Comunicación en el consultorio de medicina familiar: trabajo multicéntrico, cualitativo cuantitativo, en los meses de abril a julio de 2014, en Buenos Aires, Rosario y Tucumán / Communication in Family Medicine practice: multicenter research trial, qualitative and quantitative, from April to June 2014. in the City of Buenos Aires, Rosario and Tucumán

Introducción: la comunicación es trascendental para la vida en sociedad. El éxito de cualquier entrevista clínica depende de la calidad de la comunicación entre el médico y el paciente. Distintos factores pueden interferir en esta, como el ambiente, el tiempo y las interrupciones. Objetivo: Evaluar el grado de comprensión del mensaje transmitido por el médico hacia el paciente. Material y método: Trabajo multicéntrico, cualitativo cuantitativo. Componente cuantitativo: descriptivo de corte transversal de abril a julio de 2014. Se incluyeron 1200 adultos de ambos sexos, que asistieron a los Ce.M.A.P y 40 médicos de familia. Componente cualitativo: Muestreo no probabilístico, intencional, hasta saturación de datos. Triangulación y convergencia de datos. Resultados y discusión: Respecto al componente cuantitativo, se encontró que nuestras hipótesis acerca de la falta de comprensión del mensaje (indicaciones y problema de salud) no pudieron comprobarse. Ya que las indicaciones realizadas por el médico tuvieron una adecuación total del 60% y comprendieron el problema de salud un 77% de los pacientes entrevistados. Para el componente cualitativo luego del análisis temático se obtuvieron barreras (tiempo, paciente polidemandante, ideas previas, omisión de indicaciones no farmacológicas) y facilitadores (conocimiento previo del problema de salud, longitudinalidad, paciente acompañado) para la comprensión del mensaje. Conclusiones: Los pacientes entienden el mensaje de sus médicos de familia, ya que contamos con herramientas concretas como la escucha empática, el proceso clínico centrado en la persona y la longitudinalidad en la atención (AU)

Introduction: communication is important for life in a society. Success in any clinical interview depends on the quality of patient-doctor communication. Different factors may interfere, like the environment, time and interruptions. Objective: Asses the level of understanding of the message given to the patient by the doctor. Material and method: Multicenter research trial, qualitative and quantitative. Quantitative component: cross sectional descriptive from April to June 2014. 1200 adults of both sexes who assisted to the primary health care center: "Ce.M.A.P." in the City of Buenos Aires, Rosario and Tucumán and 40 family practitioners. Qualitative component: nonprobability, intentional sampling upon data saturation. Data triangulation and convergence. Results and discussion: as regards the quantitative component, we found out that our hypothesis in relation to the lack of understanding in the message (indications and health problem) could not be proven. Since 60% of the practitioner's indications were followed and 77% of the interviewed patients understood the health problem. Considering the qualitative component after the thematic analysis, barriers (time, highly demanding patient, previous knowledge, omission of non-pharmacological indications) and facilitators were obtained (previous knowledge of health problem, longitudinality, accompanied patient) to understand the message. Conclusion: patients understand their family practitioner's message since we have specific tools like empathic listening, patient centered healthcare and longitudinality in attention (AU)

Ultrasound-guided injection of polidocanol microfoam in the management of venous leg ulcers.

BACKGROUND: Venous leg ulceration is a frequent and severe complication of lower limb venous insufficiency. Compression therapy is associated with a protracted course of healing and multiple recurrences. Minimally invasive surgery (subfascial endoscopic perforating surgery) is only possible in a subset of patients with leg ulcers. Low-cost and noninvasive therapeutic procedures are needed as alternative treatments. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of sclerosant in microfoam in treating venous leg ulceration. DESIGN: A retrospective study of medical records, pretreatment and posttreatment color photographs, and echo Doppler in patients with venous leg ulceration. All patients were evaluated at 6 months after therapy, 70% were also evaluated at 2 years, 25% at 3 years, and 14% at 4 or more years after treatment. They were assessed for complete (100%) ulcer healing, time to wound closure, and recurrence. SETTING: Private vascular surgery clinic in Granada and dermatology department at a hospital in Pamplona, Spain. PATIENTS: Over 115 months, 116 consecutive patients (mean age [range], 57 [25-85] years) treated with ultrasound-guided injection of polidocanol microfoam (UIPM). INTERVENTIONS: To reduce venous hypertension, UIPM was used to selectively and progressively sclerose sources of incompetence. The number of sessions per patient varied between 1 and 17 (mean, 3.6). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Complete ulcer healing, defined as full reepithelialization of the wound with absence of drainage. Recurrence was defined as epithelial breakdown in the healed limb. RESULTS: At 6-months' follow-up, treatment with UIPM achieved complete healing in 83% of patients (96/116), with median time to healing of 2.7 months; 7 patients were never cured, and 1 patient was lost to follow-up. There were recurrences in 10 patients. CONCLUSIONS: The use of UIPM to selectively and progressively sclerose incompetent veins produced by venous hypertension is highly effective to achieve a stable ulcer healing with minimal invasion, even in elderly patients. Recurrences are easily treatable with this approach. This technique may become a first-line treatment in the management of leg venous ulcers.