The liver is the most injured organ in abdominal trauma. Road traffic crashes and antisocial, violent behavior account for the majority of liver injuries. The present position paper represents the position of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) about the management of liver injuries.

143 Received March 26, 2014; revised and accepted September 5, 2014. Published online September 27, 2014; doi: 10.1620/tjem.234.143. *These authors have contributed equally to this work. Correspondence: Yuguo Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Emergency and Chest Pain Center, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, 107 Wenhua Xi Road, Ji’nan, Shandong 250012, P.R. China. e-mail: [email protected] Re...

Patricia A. Deuster, PhD, MPH; Francis G. O’Connor, MD, Kimbra Kenney, MD, Yuval Heled, PhD, Sheila Muldoon, MD, Carmen Contreras-Sesvold, MS, William W. Campbell, MD Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine Departments of Military and Emergency Medicine, Neurology, and Anesthesiology 4301 Jones Bridge Road Bethesda, MD 20814-4799 USA Running Titl...

A 28-year-old man presented with left chest, head and limb injuries following a road traffic accident (RTA). Increasing haemodynamic instability necessitated an emergency left thoracotomy at which a complete rupture of the pericardium and herniation of the heart was found. After repair, the patient made an uneventful post-operative recovery. The aetiology, investigation and management of this r...

Motorcycle Road Traffic Collisions place a heavy burden on emergency medical services in Jamaica. We explore the existing strategies and legislative policies that may prevent or reduce the severity of these injuries in Jamaica. This is an important aspect of health care as it may minimize the impact of these preventable injuries on the limited resources of the health services. ‎

From Department of Health, Taipei City Government, Taiwan ; Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taiwan Address for reprints: Dr. Hang Chang, Department of Helath, Taipei City Government, 1 City-Government Road, Taipei, Taiwan Received: April 5 2004. Revised: April 2

OBJECTIVE Road injuries are the leading injury-related cause of death among people aged 15-44. A clear dose-effect relationship has been demonstrated for drug and alcohol use and road traffic accidents. The objective of our study was to estimate the prevalence of drug and/or alcohol use in subjects admitted for road traffic accidents to an Emergency Department. METHODS In this study, conducte...