Non-Operative Management of Solid Organ Injuries due to Blunt Abdominal Trauma (NOMAT): Seven-year experience in a Teaching District General Hospital. A Prospective Study

10.5580/2557 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Blunt Abdominal Trauma ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Operative Management ◽  
Solid Organ ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Non Operative Management

scholarly journals Non-operative management of blunt abdominal trauma. Is it safe and feasible in a district general hospital?

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
George A Giannopoulos ◽  
Iraklis E Katsoulis ◽  
Nikolaos E Tzanakis ◽  
Panayotis A Patsaouras ◽  
Michalis K Digalakis
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Blunt Abdominal Trauma ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Operative Management ◽  
Non Operative Management

scholarly journals Lactate clearance: its relationship with the success of non-operative management in patient with blunt abdominal trauma

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1738
Author(s):  
Reno Rudiman ◽  
Nova Saragih ◽  
Andriana Purnama
Keyword(s):  
Hemorrhagic Shock ◽  
Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Blunt Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Operative Management ◽  
Lactate Clearance ◽  
Trauma Patients ◽  
Solid Organ ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
History Of ◽  
Non Operative Management

Background: Occult ongoing bleeding has become the second highest cause of death in blunt abdominal trauma. Undetected abdominal injury has caused morbidity and mortality in patients at the early phases of trauma. Non-operative Management (NOM) in solid organ trauma is safe and effective, and this strategy has become widely used. Lactate clearance (LC) has important clinical benefits in patients with acute trauma that is superior to initial lactate examination.  Methods: This study was a prospective cohort study of patients with history of hemorrhagic shock caused by blunt abdominal trauma that came to emergency room of Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung from August 2015 to July 2016. The tests were including initial blood lactate, 2 hours, and 4 hours post-resuscitation and then calculation of LC. Analysis using SPSS with chi square for the significance of relationships and Spearman correlation to determine the strength of the relationship between variables. Comparison test between LC2 and LC4 were calculated using Mann-Whitney tests.Results: During one year period, from August 2015 to July 2016, there were 34 patients. Age was in the range of 15-65 years, with a range of 15-25 years were 19 (55.8%), 25-50 years were 11 (32.4%), and >50 years as many as four (11.8%). By sex, there were 28 (82.4%) male gender and 6 (17.6%) women. Based on the type of trauma, there were 11 (32.4%) single trauma patients and 23 (67.6%) multiple trauma patients. Based on the results of statistical analysis with chi square, there was a significant correlation between lactate clearance 2 hours (LC2) and lactate clearance 4 hours (LC4) with the success of NOM (p <0.001) with the Odds Ratio (OR) are 3.750 and 6.500 respectively. Based on non-parametric test (Mann Whitney) showed that there were no significant differences between the LC2 and LC4 in determining the successful of NOM (p>0.05).Conclusions: There was a significant relationship between lactate clearance 2 hours (LC2) and lactate clearance 4 hours (LC4) in determining the success of non-operative management (NOM) in patients with history of hemorrhagic shock caused by blunt abdominal trauma. In addition, there are no significant differences between the LC2 and LC4 in determining the success of the NOM, so that either LC2 or LC4 may be used in predicting the success of NOM, as LC4 is the first preference. The low level of lactate clearance may be used as one of indicators to terminate non-operative management and proceed with surgery right before all symptoms of hemorrhagic shock arise.

scholarly journals A prospective and retrospective study on conservative management of hepatic and splenic injury following blunt abdominal trauma

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1930
Author(s):  
Induchoodan Ponnamma Pillai Sukumaran Nair ◽  
Rajesh P. S.
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Conservative Management ◽  
Blunt Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Operative Management ◽  
Splenic Trauma ◽  
Solid Organ ◽  
Non Operative Management

Background: worldwide road traffic accidents accounts as the leading cause of death of young people. For a very long time most of the intra-abdominal injuries following blunt abdominal trauma were managed operatively. Conservative management is becoming more acceptable and effective management option for blunt abdominal trauma during the last few decades.Methods: This study was conducted in Government Medical College, Kottayam during September 2007 to December 2008. All conservatively managed blunt abdominal trauma patients during the study period were included in the study.Results: Out of 22 patients, 4 patients failed conservative management. Success rate was 81%. Most commonly injured solid organ in the study group was liver (77%). Maximum cases were of age group 10 to 20 (31.81%) years. 81% of patients were males. Motor vehicle accident was the most common cause of trauma (77%). Mean stay in intensive care unit was 4.2 days and mean hospital stay was 15.7 days. Mean systolic blood pressure was 110 mmHg ranging from 70 to 130 mmHg. 50% of patients had moderate hemoperitoneum and non-had massive hemoperitoneum.Conclusions: Non operative management is safe and effective approach in blunt spleen and liver injuries. Non operative management should be treatment of choice for all hemodynamically stable patients with blunt liver and splenic trauma.

scholarly journals A study of role of non-operative management in blunt abdominal trauma with solid organ injury

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 3043
Author(s):  
Atish N. Bansod ◽  
Rohan Umalkar ◽  
Ambrish T. Shyamkuwar ◽  
Amar Singade ◽  
Priyanka Tayade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blunt Trauma ◽  
Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Blunt Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Operative Management ◽  
Organ Injury ◽  
Solid Organ ◽  
Solid Organ Injury ◽  
Operative Strategy ◽  
Non Operative Management

Background: The present study of role of non-operative management in blunt abdominal trauma with solid organ injury was done to assess the feasibility and safety of non-operative management in hemodynamically stable patients and identify the causes, predictive factors to delineate the rate of non-operative management failure.Methods: A longitudinal observational study was carried out from September 2013 to November 2015. All cases of blunt trauma abdomen with ultrasonological e/o solid organ injury and were hemodynamically stable were included in study.Results: Total 138 cases presented with a history of blunt trauma abdomen of which 56 cases had ultrasonological evidence of solid organ injury. 8 cases were excluded as 6 of these were hemodynamically unstable at presentation while 1 had bowel perforation and another had severe head injury all requiring operative management. Maximum cases were of age group 21-30 years (41.66%) and 31-40 years (31.25%). 42 (87.5%) cases were male and 6 (12.5%) cases of 48 were females.  28 (66.67%) cases presented as Road Traffic Accident. 28 (66.67%) cases had abdominal pain as the commonest symptom while tenderness in 38 (79.17%) cases and tachycardia in 30 (75%) cases was the predominant sign. Most injuries were seen in spleen 23 (47.92%) cases f/b Liver with 14 (29.12%). Conservative management was successful in 40 (83.33%) cases and failed in 8 (16.67%) cases. Mortality of the study was 1 (2.08%) case.Conclusions: Non-operative strategy is a successful approach in patients who are hemodynamically stable and authors strongly recommend it.

scholarly journals The workload of stroke thrombolysis: A prospective study in a district general hospital setting

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
Seán J Slaght ◽  
◽  
Nic U Weir ◽  
Joanna K Lovett ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Stroke Severity ◽  
Southampton General Hospital ◽  
Stroke Thrombolysis ◽  
Few Data ◽  
A Prospective Study

Many hospitals are still setting up acute stroke thrombolysis services, often delayed by fears over workload. However, there are few data on how many patients require urgent assessment before one is treated. We prospectively studied all referrals to the 24-hour stroke thrombolysis service, February 2009 – January 2010, in Southampton General Hospital. 128 patients were referred to the thrombolysis team and 20 received thrombolysis. The most common reasons for treatment exclusion were: stroke severity (37%), time from onset (26%) or CT findings (15%). Approximately six patients required urgent assessment by the thrombolysis team for every one treated. These data are crucial to inform service planning.

scholarly journals Non-operative Management of Blunt abdominal trauma in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Nepal

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Ghimire ◽  
N Yogi ◽  
P Ghimire
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Blunt Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Operative Management ◽  
Bowel Injury ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Failure Group ◽  
Management Group ◽  
Clinical Instability ◽  
Non Operative Management

Background: To assess the feasibility of Non-operative management of Blunt abdominal trauma in a teaching hospital of Nepal. Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out over a period of 3 years including 52 cases of blunt abdominal trauma in a teaching hospital in western part of Nepal. Patient and trauma characteristics of the cases, different modalities of treatment and outcomes were evaluated. All the cases were divided in 3 groups: Operative group, Non-Operative Management and Non-Operative Failure group. Operative group and non-operative management group were compared using Fischer Exact Test for categorical variable and student’s “t” test for continuous variable. Results: There were 36% of cases in operative group, 61% in non-operative management group and 2% in non-operative management failure group. Non-operative management was successful in 97% of cases. Injury severity score, admission hematocrit and hemodynamic status were significantly different between non-operative management and Operative group. Non-operative management failure occurred in 1 case and was secondary to delayed hepatic hemorrhage. Conclusion: Non-operative management of Blunt abdominal trauma can be attempted with high degree of success. Hemodynamic and clinical instability rather than severity of the organ injury is the predictor of failure in non-operative management. Spleen and bowel injury are the most common organ that usually land up in operative group because of hemodynamic instability in splenic injury and peritoneal contamination in bowel injury. Close surveillance in an intensive care unit is always desirable. Nepal Journal of Medical Sciences | Volume 02 | Number 01 | Jan-Jun 2013 | Page 38-41 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njms.v2i1.7650

scholarly journals Isolated free fluid on computed tomography for blunt abdominal trauma

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 (8) ◽  
pp. 552-557
Author(s):  
W Bekker ◽  
MTD Smith ◽  
VY Kong ◽  
JL Bruce ◽  
G Laing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Blunt Abdominal Trauma ◽  
Splenic Injury ◽  
Operative Management ◽  
Bladder Injury ◽  
Free Fluid ◽  
Abdominal Ct ◽  
Hollow Viscus ◽  
Hollow Viscus Injury ◽  
Non Operative Management

Introduction The clinical significance of isolated free fluid on abdominal computed tomography (CT) in patients with blunt abdominal trauma is unclear. This audit reviews our unit’s experience with isolated free fluid and attempts to refine our clinical algorithms for the assessment of patients with blunt abdominal trauma. Materials and methods All patients who sustained blunt abdominal trauma between December 2012 and December 2017 who were subjected to multidetector CT of the abdomen as part of their initial investigation were included in this study. Results During the five-year period under review, a total of 1066 patients underwent abdominal CT following blunt poly trauma. A total of 84 (7.9%) patients died. There were 148 (14%) patients with CT finding of isolated free fluid. Of these, 128 (67%) were selected for non-operative management, which included a period of serial abdominal examinations. In this non-operative group, five patients failed their abdominal observations and underwent laparotomy. Findings in these five cases were negative (1), non-therapeutic (1), splenic injury (1), Pancreatic and splenic injury (1) and bladder injury (1). Thirteen patients (10%) died, none of whom had surgery. The causes of death were exsanguination from a major traumatic lower limb injury (1), multiple organ failure (1), traumatic brain injury (10) and spinal cord injury (1). The remaining 20 patients underwent laparotomy. The indications were failed non-operative management (5), abdominal distension (1) and suspicion of a missed hollow viscus injury (14). In this group there were 11 therapeutic and 6 non-therapeutic surgeries and three negative laparotomies. For the 15 patients selected for operative management, the findings were as follows: hollow viscus injury (3), mesenteric bleeds (2), splenic and pancreatic injury (1), liver and bladder injury (1), splenic and bladder injury (1), non-therapeutic (4), negative (3). The finding of isolated free fluid on CT is 98% sensitive and 96% specific for true isolated free fluid (chi square 331.598; P = 0.000). This finding predicts successful non-operative management with a positive predictive value of 93% and a negative predictive value of 96%. Discussion In patients with blunt abdominal trauma, the finding of isolated free fluid on abdominal CT alone is no longer an indication for laparotomy. Other clinical factors must be taken into account when deciding on the need for laparotomy, such as haemodynamic status, clinical abdominal findings and the ability to reliably assess the abdomen. In the absence of a clinical indication for urgent laparotomy, patients with isolated free fluid may be observed.

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