ObjectiveTo build core items of database for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rehabilitation medical database.MethodsRelevant factors in TBI database were summarized through database search in combination of acknowledged relevant items of TBI in rehabilitation medical database. Delphi method was used for experts to determine which items should be included by two rounds of questionnaires.ResultsThe average authority coefficient of experts was 0.94. After two rounds of questionnaires, 73 were included. Its contents include: general conditions, brain damage and disposal, relevant rehabilitation assessment scales, previous rehabilitation treatment, treatment expenses, and contents that require attention during re-evaluation.ConclusionsAfter two rounds of Delphi evaluation, the core items of database for TBI are identified with high recognition and consistency from experts.
Objective? To investigate the dysfunction information of children suffering from Wenchuan earthquake and analyze their rehabilitation requirements. Methods A survey of rehabil itation requirements of 87 children with earthquake injuries was performed using self-made questionnaires. Results Among the 87 children investigated, 64.4% suffered from restricted joint range of motion, 95.4% had abnormal sensory (pain occupying 89.7%). Conclusion The earl ier the patients received the rehabilitation therapy, the better for them to recover functions, improve activity ability in daily life and promote participation ability.
A 7.0 Ms earthquake hit Lushan country at Ya’an city of Sichuan province at 8:02 am, on April 20th, 2013. Rehabilitation medicine department of the West China Hospital, a regional state-level hospital arrived at stricken area, and super early rehabilitation rescue was organized at the second day after Lushan earthquake. On the third day after Lushan earthquake, patients receiving super early rehabilitation intervention were moved forward to orthopedics, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, pediatric surgery and ICU for super early rehabilitation intervention. Up to 6 pm, 14 days after the earthquake, 69 wounded in total were admitted in early rehabilitation. The experiences of Wenchuan earthquake has been applied, improved and sublimated more rapidly, more appropriately, more effectively in the Lushan earthquake rehabilitation rescue.