María Jesús Gómez Ramos

Mejora de la calidad en el consentimiento informado

Aim: To apply an enhancement circle for informed consent for transfusion of blood derivatives. Patients and Method: During 10 months 577 intervened patients were included in General Hospital Reina Sofia of Murcia, Spain. Six criteria were selected related to compliance with transfusion norms. After quality analysis, corrected measures were taken and the criteria were re evaluated. Data were compared with standards in both periods and between periods. In the first evaluation a poor compliance to criteria was observed. Based on the analysis of factors associated to lack of compliance and the resulting priorization from Pareto’s diagram, the intervention plan was divided in teaching activity and management modifications. Results: all criteria were under the standard (p<0.001). In the second evaluation, compliance for all criteria was significantly enhance with respect to the first; but nevertheless, results continue, also significantly, under established standards. Conclusions: Compliance to the six criteria was minimum at the beginning of the study; corrected measures were adequate, since they enhance all of them in the second evaluation, but it is necessary to insist in these measures since we continue under the established standard.Aim: To apply an enhancement circle for informed consent for transfusion of blood derivatives. Patients and Me- thod: During 10 months 577 intervened patients were included in General Hospital Reina Sofia of Murcia, Spain. Six criteria were selected related to compliance with transfusion norms. After quality analysis, corrected measures were taken and the criteria were re evaluated. Data were compared with standards in both periods and between periods. In the first evaluation a poor compliance to criteria was observed. Based on the analysis of factors associated to lack of compliance and the resulting priorization from Paretos diagram, the intervention plan was divided in teaching activity and management modifications. Results: all criteria were under the standard (p<0.001). In the second evaluation, compliance for all criteria was significantly enhance with respect to the first; but nevertheless, results continue, also significantly, under established standards. Conclu - sions: Compliance to the six criteria was minimum at the beginning of the study; corrected measures were adequate, since they enhance all of them in the second evaluation, but it is necessary to insist in these measures since we continue under the established standard.

Fatal Heat Stroke in a Schizophrenic Patient

Objective. The case of a patient who developed a fatal post-exertional heat stroke is reported. Case Report. A 20-year-old man with a history of morbid obesity, hypertension, and schizophrenia was admitted to our intensive care unit because of multiorgan failure due to severe heat stroke. He had been working under the sun. Treatment included aggressive body cooling but, in spite of the best supportive care, the patient succumbed in a few hours. We concluded that the adverse event was possibly associated with his obesity and the use of antipsychotics. Histological evaluation revealed lesions consistent with severe hyperthermia and shock. Conclusions. Heat stroke is an uncommon clinical entity characterized by systemic heat and loss of the bodys normal mechanisms for dealing with heat stress, such as sweating and temperature control. When heat stroke is diagnosed early and supportive care begins promptly the prognosis is optimal but it becomes a life-threatening disease when treatment is delayed. Lack of physical acclimatization and the use of certain medications that interfere with salt and water balance can impair thermoregulation under conditions of high environmental temperature. Health professionals must be adequately prepared to prevent, recognise, and treat them urgently.Objective. The case of a patient who developed a fatal post-exertional heat stroke is reported. Case Report. A 20-year-old man with a history of morbid obesity, hypertension, and schizophrenia was admitted to our intensive care unit because of multiorgan failure due to severe heat stroke. He had been working under the sun. Treatment included aggressive body cooling but, in spite of the best supportive care, the patient succumbed in a few hours. We concluded that the adverse event was possibly associated with his obesity and the use of antipsychotics. Histological evaluation revealed lesions consistent with severe hyperthermia and shock. Conclusions. Heat stroke is an uncommon clinical entity characterized by systemic heat and loss of the bodys normal mechanisms for dealing with heat stress, such as sweating and temperature control. When heat stroke is diagnosed early and supportive care begins promptly the prognosis is optimal but it becomes a life-threatening disease when treatment is delayed. Lack of physical acclimatization and the use of certain medications that interfere with salt and water balance can impair thermoregulation under conditions of high environmental temperature. Health professionals must be adequately prepared to prevent, recognise, and treat them urgently.

Evaluación y mejora de la calidad en la indicación y el manejo de la nutrición parenteral en un servicio de cirugía general

Resumen Objetivo Aplicar un ciclo de evaluacion y mejora del cumplimiento de diversos criterios de calidad en la indicacion y manejo de la nutricion parenteral total (NPT) en un servicio quirurgico. Pacientes y metodo Estudio prospectivo en 72 pacientes tratados con NPT durante 2 anos en el Servicio de Cirugia General del Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofia de Murcia. El ciclo de mejora se realizo en dos periodos: en el primero, de 1 ano de duracion, se analizo el cumplimiento (porcentaje e intervalo de confianza [IC] del 95%) de 19 criterios respecto a sus estandares internacionalmente aceptados (significacion estadistica segun valor de z para el modelo de una cola) en todas las dietas de NPT prescritas en nuestro servicio de cirugia general. Dichos estandares estaban divididos en tres grupos, “ajustada” (indicacion correcta de la nutricion), “segura” (ausencia de complicaciones) y “exacta” (correspondencia de la dieta administrada con la prescrita). Durante los 6 meses siguientes, tras analizar las posibles causas de los incumplimientos, se aplicaron las medidas oportunas para intentar solucionarlos. En un segundo periodo de 6 meses se recogieron nuevamente los datos de los 19 criterios y se evaluo la mejora tanto respecto al estandar como respecto al cumplimiento del primer periodo (mediante el valor de z para una cola). Resultados Siete criterios se encontraban significativamente por debajo del estandar: todos los del grupo “ajustada”, salvo los criterios “tipo de dieta” y “composicion de la dieta”, y el criterio “ausencia de complicaciones” del grupo “segura”, que era ademas el que mayor numero de incumplimientos agrupaba. En el segundo periodo, todos los criterios por debajo de su estandar mejoraron respecto al primero y en especial los criterios “tiempo de ayuno”, “concordancia” y “duracion” mejoraron de forma estadisticamente significativa. Alcanzaron su estandar los criterios “tiempo de ayuno”, “duracion” y “latencia”. El resto de los criterios, que alcanzaron su estandar en la primera evaluacion, continuaban con los mismos resultados. Conclusiones Las medidas correctoras introducidas fueron eficaces, ya que se mejoro en todos los criterios por debajo de sus estandares, incluidas las complicaciones metabolicas. A pesar de ello es necesario continuar en la linea de actuacion para mejorar los criterios aun por debajo de su estandar.

Enhancement of informed consent quality

Aim: To apply an enhancement circle for informed consent for transfusion of blood derivatives. Patients and Method: During 10 months 577 intervened patients were included in General Hospital Reina Sofia of Murcia, Spain. Six criteria were selected related to compliance with transfusion norms. After quality analysis, corrected measures were taken and the criteria were re evaluated. Data were compared with standards in both periods and between periods. In the first evaluation a poor compliance to criteria was observed. Based on the analysis of factors associated to lack of compliance and the resulting priorization from Pareto’s diagram, the intervention plan was divided in teaching activity and management modifications. Results: all criteria were under the standard (p<0.001). In the second evaluation, compliance for all criteria was significantly enhance with respect to the first; but nevertheless, results continue, also significantly, under established standards. Conclusions: Compliance to the six criteria was minimum at the beginning of the study; corrected measures were adequate, since they enhance all of them in the second evaluation, but it is necessary to insist in these measures since we continue under the established standard.Aim: To apply an enhancement circle for informed consent for transfusion of blood derivatives. Patients and Me- thod: During 10 months 577 intervened patients were included in General Hospital Reina Sofia of Murcia, Spain. Six criteria were selected related to compliance with transfusion norms. After quality analysis, corrected measures were taken and the criteria were re evaluated. Data were compared with standards in both periods and between periods. In the first evaluation a poor compliance to criteria was observed. Based on the analysis of factors associated to lack of compliance and the resulting priorization from Paretos diagram, the intervention plan was divided in teaching activity and management modifications. Results: all criteria were under the standard (p<0.001). In the second evaluation, compliance for all criteria was significantly enhance with respect to the first; but nevertheless, results continue, also significantly, under established standards. Conclu - sions: Compliance to the six criteria was minimum at the beginning of the study; corrected measures were adequate, since they enhance all of them in the second evaluation, but it is necessary to insist in these measures since we continue under the established standard.

Melhora da qualidade no consentimento informado

Aim: To apply an enhancement circle for informed consent for transfusion of blood derivatives. Patients and Method: During 10 months 577 intervened patients were included in General Hospital Reina Sofia of Murcia, Spain. Six criteria were selected related to compliance with transfusion norms. After quality analysis, corrected measures were taken and the criteria were re evaluated. Data were compared with standards in both periods and between periods. In the first evaluation a poor compliance to criteria was observed. Based on the analysis of factors associated to lack of compliance and the resulting priorization from Pareto’s diagram, the intervention plan was divided in teaching activity and management modifications. Results: all criteria were under the standard (p<0.001). In the second evaluation, compliance for all criteria was significantly enhance with respect to the first; but nevertheless, results continue, also significantly, under established standards. Conclusions: Compliance to the six criteria was minimum at the beginning of the study; corrected measures were adequate, since they enhance all of them in the second evaluation, but it is necessary to insist in these measures since we continue under the established standard.Aim: To apply an enhancement circle for informed consent for transfusion of blood derivatives. Patients and Me- thod: During 10 months 577 intervened patients were included in General Hospital Reina Sofia of Murcia, Spain. Six criteria were selected related to compliance with transfusion norms. After quality analysis, corrected measures were taken and the criteria were re evaluated. Data were compared with standards in both periods and between periods. In the first evaluation a poor compliance to criteria was observed. Based on the analysis of factors associated to lack of compliance and the resulting priorization from Paretos diagram, the intervention plan was divided in teaching activity and management modifications. Results: all criteria were under the standard (p<0.001). In the second evaluation, compliance for all criteria was significantly enhance with respect to the first; but nevertheless, results continue, also significantly, under established standards. Conclu - sions: Compliance to the six criteria was minimum at the beginning of the study; corrected measures were adequate, since they enhance all of them in the second evaluation, but it is necessary to insist in these measures since we continue under the established standard.