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These flaps offer excellent options for pediatric hand and finger defects.Hand reconstruction using pedicled abdominal flaps has several disadvantages, including delayed hand therapy leading to stiffness.
This is a retrospective study of 70 cases of pedicled abdominal flaps used for hand reconstruction in adults in whom physiotherapy of the attached hand was implemented. The review aims to investigate the rate of flap dehiscence, infection, hematoma, and flap edge necrosis in our cases, and to establish that physiotherapy of the attached hand is not associated with an increased risk of complications. The review also aims to establish the effectiveness of physiotherapy of the attached hand in reducing the risk of stiffness by documenting the range of motion of the uninjured digits immediately after flap division and at final follow-up.
There were no cases of flap dehiscence, infection, or hematoma. Six cases had minor partial flap edge necrosis that was treated conservatively and allowed to heal by secondary intention. In 62 patients, the range of motion of the uninjured digits was 90%-100% of the normal range of motion at day 1 post-flap division, and all of these patients recovered a full range of motion (in the uninjured digits) within 2 weeks of follow-up. check details Eight patients were reluctant to do the exercises as instructed because of low pain threshold; 4 of these 8 patients had residual stiffness at the final follow-up.
The implementation of active exercises of the attached hand is feasible in selected cases and it helps minimize the risk of stiffness of the hand.
The implementation of active exercises of the attached hand is feasible in selected cases and it helps minimize the risk of stiffness of the hand.
Despite recommendations that clinics for children with a difference of sex development (DSD) should include peer support, information on how to provide this support is lacking. We utilized a mixed-methods program evaluation to evaluate family satisfaction with our clinic-based volunteers (who either have DSD themselves or are a parent of a child with DSD) and to understand the experience of these volunteers.
Parents (n=29) of a child with DSD completed an electronic survey. Interviews were conducted with three clinic volunteers.
Most participants (72%) met with a clinic volunteer and majority (81%) rated their interaction as helpful. Most common topics discussed between parents and volunteers included connecting to support groups (81%), their child's future (62%), and learning about their child's diagnosis (48%). Half of parents (48%) attended an after-clinic support group lunch, and 43% of these attendees rated the lunch session as helpful. Parents who attended a lunch liked the experience because they met other families with a child with a similar medical condition (100%), met volunteers with a similar medical condition (64%), and it helped them think more positively about their child's future (64%). Those who did not attend a lunch cited logistical reasons for not attending.
Incorporating clinic volunteers into a multidisciplinary DSD clinic is associated with high reported rates of satisfaction by families and volunteers.
Incorporating clinic volunteers into a multidisciplinary DSD clinic is associated with high reported rates of satisfaction by families and volunteers.Introduction Advanced cancer patients often need therapy for symptomatic control, in addition to cancer and other disease treatments. As the cancer disease progresses and life expectancy decreases, there should be a change in the goal of care. If this change is not accompanied by therapeutic adjustments, there is a risk of maintaining useless and ineffective treatments, as well as potential harmful drug interactions. This study analyzed the prevalence of therapeutic futility in patients with advanced cancer disease. Materials and methods This was a retrospective and observational single-center study, that included advanced cancer patients who died during the hospital stay, at a University Hospital in Lisbon, Portugal. Demographic and clinical data were collected. A Palliative Prognostic Score (PaP) was used to stratify patients according to their prognosis group. An analysis of the prescribed therapy was performed to quantify the "potentially inappropriate medications" (PIMs) and "inappropriate medications" (er, many patients maintain futile therapy at the EoL. It is of paramount importance to change the standard of care in this setting, to privilege a more patient-focused approach and tailored therapy, and to prioritize symptomatic control and quality-of-life improvement.Purpose To evaluate the anatomical and visual outcomes in optic disc pit maculopathy following pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap Methods Retrospective interventional case series of 10 patients diagnosed with serous macular detachment secondary to optic disc pit who underwent PPV with inverted ILM flap and were followed up for a year. Results A p-value of less than 0.05 was defined as statistically significant. The mean age of patients was 27.2 ± 10.6 years, preoperatively the mean best-corrected visual acuity of the logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution was 0.91 ± 0.42 (approximate Snellen equivalent 20/162), which improved to the logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution of 0.58 ± 0.29 (approximate Snellen equivalent 20/76) at end of one year, (p=0.008). The mean central macular thickness was 804.9 ± 294.1 m which improved to 273.4 ± 102.54 m, (p=0.002). After surgery, at end of one year, 60% of patients (6/10) had 15- or more-than-15-letter improvement of vision on Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) visual acuity testing, 20% (2/10) gained a 10-letter improvement and 20% (2/10) retained the same vision. Conclusion PPV with inverted ILM flap can be considered as a good approach for the management of serous macular detachment secondary to optic disc pit and produce good anatomical and visual results at one year with stabilization of the disease.Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a global pandemic that has placed an unprecedented burden on intensive care services worldwide. Identification of a reliable risk-stratification tool for COVID-19 patients is necessary for appropriate resource allocation, selection of clinical management pathways, and guidance of goals of care conversations with families and caregivers in the critical care setting. The Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scoring system is one of several predictive models used to classify illness severity and estimate mortality risk on admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Our retrospective study sought to evaluate the prognostic ability of the APACHE II score in COVID-19 patients according to endpoints of mortality and length of stay (LOS) as well as unfavorable clinical outcomes, including development of acute renal failure (ARF) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) and acute venous thromboembolic events (VTE). Methods This multicenter retrospective cohort study evaluated a randomized sample of 3,102 patients with confirmed COVID-19 disease admitted to the ICU from January 2020 to May 2020.
