OBJECTIVES To determine the epidemiology of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a midwestern state and to examine differences between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan residents. DESIGN Population-based case series. PARTICIPANTS Patients aged 0-19 years sustaining TBI in 1993 that resulted in hospitalization or death. INTERVENTIONS None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Incidence, mortality a...

Individual non-minor injuries (Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) > or = 2) to the head that occurred to belted and unbelted drivers and front seat passengers on the stuck side of impacted vehicles were examined. Injury type, injury combination, collision severity in relation to type of injury as well as contact sources were assessed. Forty-eight percent of injuries were moderate in severity (AIS 2...

BACKGROUND We present a series of patients with blunt abdominal trauma who underwent damage control laparotomy (DCL) and introduce a nomogram that we created to predict survival among these patients. METHODS This was a retrospective study. From January 2002 to June 2012, 91 patients underwent DCL for hemorrhagic shock. We excluded patients with the following characteristics: a penetrating abd...

AIM To analyze clinical course of war-related injuries in children treated at the Split University Hospital during the wars in Croatia (1991-1995) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995). METHODS Medical records of 94 treated children were analyzed. The severity of wounds was scored according to the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and Injury Severity Score (ISS) evaluation systems. RESULTS Mo...

INTRODUCTION Early prediction of massive transfusion (MT) is critical in the management of severely injured trauma patients. Variables available early after injury including physiologic, laboratory, and rotation thromboelastometric (ROTEM) parameters were evaluated as predictors for the need of MT. METHODS After Institutional Review Board approval, we retrospectively reviewed a cohort of seve...

Angioembolization is effective and safe in patients with pelvic bone fractures arterial bleeding. However, there still no consensus regarding the indications for angiography after fractures. This study investigated predictors of embolization through a comparative analysis who had extravasation on angiography. From January 2009 to December 2021, 1431 were admitted single trauma center. After app...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the injury pattern, mechanisms, severity, and mortality of adolescents and adults hospitalized for treatment of trauma following motorcycle accidents in a Level I trauma center. METHODS Detailed data regarding patients aged 13-19 years (adolescents) and aged 30-50 years (adults) who had sustained trauma due to a motorcycle accide...

BACKGROUND The Heinrichs-Carpenter Quality of Life Scale (QLS) is the most extensively used real-world community functioning scale in schizophrenia research. However, the extensive time required to administer it and the inclusion of items that overlap conceptually with negative symptoms limit its use across studies. The present study examined the validity and utility of two abbreviated QLS meas...

The aim of this paper is to investigate medical efforts and injury profiles of victims of the Lushan earthquake admitted to three military hospitals. This study retrospectively investigated the clinical records of 266 admitted patients evacuated from the Lushan earthquake area. The 2005 version of the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS-2005) was used to identify the severity of each injury. Patient ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with self-reported ongoing use of opioid medication one to two months after operative treatment of musculoskeletal trauma. METHODS Operatively treated patients (n = 145) with musculoskeletal trauma were evaluated one to two months after surgery. Patients indicated if they were taking opioid pain medication and completed seve...