Joint trauma can lead to a spectrum of acute lesions, including osteochondral fractures, ligament or meniscus tears and damage to the articular cartilage. This is often associated with intraarticular bleeding and causes posttraumatic joint inflammation. Although the acute symptoms resolve and some of the lesions can be surgically repaired, joint injury triggers a chronic remodeling process in c...

The chronic use of urinary indwelling catheters is a common practice in the setting of long-term patient care and is associated with numerous complications. More awareness about urogenital trauma from urinary catheterization is needed, as it is as common as symptomatic urinary tract infections. There are a number of preventable measures that can be taken to decrease the risk of mechanical traum...

Alcohol use is frequently associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), especially in the face of chronic traumatic experiences. However, the relationship between alcohol use and symptoms associated with chronic trauma exposure has not been evaluated. This study examined alcohol use in recently battered women (N=369). Differences were found in trauma symptoms between abstainers, moderat...

trauma is a leading cause of death and disability especially amongst young people. road traffic crash–related death, injury, and chronic disability continue to be a major worldwide burden to drivers, pedestrians and users of mass transit, especially in low- and middle-income countries(lmic). projections predict worsening of this burden, and while motorization of lmic increases exponentially, a ...

introduction: more than 50 scoring systems have been published for classification of trauma patients in the field, emergency room, and intensive care settings, so far. the present study aimed to compare the ability of trauma injury severity score (triss) and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (apache) iii in predicting mortality of intensive care unit (icu) admitted trauma patients....

autobiographical memory, that is, our memory for personal life experiences, is integral to our sense of self. however, the experience of trauma can create distortions in how our memories are bought to mind. in particular, trauma can produce an overgeneral memory style, which relates to the development of both ptsd and depression. however, theory states that immediately following a traumatic eve...

A 77-year-old man with an asymptomatic calcified chronic subdural hematoma is reported. Thirty seven years elapsed between the time of the head trauma and diagnosis. The advanced age of the pa tient when the calcified chronic subdural hematoma was diagnosed and the long interval between the trauma and diagnosis were both unusual features of this case. As far as we know, this patient is the olde...

BACKGROUND Acute pain frequently transitions to chronic pain after major lower extremity trauma (ET). Several modifiable psychological risk and protective factors have been found to contribute to, or prevent, chronic pain development. Some empirical evidence has shown that interventions, including cognitive and behavioral strategies that promote pain self-management, could prevent chronic pain....

Temporary tinnitus is a common consequence of noise exposure, and may share important mechanisms with chronic tinnitus. Noise-induced hearing loss is the most prevalent cause of chronic tinnitus. The reversibility of temporary tinnitus offers some practical experimental advantages. We therefore adapted a behavioral method based on gap detection to measure temporary tinnitus following brief acou...

Purpose: Following musculoskeletal trauma, a high proportion of people develop chronic pain, irrespective the severity injury. Central sensitisation (CS) characterised by features such as secondary hyperalgesia, tactile allodynia and widespread could offer an explanation to transition from acute pain. No study has evaluated early CS in this population. This exploratory aimed investigate CS, alo...