日本新型急救医疗救援体系的分析与借鉴

日本急救医疗体系比较发达，一般把急救患者分检为I级、II级和III级，再送到相应的医疗机构进行救治。急救医疗从业人员都是专业的人员，能够及时有效地对急救患者进行诊治。现在日本正在进行急救医疗体系的改革，成立了相关委员会并形成一些基础改革，主要是增加急救医疗的投入及专业急救医生的提高。这些对我国急救医疗体系现存的一些问题有一定借鉴意义。     

8kg以下婴儿室间隔缺损伴肺动脉高压手术治疗

为提高小婴儿室缺伴肺动脉高压的手术疗效，总结１６例８ｋｇ以下室间隔缺损（室缺）伴肺动脉高压婴儿行急诊手术修补室缺的经验。其中１４例在深低温停循环下进行，手术效果满意；术后死亡１例（６％）。作者认为，婴儿巨型室缺应尽早手术治疗为宜，深低温停循环方法尤为适合；术后强调持续保持病婴镇静及呼吸道通畅，防止肺高压危象的发生。     

小儿烧伤入院前处理分析

目的:分析小儿烧伤入院前处理对治疗及转归的影响。方法:回顾分析302例小儿烧伤患者入院前补液量与并发症的关系,以及入院前创面处理与住院时间、并发症、转归的关系。结果:入院前轻度和中度烧伤组补液与未补液仅2例(0.90%)发生休克,重度和特重度烧伤组未补液组、补液量不足1/3总量组、补液量超过1/3总量组休克发生率分别88.24%、55.56%、3.85%(P<0.01);入院前创面用自来水冲洗82例,未作任何处理142例,不正确处理78例,平均住院时间分别为(7.5±2.0)d,(11.3±1.6)d,(15.1±2.3)d(P<0.01),并发症的发生率分别为10.0%、11.97%、26.92%,愈合和好转率分别为98.75%、95.77%、92.30%(P<0.01)。结论:小儿烧伤后正确的院前处理对治疗和预后有重要意义。     

Can the process indicators for emergency obstetric care assess the progress of maternal mortality reduction programs? An examination of UNFPA Projects 2000-2004.

BACKGROUND: In view of the disappointing progress made in the last 20 years in reducing maternal mortality in low-income countries and before going to scale in implementing the new evidence-based strategies, it is crucial to review and assess the progress made in pilot countries where maternal mortality reduction programs focused on emergency obstetric care. OBJECTIVE: To review the process indicators recommended for monitoring emergency obstetric care and their application in field situations, examining the conditions under which they can be used to assess the progress of maternal mortality reduction programs. METHODS: Five of the six UN recommended process indicators were monitored annually for 5 years in selected districts of Morocco, Mozambique, India and Nicaragua. Trends are presented and discussed. RESULTS: With specific variations due to different local situations in the four countries and in spite of variations in quality of data collection, all indicators showed a consistent positive trend, in response to the inputs of the programs. CONCLUSIONS: The UN process indicators for emergency obstetric care should continue to be promoted, but with two important conditions: (1) data collection is carefully checked for quality and coverage; (2) efforts are made to match process and outcome indicators (maternal and perinatal mortality, incidence of complications).     

Characteristics of Acute Asthma Patients Attended Frequently Compared with Those Attended Only Occasionally in an Emergency Department

Asthma patients that depend on emergency department (ED) services are generally considered to have extremely poor disease control and prognosis. It is important to identify characteristics related to poor disease control and frequent visits to the ED to apply appropriate clinical management. This study comprised a cross-sectional survey of consecutive patients with asthma exacerbation (age ≥12 years) presenting at the adult ED of a large, tertiary care, university-affiliated hospital over a 2-month period. The frequent visitors (FV) were defined by ≥3 visits to the ED in the preceding year, and the occasional visitors (OV) by ≤2 visits. Eighty-six patients (61 females and 25 males) were included in the study (mean age 38 ± 18 years). Of these patients, 51.2% were FV and 48.8% were OV. Sixty-nine percent had annual income lower than A$3000 and 66.3% had ≤8 years of the formal education. Only 18.6% had used inhaled corticosteroids, 79.1% identified the asthma attack severity, 70.9% increased or initiated inhaled β-agonist, 20.9% increased or initiated steroid therapy, and 55.8% had an asthma action plan for attack. The number of hospital admissions in past year (OR 4.3, P = .02), use of home nebulizer (OR 3.6, P = .05) and the lack of a written asthma action plan (OR 3.3, P = .03) were independently associated with frequent visits to the ED. We conclude that a substantial proportion of the patients that visit the ED are FV. These patients are more likely to have hospital admission in the past year, to use a home nebulizer, and to lack a written asthma action plan. They should be considered the most important target for asthma education.     

Association Between Outpatient Follow-Up and Pediatric Emergency Department Asthma Visits

Background. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) guidelines recommend that patients receive a follow-up outpatient asthma visit after being discharged from an emergency department (ED) for asthma. Objective. To measure the frequency of follow-up outpatient asthma visits and its association with repeat ED asthma visit. Design. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of children with asthma using claims data from a university-based managed care organization from 01 1998 to 10 2000. We performed a multivariate survival analysis using Cox proportional hazards model to determine the effect of follow-up outpatient asthma visits on the likelihood of a repeat ED asthma visit, after controlling for severity of illness, patient age, gender, insurance, and the specialty of the primary care provider. Results: A total of 561 children had 780 ED asthma visits. Of these, 103 (17%) had a repeat ED asthma visit within 1 year. Almost two-thirds of children (66%) did not receive outpatient follow-up for asthma within 30 days of an ED asthma visit. Outpatient asthma visits within 30 days of an ED asthma visit are associated with an increased likelihood (relative risk = 1.80; 95% confidence interval 1.19, 2.72) for repeat ED asthma visits within 1 year. Conclusions. Most patients do not have outpatient follow-up after an ED asthma visit. However, those patients that present for outpatient follow-up have an increased likelihood for repeat ED asthma visits. For the primary care provider, these outpatient follow-up visits signal an increased risk that a patient will return to the ED for asthma and are a key opportunity to prevent future ED asthma visits.     

应急指挥系统在SARS定点医院中的实践

当SARS袭击北京之际，北京市卫生局即将北京胸科医院定为收治SARS病人定点医院，成立了由卫生局直接领导的北京胸科医院应急指挥系统，加强了组织领导，从8所医院临时抽调医务人员1800余人加强胸科医院，并成立了救治专家组、隔离防护专家组、护理专家组、中医药治疗协作组。共收治SARS及其疑似者453人，至6月24日，转院22人，排除SARS诊断20人，死亡26人，其余全部痊愈出院。病死率为5．79％。实践证明：成立应急指挥系统对抗击SARS起到了重要的作用。今后国家应建立和京善奕发事件府急公共卫生系统．并建议三级以上的医院设置感染科或单独病区。