Studies on the effectiveness of pain management have uniformly concluded that health care providers underestimate or undertreat pain. In the emergency department (ED) in which this study was conducted, physicians receive formal didactic and bedside teaching on pain recognition and management in order to heighten the awareness of patient's need for pain control. The purpose of this study was to determine if this outpatient pain management of patients with acute, painful conditions is better than that reported in the medical literature. In this prospective study, 110 adult patients who had an acute, painful diagnosis were telephoned 48 hours after discharge from the ED and asked if they felt their pain at home was well controlled. Patient satisfaction with pain control was higher (91%) than that reported in the medical literature. Also, pain medication was provided more frequently by this study's ED (95%). Education on pain awareness and treatment is a way to improve pain management. 相似文献
Objective: To study tubal patency and fertility outcome of patients with expectantly managed ectopic pregnancy (EP).
Design: A prospective study.
Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland.
Patient(s): Thirty patients who wanted to become pregnant again were treated successfully by expectant management of EP.
Intervention(s): Patients were examined with posttreatment hysterosalpingography, and they filled out a questionnaire about their subsequent pregnancies.
Main Outcome Measure(s): Free passage through open lumen showing tubal patency; number of full-term pregnancies and EPs revealing relative rate of subsequent fertility.
Result(s): A free passage through the diseased tube was seen in 93% of the cases (28 of 30). Two of the 24 patients (8.4%) who wanted to become pregnant had an obstruction in the diseased tube. One (4.2%) of them had a normal opposite tube and later had a normal pregnancy. The other (4.2%) had an obstruction in both tubes and subsequently had a repeat EP. One of the 6 patients had an EP (this patient did not want to become pregnant and did not use contraception). However, her posttreatment hysterosalpingography was normal. In total, the subsequent pregnancy rate was 88% (21 of 24), and the rate of repeat EP was 4.2% (1 of 24).
Conclusion(s): Patients who are treated with expectant management have a good long-term fertility outcome. Spontaneous regression of EP does not lead to increased harm or damage to the tube, i.e., the risk for repeat EP is low. 相似文献
Summary 67 cases of brain abscess were analyzed retrospectively. As 2 comatose patients died on admission before any treatment was started, the results are based on 65 treated patients. Different methods of treatment included: total removal in 36 patients, drainage in 14, aspiration in 6 and conservative treatment in 9. Management mortality was 18,5% and was almost not dependent on the method of treatment (except aspiration) being lowest in the drainage group. The mortality was significantly higher in patients with serious impairment of consciousness on admission.Follow-up examination after 1 to 11 years was performed in 47 out of 53 discharged patients and revealed in 25 of them (53%) full recovery. 10 additional cases (21%) are independent. The best early and long term results were obtained in patients by drainage and medical treatment.Chronic epilepsy developed in 34% of patients with supratentorial lesions. The risk of epilepsy was lowest in the group of patients treated by drainage.The authors present the opinion that removal of brain abscess is necessary only in exceptional cases. 相似文献
Genital tract trauma is common following vaginal childbirth, and perineal pain is a frequent symptom reported by new mothers. The following techniques and care measures are associated with lower rates of obstetric lacerations and related pain following spontaneous vaginal birth: antenatal perineal massage for nulliparous women, upright or lateral positions for birth, avoidance of Valsalva pushing, delayed pushing with epidural analgesia, avoidance of episiotomy, controlled delivery of the baby's head, use of Dexon (U.S. Surgical; Norwalk, CT) or Vicryl (Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ) suture material, the "Fleming method" for suturing lacerations, and oral or rectal ibuprofen for perineal pain relief after delivery. Further research is warranted to determine the role of prenatal pelvic floor (Kegel) exercises, general exercise, and body mass index in reducing obstetric trauma, and also the role of pelvic floor and general exercise in pelvic floor recovery after childbirth. 相似文献
Abstract Pericardial tamponade remains a diagnostic challenge
to the clinician especially when the patient is well compensated
hemodynamically. We report an unusual case
who sought medical help 1 month after having been
stabbed in his chest. An investigation revealed a perforation
of the myocardium and a pericardial tamponade.
The patient survived thanks to a large organized clot
that plugged the perforation. The patient was exposed
to increased risk due to delayed onset, recognition, and
therapy of the tamponade. Most reports on this subject
deal with acute pericardial tamponade. Only few cases
of delayed pericardial tamponade have been reported.
A review of the relevant literature and the therapeutic
approaches are discussed. 相似文献
Abstract Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty have become recognized procedures for the treatment of vertebral fractures, especially in patients
with osteoporosis. In most cases of osteoporotic spinal vertebral fracture in elderly patients, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)
cement is used to fill the defect and stabilize the vertebral body. The techniques of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty differ
in the possibility of realignment and reconstruction of the vertebral body and spinal column. Long-term results in terms of
integration of the cement and bioreactivity of the vertebral body are still lacking; so, these procedures are still no options
in the treatment of younger patients. Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty show different success in the management of fresh traumatic
spine fractures. The acute traumatic vertebral fracture has to be classified sensitively, to find the right indication for
cement augmentation. Mild acute compression fractures can be treated by vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty, severe compression
and burst fractures by combination of internal fixation and kyphoplasty. The indications for use of biological or osteoinductive
cement in spinal fracture management must still be regarded as restricted owing to the lack of basic biomechanical research
data. Such cement should not be used except in clinical studies. 相似文献