Analysis of Ethical Dilemmas in the Practice of Informed Consent of Critical Care Physicians in a Region of Beijing / 中国医学伦理学

【Objective:】 To explore the ethical dilemmas faced by the critical care physicians in the process of practicing the right to informed consent in a region of Beijing. 【Methods:】 14 doctors in the critical care unit from 5 medical institutions in a certain region of Beijing were interviewed in depth face-to-face by qualitative research method. The data obtained were analyzed through coding, classification, and extraction of subjects. 【Results:】 The lack of trust in doctor-patient communication leads to the instrumentalization of the right to know. When the decision of family members is inconsistent with the patient’s right to life and health, doctors are faced with the dilemma of choice and its impact. 【Conclusions:】 Faced with such ethical dilemmas, it is suggested to rebuild doctor-patient trust through multiple measures, and make appropriate restrictions on the agent-executing of the right of informed consent.

Un desafío sanitario en la gestión del servicio de medicina crítica de un hospital del Ecuador: Vivencias en la pandemia COVID-19 / A health challenge in the management of the critical medicine service of a hospital in Ecuador: Experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic

El SARS COV 2, tomó por sorpresa al mundo, con impacto en el sector salud, generándose una gran crisis sanitaria, golpeados por escasez de insumos, de equipos, de personal y capacidad instalada insuficiente para la atención de la contigencia. Ademas, la infodemia, el pánico y el miedo con sus respectivas consecuencias, se empodero de la sociedad civil, situación que no es ajena a sector salud, por ello, este relato de experiencia tuvo objetivo describir la gestión del servicio de medicina crítica de un hospital de Guayaquil- Ecuador durante la pandemia por el Coronavirus. En los centros asitenciales, el personal se enfrenta all desafío sanitario, principalmente en la gestión del servicio de medicina crítica. Al ser nombrado hospital centinela, con una capacidad instadala redujo de 494 a 200 camas, y se creó además el área de hospitalización de infectología; La interrelación de profesionales de la enfermería, médicos infectólogos, médicos neumólogos, servicios de terapia física y rehabilitación, servicios de nutrición, y los terapistas respiratorios, fue fundamental para afrontar la crisis, para vela por el bienestar del paciente, no solo en la parte física, sino psicología y de humanización. No obtante, el miedo a lo desconocido inherente a la especie humana, se transforma en pánico ante esta enfermedad provocando emociones, sentimientos, vivencias exacerbadas, y la inseguridad y desconfianza en que el sistema sanitario(AU)

SARS COV 2 took the world by surprise, with an impact on the health sector, generating a major health crisis, hit by a shortage of supplies, equipment, personnel and insufficient installed capacity for contingency care. In addition, the infodemic, panic and fear with their respective consequences, empowered civil society, a situation that is not unrelated to the health sector, therefore, this experience report aimed to describe the management of the critical medicine service of a Guayaquil-Ecuador hospital during the Coronavirus pandemic. In care centers, the staff faces the health challenge, mainly in the management of the critical medicine service. Being named a sentinel hospital, with an installed capacity it was reduced from 494 to 200 beds, and the infectious disease hospitalization area was also created; The interrelation of nursing professionals, infectious disease doctors, pulmonologists, physical therapy and rehabilitation services, nutrition services, and respiratory therapists, was essential to face the crisis, to ensure the well-being of the patient, not only in the physics, but psychology and humanization. However, the fear of the unknown inherent in the human species is transformed into panic in the face of this disease, causing emotions, feelings, exacerbated experiences, and insecurity and distrust in the health system(Au)

Burnout y depresión en médicos de medicina interna y unidad de cuidados intensivos en Riobamba, Ecuador / Burnout and depression in internal medicine doctors and intensive care unit in Riobamba, Ecuador

RESUMEN Introducción: El síndrome de burnout es conceptualizado como la forma inadecuada de afrontar el estrés crónico dado por exposición crónica a condiciones laborales inadecuadas. Afecta la salud mental, general y el rendimiento laboral de las personas. Objetivo: Determinar la presencia de síndrome de burnout en el personal de medicina interna y la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital Provincial General Docente de Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador. Métodos: Se realizó una investigación básica, no experimental, transversal, descriptiva y correlacional en un universo de 77 trabajadores, de los cuales 65 conformaron la población de estudio. Se aplicaron cuestionarios para identificar presencia de síndrome de burnout, depresión y rendimiento laboral. Se utilizó la prueba de correlación de Pearson para identificar relación entre variables. Resultados: Predominio de pacientes con síndrome de burnout (52,31 %), depresión posible (47,69 %) y autopercepción de rendimiento laboral como adecuado (44,62 %). Dentro de las subescalas de la enfermedad la de mayor afectación fue la de realización personal con un 47,69 % de trabajadores en nivel medio y 39,23 % en nivel alto. Conclusiones: Existió predominio de trabajadores con síndrome de burnout y se identificó una correlación positiva fuerte entre las variables depresión y síndrome de burnout, así como entre esta variable y rendimiento laboral. Entre las variables depresión y rendimiento laboral la correlación obtenida fue positiva media.

ABSTRACTS Introduction: Burnout syndrome is conceptualized as the inadequate way of coping with chronic stress caused by chronic exposure to inadequate working conditions. It affects the mental and general health and the work performance of the people. Objective: to determine the presence of Burnout syndrome in the internal medicine staff and the intensive care unit of the Provincial General Teaching Hospital of Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador. Methods: A basic, non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational research was carried out in a universe of 77 workers, of which 65 made up the study population. Questionnaires were applied to identify the presence of burnout syndrome, depression and work performance. Pearson's correlation test was used to identify a relationship between variables. Results: prevalence of patients with burnout syndrome (52.31%), possible depression (47.69%) and self-perception of work performance as adequate (44.62%). Within the subscales of the disease, the one with the greatest affectation was that of personal fulfillment with 47.69% of workers in the medium level and 39.23% in the high level. Conclusions: there was a predominance of workers with burnout syndrome and a strong positive correlation was identified between the variables depression and burnout syndrome, as well as between this variable and job performance. Among the variables depression and work performance, the correlation obtained was positive medium.

A preliminary discussion about the teaching of medical students in ICU / 中华医学教育探索杂志

After summing up the experience of recent years' clinic teaching, ICU department in Fangcun Branch of Second Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of TCM comes to a conclusion that, the clinical teaching of ICU should pay attention to and ensure effective implementation of beginning educationg. And following the PDCA method (Plan, Do, Check & Act) will make the work orderly, normative and controllable and meanwhile raise the students' observing and analysis ability as well as their operation and doctor-patient communication ability. In this way we can mostly enhance the effect of teaching.

The importance of maintaining the colloid osmotic pressure in the critical patients / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To investigate the relationship between the colloid osmotic pressure (COP) as well asosmolality and the outcomes of critical patients. Method Totally 1568 critical patients were chosen from emergen-cy intensive care unit and surgical intensive care unit in Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical Universityfrom January 2002 to December 2005, and divided into different groups according to levels of COP and osmolality.In group program Ⅰ, all patients were divided into 2 subgroups based on COP (the critical value was 20 mmHg =1.2 mOsm/kg H2O)on the day of admission. In group program Ⅱ, the same patients were divided into 3 sub-groups based on osmolality (the critical value was in the range from 280 mOsm/kg H2O aad 310 mOsm/kgH2O)which was also measured on the day of admission. The mortality of patients was calculated. Chi-square test wasused. Results Compared with patients of normal colloid osmotic pressure group, patients of lower colloid osmoticpressure group had higher mortality(24.5% vs. 17.7%, P = 0.001). Compared with the patients of normal os-molality group, the patients of lower total osmotic pressure group had lower mortality(17.0% vs. 24.5%, P =0.000). Conclusions Compared with the normal osmolality, the normal colloid osmotic pressure had the moreclosely relationship with the outcomes of critical patients, and it maybe a predictor of prognosis of the critical pa-tients.

Methods and Consideration on Clinical Teaching in ICU / 中华医学教育探索杂志

The clinical teaching of ICU is a new challenge.According to the problem encountered in the practice we should improve and better the teaching methods such as asking students to pay more attention to the combination of substructural subjects and critical medicine and having a clinical macrocosm thinking,good responsibility,and the "intensive" concept during their work so that student can learn more initiatively and get more as well.