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Background Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious disease with high mortality, especially among the most severe cases undergoing surgery. Aim To analyze the clinical features, perioperative mortality and long-term survival of patients with infective endocarditis requiring surgery. Material and Methods Review of medical records of patients who underwent heart valve surgery for active infective endocarditis in a public hospital between 1995 and 2008. Demographic characteristics and comorbidities were described. Perioperative and 10 year survival were analyzed retrieving death certificates from the Chilean Identification Service. Results Data from 103 patients aged 46 ± 14 years (74% males) was analyzed. Thirty five percent of patients had an underlying predisposing heart condition such as congenital heart disease in 18.5% and prosthetic valves in 10%. The most common location was the aortic valve and the most common surgical procedure was heart valve replacement with a mechanical prosthetic valve in 87% of the cases. Pathogen identification in blood cultures was achieved in 48% of the cases. The most common causative microorganisms were S. aureus in 12%, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus in 11%, S. viridans in 10% and Enterococcus in 7%. Hospital mortality was 20.4% and ten-year survival was 65%. Conclusions Patients with severe IE requiring surgical treatment still have high perioperative and late mortality.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Endocarditis, Bacterial/mortality , Survival Analysis , Retrospective Studies , Hospital Mortality , Endocarditis, Bacterial/surgery , Endocarditis, Bacterial/microbiology , Hospitals, PublicABSTRACT
Introducción: Se puede definir dolor como una experiencia sensorial o emocional desagradable asociada a un daño real o potencial en un tejido. El dolor agudo postoperatorio mal controlado aumenta la morbimortalidad al impactar sobre múltiples sistemas. Para abordar este problema se han creado unidades encargadas de manejar el dolor perioperatorio, conformadas por equipos multidisciplinarios. Objetivos: El objetivo general de esta revisión es presentar el funcionamiento y la experiencia a la fecha de la Unidad del Dolor Agudo Perioperatorio (UDAP) del Hospital Gustavo Fricke (HGF) a los distintos servicios. Desarrollo: La Unidad del Dolor Agudo Perioperatorio (UDAP) del HGF se gesta dentro de la unidad de anestesia y pabellones quirúrgicos en enero del año 2018.Son cerca de 30 pacientes mensuales los que se incluyen en la unidad, los que en promedio están 2 días con algún tipo de analgesia avanzada. Estos pacientes han sido sometidos a cirugías de distintas especialidades, siendo la cirugía digestiva la más frecuente, seguido de la ginecológica y traumatológica. Conclusión: La UDAP del HGF es una iniciativa que nace buscando garantizarla evaluación y seguimiento adecuado de los pacientes sometidos a intervenciones quirúrgicas. La experiencia a la fecha ha sido satisfactoria, no obstante, existen aspectos a mejorar y que constituyen los desafíos a mediano y largo plazo de la unidad.
Introduction: Pain may be defined as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with real or potential tissue damage. Poorly managed acute post-operatory pain affects multiple systems and increases mortality and morbidity. To address this issue, pain management units have been created for the management of perioperative pain by multidisciplinary teams. Objectives: The general objective of this review is to describe the functioning and experience to date of the Acute Perioperative Pain Unit (UDAP) in Gustavo Fricke Hospital (HGF). Development: Gustavo Fricke Hospital´s Acute Perioperative Pain Unit has been administered by the operating theatre and anaesthesia unit since January 2018. Around 30 patients are seen per month. They receive step 3 pain relief and the average length of stay is 2 days. The patients undergo surgeries from the various specialties, gastrointestinal surgery being the most frequent, followed by gynecological and traumatological. Conclusion: The Gustavo Fricke Hospital Acute Perioperative Pain Unit arose from the need to guarantee adequate evaluation and follow-up of surgical patients. To date the experience has been satisfactory, however some aspects could be improved and these constitute medium and long term challenges for the unit.
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Introducción: Se puede definir dolor como una experiencia sensorial o emocional desagradable asociada a un daño real o potencial en un tejido. El dolor agudo postoperatorio mal controlado aumenta la morbimortalidad al impactar sobre múltiples sistemas. Para abordar este problema se han creado unidades encargadas de manejar el dolor perioperatorio, conformadas por equipos multidisciplinarios. Objetivos: El objetivo general de esta revisión es presentar el funcionamiento y la experiencia a la fecha de la Unidad del Dolor Agudo Perioperatorio (UDAP) del Hospital Gustavo Fricke (HGF) a los distintos servicios. Desarrollo: La Unidad del Dolor Agudo Perioperatorio (UDAP) del HGF se gesta dentro de la unidad de anestesia y pabellones quirúrgicos en enero del año 2018. Son cerca de 30 pacientes mensuales los que se incluyen en la unidad, los que en promedio están 2 días con algún tipo de analgesia avanzada. Estos pacientes han sido sometidos a cirugías de distintas especialidades, siendo la cirugía digestiva la más frecuente, seguido de la ginecológica y traumatológica. Conclusión: La UDAP del HGF es una iniciativa que nace buscando garantizar la evaluación y seguimiento adecuado de los pacientes sometidos a intervenciones quirúrgicas. La experiencia a la fecha ha sido satisfactoria, no obstante, existen aspectos a mejorar y que constituyen los desafíos a mediano y largo plazo de la unidad.
Introduction: Pain may be defined as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with real or potential tissue damage. Poorly managed acute post-operatory pain affects multiple systems and increases mortality and morbidity. To address this issue, pain management units have been created for the management of perioperative pain by multidisciplinary teams. Objectives: The general objective of this review is to describe the functioning and experience to date of the Acute Perioperative Pain Unit (UDAP) in Gustavo Fricke Hospital (HGF). Development: Gustavo Fricke Hospital´s Acute Perioperative Pain Unit has been administered by the operating theatre and anaesthesia unit since January 2018. Around 30 patients are seen per month. They receive step 3 pain relief and the average length of stay is 2 days. The patients undergo surgeries from the various specialties, gastrointestinal surgery being the most frequent, followed by gynecological and traumatological. Conclusion: The Gustavo Fricke Hospital Acute Perioperative Pain Unit arose from the need to guarantee adequate evaluation and follow-up of surgical patients. To date the experience has been satisfactory, however some aspects could be improved and these constitute medium and long term challenges for the unit.