Prehospital management of burns requiring specialized burn centre evaluation: a single physician-based emergency medical service experience.
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SUBMITTER: Maudet L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7439538 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
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Prehospital management of burns requiring specialized burn centre evaluation: a single physician-based emergency medical service experience.
Maudet Ludovic L Pasquier Mathieu M Pantet Olivier O Albrecht Roland R Carron Pierre-Nicolas PN
Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine 20200820 1
<h4>Background</h4>Emergency medical services regularly encounter severe burns. As standards of care are relatively well-established regarding their hospital management, prehospital care is comparatively poorly defined. The aim of this study was to describe burned patients taken care of by our physician-staffed emergency medical service (PEMS).<h4>Methods</h4>All patients directly transported by our PEMS to our burn centre between January 2008 and December 2017 were retrospectively enrolled. We ...[more]
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Project description:IntroductionFalls cause 75% of trauma in patients above 65 years of age, and thoracic trauma is the second commonest injury; rib fractures are the most common thoracic injury. These patients have up to 12% mortality, with 31% developing pneumonias. There is wide variation in care. Northumbria Healthcare has a team of respiratory consultants, physiotherapists, specialist nurses and anesthetists for thoracic-trauma management on a respiratory support unit.MethodsWith Caldicott approval, basic demographics and clinical outcomes of patients admitted with thoracic trauma between 20 August-21 April were analyzed. A descriptive statistical methodology was applied.ResultsA total of 119 patients were identified with a mean age of 71.1 years (range 23-97). Of the 119 patients, 53 were male, 66 females. The main mechanism of injury was falls from standing (65) and falls down stairs/bed or in the bath (18). Length of stay was 7.3 days (range 1-54). In total, 85 patients had more than one co-morbidity, 26 had a full trauma assessment and 75 had pan CTs. The mean number of rib fractures was 3.6 and 31 (26%) patients had a pneumothorax and/or haemothorax. A total of 18 chest drains were inserted (all small bore) and one needle aspiration was performed. No cardiothoracic input was required. Isolated chest trauma was present only in 45 patients. All patients had a pain team review, 22 erector spinae catheters were inserted with 2 paravertebral blocks. Overall, 82 patients did not require oxygen, 1 required CPAP and 1 HFNC. 7 needed intensive care transfer. Furthermore, 20 (17%) developed pneumonias and 16 (14%) deaths occurred within 30 days-all were in those with falls from standing. There was no correlation between number of fractured ribs, length of stay and mortality.ConclusionsHigh level care for thoracic trauma can be performed by a physician led team. Overall, 42% pneumothoraces/haemothoraces were observed. Further large scale randomised trials are warranted for definitive outcomes.
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Project description:Specialized adult care of phenylketonuria (PKU) patients is of increasing importance. Adult outpatient clinics for inherited errors of metabolism can help to achieve this task, but experience is limited. Ten years after establishment of a coordinated transition process and specialised adult care for inherited metabolic diseases, adult PKU care was evaluated with respect to metabolic control, therapy satisfaction, life satisfaction, sociodemographic data, economical welfare as well as pregnancy outcome.All PKU patients transferred from paediatric to adult care between 2005 and 2015 were identified. A retrospective data analysis and a cross-sectional survey in a sub-cohort of 30 patients including a questionnaire for assessing quality of life (FLZm) were performed as a single-centre investigation at the metabolic department of the University Hospital Leipzig, Germany. For statistical analysis, Mann-Whitney-U-test, t-test for independent samples, ANOVA and chi square test were used as appropriate.96 PKU patients (56 females/40 males; median age 32 years, range 18-62) were included. In the last 3-year period, 81% of the transferred patients still kept contact to the adult care centre. Metabolic control was stable over the evaluation period and dried blood phenylalanine concentrations mostly remained within the therapeutic range (median 673.0 ?mol/l, range 213.0-1381.1). Sociodemographic data, economical welfare and life satisfaction data were comparable to data from the general population. However, differences could be revealed when splitting the cohort according to time of diagnosis and to management during childhood. 83% of the PKU adults were satisfied with the transition process and current adult care. 25 completed pregnancies were supervised; three newborns, born after unplanned pregnancy, showed characteristic symptoms of maternal PKU syndrome.Continuous care for adult PKU patients in a specialized outpatient clinic is successful, leading to good to satisfactory metabolic control and social outcomes. Uninterrupted good metabolic treatment throughout childhood and adolescence positively influences educational, professional and economic success in later life. Further effort in specialized paediatric and adult metabolic care is needed to prevent loss of follow-up and to support the recommended life-long treatment and/or care.
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