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Introducción Debido a la respuesta de los servicios de salud a la pandemia por COVID- 19, se han suspendido cirugías electivas como la artroplastía de rodilla. El objetivo de este estudio es determinar la incidencia de artroplastías de rodilla en 2020 reflejando el efecto de la pandemia, y estimar el tiempo y el costo para recuperar la situación de lista de espera previa a marzo de 2020. Métodos Estudio transversal. Se analizaron las bases de datos del Departamento de Estadística e Información en Salud de Chile de 2019 y 2020, identificando pacientes asociados a códigos de artroplastía de rodilla. Se calculó el número mensual de artroplastias realizadas durante 2019 para estimar el tiempo que tomará recuperar las cirugías no realizadas en 2020. El costo asociado a artroplastía de rodilla se hizo según el método de pago utilizado por el Fondo Nacional de Salud estimado por grupos relacionados por diagnóstico. Resultados En 2020 la tasa de incidencia de artroplastía de rodilla por 100 000 habitantes disminuyó 64% comparado con 2019. El impacto fue mayor en el sistema público (68%) y en beneficiarios del Fondo Nacional de Salud (63%). Un aumento en la productividad en 30% respecto a 2019 haría que en 27 meses se recuperen las cirugías no realizadas en 2020, significando un costo adicional mensual en el sistema público de 318 262 530 pesos chilenos (equivalentes a 378 mil dólares americanos, USD). Conclusiones Hubo una importante disminución de la tasa de artroplastías de rodilla en 2020, estimándose una caída del 64% en la incidencia por 100 000 habitantes. Esto muestra un incremento importante de personas que esperan la resolución a la artrosis de rodilla. Un aumento entre 20 y 40% respecto de 2019 permitiría recuperar las cirugías no realizadas en un plazo entre 20 y 41 meses, a un costo mensual en el sistema público que varía entre 210 y 425 millones pesos chilenos (de 250 a 506 mil dólares americanos, USD).
Introducción Debido a la respuesta de los servicios de salud a la pandemia por COVID- 19, se han suspendido cirugías electivas como la artroplastía de rodilla. El objetivo de este estudio es determinar la incidencia de artroplastías de rodilla en 2020 reflejando el efecto de la pandemia, y estimar el tiempo y el costo para recuperar la situación de lista de espera previa a marzo de 2020. Métodos Estudio transversal. Se analizaron las bases de datos del Departamento de Estadística e Información en Salud de Chile de 2019 y 2020, identificando pacientes asociados a códigos de artroplastía de rodilla. Se calculó el número mensual de artroplastias realizadas durante 2019 para estimar el tiempo que tomará recuperar las cirugías no realizadas en 2020. El costo asociado a artroplastía de rodilla se hizo según el método de pago utilizado por el Fondo Nacional de Salud estimado por grupos relacionados por diagnóstico. Resultados En 2020 la tasa de incidencia de artroplastía de rodilla por 100 000 habitantes disminuyó 64% comparado con 2019. El impacto fue mayor en el sistema público (68%) y en beneficiarios del Fondo Nacional de Salud (63%). Un aumento en la productividad en 30% respecto a 2019 haría que en 27 meses se recuperen las cirugías no realizadas en 2020, significando un costo adicional mensual en el sistema público de 318 262 530 pesos chilenos (equivalentes a 378 mil dólares americanos, USD). Conclusiones Hubo una importante disminución de la tasa de artroplastías de rodilla en 2020, estimándose una caída del 64% en la incidencia por 100 000 habitantes. Esto muestra un incremento importante de personas que esperan la resolución a la artrosis de rodilla. Un aumento entre 20 y 40% respecto de 2019 permitiría recuperar las cirugías no realizadas en un plazo entre 20 y 41 meses, a un costo mensual en el sistema público que varía entre 210 y 425 millones pesos chilenos (de 250 a 506 mil dólares americanos, USD).
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Humans , Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee , COVID-19/epidemiology , Chile/epidemiology , Registries , Disease Outbreaks , Cross-Sectional StudiesABSTRACT
RESUMO Objetivo: avaliar o efeito da escuta terapêutica na ansiedade de pessoas no período pré-operatório imediato. Método: pesquisa quase-experimental e de intervenção realizada com 150 pessoas em um Hospital de Minas Gerais/Brasil, de julho a outubro de 2018. Foi avaliada a ansiedade pela Escala Hospitalar de Ansiedade e Depressão e as medidas fisiológicas. Realizou-se análise estatística descritiva e inferencial e testes Qui-quadrado, Spearman e Wilcoxon. Resultados: das 31 pessoas com ansiedade, 10 tiveram redução da ansiedade e das médias das medidas fisiológicas após a intervenção. Foi verificada relação significativa entre as variáveis sexo, renda familiar mensal, complicações cirúrgicas anteriores e eventos marcantes na vida com a medida de ansiedade. Foi constatada correlação positiva fraca entre ansiedade e frequência respiratória e correlação negativa fraca entre ansiedade e faixa etária. Conclusão: ao identificar pacientes com ansiedade, intervenções como a escuta terapêutica podem ser implementadas para tornar o perioperatório mais saudável.
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effect of therapeutic listening on people's anxiety in the immediate preoperative period. Method: a quasi-experimental and intervention research study carried out from July to October 2018 with 150 people in a Hospital from Minas Gerais/Brazil. Anxiety was assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the physiological measures. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis and Chi-square, Spearman and Wilcoxon tests were performed. Results: of the 31 people with anxiety, 20 had a reduction in the anxiety levels and in the physiological measures mean values after the intervention. A significant relationship was found between the gender, monthly family income, previous surgical complications and significant life events variables and the anxiety measure. A weak positive correlation was found between anxiety and respiratory rate and a weak negative correlation between anxiety and age group. Conclusion: when identifying patients with anxiety, interventions such as therapeutic listening can be implemented to make the perioperative period healthier.
RESUMEN Objetivo: evaluar el efecto de la escucha terapéutica sobre la ansiedad de las personas en el preoperatorio inmediato. Método: investigación cuasiexperimental y de intervención realizada con 150 personas en un Hospital de Minas Gerais, Brasil, de julio a octubre de 2018. La ansiedad fue evaluada por la Escala Hospitalaria de Ansiedad y Depresión y por medidas fisiológicas. Se realizaron análisis estadísticos descriptivos e inferenciales y pruebas de Chi-cuadrado, Spearman y Wilcoxon. Resultados: de las 31 personas con ansiedad, 20 presentaron reducción de la ansiedad y de las medias de las medidas fisiológicas después de la intervención. Se verificó que había una relación significativa entre la medida de ansiedad y las variables sexo, ingreso familiar mensual, complicaciones quirúrgicas previas y acontecimientos significativos vividos. Se observó una correlación positiva débil entre la ansiedad y la frecuencia respiratoria y una correlación negativa débil entre la ansiedad y la franja etaria. Conclusión: al identificar pacientes con ansiedad, se pueden implementar intervenciones como la escucha terapéutica para que el perioperatorio sea más saludable.
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This comprehensive narrative literature review aims to extract studies related to frailty indices and their use in elective spine procedures, as limited studies regarding frailty exist in the spine literature. Most studies are retrospective analyses of prospectively collected databases. Evidence suggests a positive correlation between frailty level and mortality rate, postoperative complication rate, length of stay, and the possibility of discharge to a skilled nursing facility; these correlations have been illustrated across various spine procedures. The leading index is the modified frailty index, which measures 11 deficits. The development of more comprehensive frailty indices, such as the Adult Spinal Deformity Frailty Index, are promising and have high predictive value regarding postoperative complication rate in patients with spinal deformity. However, a frailty index that combines clinical, radiographic, and laboratory measures awaits development. Perhaps, the use of a frailty index in preoperative risk stratification for elective spine procedures could serve multiple purposes, including screening for high-risk patients, enhancement of operative decision making, approximation of complication rate for informed decision making, and refinement of perioperative care. Further prospective studies are warranted to determine clinically meaningful interventions in frail individuals.
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PURPOSE: This study investigated patients' perceptions and expectations of their families' participation in the informed consent process of elective surgery. METHODS: This is a survey study. Anonymous questionnaires that were mailed to potential participants included a demographic data sheet and a scale, measuring patients' perceptions of themselves and their families' participation level in the informed consent process. A convenience sample of patients who had undergone surgery and had been discharged within 4 months from a medical center in southern Taiwan (n = 1,737) were recruited. RESULTS: One hundred and forty-five recipients replied, gaining a response rate of 10.0%, and 120 provided complete data. The mean age of the participants was 56.0 years (range 20e85, SD = 14.98), and more than half were female (54.2%). Twenty-one participants (17.5%) perceived having less family participation than their own participation in the surgery informed consent process, and 40% expected more family participation in the process. The mean scores of the self-rated participation level was significantly higher than that of the families (p < .001). Patients' expectations of family participation were significantly higher than their perceptions of family participation (p < .001). Eleven patients (9.2%) reported having more family participation than they expected. Participants received the most information about the disease during the informed consent process and the least information about alternatives to surgery. Age, gender, number of previous surgeries and admissions influenced the study participants' perceived level of participation in the informed consent process. CONCLUSION: This preliminary study demonstrates that patients' perceptions and expectations for family participation in the surgical informed consent process vary. Healthcare providers should be aware of patients' expectation to appropriately invite their family into the informed consent process.
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Female , Humans , Anonyms and Pseudonyms , Health Personnel , Informed Consent , Patient Participation , Postal Service , Elective Surgical Procedures , Taiwan , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate surgical outcomes of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and the effect of preoperative percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) in patients with acute cholecystitis. In particular, we concentrated on differences in surgical outcomes between elective and emergency operations. METHODS: Between March 2006 and February 2009, 259 cases of acute cholecystitis underwent LC at our institution and we studied them retrospectively. They were divided into 3 groups. Group I included 153 patients who underwent elective LC without PTGBD; group II included 90 patients who underwent elective LC after PTGBD; group III included 16 patients who underwent emergency LC without PTGBD. RESULTS: Between groups I and III, there were no differences in conversion rate, postoperative complications, and total hospital stay. However, the operation times and postoperative hospital stays of group I were shorter than those of group III and the difference was significant (p<0.05, p<0.01, respectively). Between groups II and III, there were no differences in operation time, conversion rate, postoperative complications, and postoperative hospital stay. CONCLUSION: We recommend PTGBD for a patient with acute cholecystitis as much as possible, if indicated, so that we can do the operation on the patient as elective surgery and not as an emergency.