Objective To understand time-effect relationship in prehospital emergency care of trauma patients so as to cut down mortality. Methods The data of pre-hospital deaths of trauma pa-tients were collected from 67 Shenzhen Emergency Network Hospitals during 2002-2004 and input into a database established by using Foxpro 6.0.Then, the data were analyzed by software SPSS 11.0. Re-sults A total of 161 364 trauma patients received prehospital emergency call service during 2002-2004 and 3 967 patients died prehospital or in hospital.There were 360.528 and 645 trauma patients died pre-hospitsl in 2002, 2003 and 2004 respectively, accounting for 32.57%, 37.69% and 44.25% respec-tively of whole trauma emergency patients in corresponding year.In 2002, 2003 and 2004 respectively, pre-hospital mortality was 1.15%, 0.88% and 0.99%, ratio of male to female 79.17/20.83, 77.65/22.35 and 71.63/28.37, the death age(29.04 ±13.98), (27.84±18.54)and(29.25±17.06)years old, ratio of traffic trauma to non-traffic trauma 48.33/51.67.26.14/73.86 and 37.98/62.02, the median response time of ambulance in hospital 2, 2 and 1 minute, the median time of ambulance arri-ving at the accident scene 5, 8.5 and 7 minutes and the median time of ambulance to and fro was 15.35 and 30 minutes. Conclusions There is a tendency that the number of the pre-hospital deaths of trauma patients increases, but that the ratio of traffic to non-traffic trauma and mortality decrease.The average age of dead trsuma patients is 10 years younger than that of whole emergency patients in the city of Shenz-hen.The response time of ambulance in hospital shortens, but the time of ambulance arriving accident 8cene and to and fro time of ambulance prolong.

OBJECTIVETo investigate clinical characteristics and changes of pulmonary imaging of mineral oil aspiration pneumonia in children.

METHODThe clinical features, CT findings, and effects of corticosteroid therapy were analyzed in 16 children with mineral oil aspiration pneumonia, who were hospitalized in our hospital from January 2003 to July 2013.

RESULTAll patients with mineral oil aspiration pneumonia had a history of mineral oil administration.Four patients had no clinical manifestations. Ten cases presented fever, and 8 of the 10 patients had fever in 4-8 h after taking mineral oil, and the temperature was between 39-40 °C. There were wheezing in 2 cases, shortness of breath in 6 cases, cyanosis in 1 case, dyspnea in 3 cases, and moaning in 2 cases, chest pain in 1 case, headache and abnormal EEG in 1 case.Six patients had rales in lungs. Peripheral blood white cells increased in 10 cases, and C- reactive protein elevated in 7 patients. Chest CT examination showed abnormal findings in 6 children, and the earliest CT was performed within 2 h after the accident. The rest 10 children got chest X-ray, and 9 of 10 children had abnormal findings. The earliest X-ray was done within 3 h after the accident. And the remaining 1 of 10 children showed no significant changes in the first chest X-ray 2-3 h after the accident until 3 days. All of the patients received corticosteroid and antibiotic treatments, 4 cases underwent bronchoalveolar lavage, 3 patients were given albumin, 6 cases received intravenous immunoglobulin. Three cases delayed in treatment with hormone because of misdiagnosis, and 2 of them had clearly secondary infections. Twelve patients recovered completely from oil aspiration pneumonia after 8 days to 5.5 months.

CONCLUSIONOil aspiration pneumonia in children occurs in almost all cases after mineral oil aspiration. Pulmonary opacities can be found by chest CT in most patients within 24 hours after mineral oil aspiration. Corticosteroids therapy was effective for patients with exogenous lipid pneumonia, which may inhibit the inflammatory response and possible pulmonary fibrosis.

Anti-Bacterial Agents ; therapeutic use ; C-Reactive Protein ; analysis ; Child, Preschool ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Fever ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; Glucocorticoids ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Infant ; Lung ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Male ; Mineral Oil ; adverse effects ; Pneumonia, Lipid ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; etiology ; Radiography, Thoracic ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed