Evaluación del manejo del traumatismo torácico o abdominal en pacientes adultos que acudieron al Hospital UTPL durante el periodo enero 2012 - junio 2014

Abstract

This paper determines the definitive emerging management, and complications occurred in a total of 22 patients attending emergency UTPL Hospital to present thoracic or abdominal trauma in the period January 2012 - June 2014; and a descriptive, retrospective and transversal approach study, the medical records of the sample taken were analyzed, respecting criteria for inclusion and exclusion came to discover that of these, 21 were diagnostic of chest trauma and 1 thoracoabdominal trauma. Of the total, 15 were male and 7 female; found most frequent diagnosis was "Other superficial injuries of the anterior chest wall" with ICD-10 S203; the item most used ATLS protocol was Annexes review with 63.64% Primary, then Secondary Review with 59.09%; and Primary Review in 54.55%; no patient in an alternate protocol was used. The definitive management was clinical in 100% of patients, 90.91% in the observation area, the other in hospitalization and none in the operating room. He was found a complication in one of the 22 medical records.