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Fu CY Wang YC Wu SC Chen YF Chen RJ Hsieh CH Huang HC Huang JC Lu CW Huang YC 《The American journal of emergency medicine》2012,30(1):26-31
Background
Angioembolization is an effective adjunct to the management of retroperitoneal hemorrhage in pelvic fractures. Most patients with stable-type pelvic fracture are treated conservatively. However, in some stable pelvic fracture cases, patients should receive angioembolization for hemostasis upon incidental finding of contrast extravasation on computed tomography (CT). In this study, we attempted to define the characteristics of patients with stable pelvic fracture requiring angioembolization.Methods
We retrospectively reviewed the charts of patients with pelvic fractures between January 2005 and November 2009. We focused on stable pelvic fracture patients with contrast extravasation on CT who then received angioembolization. The demographics, Injury Severity Score (ISS), Abbreviated Injury Scale score, and the blood glucose levels on admission were analyzed.Results
In total, 334 patients were enrolled. Patients with higher blood glucose level on admission with stable pelvic fracture had a higher rate of angioembolization. Furthermore, these patients presented with a higher Abbreviated Injury Scale score and ISS.Conclusions
In patients with stable pelvic fracture, higher blood glucose level on admission was associated with a higher likelihood of needing angioembolization. Blood glucose level should be checked during the initial survey of a pelvic fracture, and greater attention should be given to patients with higher blood glucose level or with an ISS of 25 or greater, even when the imaging study only reveals a stable pelvic fracture. 相似文献2.
Maegan D. Sady Angelle M. Sander Allison N. Clark Mark Sherer Risa Nakase-Richardson James F. Malec 《Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation》2010,91(10):1542-1550
Sady MD, Sander AM, Clark AN, Sherer M, Nakase-Richardson R, Malec JF. Relationship of preinjury caregiver and family functioning to community integration in adults with traumatic brain injury.
Objective
To investigate the relationship of preinjury caregiver and family functioning to community integration outcomes in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI).Design
Inception cohort.Setting
Three TBI Model Systems inpatient rehabilitation facilities.Participants
Persons with TBI (N=141) and their caregivers admitted to inpatient rehabilitation and followed up at 1 to 2 years after injury.Interventions
Not applicable.Main Outcome Measures
Community Integration Questionnaire and the Social and Occupation scales of the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique.Results
There were significant interactions of several preinjury caregiver and family variables with injury severity. For persons with complicated mild/moderate injury, better family functioning was associated with greater home integration, and less caregiver distress was associated with better social integration. For persons with severe injuries, greater caregiver perceived social support was associated with better outcomes in productivity and social integration.Conclusions
Preinjury caregiver and family characteristics interact with injury severity to affect outcomes in persons with injury. Research on outcomes should include measures of caregiver and family functioning. Early interventions targeted toward decreasing caregiver distress, increasing support, and improving family functioning may have a positive impact on later outcomes. 相似文献3.
Objectives
We sought to describe the use of radiographic studies in pediatric major trauma patients and determine the extent to which a selective, clinically guided use of imaging contributes to delayed diagnosis of injury (DDI).Methods
We conducted a retrospective chart review of 324 consecutive pediatric major trauma patients at our level 1 trauma center. One radiologist reviewed all imaging. Delayed diagnosis of injury was defined as detection after more than 12 hours. Equivalency testing was performed to compare radiology use in patients with and without DDI.Results
Twenty-six (8%) of 324 patients had 36 DDI; 27 (75%) of 36 were orthopedic injuries. Median time to DDI detection was 20.5 hours (interquartile range, 15-60.5). During initial evaluation, DDI patients had similar numbers of plain radiographs (3.5 vs 3, P = .54) but more computed tomographic (CT) scans (4 vs 3, P = .03) compared with patients without DDI. Sixteen percent of all patients received CT thorax; 55%, CT cervical spine; and 56%, CT abdomen. Only 1 clinically important DDI was detected solely on the basis of a later CT scan (0.3%; 95% confidence interval, 0-1.5). No cervical spine, intrathoracic, or intraabdominal DDI was attributable to failure to obtain a CT during initial evaluation. Patients with DDI had higher injury severity scores, intubation rates, and pediatric intensive care unit admission rates than those without DDI.Conclusions
Patients with DDI had similar initial plain x-ray evaluations to patients without DDI, despite DDI patients being more severely injured. Delayed diagnosis of injury was not attributable to inadequate CT use. Most DDIs were orthopedic, highlighting the importance of a tertiary survey and a low threshold for skeletal radiographs. 相似文献4.
Hale LA, Pal J, Becker I. Measuring free-living physical activity in adults with and without neurologic dysfunction with a triaxial accelerometer.
Objective
To investigate the reliability, validity, and utility of a triaxial accelerometer to measure physical activity in the free-living environment in adults with and without neurologic dysfunction.Design
Repeated-measures design.Setting
General community.Participants
Volunteer sample of 17 men and 30 women (age range, 28−91y) living in the community with stroke of greater than 6 months in duration (n=20), Parkinson disease (n=7), or multiple sclerosis (n=11), and healthy but sedentary controls (n=9).Interventions
Not applicable.Main Outcome Measures
Physical activity measured with the TriTrac RT3 accelerometer, 7-day recall questionnaire, and activity diary.Results
The accelerometer reliably measured free-living physical activity (intraclass correlation coefficient, .85; 95% confidence interval, .74−.91; P=.000). The standard error of measurement indicated that a second test would differ from a baseline test by ±23%. Mean daily RT3 data collected in the first 3 days differed significantly from that of the mean daily RT3 data collected over 7 days. The RT3 appeared to distinguish level of mobility better than the 7-day recall questionnaire, and participants found the RT3 to be a user-friendly and acceptable measure of physical activity.Conclusions
The triaxial accelerometer provided a stable measure of free-living physical activity, was found to distinguish between people with varying levels of mobility, and was well tolerated by participants. The results indicate that collecting data for 3 days was not reflective of data collected over 7 days. 相似文献5.
Giuseppe Bellelli Giovanni Buccino Bruno Bernardini Alessandro Padovani Marco Trabucchi 《Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation》2010,91(10):1489-1964
Bellelli G, Buccino G, Bernardini B, Padovani A, Trabucchi M. Action observation treatment improves recovery of postsurgical orthopedic patients: evidence for a top-down effect?
Objective
To assess whether action observation treatment (AOT) may also improve motor recovery in postsurgical orthopedic patients, in addition to conventional physiotherapy.Design
Randomized controlled trial.Setting
Department of rehabilitation.Participants
Patients (N=60) admitted to our department postorthopedic surgery were randomly assigned to either a case (n=30) or control (n=30) group. Exclusion criteria were age 18 years or younger and 90 years or older, Mini-Mental State Examination score of 21 of 30 or lower, no ambulating order, advanced vision impairment, malignancy, pneumonia, or heart failure.Interventions
All participants underwent conventional physiotherapy. In addition, patients in the case group were asked to observe video clips showing daily actions and to imitate them afterward. Patients in the control group were asked to observe video clips with no motor content and to execute the same actions as patients in the case group afterward. Participants were scored on functional scales at baseline and after treatment by a physician blinded to group assignment.Main Outcomes Measures
Changes in FIM and Tinetti scale scores, and dependence on walking aids.Results
At baseline, groups did not differ in clinical and functional scale scores. After treatment, patients in the case group scored better than patients in the control group (FIM total score, P=.02; FIM motor subscore, P=.001; Tinetti scale score, P=.04); patients in the case group were assigned more frequently to 1 crutch (P=.01).Conclusions
In addition to conventional physiotherapy, AOT is effective in the rehabilitation of postsurgical orthopedic patients. The present results strongly support top-down effects of this treatment in motor recovery, even in nonneurologic patients. 相似文献6.
Angela S. Lee Jacek Cholewicki N. Peter Reeves Bohdanna T. Zazulak Lawrence W. Mysliwiec 《Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation》2010,91(9):1327-1331
Lee AS, Cholewicki J, Reeves NP, Zazulak BT, Mysliwiec LW. Comparison of trunk proprioception between patients with low back pain and healthy controls.
Objective
To determine whether proprioceptive impairments exist in patients with low back pain (LBP). We hypothesized that patients with LBP would exhibit larger trunk proprioception errors than healthy controls.Design
Case-control study.Setting
University laboratory.Participants
24 patients with nonspecific LBP and 24 age-matched healthy controls.Interventions
Not applicable.Main Outcome Measures
We measured trunk proprioception in all 3 anatomical planes using motion perception threshold, active repositioning, and passive repositioning tests.Results
LBP patients had significantly greater motion perception threshold than controls (P<.001) (1.3±0.9° vs 0.8±0.6°). Furthermore, all subjects had the largest motion perception threshold in the transverse plane (P<.001) (1.2±0.7° vs 1.0±0.8° for all other planes averaged). There was no significant difference between LBP and healthy control groups in the repositioning tasks. Errors in the active repositioning test were significantly smaller than in the passive repositioning test (P=.032) (1.9±1.2° vs 2.3±1.4°).Conclusions
These findings suggest that impairments in proprioception may be detected in patients with LBP when assessed with a motion perception threshold measure. 相似文献7.
Background
Cerebral edema is one physical change associated with brain injury and decreased survival after cardiac arrest. Edema appears on computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain as decreased X-ray attenuation by gray matter. This study tested whether the gray matter attenuation to white matter attenuation ratio (GWR) was associated with survival and functional recovery.Methods
Subjects were patients hospitalized after cardiac arrest at a single institution between 1/1/2005 and 7/30/2010. Subjects were included if they had non-traumatic cardiac arrest and a non-contrast CT scan within 24 h after cardiac arrest. Attenuation (Hounsfield Units) was measured in gray matter (caudate nucleus, putamen, thalamus, and cortex) and in white matter (internal capsule, corpus callosum and centrum semiovale). The GWR was calculated for basal ganglia and cerebrum. Outcomes included survival and functional status at hospital discharge.Results
For 680 patients, 258 CT scans were available, but 18 were excluded because of hemorrhage (10), intravenous contrast (3) or technical artifact (5), leaving 240 CT scans for analysis. Lower GWR values were associated with lower initial Glasgow Coma Scale motor score. Overall survival was 36%, but decreased with decreasing GWR. The average of basal ganglia and cerebrum GWR provided the best discrimination. Only 2/58 subjects with average GWR < 1.20 survived and both were treated with hypothermia. The association of GWR with functional outcome was completely explained by mortality when GWR < 1.20.Conclusions
Subjects with severe cerebral edema, defined by GWR < 1.20, have very low survival with conventional care, including hypothermia. GWR estimates pre-treatment likelihood of survival after cardiac arrest. 相似文献8.
Objective
Use of ambulances for nonemergency and routine transportation is thought to be a serious and growing problem. Third-party payers frequently refuse payment when ambulance use is deemed inappropriate. The authors attempted to determine whether cases in which ambulance transport was denied were done appropriately.Methods
Consecutive ambulance run forms of transports in which payment was denied by the state Medicaid carriers and corresponding emergency department (ED) charts were reviewed. Medical risk was evaluated by using the Evaluation and Management (E&M) Level of Care for the ED visit. Appropriateness of ambulance transport was evaluated by extracting the final diagnosis and the most serious written (and worked up) diagnosis in the differential. If either diagnosis could benefit from treatment in an ambulance or by rapid transport to a hospital, the transport was defined as appropriate.Results
A total of 146 run forms and 104 corresponding charts were evaluated. Ambulance transport was appropriate in 63 (61%; 95% confidence interval, 51%-70%). Risk was minimal for two transports, low for two, moderate for 62, and high for 38 cases. Final diagnoses included several life-threatening ones.Conclusion
In this population of patients for whom payment of their ambulance bill was denied, a high percentage of corresponding ED visits were for potentially serious medical problems. 相似文献9.
Rob J. Smeets Kees D. van Geel Jeanine A. Verbunt 《Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation》2009,90(1):109-117
Smeets RJ, van Geel KD, Verbunt JA. Is the fear avoidance model associated with the reduced level of aerobic fitness in patients with chronic low back pain?
Objectives
To compare aerobic fitness of patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) against healthy controls and to assess whether variables of the fear avoidance model are associated with loss of aerobic fitness.Design
A case-comparison study.Setting
Rehabilitation centers.Participants
Patients with CLBP (n=223), and normative data from healthy subjects (n=18,082).Interventions
Not applicable.Main Outcome Measures
Maximal oxygen uptake (V?o2max) was estimated on the basis of a modified submaximal Åstrand bicycle test performed by patients with CLBP (observed level of aerobic fitness) and compared with the normative data of healthy controls matched for age, sex, and level of sport activity (expected level of aerobic fitness). Pain (visual analog scale); disability (Roland Disability Questionnaire); pain-related fear (Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia); depression (Beck Depression Inventory); catastrophizing (Pain Catastrophizing Scale); and the level of activity during sport, work/household, and leisure time (Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire) were assessed. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed with the difference of the observed and expected level of aerobic fitness as dependent variable and putative influential factors including those of the fear avoidance model as independent variables.Results
V?o2max could be calculated in 175 (78%) of the patients. Both men and women with CLBP had significant lower V?o2max than expected (10.3mL/kg lean body mass (LBM)×min−1 and 6.5mL/kg LBM×min−1, respectively; P<.001). The levels of activity during leisure time and work/household were significantly associated with this reduced level of aerobic fitness. However, the variables of the fear avoidance model were not.Conclusions
Most patients with CLBP-associated disability have a lower level of aerobic fitness, but this is not associated with fear avoidance. 相似文献10.
Objectives
Outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation relies on the patient completing bouts of unsupervised exercise at home. The aim of this study was to monitor adherence with a home walking programme using activity monitors.Design
The sensitivity and reliability of five activity monitors were initially established at speeds at which patients are advised to walk. Thereafter, 18 patients with established chronic obstructive pulmonary disease attending pulmonary rehabilitation were recruited. All patients were required to wear a small device around their waist for two, 7-day periods during the 7-week course of rehabilitation. During this time, patients also completed a home diary card. Adherence was monitored by frequency, duration and intensity of walks.Setting
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.Results
The activity monitors were able to clearly discriminate varying walking speeds and were reproducible at each pre-selected speed (P < 0.05). However, between-monitor comparison was not reproducible at the pre-determined speeds. Individually prescribed walking speeds for home training ranged from 1.76 to 4.83 km/hour. As a group, only two patients failed to achieve 100% of total adherence. Adherence for the individual components varied widely.Conclusion
Activity monitor technology appears to be able to discriminate individually prescribed walking speeds that allow home walking programmes to be monitored. 相似文献11.
Paydar S Johari HG Ghaffarpasand F Shahidian D Dehbozorgi A Ziaeian B Bolandparvaz S Abbasi HR Sharifian M 《The American journal of emergency medicine》2012,30(1):1-4
Background
Radiology plays an important role in evaluation of a trauma patient. Although chest radiography is recommended for initial evaluation of the trauma patient by the Advanced Trauma Life Support course, we hypothesized that precise physical examinations and history taking accurately identify those blunt trauma patients at low risk for chest injury, making routine radiographs unnecessary. Thus, this study was performed to investigate the role of chest radiography in initial evaluation of those trauma patients with normal physical examination.Methods
In this prospective cross-sectional study, all the hemodynamically stable blunt trauma patients with negative physical examination result referred to our trauma center during a 4-month period (March-June 2009) were included. Chest radiographies were performed and reviewed for abnormalities.Results
During the study period, 5091 blunt trauma patients referred to our center, out of which, 1008 were hemodynamically stable and had negative physical examination result. Only 1 (0.1%) patient had abnormal chest radiography that showed perihilar lymphadenopathy, unrelated to trauma.Conclusion
Performing routine chest radiography in stable blunt trauma patients is of low clinical value. Thus, decision making for performing chest radiography in blunt trauma patients based on clinical findings would be efficacious and resource saving. 相似文献12.
Arokoski JP Valta T Kankaanpää M Airaksinen O 《Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation》2004,85(5):823-832
Arokoski JP, Valta T, Kankaanpää M, Airaksinen O. Activation of lumbar paraspinal and abdominal muscles during therapeutic exercises in chronic low back pain patients. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004;85:823-32.
Objectives
To assess the activities of paraspinal and abdominal muscles during therapeutic exercises for the treatment of patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP), and to study the effects of active physical rehabilitation on these activities.Design
A cross-sectional study comparing muscle activities during 18 stabilization exercises, and a prospective follow-up of patients with CLBP during rehabilitation.Setting
Rehabilitation clinic in university hospital in Finland.Participants
Nine volunteers (5 men, 4 women) aged 27 to 58 years.Intervention
Three months of active outpatient rehabilitation (4 to 6 times in a rehabilitation clinic, supplemented with self-motivated exercise at home) supervised by a physiotherapist.Main outcome measures
Surface electromyography was recorded bilaterally from L5 level paraspinal, rectus abdominis, and obliquus externus abdominis muscles. The recorded signal was averaged and normalized to the maximal electromyographic amplitude obtained during the maximal voluntary contraction. The measurements were taken before and after the exercise treatment period.Results
CLBP patients showed variable trunk muscle activity patterns during the different therapeutic exercises, similar to those that we reported earlier in healthy subjects. The maximal trunk isometric extension (pre, 147.3±75.9Nm; post, 170.1±72.3Nm) and flexion (pre, 72.0±37.9Nm; post, 93.5±42.5Nm) torques did not show a significant changes during the exercise period. However, trunk rotation-flexion torque (pre, 52.9±26.5Nm; post, 82.4±65.8Nm) increased significantly (35.8%) after the exercise period (P<.05). The corresponding maximal electromyographic amplitudes of back and abdominal muscles remained unchanged. Disability, as assessed by visual analog scale and Oswestry Disability Index, did not change.Conclusions
The CLBP patients performed therapeutic exercises with similar abdominal and back extensor muscle activities in the same way as the healthy subjects in our earlier studies. In this study, active physical rehabilitation had no effect on the abdominal and back muscle activities or on pain and functional disability indices. 相似文献13.
Elizabeth Moberg-Wolff 《Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation》2009,90(11):1815-1820
Moberg-Wolff E. Potential clinical impact of compounded versus noncompounded intrathecal baclofen.
Objective
To assess the differences between commercial and pharmacy-compounded preparations of baclofen for intrathecal administration.Design
Random sample.Setting
Pharmacies in the United States advertising compounded intrathecal baclofen preparation.Participants
Not applicable.Interventions
Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) samples were collected from 1 Food and Drug Administration-approved commercial source and 6 compounding pharmacies. An independent analysis of drug concentration and density was conducted. Information regarding ordering process, manufacturing, packaging, storage, and expiration was collected.Main Outcome Measure
Comparison of concentration and density variations.Results
Twenty-nine ITB samples in concentrations of 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000μg/mL were analyzed. Over 40% of compounded samples were more than 5% above or below labeled concentration. Twenty-two percent of compounded samples were more than 10% above or below labeled concentration. The only samples with no concentration deviation and consistent drug density were the commercially available, noncompounded products.Conclusions
Compounding pharmacies have variable practices in the provision of ITB. A high incidence of concentration inaccuracy existed. The use of compounded ITB may result in unintended dose alterations. Variable clinical efficacy, or life-threatening overdose or withdrawal may occur in patients who are sensitive to slight dose fluctuations. Given the variability of these compounded ITB samples, informed consent to use these products and understanding of potential side effects should be reviewed with patients. 相似文献14.
Alexis A. Cochran George L. Higgins III Tania D. Strout 《The American journal of emergency medicine》2011,29(5):523-527
Study objectives
We sought to determine the rate of intussusception in 3 age groups (traditional pediatric-age [T], nontraditional pediatric-age [N], and adult-age [A]) and to compare group characteristics.Methods
We conducted a retrospective records review for patients discharged with diagnosis of intussusception between October 1999 and June 2008.Results
Ninety-five cases of intussusception were diagnosed as follows: 61 T (64%), 12 N (13%), and 22 A (23%). Bloody stool was more common in T patients (P = .016). Air contrast enema (36%) and ultrasound (33%) were the most common diagnostic tests in T, whereas computed tomography was most common in N (83%) and A (68%) patients. Bowel resection occurred more often in older (T) patients (P = .001). The most frequent causative pathologic conditions were adenitis (T), Peutz-Jeghers polyp (N), and carcinoma (A) and prior gastric bypass in 10 A patients.Conclusions
The incidence of intussusception is substantially higher in nontraditional age groups than previously reported. Symptoms, management strategies, and causative pathologic conditions varied with age. All adults with intussusception require definitive diagnostic testing to determine the cause, given the concerning list of possibilities we observed. 相似文献15.
Yuanmay Chang Meeiliang Lin Yann-Fen C. Chao 《International journal of nursing studies》2010,47(11):1383-1388
Background
Over the past three decades, research has been carried out on the effects of exercise on chronic kidney disease patients for improving their physical potential.Objectives
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of intradialytic leg ergometry exercise for improving fatigue and daily physical activity levels among chronic kidney disease patients.Design
A quasi-experimental clinical trial.Setting
Two hemodialysis units in a medical center in northern Taiwan.Method
The leg ergometry exercise was performed within the first hour of each hemodialysis session for 30 min for 8 weeks. There were 36 subjects in the experimental group and 35 subjects in the control group who completed the study. Measurement on a fatigue scale and a physical activity log were done at the time of enrollment, and again on the fourth and eighth weeks.Result
Active subjects demonstrated significantly less fatigue and higher physical activity levels than those with a sedentary lifestyle at baseline. During the 8 weeks of intervention, subjects in both the active and sedentary groups reduced their fatigue levels significantly, with the exception of sedentary subjects in the control group. Only active subjects in the experimental group demonstrated an increase in activity levels. The 36 subjects performed 3456 leg ergometry exercise sessions with three early terminations (<.01%) among the sedentary subjects.Conclusions
Intradialytic leg ergometry is a safe exercise that is effective to reduce fatigue and improve physical fitness in already active chronic kidney disease patients and it also reduces fatigue in sedentary patients. Interventions to motivate sedentary patients to become active require further investigation.Implication for nursing practice
Exercise during hemodialysis does not cost patients extra time and is effective in reducing fatigue and increasing physical activity potential as demonstrated by our study; 30 min of intradialytic leg ergometer exercise can be considered as routine care while delivering hemodialysis. 相似文献16.
Background
Walking tests, such as the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) and the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), are recommended in the assessment of ambulatory oxygen for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, there is no evidence that these tests can be used interchangeably.Objectives
To compare the ISWT and the 6MWT in COPD patients in terms of indication for ambulatory oxygen therapy.Design
Crossover design.Setting
Patients attended as outpatients.Participants
Fifty patients with stable COPD (31 males; age 67 years, range 43 to 83 years); mean forced expiratory volume in 1 second 1.2 l [standard deviation (SD) 0.6 l] and 48.6% predicted (SD 23.4%).Intervention
Patients performed both the ISWT and the 6MWT whilst breathing air. Breathlessness (Borg scale), percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) and heart rate were measured before and after both tests.Main outcome measures
Post-test SpO2 and change from baseline.Results
The mean change in saturation was −4.6% (SD 6.2%) and −2.8% (SD 5.3%) after the ISWT and the 6WMT, respectively. Using Bland and Altman plots, the limits of agreement for difference in change in SpO2 (%) between the two tests were wide (−8.1 to 11.6) and clinically relevant. Sixteen patients (32%) and 13 patients (26%) met the criteria for ambulatory oxygen with the ISWT and the 6MWT, respectively (P = 0.32).Conclusions
This study found a wide variation between differences in exercise oxygen desaturation after the ISWT compared with the 6MWT, supporting the premise that these tests should not be used interchangeably in the assessment of ambulatory oxygen for COPD patients. 相似文献17.
Mazzini L Campini R Angelino E Rognone F Pastore I Oliveri G 《Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation》2003,84(11):1637-1641
Mazzini L, Campini R, Angelino E, Rognone F, Pastore I, Oliveri G. Posttraumatic hydrocephalus: a clinical, neuroradiologic, and neuropsychologic assessment of long-term outcome. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003;84:1637-41.
Objectives
To detect the clinical and radiologic characteristics of posttraumatic hydrocephalus (PTH), to define its prognostic value, and to assess the effects of shunt surgery.Design
Correlational study on a prospective cohort.Setting
Brain injury rehabilitation center.Participants
One hundred forty patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) referred to an inpatient intensive rehabilitation unit of primary care in a university-based system.Interventions
Not applicable.Main outcome measures
The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS), Disability Rating Scale (DRS), FIM™ instrument, and Neurobehavioural Rating Scale (NRS), as well as single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and magnetic resonance imaging.Results
PTH was found in 45% of patients. Risk factors for PTH were as follows: age (P<.04), duration of coma (P<.0001), and decompressive craniectomy (P<.0001). PTH correlated with the degree of hypoperfusion in the temporal lobes (P<.001). Patients who showed clinical deterioration improved after surgery. PTH correlated significantly with GOS, DRS, FIM, and NRS (P<.0001) 1 year after the trauma, and it influenced the appearance of posttraumatic epilepsy (P<.02).Conclusions
PTH concerns about 50% of patients with severe TBI. It influences functional and behavioral outcome and the appearance of posttraumatic epilepsy. The selection of patients for surgery can be defined principally on a clinical basis. SPECT may be helpful for differentiating ventricular enlargement due to cortical atrophy and hydrocephalus. 相似文献18.
Deutscher D Horn SD Smout RJ DeJong G Putman K 《Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation》2010,91(11):1722-1730
Deutscher D, Horn SD, Smout RJ, DeJong G, Putman K. Black-white disparities in motor function outcomes taking into account patient characteristics, nontherapy ancillaries, therapy activities, and therapy interventions.
Objective
To assess black-white differences in functional outcomes, controlling for patient characteristics, use of nontherapy ancillaries (NTAs), and use of physical (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) activities and interventions.Design
Multicenter prospective observational cohort study of poststroke rehabilitation.Setting
Six U.S. inpatient rehabilitation facilities.Participants
Patients (N=732) subdivided into case-mix subgroups (CMGs; CMGs 104-107 for moderate strokes [n=397], CMGs 108-114 for severe strokes [n=335]).Interventions
Not applicable.Main Outcome Measure
Discharge Motor FIM.Results
Taking into account patient characteristics, NTAs, and therapy activities, multivariate regressions explained (R2) 54% and 69% of variation in outcomes between patients with moderate and severe stroke, respectively. Black race was associated with lower outcomes than white race in the severe group. However, race was no longer associated with outcomes after including interventions used within PT and OT activities. Including interventions within therapy activities increased R2 to 64% and 74% for moderate and severe strokes, respectively. Some PT and OT activities were provided more to blacks than whites and vice versa. Greater intensity sometimes was associated with better and sometimes with poorer functional outcomes.Conclusions
After controlling for interventions within activities, no racial differences were found in functional outcomes at discharge despite racial differences in rehabilitation care, possibly because each racial group received a mixture of interventions that were negatively and positively associated with outcome. Clinicians should provide therapies associated with better outcomes with high and similar intensities for black and white patients poststroke. 相似文献19.
Morteza Rezaei-Adaryani Fazlollah Ahmadi 《International journal of nursing studies》2009,46(8):1047-1053
Background
Cardiac catheterization is the gold standard diagnostic test for coronary heart diseases. In order to minimize the post-procedure complications, patients are restricted to prolonged bed rest that is always accompanied by fatigue and discomfort.Objective
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of changing position and early ambulation on the level of comfort, satisfaction, and fatigue and on the amount of bleeding and hematoma after cardiac catheterization.Participants
A sample of 70 patients, who had undergone a non-emergency 6-French cardiac catheterization via the femoral artery from September to November, 2006.Methods
In a single-blind randomized controlled trial, each patient was randomly assigned to either the control or experimental group. The patients’ position in the experimental group was intermittently changed during the first 6 h after catheterization. Seven hours after the procedure, they were allowed to be ambulated and to undertake their self care activities. A pillow was placed under the patients’ bodies. Patients in the control group were managed as routine; they were restricted to a 10-24 h bed rest bed rest in supine position with the affected leg straight and immobilized and a sand bag on the puncture site for at least 8 h. The levels of comfort, satisfaction and fatigue, and the amount of bleeding and hematoma were measured at regular intervals after the procedure.Results
The patients in the experimental group had significantly higher comfort and satisfaction and lower fatigue levels than the control group at 3, 6, 8 h and the next morning after catheterization (P < 0.01). Changing patients’ position according to the current protocol in the experimental group produced no significant increase in the amount of bleeding and hematoma when compared with the control group (P > 0.05).Conclusion
The results of this study showed that the levels of comfort, satisfaction and fatigue after catheterization are related to the duration of bed rest and patients’ position in bed. Changing patients’ position accompanied by early ambulation after cardiac catheterization are associated with increasing comfort and satisfaction levels and decreasing the level of fatigue without increasing the amount of bleeding and hematoma. 相似文献20.
Willi Horner-Johnson Gloria L. Krahn Rie Suzuki Jana J. Peterson Gale Roid Trevor Hall RRTC Expert Panel on Health Measurement 《Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation》2010,91(4):570-575
Horner-Johnson W, Krahn GL, Suzuki R, Peterson JJ, Roid G, Hall T, the RRTC Expert Panel on Health Measurement. Differential performance of SF-36 items in healthy adults with and without functional limitations.