Abstract:Disclosure: Nothing to report.HYPOTHESIS: Selected elements of a simple physical examination algorithm accurately predict categories of shock. SETTING: A 350-bed community teaching hospital. METHODS: Resident trainees who manage all critically ill and medically unstable patients were instructed to document capillary refill, (palpated) pulse volume, skin temperature, jugular venous pressure (JVP) and lung examination in all patients with prolonged (>30 minutes hypotension <90 mmHg). Treatment was determined by … Show more
“…Showing the interplay between hypothesis formation, gathering of information, and its ability to change probabilities may help validate the use of the history and physical as an efficient diagnostic tool, and not an exhaustive and antiquated exercise. 70,71 Finally, many critical care trainees organize thoughts and data into organbased categories that serve the interests of completeness but may oppose reflection upon key problems and findings. Demanding clarity in data acquisition and synthesis during all phases of patient care is likely to strengthen both analytic and intuitive modes of thought.…”
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“…Showing the interplay between hypothesis formation, gathering of information, and its ability to change probabilities may help validate the use of the history and physical as an efficient diagnostic tool, and not an exhaustive and antiquated exercise. 70,71 Finally, many critical care trainees organize thoughts and data into organbased categories that serve the interests of completeness but may oppose reflection upon key problems and findings. Demanding clarity in data acquisition and synthesis during all phases of patient care is likely to strengthen both analytic and intuitive modes of thought.…”
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“…2. Physical examination: the responsible surgeon and the anaesthesiologist assess the patient at bedside immediately after notification of surgery [13]. The assessment is supported by the vital signs and the result of blood chemical analysis.…”
Objective of the study: Emergency laparotomy and other high-risk acute abdominal surgery procedures have a high mortality rate. The perioperative management of these patients is complex and poses several challenges. The objective of the study is to implement and evaluate the outcome of protocol-based standardised care for patients in need of acute abdominal surgery in a Swedish setting. NÄL is a large county hospital in Sweden serving a population of approximately 270,000 inhabitants. The study seeks to determine whether standardised protocol-based perioperative management in emergency abdominal surgical procedures leads to a better outcome measured as short-and long-term mortality and postoperative complications compared with the present standard in Swedish routine care. The study is ongoing, and this article describes the methodology used in the study and discusses the benefits and limitations the study design. Results: There are no results so far. The inclusion rate for the first 22 months is as expected; 404 patients have been included and protocols have been followed and reviewed according to the study plan. 25 patients have been missed and demographic data and outcome data for these patients will be collected and analysed.
“…The presence of all three physical signs had a high specificity (98%) but a low sensitivity (12%) for diagnosing shock, suggesting that these three signs accurately rule in, but inaccurately rule out circulatory shock. Varying types of shock are probably associated with varying clinical signs [70], so that a ‘one size fits all’ approach seems inappropriate. Roughly, one-third of all patients with circulatory shock suffer from a low CO , whereas two-thirds have distributive shock with associated high CO [1,71].…”
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