Profile of thoracic trauma victims submitted to chest drainage.

Objective: to describe and compare the variables involved in trauma victims undergoing thoracic drainage.

Methods: we conducted a retrospective, analytical, descriptive, cross-sectional study, with medical records of patients attended at the Trauma Service of the Curitiba Evangelical University Hospital between February 2011 and January 2014.

Results: there were 488 patients undergoing chest drainage, 84.

Profile of renal trauma victims treated at a university hospital in Curitiba.

Objective:: to study the profile of victims of kidney trauma who underwent surgical and medical treatment in a hospital in Curitiba.

Methods:: we conducted a retrospective, analytical, quantitative, cross-sectional study of patients with renal trauma admitted to the Evangelical Hospital of Curitiba between February 2011 and January 2014.

Results:: participated in the study 38 patients, four women and 34, men with a mean age of 28.

A1C as a diabetes diagnosis method: experience in a coronary ICU.

Aims: The laboratory diagnosis of diabetes mellitus is traditionally established by measurements of fasting blood glucose, random blood glucose with associated symptoms, and through the oral glucose tolerance test. A single measurement of glycated hemoglobin (A1C) eliminates practical difficulties of the above-mentioned methods. The optimal cut-off values of A1C for the screening of diabetic patients in the context of acute coronary syndrome are being investigated.