Publications by authors named "P Zafeiriadou"
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of visits in emergency departments (ED) worldwide decreased significantly based on several studies. This study aims to compare the patient flow in the emergency surgery department during the COVID-19 pandemic and a control period in the emergency department of a public tertiary care hospital in Greece. The overall patient flow reduction regarding the ED visits between the two examined periods was 49.
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- A study evaluated trauma patients treated in surgical emergency departments at Greek hospitals due to the lack of specialized trauma centers, analyzing 6,041 cases over two years.
- Trauma patients made up 47.56% of emergency cases, predominantly men with a mean age of 44.52 years; main causes of trauma included motor vehicle accidents and falls.
- Findings highlight the strain on general surgery teams, emphasizing the need for comprehensive data collection to inform national injury prevention strategies and improve hospital resources.
During the initial assessment of trauma patients they usually undergo a Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) in which there are occasionally incidental findings of other surgical conditions. In this audit we discuss the incidence, demographics, and implications of these findings and we propose a management algorithm. Within 2 years we managed 6041 trauma patients in the emergency department based on the Advanced Trauma Life Support protocols, 95 per cent of which underwent a FAST ultrasound.
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