The perils of boarding: A call to achieve parity in the delivery of acute psychiatric services for children with COVID-19.

Boarding across pediatric healthcare systems is on the rise during the pandemic. Children with positive COVID-19 test results awaiting psychiatric placements in the emergency department or medical unit settings are at increased risk for decompensation with unmet psychiatric needs during a time of crisis marked by vulnerability. There is scant literature unveiling best practices on delivery of care for these patients to achieve acute crisis stabilization. Recent studies have uncovered substantial increases in mental health disorders among children during the pandemic compared to previous incidence and prevalence rates prior to the pandemic. From the published literature, two healthcare systems have initiated long-term planning, development, and implementation of biodome psychiatric units for patients with COVID-19 in need of acute crisis stabilization services. We sampled 100 acute inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric programs to discern their post-COVID positive clearance policies for admission. Findings were mixed among days of quarantine required, symptomology, covid-designated spaces vs. self-isolated rooms for psychiatric treatment, number of COVID negative retests, and additional considerations. We also review a range of considerations and recommendations for clinical practice and the health system in achieving parity in mental health care for these patients which in turn could contribute towards mitigating the rising global mental health crisis. Furthermore, increasing access to acute psychiatric services for these patients will also contribute towards the larger goal of the World Health Organization, Sustainable Developmental Goals of the United Nations, and Healthy People 2030 in increasing accessibility, quality and equity of mental health care for individuals on both global and national frontiers.

Autologous blood injection intracoronary artery for treating slow-flow and no-reflow in acute coronary syndrome related to primary pci.

Slow-flow and no-reflow phenomenon are taken to sudden loss of coronary artery flow, typically after stenting or angioplasty in primary PCI. Otherwise conventional therapy, we report a technique, which autologous blood into intracoronary to supply oxygen and break process thrombosis results in successfully management no-reflow in primary PCI in ACS.

Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: A Comparison Across Six Humanitarian Country Contexts.

Postpartum family planning (FP) could prevent more than 30% of maternal deaths by effectively spacing births; this is particularly relevant in humanitarian contexts given that disproportionate maternal death occurs in countries affected by crises. In humanitarian settings, where accessing functional facilities is challenging with security risks that constrain movement, many women are unable to return for their 6-week postpartum visits and thus unable to receive FP counseling and adopt a method that suits their fertility intentions. Thus, immediate postpartum family planning (IPPFP) interventions, focused on long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and tailored toward humanitarian contexts, could contribute to healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy, particularly among postpartum women, and improve maternal and newborn health. In 2014, Save the Children integrated postpartum intrauterine device (IUD) services into its FP package in emergency settings. In 2017, this expanded to include postpartum implant uptake as well, given updated World Health Organization guidelines. Three countries (Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, and Pakistan) opted for higher-intensity programming for IPPFP with a specific focus on LARC. This involved training delivery-room providers on counseling and provision of IPPFP, as well as training antenatal care nurses in counseling pregnant women on IPPFP options. Three countries (Rwanda, Syria, and Yemen) did not implement notable IPPFP interventions, although they provided the standard of care and monitored provision via monthly service delivery data. Using data from 2016 to 2019, we examined trends in immediate postpartum LARC (IPP LARC) uptake and compared countries with higher-intensity IPP LARC interventions to countries providing standard care. Tests of association were performed to assess the significance of these differences. In the country programs with higher-intensity IPPFP interventions, IPP LARC as a percentage of all deliveries was much higher overall during the July 2016-December 2019 period. The IPP LARC intervention had a significant impact on the overall proportion of women and girls who adopted an IUD or implant within the first 48 h of delivery, F (1, 250) = 523.16, p < 0.001. The mean percentage of IPP LARC among all deliveries in intervention country programs was 10.01% as compared to 0.77% in countries providing standard care. Results suggest that there is demand for IPP LARC in humanitarian contexts and that uptake increases when multipronged solutions focusing on provider training, community outreach, and service integration are applied.

Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase gene polymorphisms associate with crisis pain in sickle cell disease patients.

Aim: Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) catalyzes the conversion of sympathetic neurotransmitter norepinephrine to epinephrine. We examined the association of PNMT polymorphisms with acute and chronic pain in sickle cell disease (SCD). Methods: Utilization of emergency care owing to painful crisis was used as a marker for acute pain in 131 patients with SCD. Results: rs876493 A allele, rs2934965 T allele and rs2941523 G allele were significantly associated with decreased utilization (p ≤ 0.05). rs876493 A allele showed association with utilization in females (p = 0.003), not males (p = 0.803). rs2934965 T allele and rs2941523 G allele were predicted to cause loss of putative transcription factor binding sites. This is the first report of the association of PNMT polymorphisms with acute crisis pain in SCD. Together with our previous findings in catechol-o-methyltransferase, polymorphisms in catecholamine metabolizing enzymes appear to primarily influence acute pain in SCD.

Measurable results: Reducing staff injuries on a specialty psychiatric unit for patients with developmental disabilities.

BACKGROUND: Quality improvement initiative focused on staff injury reduction on a specialized inpatient psychiatric unit which offers acute stabilization for children and adolescents with complex high-risk behaviors. OBJECTIVE: To utilize quality improvement principles and interventions to reduce staff injuries on a specialized inpatient child/adolescent psychiatric unit. PARTICIPANTS: Direct care clinical staff within an inpatient psychiatric unit for patients with co-occurring developmental disabilities and psychiatric illness were the focus of the initiative. Direct care clinical staff and clinical administrators were the active participants in the quality improvement initiative, focusing upon the interactions between staff and patients. METHODS: OSHA-recordable injuries were documented to guide initiatives and measure outcomes on weekly run charts with raw data measures of all staff injuries and the number of days elapsed between injuries. Rapid Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles were utilized to test interventions and guide decision making. RESULTS: Three months of a structured and systematic intervention trial produced the first adopted interventions in August 2011. The following six months reflected a 65% reduction of staff injuries (from 2.2 injuries per week to 0.77 injuries per week). Between January and August 2011, there were eight OSHA-recordable injuries with an average of 26.5 days between injuries. The average number of days between OSHA-recordable injuries has increased from 26.5 days at baseline to 124 days. CONCLUSIONS: An initiative utilizing quality improvement principles reduced staff injuries on an inpatient specialized psychiatric unit. Reliability principles, system adaption, and engagement of the frontline nursing clinicians have proven to be foundational and vital to guide the initiative.

Caracterización de pacientes con asma bronquial, atendidos de urgencia en hospital neumológico benéfico jurídico 2007- 2008 / Characterization of patients whit bronchial asthma, attended by urgency at juridic center neumological hospital 2007-2008

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, prospectivo y transversal con el objetivo de caracterizar a un grupo de pacientes con diagnóstico de Asma bronquial,quienes fueron atendidos en el Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital Neumológico Docente, en el periodo de noviembre del 2007 hasta abril del 2008. La muestra estuvo constituida por 148 pacientes, a los que se les realizó una entrevista estructurada para obtener la información necesaria para el desarrollo de la investigación. Se estudiaron variables sociodemográficas: edad de comienzo de la enfermedad, frecuencia de crisis, tratamiento intercrisis, frecuencia con que acuden al Servicio de Urgencias y seguimiento en consulta. El mayor porcentaje de pacientes estudiados se encontraban en el grupo de 36-45 años, destacándose el sexo femenino. El mayor número del total de pacientes estudiados fue diagnosticado antes de los 5 años de edad. La mayoría de los que presentaba más de 10 crisis anuales no tenían tratamiento intercrisis. Los que no tenían seguimiento en consulta acudieron con mayor frecuencia al Servicio de Urgencias.

A transversal, prospective and descriptive study was done with the objective of characterizing a group of patients with a diagnosis of Bronchial Asthma that were attended in the emergency service at the Educational Neumological Hospital, in the period from November 2007 to April 2008. This study was formed by 148 patients who were interviewed structurally to obtain the necessary information for the development of investigation. Some sociodemografic variables were studied, age of the beginning of the disease, frecuency of crisis, intercrisis treatment, the frecuency they go to the emergency service and appointment continuation. The most porcentage of studied patients were founded in the group of 36- 45 years old perdominating the female sex. The most number of the total of studied patients was diagnosed before 5 years of age. Most of them that had more than 10 cisis annually didnt have intercrisis treatment. Those who didnt have an appointment continuation went with more frecuency to the emergency service.

Porfiria y gestación: a propósito de un caso / Porphyria and pregnancy: case report

The porphyrias are a group of diseases caused by a deficiency of enzymes responsible for the synthesis of heme, that can lead to severe disease that requires early diagnosis to avoid complications. The frequency of the disease is low and its association with pregnancy unusual, but it is a good time for patients carrying develop the disease or suffer an exacerbation of the same, hence the vital importance of prophylaxis of the factors risk.

Las porfirias son un grupo de enfermedades producidas por un déficit de las enzimas encargadas de la síntesis del hemo, que pueden dar lugar a un cuadro clínico grave que requiere un diagnóstico precoz para evitar complicaciones. La frecuencia de la enfermedad es baja y su asociación con el embarazo inusual, pero es un buen momento para que las pacientes portadoras desarrollen la enfermedad o sufran una exacerbación de la misma, de ahí la importancia vital de la profilaxis de los factores de riesgo.