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Reintam Blaser A, Tamme K, Starkopf J, Forbes A, Murruste M, Talving P, Acosta S, Björck M. The incidences of acute mesenteric ischaemia vary greatly depending on the population and diagnostic activity. Crit Care 2024; 28:85. [PMID: 38500182 PMCID: PMC10946189 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-024-04870-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Annika Reintam Blaser
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Vascular Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Lipping E, Saar S, Reinsoo A, Bahhir A, Kirsimägi Ü, Lepner U, Talving P. Short Postoperative Intravenous Versus Oral Antibacterial Therapy in Complicated Acute Appendicitis: A Pilot Noninferiority Randomized Trial. Ann Surg 2024; 279:191-195. [PMID: 37747168 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000006103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to investigate noninferiority of postoperative oral administration of antibiotics in complicated appendicitis. BACKGROUND Recent investigations have used exclusively intravenous administration of antibiotics when comparing outcomes of postoperative antibacterial therapy in complicated appendicitis. We hypothesized that oral antibacterial treatment results in noninferior outcomes in terms of postoperative infectious complications as intravenous treatment. METHODS In this pilot, open-label, prospective randomized trial, all consecutive adult patients with complicated appendicitis, including gangrenous appendicitis, perforated appendicitis, and appendicitis with periappendicular abscess between November 2020 and January 2023, were randomly allocated to 24-hour intravenous administration of antibiotics versus 24-hour oral administration of antibiotics after appendectomy. Primary outcomes included 30-day postoperative complications per Comprehensive Complication Index. The secondary outcome was hospital length of stay. Follow-up analysis at 30 days was conducted per intention to treat and per protocol. The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04947748). RESULTS A total of 104 patients were enrolled, with 51 and 53 cases allocated to the 24-hour intravenous and the 24-hour oral treatment group, respectively. Demographic profile and disease severity score for acute appendicitis were similar between the study groups. There were no significant differences between the study groups in terms of 30-day postoperative complications. Median Comprehensive Complication Index did not differ between the study groups. Hospital length of stay was similar in both groups. CONCLUSIONS In the current pilot randomized controlled trial, the 24-hour oral antibiotic administration resulted in noninferior outcomes when compared with the 24-hour intravenous administration of antibiotics after laparoscopic appendectomy in complicated appendicitis.
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- Edgar Lipping
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Saar S, Lipping E, Bahhir A, Talviste M, Lepp J, Väli M, Talving P. Outcomes of resuscitative and emergent thoracotomies following injury at the largest trauma center in Estonia. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2024; 50:243-248. [PMID: 37225875 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-023-02284-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND An emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) is performed in critically injured patients after a recent or in an imminent cardiac arrest following trauma. Emergent thoracotomy (ET) or operation room thoracotomy is reserved for more stable patients. However, the number of these interventions performed in an European settings is limited. Thus, we initiated the current study to investigate outcomes and risk factors for mortality of patients required EDT or ET at the largest trauma center in Estonia. METHODS All patients admitted after trauma to the North Estonia Medical Centre between 1/1/2017 and 31/12/2021 subjected to EDT or ET were included. Primary outcome was 30-day mortality. RESULTS Overall, 39 patients were included. EDT and ET were performed in 16 and 23 patients, respectively. Median age was 45 (33-53) years and 89.7% were males. The crude 30-day mortality was 56.4% being 87.5% and 34.8% in the EDT and ET group, respectively. None of the patients with pre-hospital CPR requirement, severe head injury (AIS head ≥ 3) or severe abdominal injury (AIS abdomen ≥ 3) survived. All the patients in the survival group had signs of life in the emergency department. The rate of stab wounds was significantly higher in the survival group (p = 0.007). Patients with CGS < 9 had significantly lower possibility for survival (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS EDT and ET outcomes in Estonian trauma system are comparable to similar advanced trauma systems in Europe. Patients with GCS > 8, signs of life in the ED and with isolated penetrating chest injury had the most favorable outcomes.
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- Sten Saar
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia.
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Reintam Blaser A, Mändul M, Björck M, Acosta S, Bala M, Bodnar Z, Casian D, Demetrashvili Z, D'Oria M, Durán Muñoz-Cruzado V, Forbes A, Fuglseth H, Hellerman Itzhaki M, Hess B, Kase K, Kirov M, Lein K, Lindner M, Loudet CI, Mole DJ, Murruste M, Nuzzo A, Saar S, Scheiterle M, Starkopf J, Talving P, Voomets AL, Voon KKT, Yunus MA, Tamme K. Incidence, diagnosis, management and outcome of acute mesenteric ischaemia: a prospective, multicentre observational study (AMESI Study). Crit Care 2024; 28:32. [PMID: 38263058 PMCID: PMC10807222 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-024-04807-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this multicentre prospective observational study was to identify the incidence, patient characteristics, diagnostic pathway, management and outcome of acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI). METHODS All adult patients with clinical suspicion of AMI admitted or transferred to 32 participating hospitals from 06.06.2022 to 05.04.2023 were included. Participants who were subsequently shown not to have AMI or had localized intestinal gangrene due to strangulating bowel obstruction had only baseline and outcome data collected. RESULTS AMI occurred in 0.038% of adult admissions in participating acute care hospitals worldwide. From a total of 705 included patients, 418 patients had confirmed AMI. In 69% AMI was the primary reason for admission, while in 31% AMI occurred after having been admitted with another diagnosis. Median time from onset of symptoms to hospital admission in patients admitted due to AMI was 24 h (interquartile range 9-48h) and time from admission to diagnosis was 6h (1-12 h). Occlusive arterial AMI was diagnosed in 231 (55.3%), venous in 73 (17.5%), non-occlusive (NOMI) in 55 (13.2%), other type in 11 (2.6%) and the subtype could not be classified in 48 (11.5%) patients. Surgery was the initial management in 242 (58%) patients, of which 59 (24.4%) underwent revascularization. Endovascular revascularization alone was carried out in 54 (13%), conservative treatment in 76 (18%) and palliative care in 46 (11%) patients. From patients with occlusive arterial AMI, revascularization was undertaken in 104 (45%), with 40 (38%) of them in one site admitting selected patients. Overall in-hospital and 90-day mortality of AMI was 49% and 53.3%, respectively, and among subtypes was lowest for venous AMI (13.7% and 16.4%) and highest for NOMI (72.7% and 74.5%). There was a high variability between participating sites for most variables studied. CONCLUSIONS The overall incidence of AMI and AMI subtypes varies worldwide, and case ascertainment is challenging. Pre-hospital delay in presentation was greater than delays after arriving at hospital. Surgery without revascularization was the most common management approach. Nearly half of the patients with AMI died during their index hospitalization. Together, these findings suggest a need for greater awareness of AMI, and better guidance in diagnosis and management. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT05218863 (registered 19.01.2022).
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- Annika Reintam Blaser
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 50406, Tartu, Estonia.
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Estonian Genome Center, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 50406, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Vascular Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Letterkenny University Hospital, Letterkenny, Ireland
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- University Clinic of Vascular Surgery, "Nicolae Testemitanu" State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chişinău, Moldova
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- University Hospital of Trieste ASUGI, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 50406, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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- Intensive Care Unit and Institute for Nutrition Research, Rabin Medical Center, University of Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 50406, Tartu, Estonia
- Tartu University Hospital, Puusepa 8, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Northern State Medical University and City Hospital #1, Arkhangelsk, Russia
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- University Hospital North Norway and UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsö, Norway
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- Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Chair of Surgery, University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 50406, Tartu, Estonia
- Tartu University Hospital, Puusepa 8, Tartu, Estonia
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- Intestinal Stroke Center, Department of Gastroenterology, IBD and Intestinal Failure, AP-HP. Nord, Beaujon Hospital, Paris Cité University, Paris, France
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 50406, Tartu, Estonia
- Tartu University Hospital, Puusepa 8, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 50406, Tartu, Estonia
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- General Surgeon of General Surgery Department, Hospital Melaka, Malacca, Malaysia
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 50406, Tartu, Estonia
- Tartu University Hospital, Puusepa 8, Tartu, Estonia
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Isand KG, Hussain S, Sadiqi M, Kirsimägi Ü, Bond-Smith G, Kolk H, Saar S, Lepner U, Talving P. Frailty Assessment Can Enhance Current Risk Prediction Tools in Emergency Laparotomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study. World J Surg 2023; 47:2688-2697. [PMID: 37589793 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-023-07140-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We set out to assess the performance of the P-POSSUM and NELA risk prediction tool (NELA RPT), and hypothesized that combining them with the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) would significantly improve their performance. Emergency laparotomy (EL) is a high-risk surgical intervention, particularly for elderly patients with marked comorbidities and frailty. Accurate risk prediction is crucial for appropriate resource allocation, clinical decision making, and informed consent. Although patient frailty is a significant risk factor, the current risk prediction tools fail to take frailty into account. METHODS In this retrospective single-center cohort study, we analyzed all cases entered into the NELA database from the Oxford University Hospitals between 01.01.2018 and 15.06.2021. We analyzed the performance of the P-POSSUM and NELA RPT. Both tools were modified by adding the CFS to the model. RESULTS The discrimination of both the P-POSSUM and NELA RPT was good, with a slightly worse performance in the elderly. Adding CFS into the P-POSSUM and NELA RPT models improved both tools in the elderly [AUC from 0.775 to 0.846 (p < 0.05) from 0.814 to 0.864 (p < 0.05), respectively]. The improvement of the NELA RPT across all age groups did not reach statistical significance. The CFS grade was associated with 30-day mortality in patients aged > 65 years. However, in younger patients, this effect was less marked than in the elderly. CONCLUSION Our analysis demonstrated a significant improvement in the P-POSSUM and NELA risk models when combined with the CFS. Frailty also increases the 30-day mortality after EL in younger individuals.
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- Karl G Isand
- Faculty of Medicine, Tartu University, Sütiste Tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Surgical Emergency Unit, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Surgical Emergency Unit, Oxford, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tartu University, Sütiste Tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Tartu, Estonia
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Surgical Emergency Unit, Oxford, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tartu University, Sütiste Tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tartu University, Sütiste Tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tartu University, Sütiste Tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tartu University, Sütiste Tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Tartu, Estonia
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Reinsoo A, Kirsimägi Ü, Kibuspuu L, Košeleva K, Lepner U, Talving P. Bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomies: an 11-year population-based study. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2023; 49:2269-2276. [PMID: 36462050 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-022-02190-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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PURPOSE Iatrogenic bile duct injuries (BDI) following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) result in major morbidity and incidental mortality. There is a lack of unselected population-based cross-sectional studies on the incidence, management, and outcomes of BDI. We hypothesised that due to improved imaging capabilities and collective laparoscopic experience, BDI incidence will decrease over the study period and compare favourably with contemporary literature. METHODS After IRB approval, all cholecystectomies performed at national public healthcare facilities between 2008 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. BDIs were classified according to the Strasberg classification. The follow-up period ranged from 36 to 156 months. RESULTS A total of 241 BDIs of 29,739 laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LC) resulted in overall, minor, and major BDI incidence rates of 0.81%, 0.68%, and 0.13%, respectively. No significant decline in the BDIs was noted during the study period. Drainage in 66 (42.6%) and cases ERCP stent placement in 65 (41.9%) cases were equally used in Strasberg A lesions. Suture over T-tube in 20 (42.6%) and ERCP stenting in 19 (40.4%) cases were used in Strasberg D lesions. Roux-en-Y hepatojejunostomy (RYHJ) was performed in 30 (88.9%) of Strasberg E lesions. There were 27 (11.2%) patients with long-term bile duct strictures after BDI management. The overall mortality rate of BDIs and subsequent complications was 4.6%. CONCLUSIONS The annual incidence of iatrogenic bile duct injury over an 11-years' time after laparoscopic cholecystectomy did not decline significantly. We noted an overall BDI incidence of 0.81% comprising of 0.68% minor and 0.13% of major lesions. The management of injuries met contemporary guidelines with comparable outcomes.
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- Arvo Reinsoo
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Sütiste Tee 19, Tallinn, Estonia.
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Sütiste Tee 19, Tallinn, Estonia
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Lipping E, Saar S, Rull K, Tark A, Tiiman M, Jaanimäe L, Lepner U, Talving P. Open versus laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis in pregnancy: a population-based study. Surg Endosc 2023:10.1007/s00464-023-10075-0. [PMID: 37099158 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-023-10075-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) is the standard treatment for acute appendicitis (AA) in general population. However, the safety of LA during pregnancy has remained a matter of debate. The purpose of this study was to compare surgical and obstetrical outcomes in pregnant women who underwent LA vs. open appendectomy (OA) for AA. We hypothesized that LA results in improved surgical and obstetric outcomes during pregnancy. METHODS Using a nationwide claim-based database in Estonia, a retrospective review of all cases of pregnant women undergoing OA or LA for AA from 2010 to 2020 was performed. Patient characteristics, surgical and obstetrical outcomes were analyzed. Primary outcomes were preterm delivery, fetal loss and perinatal mortality. Secondary outcomes included operative time, hospital length of stay (HLOS) and 30-day postoperative complications. RESULTS Overall, 102 patients were included of whom 68 (67%) underwent OA and 34 patients (33%) LA, respectively. Patients in LA cohort had a significantly shorter length of pregnancy in terms of gestational weeks when compared to OA cohort (12 weeks versus 17 weeks, p = 0.002). Most of the patients in their 3rd trimester pregnancy were subjected to OA. Operative time in LA cohort was shorter than in OA cohort (34 min. versus 44 min., p = 0.038). HLOS in LA cohort was shorter than in OA cohort (2.1 days versus 2.9 days, p = 0.016). There were no differences between OA and LA cohorts in terms of surgical complications or obstetrical outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis was associated with a significantly shorter operative time and a shorter hospital length of stay while open and laparoscopic appendectomy cohorts experienced comparable obstetrical outcomes. Our findings support the laparoscopic approach for acute appendicitis in pregnancy.
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- Edgar Lipping
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, J. Sütiste Tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Estonia.
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, J. Sütiste Tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tartu University Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Centre of General and Oncological Surgery, East Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Division of General and Plastic Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, J. Sütiste Tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Keskpaik T, Talving P, Kirsimägi Ü, Mihnovitš V, Ruul A, Starkopf J. Acute abdominal pain at referral emergency departments: an analysis of performance of three time-dependent quality indicators. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2023; 49:1375-1381. [PMID: 36995396 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-023-02263-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Abdominal pain is one of the most frequent causes for emergency department (ED) visits. The quality of care and outcomes are determined by time-dependent interventions with barriers to implementation at crowded EDs. OBJECTIVES The study aimed to analyze three prominent quality indicators (QI) including pain assessment (QI1), analgesia in patients reporting severe pain (QI2), and ED length of stay (LOS) (QI3) in adult patients requiring immediate or urgent care due to acute abdominal pain. We aimed to characterize current practice regarding pain management, and we hypothesized that extended ED LOS (≥ 360 min) is associated with poor outcomes in this cohort of ED referrals. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study enrolling all patients with acute abdominal pain as the main cause of ED presentation, triage category red, orange, or yellow, and age ≥ 30 years during two months period. Univariate and multivariable analyses were deployed to determine independent risk factors for QIs performance. For QI1 and QI2, compliance with the QIs were analyzed, while 30-day mortality was set as primary outcome for QI3. RESULTS Overall, 965 patients were analyzed including 501 (52%) males with a mean age of 61.8 years. Seventeen percent (167/965) of the patients had immediate or very urgent triage category. Age ≥ 65 years, and red and orange triage categories were risk factors for non-compliance with pain assessment. Seventy four per cent of patients with severe pain (numeric rating scale ≥ 7) received analgesia during the ED visit, in median within 64 min (IQR 35-105 min). Age ≥ 65 years and need for surgical consultation were risk factors for prolonged ED stay. After adjustment to age, gender and triage category, ED LOS ≥ 360 min proved to be independent risk factor for 30-day mortality (HR 1.89, 95% CI 1.71-3.40, p = 0.034). CONCLUSION Our investigation identified that non-compliance with pain assessment, analgesia and ED length of stay among patients presenting with abdominal pain to ED results in poor quality of care and detrimental outcomes. Our data support enhanced quality-assessment initiatives for this subset of ED patients.
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- Triinu Keskpaik
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Keskpaik T, Talving P, Kirsimägi Ü, Mihnovitš V, Ruul A, Marandi T, Starkopf J. Associations between elevated high-sensitive cardiac troponin t and outcomes in patients with acute abdominal pain. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2023; 49:281-288. [PMID: 35857067 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-022-02057-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine outcomes in patients presenting to emergency department (ED) with acute abdominal pain and suspected occult myocardial injury [OMI (high-sensitive cardiac troponin T, hs-cTnT level > 14 ng/L)] without clinical signs of myocardial ischaemia. We hypothesized that OMI is a common entity associated with poor outcomes. METHODS After institutional research ethics committee approval, a retrospective review was performed on patients subjected to extended use of hs-cTnT measurements during two months period in patients admitted to ED with a chief complaint of abdominal pain, aged 30 years or older and triaged to red, orange, or yellow categories. Primary outcomes were 30-day, six-month, and one-year mortality, respectively. Adjusted mortality rates were compared using the Cox proportional hazard regression model. RESULTS Overall, 1000 consecutive patients were screened. A total of 375 patients were subjected to hs-cTnT measurement and 156 of them (41.6%) experienced OMI. None of the patients had acute myocardial infarction diagnosed in the ED. Patients with OMI had a significantly higher 30-day, six-month and one-year mortality compared to the normal hs-cTnT level group [12.8% (20/156) vs. 3.7% (8/219), p = 0.001, 34.0% (53/156) vs. 6.9% (15/219), p < 0.001 and 39.1% (61/156) vs. 9.1 (20/219), p < 0.001, respectively]. OMI was an independent risk factor for mortality at every time point analyzed. CONCLUSION Our investigation noted OMI in older patients with co-morbidities and in higher triage category presenting with abdominal pain to ED, respectively. OMI is an independent risk factor for poor outcomes that warrants appropriate screening and management strategy. Our results support the use of hs-cTnT as a prognostication tool in this subgroup of ED patients.
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- Triinu Keskpaik
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, L. Puusepa 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Centre of Cardiology, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Quality Department, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, L. Puusepa 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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Kase K, Reintam Blaser A, Tamme K, Mändul M, Forbes A, Talving P, Murruste M. Epidemiology of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia: A Population-Based Investigation. World J Surg 2023; 47:173-181. [PMID: 36261602 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-022-06805-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is a lack of population-based studies on acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI). We have therefore performed a nationwide epidemiological study in Estonia, addressing incidence, demographics, interventions and mortality of AMI. METHODS A retrospective population-based review was conducted of all adult cases of AMI accrued from the digital Estonian Health Insurance Fund and Causes of Death Registry for 2016-2020 based on international classification of diseases (ICD-10) diagnostic codes and procedure codes (NOMESCO). RESULTS Overall, 577 cases of AMI were identified-an annual incidence of 8.7 per 100,000. The median age was 79 (range 32-104) and 57% were female. Predominating comorbidities included hypertensive disease (81%), atherosclerosis (67%), and atrial fibrillation (52%). The majority of cases (60%) were caused by superior mesenteric artery occlusion (thrombosis 54%, embolism 12%, and unclear 34%). Inferior mesenteric artery occlusion occurred in 7%, non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia in 7%, venous thrombosis in 4%, whereas the type remained unclear in 21% of cases. 40% of patients received intervention (revascularization and/or intestinal resection) and 13% active non-operative treatment. In 21% an exploratory laparotomy or laparoscopy revealed unsalvageable bowel prompting end-of-life care, which was the only management in a further 25% of cases. CONCLUSIONS The population-based annual incidence of AMI in Estonia was 8.7 per 100,000 during the study period. The overall hospital mortality and 1 year mortality were 64% and 74%, respectively. In the 53% of patients who received active treatment hospital mortality was 32% and 1 year all-cause mortality was 51%. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT04867499.
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- Karri Kase
- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia. .,Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Internal Medicine, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Murruste M, Kirsimägi Ü, Kase K, Veršinina T, Talving P, Lepner U. Complications of chronic pancreatitis prior to and following surgical treatment: A proposal for classification. World J Clin Cases 2022; 10:7808-7824. [PMID: 36158501 PMCID: PMC9372835 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i22.7808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a long-lasting disease frequently associated with complications for which there is no comprehensive pathophysiological classification.
AIM The aims of this study were to: Propose a pathophysiological classification of the complications of CP; evaluate their prevalence in a surgical cohort prior to, and following surgical management; and assess the impact of the surgical treatment on the occurrence of new complications of CP during follow-up. We hypothesized that optimal surgical treatment can resolve existing complications and reduce the risk of new complications, with the exclusion of pancreatic insufficiency. The primary outcomes were prevalence of complications of CP at baseline (prior to surgical treatment) and occurrence of new complications during follow-up.
METHODS After institutional review board approval, a prospective observational cohort study with long-term follow-up (up to 20.4 years) was conducted. All consecutive single-center adult patients (≥ 18 years of age) with CP according to the criteria of the American Pancreas Association subjected to surgical management between 1997 and 2021, were included. The prevalence of CP complications evaluated, according to the proposed classification, in a surgical cohort of 166 patients. Development of the pathophysiological classification was based on a literature review on the clinical presentation, course, and complications of CP, as well a review of previous classification systems of CP.
RESULTS We distinguished four groups of complications: Pancreatic duct complications, peripancreatic complications, pancreatic hemorrhages, and pancreatic insufficiency (exocrine and endocrine). Their baseline prevalence was 20.5%, 23.5%, 10.2%, 31.3%, and 27.1%, respectively. Surgical treatment was highly effective in avoiding new complications in the first and third groups. In the group of peripancreatic complications, the 15-year Kaplan-Meier prevalence of new complications was 12.1%. The prevalence of pancreatic exocrine and endocrine insufficiency increased during follow-up, being 66.4% and 47.1%, respectively, at 15 years following surgery. Pancreatoduodenal resection resulted optimal results in avoiding new peripancreatic complications, but was associated with the highest rate of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.
CONCLUSION The proposed complication classification improves the understanding of CP. It could be beneficial for clinical decision making, as it provides an opportunity for more comprehensive judgement on patient’s needs on the one hand, and on the pros and cons of the treatment under consideration, on the other. The presence of complications of CP and the risk of development of new ones should be among the main determinants of surgical choice.
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- Marko Murruste
- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu 50406, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu 50406, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu 50406, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu 50406, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Board, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn 13419, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu 50406, Estonia
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Murruste M, Kirsimägi Ü, Kase K, Veršinina T, Talving P, Lepner U. ‘Short’ pancreaticojejunostomy might be a valid option for treatment of chronic pancreatitis in many cases. World J Gastrointest Surg 2021; 13:1673-1684. [PMID: 35070072 PMCID: PMC8727189 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Partington-Rochelle pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ) is an essential management option for patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) associated with intractable pain and a dilated pancreatic duct (PD). Wide ductotomy and long PJ (L-PJ) have been advocated as the standard of care to ensure full PD decompression. However, the role of short PJ (S-PJ) in a uniformly dilated PD has not yet been evaluated.
AIM To evaluate the possible advantages and disadvantages of S-PJ and L-PJ and to interpret the perspective of S-PJ in the treatment of CP.
METHODS A retrospective review of prospectively collected cohort data was conducted on surgically treated CP patients subjected to side-to-side PJ. The length of the PJ was adapted to anatomical alterations in PD. A comparison was made of S-PJ (< 50 mm) for uniformly dilated PD and L-PJ (50-100 mm) in the setting of multiple PD strictures, calcifications and dilatations. We hypothesized that S-PJ and L-PJ ensure comparable clinical outcomes. The primary outcomes were pain relief and quality of life (QOL); the secondary outcomes were perioperative characteristics, body weight, patients’ satisfaction with treatment, and readmission rate due to CP.
RESULTS Overall, 91 patients underwent side-to-side PJ for CP, including S-PJ in 46 patients and L-PJ in 45 patients. S-PJ resulted in better perioperative outcomes: Significantly shorter operative time (107.5 min vs 134 min), lower need for intraoperative (0% vs 15.6%) and total (2.2% vs 31.1%) blood transfusions, and lower rate of perioperative complications (6.5% vs 17.8%). We noted no significant difference in pain relief, improvement in QOL, body weight gain, patients’ satisfaction with surgical treatment, or readmission rate due to CP.
CONCLUSION Based on our data, in the setting of a uniformly dilated PD, S-PJ provides adequate decompression of the PD. As the clinical outcomes following S-PJ are not inferior to those of L-PJ, S-PJ should be preferred as a surgical option in the case of a uniformly dilated PD.
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- Marko Murruste
- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu 50406, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu 50406, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu 50406, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu 50406, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North-Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn 13419, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu 50406, Estonia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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Saar S, Jorgensen J, Lemma AN, Gaarder C, Naess PA, Leppäniemi A, Sallinen V, Pius R, Reinsoo A, Lepp J, Talving P. Selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal injuries at Northern European trauma centers: the NordiPen Study. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2021; 48:2023-2027. [PMID: 34309723 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-021-01749-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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PURPOSE A selective nonoperative management (SNOM) of penetrating abdominal injuries (PAI) is a standard of care in numerous established trauma centers. However, available evidence supporting SNOM of PAI in European settings remains scarce. Thus, we performed a multi-center study at selected Northern European trauma centers to investigate the management and outcomes of PAI. We hypothesized that despite a low number of penetrating injuries in included trauma centers, SNOM is successfully utilized with outcomes comparable with trauma centers with a high number of PAI. METHODS All adult patients admitted to participating trauma centers in the Northern European region with PAI between 1/2015 and 12/2016 were retrospectively reviewed. Primary outcomes were mortality and success rate of SNOM. RESULTS Overall, 119 patients were included. Median age was 38 (28-47) years. SNOM was initiated in 55 patients (46.0%) with 94.5% success rate. Three patients (5.5%) failed SNOM and had a delayed laparotomy with one gastric injury, one small bowel injury and one patient with a bleeding from mesentery. Overall mortality of the cohort was 5.0%. However, all patients in the SNOM group survived. Higher median ISS, median Abbreviated Injury Scale score of the abdomen, rate of combined anterior and posterior wounds, rate of in-hospital complications and longer hospital length of stay were observed in the immediate laparotomy group compared to the SNOM group. CONCLUSIONS SNOM of PAI is a safe practice even in regions with a low prevalence of penetrating injuries. The outcomes in our study are comparable with results from trauma centers treating larger numbers of patients with PAI.
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- Sten Saar
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia. .,Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Department of Traumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Traumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Traumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia.,Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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Murruste M, Kirsimägi Ü, Kase K, Saar S, Talving P. Long-term survival, risk factors and causes of mortality in surgically treated chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatology 2021; 21:714-723. [PMID: 33727036 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a complex disease with a high complications rate, poor quality of life and considerable mortality. Prospective investigations on long-term outcomes in chronic pancreatitis are scarce. Thus, we aimed to assess long-term survival, causes of death and impact of risk factors on survival in a cohort of surgically managed patients with chronic pancreatitis. METHODS After IRB approval, a prospective longitudinal cohort study with long-term follow-up (up to 19.6 years) was conducted. All consecutive single center patients operated between 1997 and 2019 were included. Data on health and social status, risk behavior, history of CP, indications for surgery, comorbidities and causes of death were collected. Survival analysis was performed using Kaplan-Meier analysis. Cox proportional multivariate hazard regression was used to assess the impact of risk factors on mortality. The results are reported as the hazard ratio (HR) with the 95% confidence interval (CI). The log-rank test was used to test for differences in survival between groups. RESULTS A total of 161 patients with CP were subjected to operative management due to chronic pain or local complications of CP. Forty-eight patients (29.8%) died during the follow-up period. Mortality rate was 32.8 per 1000 patient-years (PY) since the diagnosis of CP. Standardized mortality ratio (SMR) was 1.8 (2.7 for the subgroup of continuous alcohol users). Median survival after surgical treatment was 13.3 years. Univariate analysis revealed the following risk factors on survival: preoperative and postoperative continuous moderate or heavy alcohol consumption, heavy smoking, age ≥50 years, Charlson's comorbidity index (CCI) ≥4 and 2-3, unemployment, disability, insulin-dependent diabetes, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI), and low body mass index (BMI). In multivariate regression analysis lower survival was associated with continuous moderate/heavy alcohol consumption (hazard ratio (HR) 2.27), history of heavy smoking (HR 4.40), unemployment (HR 2.49), CCI 2-3 and ≥4 (HR 2.53 and HR 3.16, respectively), and BMI <18.5 (HR 4.01). Behavioral risk factors accounted for the vast majority of deaths due to chronic alcoholic liver disease (21 cases, 43.7%), smoking-related diseases (15 cases, 31.3%). CP-related mortality was 4.2%. CONCLUSIONS Long-term outcomes of surgically treated chronic pancreatitis was associated with low CP-related mortality. Alcohol-related and smoking-related diseases caused the vast majority of deaths. Thus, surgery provides the best results in patients, preventing postsurgical relapse of original behavioral risks. For achieving this, ongoing postoperative support would be highly beneficial.
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- Marko Murruste
- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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Ponchietti L, Muralha Antunes NF, Utrilla Fornals A, Talving P, Garcea A, Roldón Golet M, García Dominguez M, Yanez Benitez C. Use of visual media in the era of European Union's General Data Protection Regulation: A practice-oriented guideline. Cir Esp 2021; 99:404-411. [PMID: 34130812 DOI: 10.1016/j.cireng.2021.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
With the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation, commonly known as 'GDPR', as the new framework for data protection across the European Union (EU), doctors will need to review how they collect and share personal data to ensure they meet the standards. The aim of this article is to raise awareness on the GDPR, and to provide an easy guideline to steer free from legal problems at the time of drafting papers, presenting lectures and sharing personal data and visual media in particular. To do so, we have analysed the most common situations where personal data, and above all visual media, can be collected, giving clear-cut answers and recommendations for all the scenarios.
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- Luca Ponchietti
- Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario San Jorge, Huesca, Spain.
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- Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario de Elche, Elche, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Saar S, McPherson D, Nicol A, Edu S, Talving P, Navsaria P. A contemporary prospective review of 205 consecutive patients with penetrating colon injuries. Injury 2021; 52:248-252. [PMID: 33223253 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Management of colon injuries has significantly evolved in the recent decades resulting in considerably decreased morbidity and mortality. We set out to investigate penetrating colon injuries in a high-volume urban academic trauma center in South Africa. METHODS All patients with penetrating colon injuries admitted between 1/2015 and 1/2018 were prospectively enrolled. Data collection included demographics, injury profile and outcomes. Primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Secondary outcome was morbidity. RESULTS Two-hundred and five patients were included in the analysis. Stab and gunshot wounds constituted 18% and 82% of the cases, respectively. Mean age was 28.9 (10.2) years and 96.1% were male. Median injury severity score (ISS) and penetrating abdominal trauma index (PATI) were 16 (9-25) and 19 (10-26), respectively. A total of 47.8% of the patients had a complication per Clavien-Dindo classification. Colon leak rate was 2.4%. Wound and abdominal organ/space infection rate was 15.1 and 6.3%, respectively. Overall in-hospital mortality was 9.3%. Risk factors for mortality were higher ISS and PATI, shock on admission, need for blood transfusion, intra-abdominal vascular injury, damage control surgery, and extra-abdominal severe injuries. CONCLUSIONS Contemporary overall complication rate remains high in penetrating colon injuries, however, anastomotic leak rate is decreasing. Colon injury associated mortality is related to overall injury burden and hemorrhage rather than to colon injuries.
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- S Saar
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia; University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Trauma Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Trauma Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Trauma Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia; Administration, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Trauma Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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Ponchietti L, Muralha Antunes NF, Utrilla Fornals A, Talving P, Garcea A, Roldón Golet M, García Dominguez M, Yanez Benitez C. Use of visual media in the era of European Union's General Data Protection Regulation: A practice-oriented guideline. Cir Esp 2020. [PMID: 33127047 DOI: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2020.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
With the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation, commonly known as "GDPR", as the new framework for data protection across the European Union, doctors will need to review how they collect and share personal data to ensure they meet the standards. The aim of this article is to raise awareness on the General Data Protection Regulation, and to provide an easy guideline to steer free from legal problems at the time of drafting papers, presenting lectures and sharing personal data and visual media in particular. To do so, we have analysed the most common situations where personal data, and above all visual media, can be collected, giving clear-cut answers and recommendations for all the scenarios.
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- Luca Ponchietti
- Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario San Jorge, Huesca, España.
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- Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario de Elche, Elche, España
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- Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Okoye O, Talving P, Lam L, Smith J, Teixeira PG, Inaba K, Koronakis N, Demetriades D. Timing of Redébridement after Initial Source Control Impacts Survival in Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection. Am Surg 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/000313481307901025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are associated with a high mortality rate. There is a lack of literature examining outcomes in NSTI when surgical redébridements are performed in early versus delayed intervals. We hypothesized that early redébridement is associated with improved survival. Patients with NSTIs were prospectively enrolled between January 2006 and December 2011. Patient demographics, comorbidities, primary infection site, laboratory values, tissue cultures, time to surgery, and time between subsequent débridements were obtained. Two study groups with divergent redébridement protocols were observed: a short interval redébridement (SIRD) and an extended interval redébridement (EIRD). Univariate and multivariate statistics were performed. The primary outcome evaluated was in-hospital mortality. Sixty-four patients (46 SIRD, 18 EIRD) were included in the analysis. The two groups had comparable demographics. Polymicrobial NSTI was noted in 61 per cent of patients with Staphylococcus species being the predominant causative organism (59%). Multivariate analysis showed the EIRD protocol to be associated with a significantly increased incidence of acute kidney injury (adjusted odds ratio, 4.9 [1.1 to 22.5]; P = 0.04) and worse overall survival (hazard ratio, 10.6 [2.1 to 53.9]; P = 0.004). Delayed redébridement after initial source control in NSTIs results in worse survival and an increased incidence of acute kidney injury. Further studies to identify the optimal time interval for redébridement are warranted.
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- Obi Okoye
- From the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles, California
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- From the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles, California
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- From the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles, California
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- From the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles, California
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- From the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles, California
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- From the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles, California
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- From the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles, California
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- From the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles, California
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Mohseni S, Talving P, Kobayashi L, Kim D, Inaba K, Lam L, Chan LS, Coimbra R, Demetriades D. Closed-Suction Drain Placement at Laparotomy in Isolated Solid Organ Injury is Not Associated with Decreased Risk of Deep Surgical Site Infection. Am Surg 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/000313481207801038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of intra-abdominal closed-suction drainage after emergent trauma laparotomy for isolated solid organ injuries (iSOI) and to determine its association with deep surgical site infections (DSSI). All patients subjected to trauma laparotomy between January 2006 and December 2008 for an iSOI at two Level I urban trauma centers were identified. Patients with isolated hepatic, splenic, or renal injuries were included. Study variables extracted included demographics, clinical characteristics, intra-abdominal injuries, drain placement, DSSI, septic events, intensive care unit and hospital length of stay, and in-hospital mortality. Diagnosis of DSSI was based on abdominal computed tomography scan demonstrating an intra-abdominal collection combined with fever and elevated white blood cell count. For the analysis, patients were stratified based on injury severity. To identify an independent association between closed-suction drain placement and DSSI, stepwise logistic regression analysis was performed. Overall, 142 patients met the inclusion criteria with 80 per cent (n = 114) having severe iSOI. In 47 per cent (n = 53) of the patients with a severe injury, an intra-abdominal drain was placed. A drain was placed more often in patients with a blunt trauma with more severe injury defined by Injury Severity Score and abdominal Abbreviated Injury Scale Score and those who underwent splenectomy ( P < 0.05). There was a three-fold increased risk of DSSI in patients subjected to drain placement (odds ratio, 2.8; 95% confidence interval, 1.0 to 8.2; P = 0.046). Subgroup analysis demonstrated those who sustained severe hepatic injury receiving a drain had a significantly increase risk of DSSI ( P = 0.02). There was no statistical difference in the rate of DSSI based on the presence or absence of an intra-abdominal drain after severe splenic injury (17 vs 18%, P = 0.88). The use of intra-abdominal closed-suction drains after iSOI is not associated with decreased risk of DSSI.
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- Shahin Mohseni
- Division of Acute Care Surgery (Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care) Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery (Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care) Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Burns, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Burns, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery (Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care) Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery (Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care) Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery (Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care) Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Burns, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery (Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care) Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Keskpaik T, Starkopf J, Kirsimägi Ü, Mihnovitš V, Lomp A, Raamat EM, Saar S, Talving P. The role of elevated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin on outcomes following severe blunt chest trauma. Injury 2020; 51:1177-1182. [PMID: 31955863 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2019.12.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Revised: 12/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Blunt cardiac injuries (BCI) result in poor outcomes following chest trauma. Admission ECG and troponin levels are frequently obtained in patients with suspected BCI, nevertheless, the prognostic value of cardiac troponins remains controversial. The purpose of the current study was to review the prognostic value of elevated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) in patients with severe blunt chest injuries. We hypothesized that elevated hs-cTnT result in poor outcomes in this subgroup of severe trauma patients. METHODS After IRB approval, all consecutive patients with Injury Severity Score (ISS) > 15 and chest Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) score ≥3 admitted to the major trauma centers between 1/2015 and 6/2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Primary outcomes were in-hospital and one-year mortality. Secondary outcomes included ventilator days and Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) score at hospital discharge. RESULTS Overall, 147 patients were included. Mean age was 49.0 (19.1) years and 75% were male. Serum troponin levels on admission were accrued in 82 (56%) patients with elevated and normal hs-cTnT levels found in 54 (66%) and in 28 (34%) patients, respectively. Elevated hs-cTnT group had significantly higher ISS and lactate level, and lower systolic blood pressure on admission. In-hospital mortality was significantly higher in patients with elevated hs-cTnT levels compared to patients with normal hs-cTnT levels (26% vs. 4%, p = 0.02). Hs-cTnT level > 14 ng/L was significantly associated with extended ventilator days and lower GOS score at hospital discharge. CONCLUSION Blunt chest trauma victims with elevated hs-cTnT levels experience significantly poorer adjusted outcomes compared to patients with normal levels. Compliance with EAST practice management guidelines following severe blunt chest trauma was not fully complied in our study cohort that warrants prospective performance improvement measures.
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- Triinu Keskpaik
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Estonia; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Estonia; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia.
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Estonia.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Estonia.
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Estonia.
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Ahl R, Cao Y, Geijer H, Taha K, Pourhossein-Sarmeh S, Talving P, Ljungqvist O, Mohseni S. Erratum: Correction of mortality outcome parameter. Bull Emerg Trauma 2019; 7:433. [PMID: 31858012 PMCID: PMC6911713 DOI: 10.29252/beat-070418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Padar M, Reintam Blaser A, Talving P, Lipping E, Starkopf J. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Improving Outcomes With A Multidisciplinary Approach - A Narrative Review. J Multidiscip Healthc 2019; 12:1061-1074. [PMID: 31908470 PMCID: PMC6927564 DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s205608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) refers to a severe increase in intra-abdominal pressure associated with single or multiorgan failure. ACS with specific pathophysiological processes and detrimental outcomes may occur in a variety of clinical conditions. Patients with ACS are predominantly managed in critical care settings, however, a wide range of multidisciplinary interventions are frequently required from medical, surgical, radiological and nursing specialties. The medical management, aiming to prevent the progression of intra-abdominal hypertension to ACS, is extensively reviewed. Timing and techniques of surgical decompression techniques, as well as management of open abdomen, are outlined. In summary, the current narrative review provides data on history, definitions, epidemiology and pathophysiology of the syndrome and highlights the importance of multidisciplinary approach in the management of ACS in adults.
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- Martin Padar
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Intensive Care, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Management Board, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Ah R, BChir MB, Cao Y, Geijer H, Taha K, Pourhossein-Sarmeh S, Talving P, Ljungqvist O, Mohseni S. Prognostic Value of P-POSSUM and Osteopenia for Predicting Mortality After Emergency Laparotomy in Geriatric Patients. Bull Emerg Trauma 2019; 7:223-231. [PMID: 31392220 DOI: 10.29252/beat-070303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Objective To evaluate the Portsmouth-Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (P-POSSUM) in comparison with other risk factors for mortality including osteopenia as an indicator for frailty in geriatric patients subjected to emergency laparotomy. Methods All geriatric patients (≥65 years) undergoing emergency laparotomy at a single university hospital between 1/2015 and 12/2016 were included in this cohort study. Demographics and outcomes were retrospectively collected from medical records. Association between prognostic markers and 30-day mortality was assessed using Poisson and backward stepwise regression models. Prognostic value was assessed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Results 209 patients were included with a mean age of 76 ± 7.3 years. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification, age, indication and type of surgery, hypotension, transfusion requirement and current malignancy proved to be statistically significant predictors of 30-day mortality. P-POSSUM mortality was statistically significant in the backward stepwise regression (incidence rate ratio=1.58, 95% CI: 1.16-2.15, p=0.004) while osteopenia was not. P-POSSUM had poor prognostic value for 30-day mortality with an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.59. The prognostic value of P-POSSUM improved significantly when adjusting for patient covariates (AUC=0.83). Conclusion P-POSSUM and osteopenia alone hardly predict 30-day mortality in geriatric patients following emergency laparotomy. P-POSSUM adjusted for other patient covariates improves the prediction.
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- Rebecka Ah
- Department of Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden
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- Department of Radiology, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
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- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
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- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia.,Department of Surgery, University of Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden.,Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
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Saar S, Brinck T, Laos J, Handolin L, Talving P. Severe blunt trauma in Finland and Estonia: comparison of two regional trauma repositories. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2019; 46:371-376. [PMID: 30847535 PMCID: PMC7223228 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-018-01068-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Purpose Evolving trauma system of Estonia has undergone several reforms; however, performance and outcome indicators have not been benchmarked previously. Thus, we initiated a baseline study to compare demographics, management and outcomes of severely injured patients between Southern Finland and Northern Estonia utilizing regional trauma repositories. Methods A comparison of data fields of the Helsinki University Hospital trauma registry (HTR) and trauma registry at the North Estonia Medical Centre in Tallinn (TTR) between 1/1/2015 and 31/12/2016 was performed. The inclusion criterion was Injury Severity Score > 15. Transferred patients, patients with penetrating injuries, and pediatric patients were excluded. The data for comparison included demographics, Trauma Score-Injury Severity Score (TRISS), mortality, and standardized mortality ratio (SMR). Primary outcome was mortality and SMR per TRISS methodology. Results During the 2-year study period, 324 patients from the HTR and 152 from the TTR were included. Demographic profile was similar between the repositories with the exception of severe abdominal injuries being more prevalent at the TTR (25.0% vs. 13.3%, p = 0.002). Predominant injury mechanism was non-ground level fall in both repositories. Mortality was similar at 14.5% and 13.6% at the TTR and HTR, respectively (adj. p = 0.762; OR 1.13, 95% CI 0.64–1.99). SMR was lower at the HTR compared to the TTR (0.65 vs. 0.77, p > 0.05), however, the difference did not reach statistical significance. Conclusion Benchmarking trauma repositories at a national level provides opportunities for quality and performance improvements. We observed comparable demographic profile and outcome indicators in the compared regional trauma systems.
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- Sten Saar
- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, J. Sütiste tee 19, 13149, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Trauma Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Töölö Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, J. Sütiste tee 19, 13149, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Trauma Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Töölö Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia. .,Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, J. Sütiste tee 19, 13149, Tallinn, Estonia.
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Sartelli M, Kluger Y, Ansaloni L, Coccolini F, Baiocchi GL, Hardcastle TC, Moore EE, May AK, Itani KMF, Fry DE, Boermeester MA, Guirao X, Napolitano L, Sawyer RG, Rasa K, Abu-Zidan FM, Adesunkanmi AK, Atanasov B, Augustin G, Bala M, Cainzos MA, Chichom-Mefire A, Cortese F, Damaskos D, Delibegovic S, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, Duane TM, Ghnnam W, Gkiokas G, Gomes CA, Hecker A, Karamarkovic A, Kenig J, Khokha V, Kong V, Isik A, Leppäniemi A, Litvin A, Lostoridis E, Machain GM, Marwah S, McFarlane M, Mesina C, Negoi I, Olaoye I, Pintar T, Pupelis G, Rems M, Rubio-Perez I, Sakakushev B, Segovia-Lohse H, Siribumrungwong B, Talving P, Ulrych J, Vereczkei AG, Labricciosa FM, Catena F. Knowledge, awareness, and attitude towards infection prevention and management among surgeons: identifying the surgeon champion. World J Emerg Surg 2018; 13:37. [PMID: 30140304 PMCID: PMC6098571 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-018-0198-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices of infection prevention and management, many surgeons worldwide fail to implement them. Evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Surgeons with knowledge in surgical infections should provide feedback to prescribers and integrate best practices among surgeons and implement changes within their team. Identifying a local opinion leader to serve as a champion within the surgical department may be important. The “surgeon champion” can integrate best clinical practices of infection prevention and management, drive behavior change in their colleagues, and interact with both infection control teams in promoting antimicrobial stewardship.
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- Massimo Sartelli
- Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Via Santa Lucia, 62100 Macerata, Italy
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- 2Department of General Surgery, Division of Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- General Surgery Department, "M. Bufalini" Cesena Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- General Surgery Department, "M. Bufalini" Cesena Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- 4Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Trauma Service, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Nelson R Mandela School of Clinical Medicine, Durban, South Africa
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- 6Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
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- 7Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- Department of Surgery, VA Boston Health Care System, Boston University, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- 9Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL USA.,10University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM USA
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- Unit of Endocrine, Head, and Neck Surgery and Unit of Surgical Infections Support, Department of General Surgery, ParcTaulí, Hospital University, Sabadell, Spain
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- 13Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- 14Department of Surgery, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI USA
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- Department of Surgery, Anadolu Medical Center, Kocaali, Turkey
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- 16Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- 18Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Plovdiv, UMHAT Eurohospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- 19Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- 20Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- 21Department of Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Surgery and Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Regional Hospital, Limbe, Cameroon
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- 24Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- 25Department of Surgery, University Clinical Center of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department General Surgery, Kipshidze Central University Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Surgery, John Peter Smith Health Network, Fort Worth, TX USA
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- 29Department of General Surgery, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- 30Second Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde de Juiz de Fora, Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitário Terezinha de Jesus, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- 32Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- 34Third Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, City Hospital, Mozyr, Belarus
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- 36Department of Surgery, Edendale Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- 37General Surgery Department, Magee Womens Hospital, UPMC, Pittsburgh, USA
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- Abdominal Center, University Hospital Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland
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- 39Surgical Disciplines, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University/Regional Clinical Hospital, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation
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- 41Department of Surgery, II Cátedra de Clínica Quirúrgica, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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- 42Department of Surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India
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- 43Department of Surgery, Radiology, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Second Surgical Clinic, Emergency Hospital of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Surgery, Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- 46Department of Surgery, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria
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- 47Department of Surgery, UMC Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 48Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East University Hospital "Gailezers", Riga, Latvia
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- Department of General Surgery, Jesenice General Hospital, Jesenice, Slovenia
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- 50Colorectal Surgery Unit, General Surgery Department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- General Surgery Department, Medical University, University Hospital St George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- 41Department of Surgery, II Cátedra de Clínica Quirúrgica, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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- 52Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Thammasat University Hospital, Thammasat University, Amphoe Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani Thailand
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- Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- 54First Department of Surgery-Department of Abdominal, Thoracic Surgery and Traumatology, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- 55Department of Surgery, Medical School University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
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Einberg M, Saar S, Seljanko A, Lomp A, Lepner U, Talving P. Cardiac Injuries at Estonian Major Trauma Facilities: A 23-year Perspective. Scand J Surg 2018; 108:159-163. [PMID: 29987968 DOI: 10.1177/1457496918783726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cardiac injuries are highly lethal lesions following trauma and most of the patients decease in pre-hospital settings. However, studies on cardiac trauma in Estonia are scarce. Thus, we set out to study cardiac injuries admitted to Estonian major trauma facilities during 23 years of Estonian independence. MATERIALS AND METHODS After the ethics review board approval, all consecutive patients with cardiac injuries per ICD-9 (861.0 and 861.1) and ICD-10 codes (S.26) admitted to the major trauma facilities between 1 January 1993 and 31 July 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. Cardiac contusions were excluded. Data collected included demographics, injury profile, and in-hospital outcomes. Primary outcome was mortality. Secondary outcomes were cardiac injury profile and hospital length of stay. RESULTS During the study period, 37 patients were included. Mean age was 33.1 ± 12.0 years and 92% were male. Penetrating and blunt trauma accounted for 89% and 11% of the cases, respectively. Thoracotomy and sternotomy rates for cardiac repair were 80% and 20%, respectively. Most frequently injured cardiac chamber was left ventricle at 49% followed by right ventricle, right atrium, and left atrium at 34%, 17%, and 3% of the patients, respectively. Multi-chamber injury was observed at 5% of the cases. Overall hospital length of stay was 13.5 ± 16.7 days. Overall mortality was 22% (n = 8) with uniformly fatal outcomes following left atrial and multi-chamber injuries. CONCLUSION Overall, 37 patients with cardiac injuries were hospitalized to national major trauma facilities during the 23-year study period. The overall in-hospital mortality was 22% comparing favorably with previous reports. Risk factors for mortality were initial Glasgow Coma Scale < 9, pre-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and alcohol intoxication.
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- M Einberg
- 1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- 1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,2 Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
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- 1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- 1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- 1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,3 Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- 1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,2 Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia.,3 Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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Pinnagoda K, Henric N, Azzis O, Rosello O, Francois P, Etienne S, Buisson P, Hmila S, Clegg-Lamptey JN, Imoro O, Abem OE, Papageorgiou D, Soulou V, Asturias S, Peña L, O'Connor DB, Luc AR, Russo AA, Ruzzenente A, Taddei A, Cona C, Bottini C, Pascale G, Rotunno G, Solaini L, Pascale MM, Notarnicola M, Corbellino M, Sacco M, Ubiali P, Cautiero R, Bocchetti T, Muzio E, Guglielmo V, Morandi E, Mao P, de Luca E, Ali FM, Žilinskas J, Strupas K, Kondrotas P, Baltrunas R, Kutkevicius J, Ignatavicius P, Tan CL, Siaw JY, Yam SY, Wilson L, Aziz MRA, Bondin J, Zorrilla CD, Majbar A, Sale D, Abdullahi L, Osagie O, Faboya O, Fatuga A, Taiwo A, Nwabuoku E, Bliksøen M, Khan ZA, Coronel J, Miranda C, Vasquez I, Helguero-Santin LM, Rickard J, Adedeji A, Alqahtani S, Rath M, Van Niekerk M, Koto MZ, Matos-Puig R, Israelsson L, Schuetz T, Yuksek MA, Mericliler M, Ulusahin M, Wolf B, Fairfield C, Yong GL, Whitehurst K, Redgrave N, Musyoka CK, Olivier J, Lee K, Cox M, Farhan-Alanie MMH, Callan R, Chibuye C, Ali THA, Rekhis S, Rommaneh M, Sam ZH, Pugliesi TB, Pardo G, Blanco R. Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis 2018; 18:516-525. [PMID: 29452941 PMCID: PMC5910057 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30101-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common infections associated with health care, but its importance as a global health priority is not fully understood. We quantified the burden of SSI after gastrointestinal surgery in countries in all parts of the world. METHODS This international, prospective, multicentre cohort study included consecutive patients undergoing elective or emergency gastrointestinal resection within 2-week time periods at any health-care facility in any country. Countries with participating centres were stratified into high-income, middle-income, and low-income groups according to the UN's Human Development Index (HDI). Data variables from the GlobalSurg 1 study and other studies that have been found to affect the likelihood of SSI were entered into risk adjustment models. The primary outcome measure was the 30-day SSI incidence (defined by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for superficial and deep incisional SSI). Relationships with explanatory variables were examined using Bayesian multilevel logistic regression models. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02662231. FINDINGS Between Jan 4, 2016, and July 31, 2016, 13 265 records were submitted for analysis. 12 539 patients from 343 hospitals in 66 countries were included. 7339 (58·5%) patient were from high-HDI countries (193 hospitals in 30 countries), 3918 (31·2%) patients were from middle-HDI countries (82 hospitals in 18 countries), and 1282 (10·2%) patients were from low-HDI countries (68 hospitals in 18 countries). In total, 1538 (12·3%) patients had SSI within 30 days of surgery. The incidence of SSI varied between countries with high (691 [9·4%] of 7339 patients), middle (549 [14·0%] of 3918 patients), and low (298 [23·2%] of 1282) HDI (p<0·001). The highest SSI incidence in each HDI group was after dirty surgery (102 [17·8%] of 574 patients in high-HDI countries; 74 [31·4%] of 236 patients in middle-HDI countries; 72 [39·8%] of 181 patients in low-HDI countries). Following risk factor adjustment, patients in low-HDI countries were at greatest risk of SSI (adjusted odds ratio 1·60, 95% credible interval 1·05-2·37; p=0·030). 132 (21·6%) of 610 patients with an SSI and a microbiology culture result had an infection that was resistant to the prophylactic antibiotic used. Resistant infections were detected in 49 (16·6%) of 295 patients in high-HDI countries, in 37 (19·8%) of 187 patients in middle-HDI countries, and in 46 (35·9%) of 128 patients in low-HDI countries (p<0·001). INTERPRETATION Countries with a low HDI carry a disproportionately greater burden of SSI than countries with a middle or high HDI and might have higher rates of antibiotic resistance. In view of WHO recommendations on SSI prevention that highlight the absence of high-quality interventional research, urgent, pragmatic, randomised trials based in LMICs are needed to assess measures aiming to reduce this preventable complication. FUNDING DFID-MRC-Wellcome Trust Joint Global Health Trial Development Grant, National Institute of Health Research Global Health Research Unit Grant.
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Mohseni S, Ivarsson J, Ahl R, Dogan S, Saar S, Reinsoo A, Sepp T, Isand KG, Garder E, Kaur I, Ruus H, Talving P. Simultaneous common bile duct clearance and laparoscopic cholecystectomy: experience of a one-stage approach. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2018; 45:337-342. [PMID: 29417182 PMCID: PMC6450829 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-018-0921-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Introduction The timing and optimal method for common bile duct (CBD) clearance and laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains controversial. Several different approaches are available in clinical practice. The current study presents the experience of two European hospitals of simultaneous laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and intra-operative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopacreatography (IO-ERCP) done by surgeons. Methods Retrospective analysis of all consecutive patients subjected to LC + IO-ERCP during their index admission between 4/2014 and 9/2016. Data accrued included patient demographics, laboratory markers, operation time (min) reported as mean (± SD) and hospital length of stay (LOS) reported as median (lower quartile, upper quartile). Results During the 29-month study, a total of 201 consecutive LC + IO-ERCPs were performed. The mean age of patients was 55 ± 19 years and 67% were female. The mean intervention time was 105 ± 44 min. The total LOS was 4 (3, 7) days and the post-operative LOS was 2 (1, 3) days. A total of 6 (3%) patients experienced post-interventional pancreatitis and two (1%) patients suffered a Strasberg type A bile leak. All patients were successfully discharged. Conclusion Simultaneous LC + IO-ERCP is associated with few complications. Further studies investigating cost-benefit and patient satisfaction are warranted.
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- Shahin Mohseni
- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, 701 85, Orebro, Sweden.
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- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, 701 85, Orebro, Sweden
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- Orebro University, Fakultetsgatan 1, 702 81, Orebro, Sweden.,Department of Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, 701 85, Orebro, Sweden
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, 13412, Tallin, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, 13412, Tallin, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, 13412, Tallin, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, 13412, Tallin, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, 13412, Tallin, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, 13412, Tallin, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, 13412, Tallin, Estonia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, 13412, Tallin, Estonia
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Sartelli M, Kluger Y, Ansaloni L, Hardcastle TC, Rello J, Watkins RR, Bassetti M, Giamarellou E, Coccolini F, Abu-Zidan FM, Adesunkanmi AK, Augustin G, Baiocchi GL, Bala M, Baraket O, Beltran MA, Jusoh AC, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, de Souza HP, Cui Y, Davies RJ, Dhingra S, Diaz JJ, Di Saverio S, Dogjani A, Elmangory MM, Enani MA, Ferrada P, Fraga GP, Frattima S, Ghnnam W, Gomes CA, Kanj SS, Karamarkovic A, Kenig J, Khamis F, Khokha V, Koike K, Kok KYY, Isik A, Labricciosa FM, Latifi R, Lee JG, Litvin A, Machain GM, Manzano-Nunez R, Major P, Marwah S, McFarlane M, Memish ZA, Mesina C, Moore EE, Moore FA, Naidoo N, Negoi I, Ofori-Asenso R, Olaoye I, Ordoñez CA, Ouadii M, Paolillo C, Picetti E, Pintar T, Ponce-de-Leon A, Pupelis G, Reis T, Sakakushev B, Kafil HS, Sato N, Shah JN, Siribumrungwong B, Talving P, Tranà C, Ulrych J, Yuan KC, Catena F. Raising concerns about the Sepsis-3 definitions. World J Emerg Surg 2018; 13:6. [PMID: 29416555 PMCID: PMC5784683 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-018-0165-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery appreciates the great effort of the task force who derived and validated the Sepsis-3 definitions and considers the new definitions an important step forward in the evolution of our understanding of sepsis. Nevertheless, more than a year after their publication, we have a few concerns regarding the use of the Sepsis-3 definitions.
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- 2Department of General Surgery, Division of Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- 3General Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- Trauma Service, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa.,Department of Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Clinical Medicine, Durban, South Africa
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- 5Department of Clinical Research & Innovation in Pneumonia and Sepsis, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- 6Division of Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH USA.,7Department of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH USA
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- 8Infectious Diseases Division, Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- 96th Department of Internal Medicine, Hygeia General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 10Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- 12Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
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- 13Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- 14Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of General Surgery, Hospital San Juan de Dios de La Serena, La Serena, Chile
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- Department of General Surgery, Kuala Krai Hospital, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department General Surgery, Kipshidze Central University Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- 20Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- 21Department of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- 22Colorectal Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- 23School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Uriah Butler Highway, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago
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- 24Division of Acute Care Surgery, Program in Trauma, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD USA
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- 22Colorectal Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Trauma, Tirana, Albania
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- 26Sudan National Public Health Laboratory, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
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- 27Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- 28Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA USA
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- 29Division of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP Brazil
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- 31Department of General Surgery, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitário Terezinha de Jesus, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- 33Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- 35Third Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- 36Department of Internal Medicine, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, City Hospital, Mozyr, Belarus
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- 38Department of Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, The Brunei Cancer Centre, Jerudong Park, Jerudong, Brunei
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- 40Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey
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- 42Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
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- 43Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- 44Surgical Disciplines, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University/Regional Clinical Hospital, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation
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- 45Department of Surgery, Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Asuncion, Paraguay
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- 472nd Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- 48Department of Surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India
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- 49Department of Surgery, Radiology, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- 50Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Prince Mohamed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,76College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Second Surgical Clinic, Emergency Hospital of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
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- 52Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
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- 53Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, and Center for Sepsis and Critical Illness Research, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- 54Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of Surgery, Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- 57Department of Surgery, University of Ilorin, Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria
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- 58Department of Surgery and Critical Care, Universidad del Valle, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Surgery, Hassan II University Hospital, Medical School of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Benabdellah University, Fez, Morocco
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- 60Department of Emergency Medicine, Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- 61Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Parma, Parma, Italy
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- 62Department of Surgery, UMC Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 63Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- 64Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East University Hospital "Gailezers", Riga, Latvia
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- Emergency Post-Operative Department, Otavio De Freitas Hospital, Recife, Brazil.,Osvaldo Cruz Hospital Recife, Recife, Brazil
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- General Surgery Department, Medical University, University Hospital St George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- 67Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- 68Department of Aeromedical Services for Emergency and Trauma Care, Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
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- 69Department of Surgery, Patan Hospital, Patan Academy of Health Sciences Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- 70Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Thammasat University, Rangsit, Pathum Thani Thailand
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- Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy
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- 72First Department of Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.,78General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- 73Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, Parma Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
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Sartelli M, Baiocchi GL, Di Saverio S, Ferrara F, Labricciosa FM, Ansaloni L, Coccolini F, Vijayan D, Abbas A, Abongwa HK, Agboola J, Ahmed A, Akhmeteli L, Akkapulu N, Akkucuk S, Altintoprak F, Andreiev AL, Anyfantakis D, Atanasov B, Bala M, Balalis D, Baraket O, Bellanova G, Beltran M, Melo RB, Bini R, Bouliaris K, Brunelli D, Castillo A, Catani M, Che Jusoh A, Chichom-Mefire A, Cocorullo G, Coimbra R, Colak E, Costa S, Das K, Delibegovic S, Demetrashvili Z, Di Carlo I, Kiseleva N, El Zalabany T, Faro M, Ferreira M, Fraga GP, Gachabayov M, Ghnnam WM, Giménez Maurel T, Gkiokas G, Gomes CA, Griffiths E, Guner A, Gupta S, Hecker A, Hirano ES, Hodonou A, Hutan M, Ioannidis O, Isik A, Ivakhov G, Jain S, Jokubauskas M, Karamarkovic A, Kauhanen S, Kaushik R, Kavalakat A, Kenig J, Khokha V, Khor D, Kim D, Kim JI, Kong V, Lasithiotakis K, Leão P, Leon M, Litvin A, Lohsiriwat V, López-Tomassetti Fernandez E, Lostoridis E, Maciel J, Major P, Dimova A, Manatakis D, Marinis A, Martinez-Perez A, Marwah S, McFarlane M, Mesina C, Pędziwiatr M, Michalopoulos N, Misiakos E, Mohamedahmed A, Moldovanu R, Montori G, Mysore Narayana R, Negoi I, Nikolopoulos I, Novelli G, Novikovs V, Olaoye I, Omari A, Ordoñez CA, Ouadii M, Ozkan Z, Pal A, Palini GM, Partecke LI, Pata F, Pędziwiatr M, Pereira Júnior GA, Pintar T, Pisarska M, Ploneda-Valencia CF, Pouggouras K, Prabhu V, Ramakrishnapillai P, Regimbeau JM, Reitz M, Rios-Cruz D, Saar S, Sakakushev B, Seretis C, Sazhin A, Shelat V, Skrovina M, Smirnov D, Spyropoulos C, Strzałka M, Talving P, Teixeira Gonsaga RA, Theobald G, Tomadze G, Torba M, Tranà C, Ulrych J, Uzunoğlu MY, Vasilescu A, Occhionorelli S, Venara A, Vereczkei A, Vettoretto N, Vlad N, Walędziak M, Yilmaz TU, Yuan KC, Yunfeng C, Zilinskas J, Grelpois G, Catena F. Prospective Observational Study on acute Appendicitis Worldwide (POSAW). World J Emerg Surg 2018; 13:19. [PMID: 29686725 PMCID: PMC5902943 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-018-0179-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common surgical disease, and appendectomy is the treatment of choice in the majority of cases. A correct diagnosis is key for decreasing the negative appendectomy rate. The management can become difficult in case of complicated appendicitis. The aim of this study is to describe the worldwide clinical and diagnostic work-up and management of AA in surgical departments. METHODS This prospective multicenter observational study was performed in 116 worldwide surgical departments from 44 countries over a 6-month period (April 1, 2016-September 30, 2016). All consecutive patients admitted to surgical departments with a clinical diagnosis of AA were included in the study. RESULTS A total of 4282 patients were enrolled in the POSAW study, 1928 (45%) women and 2354 (55%) men, with a median age of 29 years. Nine hundred and seven (21.2%) patients underwent an abdominal CT scan, 1856 (43.3%) patients an US, and 285 (6.7%) patients both CT scan and US. A total of 4097 (95.7%) patients underwent surgery; 1809 (42.2%) underwent open appendectomy and 2215 (51.7%) had laparoscopic appendectomy. One hundred eighty-five (4.3%) patients were managed conservatively. Major complications occurred in 199 patients (4.6%). The overall mortality rate was 0.28%. CONCLUSIONS The results of the present study confirm the clinical value of imaging techniques and prognostic scores. Appendectomy remains the most effective treatment of acute appendicitis. Mortality rate is low.
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- 0000000417571846grid.7637.5Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- 0000 0004 1759 7093grid.416290.8Emergency Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- grid.414126.4General Surgery and Polytrauma, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Unit of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, UNIVPM, Ancona, Italy
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- 0000 0004 1758 8744grid.414682.dDepartment of Surgery, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- 0000 0004 1758 8744grid.414682.dDepartment of Surgery, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- 0000 0004 0376 6589grid.412563.7General Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- grid.469958.fEmergency Surgery, Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Surgery, Kwara State General Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara Nigeria
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- 0000 0004 4688 7583grid.413221.7Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Zaria, Nigeria
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- 0000 0001 1457 1144grid.411548.dGeneral Surgery, Baskent Universitesi Adana Eğitim ve Uygulama Hastanesi, Adana, Turkey
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- 0000 0001 0680 7823grid.14352.31General Surgery, Training and Research Hospital of Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
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- 0000 0001 0682 3030grid.49746.38General Surgery, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey
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- 0000 0004 0376 6589grid.412563.7General Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- 0000 0001 0726 0380grid.35371.33Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Plovdiv, UMHAT Eurohospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- 0000 0001 2221 2926grid.17788.31General Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Surgical Department, Agios Savvas Anticaner Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- General Surgery, Hospital Habib Bouguefa de Bizerte, Bizerte, Tunisia
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- Surgery, Hospital San Juan de Dios de La Serena, La Serena, Chile
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- 0000 0000 9375 4688grid.414556.7General Surgery, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal
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- 0000 0004 1760 7116grid.415044.0General and Emergency Surgery, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- 0000 0001 0157 6501grid.239844.0Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, USA
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- grid.7841.aDEA, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
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- General Surgery, Kuala Krai Hospital, Kuala Krai, Kelantan Malaysia
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- 0000 0004 1756 3088grid.412510.3Emergency Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy
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- 0000 0001 2107 4242grid.266100.3Trauma/Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- General Surgery, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
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- 0000 0000 8902 4519grid.418336.bSurgery, CHVNG/E, EPE, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- 0000 0004 0642 7670grid.413791.9General Surgery, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
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- 0000 0001 0682 9061grid.412410.2Colorectal Surgery, Clinic for Surgery, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- 0000 0004 0637 437Xgrid.413542.5Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- 0000 0004 0375 2558grid.488518.8General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East University Hospital “Gailezers”, Riga, Latvia
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- 0000 0004 0643 8839grid.412368.aDepartment of General Surgery, Trauma and Emergency Surgery Division, ABC Medical School, Santo Andreì, SP Brazil
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- 0000 0000 8563 4416grid.414708.eGeneral Surgery, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Lisbon, Portugal
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- 0000 0001 0723 2494grid.411087.bDivision of Trauma Surgery, Hospital de Clinicas, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Vladimir City Clinical Hospital of Emergency Medicine, Vladimir, Russia
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- 0000000103426662grid.10251.37General Surgery Department, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- 0000 0000 9854 2756grid.411106.3Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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- 0000 0001 2155 0800grid.5216.0Second Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Surgery, Therezinha de Jesus University Hospital, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- 0000 0004 0376 6589grid.412563.7Upper GI/General Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- 0000 0001 2186 0630grid.31564.35Department of General Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Farabi Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey
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- 0000 0004 1767 2831grid.413220.6Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
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- 0000 0000 8584 9230grid.411067.5Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Giessen, Germany
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- 0000 0001 0723 2494grid.411087.bDivision of Trauma Surgery, Hospital de Clinicas, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
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- Surgical Department, Landesklinikum Hainburg, Hainburg An Der Donau, Austria
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- 0000000109457005grid.4793.94th Surgical Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- grid.414012.2General Hospital “George Papanikoalou”, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 0000 0001 1498 7262grid.412176.7General Surgery, Erzincan University Mengucek Gazi Training and Research Hospital, Erzincan, Turkey
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- 0000 0004 1767 3615grid.416077.3Surgery, S M S Medical college, Jaipur, India
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- 0000 0004 0575 8750grid.48349.32Department of Surgery, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- 0000 0001 2166 9385grid.7149.bClinic for Emergency Surgery, Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- 0000 0004 0628 215Xgrid.410552.7Division of Digestive Surgery and Urology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- 0000 0004 1767 2831grid.413220.6Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
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- 0000 0004 1802 2603grid.464600.0General Surgery, Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, India
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- 0000 0001 2162 9631grid.5522.03rd Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- 0000 0001 0084 1895grid.411409.9Acute Care Surgery, LAC+USC Medical Center, California, USA
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- 0000 0001 0157 6501grid.239844.0Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, USA
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- 0000 0004 0371 8173grid.411633.2Department of Surgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- 0000 0004 0576 7753grid.414386.cDepartment of Surgery, Edendale Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- General Surgery, Colorectal Unit, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
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- grid.419651.eGeneral and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Surgical Disciplines, Regional Clinical Hospital, Kaliningrad, Russia
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- grid.416009.aFaculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- 0000 0001 0157 6501grid.239844.0Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, USA
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- 0000 0001 2162 9631grid.5522.02nd Department of Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- 0000 0004 0397 9648grid.412688.1Clinic of surgery, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- grid.414012.2Surgical Department, Konstantopouleio General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 0000 0004 1770 9825grid.411289.7Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain
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- 0000 0004 1771 1642grid.412572.7Department of General Surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India
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- 0000 0001 2322 4996grid.12916.3dDepartment of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
- 0000 0004 0500 5353grid.412963.bUniversity Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of Surgery Second Surgical Clinic, Emergency Hospital of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
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- 0000 0001 1216 0093grid.412700.0Department of General Surgery and Emergency Medicine, University Hospital, Kraków, Poland
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- 0000 0004 0576 4544grid.411222.63rd Department of Surgery, Ahepa University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 0000 0001 2155 0800grid.5216.03rd Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Visceral, Digestive and Oncologic Surgery, Clinique Sainte Marie, Cambrai, France
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- 0000 0004 1758 8744grid.414682.dDepartment of Surgery, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- General Surgery, Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- grid.414614.2General, Emergency Surgery, Infermi Hospital, Rimini, Italy
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- 0000 0004 0375 2558grid.488518.8General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East University Hospital “Gailezers”, Riga, Latvia
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- 0000 0000 8878 5287grid.412975.cSurgery, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria
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- 0000 0004 0411 3985grid.460946.9General Surgery, King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, Jordan
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- grid.477264.4Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lili and Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Surgery Departement, Medical School of Fezm, Sidi Mohamed Benabdellah University, Fez, Morocco
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- General Surgery, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, Turkey
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- 0000 0004 0645 6578grid.411275.4General Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India
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- grid.414614.2General, Emergency Surgery, Infermi Hospital, Rimini, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Sant’Antonio Abate Hospital, Gallarate, Italy
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- 0000 0001 1216 0093grid.412700.0Department of Emergency Surgery and Trauma Centre, University Hospital, Kraków, Poland
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- 0000 0004 0571 7705grid.29524.38Abdominal surgery, UMC Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 0000 0001 1216 0093grid.412700.0Department of Endoscopic, Metabolic and Soft Tissue Tumors Surgery, The University Hospital in Krakow, Kraków, Poland
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- 0000 0001 0432 668Xgrid.459608.6General Surgery, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Dr. Juan I. Menchaca”, Guadalajara, Mexico
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- 0000 0004 0503 0903grid.411681.bSurgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College & Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra India
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- 0000 0004 0593 702Xgrid.134996.0Digestive Surgery, CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France
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- General Surgery, Hospital Municipal Dr. Jose de Carvalho Florence, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil
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- General Surgery, Hospital General Regional # 1 I.M.S.S, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- General Surgery, University Hospital St George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- 0000 0004 0399 9948grid.416281.8General Surgery, Russells Hall Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- grid.240988.fGeneral Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Surgery, Hospital & Oncological Centre Novy Jicin, Novy Jicin, Czech Republic
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- General Surgery, Clinical Hospital at Chelyabinsk Station OJSC “Russian Railways”, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation
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- 0000 0001 2162 9631grid.5522.0General Surgery and Polytrauma, University Hospital, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- 0000 0004 0376 6589grid.412563.7General Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- 0000 0004 0428 8304grid.412274.6Surgery Department #2, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- General Surgery, Trauma University Hospital, Tirana, Albania
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- Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy
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- 0000 0000 9100 9940grid.411798.21st Department of Surgery—Department of Abdominal Thoracic Surgery and Traumatology, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- 0000 0001 0680 7823grid.14352.31General Surgery, Training and Research Hospital of Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
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- First Surgical Clinic, St. Spiridon University Hospital, Iasi, Romania
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- 0000 0004 0472 0283grid.411147.6Digestive and Endocrinal Surgery, University Hospital, Angers, France
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- 0000 0001 0663 9479grid.9679.1Department of Surgery, Medical School University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- First Surgical Clinic, St. Spiridon University Hospital, Iasi, Romania
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- 0000 0004 0620 0839grid.415641.3Department of General, Oncological, Metabolic and Thoracic Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- 0000 0001 0691 9040grid.411105.0Department of General Surgery, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- grid.417036.7Department of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- 0000 0004 0575 8750grid.48349.32Department of Surgery, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- 0000 0004 0593 702Xgrid.134996.0Digestive Surgery, CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France
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- grid.469958.fEmergency Surgery, Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt
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Sartelli M, Kluger Y, Ansaloni L, Carlet J, Brink A, Hardcastle TC, Khanna A, Chicom-Mefire A, Rodríguez-Baño J, Nathwani D, Mendelson M, Watkins RR, Pulcini C, Beović B, May AK, Itani KMF, Mazuski JE, Fry DE, Coccolini F, Raşa K, Montravers P, Eckmann C, Abbo LM, Abubakar S, Abu-Zidan FM, Adesunkanmi AK, Al-Hasan MN, Althani AA, Ticas JEA, Ansari S, Ansumana R, da Silva ARA, Augustin G, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Baraket O, Bassett,i M, Bellanova G, Beltran MA, Ben-Ishay O, Biffl WL, Boermeester MA, Brecher SM, Bueno J, Cainzos MA, Cairns K, Camacho-Ortiz A, Ceresoli M, Chandy SJ, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Cirocchi R, Colak E, Corcione A, Cornely OA, Cortese F, Cui Y, Curcio D, Damaskos D, Daş K, Delibegovic S, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, de Souza HP, De Waele J, Dhingra S, Diaz JJ, Di Carlo I, Di Marzo F, Di Saverio S, Dogjani A, Dorj G, Dortet L, Duane TM, Dupont H, Egiev VN, Eid HO, Elmangory M, Marei HES, Enani MA, Escandón-Vargas K, Faro Junior MP, Ferrada P, Foghetti D, Foianini E, Fraga GP, Frattima S, Gandhi C, Gattuso G, Giamarellou E, Ghnnam W, Gkiokas G, Girardis M, Goff DA, Gomes CA, Gomi H, Gronerth RIG, Guirao X, Guzman-Blanco M, Haque M, Hecker A, Hell M, Herzog T, Hicks L, Kafka-Ritsch R, Kao LS, Kanj SS, Kaplan LJ, Kapoor G, Karamarkovic A, Kashuk J, Kenig J, Khamis F, Khokha V, Kiguba R, Kirkpatrick AW, Kørner H, Koike K, Kok KYY, Kon K, Kong V, Inaba K, Ioannidis O, Isik A, Iskandar K, Labbate M, Labricciosa FM, Lagrou K, Lagunes L, Latifi R, Lasithiotakis K, Laxminarayan R, Lee JG, Leone M, Leppäniemi A, Li Y, Liang SY, Liau KH, Litvin A, Loho T, Lowman W, Machain GM, Maier RV, Manzano-Nunez R, Marinis A, Marmorale C, Martin-Loeches I, Marwah S, Maseda E, McFarlane M, de Melo RB, Melotti MR, Memish Z, Mertz D, Mesina C, Menichetti F, Mishra SK, Montori G, Moore EE, Moore FA, Naidoo N, Napolitano L, Negoi I, Nicolau DP, Nikolopoulos I, Nord CE, Ofori-Asenso R, Olaoye I, Omari AH, Ordoñez CA, Ouadii M, Ouedraogo AS, Pagani L, Paiva JA, Parreira JG, Pata F, Pereira J, Pereira NR, Petrosillo N, Picetti E, Pintar T, Ponce-de-Leon A, Popovski Z, Poulakou G, Preller J, Guerrero AP, Pupelis G, Quiodettis M, Rawson TM, Reichert M, Reinhart K, Rems M, Rello J, Rizoli S, Roberts J, Rubio-Perez I, Ruppé E, Sakakushev B, Sall I, Kafil HS, Sanders J, Sato N, Sawyer RG, Scalea T, Scibé R, Scudeller L, Lohse HS, Sganga G, Shafiq N, Shah JN, Spigaglia P, Suroowan S, Tsioutis C, Sifri CD, Siribumrungwong B, Sugrue M, Talving P, Tan BK, Tarasconi A, Tascini C, Tilsed J, Timsit JF, Tumbarello M, Trung NT, Ulrych J, Uranues S, Velmahos G, Vereczkei AG, Viale P, Estape JV, Viscoli C, Wagenlehner F, Wright BJ, Xiao Y, Yuan KC, Zachariah SK, Zahar JR, Mergulhão P, Catena F. A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2017; 18:846-853. [PMID: 29173054 DOI: 10.1089/sur.2017.219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This declaration, signed by an interdisciplinary task force of 234 experts from 83 different countries with different backgrounds, highlights the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance and the need for appropriate use of antibiotic agents and antifungal agents in hospitals worldwide especially focusing on surgical infections. As such, it is our intent to raise awareness among healthcare workers and improve antimicrobial prescribing. To facilitate its dissemination, the declaration was translated in different languages.
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Ahl R, Thelin EP, Sjölin G, Bellander BM, Riddez L, Talving P, Mohseni S. β-Blocker after severe traumatic brain injury is associated with better long-term functional outcome: a matched case control study. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2017; 43:783-789. [PMID: 28275834 PMCID: PMC5707226 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-017-0779-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the predominant cause of death and disability following trauma. Several studies have observed improved survival in TBI patients exposed to β-blockers, however, the effect on functional outcome is poorly documented. METHODS Adult patients with severe TBI (head AIS ≥ 3) were identified from a prospectively collected TBI database over a 5-year period. Patients with neurosurgical ICU length of stay <48 h and those dying within 48 h of admission were excluded. Patients exposed to β-blockers ≤ 48 h after admission and who continued with treatment until discharge constituted β-blocked cases and were matched to non β-blocked controls using propensity score matching. The outcome of interest was Glasgow Outcome Scores (GOS), as a measure of functional outcome up to 12 months after injury. GOS ≤ 3 was considered a poor outcome. Bivariate analysis was deployed to determine differences between groups. Odds ratio and 95% CI were used to assess the effect of β-blockers on GOS. RESULTS 362 patients met the inclusion criteria with 21% receiving β-blockers during admission. After propensity matching, 76 matched pairs were available for analysis. There were no statistical differences in any variables included in the analysis. Mean hospital length of stay was shorter in the β-blocked cases (18.0 vs. 26.8 days, p < 0.01). The risk of poor long-term functional outcome was more than doubled in non-β-blocked controls (OR 2.44, 95% CI 1.01-6.03, p = 0.03). CONCLUSION Exposure to β-blockers in patients with severe TBI appears to improve functional outcome. Further prospective randomized trials are warranted.
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- R. Ahl
- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
- School of Medical Sciences, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, 701 85 Orebro, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Puusepa 8, Tartu, 50406 Estonia
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- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, 701 85 Orebro, Sweden
- School of Medical Sciences, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden
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Talving P, Chouliaras K, Eastman A, Lauerman M, Teixeira PG, DuBose J, Minei J, Scalea T, Demetriades D. Discontinuity of the Bowel Following Damage Control Operation Revisited: A Multi-institutional Study. World J Surg 2017; 41:146-151. [PMID: 27541027 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-016-3685-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Discontinuity of the bowel following intestinal injury and resection is a common practice in damage control procedures for severe abdominal trauma. However, there are concerns that complete occlusion of the bowel, especially in the presence of hypotension or edema that may result in ischemic bowel changes or increase bacterial or toxin translocation. METHODS This was a retrospective study from three Level-1 trauma centers. Included were trauma patients who required bowel resection and damage control. The study population was stratified into two groups based on the management for bowel injury: bowel discontinuity versus primary anastomosis. Outcomes included anastomotic leak, organ space infection, bowel ischemia, and mortality. RESULTS A total of 167 cases were included. In 84 cases, continuity of the bowel was established, and in 83, the bowel was left in discontinuity. The epidemiological, admission, and intraoperative physiological characteristics, the abdominal Abbreviated Injury Scale, type of intra-abdominal injury, and transfusion requirements were similar in the two study groups. The mortality was 8.3 % in the continuity group and 16.9 % for the discontinuity group (p = 0.096). On the crude bivariate and adjusted regression analyses, there was a higher rate of bowel ischemia at the take-back operation in the discontinuity group (p = 0.003 for the crude and p = 0.034 for the adjusted). The organ space infection and anastomotic leak rate were not significantly different between the study groups. CONCLUSIONS Discontinuity of the bowel following damage control operation is associated with a higher risk of bowel ischemia than in patients with anastomosis. Further prospective observational and randomized studies are warranted. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III.
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- Peep Talving
- Division of Acute Care Surgery Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care), Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, IPT-C5L100, 2051 Marengo Str. 90033, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care), Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, IPT-C5L100, 2051 Marengo Str. 90033, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Burn/Trauma/Critical Care at UT Southwestern Medical Center, The Trauma Center at Parkland, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care), Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, IPT-C5L100, 2051 Marengo Str. 90033, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Burn/Trauma/Critical Care at UT Southwestern Medical Center, The Trauma Center at Parkland, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care), Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, IPT-C5L100, 2051 Marengo Str. 90033, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Introduction: Over the past three decades, there has been a recognised need for emergency surgery (ES). Studies of ES have demonstrated variation in patient outcomes depending on admission time or day. ES as a subspecialty is still under consideration in Europe despite being recognised as such in the US. This article reviews this need and addresses the issues required to develop ES as a separate surgical subspecialty in Europe. METHOD A survey on ES was developed by the Educational Committee of the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) and sent to all ESTES members with 102 responses received. Results: Of the responses, 93.1% had completed training. 75.3% of respondents report that ES should be a recognised subspecialty and 79% report that ES is capable of offering a rewarding career. 90% report that ES should have dedicated post-graduate training programme with 69.8% in agreement that dedicated emergency surgeons have improved outcomes following ES. CONCLUSION Developing ES as a subspecialty in Europe would improve patient outcomes and facilitate resource allocation. This advancement is, however, still in its infancy and its evolution would require overhaul of our current European system, training methods and understanding of the role of emergency surgeons in ES.
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Background: As physicians, Mobile smartphones, laptops and tablets are now an integral part of our day to day activities including personal communications as well as our routine clinical practice. Methods: A digital survey was designed to explore the usage of mobile smartphones and the associated apps among surgeons in Trauma and Emergency departments. It was sent to 850 members of the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery. Results: A total of 91 responses were received with 60.4% aged between 35 and 54 years. Only 24.1%of respondents found the available apps extremely useful in their practice, however 75.9% of participants agreed on not being able to identify a certain good application to rely on. CONCLUSION Despite the widespread use of smartphones among doctors of different grades and specialties, there is a preference shown towards the use of instant messenger apps and the use of the camera for clinical photos. The usefulness of current available apps appears to be limited due to the absence of a regulating body to check the validity of data and peer review the contents of apps leaving a huge responsibility on the individual doctor using the app to rely on its results.
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Strumwasser A, Speer AL, Inaba K, Branco BC, Upperman JS, Ford HR, Lam L, Talving P, Shulman I, Demetriades D. The impact of acute coagulopathy on mortality in pediatric trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2017; 81:312-8. [PMID: 27032006 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Traumatic coagulopathy (TC) occurs in 24% to 38% of adults and is associated with up to a six-fold increase in mortality. This study's purpose was to determine the incidence of pediatric TC and its impact on mortality. METHODS A retrospective review (2004-2009) of all trauma patients from our Level I trauma center was performed. Coagulopathy was defined as an international normalized ratio of 1.5 or higher or activated partial thromboplastin time of more than 36 seconds or platelets less than 100,000/mm. Clinical outcomes were compared between pediatric (younger than 16 years) and adult patients (≥16 years or older). RESULTS A total of 20,126 patients were identified (7.6% pediatric, 92.4% adult). Mean ± SD age was 8.7 ± 4.8 years for pediatric patients and 37.6 ± 16.7 years for adults. The incidence of admission coagulopathy was lower in children (5.8% vs. 8.4%; p < 0.001). Pediatric patients were less likely to develop coagulopathy (8.4% vs. 12.4%; p < 0.001) and developed coagulopathy later than adults (102.3 ± 123.2 hours vs. 59.2 ± 1,823.9 hours; p < 0.001). Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and non-TBI-related coagulopathy increased in stepwise fashion with age (up to 19.5% in elderly). Adult and pediatric TC was associated with increased mortality (pediatric: 14.4% vs. 0.5%; p = 0.02; adult: 18.3% vs. 1.8%; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Pediatric trauma patients are less likely to present with coagulopathy, are less likely to develop coagulopathy during their admission, and tend to develop coagulopathy later than adults. If they develop coagulopathy, however, mortality increases in a stepwise fashion with age and is associated with a two- to four-fold increased risk of death. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Epidemiologic study, level III.
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- Aaron Strumwasser
- From the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care (A.S., K.I., L.L., P.T., D.D.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Surgery (A.L.S., B.B.), Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Children's Hospital Los Angeles (J.S.U., H.R.F.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Pediatric Surgery (H.R.F.), Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Pathology, University of Southern California Medical Center and Blood Bank (I.S.), Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles County + USC Health Care Network (I.S.), Los Angeles, CA
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Saar S, Talving P, Laos J, Põdramägi T, Sokirjanski M, Lustenberger T, Lam L, Lepner U. Delay Between Onset of Symptoms and Surgery in Acute Appendicitis Increases Perioperative Morbidity: A Prospective Study. World J Surg 2017; 40:1308-14. [PMID: 26810991 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-016-3416-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite significant progress in surgery, controversy persists about timing of appendectomy. Objective of this prospective observational study was to determine associations between time interval from onset of symptoms in appendicitis to appendectomy and postoperative complications. METHODS After institutional review board approval, all adult consecutive patients subjected to emergency appendectomy between 1/9/2013 and 1/12/2014 were prospectively enrolled. Data collection included demographics, open vs. laparoscopic appendectomy, comprehensive complication index (CCI), and 30-day follow-up. To determine time-dependent associations between delay of surgery and complications all patients were stratified into subgroups based on 12-h time intervals from onset of abdominal pain to surgery. Primary outcome was complications per CCI in correlation to delay from symptoms to appendectomy. Secondary outcomes included duration of surgery, hospital length of stay (HLOS), and incidence of complication within 30-day follow-up. RESULTS A total of 266 patients with a mean age of 35.4 ± 14.8 years met inclusion criteria. Overall, 83.1 % of patients were subjected to laparoscopic appendectomy. Delay to surgery in 12-h increments showed stepwise-adjusted increase in complications per CCI (adj. P = 0.037). Also, delay to appendectomy increased significantly duration of surgery and HLOS, respectively (adj. P < 0.001 and adj. P < 0.001). Overall, 5.7 % of patients developed a surgical site infection after hospital discharge. CONCLUSION Extended time interval from the onset of initial symptoms to appendectomy is associated with increased complications per CCI, duration of surgery, and HLOS in acute appendicitis. Prompt appendectomy in acute appendicitis is warranted.
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- Sten Saar
- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia. .,Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Puusepa 1a, 50406, Tartu, Estonia. .,Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia.
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Puusepa 1a, 50406, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Puusepa 1a, 50406, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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Sartelli M, Labricciosa FM, Barbadoro P, Pagani L, Ansaloni L, Brink AJ, Carlet J, Khanna A, Chichom-Mefire A, Coccolini F, Di Saverio S, May AK, Viale P, Watkins RR, Scudeller L, Abbo LM, Abu-Zidan FM, Adesunkanmi AK, Al-Dahir S, Al-Hasan MN, Alis H, Alves C, Araujo da Silva AR, Augustin G, Bala M, Barie PS, Beltrán MA, Bhangu A, Bouchra B, Brecher SM, Caínzos MA, Camacho-Ortiz A, Catani M, Chandy SJ, Jusoh AC, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Chiara O, Colak E, Cornely OA, Cui Y, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, De Waele JJ, Dhingra S, Di Marzo F, Dogjani A, Dorj G, Dortet L, Duane TM, Elmangory MM, Enani MA, Ferrada P, Esteban Foianini J, Gachabayov M, Gandhi C, Ghnnam WM, Giamarellou H, Gkiokas G, Gomi H, Goranovic T, Griffiths EA, Guerra Gronerth RI, Haidamus Monteiro JC, Hardcastle TC, Hecker A, Hodonou AM, Ioannidis O, Isik A, Iskandar KA, Kafil HS, Kanj SS, Kaplan LJ, Kapoor G, Karamarkovic AR, Kenig J, Kerschaever I, Khamis F, Khokha V, Kiguba R, Kim HB, Ko WC, Koike K, Kozlovska I, Kumar A, Lagunes L, Latifi R, Lee JG, Lee YR, Leppäniemi A, Li Y, Liang SY, Lowman W, Machain GM, Maegele M, Major P, Malama S, Manzano-Nunez R, Marinis A, Martinez Casas I, Marwah S, Maseda E, McFarlane ME, Memish Z, Mertz D, Mesina C, Mishra SK, Moore EE, Munyika A, Mylonakis E, Napolitano L, Negoi I, Nestorovic MD, Nicolau DP, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Paiva JA, Pant ND, Parreira JG, Pędziwiatr M, Pereira BM, Ponce-de-Leon A, Poulakou G, Preller J, Pulcini C, Pupelis G, Quiodettis M, Rawson TM, Reis T, Rems M, Rizoli S, Roberts J, Pereira NR, Rodríguez-Baño J, Sakakushev B, Sanders J, Santos N, Sato N, Sawyer RG, Scarpelini S, Scoccia L, Shafiq N, Shelat V, Sifri CD, Siribumrungwong B, Søreide K, Soto R, de Souza HP, Talving P, Trung NT, Tessier JM, Tumbarello M, Ulrych J, Uranues S, Van Goor H, Vereczkei A, Wagenlehner F, Xiao Y, Yuan KC, Wechsler-Fördös A, Zahar JR, Zakrison TL, Zuckerbraun B, Zuidema WP, Catena F. The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship-results from an international cross-sectional survey. World J Emerg Surg 2017; 12:34. [PMID: 28775763 PMCID: PMC5540347 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-017-0145-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) have been promoted to optimize antimicrobial usage and patient outcomes, and to reduce the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms. However, the best strategies for an ASP are not definitively established and are likely to vary based on local culture, policy, and routine clinical practice, and probably limited resources in middle-income countries. The aim of this study is to evaluate structures and resources of antimicrobial stewardship teams (ASTs) in surgical departments from different regions of the world. METHODS A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted in 2016 on 173 physicians who participated in the AGORA (Antimicrobials: A Global Alliance for Optimizing their Rational Use in Intra-Abdominal Infections) project and on 658 international experts in the fields of ASPs, infection control, and infections in surgery. RESULTS The response rate was 19.4%. One hundred fifty-six (98.7%) participants stated their hospital had a multidisciplinary AST. The median number of physicians working inside the team was five [interquartile range 4-6]. An infectious disease specialist, a microbiologist and an infection control specialist were, respectively, present in 80.1, 76.3, and 67.9% of the ASTs. A surgeon was a component in 59.0% of cases and was significantly more likely to be present in university hospitals (89.5%, p < 0.05) compared to community teaching (83.3%) and community hospitals (66.7%). Protocols for pre-operative prophylaxis and for antimicrobial treatment of surgical infections were respectively implemented in 96.2 and 82.3% of the hospitals. The majority of the surgical departments implemented both persuasive and restrictive interventions (72.8%). The most common types of interventions in surgical departments were dissemination of educational materials (62.5%), expert approval (61.0%), audit and feedback (55.1%), educational outreach (53.7%), and compulsory order forms (51.5%). CONCLUSION The survey showed a heterogeneous organization of ASPs worldwide, demonstrating the necessity of a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach in the battle against antimicrobial resistance in surgical infections, and the importance of educational efforts towards this goal.
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- 0000 0001 1017 3210grid.7010.6Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Unit of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- 0000 0001 1017 3210grid.7010.6Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Unit of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Bolzano Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
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- 0000 0004 1757 8431grid.460094.fGeneral Surgery Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- 0000 0004 0634 9246grid.415666.6Department of Clinical microbiology, Ampath National Laboratory Services, Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 0000 0004 1937 1151grid.7836.aDivision of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape town, South Africa
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- World Alliance against Antibiotics Resistance, Rome, Italy
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- 0000 0001 0675 4725grid.239578.2Center for Critical Care, Anaesthesiology Institute and Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH USA
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- Department of Surgery and Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Regional Hospital, Limbe, Cameroon
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- 0000 0004 1759 7093grid.416290.8Department of Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- 0000 0004 1936 9916grid.412807.8Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee USA
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Sant’Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- 0000 0001 0675 4725grid.239578.2Division of Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH USA
- 0000 0004 0459 7529grid.261103.7Department of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH USA
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- 0000 0004 1760 3027grid.419425.fClinical Epidemiology Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- 0000 0004 1936 8606grid.26790.3aDivision of Infectious Diseases, Jackson Health System, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL USA
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- 0000 0001 2193 6666grid.43519.3aDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- 0000 0001 2183 9444grid.10824.3fDepartment of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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- 0000 0000 9679 3586grid.268355.fDivision of Clinical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA USA
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- 0000 0000 9075 106Xgrid.254567.7Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC USA
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- 0000 0004 0419 1043grid.414177.0General Surgery Department, Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Instanbul, Turkey
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- 0000 0000 9375 4688grid.414556.7Unit of Prevention and Infection Control, Center of Hospital Epidemiology, São João Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal
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- 0000 0004 0397 9648grid.412688.1Department of Surgery, University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- 0000 0001 2221 2926grid.17788.31Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- 000000041936877Xgrid.5386.8Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Hospital San Juan de Dios de La Serena, La Serena, Chile
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- 0000 0001 2177 007Xgrid.415490.dAcademic Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Microbiology National Reference Laboratory Cheikh Khalifa Ibn Zaid Hospital, Mohammed 6th University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco
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- 0000 0004 4657 1992grid.410370.1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, VA Boston HealthCare System, Boston, MA USA
- 0000 0004 0367 5222grid.475010.7Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
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- 0000 0000 8816 6945grid.411048.8Department of Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- 0000 0004 1760 058Xgrid.464574.0Hospital Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Dr Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Monterrey, Mexico
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- grid.417007.5Department of Emergency, Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- 0000 0004 1781 1790grid.448741.aDepartment of Pharmacology, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla, Kerala India
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- Department of General Surgery, Kuala Krai Hospital, Kuala Krai, Kelantan Malaysia
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- 0000000086837370grid.214458.eDivision of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Health Sciences University, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
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- 0000 0000 8580 3777grid.6190.eDepartment of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- 0000 0000 9792 1228grid.265021.2Department of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department General Surgery, Kipshidze Central University Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- 0000 0004 1795 3510grid.418062.9Department of Digestive Surgery, Cannes Hospital, Cannes, France
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- 0000 0004 0626 3303grid.410566.0Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.430529.9School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
- Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Uriah Butler Highway, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Trauma, Tirana, Albania
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- grid.444534.6School of Pharmacy and Biomedicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- 0000 0001 2171 2558grid.5842.bDepartment of Microbiology, Bicêtre Hospital, Paris-Sud University, La Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Surgery, John Peter Smith Health Network, Fort Worth, Texas USA
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- grid.414827.cSudan National Public Health Laboratory, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
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- 0000 0004 0593 1832grid.415277.2Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- 0000 0004 0458 8737grid.224260.0Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA USA
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Vladimir City Clinical Hospital of Emergency Medicine, Vladimir, Russia
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- Department of Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra India
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- 0000000103426662grid.10251.37Department of General Surgery, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- grid.414012.2Sixth Department of Internal Medicine, Hygeia General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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| | - Harumi Gomi
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- University Department for Tumours, Sestre Milosrrdnice UHC, Zagreb, Croatia
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- grid.440525.2Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Parakou, BP 123 Parakou, Benin
| | - Orestis Ioannidis
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| | - Arda Isik
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| | - Katia A. Iskandar
- Department of Pharmacy, Lebanese, International University, Beirut, Lebanon
| | - Hossein S. Kafil
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| | - Souha S. Kanj
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| | - Lewis J. Kaplan
- 0000 0004 1936 8972grid.25879.31Department of Surgery Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
| | - Garima Kapoor
- grid.415285.fDepartment of Microbiology, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India
| | - Aleksandar R. Karamarkovic
- 0000 0001 2166 9385grid.7149.bClinic for Emergency Surgery, Medical Faculty University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
| | - Jakub Kenig
- 0000 0001 2162 9631grid.5522.0Third Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
| | - Ivan Kerschaever
- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Regional Hospital of Tienen, Tienen, Belgium
| | - Faryal Khamis
- 0000 0004 1772 5665grid.416132.3Department of Internal Medicine, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman
| | - Vladimir Khokha
- Department of Emergency Surgery, City Hospital, Mozyr, Belarus
| | - Ronald Kiguba
- 0000 0004 0620 0548grid.11194.3cDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
| | - Hong B. Kim
- 0000 0004 0647 3378grid.412480.bDepartment of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
| | - Wen-Chien Ko
- 0000 0004 0639 0054grid.412040.3Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Kaoru Koike
- 0000 0004 0372 2033grid.258799.8Department of Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Iryna Kozlovska
- Department of Surgery n. 2, Higher educational institutions of Ukraine Bukovina State Medical University, Chernivtci City, Ukraine
| | - Anand Kumar
- 0000 0004 1936 9609grid.21613.37Section of Critical Care Medicine and Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology/Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada
| | - Leonel Lagunes
- 0000 0004 0633 6808grid.414410.4Hospital Central Dr Ignacio Morones Prieto, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
| | - Rifat Latifi
- 0000 0001 2168 186Xgrid.134563.6Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
| | - Jae G. Lee
- 0000 0004 0470 5454grid.15444.30Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
| | - Young R. Lee
- grid.449754.fTexas Tech University, Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Abilene, TX USA
| | - Ari Leppäniemi
- Abdominal Center, University Hospital Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Yousheng Li
- 0000 0001 2314 964Xgrid.41156.37Department of Surgery, Inling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China
| | - Stephen Y. Liang
- 0000 0001 2355 7002grid.4367.6Division of Infectious Diseases, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO USA
| | - Warren Lowman
- 0000 0004 1937 1135grid.11951.3dClinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - Gustavo M. Machain
- 0000 0001 2289 5077grid.412213.7Department of Surgery, Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Asuncion, Paraguay
| | - Marc Maegele
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| | - Piotr Major
- 0000 0001 2162 9631grid.5522.0Second Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
| | - Sydney Malama
- 0000 0000 8914 5257grid.12984.36Health Research Program, Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- grid.417374.2First Department of Surgery, Tzaneion General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
| | | | - Sanjay Marwah
- 0000 0004 1771 1642grid.412572.7Department of Surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India
| | - Emilio Maseda
- Servicio de Anestesia y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario La Paz Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - Michael E. McFarlane
- 0000 0004 0500 5353grid.412963.bDepartment of Surgery, Radiology, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
| | - Ziad Memish
- grid.415696.9Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Prince Mohamed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - Dominik Mertz
- 0000 0004 1936 8227grid.25073.33Departments of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
| | - Cristian Mesina
- Second Surgical Clinic, Emergency Hospital of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
| | - Shyam K. Mishra
- Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
| | - Ernest E. Moore
- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO USA
| | - Akutu Munyika
- Department of Surgery, Onandjokwe Hospital, Ondangwa, Namibia
| | - Eleftherios Mylonakis
- 0000 0004 1936 9094grid.40263.33Infectious Diseases Division, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI USA
| | - Lena Napolitano
- 0000000086837370grid.214458.eDepartment of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
| | - Ionut Negoi
- Department of Surgery, Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - Milica D. Nestorovic
- 0000 0004 0517 2741grid.418653.dClinic for General Surgery, Clinical Centre, Nis, Serbia
| | - David P. Nicolau
- Center of Anti-Infective Research and Development, Hartford, CT USA
| | - Abdelkarim H. Omari
- 0000 0004 0411 3985grid.460946.9Department of Surgery, King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, Jordan
| | - Carlos A. Ordonez
- 0000 0001 2295 7397grid.8271.cDepartment of Surgery and Critical Care, Universidad del Valle, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
| | - José-Artur Paiva
- 0000 0001 1503 7226grid.5808.5Intensive Care Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - Narayan D. Pant
- grid.461024.5Department of Microbiology, Grande International Hospital, Dhapasi, Kathmandu, Nepal
| | - Jose G. Parreira
- 0000 0004 0576 9812grid.419014.9Department of Surgery, Santa Casa de Sao Paulo School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - Michal Pędziwiatr
- 0000 0001 1216 0093grid.412700.0Department of General and Emergency Surgery, University Hospital Kraków, Kraków, Poland
| | - Bruno M. Pereira
- 0000 0001 0723 2494grid.411087.bDepartment of Surgery, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
| | - Alfredo Ponce-de-Leon
- 0000 0001 0698 4037grid.416850.eLaboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - Garyphallia Poulakou
- 0000 0004 0622 4662grid.411449.dFourth Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Unit, National and Kapodstrian University-Medical School, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens, Greece
| | - Jacobus Preller
- John Farman Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
| | - Céline Pulcini
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, University Hospital of Nancy, and EA 4360 APEMAC, Lorraine University, Nancy, France
| | - Guntars Pupelis
- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East University Hospital ‘Gailezers’, Riga, Latvia
| | - Martha Quiodettis
- 0000 0004 0465 2778grid.461067.2Department of Trauma, Hospital Santo Tomas, Panama, Panama
| | - Timothy M. Rawson
- 0000 0001 2113 8111grid.7445.2National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK
| | - Tarcisio Reis
- Emergency Post-operative Department, Otavio de Freitas Hospital and Hosvaldo Cruz Hospital, Recife, Brazil
| | - Miran Rems
- Department of General Surgery, Jesenice General Hospital, Jesenice, Slovenia
| | - Sandro Rizoli
- 0000 0001 2157 2938grid.17063.33Trauma and Acute Care Service, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
| | - Jason Roberts
- 0000 0000 9320 7537grid.1003.2Burns, Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland Australia
| | - Nuno Rocha Pereira
- 0000 0000 9375 4688grid.414556.7Unit of Prevention and Infection Control, Center of Hospital Epidemiology, São João Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal
| | - Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
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| | - Boris Sakakushev
- 0000 0001 0726 0380grid.35371.33General Surgery Department, Medical University, University Hospital St George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
| | | | | | - Norio Sato
- 0000 0001 1011 3808grid.255464.4Department of Aeromedical Services for Emergency and Trauma Care, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
| | - Robert G. Sawyer
- 0000 0004 1936 9932grid.412587.dDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA USA
| | - Sandro Scarpelini
- 0000 0004 1937 0722grid.11899.38Department of Surgery, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
| | | | - Nusrat Shafiq
- 0000 0004 1767 2903grid.415131.3Department of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
| | - Vishalkumar Shelat
- grid.240988.fDepartment of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Tan Tock Seng, Singapore
| | - Costi D. Sifri
- 0000 0004 1936 9932grid.412587.dOffice of Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention and Control, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA USA
| | - Boonying Siribumrungwong
- 0000 0004 1937 1127grid.412434.4Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
| | - Kjetil Søreide
- 0000 0004 0627 2891grid.412835.9Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
- 0000 0004 1936 7443grid.7914.bDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - Rodolfo Soto
- Department of Emergency Surgery and Critical Care, Centro Medico Imbanaco, Cali, Colombia
| | - Hamilton P. de Souza
- 0000 0001 2166 9094grid.412519.aDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - Peep Talving
- Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
| | - Ngo Tat Trung
- Department of Molecular Biology, Tran Hung Dao Hospital, No 1, Tran Hung Dao Street, Hai Ba Trung Dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
| | - Jeffrey M. Tessier
- Department of Infectious Diseases, John Peter Smith Health Network, Fort Worth, Texas USA
| | - Mario Tumbarello
- 0000 0001 0941 3192grid.8142.fInstitute of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
| | - Jan Ulrych
- 0000 0000 9100 9940grid.411798.2First Department of Surgery—Department of Abdominal, Thoracic Surgery and Traumatology, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Selman Uranues
- 0000 0000 8988 2476grid.11598.34Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
| | - Harry Van Goor
- 0000 0004 0444 9382grid.10417.33Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - Andras Vereczkei
- 0000 0001 0663 9479grid.9679.1Department of Surgery, Medical School University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
| | - Florian Wagenlehner
- 0000 0001 2165 8627grid.8664.cDepartment of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology, Medical Faculty of the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
| | - Yonghong Xiao
- 0000 0004 1759 700Xgrid.13402.34State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affilliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
| | - Kuo-Ching Yuan
- 0000 0004 1756 1461grid.454210.6Trauma and Emergency Surgery Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
| | - Agnes Wechsler-Fördös
- 0000 0004 0522 8258grid.413303.6Department of Antibiotics and Infection Control, Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Vienna, Austria
| | - Jean-Ralph Zahar
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| | - Tanya L. Zakrison
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| | - Fausto Catena
- Department of General Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
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Sartelli M, Weber DG, Ruppé E, Bassetti M, Wright BJ, Ansaloni L, Catena F, Coccolini F, Abu-Zidan FM, Coimbra R, Moore EE, Moore FA, Maier RV, De Waele JJ, Kirkpatrick AW, Griffiths EA, Eckmann C, Brink AJ, Mazuski JE, May AK, Sawyer RG, Mertz D, Montravers P, Kumar A, Roberts JA, Vincent JL, Watkins RR, Lowman W, Spellberg B, Abbott IJ, Adesunkanmi AK, Al-Dahir S, Al-Hasan MN, Agresta F, Althani AA, Ansari S, Ansumana R, Augustin G, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Baraket O, Bhangu A, Beltrán MA, Bernhard M, Biffl WL, Boermeester MA, Brecher SM, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Buyne OR, Cainzos MA, Cairns KA, Camacho-Ortiz A, Chandy SJ, Che Jusoh A, Chichom-Mefire A, Colijn C, Corcione F, Cui Y, Curcio D, Delibegovic S, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, Dhingra S, Diaz JJ, Di Carlo I, Dillip A, Di Saverio S, Doyle MP, Dorj G, Dogjani A, Dupont H, Eachempati SR, Enani MA, Egiev VN, Elmangory MM, Ferrada P, Fitchett JR, Fraga GP, Guessennd N, Giamarellou H, Ghnnam W, Gkiokas G, Goldberg SR, Gomes CA, Gomi H, Guzmán-Blanco M, Haque M, Hansen S, Hecker A, Heizmann WR, Herzog T, Hodonou AM, Hong SK, Kafka-Ritsch R, Kaplan LJ, Kapoor G, Karamarkovic A, Kees MG, Kenig J, Kiguba R, Kim PK, Kluger Y, Khokha V, Koike K, Kok KY, Kong V, Knox MC, Inaba K, Isik A, Iskandar K, Ivatury RR, Labbate M, Labricciosa FM, Laterre PF, Latifi R, Lee JG, Lee YR, Leone M, Leppaniemi A, Li Y, Liang SY, Loho T, Maegele M, Malama S, Marei HE, Martin-Loeches I, Marwah S, Massele A, McFarlane M, Melo RB, Negoi I, Nicolau DP, Nord CE, Ofori-Asenso R, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Ouadii M, Pereira Júnior GA, Piazza D, Pupelis G, Rawson TM, Rems M, Rizoli S, Rocha C, Sakakushev B, Sanchez-Garcia M, Sato N, Segovia Lohse HA, Sganga G, Siribumrungwong B, Shelat VG, Soreide K, Soto R, Talving P, Tilsed JV, Timsit JF, Trueba G, Trung NT, Ulrych J, van Goor H, Vereczkei A, Vohra RS, Wani I, Uhl W, Xiao Y, Yuan KC, Zachariah SK, Zahar JR, Zakrison TL, Corcione A, Melotti RM, Viscoli C, Viale P. Erratum to: Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA). World J Emerg Surg 2017; 12:35. [PMID: 28785301 PMCID: PMC5541698 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-017-0147-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Affiliation(s)
- M. Sartelli
- Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Via Santa Lucia 2, 62100 Macerata, Italy
| | - D. G. Weber
- 0000 0004 0453 3875grid.416195.eDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
| | - E. Ruppé
- 0000 0001 0721 9812grid.150338.cGenomic Research Laboratory, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M. Bassetti
- grid.411492.bInfectious Diseases Division, Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
| | - B. J. Wright
- 0000 0001 2216 9681grid.36425.36Department of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY USA
| | - L. Ansaloni
- 0000 0004 1757 8431grid.460094.fGeneral Surgery Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
| | - F. Catena
- Department of General, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
| | - F. Coccolini
- grid.414614.2Department of Surgery, “Infermi” Hospital, Rimini, Italy
| | - F. M. Abu-Zidan
- 0000 0001 2193 6666grid.43519.3aDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
| | - R. Coimbra
- 0000 0001 2107 4242grid.266100.3Department of Surgery, UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, USA
| | - E. E. Moore
- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO USA
| | - F. A. Moore
- 0000 0004 1936 8091grid.15276.37Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, and Center for Sepsis and Critical Illness Research, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL USA
| | - R. V. Maier
- 0000000122986657grid.34477.33Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
| | - J. J. De Waele
- 0000 0004 0626 3303grid.410566.0Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
| | - A. W. Kirkpatrick
- 0000 0004 0469 2139grid.414959.4General, Acute Care, and Trauma Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB Canada
| | - E. A. Griffiths
- 0000 0001 2177 007Xgrid.415490.dGeneral and Upper GI Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
| | - C. Eckmann
- Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum Peine, Academic Hospital of Medical University Hannover, Peine, Germany
| | - A. J. Brink
- 0000 0004 0634 9246grid.415666.6Department of Clinical microbiology, Ampath National Laboratory Services, Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - J. E. Mazuski
- 0000 0001 2355 7002grid.4367.6Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO USA
| | - A. K. May
- 0000 0004 1936 9916grid.412807.8Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
| | - R. G. Sawyer
- 0000 0004 1936 9932grid.412587.dDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA USA
| | - D. Mertz
- 0000 0004 1936 8227grid.25073.33Departments of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
| | - P. Montravers
- 0000 0001 2217 0017grid.7452.4Département d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU Bichat Claude-Bernard-HUPNVS, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University Denis Diderot, Paris, France
| | - A. Kumar
- 0000 0004 1936 9609grid.21613.37Section of Critical Care Medicine and Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology/Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada
| | - J. A. Roberts
- 0000 0000 9320 7537grid.1003.2Australia Pharmacy Department, Royal Brisbane and Womens’ Hospital, Burns, Trauma, and Critical Care Research Centre, Australia School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, QLD, Brisbane, Australia
| | - J. L. Vincent
- 0000 0001 2348 0746grid.4989.cDepartment of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
| | - R. R. Watkins
- 0000 0004 0459 7529grid.261103.7Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Akron General Medical Center, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Akron, OH USA
| | - W. Lowman
- 0000 0004 1937 1135grid.11951.3dClinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - B. Spellberg
- 0000 0001 2156 6853grid.42505.36Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA USA
| | - I. J. Abbott
- 0000 0004 0432 511Xgrid.1623.6Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC Australia
| | - A. K. Adesunkanmi
- 0000 0001 2183 9444grid.10824.3fDepartment of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
| | - S. Al-Dahir
- 0000 0000 9679 3586grid.268355.fDivision of Clinical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA USA
| | - M. N. Al-Hasan
- 0000 0000 9075 106Xgrid.254567.7Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC USA
| | - F. Agresta
- General Surgery, ULSS19 del Veneto, Adria Hospital, Adria, RO Italy
| | - A. A. Althani
- 0000 0004 0634 1084grid.412603.2Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
| | - S. Ansari
- 0000 0001 0665 3553grid.412334.3Department of Microbiology, Chitwan Medical College, and Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
| | - R. Ansumana
- 0000 0001 0721 6195grid.469452.8Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, and Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone
| | - G. Augustin
- 0000 0004 0397 9648grid.412688.1Department of Surgery, University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - M. Bala
- 0000 0001 2221 2926grid.17788.31Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
| | - Z. J. Balogh
- 0000 0004 0577 6676grid.414724.0Department of Traumatology, John Hunter Hospital and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW Australia
| | - O. Baraket
- Department of Surgery, Bizerte Hospital, Bizerte, Tunisia
| | - A. Bhangu
- 0000 0001 2177 007Xgrid.415490.dAcademic Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
| | - M. A. Beltrán
- Department of General Surgery, Hospital San Juan de Dios de La Serena, La Serena, Chile
| | - M. Bernhard
- 0000 0001 2230 9752grid.9647.cEmergency Department, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
| | - W. L. Biffl
- 0000000107903411grid.241116.1Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
| | - M. A. Boermeester
- 0000000404654431grid.5650.6Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - S. M. Brecher
- 0000 0004 0367 5222grid.475010.7Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, VA Boston HealthCare System, and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
| | - J. R. Cherry-Bukowiec
- 0000000086837370grid.214458.eDivision of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
| | - O. R. Buyne
- 0000 0004 0444 9382grid.10417.33Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - M. A. Cainzos
- 0000 0000 8816 6945grid.411048.8Department of Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - K. A Cairns
- 0000 0004 0432 5259grid.267362.4Pharmacy Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC Australia
| | - A. Camacho-Ortiz
- 0000 0004 1760 058Xgrid.464574.0Hospital Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Dr Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Monterrey, Mexico
| | - S. J. Chandy
- 0000 0004 1781 1790grid.448741.aDepartment of Pharmacology, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla, Kerala India
| | - A. Che Jusoh
- Department of General Surgery, Kuala Krai Hospital, Kuala Krai, Kelantan Malaysia
| | - A. Chichom-Mefire
- Department of Surgery and Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Regional Hospital, Limbe, Cameroon
| | - C. Colijn
- 0000 0001 2113 8111grid.7445.2Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - F. Corcione
- 0000 0004 1755 4122grid.416052.4Department of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Colli-Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- 0000 0000 9792 1228grid.265021.2Department of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Infectología Institucional SRL, Hospital Municipal Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- 0000 0001 0682 9061grid.412410.2Department of Surgery, University Clinical Center of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department General Surgery, Kipshidze Central University Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Surgery, Quatre Villes Hospital, St Cloud, France
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- grid.430529.9School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Uriah Butler Highway, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Program in Trauma, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD USA
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- 0000 0004 1757 1969grid.8158.4Department of Surgical Sciences, Cannizzaro Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- 0000 0000 9144 642Xgrid.414543.3Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- 0000 0004 1759 7093grid.416290.8Department of Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- 0000 0004 1936 738Xgrid.213876.9Center for Food Safety, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA USA
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- grid.444534.6School of Pharmacy and Biomedicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Trauma, Tirana, Albania
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- 0000 0001 0789 1385grid.11162.35Département d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU Amiens-Picardie, and INSERM U1088, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Burn, Critical Care, and Trauma Surgery (K.P.S., S.R.E.), Weill Cornell Medical College/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA
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- 0000 0004 0593 1832grid.415277.2Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- 0000 0000 9559 0613grid.78028.35Department of Surgery, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- grid.414827.cSudan National Public Health Laboratory, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
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- 0000 0004 0458 8737grid.224260.0Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA USA
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- 000000041936754Xgrid.38142.3cDepartment of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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- 0000 0001 0723 2494grid.411087.bDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP Brazil
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- grid.414012.26th Department of Internal Medicine, Hygeia General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 0000000103426662grid.10251.37Department of General Surgery, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- 0000 0001 2155 0800grid.5216.02nd Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 0000 0004 0458 8737grid.224260.0Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA USA
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitário Terezinha de Jesus, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- 0000 0001 2369 4728grid.20515.33Center for Global Health, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, University of Tsukuba, Mito, Ibaraki Japan
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- Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Caracas and Hospital Vargas de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- grid.449287.4Unit of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Defense Health, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- 0000 0001 2218 4662grid.6363.0Institute of Hygiene, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- 0000 0000 8584 9230grid.411067.5Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- 0000 0004 0490 981Xgrid.5570.7Department of Surgery, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- grid.440525.2Department of Surgery, Faculté de médecine, Université de Parakou, BP 123, Parakou, Bénin
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- 0000 0004 0533 4667grid.267370.7Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- 0000 0000 8853 2677grid.5361.1Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- 0000 0004 1936 8972grid.25879.31Department of Surgery Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- grid.415285.fDepartment of Microbiology, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India
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- 0000 0001 2166 9385grid.7149.bClinic for Emergency Surgery, Medical Faculty University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- 0000 0001 2218 4662grid.6363.0Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2162 9631grid.5522.03rd Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- 0000 0004 0620 0548grid.11194.3cDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- 0000 0001 2152 0791grid.240283.fDepartment of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY USA
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- 0000 0000 9950 8111grid.413731.3Department of General Surgery, Division of Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, City Hospital, Mozyr, Belarus
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- 0000 0004 0372 2033grid.258799.8Department of Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, The Brunei Cancer Centre, Jerudong Park, Brunei
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- 0000 0004 0576 7753grid.414386.cDepartment of Surgery, Edendale Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- 0000 0004 1936 834Xgrid.1013.3School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW Australia
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- 0000 0001 2156 6853grid.42505.36Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- 0000 0001 1498 7262grid.412176.7Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan, Turkey
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- 0000 0004 0417 6142grid.444421.3Department of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- 0000 0004 0458 8737grid.224260.0Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA USA
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- 0000 0004 1936 7611grid.117476.2School of Life Science and The ithree Institute, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Unit of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, UNIVMP, Ancona, Italy
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- 0000 0001 2294 713Xgrid.7942.8Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium
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- 0000 0001 2168 186Xgrid.134563.6Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
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- 0000 0004 0470 5454grid.15444.30Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- grid.449762.aTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Abilene, TX USA
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- 0000 0001 2176 4817grid.5399.6Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Hôpital Nord, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Abdominal Center, University Hospital Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland
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- 0000 0001 2314 964Xgrid.41156.37Department of Surgery, Inling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- 0000 0001 2355 7002grid.4367.6Division of Infectious Diseases, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO USA
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- 0000000120191471grid.9581.5Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- 0000 0000 9024 6397grid.412581.bDepartment for Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery, Cologne Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), University of Witten/Herdecke (UW/H), Cologne, Germany
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- 0000 0000 8914 5257grid.12984.36Health Research Program, Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- 0000 0004 0634 1084grid.412603.2Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Research Organization (MICRO), Wellcome Trust-HRB Clinical Research, Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James’ University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- 0000 0004 1771 1642grid.412572.7Department of Surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India
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- 0000 0004 0635 5486grid.7621.2Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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- 0000 0004 0500 5353grid.412963.bDepartment of Surgery, Radiology, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- 0000 0000 9375 4688grid.414556.7General Surgery Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Surgery, Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Center of Anti-Infective Research and Development, Hartford, CT USA
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- 0000 0000 9241 5705grid.24381.3cDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 0000 0004 0411 3985grid.460946.9Department of Surgery, King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, Jordan
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- 0000 0001 2295 7397grid.8271.cDepartment of Surgery and Critical Care, Universidad del Valle, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Surgery, Hassan II University Hospital, Medical School of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Benabdellah University, Fez, Morocco
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- Division of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Division of Surgery, Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East University Hospital ‘Gailezers’, Riga, Latvia
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- 0000 0001 2113 8111grid.7445.2National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK
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- Department of General Surgery, Jesenice General Hospital, Jesenice, Slovenia
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- 0000 0001 2157 2938grid.17063.33Trauma and Acute Care Service, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit N° 6, Callao, Peru
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- General Surgery Department, Medical University, University Hospital St George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- 0000 0001 0671 5785grid.411068.aIntensive Care Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- 0000 0004 0372 2033grid.258799.8Department of Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- 0000 0001 2289 5077grid.412213.7II Cátedra de Clínica Quirúrgica, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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- 0000 0004 1760 4193grid.411075.6Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Policlinico A Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- 0000 0004 1937 1127grid.412434.4Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- grid.240988.fDepartment of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, Singapore
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- 0000 0004 1936 7443grid.7914.bDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Emergency Surgery and Critical Care, Centro Medico Imbanaco, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- grid.417700.5Surgery Health Care Group, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- 0000 0000 8588 831Xgrid.411119.dAPHP medical and infectious diseases ICU, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France
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- 0000 0000 9008 4711grid.412251.1Institute of Microbiology, Biological and Environmental Sciences College, University San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Tran Hung Dao Hospital, No 1, Tran Hung Dao Street, Hai Ba Trung Dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- 0000 0000 9100 9940grid.411798.21st Department of Surgery - Department of Abdominal, Thoracic Surgery and Traumatology, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- 0000 0004 0444 9382grid.10417.33Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- 0000 0001 0663 9479grid.9679.1Department of Surgery, Medical School University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- 0000 0001 0440 1889grid.240404.6Nottingham Oesophago-Gastric Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
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- 0000 0001 0174 2901grid.414739.cDepartment of Surgery, Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India
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- 0000 0004 0490 981Xgrid.5570.7Department of Surgery, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- 0000 0004 1759 700Xgrid.13402.34State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affilliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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- 0000 0004 1756 1461grid.454210.6Trauma and Emergency Surgery Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, MOSC Medical College Kolenchery, Cochin, India
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- Infection Control Unit, Angers University, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France
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- 0000 0004 1936 8606grid.26790.3aDivision of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgry, University of Miami, Miami, FL USA
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- 0000 0004 1755 4122grid.416052.4Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, AORN dei Colli Vincenzo Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- grid.412311.4Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Sant’Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- 0000 0001 2151 3065grid.5606.5Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Genoa (DISSAL) and IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- 0000 0004 1757 1758grid.6292.fInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Sant’ Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Saar S, Sokirjanski M, Junkin LK, Laos J, Laar AL, Merioja I, Lepner U, Kukk L, Remmelgas A, Asser T, Innos K, Starkopf J, Talving P. Evolution of severe trauma in Estonia comparing early versus established independence of the state. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2016; 43:791-796. [PMID: 27738725 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-016-0731-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE Trauma mechanisms and patterns of severe injuries during the Estonian independence have not been evaluated. The aim of the study was to compare the incidence and outcomes of severe injuries between time periods of early independence from the Soviet Union and the present time. METHODS After the ethics review board approval, all adult trauma admissions to major trauma facilities in 1993-1994 and 2013-2014 with Injury Severity Score >15 were identified. Data collection included demographics, injury severity variables, interventions, and in-hospital outcomes. Primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Secondary outcomes included incidence of penetrating trauma, hospital length of stay (HLOS), and in-hospital complications. Primary outcome difference comparing the two time segments was determined using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS A total of 1064 patients were included, 593 and 471 from 1993-1994 to 2013-2014, respectively. Incidence of penetrating trauma during 1993-1994 was 11.1 % and in 2013-2014 at 6.4 % (p = 0.007). Gunshot injuries constituted 62.1 and 23.3 % of all penetrating trauma in 1993-1994 and 2013-2014, respectively (p < 0.001). The overall mean HLOS was 15.5 ± 19.8 days and did not differ between the periods. The rate of adjusted complications showed a trend for a decreased incidence (adj. p = 0.064). Adjusted mortality rate was 50.3 and 16.4 % during 1993-1994 and 2013-2014, respectively (adj. OR 7.01; 95 % CI 4.69-10.47; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Effective law enforcement, gun control, evolution of trauma system, and reduction of interpersonal violence have all contributed to a significant decrease in penetrating trauma incidence and all-cause adjusted mortality during the 20 years of Estonian independence.
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- S Saar
- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, J. Sütiste tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, J. Sütiste tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, J. Sütiste tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Neurosurgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia. .,Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, J. Sütiste tee 19, 13419, Tallinn, Estonia. .,Department of Surgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
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Talving P, Ilmoja ML, Taal G, Isand KG, Teppo S, Noor EH, Kruusat R, Remmelgas A, Saar S. Blunt cardiac rupture in a toddler. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Mohseni S, Bellander BM, Riddez L, Talving P, Thelin EP. Positive blood alcohol level in severe traumatic brain injury is associated with better long-term functional outcome. Brain Inj 2016; 30:1256-60. [DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2016.1183823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Talving P, Rauk M, Vipp L, Isand KG, Šamarin A, Põder K, Rätsep I, Saar S. Necrosis of the tail of pancreas following proximal splenic artery embolization. J Surg Case Rep 2016; 2016:rjw087. [PMID: 27177891 PMCID: PMC4866485 DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjw087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The current case report presents a rare complication of a significant pancreatic tail necrosis following proximal splenic artery embolization in a 32-year-old male patient involved in a motorcycle accident. Proximal angiographic embolization of the splenic injury after trauma is a widely accepted method with excellent success rate; however, possible complications may occur and has been described in the literature. Nevertheless, only a few case reports pertinent to clinically significant pancreatic tail necrosis after the SAE has been reported. Thus, we add a case report to the scarce literature pertinent to this detrimental and rare complication.
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- Peep Talving
- Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Radiology, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Radiology, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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Sartelli M, Weber DG, Ruppé E, Bassetti M, Wright BJ, Ansaloni L, Catena F, Coccolini F, Abu-Zidan FM, Coimbra R, Moore EE, Moore FA, Maier RV, De Waele JJ, Kirkpatrick AW, Griffiths EA, Eckmann C, Brink AJ, Mazuski JE, May AK, Sawyer RG, Mertz D, Montravers P, Kumar A, Roberts JA, Vincent JL, Watkins RR, Lowman W, Spellberg B, Abbott IJ, Adesunkanmi AK, Al-Dahir S, Al-Hasan MN, Agresta F, Althani AA, Ansari S, Ansumana R, Augustin G, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Baraket O, Bhangu A, Beltrán MA, Bernhard M, Biffl WL, Boermeester MA, Brecher SM, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Buyne OR, Cainzos MA, Cairns KA, Camacho-Ortiz A, Chandy SJ, Che Jusoh A, Chichom-Mefire A, Colijn C, Corcione F, Cui Y, Curcio D, Delibegovic S, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, Dhingra S, Diaz JJ, Di Carlo I, Dillip A, Di Saverio S, Doyle MP, Dorj G, Dogjani A, Dupont H, Eachempati SR, Enani MA, Egiev VN, Elmangory MM, Ferrada P, Fitchett JR, Fraga GP, Guessennd N, Giamarellou H, Ghnnam W, Gkiokas G, Goldberg SR, Gomes CA, Gomi H, Guzmán-Blanco M, Haque M, Hansen S, Hecker A, Heizmann WR, Herzog T, Hodonou AM, Hong SK, Kafka-Ritsch R, Kaplan LJ, Kapoor G, Karamarkovic A, Kees MG, Kenig J, Kiguba R, Kim PK, Kluger Y, Khokha V, Koike K, Kok KYY, Kong V, Knox MC, Inaba K, Isik A, Iskandar K, Ivatury RR, Labbate M, Labricciosa FM, Laterre PF, Latifi R, Lee JG, Lee YR, Leone M, Leppaniemi A, Li Y, Liang SY, Loho T, Maegele M, Malama S, Marei HE, Martin-Loeches I, Marwah S, Massele A, McFarlane M, Melo RB, Negoi I, Nicolau DP, Nord CE, Ofori-Asenso R, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Ouadii M, Pereira Júnior GA, Piazza D, Pupelis G, Rawson TM, Rems M, Rizoli S, Rocha C, Sakakhushev B, Sanchez-Garcia M, Sato N, Segovia Lohse HA, Sganga G, Siribumrungwong B, Shelat VG, Soreide K, Soto R, Talving P, Tilsed JV, Timsit JF, Trueba G, Trung NT, Ulrych J, van Goor H, Vereczkei A, Vohra RS, Wani I, Uhl W, Xiao Y, Yuan KC, Zachariah SK, Zahar JR, Zakrison TL, Corcione A, Melotti RM, Viscoli C, Viale P. Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA). World J Emerg Surg 2016; 11:33. [PMID: 27429642 PMCID: PMC4946132 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-016-0089-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Intra-abdominal infections (IAI) are an important cause of morbidity and are frequently associated with poor prognosis, particularly in high-risk patients. The cornerstones in the management of complicated IAIs are timely effective source control with appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Empiric antimicrobial therapy is important in the management of intra-abdominal infections and must be broad enough to cover all likely organisms because inappropriate initial antimicrobial therapy is associated with poor patient outcomes and the development of bacterial resistance. The overuse of antimicrobials is widely accepted as a major driver of some emerging infections (such as C. difficile), the selection of resistant pathogens in individual patients, and for the continued development of antimicrobial resistance globally. The growing emergence of multi-drug resistant organisms and the limited development of new agents available to counteract them have caused an impending crisis with alarming implications, especially with regards to Gram-negative bacteria. An international task force from 79 different countries has joined this project by sharing a document on the rational use of antimicrobials for patients with IAIs. The project has been termed AGORA (Antimicrobials: A Global Alliance for Optimizing their Rational Use in Intra-Abdominal Infections). The authors hope that AGORA, involving many of the world's leading experts, can actively raise awareness in health workers and can improve prescribing behavior in treating IAIs.
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- Massimo Sartelli
- Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Via Santa Lucia 2, 62100 Macerata, Italy
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- Department of Trauma Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Genomic Research Laboratory, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Infectious Diseases Division, Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY USA
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- General Surgery Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of General, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Surgery, UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, and Center for Sepsis and Critical Illness Research, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- General, Acute Care, and Trauma Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB Canada
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- General and Upper GI Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum Peine, Academic Hospital of Medical University Hannover, Peine, Germany
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- Department of Clinical microbiology, Ampath National Laboratory Services, Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA USA
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- Departments of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
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- Département d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU Bichat Claude-Bernard-HUPNVS, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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- Section of Critical Care Medicine and Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology/Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada
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- Australia Pharmacy Department, Royal Brisbane and Womens’ Hospital; Burns, Trauma, and Critical Care Research Centre, Australia School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Akron General Medical Center, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Akron, OH USA
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC Australia
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- Division of Clinical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Chitwan Medical College, and Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
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- Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, and Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Traumatology, John Hunter Hospital and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW Australia
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- Academic Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of General Surgery, Hospital San Juan de Dios de La Serena, La Serena, Chile
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, VA Boston HealthCare System, and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Pharmacy Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC Australia
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- Hospital Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Dr Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla, Kerala India
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- Department of General Surgery, Kuala Krai Hospital, Kuala Krai, Kelantan Malaysia
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- Department of Surgery and Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Regional Hospital, Limbe, Cameroon
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- Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Colli-Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Infectología Institucional SRL, Hospital Municipal Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Surgery, University Clinical Center of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department General Surgery, Kipshidze Central University Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Uriah Butler Highway, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Program in Trauma, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Cannizzaro Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Center for Food Safety, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA USA
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Trauma, Tirana, Albania
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- Département d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU Amiens-Picardie, and INSERM U1088, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Burn, Critical Care, and Trauma Surgery (K.P.S., S.R.E.), Weill Cornell Medical College/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Surgery, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Sudan National Public Health Laboratory, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
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- Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA USA
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP Brazil
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- 6th Department of Internal Medicine, Hygeia General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of General Surgery, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- 2nd Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitário Terezinha de Jesus, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Center for Global Health, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, University of Tsukuba, Mito, Ibaraki Japan
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- Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Caracas and Hospital Vargas de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Unit of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Defense Health, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Hygiene, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Faculté de médecine, Université de Parakou, BP 123 Parakou, Bénin
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Surgery Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- 3rd Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Division of Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, City Hospital, Mozyr, Belarus
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- Department of Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, The Brunei Cancer Centre, Jerudong Park, Brunei
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- Department of Surgery, Edendale Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW Australia
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA USA
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- School of Life Science and The ithree Institute, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Unit of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, UNIVMP, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
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- Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Abilene, TX USA
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Hôpital Nord, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Abdominal Center, University Hospital Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Inling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department for Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery, Cologne Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), University of Witten/Herdecke (UW/H), Cologne, Germany
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- Health Research Program, Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Research Organization (MICRO), Wellcome Trust-HRB Clinical Research, Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James’ University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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- Department of Surgery, Radiology, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- General Surgery Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Surgery, Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Center of Anti-Infective Research and Development, Hartford, CT USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery and Critical Care, Universidad del Valle, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Surgery, Hassan II University Hospital, Medical School of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Benabdellah University, Fez, Morocco
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- Division of Surgery, Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East University Hospital ‘Gailezers’, Riga, Latvia
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- National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK
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- Department of General Surgery, Jesenice General Hospital, Jesenice, Slovenia
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- Trauma and Acute Care Service, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- General Surgery Department, Medical University, University Hospital St George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- II Cátedra de Clínica Quirúrgica, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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- Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Policlinico A Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Tan Tock Seng, Singapore
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Emergency Surgery and Critical Care, Centro Medico Imbanaco, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Surgery Health Care Group, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Institute of Microbiology, Biological and Environmental Sciences College, University San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Tran Hung Dao Hospital, No 1, Tran Hung Dao Street, Hai Ba Trung Dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- 1st Department of Surgery - Department of Abdominal, Thoracic Surgery and Traumatology, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Medical School University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Nottingham Oesophago-Gastric Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India
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- Department of Surgery, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affilliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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- Trauma and Emergency Surgery Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Infection Control Unit, Angers University, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgry, University of Miami, Miami, FL USA
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, AORN dei Colli Vincenzo Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Sant’Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Genoa (DISSAL) and IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Sant’ Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Rondi Gelbard
- Department of Surgery Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center Los Angeles, California
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Gelbard R, Inaba K, Cunningham A, Okoye O, Aksoy H, Skiada D, Lam L, Talving P, Demetriades D. The Effect of Statin Use on Outcomes after Trauma. Am Surg 2015; 81:E412-E414. [PMID: 26736146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Rondi Gelbard
- Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Bulger EM, Maier RV, Sperry J, Joshi M, Henry S, Moore FA, Moldawer LL, Demetriades D, Talving P, Schreiber M, Ham B, Cohen M, Opal S, Segalovich I, Maislin G, Kaempfer R, Shirvan A. A Novel Drug for Treatment of Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg 2015; 149:528-36. [PMID: 24740134 DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Necrotizing soft-tissue infections (NSTI) have high morbidity and mortality rates despite aggressive surgical debridement and antibiotic therapy. AB103 is a peptide mimetic of the T-lymphocyte receptor, CD28. We hypothesized that AB103 will limit inflammatory responses to bacterial toxins and decrease the incidence of organ failure. OBJECTIVES To establish the safety of AB103 in patients with NSTI and evaluate the potential effects on clinically meaningful parameters related to the disease. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study was performed in 6 academic medical centers in the United States. Participants included adults with NSTI. Of 345 patients screened, 43 were enrolled for the intent-to-treat analysis, and 40 met criteria for the modified intent-to-treat analysis; 15 patients each were included in the high-dose and low-dose treatment arms, and 10 in the placebo arm. INTERVENTION Single intravenous dose of AB103 (0.5 or 0.25 mg/kg) within 6 hours after diagnosis of NSTI. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Change in the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score within 28 days, intensive care unit-free and ventilator-free days, number and timing of debridements, plasma and tissue cytokine levels at 0 to 72 hours, and adverse events. RESULTS Baseline characteristics were comparable in the treatment groups. The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score improved from baseline in both treatment groups compared with the placebo group at 14 days (change from baseline score, -2.8 in the high-dose, -2 in the low-dose, and +1.3 in the placebo groups; P = .04). AB103-treated patients had a similar number of debridements (mean [SD], 2.2 [1.1] for the high-dose, 2.3 [1.2] for the low-dose, and 2.8 [2.1] for the placebo groups; P = .56). There were no statistically significant differences in intensive care unit-free and ventilator-free days or in plasma and tissue cytokine levels. No drug-related adverse events were detected. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE AB103 is a safe, promising new agent for modulation of inflammation after NSTI. Further study is warranted to establish efficacy. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01417780.
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- Eileen M Bulger
- Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery and Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore
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- Department of Surgery and Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore
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- Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Biomedical Statistical Consulting, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
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- Atox Bio Ltd, Ness Ziona, Israel11Department of Molecular Biology, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Thelin EP, Riddez L, Bellander BM, Talving P, Mohseni S. Positive Serum Ethanol in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury is Associated with Better Long-Term Functional Outcomes. J Am Coll Surg 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.07.223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Varga S, Smith J, Minneti M, Carey J, Zakaluzny S, Noguchi T, Demetriades D, Talving P. Central venous catheterization using a perfused human cadaveric model: application to surgical education. J Surg Educ 2015; 72:28-32. [PMID: 25129205 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Revised: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to present a unique training model using a perfused human cadaver for central line placement training with the ultimate goal of reducing central venous catheter mechanical complications. DESIGN The applicability of the fresh tissue cadaver model for central line placement was assessed using a 10-item questionnaire with a 5-point Likert-type scale. Respondents were asked to rate their opinions as strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, or strongly disagree. SETTING All participants received a didactic lecture followed by supervised practice on a commercially available simulator. The students were then relocated to the Fresh Tissue Dissection Laboratory where they practiced central vein catheterization on a fresh perfused human cadaver. PARTICIPANTS Course participants included 87 physicians from various medical specialties at different stages of training. RESULTS Results of the survey demonstrated that 91% of the participating physicians found the perfused cadaveric model to be a true simulation of conditions that exist in live patients, and 98% reported that the use of this model promoted acquisition of technical skills. CONCLUSION The integration of central line placement training on perfused cadavers into residency and fellowship training provides an unparalleled realistic simulation to participants. Further study is needed to assess whether realistic simulation translates into objective end points such as decreased mechanical complications.
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- Stephen Varga
- Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas.
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- Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center Fresh Tissue Dissection Laboratory, Los Angeles, California
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- Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center Fresh Tissue Dissection Laboratory, Los Angeles, California
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- Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center Fresh Tissue Dissection Laboratory, Los Angeles, California
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- Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center Fresh Tissue Dissection Laboratory, Los Angeles, California
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- Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center Fresh Tissue Dissection Laboratory, Los Angeles, California
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- Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center Fresh Tissue Dissection Laboratory, Los Angeles, California
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- Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center Fresh Tissue Dissection Laboratory, Los Angeles, California
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Tadlock MD, Chouliaras K, Kennedy M, Talving P, Okoye O, Aksoy H, Karamanos E, Zheng L, Grabo DJ, Rogers C, Noguchi T, Inaba K, Demetriades D. The origin of fatal pulmonary emboli: a postmortem analysis of 500 deaths from pulmonary embolism in trauma, surgical, and medical patients. Am J Surg 2014; 209:959-68. [PMID: 25669120 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 09/02/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The traditional theory that pulmonary emboli (PE) originate from the lower extremity has been challenged. METHODS All autopsies performed in Los Angeles County between 2002 and 2010 where PE was the cause of death were reviewed. RESULTS Of the 491 PE deaths identified, 36% were surgical and 64% medical. Venous dissection for clots was performed in 380 patients; the PE source was the lower extremity (70.8%), pelvic veins (4.2 %), and upper extremity (1.1%). No source was identified in 22.6% of patients. Body mass index (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 1.044, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.011 to 1.078, P = .009) and age (AOR 1.018, 95% CI 1.001 to 1.036, P = .042) were independent predictors for identifying a PE source. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AOR .173, 95% CI .046 to .646, P = .009) was predictive of not identifying a PE source. CONCLUSIONS Most medical and surgical patients with fatal PE had a lower extremity source found, but a significant number had no source identified. Age and body mass index were positively associated with PE source identification. However, a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was associated with no PE source identification.
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- Matthew D Tadlock
- Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Los Angeles County Forensic Medical Division, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Los Angeles County Forensic Medical Division, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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