Ozlem Inci, Y. Altuncı, Ozge Can, F. K. Akarca, Murat Ersel
{"title":"The Efficiency of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma in Pediatric Patients with Blunt Torso Trauma","authors":"Ozlem Inci, Y. Altuncı, Ozge Can, F. K. Akarca, Murat Ersel","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_137_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_137_22","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) has attracted attention for its use in the detection of intra-abdominal pathology for pediatric patients. However, computed tomography (CT) remains the gold standard for the assessment of blunt torso trauma. The study examines the effectiveness of FAST both in the detection of intra-abdominal pathology in pediatric patients (<19 years) with blunt torso trauma and in the determination of the need for CT for further examination.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The study was designed as a retrospective observational investigation of diagnostic value. The pediatric patients who were admitted to the Emergency Department with blunt torso trauma between January 2013 and October 2016 were included in the study. The sample of the study comprised 255 patients who met the inclusion criteria. The primary outcome was the effectiveness of FAST in the detection of intra-abdominal pathology and the determination of the need for CT. The secondary outcome was to identify the agreement between CT and FAST for intra-abdominal injuries. The Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test were used for comparisons. A logistic regression model was developed to determine the variables that independently affect the agreement between FAST and CT.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 FAST was determined to have low sensitivity (20.3%) despite its high specificity (87%). However; FAST had a good negative likelihood ratio. There was a poor agreement between CT and FAST in terms of the presence of both intra-abdominal and intrathoracic injuries in pediatric patients with blunt trunk trauma. The error rate of FAST increased by five-fold, especially in the presence of concomitant thorax trauma. However, FAST had a good negative likelihood ratio.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 FAST should not be regarded as an equivalent tool to CT for pediatric patients with blunt torso trauma. It is, instead, a noteworthy complementary tool that is a negative predictor.\u0000","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"31 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138602482","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":"Enhancing Primary Health-care Worker Training through High-fidelity Simulation for Snake Bite Management","authors":"Hritika Sharma, Ajit Baviskar, Anant D. Patil","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_107_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_107_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"17 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138603531","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}
Y. Yanagawa, H. Nagasawa, Marika Nunotani, I. Takeuchi
{"title":"Status Epilepticus Complicated by Pneumatosis Intestinalis","authors":"Y. Yanagawa, H. Nagasawa, Marika Nunotani, I. Takeuchi","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_98_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_98_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"24 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138603903","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}
A. Mathur, Piyush Mishra, Ankur Yadav, Neha Nigam, U. Ghoshal
{"title":"Colonic Mucormycosis in Fistulizing Crohn’s Disease","authors":"A. Mathur, Piyush Mishra, Ankur Yadav, Neha Nigam, U. Ghoshal","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_69_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_69_23","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Gastrointestinal mucormycosis, a rare fatal fungal infection in an immunocompromised host, affects mainly the stomach. Colonic mucormycosis is infrequent and is associated with high mortality. Perianal involvement is seen in almost one-third of patients with Crohn’s disease. Perianal Crohn’s disease is a particularly debilitating form of the disease, which requires multidisciplinary care. It may also require profound immunosuppression with biological agents to control disease activity. Opportunistic infections can complicate the disease course in these patients. We present a case of a middle-aged female with perianal Crohn’s disease on adalimumab who developed colonic mucormycosis causing a flare in her disease activity. This patient highlights the need to increase awareness about fungal infections as a cause of disease flare in inflammatory bowel disease.","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"3 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138602313","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}
S. Boonmak, T. Mitsungnern, Pimmada Boonmak, P. Boonmak
{"title":"Influence of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Bystander-victim Relationship on the Willingness of Laypeople and Health-care Providers to Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation","authors":"S. Boonmak, T. Mitsungnern, Pimmada Boonmak, P. Boonmak","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_3_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_3_23","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) reduces mortality from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The willingness to perform CPR (W-CPR) is also critical. Uncertain effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on W-CPR were reported. Our objectives aim to examine W-CPR during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the influence of the bystander-victim relationship, bystander characteristics, and CPR background on the W-CPR of laypeople and healthcare providers (HCPs).\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 A cross-sectional online survey was conducted between August 2020 and November 2020 among Thai laypeople and HCPs. A structured questionnaire was given to volunteers as an online survey. We recorded W-conventional CPR (W-C-CPR), W-compression-only CPR (W-CO-CPR), chest compression, automated external defibrillator (AED), mouth-to-mouth, face shield, and pocket mask ventilation on family members (FMs), acquaintances, and strangers during the study (pandemic) and in nonpandemic situation and analyzed.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 We included 419 laypeople and 716 HCPs. During the pandemic, laypeople expressed less willingness in all interventions (P < 0.05) except W-CO-CPR in FMs and AED in FMs and acquaintances. HCPs were less willing to any interventions (P < 0.05). Laypeople showed comparable W-C-CPR and W-CO-CPR between FMs and acquaintances but less among strangers (P < 0.05). HCPs’ W-CPR differed significantly depending on their relationship (P < 0.05), except W-CO-CPR between FMs and acquaintances. CPR self-efficacy, single marital status, CPR experience, and HCPs reported higher W-CO-CPR in FMs.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Participants were less W-CPR during the COVID-19 pandemic on all recipients (laypeople: 2.8%–21.0%, HCPs: 7.6%–31.2%), except for laypeople with FMs. The recipient’s relationship was more critical in W-C-CPR than in W-CO-CPR, especially in HCPs.\u0000","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"39 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138602400","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":"Health Drink Poisoning – An Unusual Case of Bottle Gourd Toxicity","authors":"H. S. Varun, Kushal Pandya, M. Muniraju","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_41_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_41_23","url":null,"abstract":"Bottle gourd, popularly known as “Lauki,” is a commonly used vegetable throughout the world including India. Its juice is considered a “health tonic” for chronic ailments by practitioners of alternate therapy and nutritionist. It is essential for emergency physicians to be aware of this toxicity, especially in tropical countries like India, where alternate therapy practices are prevalent. We present the case of a 35-year-old man who consumed concentrated bottle gourd juice and subsequently experienced multiple episodes of vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and giddiness. The patient was resuscitated and stabilized with crystalloid fluids, proton-pump inhibitors, and antiemetics, and admitted to the critical care unit. The patient was discharged in stable condition after 4 days of hospitalization. Bottle gourd toxicity treatment is symptomatic, and there is no specific antidote for this toxicity. It is important to early diagnose bottle gourd toxicity, especially in countries where it is commonly used as a health tonic.","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139253002","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}
Chihiro Maekawa, H. Nagasawa, I. Takeuchi, K. Ishikawa, Y. Yanagawa
{"title":"A Case of Traumatic Minor Hepatic Injury with Delayed Hemorrhaging","authors":"Chihiro Maekawa, H. Nagasawa, I. Takeuchi, K. Ishikawa, Y. Yanagawa","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_110_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_110_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"11 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139257258","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":"The Pattern of Midface Fractures in Jordan: A Retrospective Review of Medical Records","authors":"A. Bataineh, Yousef Khader","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_42_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_42_23","url":null,"abstract":"Midface fracture incidence and trauma patterns vary across countries, due to socioeconomic, environmental, and cultural factors. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the etiology, pattern, and treatment of midface fractures in North of Jordan during 2018–2021. This single-center retrospective study was based on the review of the medical records of patients who had suffered midface fractures and were treated at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the King Abdullah University Hospital. The dataset for this investigation spanned the 4-year period from January 2018 to December 2021. During the 4-year period, 267 patients presented with 376 different maxillofacial fractures. Of those, 140 patients had 250 midface fractures, with a mean of 1.79 per patient. Their age ranged from 2 to 68 years (mean [standard deviation] = 25.8 [12.0] years). The most frequent injury cause was road traffic accidents (RTA) (n = 72, 51.3%), followed by falls (n = 27, 19.3%). Among midface fractures, the most frequent were orbit fractures (42.4%), followed by zygomatic fractures (31.6%) and maxillary fractures (26%). The majority of fractures (77.9%) were treated through open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), while the remaining (15.7%) required closed reduction and conservative treatment was sufficient in 6.43% of fractures. Midface fractures were more common among males, and primarily occurred in the orbital floor due to the high incidence of RTAs. Maxillary fractures were mostly of the LeFort I Type and ORIF was the most common treatment modality.","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"4 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139262836","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}
Daher K Rabadi, Sami A Almasarweh, A. Abubaker, Nedal Shawaqfeh, S. R. Alsalman, Zaid Madain
{"title":"Using a Disposable Flexible Fiberoptic Scope as a Bougie for Difficult Intubation","authors":"Daher K Rabadi, Sami A Almasarweh, A. Abubaker, Nedal Shawaqfeh, S. R. Alsalman, Zaid Madain","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_63_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_63_23","url":null,"abstract":"In this case report, we describe two difficult intubations in which an endotracheal tube was threaded over a fiberoptic bronchoscope that was acting as a bougie. Our patients initially presented with limited neck extension, narrow mouth opening, and restricted view of the glottic region. A fiberoptic bronchoscope was guided through while the patient was oxygenated through a laryngeal mask. After the scope provided an unrestricted view of the vocal cords, the digital module was removed by cutting the fiberoptic thread, and an endotracheal tube was passed through. After proper confirmation of the endotracheal tube position, the intubation was deemed successful and thereby, we share our experience with the novel technique. This technique may potentially improve critical patient outcomes whether in trauma or an unexpectedly difficult intubation.","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"147 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139264646","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":"Association of Scene Time with Mortality in Major Traumatic Injuries Arrived by Emergency Medical Service","authors":"Yaowapha Siripakarn, Laongdao Triniti, Winchana Srivilaithon","doi":"10.4103/jets.jets_35_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_35_23","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Introduction: Trauma is a major cause of death worldwide, and prehospital care is critical to improve patient outcomes. However, there is controversy surrounding the effectiveness of limiting scene time to 10 min or less in the care of major trauma patients. This study aimed to investigate the association between scene time and mortality in major trauma patients. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on major trauma patients treated by the Thammasat University Hospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team from 2020 to 2022. We included traumatic adult patients who had an injury severity score (ISS) of 16 or higher. The primary outcome was 24-h mortality. Multivariable risk regression analysis was used to evaluate the independent effect of scene time on 24-h mortality. Results: A total of 104 patients were included, of whom 11.5% died within 24 h. After adjusting for age, systolic blood pressure, Glasgow Coma Scale, and ISS, patients who had a scene time over 10 min showed a significant association with mortality (33.3% vs. 8.7%, P = 0.031). Intravenous fluid administration at the scene showed a trend toward a significant association with mortality. Conclusions: This study provides evidence to support the importance of minimizing scene time for major trauma patients. The findings suggest that a balance between timely interventions and adequate resources should be considered to optimize patient outcomes. Further studies to investigate the impact of prehospital interventions on trauma patient outcomes are needed.","PeriodicalId":15692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock","volume":"62 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135322473","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}