European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Apr 2023
Hospital preparedness for major incidents in Sweden: a national survey with focus on mass casualty incidents.
Mass-casualty incidents, MCI, pose a constant threat on societies all over the world. It is essential that hospital organizations systematically prepare for such situations. A method for repeated follow-up and evaluation of hospital disaster planning is much needed. ⋯ Generally, Swedish hospitals cover most key areas in disaster preparedness, but no hospital appears to have a full all-hazards coverage, which leaves room for improvement. There are large variations between the different hospitals' preparedness, which need to decrease. Several hospitals expressed a need of national guidelines for developing equivalent contingency plans. The study-method could be used for monitoring compliance with current laws and guidelines.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Apr 2023
ReviewPrognostic factors for the management of chondral defects of the knee and ankle joint: a systematic review.
Different surgical techniques to manage cartilage defects are available, including microfracture (MFx), autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), osteoarticular auto- or allograft transplantation (OAT), autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis (AMIC). This study investigated the patient-related prognostic factors on the clinical outcomes of surgically treated knee and ankle cartilage defects. ⋯ The clinical outcomes were mostly related to the patients' performance status prior surgery. A greater BMI was associated with greater rate of hypertrophy. Female sex and older age evidenced fair influence, while symptom duration prior to the surgical intervention and cartilage defect size evidenced no association with the surgical outcome. Lesion size and symptom duration did not evidence any association with the surgical outcome.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Apr 2023
Observational StudyDevelopment of the Tracheostomy Well-Being Score in critically ill patients.
Little attention has been given to understanding the experiences and perceptions of tracheostomized patients. This study aimed to measure the impact of tracheostomy on well-being in critically ill patients with the development of the Tracheostomy Well-Being Score (TWBS). ⋯ German Clinical Trials Register Identifier DRKS00022073 (2020/06/02).
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Apr 2023
Multicenter StudyThe effect of age on resilience of health-related quality of life among polytrauma patients: a cross-sectional multicenter study.
The aim of this study was to determine the impact of age on patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the capacity to show resilience-i.e., the ability to adapt to stressful adverse events-after sustaining a polytrauma. ⋯ Sustaining a polytrauma leads to a serious decline in HRQoL. Aging is associated with a decline in the physical components of HRQoL. No clear relationship with age was seen on the non-physical components of quality of life. Octogenarians, and to a lesser extent septuagenarians and tricenarians, showed to be very vulnerable groups, with low rates of resilience after surviving a polytrauma.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Apr 2023
Observational StudyPoint-of-care ultrasound thoracic "Quick Look" identifies potentially dangerous chest tube insertion sites.
Emergency and trauma physicians typically rely on anatomic landmarks to determine the proper intercostal space for emergent tube thoracostomy. However, physicians using this technique select a potentially dangerous insertion site too inferior in nearly one-third of cases, which have the potential to result in subdiaphragmatic puncture. We investigated a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) thoracic "Quick Look" procedure as a technique to allow visualization of underlying structures to avoid tube misplacement. ⋯ Thoracic "Quick Look" exams performed at mock chest tube insertion sites demonstrated potentially dangerous insertions in 17% of the cases. POCUS thoracic "Quick Look" may be a rapid and reliable technique that improves safety when placing an emergent chest tube.