Hossein Akbarialiabad; Rowena Christiansen; Mohsen Farjoud Kouhanjani; Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh; Mohammad Hossein Taghrir
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 08 November 2023
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In a rapidly changing environment, healthcare systems in polar regions face increasing pressures imposed by climate change, burgeoning tourism, and potential ramifications for future space exploration. The urgency to reevaluate health stewardship and governance in these areas is driven by unique challenges, ...
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In a rapidly changing environment, healthcare systems in polar regions face increasing pressures imposed by climate change, burgeoning tourism, and potential ramifications for future space exploration. The urgency to reevaluate health stewardship and governance in these areas is driven by unique challenges, including geographical barriers and scarce resources. Further accentuated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the anticipated boom in the polar tourism industry, the need for robust emergency, trauma, and surgical care is highlighted. The objective of this paper is to address these challenges and advocate for a unified health governance approach. Adopting measures like artificial intelligence, telemedicine, and advanced technologies is suggested to promote the effectiveness of remote care, considering the distinct limitations of these regions. Moreover, research focused on the human health impact of these extreme conditions is paramount for formulating adequate responses, thereby improving the overall readiness and resilience of the healthcare systems in these regions.
Behrang Khafafi; Omid Garkaz; Saeed Golfiroozi; Sahar Paryab; Laia Ashouri; Sevda daei; Hamid Reza Mehryar; Mousa Ghelichi-Ghojogh
Volume 10, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 122-127
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Objective: To compare the ability of quantitative trauma severity assessment methods based on Glasgow comascale, age, and arterial pressure (GAP), revised trauma score (RTS), and injury severity score (ISS) criteria indetermining the prognosis of accidental patients.Methods: This cross-sectional study ...
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Objective: To compare the ability of quantitative trauma severity assessment methods based on Glasgow comascale, age, and arterial pressure (GAP), revised trauma score (RTS), and injury severity score (ISS) criteria indetermining the prognosis of accidental patients.Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on random patients referred to Imam Khomeini Hospitalin Urmia from March 20, 2020 to September 21, 2020. The data were obtained by using a checklist includesitems such as age, sex, respiration rate, oxygen saturation level, pulse rate, primary blood pressure, initialGlascow coma scale (GCS), patient outcome and injury to different parts of body. After collecting the data, itwas entered into SPSS 18 and analyzed with the descriptive and analytical statistics include an independentt-test and receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) curves.Results: Out of 1930 studied patients, 365 (18.9%) were women and 1565 (81.1%) were men. The mean age ofpatients was 37.05±17.11 years and women were significantly older than men. The mortality rate was 4.8% andwas significantly more in men compared to women. The mean blood pressure, GCS and oxygen saturation levelwere lower in deceased patients. The mean GAP, ISS and RTS values were 23.13±2.69, 4.07±3.82, 7.72±0.52,respectively. The mean values of GAP and RTS were significantly low in deceased patients whereas the meanISS value was significantly high in the deceased patients. The Area under the curve (AUS) for ISS was greaterthan the other two scoring systems.Conclusion: The findings of the current study showed that all three systems were adequately efficient toprognoses the final outcome in multi-trauma patients but the ISS measure was better than the other two criteria.
Stevan J. Jordan; Roozbeh Shafafy; Amelia E. Davidson; Christopher J. To; Kathryn Gill; Matthew C. Solan
Volume 7, Issue 2 , April 2019, , Pages 162-168
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Objective: To investigate the incidence of trampoline park injuries (TPIs) at a local recreational facility and to quantify the burden on emergency and orthopaedic services at our institute.Methods: All patients that presented to the Emergency Department (ED) from the trampoline park via ambulance from ...
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Objective: To investigate the incidence of trampoline park injuries (TPIs) at a local recreational facility and to quantify the burden on emergency and orthopaedic services at our institute.Methods: All patients that presented to the Emergency Department (ED) from the trampoline park via ambulance from July 2014 to November 2015 were included in the study. Patients’ medical records were reviewed for clinical details including date, location and type of injury, treatment received, length of stay and outpatient follow-up. A cost analysis was performed to estimate the financial impact of each injury.Results: A total of 71 patients were included in the study, with a mean age of 20 (7-48). Soft tissue sprains (n=29, 41%) and fractures (n=25, 35%) were the most common injuries, with the majority occurring in the lower limb. Two patients sustained open tibial fractures necessitating transfer to level 1 trauma centres. Fourteen patients (20%) underwent surgery, predominantly requiring open reduction and internal fixation. Overall, 18 patients (25%) required admission to hospital with mean length of stay of 2 days. The cost for pre-hospital, emergency and in-patient care amounted to over £80,000.Conclusion: TPIs pose a significant financial cost for local orthopaedic and emergency services. Contrary to studies evaluating home trampoline injuries, the majority of fractures at trampoline parks occurred in the lower limbs. Improved injury prevention strategies are required to help reduce morbidity and lower the financial implications for local NHS trusts.
Haleh Mousavi Isfahani; Sogand Tourani; Hesam Seyedin
Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 9-20
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Objective: To perform a systematic review of the properties and results of the studies that their approaches are lean management in emergency departments and the factors which influence on their performance. Method: The necessary information in the ...
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Objective: To perform a systematic review of the properties and results of the studies that their approaches are lean management in emergency departments and the factors which influence on their performance. Method: The necessary information in the first stage was collected by searching these keywords: "Lean principles" “Lean Six Sigma", "Lean Process", “Lean thinking”, “Lean Methodology”, “Toyota Production System lean processing”, "lean techniques", "emergency department”, “emergency medicine”, “emergency room” and “emergency care”. And in the next stage the keywords such as “lean management” and “emergency” was collected from SID, Medlib, IranDoc, Google Scholar, MagIran, IranMedex data bases. For extracting the data data-extracting forms was prepared. The information we got from the forms was organized in information-extracting forms and was analyzed manually. The diagrams were drawn in Excel: 2010.Results: Finally, 26 essays have been included. Most of the studies were accomplished in Canada and U.S.A. only in one of the cases, the authors used the control group. Each of these terms, “lean techniques” and “lean principals”, with five times repetitions had the highest frequency. The most important team of implementation of lean management included: hospital management team or the manager of Emergency department, physicians, nurses, staffs and external counselors. Generally, 51 indicators were studied which among them the length of stay and the timing had the most frequency. After implementation of lean management, almost all studied indicators have significantly improved. 14 barriers, 14 facilitators and 10 effective factors were recognized in implementing the lean management.Conclusion: According to the studies, responsibility of organization’s senior management and his/her supports; increasing the knowledge of the characteristics and dimension of lean among the providers of health service; and decreasing the resistance and consulting with external counselors can have great effect on the success of lean management.
Mihai Paduraru; Luca Ponchietti; Isidro Martinez Casas; Peter Svenningsen; Mauro Zago
Volume 5, Issue 2 , April 2017, , Pages 70-78
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Objective: To evaluate the current scientific evidence for the applicability, safety and effectiveness of pathways of enhanced recovery after emergency surgery (ERAS).Methods: We undertook a search using PubMed and Cochrane databases for ERAS protocols in emergency cases. The search generated 65 titles; ...
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Objective: To evaluate the current scientific evidence for the applicability, safety and effectiveness of pathways of enhanced recovery after emergency surgery (ERAS).Methods: We undertook a search using PubMed and Cochrane databases for ERAS protocols in emergency cases. The search generated 65 titles; after eliminating the papers not meeting search criteria, we selected 4 cohort studies and 1 randomized clinical trial (RCT). Data extracted for analysis consisted of: patient age, type of surgery performed, ERAS elements implemented, surgical outcomes in terms of postoperative complications, mortality, length of stay (LOS) and readmission rate.Results: The number of ERAS items applied was good, ranging from 11 to 18 of the 20 recommended by the ERAS Society. The implementation resulted in fewer postoperative complications. LOS for ES patients was shorter when compared to conventional care.Mortality, specifically reported in three studies, was equal or lower with ERAS. Readmission rates varied widely and were generally higher for the intervention group but without statistical significance.Conclusions: The studies reviewed agreed that ERAS in emergency surgery (ES) was feasible and safe with generally better outcomes. Lower compliance with some of the ERAS items shows the need for the protocol to be adapted to ES patients. More evidence is clearly required as to what can improve outcomes and how this can be formulated into an effective care pathway for the heterogeneous ES patient.
Amir Khorram-Manesh
Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2017, , Pages 1-3
Amin Daemi; Mohammad Reza Sheikhy-Chaman
Volume 4, Issue 2 , April 2016, , Pages 116-117
Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar; Andres M. Rubiano; Hernando Raphael Alvis-Miranda; Willem Calderon-Miranda; Gabriel Alcala-Cerra; Marco Antonio Blancas Rivera; Amit Agrawal
Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2016, , Pages 8-23
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Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death in developed countries. It is estimated that only in the United States about 100,000 people die annually in parallel among the survivors there is a significant number of people with disabilities with significant costs for the health system. It has been ...
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Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death in developed countries. It is estimated that only in the United States about 100,000 people die annually in parallel among the survivors there is a significant number of people with disabilities with significant costs for the health system. It has been determined that after moderate and severe traumatic injury, brain parenchyma is affected by more than 55% of cases. Head trauma management is critical is the emergency services worldwide. We present a review of the literature regarding the prehospital care, surgical management and intensive care monitoring of the patients with severe cranioecephalic trauma.
