Tratamento de tromboembolismo pulmonar por aspiração percutânea do trombo: relato de caso / Pulmonary thromboembolism treatment by percutaneous clot aspiration: case report

O tromboembolismo pulmonar (TEP) maciço é uma importante causa de mortalidade. A principal causa de óbito é a disfunção do ventrículo direito, provocada pela alta resistência ao seu fluxo de ejeção, e a sobrevida do paciente, nessas situações, depende da pronta desobstrução das artérias pulmonares. A anticoagulação, o uso de trombolíticos e a embolectomia pulmonar representam opções terapêuticas consolidadas para diferentes cenários clínicos de TEP. A Radiologia Intervencionista representa hoje uma alternativa terapêutica para pacientes com TEP maciço e contraindicação ao uso de trombolíticos, sendo uma escolha menos invasiva do que a embolectomia. Os autores relataram um caso de paciente com TEP maciço e contraindicação à trombólise, a qual foi submetida a aspiração percutânea dos trombos das artérias pulmonares, e discutiram os principais mecanismos de técnicas endovasculares para tratamento de TEP.

Massive pulmonary thromboembolism is an important cause of mortality. Its main cause of death is the failure of the right ventricle, due to the high resistance to its outflow, and the patient survival, on these cases, depends on prompt recanalization of the pulmonary arteries. Anticoagulation, use of thrombolytics and pulmonary embolectomy represent established therapeutic options to different clinical scenarios of pulmonary thromboembolism. Nowadays, Interventional Radiology represents an alternative to treat patients with massive pulmonary thromboembolism and contra-indications to thrombolytics, and is a less invasive option compared to embolectomy. The authors reported a case of a patient with massive pulmonary thromboembolismand contra-indication to thrombolysis, who was submitted to percutaneous clot aspiration of the pulmonary arteries, and discussed the main mechanisms of endovascular techniques of pulmonary thromboembolism treatment.

Factors leading to long-term hospitalization after laparoscopic appendectomy.

BACKGROUND: Randomized studies demonstrate that laparoscopic appendectomy yields better results compared with open techniques. We sought to identify factors that determine an extended hospital stay among patients undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy. METHODS: This was a prospective study including 669 patients undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy. We analyzed variables that can predict the length of hospital stay. RESULTS: Of 669 patients undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy, 141 stayed in the hospital for > or = 5 days (Group 1), and 97 stayed in the hospital for < or = 1 day after surgery (Group 2). The univariate analysis demonstrated that fever (P<0.0001), nausea and vomiting (P=0.060), leukocytosis (P<0.0001), gangrened or perforated intraoperative appearance of the appendix (P<0.0001), and appendix position behind the ileocecal junction (P<0.001) were related to a longer hospital stay. The multivariate analysis through logistical regression showed that the factors independently and significantly associated with an extended hospital stay were presurgical fever, appendix position behind the ileocecal junction, and intraoperative gangrened or perforated appearance of the appendix. CONCLUSION: Fever, appearance, and position of the appendix are factors related to an extended hospital stay.