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Journal of Environmental and Public... 2022One of the most burning issues in health system is the concern of handling patients that requires emergency surgery. Emergency general surgery is done on both traumatic... (Review)
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One of the most burning issues in health system is the concern of handling patients that requires emergency surgery. Emergency general surgery is done on both traumatic and nontraumatic acute disorders. Severe traumatic injury and bleeding is one of the causing agents for high mortality rate globally. Another group of patients that are in need of emergency surgery are those with heart failure, and in this particular paper, we analyzed emergency medicine with advanced surgery protocols focusing on gastric cancer, cardiac surgery, and bleeding as well as coagulopathy following traumatic injury.
Topics: Acute Disease; Emergency Medicine; Humans
PubMed: 36200087
DOI: 10.1155/2022/3513250 -
Revue Medicale de Liege Sep 2022Acute angle closure glaucoma is an ophthalmic emergency that can lead to blindness in some cases. The presenting signs are often suggestive, like ocular pain and blurred...
Acute angle closure glaucoma is an ophthalmic emergency that can lead to blindness in some cases. The presenting signs are often suggestive, like ocular pain and blurred vision accompanied by headache, nausea and vomiting. These symptoms must be recognized as soon as possible, and the patient must be addressed, urgently, to an ophthalmologist for treatment. Many drugs may lead to an acute angle closure glaucoma in patients with risk factors. This article aims to remind the anatomical risk factors as well as the drugs that may induce an acute angle closure glaucoma. For a better understanding, this article will provide a brief reminder of the pathophysiological mechanism of acute angle closure glaucoma.
Topics: Acute Disease; Glaucoma, Angle-Closure; Humans
PubMed: 36082598
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The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology... Mar 2019
Topics: Acute Disease; Humans; Hypertriglyceridemia; Pancreatitis; Tertiary Healthcare; Turkey
PubMed: 30923032
DOI: 10.5152/tjg.2019.110319 -
General Hospital Psychiatry 2019Hospitalization places patients at elevated risk for the development of "nosocomial" or hospital acquired complications, ranging from multidrug resistant infections to... (Review)
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OBJECTIVE
Hospitalization places patients at elevated risk for the development of "nosocomial" or hospital acquired complications, ranging from multidrug resistant infections to delirium and physical deconditioning. Adverse nosocomial psychological effects of hospitalization may also exist. This paper introduces a nosocomial based stress model, conceptualizing hospitalization as a unique period of biopsychosocial vulnerability, due to physiologic effects of acute illness and psychosocial variables of the hospital experience.
METHOD
A research synthesis and narrative review was performed to evaluate evidence supporting this model, integrating existing knowledge of the psychological and physiological effects of acute life threatening events, with known sequelae associated with hospitalization.
RESULT
Psychosocial factors during hospitalization may act as independent predictors of recovery following hospitalization, moderating variables impacting ongoing physiologic changes due to acute illness, and/or dynamic bidirectional elements, influencing medical and psychological outcomes in the near and long-term setting.
CONCLUSION
The Nosocomial Stress model provides a novel framework to understanding the biopsychosocial interactions between the psychological and physiologic processes associated with illness and hospitalization. Based on this model, a research agenda is proposed to assess the contributions of acute illness, the hospital experience, and their interactions on the recovery of patients following hospitalization.
Topics: Acute Disease; Cross Infection; Hospitalization; Humans; Models, Biological; Stress, Psychological
PubMed: 31376645
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2019.07.014 -
F1000Research 2020Venous thromboembolism is a common disease which remains underdiagnosed because of nonspecific presentations which can range from asymptomatic incidental imaging... (Review)
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Venous thromboembolism is a common disease which remains underdiagnosed because of nonspecific presentations which can range from asymptomatic incidental imaging findings to sudden death. Symptoms can overlap with comorbid cardiopulmonary disease, and risk factors that offer clues to the clinician are not always present. The diagnostic approach can vary depending on the specific clinical presentation, but ruling in the diagnosis nearly always depends on lung imaging. Overuse of diagnostic testing is another recognized problem; a cautious, evidence-based approach is required, although physician gestalt must be acknowledged. The following review offers an approach to the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism based on the assessment of symptoms, signs, risk factors, laboratory findings, and imaging studies.
Topics: Acute Disease; Humans; Pulmonary Embolism
PubMed: 32047618
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.21347.1 -
BMC Health Services Research Jul 2022Although many quality indicator (QI) sets have been developed for acute cardiovascular diseases, a comprehensive summary is lacking. In this scoping review we aimed to...
BACKGROUND
Although many quality indicator (QI) sets have been developed for acute cardiovascular diseases, a comprehensive summary is lacking. In this scoping review we aimed to summarize the available evidence on the QI sets for acute cardiovascular diseases, and assess the QI set development process. We followed the Joanna Briggs Institute framework and the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews.
METHODS
We conducted a systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and major international guidelines on QIs for acute major cardiovascular diseases. The study included articles published after 2000.
RESULTS
Among the 3112 articles screened, 18 were included in this scoping review. Among the 18 articles included, 12 were on acute coronary syndrome (ACS), five on acute heart failure (AHF), and two on acute aortic dissection (AAD); one article included QIs for both ACS and AHF. Only four of these studies conducted a systematic search with a search strategy. From the 18 articles, 268 QIs containing duplication between articles were identified (191 QIs were for ACS, 57 were for AHF, and 20 were for AAD) and QI measurements varied across articles.
CONCLUSIONS
This scoping review provides a comprehensive list of QIs for acute cardiovascular diseases. Our results may be helpful to clinicians and organizations seeking to develop QIs for acute cardiovascular care in the future.
Topics: Acute Disease; Cardiovascular Diseases; Delivery of Health Care; Humans; Quality Indicators, Health Care
PubMed: 35790957
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08239-0 -
Blood Jul 2020
Topics: Acute Disease; Graft vs Host Disease; Humans
PubMed: 32525971
DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019004271 -
PloS One 2016Household air pollution from solid fuel burning kills over 4 million people every year including half a million children from acute lower respiratory infections.... (Review)
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INTRODUCTION
Household air pollution from solid fuel burning kills over 4 million people every year including half a million children from acute lower respiratory infections. Although biologically plausible, it is not clear whether household air pollution is also associated with acute lower respiratory infections in adults. We systematically reviewed the literature on household air pollution and acute lower respiratory infection in adults to identify knowledge gaps and research opportunities.
METHODS
Ten bibliographic databases were searched to identify studies of household air pollution and adult acute lower respiratory infection. Data were extracted from eligible studies using standardised forms.
RESULTS
From 4617 titles, 513 abstracts and 72 full-text articles were reviewed. Eight studies met the inclusion criteria of which 2 found a significant adjusted increased risk of acute lower respiratory infection, 2 identified a univariate association whilst 4 found no significant association. Study quality was generally limited. Heterogeneity in methods and findings precluded meta-analysis.
DISCUSSION
A systematic review of the literature found limited evidence for an association between household air pollution and risk of acute lower respiratory infection in adults. Additional research, with carefully defined exposure and outcome measures, is required to complete the risk profile caused by household air pollution in adults.
REGISTRATION NUMBER
CRD42015028042.
Topics: Acute Disease; Adult; Air Pollution; Air Pollution, Indoor; Child; Environmental Exposure; Family Characteristics; Humans; Male; Respiratory Tract Infections
PubMed: 27907205
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167656 -
Frontiers in Immunology 2022Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are produced in large quantities at the site of inflammation, and they locally capture and eliminate various pathogens. Thus, NETs... (Review)
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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are produced in large quantities at the site of inflammation, and they locally capture and eliminate various pathogens. Thus, NETs quickly control the infection of pathogens in the body and play vital roles in immunity and antibacterial effects. However, evidence is accumulating that NET formation can exacerbate pancreatic tissue damage during acute pancreatitis (AP). In this review, we describe the research progress on NETs in AP and discuss the possibility of NETs as potential therapeutic targets. In addition, since the current detection and visualization methods of NET formation are not uniform and the selection of markers is still controversial, a synopsis of these issues is provided in this review.
Topics: Acute Disease; Extracellular Traps; Humans; Neutrophils; Pancreas; Pancreatitis
PubMed: 36032164
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.974821 -
BMC Pulmonary Medicine Jun 2020The collected works of Hippocrates were searched for concepts on the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of acute and urgent respiratory diseases, with the objective to... (Review)
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BACKGROUND
The collected works of Hippocrates were searched for concepts on the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of acute and urgent respiratory diseases, with the objective to trace their origins in the Hippocratic Collection.
METHODS
A scoping review was performed to map out key concepts of acute and severe respiratory diseases in the entire Hippocratic Collection. The digital library Thesaurus Lingua Graeca (TLG) was researched for references in the entire Hippocratic Collection regarding the epidemiology, pathophysiology, prognosis, diagnosis and treatment of acute respiratory diseases; then, the relevant texts were studied in their English translation by the Loeb Classical Library.
RESULTS
Hippocratic physicians followed principles of treatment for pneumonia and pleurisy, still relevant, such as hydration, expectoration, analgesia and prompt mobilisation. Other approaches, including the inhalation of "vapours through tubes" in angina, can be considered as forerunners of modern medical practice. Thoracic empyema was diagnosed by shaking the patient and direct chest auscultation after "applying your ear to his sides". In case of an emergency from upper airway obstruction, urgent insertion of primitive airway equipment, such as a small pharyngeal tube, was applied.
CONCLUSIONS
The main Hippocratic concepts on four still common acute and urgent respiratory diseases -pneumonia, pleurisy, thoracic empyema and upper airway obstruction- were identified and most of them were found to be in agreement with contemporary medical thinking and practice.
Topics: Acute Disease; Airway Obstruction; Diagnosis; Emergencies; Empyema, Pleural; Greece, Ancient; Greek World; History, Ancient; Humans; Physicians; Pleurisy; Pneumonia; Prognosis
PubMed: 32522288
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-020-01193-9