Keyword: Emergency

Emergency surgery for complicated colorectal cancer – What we choose: a retrospective cohort study

Introduction: Despite the progress that has been made regarding the diagnosis, a worrying percentage of patients are still admitted in an emergency, with complicated colorectal tumors, which often require interventions without a curative visa. The study aims to analyze the factors involved in choosing the type of surgical treatment. Patients and methods: We included in the study a group of 431 patients admitted and operated in an emergency for complicated colorectal cancer in the Surgery II Clinic of the Clinical Emergency County Hospital “Sf. Ap. Andrei” from Galați, between 2008-2017. We retrospectively analyzed the patients’ data and we made statistical correlations between the type of emergency surgery and epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical, and intraoperative factors. Results: Colostomy was mainly practiced in older patients (p<0.01), from rural areas (p<0.01), with associated cardiac diseases (p<0.01), with hydro electrolytic disorders (p<0.03), rectal tumors (p<0.01), peritoneal carcinomatosis (p<0.02), frozen pelvis (p<0.01). Hartmann's operations were associated with patients with: leukocytosis (p<0.01), intestinal perforation (p<0.01), sigmoid tumors (p<0.01). Internal derivations were associated with patients with: liver metastases (p<0.01), splenic angle tumors (p<0.01), tumors invading other organs (p<0.01), and stage IV of the disease (p<0.01). Resections with anastomosis were associated with transverse colon tumors (p<0.01), well-differentiated tumors (p<0.01). Conclusions: The type of emergency surgery performed correlated well with the age of patients, the area, the comorbidities, the history of the disease, cachexia, anemia, oligoanuria, hydroelectrolyte disorders, tumor complication, and location of the tumor, hepatic metastases, and tumors’ invasion in other organs, tumor grading and stage of the disease.

Multipurpose Hall for CBRNe Incidents

A multipurpose hall designed for CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) purposes plays a vital role in enhancing preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities in the face of CBRN incidents. A multipurpose hall for CBRN purposes provides a dedicated and specialized environment to support CBRN preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. It enhances coordination, facilitates training and exercises, ensures proper equipment storage, and fosters collaboration, ultimately strengthening the ability to protect personnel, mitigate risks, and minimize the impact of CBRN incidents. This study is qualitative research based on the content analysis method. To design and build multipurpose halls for CBRN events, this study can be used as a checklist. The purpose of this study is to collect important factors and sub-factors in the design, construction, and equipping of buildings and multi-purpose CBRN structures.