Review of 1,000 consecutive cases of severe head injury treated before the advent of CT scanning

Summary This is a review of 1,000 consecutive cases of severe head injury admitted to our Neurosurgical Department between January 1973 and August 1976, before the advent of CT scanning. All patients were comatose following head injury (GCS8) and were treated homogeneously by the same neurosurgical team by a protocol that included immediate resuscitation on arrival, diagnosis of intracranial lesions by angiography, early surgery when needed, mechanical ventilation, steroids, and mannitol. Extracranial lesions, even if preponderant, were treated by various specialists in the Neurosurgical Department, which for all practical purposes operated as an Emergency Department. Admission criteria were very broad with no preadmission selection. The overall mortality for this series was 45%. A little less than half the patients made good recoveries or remained moderately disabled (47%); 6% were severely disabled, and 2% survived in a persistent vegetative state. More than two-thirds of the patients were brought to our Neurosurgical Department after a short stay at a general hospital; 72% were admitted within 6 hours of injury; 71% were traffic accident victims; and 34% had significant associated extracranial injuries. Carotid angiography was performed in 78% of the patients and indicated the presence of an intracranial haematoma requiring surgery in 36% of the whole series. Mortality was significantly higher in operated than in unoperated patients (56% versus 39%); those treated surgically, however, were older, in worse clinical condition, and showed a higher incidence of acute subdural haematomas associated with brain contusion. Carotid angiography proved very effective in revealing the presence of an expansive lesion but failed to reflect the severity of brain damage, since the group with negative angiograms showed a high mortality (52%). Patients with a lucid interval had a higher percentage of surgical lesions than those with immediate coma (58% versus 26%); but fully 42% of them did not require surgery, and 25% had negative angiograms. From the prognostic point of view the clinical data elicited after initial resuscitation were highly predictive of the outcome: some individual neurological signs, such as mydriasis, posturing and eye movements, were not inferior to the GCS score in that respect. Age also proved a strong predictor, since elderly patients are more likely to have severe subdural and parenchymal lesions and their clinical severity is accordingly greater.Our series amounts to a data bank of cases both contemporary to and in good agreement with that collected by Jennett and his associates in their 1977 multinational study; and it affords a useful reference in the assessment of epidemiological variations and alternative management in relation to outcome.     

A Local COVID-19 Support Platform for Nursing Homes: Feedback and Perspectives

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on nursing homes (NHs), which were not prepared to manage infections among their at-risk patient populations. In order to comply with the French government's guidelines, we rapidly set up a local support platform (LSP) to help NHs manage their cases of COVID-19. The LSP comprised multidisciplinary decision support, a specialist phone hotline, mobile geriatric medicine teams, and videoconferences on COVID-19.We first quantified the LSP's interventions in 63 local NHs since the start of the first wave of COVID-19 (March 2020): 9 instances of multidisciplinary decision support, 275 calls to the specialist phone hotline, 84 interventions by mobile geriatric medicine teams, and 16 videoconferences. The LSP had been used during and between the first and second waves of the epidemic, and all had evolved to meet the NHs' needs.     

通络胶囊治疗偏头痛的临床与实验研究

认为正气不足、病理体质为偏头痛的发病基础 ,以气血失调为主 ,寒热虚实错杂是本病的基本病机。据此确立扶正固本、祛风活络、化瘀止痛的治疗原则 ,拟通络胶囊治疗偏头痛 30例 ,与太极通天液治疗 30例对照 ,结果表明 ,治疗组愈显率 83.33% ,总有效率 93.33% ,与对照组相比有显著性差别 (P<0 .0 1) ,在改善兼症方面亦优于对照组 (P<0 .0 5或 P<0 .0 1) ,并能改善患者颅内血管功能状态。动物实验表明 ,通络胶囊能提高实验动物痛阈 ,同时提高大鼠下丘脑 5 - HT及 β-内啡呔水平 ,并能改善大鼠软脑膜微循环。     

止泻颗粒剂治疗小儿消化不良性肠炎136例

运用止泻颗粒剂与思密达作对照治疗小儿消化不良性肠炎,治疗组136例,对照组80例,2组总有效率分别为95．5％,37．5％,疗效比较具有显著性差异,P＜0．01。     

金子久学术思想探析

探讨了金氏医案中所体现的学术思想,论述了金氏临旆重视阴阳五行、挈中气机要领、把握升降关键、擅调先天后天的治疗特点,阐述了其临床重视四诊合参、炮制遗药注重实效的治学精神和求实作用。     

年轻成人Perthes病的临床表现与MRI研究

目的　研究年轻成人Perthes病的临床表现与MRI表现的相关性。方法　对 12例有或无症状年轻成人Perthes病患者作X线和MRI检查 ,测量CE角、ATD、髋臼商、头颈商、关节内侧间隙和髋臼覆盖率等X线指标 ,以及关节积液、外侧关节囊厚度等MRI表现。统计分析其与临床表现的相关性。结果　MRI检查显示外侧关节囊厚度与愈合后遗的症状有相关性 ,关节积液量有明显的差异趋势 ,但因样本量过少 ,统计学分析无差异 ,各项X线测量指标亦未显示明显的相关性。结论　外侧关节囊厚度与年轻成人Perthes病的临床表现有一定相关性。     

口腔修复科进修医师接诊前培训探析

为了提高进修医师的教学质量和医疗水平,我们在2006届进修医师教学工作中加强和细化了进修医师接诊前的培训,取得了良好的效果.实践证明,实施接诊前培训对于提高进修医师的医疗水平和自信心,实施规范化操作,克服诊疗中的盲目性,减少或避免医疗纠纷,进而提高进修医师的教学质量具有重要意义,值得推广和借签.     

Minority Race and Ethnicity is Associated With Higher Complication Rates After Revision Surgery for Failed Total Hip and Knee Joint Arthroplasty

BackgroundRacial and ethnic disparities in access to hip and knee total joint arthroplasty (TJA) and postoperative outcomes have wide-reaching implications for patients and the health care system. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of ethnicity on clinical outcomes and complications following revision hip and knee TJA.MethodsA single-institution, retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of 4424 revision hip and knee TJA patients was evaluated. Student’s t-test and chi-squared analysis were used to identify significant differences in patient demographics and clinical outcomes between Caucasians and various ethnic minorities, including African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians.ResultsWhen compared with white patients, African American patients demonstrated a significantly higher BMI (P = .04), ASA score (P = .04), length of hospital stay (P = .06), and postoperative infection rates (P = .04). Hispanics demonstrated a significantly higher BMI (P = .04), when compared with white patients, alongside a significantly higher risk for postoperative infection (P < .01). African American demonstrated a significantly higher ASA score (P = .02; P = .03), when compared with Hispanics and Asians, alongside a significantly increased length of stay (P = .01) and higher risk for postoperative infection (P = .02).ConclusionThe study findings demonstrate an underutilization of revision TJA by ethnic minority groups, suggesting that disparities in access to orthopedic surgery increase from primary to revision surgery despite higher failure rates of minority ethnic groups reported after primary TJA surgery. In addition, inferior postoperative outcomes were associated with African Americans and Hispanics, when compared to white patients, with African Americans demonstrating the highest risk of postoperative complications.