Background and Aim: Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is one of the most traumatic events threatening patients’ well-being and places a financial burden on health care system. The first step in determination of the exact impact of SCI is to estimate the pattern of traumatic injuries in a population and also the type of frequently occurred co-injuries. Hence, this study was conducted to assess ...

BACKGROUND Collaboration between primary care personnel and dental personnel to prevent early childhood caries has been established in several countries. The purpose of this study was, firstly, to describe health nurses' experiences and attitudes regarding collaboration with dental personnel, and secondly, to identify characteristic of health nurses and health centres associated with the collab...

BACKGROUND Africa accounts for one sixth of global road traffic deaths-most in the pre-hospital setting. Ambulance transport is expensive relative to other modes of pre-hospital transport, but has advantages in time-sensitive, high-acuity scenarios. Many countries, including Ethiopia, are expanding ambulance fleets, but clinical characteristics of patients using ambulances remain ill-defined. ...

Introduction: Post-traumatic non-vital teeth is one of the indications for One Visit Endodontic. Trauma to may arise from conditions that cause become necrotic so will look darker and experience discoloration. Clinical indicate death dental pulp require endodontic treatment. This situation discoloration occur as a result metamorphosis calcified pulp. Internal whitening treatment can be done aft...

Acute epistaxis, or nosebleed, is a common presentation in the emergency department (ED) that requires systematic evaluation and prompt management. The assessment involves considering severity of bleeding, identifying underlying causes, implementing appropriate interventions. Modifiable risk factors, such as medication review, nasal hygiene, avoidance trauma, humidification, should be addressed...

o bjective: to explain an important  aspect of violence, the spatiotemporal pattern of trauma in victims of violence visited in emergency room of rajaei hospital, shiraz, iran m e thods: this cross-sectional prospective study comprised 109 randomly selected victims of violence visited in emergency room of rajaei hospital, a tertiary referral hospital affiliated to shiraz university of medical s...

Objective-To determine injury patterns and characteristics specific to domestic violence in women who present to the accident and emergency (A&E) department. Design-A retrospective case note review of all female assaults over a one year period. The subjects were women who disclosed that their injuries were due to assaults by either a current or a previous male partner. Controls were female assa...

CONTEXT Hunting continues to be a passion and common pastime for many US citizens, especially in rural areas. Unfortunately, with the large volume of hunters entering the woods each season, hunting injuries continue to be common. OBJECTIVE Review the experience of a level I trauma center during each of Wisconsin's 9-day deer firearm hunting seasons over a 6-year period and identify potential ...

Abstract Background Young refugees and descendants of have different preconditions for learning than their peers without refugee background. Children growing up in families where parents suffered torture war trauma may represent a particularly vulnerable group. This study investigates whether children survivors living Denmark achieved test scores throughout primary secondary school compared to ...