Abstract Introduction:  The concept of post-traumatic growth (PTG) has attracted attention from researchers and practitioners in recent years.  Although some previous studies have reported post-traumatic growth (PTG) among cancer survivors, few have examined factors that facilitate or promote PTG in patients with cancer disease. Present research was performed in 50-65 ages blood cancer patient...

Background and Objective: Traumatic brain injury is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide and the second leading cause of death in Iran. About half of patients with traumatic brain injury have hemoglobin of less than 9 g/dL during the first week of admission. With regard to the secondary damage to brain tissues caused by anemia and blood transfusion complications, we decid...

Introduction: Post-Traumatic Growth refers to personal and psychological changes that have been made after a severe incident and the result of a person's struggle against the incident is stressful. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between post-traumatic post-traumatic incidence and health literacy in in-patient patients in educational hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Me...

Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most important complications of mechanical ventilation and cause of mortality in traumatic patients under mechanical ventilation admitted in the ICU (intensive care unit). The aim of current study was  comparing sedationreceived as bolus and infusion at incidence of VAP in intubated traumatic patients in the ICU. Methods:...

Background and Objective: Although intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is considered as the standard care for traumatic brain injuries, it is not routinely used in Iran. Hence, the purpose of this study is to reveal the primary results of the applying ICP monitoring in patients with traumatic head injuries in Bahonar Hospital in Kerman. Materials and Methods:The present study is a ...

Background & aim: Post-traumatic stress disorder can reduce the quality of life and increase in the risk of suicide and psychiatric disorders, as well. Few studies have been done to investigate the effectiveness of metacognitive model for treatment of these patients. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy on metacognitive beliefs in patients with post-traumat...

Background & Aims: post-traumatic stress disorder is a set of symptoms that can be find after following that exposure to traumatic life events. This study was conducted with purpose of investigation the effectiveness of meta-cognitive therapy on Anxiety and depression in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. Materials & Methods: This study was conducted in the context of a s...

 Background and purpose: Quality of life among traumatic brain injury patients is of great importance in having more effective treatment. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between quality of life after traumatic brain injury and demographic characteristics. Materials and methods: In this cohort study, the statistical population included 409 patients with traumatic brain injury...

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the most important complications associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI). ARDS is caused by inflammation of the lungs and hypoxic damage with lung physiology abnormalities associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Aim of this study is to determine the epidemiology of ARDS and the prevalence of risk factors. Meth...