OBJECTIVE To identify factors associated with nipple trauma in women breastfeeding exclusively in a maternity unit. METHODS This was a case-control study that recruited 146 recently-delivered mothers in rooming-in wards: 73 cases, defined as women with nipple trauma, and 73 controls, defined as women free from this pathology. Women breastfeeding exclusively were tested daily for a diagnosis o...

BACKGROUND Preventable deaths due to errors in trauma patients with otherwise survivable injuries account for up to 10% of fatalities in Level I trauma centers, 50% of these errors occur in the intensive care unit (ICU). The root cause of 67% of the Joint Commission sentinel events is communication errors. The objective is (1) to study how critical information degrades and how it is lost over 2...

BACKGROUND Conventional coagulation tests do not provide an accurate representation of the complex nature of trauma induced coagulopathy. Thrombelastography provides a prompt global overview of all dynamic sequential aspects of trauma induced coagulopathy. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of using thrombelastography on blood products utilization, crystalloids utilization, ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the causes, predictors and outcomes of re-intubation. METHODS Retrospective analysis of data collected from the trauma data base registry was conducted to identify the extubation failure cases in Trauma ICU at Hamad General Hospital, the only Level I trauma center in Qatar between January 2009 and December 2010. Demographics, mechanism of Injury, complications, injury ...

Background: There has been much debate in international literature about whether it is better to treat trauma patients at the injury site, at a nearby facility, or to transport them to a specialized emergency health care facility. Previous studies comparing directly admitted and referred patients showed contradicting results and very few studies focused on children. The aim of this research was...

AIMS To describe the demographics, nature and severity of injury of trauma admissions to a New Zealand urban Intensive Care Unit (ICU) over a ten year period; to determine differences in injury characteristics between patients received from inside and outside the local trauma catchment area; and to calculate incidence rates in the local population served, to identify high risk groups of patient...