BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim was to derive health state utility scores in ulcerative colitis (UC) by establishing the relationship between the physician-rated ulcerative colitis disease activity index (UCDAI) and a patient reported EQ-5D by statistically mapping the two instruments. METHODS In a randomised controlled trial comparing oral plus enema mesalazine treatment with oral mesalazine tre...

INTRODUCTION: We aimed to analyze the data of patients who were admitted our emergency department (ED) because terrorism-related injuries. MATERIAL AND METHODS: have retrospectively analyzed a state hospital’s ED with injuries between 01.01.2016 and 01.01.2018. The about mechanism injury, injured body part, Abbreviated Injury Scale scores, management, outcomes: discharge from ED, hospitalizatio...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that women with traumatic brain injury have more favorable outcomes than do men because of higher levels of circulating estrogen and progesterone that may reduce brain edema. OBJECTIVES To determine whether there is any association between sex and mortality in TBI patients and whether there is any association between sex and brain edema. DESIGN Retrospective...

BACKGROUND Trauma centers (TCs) vary in the inclusion of patients with isolated hip fractures (IHFs) in their registries. This inconsistent case ascertainment may have significant implications on the assessment of TC performance and external benchmarking efforts. METHODS Data were derived from the National Trauma Data Bank (2007-8.1). We included patients (aged 16 years or older) with Injury ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a community based programme for evidence based prevention of injuries during physical exercise. DESIGN Quasi-experimental evaluation using an intervention population and a non-random control population. PARTICIPANTS Study municipality (population 41,000) and control municipality (population 26,000) in Sweden. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Morbidity rate for sports related in...

Small overlap frontal crashes occur when vehicles are loaded outboard of their longitudinal structural members. Studies from the 1990s as well as current research have found that these crashes continue to account for a significant percentage of all serious frontal crashes. The National Automotive Sampling System/Crashworthiness Data System database was used to study the characteristics of these...

Major injury is the sixth leading cause of death worldwide. Among those under 35 years of age, it is the leading cause of death and disability. Traffic accidents alone are the main cause, fundamentally in low-and middle-income countries. Patients over 65 years of age are an increasingly affected group. For similar levels of injury, these patients have twice the mortality rate of young individua...

In 2012 the United States Congress issued a directive to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to modernize its nationally-representative crash databases and examine the data collected in those programs. In response, NHTSA initiated the Data Modernization Project to affirm its position as the leader in motor vehicle crash data collection and analysis, by collecting quality ...

OBJECTIVES Short-distance household falls are a common occurrence in young children, but are also a common false history given by caretakers to conceal abusive trauma. The purpose of this study was to determine the severity of injuries that result from accidental short-distance household falls in children, and to investigate the association of fall environment and biomechanical measures with in...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal [MSK] injuries are common causes of long-term pain and physical disability which affect many people worldwide. The economic and social impacts on the individual, society and national health systems are enormous making a matter of public health concern. Therefore, this study examined the causes and extent of MSK injuries in a referral hospital in Ghana. METHODS A pro...