scholarly journals Algorithm for the prevention of pulmonary complications after thoracic surgeries

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 462-465
Author(s):  
O. Yu. Usenko ◽  
A. V. Sydiuk ◽  
O. E. Sydiuk ◽  
A. S. Klimas ◽  
G. Yu. Savenko ◽  
...  

Annotation. The biggest problem after operations on the thoracic cavity is the number of pulmonary complications (according to various authors 26-38% of cases). Despite the development of numerous methods for the prevention and treatment of these complications, they remain one of the leading causes of hospital mortality and may be an independent risk factor for worse long-term survival. Therefore, the aim of the work was to improve the results of treatment of patients after operations on the thoracic cavity by developing an algorithm for anesthesia for perioperative prevention of pulmonary complications. Participated in the study 192 patients with diseases of the thoracic cavity (esophagus, lungs, mediastinum), operated on in the thoracoabdominal department of the National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology named after O.O. Shalimov. Retrospective comparison group - 96 patients after thoracic surgery, which used conventional methods of perioperative management. The study group consisted of 96 patients after thoracic surgery, who used a perioperative anesthesia algorithm for the prevention of pulmonary complications. Statistical software EZR v. Was used for statistical calculations. 1.54 (graphical user interface for statistical software R version 4.0.3, R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). When conducting a multifactor analysis, it was found that the proposed method of prevention of pulmonary complications can reduce (p=0.001) the risk of development, HS=0.27 (95% CI 0.13-0.58) compared with the control group (with standardization by sex, weight, ASA of the patient). Pulmonary complications developed in 33 (34.4%) patients of the control group and in 13 (13.5%) patients of the study group, the difference was statistically significant, p=0.001. Thus, the application of the proposed technique reduces (p = 0.001) the risk of complications, BP=0.39 (95% CI 0.22 - 0.70) compared to traditional methods.

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-566
Author(s):  
O. Yu. Usenko ◽  
A. V. Sydiuk ◽  
O. E. Sydiuk ◽  
A. S. Klimas ◽  
G. Yu. Savenko ◽  
...  

Annotation. Surgical interventions for diseases of the thoracic cavity are one of the most invasive surgical procedures, which are often accompanied by postoperative complications, which increase mortality, prolong hospital stays, require additional costs and correlate with poor long-term survival. However, respiratory complications remain the most common of non-surgical complications and their frequency varies from 13 to 38%. So far, several studies have shown that respiratory dysfunction is an independent risk factor for postoperative pneumonia. The aim – investigate whether it is possible to use spirometric lung age to predict the occurrence of postoperative pneumonia after thoracic surgeries. The study was performed on 192 patients with diseases of the thoracic cavity (esophagus, lungs, mediastinum), underwent surgery in the thoracoabdominal department of the Shalimov’s National Institute of Surgery and Transplantation. Statistical software EZR v.1.54 was used for statistical calculations (graphical user interface for statistical software R version 4.0.3, R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). We found a very strong association between the risk of developing pulmonary complications and the age of the lungs, AUC=0.97 (95% confidence interval from 0.94 to 0.99). When choosing the optimal point for predicting the risk of pulmonary complications obtained: Lung age critical = 99.6 years. Thus, at Lung age >99.6 years, the development of postoperative pulmonary complications is predicted. At Lung age <99.6 years, the absence of postoperative pulmonary complications is predicted. When choosing this decision point, the sensitivity is 93.5% (82.1-98.6%), specificity – 95.9% (91.3-98.5%). Therefore, spirometric age of the lungs was associated with the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery for thoracic disease. This parameter deserves attention as a predictor of the probability of developing postoperative pneumonia after thoracic surgeries and can help in assessing the state of respiratory function of patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 178 (5) ◽  
pp. 22-30
Author(s):  
A. G. Khitaryan ◽  
A. E. Neimark ◽  
A. V. Mezhunts ◽  
O. B. Starzhinskaya ◽  
A. A. Orekhov ◽  
...  

INTRODUCTION. MGB is considered to be the best alternative to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) due to the shorter operation time and fewer possible complications. The OBJECTIVE of this study was to determine biliary reflux in patients undergoing MGB with a hand-sewn gastroenteroanastomosis, and MGB with a stapler gastroenteroanastomosis.MATERIAL AND METHODS. This study included the analysis of results of treatment of 122 patients with morbid obesity and metabolic syndrome who had undergone laparoscopic MGB. Patients were divided into two clinical groups depending on the method of applying gastroenteroanastomosis. Clinical and endoscopic assessment was used to determine bile reflux; biliary reflux index (BRI) was used. In the postoperative period, the possibility of developing biliary reflux using fibrogastroscopy with biopsy of the gastric mucosa, microscopy of biopsy materials was evaluated. Microscopy of biopsy specimens was performed by a pathologist who evaluated each sample of gastric tissue in accordance with the system for determining the biliary reflux index (BRI).RESULTS. During fibrogastroscopy, biliary reflux was diagnosed in 9 (15.5 %) cases in the study group and 16 (26.6 %) cases in the control group. In the study group of patients, biliary reflux index (BRI) > 14 was determined in 3 patients (5.153 %). In the control group of patients, BRI> 14 was in 7 cases (10.94 %). The difference was significant (p<0.05).CONCLUSION. Determination of BRI index in patients undergoing MGB could be used as a screening method for diagnosing the biliary reflux in order to prevent and develop the tactic for further management of patients from a risk group of complications associated with the toxic effects of an aggressive bile refluxate.The authors declare no conflict of interest.The authors confirm that they respect the rights of the people participated in the study, including obtaining informed consent when it is necessary, and the rules of treatment of animals when they are used in the study. Author Guidelines contains the detailed information.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-52
Author(s):  
Sergey V. Kozlov ◽  
Aleksandr P. Borisov ◽  
Aleksandr A. Moryatov ◽  
Maksim V. Tkachev

Objectives - to improve the immediate results of treatment in patients with breast cancer, using a new method of reconstruction. Material and methods. The prospective study included 215 patients diagnosed with breast cancer. The patients received medical treatment in the Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Center from 2013 to 2016. The patients in the control group (n = 111) underwent a subcutaneous mastectomy with a standard endoprosthesis plastic, with complete muscular shelter of the endoprosthesis. The patients of the study group (n = 104) underwent a subcutaneous mastectomy with a new method of single-stage reconstruction. Results. The mean time of operation in the control group was 115 ± 15 minutes, in the study group - 90 ± 10 minutes, the difference was statistically significant (p = 0.000). Intraoperative blood loss in the patients of the control group reached 115 ± 15 ml, in the study group - 70 ± 10 ml (p = 0.000). The duration of postoperative lymphorrhea in the control group was 14.6 ± 3.5 days, in the study group - 10 ± 3.4 days (p = 0.000). Postoperative bed-day in the control group was 17.1 ± 3.7, and in the study group - 14.2 ± 2.4 days (p = 0.001). Conclusion. The use of the new method of reconstruction statistically significantly improves the immediate results of treatment in patients with breast cancer in comparison with the group of patients who underwent a mastectomy with plastic surgery with the endoprosthesis in the standard way.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Gao ◽  
Xiaojie Fu ◽  
Mingxing Lei ◽  
Pengbin Yin ◽  
Qingmei Wang ◽  
...  

BACKGROUND Mobile apps are becoming increasingly relevant to health care. Apps have been used to improve symptoms, quality of life, and adherence for oral drugs in patients with cancers, pregnancy, or chronic diseases, and the results were satisfying . OBJECTIVE This study aims to develop an information platform with the help of a mobile app and then evaluate whether information platform-based nursing can improve patient’s drug compliance and reduce the incidence of VTE in patients with hip fractures. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed hip fracture patients performed with traditional prevention and intervention of VTE (control group) between January 2008 and November 2012, and prospectively analyzed hip fracture patients conducted with nursing intervention based on the information platform (study group) between January 2016 and September 2017. The information platform can be divided into medical and nursing care end and the patient’s end. Based on the information platform, we could implement risk assessments, monitoring management and early warnings, preventions and treatments, health educations, follow-up and other aspects of nursing interventions for patients. We compared basic characteristics, outcomes including drug compliance, VTE occurrence, and mean length of hospitalization between the two groups. Besides, a subgroup analysis was performed in the study group according to different drug compliances. RESULTS Regarding baseline data, patients in the study group had more morbidities than those in the control group (P<0.05). The difference of drug compliance between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.001): 64.7% of the patients in the control group had poor drug compliance and only 6.1% patients had poor drug compliance in the study group. In terms of VTE, 126 patients (10.7%) in the control group had VTE, while only 35 patients (7.1%) in the study group had VTE, and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.024). Moreover, the average length of hospitalization in the study group was also significantly lower than that in the control group (10.4 d vs. 13.7 d, P=0.000). Subgroup analysis of the study group showed that the incidence of VTE in patients with non-compliance, partial compliance, and good compliance was 56.7%, 5.8% and 2.8%, respectively (P=0.000). CONCLUSIONS Poor drug compliance leads to higher VTE occurrence. The information platform-based nursing can effectively improve the compliance of patients with hip fracture and thus significantly reduce the incidence of VTE.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-473
Author(s):  
Ting Fang ◽  
Nian Wang ◽  
Meng Chen ◽  
Hongmei Ma

Objective Explore the impact of personalized nursing services and hospice care on the quality of life of elderly patients with advanced cancer. Method We selected 80 elderly cancer patients admitted to our hospital from September 2020 to May 2021, and divided these patients into a study group and a control group using a random number table method. The patients in the control group used conventional nursing methods to treat and care for the patients, and the patients in the study group used hospice care measures and combined personalized nursing measures. The quality of life and pain treatment effects of the two groups of patients before and after treatment were compared. Result Before treatment, the quality-of-life scores of the two groups of patients were low, and there was no statistical difference (P>0.05); After treatment, the quality of life of the two groups of patients improved, but compared with the control group, the improvement was more obvious in the study group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). In terms of pain treatment effect, the total effective rate of pain treatment in the study group was 87.5%, which was significantly better than the 62.5% in the control group. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Personalized nursing services and hospice care are conducive to improving the survival and treatment of elderly patients with advanced cancer, and can be used as a clinical application program for the care of advanced cancer patients.


Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdul Rahman ◽  
Raghunatha Rao D ◽  
Vasantha L

The present study is aimed to study and analyze the true and pseudo Cholinesterase levels in the subjects exposed to pesticides during short term by intentional or accidental intake and long term exposure due to their occupation were studied at Department of Biochemistry, SVS medical college and hospital mahbubnagar district. Whole blood cholinesterase levels and Pseudo cholinesterase levels were estimated. 150 people were taken as controls who had no medical illness and a total number of 300 cases of pesticide poisoning were selected, aged between 20 to 55 years, which consist of 150 acute poisoning and 150 chronic poisoning subjects in Mahbubnagar district, were taken as case study, the detailed case history and the type of organophosphorus pesticide taken were recorded. Mean and standard deviation (S.D) of all variables were calculated and compared with those of controls. Statistical significance was assessed and P-value <0.05 were considered significant.           During acute poisoning the mean value of Whole blood cholinesterase/True cholinesterase (U / L) in acute poisoning cases on first day was 1.267± 0.612 on 3th day was 1.651±0.647, on 7th day was 2.221±0.684 and at the end of 6 months was 3.970±0.404.The difference between the study group and control group (4.0 ± 0.39) was found to be statistically significant in1st, 3rd, 7th day but not significant at the end of 6 months. The mean value of serum cholinesterase/pseudo cholinesterase (U/L) in acute poisoning cases on first day was 2213.05 ± 1749.81, on 3th day was 2862.3 ± 2025.6, on 7th day was 4008.4 ± 2355.9 and at the end of 6 months was 7708.34 ± 880.72.The difference between the study group and control group (7991.97 ± 1276.5) was found to be statistically significant in1st, 3rd, 7th day but not significant at the end of 6 months. During chronic poisoning (exposure) the mean value of Whole blood cholinesterase (U/L) in controls is 4.0 ± 0.39 as compared to 3.019 ± 0.848 in cases of chronic poisoning. The difference between the study group and control group was found to be statistically significant. The mean value of serum cholinesterase/pseudo cholinesterase (U/L) in controls was 7991.97 ± 1276.5 as compared to 6214 ± 1189 in cases of chronic poisoning. The difference between the study group and control group was found to be statistically significant.


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-47
Author(s):  
Peter Michael Reil ◽  
Teodor Traian Maghiar ◽  
Karlheinz Seidl ◽  
Claudia Teodora Judea Pusta ◽  
Ciprian Borza ◽  
...  

Abstract Septic cardiomyopathy remains a difficult medical problem to manage in critically ill patients. With all currently available therapeutic options, the mortality rate in these patients remains high. Our study included 29 patients diagnosed clinically with sepsis. A control group was used to compare the results. In all patients, p53 expression was assessed in cardiac tissue obtained from these patients and a statistical correlation was made with clinical data. The different expression rates of p53 do not correlate with patient’s age, having appropriate means in years, but with an increasing tendency with increasing expression (p=0.2110). The pulmonary infections are responsible for the majority of the septic state in the study group (over 55%). The difference between the infection sites is statistically significant (p<0.0001).


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenchen Liu ◽  
Puying Wei ◽  
Jun Li

Abstract Objectives To observe and compare the difference in retinal thickness using optical coherence tomography (OCT) between patients with high myopia (HM) during the third trimester of pregnancy and age-matched HM non-pregnant women. Methods A case-control study. A total of 39 eyes from 39 HM women in the third trimester (study group) and 50 eyes of 50 age-matched non-pregnant women with HM (control group) were included. All subjects underwent SD-OCT examination. The built-in software was used to measure the retinal thickness in macular region. The data from two groups were compared using independent-samples t test. Results Among the 89 subjects in this study, the mean gestational age of the study group was 35.09 ± 2.44 weeks, and the average age was 32.24 ± 3.75 years. The average age of the control group was 34.04 ± 7.19 years old. Compared with the control group, the average thickness of parafoveal area, and the average thickness of parafoveal superior, inferior, temporal quadrants of the superficial retina and the average thickness of the foveal and parafoveal of the superficial retina were significantly decreased in the study group (P < 0.05). Compared with the control group, the average thickness of all quadrants of the retina in the parafoveal area except the nasal quadrant were significantly decreased in the study group (P < 0.05). Conclusions In this observational study, the retinal thickness of patients with high myopia during the third trimester of pregnancy was thinner than that of non-pregnant women with age-matched high myopia.


2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1143-1149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaohua Liu ◽  
Hong Li ◽  
Hongyue Tao ◽  
Yaying Sun ◽  
Shiyi Chen ◽  
...  

Background: The hamstring tendons are commonly harvested for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with detachment of the tibial insertion. Retaining the insertion may help to preserve vascularity and viability of the graft and bypass the stages of avascular necrosis and revascularization, which might be beneficial to graft maturity. Purpose: To investigate and compare graft maturity by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after ACL reconstruction with preservation or detachment of hamstring tendon tibial insertion at up to 2 years. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial; Level of evidence, 2. Methods: Forty-five patients (age range, 18-45 years) undergoing isolated ACL reconstruction with hamstring tendon were enrolled and randomized to 2 groups. The tibial insertion of the hamstring tendon was preserved in the study group (n = 21) and detached in the control group (n = 24). Patients had follow-up at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months, which consisted of the following: (1) clinical examination and (2) MRI evaluation of graft signal intensity based on signal/noise quotient (SNQ) values. Finally, 18 patients in the study group and 19 in the control group received full follow-up evaluation (ie, at all 4 time points). Results: All knees acquired full range of motion at 24 months without significant laxity. At each time point, the KT-1000 arthrometer revealed no significant difference between groups; the clinical scores significantly improved in both groups, although the difference between groups was not significant. In the control group, the SNQ value increased from 3 months, peaked at 6 months, and then decreased (3 months, 21.4 ± 12.7; 6 months, 25.6 ± 12; 12 months, 18.3 ± 7.7; 24 months, 15.3 ± 6.3). However, the insertion-preserved graft in the study group maintained relatively lower and unchanged signal intensity throughout all time points (3 months, 15.0 ± 11.2; 6 months, 14.9 ± 6.3; 12 months, 12.6 ± 7.0; 24 months, 14.6 ± 7.0). Between groups, there was no significant difference at 3 or 24 months ( P = .11 and .75, respectively), while the SNQ values were significantly lower in the study group versus the control group at 6 and 12 months ( P = .002 and .02, respectively). Conclusion: The insertion-detached hamstring tendon grafts underwent a significantly increasing change in signal intensity during the first 2 years after ACL reconstruction, while the insertion-preserved grafts kept a relatively lower and unchanged signal intensity. The difference was most significant at 6 and 12 months postoperatively.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 6445-6452
Author(s):  
Haijuan Hu ◽  
Yishu Zhao ◽  
Jianhua Ma

To analyze the clinical effect of nursing cooperation in transsphenoidal approach microscopic hypophysectomy. From January 2017 to January 2020, 80 patients who underwent transsphenoidal microscopic hypophysectomy in our hospital were selected to participate in the analysis and study. They were divided into two groups according to the randomized allocation, namely the observation group and the control group. Among them, 40 patients in the observation group and 40 patients in the control group were given routine nursing care for the patients in the control group, and comprehensive nursing intervention was adopted for the patients in the observation group, and the overall nursing effect of the two groups of patients was compared. After taking different nursing methods, the condition of patients in both groups was effectively controlled, and the effective rate of patients in the observation group with comprehensive nursing intervention was significantly better than that of patients in the control group with conventional nursing methods, and the difference had certain statistical significance (P < 0.05); The satisfaction degree of patients in the study group was significantly better than that of patients in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The degree of negative emotions of patients in the study group was significantly better than that of patients in the control group after receiving comprehensive nursing intervention, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05), and the difference in the incidence of adverse events between the two groups was not statistically significant (P > 0.05); The scores of each index of SF-36 questionnaire of patients in both groups were higher than those before nursing, and the scores of each index of patients in observation group were higher than those of patients in control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P > 0.05). With adequate preoperative preparation and mastery of the use of mechanical equipment, comprehensive nursing intervention can effectively improve the treatment effect of patients, make patients more satisfied with the nursing work, and can soothe patients’ negative psychological mood, eliminate panic, improve patients' life confidence, enhance intraoperative cooperation, and ensure that the operation can be completed smoothly.


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