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Background. Rearfoot injuries occur 2.5 times more often in a multisystem trauma than in patients with an isolated injury. The foot trauma is often misdiagnosed at the stage of intensive care treatment. Up to 22% of victims with foot injuries become disabled.
Aim of the study. The aim of the study is to determine distinctive characteristics of rearfoot injuries in patients with multisystem trauma.
Material and methods. We peformed a retrospective study of 89 cases of rearfoot injuries in patients admitted to the N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine in 2011–2013.
Results. There were 128 calcaneus and talus fractures. Middle-aged male patients (39±14.5 years) prevailed.
Conclusion. We found several peculiarities: the common mechanism of an injury was the fall from a height (64%). Up to 40% of patients with multisystem trauma had injuries of two and more anatomic areas. The multisystem spinal (lower thoracic and lumbar) injury was detected in 29% of patients. In 38% of cases we revealed polysegmental fractures of lower limbs. In patients with polytrauma, multiple foot injuries were diagnosed in 31 cases (35%), most common were bilateral calcaneus fractures. We also diagnosed 60% of Gustilo and Anderson open fractures of III type.
Background. Due to the significant infectious complications mortality, the search for prognostic biochemical markers of sepsis development in critically ill patients is relevant.
Material and methods. The study involved 57 patients; in 40 cases sepsis developed. The control group included 17 patients where sepsis did not develop. The study was performed on day 1–2, 5–7 and 10–12 after admission. The intensity of oxidative stress was assessed by the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) and total antioxidant activity of blood serum (TAA). The endogenous intoxication was assessed by the concentration of medium molecular weight peptides (MMWPs), total and effective albumin concentration (TAC, EAC) in serum. The disturbance of endogenous vascular regulation was assessed by the level of stable metabolites of nitric oxide (NOx) in serum and the concentration of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE).
Results. It has been found that MDA may be a prognostic index of poor outcome on day 5–7 after admission (relative risk (RR)=1.141, confidence interval (CI) 95% (1.033; 1.259), р=0.09); NOx level may be a predictor of a poor outcome on day 1–2 (RR=1.026, CI 95% (0.999; 1.055), р=0.064), as well as on day 10–12 (RR=1.012, CI 95% (1.000; 1.023), р=0.098) together with ACE concentration (RR=1.034, CI 95% (1.007; 1.062), р=0.015); MMWP254 level (RR=11.195, CI 95% (1.571; 79.771), р=0.016) and MMWP280 level (RR=17.370, CI 95% (1.568; 192.455), р=0.02) are significant predictors of a poor outcome on day 1–2 and 5–7 as well (MMWP254 — RR=4626.791, CI 95% (7.903; 27808.629), р=0.009 and MMWP280 — RR=1331.590, CI 95% (5.006; 354179.342), р=0.012).
Conclusion. We identified prognostically significant signs of unfavorable outcomes of septic process: decrease in NOx; growth of ACE concentration; increase in MDA and decrease in TAA; increase in MMWPs; decrease in TAC and EAC.
Abstract. Increased intracranial pressure results in cerebral blood flow decrease and cerebral edema formation. Correction of intracranial hypertension is one of the most important goals of intensive care in patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Objectives To determine the effects of L-lysine aescinat on ICP in patients with severe TBI.
Material and methods. Twenty patients with TBI and Glasgow coma scale below 9 enrolled in the study. All patients were operated: 6 patients underwent craniotomy and intracranial hematoma removing; 11 — decompressive craniotomy and intracranial hematoma removing. In 3 patients only ICP-sensor was implanted. ICP-monitoring was used in all patients. Ten patients were randomized to L-lysine aescinat treatment (daily dose of 20 ml for 7 days after surgery) (study group), 10 — to standard therapy (control group). We perfomed a comparative analysis of the mean ICP and the incidence of ICH within 7 days after surgery in the study and control groups.
Results. The length of ICP monitoring was 6.4±3.7 days: in the control group — 7.6±4.9 days, in the study group — 5.2±1.4 days. Mean intracranial pressure was less in the study group as compared to patients in the control group. The number of intracranial hypertension episodes was higher in the control group compared with patients who received L-lysine aescinat.
Conclusion. L-lysine aescinat treatment in patients with severe traumatic brain injury is accompanied by reduction of mean intracranial pressure and the number of intracranial hypertension episodes.
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В начале апреля 2016 г. в Чикаго, США, проходили очередные научные сессии Американской коллегии кардиологов. Во время сессий были доложены результаты нескольких крупных исследований, включая такие исследования, как: 1) HOPE-3 (Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation 3) по оценке эффективности снижения артериального давления и холестерина в крови у лиц без сердечно-сосудистых заболеваний; 2) исследования GAUSS-3 (Goal Achievement After Utilizing an Anti-PCSK9 Antibody in Statin Intolerant Subjects 3) по оценке эффектов ингибитора пропротеинконвертазы субтилизин/кексин 9-го типа эволокумаба у больных с гиперхолестеринемией, которые не переносят прием статинов, и результаты еще нескольких исследований. В том числе и исследований, в ходе выполнения которых оценивали эффективность определенной тактики лекарственной терапии у больных с острым инфарктом миокарда, в частности исследования Early-BAMI по оценке эффективности внутривенного введения метопролола в ранние сроки после развития инфаркта миокарда с подъемом сегмента ST до выполнения первичного чрескожного вмешательства на коронарных артериях.
В данном материале, наряду с результатами двух других исследований, которые могут представлять интерес для врачей, занимающихся оказанием неотложной медицинской помощи, будут достаточно подробно представлены результаты исследования EarlyBAMI.
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