OBJECTIVE Ventricular septal defects resulting from post-traumatic cardiac injury are very rare. Percutaneous closure has emerged as a method for treating this disorder. We wish to report our experience in three patients who underwent percutaneous closure of a post-traumatic ventricular septal defect with a patent ductus arteriosus occluder. METHODS We treated three patients with post-traumat...

OBJECTIVE To formulate a patient-rated assessment tool that facilitates the measurement of pain and polysymptom distress directly related to all classes of wounds. DESIGN A prospective observational study derived from a sequential case series of patients with advanced illness was carried out to determine the most common symptoms associated with wounds from 9 distinct classes (malignant, press...

ABSTRACT Introduction Thousands of military personnel have suffered severe wounds and traumatic amputations in recent overseas conflicts. They face multiple surgeries long, painful rehabilitation. Despite the tremendous stress for these servicemen families, many appear to cope quite well even thrive despite their devastating wounds. Hardiness is a world view or mindset marked by high levels com...

BACKGROUND Refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often present with complicated traumatic symptoms, prolonged and repeated exposure to traumatic events, acculturation, and social problems. A consensus about suitability of psychosocial treatments for refugees does not exist. Never the less there is a need to review the state of knowledge about effective treatments for traumatized re...

OBJECTIVE around 50% of women report symptoms that indicate some aspect of their childbirth experience was 'traumatic', and at least 3.1% meet diagnosis for PTSD six months post partum. Here we aimed to conduct a prospective longitudinal study and examine predictors of birth-related trauma - predictors that included a range of pre-event factors - as a first step in the creation of a screening q...

introduction : tissue adhesives have been taken into consideration because they do not need to be removed after wound healing. this study was conducted to compare scars remained by octyl-2-cyanoacrylate and sutures in traumatic facial wounds in adults. materials and methods : this randomized clinical trial study was performed on 50 patients aged 15-50 years referred to babol shahid beheshti hos...

A strong positive association between emotion regulation difficulties (ERD) and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) has been consistently evidenced in cross-sectional research. However, a lack of prospective research has limited hypotheses regarding the temporal relationship between trauma exposure, ERD, and PTSS. The present prospective study investigated the role of pre-trauma difficulties w...

Children exposed to a wide range of traumatic events suffer significant post-traumatic reactions. Randomised controlled trials assessing the effectiveness of interventions with traumatised children are described, the limitations of the current literature base identified and issues regarding the applicability of these findings and interventions to everyday clinical practice discussed. Methodolog...

Following the original successful repair of a penetrating wound of the heart in 1897 by Professor Rehn, many successful operations of this type have been performed. There have, however, been relatively few reports of successful repair of penetrating wounds of the aorta. Fortyeight such cases have been described between 1922 and 1970 (Lam and McIntyre, 1970; Rogers, Chesler, and du Plessis, 1969...