Managing capacity for urgent surgery: staffing, staff scheduling in-house or on-call from home, and work assignments

Author(s):  
Franklin Dexter ◽  
Richard H. Epstein
2020 ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
Svetlana Styazhkina ◽  
Tatyana Chernyshova ◽  
Olga Neganova ◽  
Yuliya Russkikh ◽  
Raniya Gazimzyanova

Today, the problem of pancreonecrosis remains in the leading positions in urgent surgery. The incidence of this pathology increases every year. This article presents the results of the analysis of the use of the drug "Roncoleukin" in clinical practice for pancreonecrosis. The study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this drug.


2020 ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Olha Viktorivna Kravets

One of the basic components of intensive treatment of patients with an urgent abdominal pathology is perioperative infusion therapy. To analyze the perioperative dynamics of the water sectors of a body in the patients with a high surgical risk with acute abdominal pathology, a targeted regimen of infusion therapy was used to examine 35 patients. Perioperative targeted infusion therapy was carried out with balanced crystalloid solutions. With the non−invasive bioelectric rheography, the indices of water sectors of a body were studied. On the first day, the extracellular sector volume overflow was established due to an increase in interstitial volume. From the second day, the excess volumes of intravascular fluid and plasma were determined. On the third day there was a deficit of all the studied indices. On the fifth day of the post−surgery period, volumetric depletion of mild degree was noted. From the seventh to the tenth days, all the studied parameters to normal were reliably restored. A targeted regimen of infusion therapy in such patients was concluded to correct a moderate volume depletion on the tenth day after surgery by an excessive increase in plasma volume after six hours of treatment, the development of interstitial edema in the first two days, and the formation of mild volumetric depletion from third to seventh day. Key words: water sectors, goal−direct infusion therapy, depletion, urgent surgery, high surgical risk.


2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (38) ◽  
pp. 4534-4539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Zimmermann ◽  
Fawzi Ameer ◽  
Berhane Worku ◽  
Dimitrios Avgerinos

Introduction: Proximal aorta interventions impose significant bleeding risk. Patients on concomitant anticoagulation regimens compound the risk of bleeding in any surgery, but especially cardiothoracic interventions. The employment of direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOAC), namely those that target clotting factors II or X, has expanded at a precipitous rate over the last decade. The emergence of their reversal agents has followed slowly, leaving clinicians with management dilemmas in urgent surgery. We discuss current reversal strategies based on the available published data and our experience with proximal aortic surgery in patients taking DOACs. Literature Search: We performed a review of literature and present three cases from our experience to offer insight into management strategies that have been historically successful. A review of literature was conducted via PubMed with the following search string: (NOAC or DOAC or TSOAC) and (aorta or aortic or (Stanford and type and a)). Case Presentation: We present three case presentations that illustrate the importance of DOAC identification and offer management strategies in mitigating associated bleeding risks in urgent or emergent surgeries. Conclusion: Treatment teams should be aware of the technical limitations of identifying and reversing DOACs. In view of the tendency toward publishing positive outcomes, more scientific rigor is required in the area of emergency DOAC reversal strategies.


2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Soto Dopazo ◽  
E Pérez Prudencio ◽  
A Arango Bravo ◽  
C Nuño Iglesias ◽  
C Mateos Palacios ◽  
...  

Abstract INTRODUCTION Internal hernias caused by broad ligament defects are an infrequent cause of bowel obstruction. These defects may be congenital or acquired mainly by gynecological antecedents. Small bowel is the most common affected and the diagnosis is difficult due to nonspecific symptoms and absences of characteristic radiological signs. MATERIAL AND METHODS We report the cases of three women aged from 43 to 56 years old, who came to the emergency with abdominal pain, vomiting and bloating of hours duration. One patient has a history of laparoscopic appendectomy, the rest of them with no surgical history. In all of the cases, x-rays showed dilatation of small bowel loops and air-fluid levels and the abdominal TC revealed a generalized distention of bowel loops with transition point in the terminal ileum with no identifiable cause compatible with small bowel obstruction. RESULTS We decided to perform an urgent surgery with an exploratory laparotomy in one case and the rest by laparoscopic approach, finding an internal hernia occasioned by incarceration of small bowel through a broad ligament defect. In all cases, the hernia content was liberated without evidence of ischemia with no need for intestinal resection, and the defect was closed. All patients had a favourable postoperative course without complications. DISCUSSION Broad ligament defects are a rare cause of internal hernias. These are difficult to diagnose clinically as well as radiologically for an absence of characteristic signs. A high level of clinical suspicion allows early diagnosis and the treatment should be performed as soon as possible to reduce the chances of intestinal necrosis.


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