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Campos-Serra A, Pérez-Díaz L, Rey-Valcárcel C, Montmany-Vioque S, Artiles-Armas M, Aparicio-Sánchez D, Tallón-Aguilar L, Gutiérrez-Andreu M, Bernal-Tirapo J, Garcia-Moreno Nisa F, Vera-Mansilla C, González-Conde R, Gómez-Viana L, Titos-García A, Aranda-Narvaez J. Results of the Spanish National Polytrauma Registry. Where are we and where are we heading? Cir Esp 2023; 101:609-616. [PMID: 36940810 DOI: 10.1016/j.cireng.2023.03.007] [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: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 03/22/2023]
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INTRODUCTION In 2017, the Spanish National Polytrauma Registry (SNPR) was initiated in Spain with the goal to improve the quality of severe trauma management and evaluate the use of resources and treatment strategies. The objective of this study is to present the data obtained with the SNPR since its inception. METHODS We conducted an observational study with prospective data collection from the SNPR. The trauma patients included were over 14 years of age, with ISS ≥ 15 or penetrating mechanism of injury, from a total of 17 tertiary hospitals in Spain. RESULTS From 1/1/17 to 1/1/22, 2069 trauma patients were registered. The majority were men (76.4%), with a mean age of 45 years, mean ISS 22.8, and mortality 10.2%. The most common mechanism of injury was blunt trauma (80%), the most frequent being motorcycle accident (23%). Penetrating trauma was presented in 12% of patients, stab wounds being the most common (84%). On hospital arrival, 16% of patients were hemodynamically unstable. The massive transfusion protocol was activated in 14% of patients, and 53% underwent surgery. Median hospital stay was 11 days, while 73.4% of patients required intensive care unit (ICU) admission, with a median ICU stay of 5 days. CONCLUSIONS Trauma patients registered in the SNPR are predominantly middle-aged males who experience blunt trauma with a high incidence of thoracic injuries. Early addressed detection and treatment of these kind of injuries would probably improve the quality of trauma care in our environment.
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- Andrea Campos-Serra
- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Fiedler H, Abad E, de Boer J. Preliminary trends over ten years of persistent organic pollutants in air - Comparison of two sets of data in the same countries. Chemosphere 2023; 324:138299. [PMID: 36871799 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138299] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In two series of ambient air measurement campaigns to support the implementation of the global monitoring plan (GMP) component of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), passive air samplers (PAS) using polyurethane foams were implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). With the same laboratories responsible for the chemical analyses of the different groups of POPs, a total of 423 PUFs were analyzed for organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) including hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB); 242 for dioxin-like POPs. For trend analysis, to compare amounts of POPs in the PUFs during the first phase in 2010/2011 and the second phase from 2017 to 2019, only results were assessed that were generated in the same country and for the same POP in both campaigns. Finally, there were 194 PUFs available for OCPs (GMP1 = 67 and GMP2 = 127), 297 for PCB (GMP1 = 103, GMP2 = 194), 158 for polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD, PCDF) (GMP1 = 39, GMP2 = 119), and 153 for dl-PCB (GMP1 = 34, GMP2 = 119). Indicator PCB and dioxin-like POPs were quantified in all countries at all times; decreases of about 30% based on median values were determined. A 50% increase was found for HCB. By scale, DDT remained with the highest values, although more than 60% decrease was found; mainly due to smaller values in the Pacific Islands region. Our assessment showed that on relative scale - per PUF - trend analysis was achieved and that such approach should be undertaken at regular intervals, not necessarily on an annual basis.
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- Heidelore Fiedler
- Örebro University, School of Science and Technology, MTM Research Centre, SE-701 82, Örebro, Sweden.
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- CSIC, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Laboratory of Dioxins, C. Jordi Girona 18-26, E-08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Dept. Environment & Health, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Gjertsen JE, Baste V, Fevang JM, Furnes O, Engesæter LB. Quality of life following hip fractures: results from the Norwegian hip fracture register. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2016; 17:265. [PMID: 27387741 PMCID: PMC4936302 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-1111-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patient-reported health-related quality of life is an important outcome measure when assessing the quality of hip fracture surgery. The frequently used EQ-5D index score has unfortunately important limitations. One alternative can be to assess the distribution of each of the five dimensions of the patients' descriptive health profile. The objective of this paper was to investigate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after hip fractures. METHODS Data from hip fracture operations from 2005 through 2012 were obtained from The Norwegian Hip Fracture Register. Patient reported HRQoL, (EQ-5D-3L) was collected from patients preoperatively and at four and twelve months postoperatively n = 10325. At each follow-up the distribution of the EQ-5D-3L and mean pain VAS was calculated. RESULTS Generally, a higher proportion of patients reported problems in all 5 dimensions of the EQ-5D-3L at all follow-ups compared to preoperative. Also a high proportion of patients with no preoperative problems reported problems after surgery; At 4 and 12 months follow-ups 71 % and 58 % of the patients reported walking problems, and 65 % and 59 % of the patients reported pain respectively. Patients with femoral neck fractures and the youngest patients (age < 70 years) reported least problems both preoperatively and at all follow-ups. CONCLUSIONS A hip fracture has a dramatic impact on the patients' HRQoL, and the deterioration in HRQoL sustained also one year after the fracture. Separate use of the descriptive profile of the EQ-5D is informative when assessing quality of life after hip fracture surgery.
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- Jan-Erik Gjertsen
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, N 5021, Bergen, Norway. .,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, N 5021, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, N 5021, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, N 5021, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, N 5021, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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