Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Show: 20 | 50 | 100
Results 1 - 2 de 2
Filter
Add filters








Year range
1.
Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 66(2b): 365-368, jun. 2008. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-486192

ABSTRACT

We studied 386 cases of spinal cord injury to analyze the follow up of the patients admitted most of the time more than four hours, the majority of the injuries happening far from the attending health service and first specialized care received long after the accident. This is a clinical study based on data collected during hospitalization of the patients, operated or not, in a Brazilian public health service. The lesion mainly seen was fracture and dislocation, isolated or on multiple levels, and the most important clinical complications were due to respiratory failure and hypotension, especially because 73.8 percent were from outside and they were admitted more then four hours after the trauma. The mortality rate was 11.9 percent, but just 2.1 percent had undergone a surgery. The complications resulted in major risk of death when the trauma was at the cervical level and the patients were over 50 years old, especially when admitted more than four hours after the trauma. We emphasize the importance of the first health care concerning the clinical treatment, aiming to reduce the mortality rate.


Estudamos 386 casos de trauma raquimedular, observando a evolução dos pacientes admitidos na maioria das vezes após quatro horas do trauma, a maioria procedente de lugar distante do serviço de saúde. Trata-se de um estudo clínico baseado em dados coletados durante a hospitalização, de pacientes operados ou não, em serviço de saúde pública no Brasil. Na maioria das vezes a lesão principal foi fratura-luxação, isolada ou em múltiplos níveis, e as complicações clínicas mais importantes foram devido à insuficiência respiratória e hipotensão, especialmente porque 73.8 por cento dos casos eram de lugares distantes, tendo sido admitidos mais de quatro horas após o trauma. A taxa de mortalidade foi 11,9 por cento, sendo 2,1 por cento em pós-operatório. As complicações resultaram em maior risco de morte quando o trauma foi ao nível cervical, idade acima de 50 anos, especialmente aqueles admitidos com mais de quatro horas. Enfatizamos a importância do primeiro atendimento na admissão, sobretudo para as alterações respiratórias e hemodinâmicas, objetivando reduzir a mortalidade.


Subject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Emergency Treatment/statistics & numerical data , Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data , Spinal Cord Injuries/epidemiology , Spinal Cord Injuries/therapy , Accidental Falls/statistics & numerical data , Accidents, Traffic/statistics & numerical data , Brazil/epidemiology , Emergency Medical Services/statistics & numerical data , Emergency Medical Services/supply & distribution , First Aid , Injury Severity Score , Motorcycles , Spinal Cord Injuries/mortality , Time Factors , Transportation of Patients , Urban Population
2.
Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 64(3a): 686-689, set. 2006. ilus
Article in Portuguese, English | LILACS | ID: lil-435614

ABSTRACT

Relata-se sobre um homem de 36 anos com passagem quatro anos antes pela selva amazônica. Admitido após seis meses do aparecimento progressivo de tetraparesia, ataxia de marcha, disfagia, disartria, dispnéia e soluço. A ressonância magnética revelou lesão parietoccipital à direita e no bulbo, sendo esta última maior. Investigações para tuberculose e síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida tiveram resultados negativos. Foi submetido a microcirurgia da lesão do bulbo. O estudo anatomopatológico revelou paracoccidioidomicose. Recebeu tratamento com anfotericina B até 2100 mg, e sulfametoxazol-trimetoprim por três meses, e fisioterapia. Voltou às atividades após seis meses do término do tratamento. Comenta-se sobre a participação do sistema imunológico e das citocinas (interleucinas.


We report on a 36 years-old man that had been at the Amazon forest four years before. Six months before the admission he had developed a progressive quadriparesis, gait ataxia, dysphagia, dysarthria, difficulty in breathing and hiccup. The gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MRI showed a lesion into the right parietoccipital area and another into the medulla, that was the largest. There was any evidence of tuberculosis or AIDS. The patient was submitted to microsurgical approach to the medulla. Pathological examination revealed paracoccidioidomycosis. Treatment with anphotericin B till 2100mg was administered followed by sulfamethoxazole-trimetoprim for three months plus physical therapy. The patient went back to his activities six months after the end of the treatment. Comments are presented about the participation of the immunological system and of the cytokines (interleukines.


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Adult , Brain Diseases/microbiology , Paracoccidioidomycosis/diagnosis , Antifungal Agents , Amphotericin B/therapeutic use , Brain Diseases/diagnosis , Brain Diseases/drug therapy , Brain Diseases/surgery , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Paracoccidioidomycosis/drug therapy , Paracoccidioidomycosis/surgery , Treatment Outcome , Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination/therapeutic use
SELECTION OF CITATIONS
SEARCH DETAIL