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Medisan ; 20(1)ene.-ene. 2016. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS, CUMED | ID: lil-774450

ABSTRACT

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, de serie de casos, de 137 pacientes con lesiones traumáticas graves, ingresados en el servicio de cirugía general del Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Saturnino Lora Torres" de Santiago de Cuba, durante el bienio 2012-2014, con el propósito de caracterizarlos según variables seleccionadas y estimar el índice de mortalidad y sus causas. En la casuística predominaron los pacientes del sexo masculino, de 25 a 44 años de edad, así como los agredidos con arma blanca. Hubo buena coincidencia entre los medios de diagnóstico y los hallazgos operatorios. El órgano más comúnmente lesionado fue el bazo, en tanto la mayor complicación encontrada y causa directa de muerte resultó ser el choque hipovolémico. Los pacientes con traumatismo grave tienen alta mortalidad, requieren de un tratamiento precoz, intensivo y multidisciplinario, englobado dentro del concepto de reanimación de control de daños.


A descriptive serial cases study of 137 patients with severe traumatic lesions, admitted in the General Surgery Service of "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Provincial Clinical Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out, during the biennium 2012-2014, aimed at characterizing them according to selected variables and to estimate the index of mortality and their causes. In the case material the 25 to 44 years patients from male sex prevailed, as well as those attacked with stab weapon. There was a good coincidence between the diagnostic tools and the surgical findings. The most commonly injured organ was the spleen, as long as the greatest complication found and direct death cause was the hematogenic shock. The patients with severe trauma have a high mortality; they require an early, intensive and multidisciplinary treatment, included in the concept of resuscitation for damages control.


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Wounds and Injuries , Wounds and Injuries/mortality , Secondary Care
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