Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to use MRI and CT observe osteoporosis vertebral fracture (OVF) combined with endplate-disc complex (EDC) injury classify the degree EDC according changes in signal intensity morphology on images. Methods We investigated incidence injury, observed using CT, graded injuries from 0 4 their severity. compared whether there were differences among di...

introduction: caustic ingestions are among the most prevalent causes of toxic exposure. the present 10-year survey aimed to evaluate the epidemiologic features and outcomes of caustic ingestion cases presenting to emergency department. methods: this is a retrospective cross-sectional study on patients who were admitted to a referral toxicology center during 2004 to 2014, following caustic inges...

This paper proposes a new spatial multivariate count model to jointly analyze the traffic crashrelated counts of pedestrians and bicyclists by injury severity. The modeling framework is applied to predict injury counts at a Census tract level, based on crash data from Manhattan, New York. The results highlight the need to use a multivariate modeling system for the analysis of injury counts by r...

BACKGROUND The died of wounds (DOW) rate is cited as a measure of combat casualty care effectiveness without the context of injury severity or insight into lethality of the battlefield. The objective of this study was to characterize injury severity and other factors related to variations in the DOW rate. METHODS The highest monthly DOW (HDOW) and lowest monthly DOW (LDOW) rates from 2004 to ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether NART scores are associated with severity of brain injury and therefore presumably affected by brain injury. In addition, to compare the Cambridge Contextual Reading Test (CCRT) with injury severity in head-injured individuals. DESIGN AND METHODS Participants were 55 survivors of traumatic head injury, who completed the NART and the CCRT. The scores on these pre...

  Abstract   Objective: To evaluate and review our experience with pediatric spinal injuries and   factors affecting outcome, the authors conducted a retrospective clinical study of 43   cases (32 boys, 11 girls) of pediatric spine injuries treated during four years (January   1999 to December 2003).   Methods: Forty-three children with spinal injuries were studied retrospectively   over four y...

objectives the aim of this study was to present the incidence and characteristics of repeated tbi (rtbi) in iranian patients. patients and methods during one year, all admitted tbi patients with prior tbi history were enrolled into the study. in each patient, data such as age, gender, past medical history, injury cause, anatomic site of injury, tbi severity, clinical findings and ct scan findin...

Objective(s): To investigate the effect of Ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 in early brain injury (EBI) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and its mechanism. Materials and Methods: The SAH rat model was constructed and pre-treated with EGb761.The neurological function, severity of SAH, water content of brain tissue, damage degree of the blo...