Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock最新文献

{"title":"Severe Hypercalcemia due to Drowning in an Onsen (Hot Spring).","authors":"Daisuke Ueno,&nbsp;Yasukazu Shiino,&nbsp;Jiro Takahashi,&nbsp;Takahiro Inoue","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_78_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jets.jets_78_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hypercalcemia is generally caused by primary hyperparathyroidism, malignancies, and drugs. Herein, we report a case of severe hypercalcemia due to drowning in hot springs. A 55-year-old woman was found floating in a public bath at a hotel and was admitted to a nearby hospital. The patient was intubated because of hypoxia and shock, and noradrenaline was titrated. Computed tomography revealed bilateral aspiration pneumonia. Blood tests revealed hypercalcemia (serum total calcium [Ca]: 18.7 mg/dL). Hyperparathyroidism, malignancy, and drug-related factors were ruled out as the causes of hypercalcemia. In addition, the public bath in which the patient drowned contained high concentrations of Ca. We concluded that the reason for hypercalcemia was accidental ingestion of the hot spring water containing a high concentration of Ca through the gastrointestinal tract. In the case of drowning and hypercalcemia, the cause may be clarified by examining the components that were accidentally swallowed.</p>","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"16 2","pages":"63-65"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10424746/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10366440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Direct versus Video Laryngoscopy during Simulated Mechanical Chest Compressions: A Randomized Crossover Trial.","authors":"Andrew Roberts,&nbsp;John Herrick,&nbsp;K Tom Xu,&nbsp;Peter Richman","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_119_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jets.jets_119_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"16 1","pages":"31-32"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10167820/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9523718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Removing Barriers to Emergency Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Illustrated by a Roadmap for Emergency Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound Expansion in India","authors":"Mike Smith, S. Vimal Krishnan, Andrew Leamon, Sagar Galwankar, Tej Prakash Sinha, Vijaya Arun Kumar, Jeffrey V. Laere, John Gallien, Sanjeev Bhoi","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_50_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_50_23","url":null,"abstract":"Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) has a potentially vital role to play in emergency medicine (EM), whether it be in high-, medium-, or low-resourced settings. However, numerous barriers are present which impede EM PoCUS implementation nationally and globally: (i) lack of a national practice guideline or scope of practice for EM PoCUS, (ii) resistance from non-PoCUS users of ultrasound imaging (USI) and lack of awareness from those who undertake parallel or post-EM patient care, and (iii) heterogeneous pattern of resources available in different institutes and settings. When combined with the Indian Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, this has led to the majority of India’s 1.4 billion citizens being unable to access EM PoCUS. In order to address these barriers (globally as well as with specific application to India), this article outlines the three core principles of EM PoCUS: (i) the remit of the EM PoCUS USI must be well defined a priori , (ii) the standard of EM PoCUS USI must be the same as that of non-PoCUS users of USI, and (iii) the imaging performed should align with subsequent clinical decision-making and resource availability. These principles are contextualized using an integrated PoCUS framework approach which is designed to provide a robust foundation for consolidation and expansion across different PoCUS specialisms and health-care settings. Thus, a range of mechanisms (from optimization of clinical practice through to PoCUS educational reform) are presented to address such barriers. For India, these are combined with specific mechanisms to address the PCPNDT Act, to provide the basis for influencing national legislation and instigating an addendum to the Act. By mapping to the recent Lancet Commission publication on transforming access to diagnostics, this provides a global and cross-discipline perspective for the recommendations.","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135840535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pattern of Presentation and Outcome of Adult Patients with Abdominal Trauma - A 7-Year Retrospective Study in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital.","authors":"Adedire Timilehin Adenuga, Ademola Adeyeye","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_91_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jets.jets_91_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Abdominal trauma is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. There is a paucity of trauma data in this region and this study aimed to show the pattern of presentation and outcome of patients with abdominal trauma at a North-Central Nigerian Teaching Hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective, observational study of patients with abdominal trauma who presented at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital from January 2013 to December 2019. Patients with clinical and/or radiological evidence of abdominal trauma were identified, and data extracted and analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 87 patients were included in the study. There were 73 males and 14 females (5.2:1) with a mean age of 34.2 years. Blunt abdominal injury occurred in 53 (61%) patients with 10 patients (11%) having concomitant extra-abdominal injuries. A total of 105 abdominal organ injuries occurred in 87 patients with the small bowel being the most frequently injured organ in penetrating trauma, while in blunt abdominal injury, the spleen was most commonly injured. A total of 70 patients (80.5%) had emergency abdominal surgery with a morbidity rate of 38.6% and negative laparotomy rate of 2.9%. There were 15 deaths in the period accounting for 17% of patients with sepsis as the most common cause of death (66%). Shock at presentation, late presentation >12 h, need for perioperative intensive care unit admission, and repeat surgery were associated with a higher risk of mortality (<i>P</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Abdominal trauma in this setting is associated with a significant amount of morbidity and mortality. Typical patients present late and with poor physiologic parameters often resulting in an undesirable outcome. There should be steps targeted at preventive policies focused on reducing the incidence of road traffic crashes, terrorism, and violent crimes as well as improving health care infrastructure to cater to this specific group of patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"16 1","pages":"8-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10167826/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9523717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Performance of qSOFA Score as a Screening Tool for Sepsis in the Emergency Department.","authors":"Atul Kumar Tiwari,&nbsp;Nayer Jamshed,&nbsp;Ankit Kumar Sahu,&nbsp;Akshay Kumar,&nbsp;Praveen Aggarwal,&nbsp;Sanjeev Bhoi,&nbsp;Roshan Mathew,&nbsp;Meera Ekka","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_99_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jets.jets_99_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Sepsis is the leading cause of mortality, and various scoring systems have been developed for its early identification and treatment. The objective was to test the ability of quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) score to identify sepsis and predict sepsis-related mortality in the emergency department (ED).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a prospective study from July 2018 to April 2020. Consecutive patients with age ≥18 years who presented to the ED with a clinical suspicion of infection were included. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive values (NPV), and odds ratio (OR) for sepsis related mortality on day 7 and 28 were measured.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1200 patients were recruited; of which 48 patients were excluded and 17 patients were lost to follow-up. 54 (45.4%) of 119 patients with positive qSOFA (qSOFA >2) died at 7 days and 76 (63.9%) died at 28 days. A total of 103 (10.1%) of 1016 patients with negative qSOFA (qSOFA score <2) died at 7 days and 207 (20.4%) died at 28 days. Patients with positive qSOFA score were at higher odds of dying at 7 days (OR: 3.9, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.1-5.2, <i>P</i> < 0.001) and 28 days (OR: 6.9, 95% CI: 4.6-10.3, <i>P</i> < 0.001). The PPV and NPV with positive qSOFA score to predict 7- and 28-day mortality were 45.4%, 89.9% and 63.9%, 79.6%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The qSOFA score can be used as a risk stratification tool in a resource-limited setting to identify infected patients at an increased risk of death.</p>","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"16 1","pages":"3-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10167823/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9523708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Successful Management of an Acute Case of Orbital Cellulitis of Odontogenic Origin.","authors":"Bijnya Birajita Panda,&nbsp;Subhrasarita Behera,&nbsp;Shilpa Vishwanath","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_112_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jets.jets_112_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"16 1","pages":"29-30"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10167824/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9523715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship between Incontinence and Disease Severity in Patients Transported by Ambulance.","authors":"Michika Hamada,&nbsp;Ikuto Takeuchi,&nbsp;Ken-Ichi Muramatsu,&nbsp;Hiroki Nagasawa,&nbsp;Hiromichi Ohsaka,&nbsp;Kouhei Ishikawa,&nbsp;Youichi Yanagawa","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_122_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jets.jets_122_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Retrospectively investigated this relationship using data from Shimoda Fire Department.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We investigated patients who were transported by Shimoda Fire Department from January 2019 to December 2021. The participants were divided into groups based on the existence of incontinence at the scene or not (Incontinence [+] and Incontinence [-]). We compared the variables mentioned above between these groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 499 cases with incontinence and 8241 cases without incontinence. There were no significant differences between the two groups with respect to weather and wind speed. The average age, percentage of male patients, percentage of cases in the winter season, rate of collapse at home, scene time, rate of endogenous disease, disease severity, and mortality rate in the incontinence (+) group were significantly greater in comparison to the incontinence (-) group, whereas the average temperature in the incontinence (+) group was significantly lower than that in the incontinence (-) group. Regarding the rates of incontinence of each disease, neurologic, infectious, endocrinal disease, dehydration, suffocation, and cardiac arrest at the scene had more than twice the rate of incontinence in other conditions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is the first study to report that patients with incontinence at the scene tended to be older, showed a male predominance, severe disease, high mortality, and required a long scene time in comparison to patients without incontinence. Prehospital care providers should therefore check for incontinence when evaluating patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"16 1","pages":"13-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10167822/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9470880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Validity of Trauma and Injury Severity Score Scoring in India.","authors":"Vamsi Krishna Kaza,&nbsp;Balamurugan Nathan","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_120_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jets.jets_120_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"16 1","pages":"30-31"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10167821/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9470875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unilateral Traumatic Adrenal Hemorrhage with Shock.","authors":"Ankur Verma,&nbsp;Sanjay Jaiswal,&nbsp;Kushagra Gupta,&nbsp;Wasil Rasool Sheikh,&nbsp;Amit Vishen,&nbsp;Meghna Haldar,&nbsp;Rinkey Ahuja,&nbsp;Abbas Ali Khatai,&nbsp;Nilesh Prasad","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_37_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jets.jets_37_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trauma to the adrenal glands is very rare. The variation in clinical manifestations is marked and markers for its diagnosis being limited, makes it tough to be diagnosed. Computed tomography remains the gold standard for detecting this injury. Prompt recognition and the potential for mortality with adrenal insufficiency can provide the best guidance for the treatment and care of the severely injured. We present a case of a 33-year-old trauma patient who was not responding to the management of his shock. He was finally found to have a right adrenal haemorrhage leading to adrenal crisis. The patient was resuscitated in the Emergency Department but succumbed 10 days post admission.</p>","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"16 1","pages":"26-28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10167825/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9523713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acute Traumatic Lumbar Hernia: Report of Two Cases","authors":"Ashraf F. Hefny, Ayesha D. Al Qemzi, Mohamed A. Hefny, Ghaya A. Almarzooqi, Hmouda S. T. Al Afari, Adel I Elbery","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_103_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_103_22","url":null,"abstract":"Acute traumatic lumbar hernia (ATLH) is rare in blunt trauma and can be overlooked due to the presence of multiple injuries following the trauma incidence. ATLH is usually found at the time of radiological examination or during surgical exploration. Awareness of the clinicians about the possibility of ATLH can enhance early diagnosis and reduce the occurrence of serious complications including bowel obstruction and strangulation. Herein, we present two cases of ATLH in which one of them was treated conservatively in the acute stage and the other patient was treated surgically. Conservative management can be adopted in the acute stage with the delayed repair of the hernia after resolving the muscles’ contusion. However, early operative intervention is essential if conservative management failed or in the event of acute deterioration of the patient’s condition.","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135841617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}