Feridas de diabéticos tratados com LED e látex e o risco de glicemia instável / Diabetic wounds treated with LED and latex and the risk of unstable glycemia / Heridas diabéticas tratadas con LED y látex y el riesgo de glucemia inestable

Objetivo: caracterizar o Risco de Glicemia Instável de pacientes com feridas de membros inferiores em uso látex associado ao LED. Método: Estudo de coorte prospectivo com amostra n=15. Divididos em três grupos Grupo 1 curativo com látex e LED; Grupo 2 carvão ativado; e Grupo 3 realizavam autocurativo com látex e LED e identificação do Risco de glicemia instável. Análise de dados realizada pelo software SPSS®. Resultados: Os participantes 60% homens, idade 59,93±10,88 anos, fatores de Risco de glicemia instável: atividade física diária menor que o recomendado; conhecimento insuficiente do controle da doença, em todos os grupos; condição de saúde comprome-tida grupos I e III; controle insuficiente do diabetes grupo I; falta de adesão ao plano de controle do diabetes início ao fim, exceto pelo grupo II. Ocorreu redução das feridas em todos os grupos e melhor cicatrização no grupo III. Conclusão: A feridas maiores estavam no grupo I e ocorreu redução das feridas todos os grupos. Os principais fatores de risco de glicemia instável atividade física diária menor que o recomendado no início e final, condição de saúde comprometida grupos I e III, conhecimento insuficiente do controle da doença em todos os grupos

Objective: to characterize the risk of unstable blood glucose in patients with lower limb wounds using latex associated with LED. Method: Prospective cohort study with sample n=15. Divided into three groups Group 1 dressing with latex and LED; Group 2 activated charcoal; and Group 3 performed self-healing with latex and LED and identified the risk of unstable blood glucose. Data analysis performed by SPSS® software. Results: Participants 60% men, age 59.93±10.88 years, risk factors for unstable blood glucose: daily physical activity less than recommended; insufficient knowledge of disease control, in all groups; compromised health condition groups I and III; insuffi-cient control of group I diabetes; lack of adherence to the diabetes control plan from beginning to end, except for group II. There was a reduction of wounds in all groups and better healing in group III. Conclusion: The major wounds were in group I and there was a reduction of wounds in all groups. The main risk factors for unstable glycemia daily physical activity less than rec-ommended at the beginning and at the end, compromised health condition groups I and III, insufficient knowledge of disease control in all groups.

Objetivo: caracterizar el riesgo de inestabilidad glucémica en pacientes con heridas en miembros inferiores utilizando látex asociado a LED. Método: Estudio de cohorte pros-pectivo con muestra n=15. Dividido en tres grupos Grupo 1 aderezo con látex y LED; carbón activado del grupo 2; y el Grupo 3 realizó autocuración con látex y LED e identi-ficó el riesgo de glucosa en sangre inestable. Análisis de datos realizado por el software SPSS®. Resultados: Participantes 60% hombres, edad 59,93±10,88 años, factores de riesgo para glucemia inestable: actividad física diaria inferior a la recomendada; conoci-miento insuficiente del control de enfermedades, en todos los grupos; condiciones de salud comprometidas grupos I y III; control insuficiente de la diabetes del grupo I; falta de adherencia al plan de control de la diabetes de principio a fin, excepto en el grupo II. Hubo reducción de heridas en todos los grupos y mejor cicatrización en el grupo III. Conclusión: Las heridas mayores estaban en el grupo I y hubo reducción de heridas en todos los grupos. Los principales factores de riesgo para la glucemia inestable activi-dad física diaria inferior a la recomendada al principio y al final, condiciones de salud comprometidas grupos I y III, y conocimiento insuficiente del control de la enfermedad en todos los grupos.

Distribution of Trauma Deaths in a Province of Korea: Is “Trimodal” Distribution Relevant Today?

PURPOSE: This study was designed to provide a basis for building a master plan for a regional trauma system by analyzing the distribution of trauma deaths in the most populous province in Korea.MATERIALS AND METHODS: We investigated the time distribution to death for trauma patients who died between January and December 2017. The time distribution to death was categorized into four groups (within a day, within a week, within a month, and over a month). Additionally, the distribution of deaths within 24 hours was further analyzed. We also reviewed the distribution of deaths according to the cause of death and mechanism of injury.RESULTS: Of the 1546 trauma deaths, 328 cases were included in the final study population. Patients who died within a day were the most prevalent (40.9%). Of those who died within a day, the cases within an hour accounted for 40.3% of the highest proportion. The majority of trauma deaths within 4 hours were caused by traffic-related accidents (60.4%). The deaths caused by bleeding and central nervous system injuries accounted for most (70.1%) of the early deaths, whereas multi-organ dysfunction syndrome/sepsis had the highest ratio (69.7%) in the late deaths. Statistically significant differences were found in time distribution according to the mechanism of injury and cause of death (p<0.001).CONCLUSION: The distribution of overall timing of death was shown to follow a bimodal pattern rather than a trimodal model in Korea. Based on our findings, a suitable and modified trauma system must be developed.

Preventable Trauma Death Rate after Establishing a National Trauma System in Korea

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the current overall preventable trauma death rate (PTDR) in Korea and identify factors associated with preventable trauma death (PTD). METHODS: The target sample size for review was designed to be 1,131 deaths in 60 emergency medical institutions nationwide. The panels for the review comprised trauma specialists working at the regional trauma centers (RTCs); a total of 10 teams were formed. The PTDR and factors associated with PTD were analyzed statistically. RESULTS: Of the target cases, 943 were able to undergo panel review and be analyzed statistically. The PTDR was 30.5% (6.1% preventable and 24.4% possibly preventable). Those treated at a RTC showed a significantly lower PTDR than did those who were not (21.9% vs. 33.9%; P = 0.002). The PTDR was higher when patients were transferred from other hospitals than when they directly visited the last hospital (58.9% vs. 28.4%; P = 0.058; borderline significant). The PTDR increased gradually as the time from accident to death increased; a time of more than one day had a PTDR 14.99 times higher than when transferred within one hour (95% confidence interval, 4.68 to 47.98). CONCLUSION: Although the PTDR in Korea is still high compared to that in developed countries, it was lower when the time spent from the accident to the death was shorter and the final destined institution was the RTC. To reduce PTDR, it is necessary to make an effort to transfer trauma patients to RTCs directly within an appropriate time.

Assessment of injury to the pancreas,the abdominal tissues and organs of swine in vivo by high intensity focused ultrasound combined with radiotherapy / 中华医学超声杂志（电子版）

Objective To observe the injury of high intensity focused ultrasound combined with radiotherapy (RT) to the pancreas,the unintended abdominal tissues and organs of swine in vivo.MethodsAccording to the criterion to grade the gross and histological injury of the pancreas and the unintended tissue,the scores of injury between the groups to get the data of safety and feasibility of high intensity focused ultrasound(HIFU)combined with RT were compared.Results There was a better tolerance in each group and no fatal complication was observed.For the pancreas there was significant difference for the combined group compared with the other groups.For the unintended target tissue there was no significance difference except the control group with the other groups.Conclusion HIFU combined with RT can increase the injury to the pancreas of the swine compared with HIFU alone; while there was no increase for the injury to the unintended target tissue.The main toxicity of combination treatment is the toxicity of RT and can be tolerated by the animals.If the HIFU treatment is strictly controlled,the combination of HIFU and RT is safe and feasible.