Perfil dos pacientes com crise hipertensiva atendidos em uma unidade de pronto atendimento / Perfil de los pacientes con crisis hipertensiva atendidos en una unidad de pronta atención / Profile of patients with hypertensive crisis seen in an emergency care unit

RESUMO Objetivo: descrever o perfil dos pacientes com crise hipertensiva atendidos em uma Unidade de Pronto Atendimento. Método: estudo transversal descritivo, realizado por meio da análise de 80 prontuários de pacientes com quadro de crise hipertensiva, atendidos em uma unidade de pronto atendimento, entre o período de março de 2018 a fevereiro de 2019. Os dados foram coletados por meio de roteiro estruturado e receberam tratamento estatístico descritivo. Resultados: Após a análise dos 80 prontuários, constatou-se que a média de idade entre os pacientes atendidos foi de 58,03, sendo a faixa etária adulta a mais prevalente (53,8%). Constatou-se que a média da pressão arterial sistólica foi significativamente maior em homens em relação às mulheres (p=0,013). Quanto à sintomatologia, a cefaleia foi a mais prevalente, com 35,0%. Verificou-se que durante o atendimento da crise hipertensiva, a maioria dos pacientes fez uso de apenas uma droga para redução da PA, sendo o inibidor adrenérgico de ação central o mais citado. Quanto ao desfecho, grande parte dos pacientes recebeu alta (93,8%) logo após o atendimento, porém, 6,3% permaneceram em internamento de curta permanência até a estabilização do quadro. Considerações finais: Este estudo possibilitou a caracterização da população com crise hipertensiva atendida em um pronto atendimento, a qual evidencia uma possível fragilidade existente entre a articulação dos níveis de atenção à saúde.

RESUMEN Objetivo: describir el perfil de los pacientes con crisis hipertensiva atendidos en una Unidad de Pronta Atención. Método: estudio transversal descriptivo, realizado por medio del análisis de 80 registros médicos de pacientes con cuadro de crisis hipertensiva, atendidos en una unidad de pronta atención, entre el período de marzo de 2018 a febrero de 2019. Los datos fueron recogidos por medio de guion estructurado y recibieron tratamiento estadístico descriptivo. Resultados: después del análisis de los 80 registros médicos, se constató que el promedio de edad entre los pacientes atendidos fue de 58,03, siendo la franja etaria adulta la más prevalente (53,8%). Se constató que el promedio de la presión arterial sistólica fue significativamente mayor en hombres que en las mujeres (p=0,013). En cuanto a la sintomatología, la cefalea fue la más prevalente, con 35,0%. Se verificó que, durante la atención de la crisis hipertensiva, la mayoría de los pacientes hizo uso de solo una droga para reducción de la PA, siendo el inhibidor adrenérgico de acción central el más relatado. Respecto al resultado, gran parte de los pacientes recibió el alta (93,8%) inmediatamente después de la atención, sin embargo, el 6,3% permaneció en internamiento de corta estancia hasta la estabilización del cuadro. Consideraciones finales: este estudio posibilitó la caracterización de la población con crisis hipertensiva atendida en una pronta atención, la cual evidencia una posible fragilidad existente entre la articulación de los niveles de atención a la salud.

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the profile of patients with hypertensive crisis treated at an Emergency Care Unit. Method: descriptive cross-sectional study carried out through the analysis of 80 medical records of patients with hypertensive crisis, treated at an emergency care unit, between March 2018 and February 2019. Data were collected using a structured script and were subjected to descriptive statistical treatment. Results: after analyzing the 80 medical records, it was found that the mean age of the treated patients was 58.03, with the adult age group being the most prevalent (53.8%). It was found that the mean systolic blood pressure was significantly higher in men than in women (p=0.013). As for symptoms, headache was the most prevalent, with 35.0%. It was found that during the treatment of the hypertensive crisis, most patients used only one drug to reduce BP, with centrally acting antiadrenergic drugs being the most cited. Regarding the outcome, most of the patients were discharged (93.8%) soon after treatment; however, 6.3% remained in short-term hospitalization until their condition stabilized. Final considerations: this study made it possible to characterize the population with hypertensive crisis treated in an emergency room, showing a possible fragility in the articulation between health care levell

Análisis de la demanda de atención urgente en un municipio de la Cataluña Central / Analysis of the urgent attention demand in a municipality of the Central Catalonia

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Experiencia del manejo del trauma vesical en Hospital de Urgencia Asistencia Pública: revisión de cinco años, 2005- 2009 / Bladder trauma: management experience of Hospital de Urgencia Asistencia Publica: five years review, 2005- 2009

INTRODUCCIÓN: El trauma vesical es escaso, representa el 2-3 por ciento de traumatismos abdominales y es frecuente su asociación a fractura de pelvis. Con diagnóstico precoz tiene baja tasa de mortalidad. OBJETIVO: Describir el manejo de los pacientes con trauma vesical en el Hospital de Urgencia Asistencia Pública, Santiago, Chile. MATERIAL Y MÉTODO: Estudio retrospectivo, descriptivo de los registros de 16 pacientes con diagnóstico de egreso de trauma vesical, durante periodo 2005-2009. Los datos recopilados fueron sometidos a análisis estadístico simple en Microsoft Office® Excel 2010. RESULTADOS: El promedio de edad fue 29 años. Del total de pacientes, 13 son de sexo masculino. El mecanismo de lesión fue de tipo contuso en 11, siendo el accidente de tránsito el más frecuente con nueve. Los traumas penetrantes se presentaron en cinco pacientes, de los cuales cuatro fueron por arma de fuego. La hematuria es un signo frecuente, en nueve de ellos se presentó. El diagnóstico se realizó con ecotomografía abdominal en ocho y en cinco fue intraoperatorio. El manejo realizado fue quirúrgico en 15 casos, que abarca la totalidad del trauma penetrante, sólo tres pacientes presentaron complicaciones que correspondieron a sangrado activo. El trauma vesical se sospechó al ingreso en tres pacientes. DISCUSIÓN: El trauma vesical se presenta en pacientes jóvenes de sexo masculino, el mecanismo más frecuente es el contuso por accidente de tránsito. El diagnóstico se realiza principalmente con ecotomografía abdominal. El manejo es quirúrgico. La sospecha de trauma vesical es baja y se requieren exámenes de imágenes para confirmar.

INTRODUCTION: Bladder trauma is infrequent. Its incidence is estimated at 2-3 percent of all abdominal trauma and is strongly associated with pelvic fracture. If bladder trauma is suspected and identified, it has low mortality rate. OBJECTIVE: To describe the management of patients with bladder trauma in Hospital de Urgencia Asistencia Pública. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Descriptive, retrospective study of patients with discharge diagnosis of bladder trauma, between 2005 – 2009. RESULTS: Mean age was 29 years. Of all patients, 13 were male. Eleven patients presented blunt trauma, being traffic accidents the most frequent in nine. Penetrating trauma was present in five patients, of which four were by firearm. Hematuria is a frequent sign, being present in nine patients. For diagnosis, abdominal ultrasonography was used in eight cases and in five was made intraoperatively. Surgery was performed in 15 patients, which covers all cases of penetrating trauma. Three patients resented complications, all of them secondary to active bleeding. On admission, only three patients had suspicion of bladder trauma. DISCUSSION: Bladder trauma mainly occurs in young male patients and the most frequent injury mechanism are traffic accidents. Abdominal ultrasonography is the main diagnostic tool and it requires surgical resolution. Bladder trauma requires a high level of suspicion and imaging studies to make the diagnosis.

Post-earthquake injuries treated at a field hospital --- Haiti, 2010.

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, resulting in an estimated 222,570 deaths and 300,000 persons with injuries. The University of Miami Global Institute/Project Medishare (UMGI/PM) established the first field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the earthquake. To characterize injuries and surgical procedures performed by UMGI/PM and assess specialized medical, surgical, and rehabilitation needs, UMGI/PM and CDC conducted a retrospective medical record review of all available inpatient records for the period January 13-May 28, 2010. This report describes the results of that review, which indicated that, during the study period (when a total of 1,369 admissions occurred), injury-related diagnoses were recorded for 581 (42%) admitted patients, of whom 346 (60%) required a surgical procedure. The most common injury diagnoses were fractures/dislocations, wound infections, and head, face, and brain injuries. The most common injury-related surgical procedures were wound debridement/skin grafting, treatment for orthopedic trauma, and surgical amputation. Among patient records with documented injury-related mechanisms, 162 (28%) indicated earthquake-related injuries. Earthquake preparedness planning for densely populated areas in resource-limited settings such as Haiti should account for injury-related medical, surgical, and rehabilitation needs that must be met immediately after the event and during the recovery phase, when altered physical and social environments can contribute to a continued elevated need for inpatient management of injuries.

Las ayudas públicas para investigación: una puerta de entrada para investigar en urgencias y emergencias / Public funding for research: a way into investigation in urgency and emergency medicine

Como medio de mejora de la baja productividad investigadora de calidad en medicina de urgencias, se puede recurrir a la cooperación y al conocimiento de los sistemas de evaluación de los organismos financiadores. Con dicho propósito se presenta una descripción de los dos principales sistemas de evaluación empleados por los organismos financiado esa nivel nacional (FIS) y a nivel europeo (Programas de Cooperación en Salud del Séptimo Programa Marco). Las dimensiones seleccionadas para el análisis fueron: la metodología, el proceso y los criterios de evaluación, el peso del criterio y las características de los evaluadores. Existen diferencias tanto a nivel organizativo, objetivos, política, asignación de recursos, mecanismo de financiación, importancia otorgada a la actividad investigadora, organización de los procesos de investigación y gestión de la investigación, que dificultan la comparación en materia de investigación. Las limitaciones detectadas afectan, entre otras, a la falta de retorno a los evaluadores, la ausencia de confidencialidad sobre los equipos y al déficit de mecanismos de homogeneización de criterios entre evaluadores a lo largo del tiempo (AU)

The knowledge available in the evaluation systems that funding agencies set up to review applications can be taken advantage of to increase the amount of well-designed research in emergency medicine, improving the current situation of low productivity. To further that end, we describe the 2 main review systems used by the Spanish national funding agency and the European Seventh Framework Programme for health research. The dimensions analyzed were as follows: procedures, processes and evaluation criteria; criterion weighting; and characteristics of reviewers. The 2 systems differ in terms of general organization, objectives, policies, allocation of resources, funding mechanisms, importance placed on research productivity, organization of research processes and management. Comparison is therefore difficult. Limitations detected include the lack of feedback for reviewers, of blinding, and of mechanisms to guarantee that evaluation criteria are applied consistently by reviewers over time (AU)

The mobile army surgical hospital humanitarian assistance mission in Pakistan: the primary care experience.

Military surgical field hospitals are frequently deployed for humanitarian missions. Current Department of Defense doctrine and World Health Organization policy question the appropriateness of their use, because the majority of patients require nonsurgical care. We describe our experiences during the deployment of a mobile army surgical hospital in response to the October 8, 2005, earthquake in Pakistan. More than 20,000 patients received care during a 4-month period. An initially high surgical workload quickly decreased while the volume of primary care patients increased, eventually accounting for 90% of patient visits. Our experience supports deploying primary care-oriented units for humanitarian missions.

Descriptive summary of patients seen at the surgical companies during Operation Iraqi Freedom-1.

The Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry is a data repository summarizing information from data sets describing injuries sustained and treatments administered to casualties from the point of injury to rehabilitation. Among the medical facilities contributing data to the Combat Trauma Registry during Operation Iraqi Freedom were the Marine Corps forward surgical companies. The surgical companies offer resuscitative surgery, medical treatment, and temporary holding facilities, in addition to preparing patients for evacuation. This article reviews the types of patients admitted and treatments provided at the surgical companies during the major combat period of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The surgical companies saw an average of 15 to 17 patients per day during this period. Less than 20% of the U.S. casualties seen were wounded in action. In contrast, >75% of the enemy prisoner of war presentations were for battle injuries. Less than 15% of the patients were held at the facilities for >24 hours.

Repercusión de los atentados del 11 de marzo en el Servicio de Rehabilitación del Hospital Gregorio Marañón / Repercussion of the March 11th terrorist attacks on the Rehabilitation Service of the Hospital

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Caracterización de pacientes hospitalizados en Clínica Dávila por ley de urgencia, 2003 / Characterization of patients admitted to Clínica Dávila under the medical emergency law (ley de urgencia), 2003

Antecedentes: La Ley de Urgencia vigente ampara la vida en situaciones de riesgo, independiente de la capacidad de pago. Objetivo: Realizar seguimiento y conocer las características de los pacientes hospitalizados por concepto de Ley de Urgencia en Clínica Dávila durante 2003. Material y Método: Se aplicó una encuesta a los pacientes hospitalizados durante 2003 utilizando además la base de datos de Clínica Dávila para completar información. Resultados: La población total fue de 165 pacientes, de los cuales se aplicó efectivamente la encuesta a 102. La edad promedio fue de 61 años, distribuyéndose en 41.8 (%) hombres y 58.18% mujeres. Los diagnósticos principales correspondieron a enfermedades cardiovasculares (34,5%) neurológicas (20 por ciento), respiratorias (14.5%, infecciosas (7.2 (%)), Diabetes Mellitus descompensada (6%) y patología quirúrgica (9.6%). El control de patología crónica en la población estudiada -previo a la hospitalización- fue de 53.8 (%), siendo en un 44.8 (%) en consultorios de atención primaria. El control posterior al alta de la Clínica fue de 85.7 (%), en un 39.7 (%) en la misma Clínica. De los pacientes fallecidos posterior al alta, 72.72 (%) no estaba en control y la mediana de edad fue 77 años. Discusión: Estos resultados indican que los principales beneficiarios de la Ley de Urgencia fueron pacientes de la tercera edad con alguna enfermedad crónica cuyo control parece insuficiente. El traspaso de pacientes del sistema público al privado, así como el impacto de la atención otorgada por el nivel primario, son situaciones a estudiar para propender a optimizar los recursos.

Background: The Medical Emergency Law which is currently in force protects life at-risk, irrespectively of the solvency of the patient. Purpose: To carry out a follow-up and to know the characteristics of patients admitted to Clínica Dávila under the protection of the Medical Emergency Law, during 2003. Materials and Methods: A survey was implemented within all inpatients admitted during 2003. Information data was completed with Clínica Dávila database. Results: The total population of inpatients under the protection of the Law was 165. A total of 102 patients were effectively surveyed. Patient mean age was 61; 41.8% were males while 58.18% were female. The main diagnoses were cardiovascular diseases (34,5%), neurological disorders (20%), respiratory diseases (14.5%), infectious diseases (7.2%), decompensated Diabetes Mellitus (6%) and surgical pathologies (9.6%). Among the study population, 53.8% of patients were under control for chronic diseases prior to admission; 44.8% of such controls were carried out at primary care outpatient facilities. After discharge, 85.7% of the study population carried out regular controls, in 39.7% of the cases, within the same admission Hospital. A total of 72.72% of the patients deceased after discharge was not undergoing any control, and the median age of such population was 77. Discussion: The results indicate that the main beneficiaries of the Medical Emergency Law were senior patients with a chronic disease who wouldn’t be undergoing a sufficient control of their condition. Transfer of patients from the public to the private health system, as well as the impact of the medical assistance delivered by the primary care level are situations that need further research to aim at optimizing the resources available.