarm-to-treatment time can be reduced by at least 20 min compared to regular care.     

急诊昏迷患者的迅速分诊与急救方法探讨

目的:探讨急诊昏迷患者的迅速分诊与急救方法。方法:参照5级急诊预检分诊系统和急诊危重病降阶梯治疗方法,对我院2012年1月至2014年12月120例急诊治疗昏迷患者进行规范化分诊、急救护理,回顾性分析其诊疗效果。结果:120例昏迷患者有90例(75.00%)治愈出院,17例(14.17%)因病情平稳转至相关科室进行治疗,13例(10.83%)病死,急诊治疗总有效率和病死率分别为89.17%和10.83%。结论:分诊和急救处置的规范化对患者治愈和预后有重要影响。     

Perfil clínico y mortalidad a 90 días de los pacientes centenarios atendidos en servicios de urgencias hospitalarios

ObjectivesTo determine the clinical profile and to develop a model to predict 90-day mortality in centenarian patients attended in emergency departments (ED).MethodologyThis was an observational, retrospective, multicentre cohort study including patients > 99 years attended in 5 ED in the Community of Madrid from January to December 2012. Demographic variables were recorded, as well as, comorbidities, cognitive, functional, social basal status, geriatric syndromes, acute episode, and hospital and social resources use, and 90-day mortality.ResultsThe study included 209 patients aged 101 years (SD 1.7) of whom 161 (77.0%) were female. Sixty four (32.5%) had severe comorbidity (Charlson index ≥ 3), 101 (49.8%) on multiple medication, 100 (52.6%) had cognitive impairment, 82 (42.3%) had severe functional dependence, 85 (40.7%) were institutionalised, and 190 (94.5%) had a geriatric syndrome. Dyspnoea (26.8%), followed by falls (12.4%) were the most common causes of attendance. One hundred and eighteen (56.5%) were admitted, and 58 out of 174 (33.3%) died in the first 90 days. The model to predict 90-day overall mortality included male sex (OR 2.42 95% CI = 0.97-6.04; P = .059), emergency care in the previous 3 months (OR 4.08 95% CI = 1.26-13.16; P = .019) and the hospitalization by index event (OR 8.63 95% CI = 3.25-22.9; P < .001) and this model had an area under ROC curve of 0.776 (95% CI = 0.70-0.85; P < .001).ConclusionsCentenarian patients attended in ED had a significant frailty and one in three cases died in the first 90 days after being attended, and this was associated with male sex, emergency care in the previous 3 months, and hospitalisation.     

黑龙江省辖区内“120”急救中心调度员工作量及职业压力现状研究

目的:调查黑龙江省辖区内的120急救调度中心调度员的工作量与职业压力情况,为在120急救中心进行人力资源优化配置提供支持。方法:通过基础工作量问卷与工作内容量表(JCQ)问卷对黑龙江省内8家"120"急救调度中心内共计62名急救中心调度员进行调查和统计分析,并对调度科室主任进行访谈。结果:调度员的通话量呈现明显的地区差异性并异常地高于调度量,调度员的工作属于积极型的工作状态,但是决策自主度的分数较低,而技术自主度则与通话量和调度量具有明显线性关系(P0.05),调度时间与上司支持和同事支持有显著相关性(P0.05)。结论:黑龙江省辖区内的急救调度中心依旧处于组织结构复杂化、资源分配不均的情况,需要对调度员缩短调度时间进行训练以及对市民进行急救知识教育以减少无用通话的数量。     

Isolation of Candida in the blood cultures of patients admitted to the Emergency Room in a tertiary care hospital

BackgroundIn Spain, data of candidemia are limited to surveys conducted in specific areas or tertiary care centers. Also, in recent years, attention has shifted toward episodes of candidemia in non-ICU wards.AimsWe reviewed the cases of Candida isolates recovered from the blood of patients admitted to the Emergency Room (ER) in our tertiary care hospital.MethodsThe patients selected for this study had an isolation of Candida in the blood culture. All data were collected retrospectively from the clinical records of a 11-year period.ResultsCandida albicans and other species of the genus were present in 10 and 18 patients, respectively. The patients did not present different clinical features in comparison with other reports of hospitalized patients. All patients had several risk factors for candidemia. Only two patients had received previous antifungal therapy before admission. All the isolates of C. albicans, Candida glabrata and the only isolate of Candida tropicalis were susceptible to all the antifungal agents tested. Only one isolate of Candida parapsilosis was susceptible dose-dependent to fluconazole, and the only isolate of Candida metapsilosis was resistant to fluconazole.ConclusionsIt is essential to evaluate the risk factors, underlying conditions and clinical features in non-hospitalized patients in order to determine whether an empirical treatment for candidemia is appropriate.     

Population trends in emergency cancer diagnoses: The role of changing patient case-mix

BackgroundDiagnosis of cancer through an emergency presentation is associated with worse clinical and patient experience outcomes. The proportion of patients with cancer who are diagnosed through emergency presentations has consequently been introduced as a routine cancer surveillance measure in England. Welcome reductions in this metric have been reported over more than a decade but whether reductions reflect true changes in how patients are diagnosed rather than the changing case-mix of incident cohorts in unknown.MethodsWe analysed ‘Routes to Diagnosis’ data on cancer patients (2006–2015) and used logistic regression modelling to determine the contribution of changes in four case-mix variables (sex, age, deprivation, cancer site) to time-trends in emergency presentations.ResultsBetween 2006 and 2015 there was an absolute 4.7 percentage point reduction in emergency presentations (23.8%–19.2%). Changing distributions of the four case-mix variables explained 19.0% of this reduction, leaving 81.0% unexplained. Changes in cancer site case-mix alone explained 16.0% of the total reduction.ConclusionChanges in case-mix (particularly that of cancer sites) account for about a fifth of the overall reduction in emergency presentations. This would support the use of adjustment/standardisation of reported statistics to support their interpretation and help appreciate the influence of case-mix, particularly regarding cancer sites with changing incidence. However, most of the reduction in emergency presentations remains unaccounted for, and likely reflects genuine changes during the study period in how patients were being diagnosed.     

游离股前外侧皮瓣修复对急诊肢体复合组织缺损患者近期和远期预后的影响

摘要 目的：探讨与分析游离股前外侧皮瓣修复对急诊肢体复合组织缺损患者近期和远期预后的影响。方法：2015年4月到2021年9月选择在本院急诊的下肢复合组织缺损患者66例作为研究对象,根据1:1随机分配原则把患者分为研究组与对照组各33例。研究组给予游离股前外侧皮瓣修复治疗,对照组给予下肢外侧皮瓣修复治疗,观察与随访患者的近期和远期预后情况。结果：所有患者都顺利完成急诊修复治疗,所有皮瓣都创面都Ⅰ期愈合,研究组的术后住院时间、术后换药次数、术后上皮组织完全覆盖创面时间、术后创面愈合时间少于对照组（P<0.05）。研究组术后3个月的皮瓣血供优良率为100.0 %,高于对照组的84.8 %（P<0.05）。研究组术后3个月的血肿、伤口感染、血管危象、骨髓炎等并发症发生率为3.0 %,低于对照组的27.3 %（P<0.05）。研究组术后12个月的皮瓣保护性感觉率为100.0 %,高于对照组的78.8 %（P<0.05）。结论：游离股前外侧皮瓣修复在急诊肢体复合组织缺损患者的应用能促进患者康复,提高皮瓣血供优良率,还可减少并发症的发生,改善患者远期的皮瓣保护性感觉状况。     

Are developing countries prepared to face Ebola-like outbreaks?

<正>Ebola virus disease has caused havoc in West Africa,with 11,162deaths and more than 27,181 cases(as of May 31,2015)being reported since the virus emerged in early2014 in Guinea.The maximum number of cases has been reported in Sierra Leone(12,827),while most of the reported deaths have occurred in Liberia(4,806),according to the Center for Disease Control and