background and aim: motor vehicle accidents are common cause of mortality, morbidity and disability. human factors are principle cause for frequency of motor vehicle accident. in most studies, 52-40% lower limb injuries are trauma from a motorcycle accident. these accidents cause high financial cost and harm for society. materials and methods: in this study, patients with lower limb injuries re...

conclusions the findings of the present study show a high level of tetanus antibody among trauma patients in this hospital; so, taking the tetanus vaccine history can be misleading. it is suggested that further studies be performed in different regions of our country and with larger sample sizes and detection of the immunization status of patients by measuring anti-tetanus antibody levels among...

conclusions the loss of hrc at the onset of admission may predict mortality in patients with blunt trauma. lower entropy, in recently admitted patients with intra-abdominal bleeding, may indicate laparotomy when the vital signs are stable. background nonlinear analysis of heart rate variability (hrv) has been recently used as a predictor of prognosis in trauma patients. objectives we applied no...

BACKGROUND Statistics from the National Trauma Data Bank imply that discretionary blood alcohol and urine drug testing is common. However, there is little evidence to determine which patients are appropriate for routine testing, based on information available at trauma center arrival. In 2002, Langdorf reported alcohol and illicit drug rates in Trauma Activation Patients. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPA...

BACKGROUND Different trauma characteristics have been suggested to lead to distinct symptom profiles. This study investigates the effect of two trauma characteristics, age of onset and frequency, on PTSD symptom profiles. METHODS Trauma characteristics (childhood versus adulthood trauma and single versus multiple trauma), psychiatric diagnosis, PTSD severity, depressive symptoms, dissociation...

objective: to evaluate sensorimotor nerve damage in patients with maxillofacial trauma referring to taleghani hospital, tehran, iran methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted during a 2-year period from 2014 to 2012 in taleghani hospital of tehran. we included a total number of 495 patients with maxillofacial trauma referring to our center during the study period. the demographic inform...

Abdominal trauma is present in 7-10% of all trauma victims, and in cases of severe trauma is often found together with orthopedic, thoracic or central nervous system (CNS) injuries. The aim of the present study was to perform a comparative analysis of abdominal trauma and trauma involving other body regions, evaluating the prognostic significance of abdominal injuries in patients with severe tr...

Objective: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by persistent and impairing levels of inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. Evidence shows that adolescents with ADHD are more exposed to trauma. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between ADHD symptom severity and trauma severity. Methods: In this descriptive ...

Objective, To survey the pediatric trauma programs to ascertain if and how etomidate is being used for rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in pediatric trauma patients. Design, A 25 question survey was created using REDCaps. A link to the survey was emailed to each of the pediatric and adult trauma programs that care for pediatric patients. Setting, Pediatric trauma programs and adult trauma progra...

objective: to determine the presentation, anatomical distribution, diagnostic method, management and outcome of hollow viscus injury (hvi) from blunt abdominal trauma. methods: this was a retrospective cross-sectional study including patients with blunt abdominal trauma leading to hvi admitted at rajendra institute of medical sciences, ranchi, over a period of 4.5 years (january 2009 to july 20...