traumatic brain injury (tbi) is an important cause of death and disability in young adults ,and may lead to physical disabilities and long-term cognitive, behavioral psychological and social defects. there is a lack of definite result about the effect of thyroid hormones after traumatic brain injury in the severity and no data about their effect on mortality of the injury. the aim of this study...

background: the global status report of the world health organization (who) on road safety suggested that india is leading in road traffi c accidents in the world. according to the report on road accidents in india in 2010 by the transport research wing, ministry of road transport and highways, new delhi, kerala ranked third in accidents per lakh population and second in persons injured per lak...

objective: to record and classify mechanisms of injury and injury severity score (iss) in trauma patients admitted to the largest trauma center in southern iran. methods: this was a prospective cross-sectional study including all the patients who were admitted to nemazee hospital from 2009 to 2010. we recorded the trauma injury information of 1217 patients who were admitted to of emergency room...

objectives: to investigate the differences in death after receiving emergency services in traffic accidents between urban and rural regions, and decompose factors of the gap in langerood, northern iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in langrood, northern iran during a 1-year period from 2013 to 2014. the hospital data of traffic crashes were used. data contained those patien...

background: ingestion of caustic substances is the main reason for referral to philippines national poison management and control center among other causes of acute poisoning. rapid assessment of severity of injury is important for treatment and prognosis of these cases. this study was aimed to investigate the correlation of clinical factors with severity of gastrointestinal (gi) mucosal injury...

objective: thoracic trauma may be a life-threatening condition. flail chest is a severe chest injury with high mortality rates. surgery is not frequently performed and, in literature, data are controversial. the authors report their experience in the treatment of flail chest by an extracortical internal-external stabilization technique with kirshner’s wires (k-wires). methods: from 2010 to 2015...

conclusions age, injury severity, injured body region, and hospital-acquired infections are important determinants of trauma outcome in our center. timely recognition of factors affecting trauma mortality is crucial for monitoring changes of trauma quality of care. our findings suggest the need to allocate resources for trauma prevention along with a potential focus on reducing in-hospital comp...

background while cyclists and pedestrians are known to be at significant risk for severe injuries when exposed to road traffic accidents (rta) involving trucks, little is known about rta injury risk for truck drivers. objectives the aim of this study was to analyze the injury severity in truck drivers following rtas. patients and methods our local accident research unit prospectively documented...

acute injuries of the spine and spinal cord are among the most causes of severe disability and death after trauma. data about spine fracture with or without cord damage are different. the aim of this study was to determine epidemiology and demographics of spinal injury in main trauma center, guilan, an iranian province. the present study was a descriptive study of all cases of traumatic spine i...