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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE PERCEPTION OF STRESSORS AT WORK AMONG NEONATOLOGISTS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY
Abstract
Background
Managing the stress of medical staff has become a priority for the health sector due to the high prevalence of occupational exhaustion, partly caused by stress factors at work. Exhaustion leads to negative consequences in medical activity, including medical errors, low levels of quality of medical care and patient safety, and huge financial costs due to personnel turnover.
Objectives
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and the perception of stressors at work among neonatologists, in order to determine whether the increase in emotional intelligence of physicians may reduce the negative consequences associated with stress.
Methods
The research sample consisted of 30 Romanian physicians specialized in neonatal intensive care (26 women, 4 men). The participants completed measures of emotional intelligence and occupational stress under the supervision of the authors of this study in a conference room.
Results
Prior to testing the research hypotheses, we conducted a data inspection approach. All the indicators of the asymmetry of the distribution had normal values for all the study variables. We relied on linear bivariate correlation to test the research hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that stress management (a dimension of emotional intelligence) was negatively related to dissatisfaction with resources and communication (a dimension of occupational stress), r = -.41, p < .01.
Conclusion
The results indicate that psychological interventions to develop stress management capabilities could reduce the negative impact of lack of resources and ineffective interactions between physicians and the organization they work in.
ROLE OF CEREBRAL OXYGENATION INDICES IN THE DECISION FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IN NEONATAL EMERGENCIES
Abstract
Background
Volume replacement in the case of neonatal shock represents a rapid and difficult decision. The hematocrit and blood pressure often could not help in this decision.
Objectives
To present situations in which the regional cerebral oxygen saturation(cRSO2) and fractional tissular oxygen extraction(FTOE) could aid in the decision for blood transfusion in neonates with different forms of shock
Methods
There are presented several cases of neonatal circulatory failure in which blood transfusion was indicated. There are noted the values of hematocrit, blood pressure, capillary refill time and cRSO2 and cerebral FTOE. There are presented two cases of pulmonary hemorrhage, one cord blood hemorrhage, one case of digestive hemorrhage and one case of perinatal asphyxia because of placental abruption.
Results
All cases had signs of shock :pallor, cold extremities, increased capillarry refill time and tachypnea, blood pressure was normal and did not predict the need for transfusion. The hematocrit was decreased immediately after pulmonary hemorrhage but not after the cord blood hemorrhage. The cRSO2 was the strongest predictor of need of transfusion in all the cases, decreasing in about 20 minutes with more than 20% from the baseline, the periferal SO2 being normal all the time. The cRSO2 came back to normal values after the transfusions in all the cases.
Conclusion
The cRSO2 are a sensitive predictor in the case of acute anemia in this series of cases and could help in the decision of a timely and efficient transfusion in the neonates with shock.
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ROLE OF CEREBRAL OXYGENATION INDICES IN THE DECISION FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IN NEONATAL EMERGENCIES
Abstract
Background
Volume replacement in the case of neonatal shock represents a rapid and difficult decision. The hematocrit and blood pressure often could not help in this decision.
Objectives
To present situations in which the regional cerebral oxygen saturation(cRSO2) and fractional tissular oxygen extraction(FTOE) could aid in the decision for blood transfusion in neonates with different forms of shock
Methods
There are presented several cases of neonatal circulatory failure in which blood transfusion was indicated. There are noted the values of hematocrit, blood pressure, capillary refill time and cRSO2 and cerebral FTOE. There are presented two cases of pulmonary hemorrhage, one cord blood hemorrhage, one case of digestive hemorrhage and one case of perinatal asphyxia because of placental abruption.
Results
All cases had signs of shock :pallor, cold extremities, increased capillarry refill time and tachypnea, blood pressure was normal and did not predict the need for transfusion. The hematocrit was decreased immediately after pulmonary hemorrhage but not after the cord blood hemorrhage. The cRSO2 was the strongest predictor of need of transfusion in all the cases, decreasing in about 20 minutes with more than 20% from the baseline, the periferal SO2 being normal all the time. The cRSO2 came back to normal values after the transfusions in all the cases.
Conclusion
The cRSO2 are a sensitive predictor in the case of acute anemia in this series of cases and could help in the decision of a timely and efficient transfusion in the neonates with shock.