Does a Surgical Post-Acute Unit Help Elders With Rib Fractures? Definitely Maybe!
| Autor: | Swapna Munnangi, Shridevi Singh, Noam Gerber, L.D. George Angus, Sara Cardozo-Stolberg, Jody C. DiGiacomo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Trauma Nursing. 27:71-76 |
| ISSN: | 1078-7496 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/jtn.0000000000000489 |
| Popis: | A surgical post-acute treatment unit (SPA) was developed for acutely injured elderly patients who no longer warranted acute care in an intensive care setting to decrease complications by focusing increased bedside attention to cognition, nutrition, respiration, and mobilization. A retrospective review was performed comparing patients 65 years and older with isolated rib fractures treated before the SPA was opened with patients treated in the SPA. The 2 populations were comparable except the SPA group had a higher mean Injury Severity Score. Nine complications occurred in the pre-SPA group, and no complications occurred in the SPA patient population. Four patients in the pre-SPA group died compared with zero deaths for the SPA group. The rates of complications and mortality between elderly patients with isolated rib fractures were not statistically different between patients treated with a traditional admission to an inpatient ward and patients admitted to the SPA, even though the SPA patients had significantly more severe chest injuries. Establishing a physical environment to support the needs of elderly trauma patients with isolated rib fractures who no longer need the intensive care unit (ICU) is effective in decreasing the complications and unplanned returns to the ICU. |
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