Hip fracture registries in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

Purpose: The study aims to identify, describe, and organize the currently available evidence regarding hip fracture (HF) registries in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Methods: We conducted a scoping review adhering to PRISMA-ScR guidelines. We searched MEDLINE (PubMed), Google Scholar, Global Index Medicus, websites related to HF, and study references for eligible studies.

Alliance for the development of the Argentinian Hip Fracture Registry.

Unlabelled: Age expectancy has significantly increased over the last 50 years, as well as some age-related health conditions such as hip fractures. The development of hip fracture registries has shown enhanced patient outcomes through quality improvement strategies. The development of the Argentinian Hip Fracture Registry is going in the same direction.

Energy performance certificates in the USA and in France-a case study of multifamily housing.

In the USA and the European Union, buildings account for more than 40% of total energy use and a large proportion of buildings are energy inefficient. Countries address these inefficiency challenges with various initiatives and strategies. One of them relies on rating buildings with energy performance certificates, with the goal that awareness on energy consumption would lead to an efficient retrofit.

Nonintensivist Training to Increase the Staff Capacity of Intensive Care Units During COVID-19 Pandemic Surge in Argentina.

Objective: The aim of this study was to report the results of a nationwide critical-care course for non-intensivists to increase staff capacity of intensive care units (ICUs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Argentina.

Methods: Three academic organizations, with special funding from 55 private companies, developed a short virtual course comprised of Web-based videos, virtual tutorials, and a forum chat. Each state assigned scholarships to non-ICU staff from public hospitals.

A public-private collaborative model for a trauma program implementation: findings from a prospective trauma registry at 14 hospitals in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Introduction: Trauma is a leading cause of mortality and comprises an important cause of functional impairment among young people worldwide. The trauma registry (TR) is an integral component of modern comprehensive trauma care systems. Nevertheless, TRs have not been yet established in most developing countries.

[Qualitative evaluation of blood products records in a hospital].

Purpose Of The Study: This study aimed at evaluating the qualitative performance of blood products traceability from paper and electronic medical records in a hospital.

Study Design: Quality of date/time documentation was assessed by detection, for 20minutes or more, of chronological errors and inter-source inconsistencies, in a random sample of 168 blood products transfused during 2009.

Results: A receipt date/time was confirmed in 52% of paper records; a data entry error was attested in 25% of paper records, and 21% of electronic records.

[Contribution of electronic data interchange to haemovigilance in a hospital--experience in the University Hospital of Reims].

Objective: This study aims to describe concrete results, in a hospital, of changing a traceability process to an electronic data interchange (EDI) based model.

Study Design: In November 2007, EDI was implemented between the blood bank (French Blood Establishment) and the University Hospital of Reims, concerning distribution data of blood products. We report the effects of this change on electronic traceability, after an 18-month follow-up.

[Evaluation of multidrug resistance phenotype on medullary specimens from patients with acute leukemia by determination of nuclear efflux of tetrahydropyranyl-doxorubicin. Approach by confocal laser microspectrofluorometry].

Confocal microspectrofluorometry allows the analysis of fluorescent molecules such as anthracylines in isolated living cells. An optical microscope fitted with a phase-contrast 100 X water-immersion objective enables simultaneous observation of the sample, focusing of the laser beam on the selected cell fraction (nucleus) and collection of the fluorescence emitted from the sample. The resulting intranuclear spectra are interpreted according to a quantitative model of the fluorescence spectra of both free and DNA-bound anthracycline.

In vitro study of THP-doxorubicin retention in human leukemic cells using confocal laser microspectrofluorometry.

Microspectrofluorometry allows the analysis of fluorescent molecules such as anthracyclines in the nucleus of isolated living cells. Using this technique, we confirmed that the amount of doxorubicin or THP-doxorubicin incorporated into the nucleus was related to the resistant or sensitive character of K562 cells. It was then extended to the study of fresh leukemic cells and kinetic studies were performed allowing the calculation of the retention rate (RR) of anthracycline (THP-doxorubicin) into the cell nucleus.

Erythrocyte aggregation--determination of normal values. Influence of age, sex, hormonal state, oestroprogestative treatment, haematological parameters and cigarette smoking.

Erythrocyte aggregation is a physiological phenomenon and constitutes one of the most important factors accounting for the non-Newtonian properties of normal human blood. Pathological aspects have also been described and therapy aimed at reducing hyperaggregability has been proposed. The object of this study was to establish normal values of erythrocyte aggregation parameters as measured by laser light backscattering and to study the influence of various physiological factors.

[Hemorheologic changes in preoperative hemodilution during total hip replacement. Randomized study comparing hydroxyethyl starch 200,000/0.62 (HES) and a dextran 60,000].

Hemodilution can be used to save blood transfusion during total hip replacement. We have carried out a randomized study to compare the hemorheological effects of two plasma substitutes: a hydroxyethylstarch 200,000/0.62 versus a dextran 60,000.

Evaluation of the efficacy of prophylactic intravenous antibiotherapy with ceftriaxone in post-chemotherapy agranulocytic patients.

A prospective study was carried out in 44 patients treated by intensive chemotherapy inducing a prolonged neutropenia (granulocytes less than 0.5.10(9)/l).