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Objetivo: Este estudio fue realizado con el propósito de determinar la eficacia analgésica de los bloqueos del ganglio estrellado, en el alivio del dolor mediado por el sistema nervioso simpático, en pacientes con síndrome doloroso regional complejo. Pacientes y métodos: Se realizó un ensayo clínico controlado con asignación aleatoria y enmascaramiento simple. Treinta y nueve pacientes fueron tratados con una serie de bloqueos de ganglio estrellado, terapia física y tratamiento farmacológico, mientras que treinta y dos pacientes fueron tratados con fisioterapia y el mismo esquema farmacológico. Para determinar la asociación entre las variables se utilizó el riesgo relativo con sus respectivos intervalos de confianza. Resultados: En la evaluación clínica realizada un mes postratamiento se encontró alivio del dolor en 84,6% de los pacientes del grupo de intervención y en 78,1% de los controles (RR= 1,08; I.C. 95%=0,8-1,4; p=0.48), sin encontrarse diferencias estadísticamente significativas. No se encontró asociación entre la eficacia analgésica y tabaquismo, dominancia, género, tipo de SDRC, causa desencadenante y nivel educativo (AU)
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the analgesic efficacy of stellate ganglion blockade in pain mediated by the sympathetic nervous system in patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Patients and methods: A randomized, simple-blinded controlled clinical trial was conducted. Thirty nine patients were randomly assigned to an intervention group which was treated with a series of stellate ganglion blockades, physical therapy and pharmacological treatment, and thirty two to a control group which was treated with physical therapy and the same pharmacological treatment. Risk ratio was used to evaluate outcome and determine association with predictor variables. Results: At the end of the first month post treatment, it was found that 84.6% of patients in the intervention group had alleviation of their pain while 78.1% of the control group had alleviation of their pain; there was not a statistically significant difference (RR=1.08; C.I. 95%=0.8-1.4; p=0.48). We found no association between analgesic efficacy, smoking, dominance, gender, and type of CRPS, unleashing cause or educational level (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Nerve Block/methods , Stellate Ganglion , Complex Regional Pain Syndromes/therapy , Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/therapyABSTRACT
Bacteraemias during burn wound manipulation are frequent, especially following burn wound excision. However, these bacteraemias seem not to have any clinical consequences, and their treatment is therefore controversial. Over a 20-month period 35 surgical debridement procedures were recorded prospectively in 18 burn patients. Blood culture samples were drawn before, during, and after surgical excision. Bacteraemias were found in ten out of the 35 patients (28%), and 16 of the 105 blood samples (15%) were positive. All three blood samples were positive in one case ("primary bacteraemia"), while others were "transient bacteraemia". Six positive blood cultures were considered to be "bacteraemias induced by wound manipulation" and seven "bacteraemias of unknown source". Bacteraemias of unknown source were not recorded at any time while "bacteraemias induced by wound manipulation" were recorded after day 5 post-burn. Patients with more than 40% TBSA had 4.3 times more bacteraemic risk than patients with less extensive TBSA. Blood pressure and white blood cell variations were observed in bacteraemic patients but without any clinical relevance. We conclude that bacteraemic rates were high and that there were two different patterns of bacteraemia- both transient and with no clinical relevance.
