Effect of early electroacupuncture intervention on conscious state of patients after traumatic brain injury surgery / 中国针灸

OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate recovering consciousness effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on patients after traumatic brain injury (TBI) surgery.@*METHODS@#A total of 100 patients with traumatic coma were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 50 cases in each group. The control group was mainly treated with awakening drugs and neurotrophic drugs; on the basis of treatment in the control group, the observation group was treated with EA at Neiguan (PC 6) and Shuigou (GV 26) with disperse-dense wave, 2 Hz/100 Hz in frequency, 0.1-5 mA in intensity. After 30 min of EA, the needles were stayed 60 min. The treatment was performed once a day for 14 consecutive days. The changes in Glasgow coma score (GCS) was observed in the two groups before treatment and after 7, 14 days of treatment; and the two groups were followed up for 3 months after treatment to evaluate the Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) and Barthel index (BI) scores.@*RESULTS@#After 7, 14 days of treatment, the GCS scores of the two groups were higher than those before treatment (<0.05), and the increase degree in the observation group was significantly larger than that in the control group (<0.05). At 3 months of follow-up, the GOS and BI scores of the observation group were better than those of the control group (<0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#Early electroacupuncture intervention can effectively promote the recovery of consciousness after traumatic brain injury surgery, and has a curative long-term effect.

The Prognostic Factors Related to Traumatic Brain Stem Injury

OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to assess the clinical significance of traumatic brain stem injury (TBSI) reflected on Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) and Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) by various clinical variables. METHODS: A total of 136 TBSI patients were selected out of 2695 head-injured patients. All initial computerized tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging studies were retrospectively analyzed according to demographic- and injury variables which result in GCS and GOS. RESULTS: In univariate analysis, mode of injury showed a significant effect on combined injury (p<0.001), as were the cases with skull fracture on radiologic finding (p<0.000). The GCS showed a various correlation with radiologic finding (p<0.000), mode of injury (p<0.002), but less favorably with impact site (p<0.052), age (p<0.054) and skull fracture (p<0.057), in order of statistical significances. However, only GOS showed a definite correlation to radiologic finding (p<0.000). In multivariate analysis, the individual variables to enhance an unfavorable effect on GCS were radiologic finding [odds ratio (OR) 7.327, 95% confidence interval (CI)], mode of injury (OR; 4.499, 95% CI) and age (OR; 3.141, 95% CI). Those which influence an unfavorable effect on GOS were radiologic finding (OR; 25.420, 95% CI) and age (OR; 2.674, 95% CI). CONCLUSION: In evaluation of TBSI on outcome, the variables such as radiological finding, mode of injury, and age were revealed as three important ones to have an unfavorable effect on early stage outcome expressed as GCS. However, mode of injury was shown not to have an unfavorable effect on late stage outcome as GOS. Among all unfavorable variables, radiological finding was confirmed as the only powerful prognostic variable both on GCS and GOS.

Evolución de los pacientes con trauma craneoencefalico en el Hospital Universitario del Valle: Seguimiento a 12 meses / Traumatic brain injury patients at Hospital Universitario del Valle: a 12 months study

Introducción: La principal causa de muerte en Colombia son las muertes violentas y de éstas entre 49 por ciento y 70 por ciento corresponden a trauma craneoencefalico. Existen publicaciones en Colombia que indican la epidemiología de esta catastrofe nacional, pero no realizan un seguimiento para conocer el estado neurológico-funcional posterior de estos pacientes. Objetivos: Conocer el estado funcional al a±o en pacientes con trauma craneoencefalico. Métodos: Se realizó seguimiento a una cohorte de personas que ingresaron al Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia, con trauma craneoencefalico entre julio de 2003 y junio de 2004. Ademas de recoger información sociodemogrßfica y clínica, se aplicó la escala Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) al egreso, al mes y al año de sufrido el trauma. Resultados: Se incluyeron 2,049 pacientes de los cuales 83 por ciento eran hombres. Por escala de Glasgow 53 por ciento con trauma leve, 31 por ciento moderado y 16 por ciento severo. La mortalidad hospitalaria fue de 13 por ciento (10 por ciento en urgencias y según la severidad, 0.3 por ciento, 1.4 por ciento y 8 por ciento, respectivamente). Al año del trauma la mortalidad fue 14 por ciento y el 85 por ciento se encontraba entre un GOS de 4 a 5. Conclusiones: La incidencia de las variables evaluadas en los pacientes con traumatismo craneoencefalico en el presente estudio, son muy semejantes a las series descritas en la literatura mundial. En cuanto al seguimiento a 12 meses el grado de funcionalidad y mortalidad son también semejantes a la de países con alta tecnología y desarrollo.

Introduction: The main cause of death in Colombia is the violence, in which 49 percent to 70 percent correspond to traumatic brain injury (TBI). There are publications in Colombia that expose the epidemiology of this national catastrophe, but there are a few studies that follow the neurological-functional state after the head injury on this patient. Objectives: To know the functional state after one year following a traumatic brain injury on patients. Methods: A cohort of patients that were hospitalized on the Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia, with traumatic brain injury between July 2003 and June of 2004. The Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) scale was apply when the patient leave the hospital, and at the first and twelve month after the brain injury. Results: 2049 patients were include on the study. 83 percent were men. 53 percent of them were classified as mild TBI, 31 percent moderate and 16 percent severe by the Glasgow Score Scale. The mortality was 13 percent intrahospital (0.3 percent, 1.4 percent y 8 percent of mortality en mild, moderate and severe respectly), and after a year of TBI the mortality was 14 percent, and 85 percent of the patients was on GOS of 4 and 5. Conclusions: The incidences of the variables evaluated on the TBI patients on the present study are similar to the world literature series. After 12 months, the followed up of functional state and the mortality of TBI patients were similar to the data of countries of high technology and developed.

The Clinical Significance of Serum Creatine Kinase-BB(CK-BB) in Acute Head Injury

Serial enzymatic determinations by electrophoresis were confined in serum of CK-BB(creatine kinase brain fraction), which were performed on 150 patients with acute head injury. The purpose of this study was to re-evaluate the usefulness of this serum enzyme value as a prognostic correlates. The results obtained are as follows : 1) 125 cases(83.3%) among 150 cases with head injury were revealed as CK-BB positive finding, whereas 25 cases (16.7%) with negative results have generally good outcome. 2) 3 cases (11.5%) of false positive finding were shown among 26 control group with back pain. 3) The maximum value of CK-BB(CK-BBmax) was een within 1st day(38.4%), and 3rd days (80.8%) following injury. 4) The appearance of mean CK-BBmax had two varieties of peak incidence on 1st-and 4th day following injury. 5) The Glasgow Coma Scale(GCS) Score on admission had close relationship to the value of inital CK-BB(CK-BBin) and CK-BBmax, respectively (P or =1 IU.L) to outcome (P or =1 IU/L) to outcome did not (P=0.126). 8) The Glasgow Outcoem Scale (GOS) was strongly correlated to mean GCS Score (P<0.000) and mean CK-BBin (P<0.000), but not to mean CK-BBmzs (P<0.139). 9) The correlationship between mean value of CK-BBin and CK-BBmax was statistically significant only in good recovery and moderate disability group, respectively (P<0.000 & P<0.003).