Page kidney is a rarely seen phenomenon leading to secondary hypertension and encountered most frequently due to traumatic or nontraumatic subcapsular hematoma. Such a compression in kidneys causes hypoperfusion and microangiopathic ischemia and activates renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system leading to hypertension. In this presentation, we report a rare case of bilateral Page kidney presenting...

Disasters, both man-made and natural, are a known cause of morbidity and mortality among vulnerable populations. The initial phase of public health response typically addresses immediate traumatic injury or death in the wake of a disaster. However, little is known about the magnitude and cost of subsequent nontraumatic injury and illness in disaster zones. Known as ``the hidden epidemic,'' the ...

Methods The number of cases of death were obtained from the 2002 and 2005 Mortality Database and population data from the Population Census 2002. Standardized sex specific rates of non-traumatic and traumatic mortality in 2002 and 2005 were calculated in relation to the European standard population. We presented population pyramid and aging index for both populations in 2002 and compared sex sp...

Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains a devastating condition with 30-day mortality rates of 35% to 52%. Until the pathophysiology of this condition is better understood, it will not be possible to develop effective therapies. Studies of cerebral blood flow and metabolism in patients with acute ICH show similar abnormalities to those that occur in patients with traumatic brain inj...

Australian Army reservists (n=92) and a comparable group of regulars (n=90) were surveyed at the end of a 7-month deployment on a stability operation in Timor Leste and again approximately 6 months after returning to Australia. Both reservists and regulars displayed sound mental health, as measured by the K10 and PCL-C at both time points. Conversely, both groups reported only low levels of tra...

BACKGROUND Hospital emergency department (ED) visits for non-urgent care have been increasing since the late 1950s. This study investigated the prevalence and characteristics of pediatric ED visits for dental problems during a five-year period. METHODS This retrospective study included newborns through 17-year-olds with dental complaints identified from the electronic register of the ED of Te...

STUDY DESIGN Case report. BACKGROUND Coccydynia is a painful condition of the sacrococcygeal region, with symptoms associated with sitting and rising from a seated position. There is no gold standard for diagnosis of this condition; however, coccyx mobility assessment, pain provocation testing, and imaging have been proposed as reasonable diagnostic approaches. Once correctly diagnosed, treat...

Background: For surgical treatment of symptomatic partial rotator cuff tears, 2 repair techniques, i.e., arthroscopic trans-tendon repair and arthroscopic repair after conversion to full thickness tear, were widely used and satisfactory clinical outcomes have been reported. However, no study has seen for the direct evaluation of repair integrity after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using seco...