Characteristics of Upper Extremity Trauma Patients from Division of Orthopedics and Traumatology in Department of Surgery RSUP Dr. Mohammad Hoesin Since Januari 1 st - December 31 st 2019

Background: Upper extremity trauma is one of the most frequent of trauma that leads to emergency department visitation in every health care facilities. A wide range of manifestations could differently be present from one area to another. Thus, the statistical prevalence number of upper extremity trauma is very important for designing and optimizing the health care service for the purpose of preventive and curative. This study aims to understand the charachteristics of patient with upper extremity trauma that admitted at RSUP Dr. Mohammad Hoesin Palembang emergency department in the period of January to December 2019. Method: This research was an observational descriptive study. Using secondary data from the medical records of Mohammad Hoesin Hospital, Palembang. Performed in the from January 2019 to December 2019. Samples were all upper extremity trauma patients who were admitted at RSUP Dr. Mohammad Hoesin Palembang emergency department in the period of study. Result: There were 54 subjects participated who met the study’s criterias. Most of them were male (76%) with the average of age around 34 years old. It is also dominated with the group of age 25-44 years old (39%), 80% of among all patients have closed and hard tissue trauma. Regio humerus is the most frequent area impacted (16 patients). Most of the patients have worked as private employees (13 patients) with education background till senior high school (38 patients). The etiology of majority trauma is traffic accident (29 patients) that lived outside Palembang area (16 patients). Conclusion: Majority of the upper extremity trauma cases of this study have characteristics as male in productive group of age and the cause of trauma is traffic accident.

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Surprise Out-of-Network Bills for Hand and Upper Extremity Trauma Patients

The Journal Of Hand Surgery ◽

10.1016/j.jhsa.2021.09.015 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Chao Long ◽

Gongliang Zhang ◽

Kavya K. Sanghavi ◽

Cecil Qiu ◽

Kenneth R. Means ◽

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Keyword(s):

Upper Extremity ◽

Trauma Patients ◽

Extremity Trauma ◽

Upper Extremity Trauma

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Do Upper Extremity Trauma Patients Have Different Preferences for Shared Decision-making Than Patients With Nontraumatic Conditions?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research ◽

10.1007/s11999-015-4375-x ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 473 (11) ◽

pp. 3542-3548 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Michiel G. J. S. Hageman ◽

Rajesh Reddy ◽

Dennis J. S. Makarawung ◽

Jan Paul Briet ◽

C. Niek van Dijk ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Upper Extremity ◽

Shared Decision Making ◽

Trauma Patients ◽

Shared Decision ◽

Extremity Trauma ◽

Upper Extremity Trauma

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Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Injuries Presenting to Emergency Departments in the United States: Epidemiology and Health Care–Associated Costs

Hand ◽

10.1177/1558944719866884 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 155894471986688 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alfred Lee ◽

David L. Colen ◽

Justin P. Fox ◽

Benjamin Chang ◽

Ines C. Lin

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Emergency Department ◽

Upper Extremity ◽

Emergency Departments ◽

Age Groups ◽

The United States ◽

Primary Diagnosis ◽

Trauma Patients ◽

Extremity Injuries

Background: Upper extremity injuries represent one of the most common pediatric conditions presenting to emergency departments (EDs) in the United States. We aim to describe the epidemiology, trends, and costs of pediatric patients who present to US EDs with upper extremity injuries. Methods: Using the National Emergency Department Sample, we identified all ED encounters by patients aged <18 years associated with a primary diagnosis involving the upper extremity from 2008 to 2012. Patients were divided into 4 groups by age (≤5 years, 6-9 years, 10-13 years, and 14-17 years) and a trauma subgroup. Primary outcomes were prevalence, etiology, and associated charges. Results: In total, 11.7 million ED encounters were identified, and 89.8% had a primary diagnosis involving the upper extremity. Fracture was the most common injury type (28.2%). Dislocations were common in the youngest group (17.7%) but rare in the other 3 (range = 0.8%-1.6%). There were 73.2% of trauma-related visits, most commonly due to falls (29.9%); 96.9% of trauma patients were discharged home from the ED. There were bimodal peaks of incidence in the spring and fall and a nadir in the winter. Emergency department charges of $21.2 billion were generated during the 4 years studied. While volume of visits decreased during the study, associated charges rose by 1.21%. Conclusions: Pediatric upper extremity injuries place burden on the economy of the US health care system. Types of injuries and anticipated payers vary among age groups, and while total yearly visits have decreased over the study period, the average cost of visits has risen.

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The Great Awakening - Digitalization in Dental Healthcare during the pandemic COVID-19

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl1.2730 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽

pp. 380-384

Author(s):

Priyanka Paul Madhu ◽

Yojana Patil ◽

Aishwarya Rajesh Shinde ◽

Sangeeta Kumar ◽

Pratik Phansopkar

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Task Force ◽

Care Service ◽

Health Care Service ◽

Care Facility ◽

Health Care Facility ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

World Health ◽

Record System ◽

The World

disease in 2019, also called COVID-19, which has been widely spread worldwide had given rise to a pandemic situation. The public health emergency of international concern declared the agent as the (SARS-CoV-2) the severe acute respiratory syndrome and the World Health Organization had activated significant surveillance to prevent the spread of this infection across the world. Taking into the account about the rigorousness of COVID-19, and in the spark of the enormous dedication of several dental associations, it is essential to be enlightened with the recommendations to supervise dental patients and prevent any of education to the dental graduates due to institutional closure. One of the approaching expertise that combines technology, communications and health care facilities are to refine patient care, it’s at the cutting edge of the present technological switch in medicine and applied sciences. Dentistry has been improved by cloud technology which has refined and implemented various methods to upgrade electronic health record system, educational projects, social network and patient communication. Technology has immensely saved the world. Economically and has created an institutional task force to uplift the health care service during the COVID 19 pandemic crisis. Hence, the pandemic has struck an awakening of the practice of informatics in a health care facility which should be implemented and updated at the highest priority.

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Assessing the Preparedness of Healthcare Facilities for Disasters and Emergencies in Damghan, Iran

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ◽

10.1017/dmp.2021.104 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Behrad Pourmohammadi ◽

Ahad Heydari ◽

Farin Fatemi ◽

Ali Modarresi

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Mitigation Measures ◽

Health Staff ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Healthcare Facilities ◽

Wide Range ◽

Care Facilities ◽

The Impact

Abstract Objectives: Iran is exposed to a wide range of natural and man-made hazards. Health-care facilities can play a significant role in providing life-saving measures in the minutes and hours immediately following the impact or exposure. The aim of this study was to determine the preparedness of health-care facilities in disasters and emergencies. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Damghan, Semnan Province, in 2019. The samples consisted of all the 11 health-care facilities located in Damghan County. A developed checklist was used to collect the data, including 272 questions in 4 sections: understanding threatening hazards, functional, structural, and nonstructural vulnerability of health-care facilities. The data were analyzed using SPSS 21. Results: The results revealed that the health-care facilities were exposed to 22 different natural and man-made hazards throughout the county. The total level of preparedness of the health-care centers under assessment was 45.8%. The average functional, structural, and nonstructural vulnerability was assessed at 49.3%, 31.6%, and 56.4%, respectively. Conclusions: Conducting mitigation measures is necessary for promoting the functional and structural preparedness. Disaster educational programs and exercises are recommended among the health staff in health-care facilities.

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