An interpretation of the metabolic response to injury in patients with severe accidental or surgical trauma is made. In the last century, various authors attributed a meaning to the post-traumatic inflammatory response by using teleological arguments. Their interpretations of this response, not only facilitates integrating the knowledge, but also the flow from the bench to the bedside, which is...

OBJECTIVES To describe the profile of the victims of road accidents presenting physical sequelae, according to the criteria established by researchers and analyze the trends in hospitalization for this cause in Brazil, from 2000 to 2013. METHODS An ecological time-series study was performed using the data from the Hospital Information System of the National Health System (SUS). Trends in hosp...

BACKGROUND Numerous sequelae have been noted in survivors of bacterial meningitis; however, few studies document sequelae for several years following a childhood episode of bacterial meningitis. In addition, studies generally focus on the more commonly found sequelae. To review the known information and highlight this gap, this article presents a comprehensive literature review of the long-term...

kawasaki disease is one of the major causes of acquired heart disease of children in developed countries. this study was performed to determine the frequency of cardiac sequelae of kawasaki disease and related risk factors based on a descriptive cross-sectional study between 1994-1999 in the pediatric ward of ai-zahra hospital of isfahan. out of 45 patients, 29 were male (64.4%) and 16 were fem...