INTRODUCTION The most effective use of trauma center resources helps reduce morbidity and mortality, while saving costs. Identifying critical infrastructure characteristics, patient characteristics and staffing components of a trauma center associated with the proportion of patients needing major trauma care will help planners create better systems for patient care. METHODS We used the 2009 N...

BACKGROUND Trauma is one of the foremost causes of death worldwide, but there is a paucity of data on demographics and injury patterns in developing countries. OBJECTIVES To quantify and describe the major trauma burden at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa (SA), over a 5-year period. METHODS Ngwelezane Hospital is a large regional hospital in northern KZN. A database ...

background: peripheral vascular injury associated with lower limb trauma is a well-known emergency. the experience for the management of popliteal artery trauma have mainly come from managing the traumas of military personnels during iran-iraq war. the present study compared the effects of two currently-used surgical techniques in the management of popliteal trauma, namley femoropopliteal bypas...

Two young adults with severe facial injuries were receiving care in the trauma/surgical intensive care unit at a tertiary care, level I trauma center in the southeastern United States. Both patients were able to communicate by texting on their cellphones to family members, friends, and caregivers in the intensive care unit. Patients who are awake and already have experience texting with a smart...

evaluation of serum albumin level and its effect on prognosis in patients admitted to intensive care unit    valizadeh hasanloei ma [1] , norozinia h [2] *, shateri k [3] , bakhtyari l [4] , hosseinpour h [5]     received: 18 sep , 2013 accepted: 21 nov , 2013   abstract   background & aims : albumin and globulin are the largest components of the body proteins. albumin is a protein made in the ...

BACKGROUND Cell-free DNA has been proposed as a means of predicting complications among severely injured patients. The purpose of this systematic review was to assess whether cell-free DNA was useful as a prognostic biomarker for outcomes in trauma patients in the intensive care unit. METHODS We searched Pubmed, Embase, Scopus and the Cochrane Central Register for Controlled Trials and refere...