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Rev. méd. Chile ; 146(7): 885-889, jul. 2018. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-1043149

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Background: Neurological emergencies constitute 10-15% of medical emergencies. Doctor Hernán Henríquez Aravena Hospital has in house neurologists present permanently at the Emergency Room since July 2013. Aim: To estimate the waiting times for neurological consultations; to compare the waiting times between neurovascular (UV) and non-vascular (UNV) emergencies; and to compare the waiting times of two prioritization (triage) models. Material and Methods: A convenience sample of the consultations made during shift # 1 at the emergency room between January and December 2016, was analyzed. Results: There were 859 consultations in the period, 570 for UNV and 289 for UV. Mean age of consultants was 57 years and 52% were women. The median time for having an evaluation by a neurologist was 106 min (132 and 81 min for UNV and UV respectively). Twenty seven percent of patients were evaluated in less than one hour (23 and 36% of UNV and UV, respectively). The change of the prioritization model decreased the waiting time by 81 and 32 min for UNV and UV, respectively. Conclusions: There were significant differences in waiting times between neurovascular and non-vascular emergencies. Most patients were not evaluated in less than 60 minutes. The change in the initial stratification model was associated with a significant reduction in the waiting times for neurological emergencies.


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Humans , Male , Female , Referral and Consultation/statistics & numerical data , Emergency Service, Hospital , Time-to-Treatment , Nervous System Diseases , Time Factors , Prospective Studies , Neurologic Examination
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Rev. ANACEM (Impresa) ; 6(2): 76-79, ago. 2012. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-687051

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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.


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Humans , Male , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Middle Aged , Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology , Hospitals, Packaged/statistics & numerical data , Urinary Bladder/injuries , Accidents, Traffic , Chile , Firearms , Hematuria , Wounds, Penetrating/epidemiology , Wounds and Injuries/etiology , Retrospective Studies
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Rev. ANACEM (Impresa) ; 6(1): 54-58, abr. 2012. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-640043

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El trauma renal es una patología que se presenta con frecuencia en pacientes politraumatizados. Los accidentes de tránsito son la causa más frecuente de trauma renal, debido principalmente al impacto contuso que reciben las estructuras renales. El trauma penetrante es menos frecuente, aunque con mayor frecuencia causa lesiones graves que requieren de cirugía para su resolución. La evaluación inicial del estado hemodinámico de estos pacientes en el momento de ingreso hospitalario es el gran determinante para definir la conducta terapéutica a seguir: los pacientes que ingresen estables pueden ser manejados conservadoramente obteniendo buenos resultados y los pacientes inestables deben ser explorados quirúrgicamente con el fin de descartar lesiones renales graves que sean causa de su inestabilidad. En los últimos años, los centros de trauma han adoptado conductas de manejo conservador en las lesiones traumáticas de órganos sólidos, basadas principalmente en el uso de imágenes (Ecotomografía de Urgencia y Tomografía Computarizada de abdomen)para determinar la presencia de lesiones o líquido libre intra-abdominal, lo que permite diferenciar con mayor certeza los pacientes que requieren cirugía de urgencia. Si bien las lesiones renales graves son las menos frecuentes, en el contexto de un paciente politraumatizado que ingrese hemodinámicamente inestable, se debe tener una alta sospecha y descartarlas en el menor tiempo posible. Las complicaciones son infrecuentes, siendo la extravasación urinaria la de mayor presentación y en la mayoría de los casos revierte espontáneamente.


Renal trauma is a condition that occurs frequently in trauma patients. Motor vehicle accidents are the most common cause of renal trauma, mainly due to the blunt impact that kidney receives. Penetrating trauma is less common, but most often causes serious injuries that require surgery. The initial evaluation of the hemodynamic status of these patients is the major determinant in defining the proper course of action: stable patients can be managed conservatively with good results and unstable patients should be surgically explored to rule out severe renal lesions that may cause the instability. In recent years, trauma centers have adopted conservative behavior in traumatic injuries of solid organs, mainly based on the use of images (abdominal Ultrasoundand Computerized Tomography) to determine the presence of injuries or intra-abdominal free fluid, allowing to differentiate patients that require emergency surgery or not. Even though severe renal lesions are less frequent, in the context of a hemodynamically unstable trauma patient, these lesions should be suspected and ruled out promptly. Complications are infrequent, being urinary extravasation the more prevalent and in most cases reverts spontaneously.


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Humans , Kidney Diseases/surgery , Kidney Diseases/diagnosis , Kidney/injuries , Kidney Diseases/classification , Kidney Diseases/complications
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