Prediction of massive bleeding in a prehospital setting: Validation of six scoring systems
ConclusionIn the prehospital setting the application of any of the six scoring systems predicts the presence of massive hemorrhage and allows the activation of massive transfusion protocols while the patient is transferred to a hospital.ResumenObjetivoValidar a nivel extrahospitalario la capacidad diagnóstica de seis escalas de predicción para hemorragia masiva.DiseñoCohorte retrospectiva.ÁmbitoAtención extrahospitalaria del paciente con enfermedad traumática grave.ParticipantesPacientes mayores de 15 años, que han sufrido un trauma grave (definido por los criterios de código 15), atendidos en el medio extrahospita...
Source: Medicina Intensiva - February 22, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Implementation of educational programs to prevent drowning. What can be done in nursery school?
Publication date: Available online 21 February 2019Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): R. Barcala-Furelos, P. Carbia-Rodríguez, L. Peixoto-Pino, C. Abelairas-Gómez, A. Rodríguez-Núñez (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - February 22, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Clinical characteristics, prevalence, and factors related to delirium in children of 5 to 14 years of age admitted to intensive care
ConclusionThe frequency of delirium and hypoactivity was high. It is therefore necessary to routinely evaluate patients with standardized instruments. All patients presented with important neurocognitive alterations. Several factors related with the physiopathology of delirium were associated to the diagnosis; some of them are modifiable through the rationalization of medical care.ResumenObjetivoEvaluar las características clínicas, la prevalencia y los factores asociados al delirium en pacientes de entre 5 y 14 años de edad y en estado crítico.DiseñoEstudio observacional analítico transversal. El delirium se evalúo...
Source: Medicina Intensiva - February 22, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
The Pan American and Iberian Federation of Critical Medicine and Intensive Therapy develops its Strategic Plan
Publication date: Available online 15 February 2019Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): N. Raimondi, A. Quintero Villareal, A. Valdivia Nuñez, M.C. Martín Delgado, Participants in the Ad Hoc Task Force for the design of the FEPIMCTI Strategic PlanAbstractThe Pan-American and Iberian Federation of Critical Medicine and Intensive Therapy, A.C. (FEPIMCTI), has prepared its Strategic Plan for the next 5 years. In this Plan, it defines its course towards the future, establishes its long-term objectives and works to achieve success. Its strategic objectives are framed in consolidating the legal, fiscal and ad...
Source: Medicina Intensiva - February 16, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Diagnosis of accidental foreign body
Publication date: Available online 15 February 2019Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): J. Sánchez Arguiano, B. Suberviola Cañas, P. Escudero Acha (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - February 16, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
