Pancreatic injury is the fourth most common abdominal organ injury (following injuries of the spleen, liver and kidneys) [1]. Pancreatic injuries are usually very hard to identify by different diagnostic imaging methods, and these injuries are often overlooked in patients with multiorgan trauma [2]. Unfortunately, in literature, our current understanding and approach to the management of trauma...

Acute traumatic brain injury is a worldwide public health crisis. Post-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a finding that is present at a frequency of 40% according to data from American TCDB (1,2). Among the mechanisms that have been implicated as causes of post-traumatic SAH is the cortical bleeding through the subarachnoid space. It is estimated that the incidence of post-traumatic SA...

war is an effective factor in incidence and promotion of psychological and behavioral problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder. this study aimed to determine the quality of life and its correlation with age and percent of injury in war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. this was a cross-sectional study, which included 70 war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. this s...

Liver injury is a common pathological basis of various liver diseases, and long-term liver injury is often an important initiation factor leading to liver fibrosis and even liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It has been reported that deproteinized extract of calf blood (DECB) can inhibit the replication of hepatitis B virus and confers a protective effect on the liver after tra...

Editor’s key points † Abnormal liver function test results are common among intensive care unit patients with traumatic brain injury. † This often occurs in the absence of any pre-existing liver dysfunction. † Hepato-biliary ultrasound scans are frequently requested to exclude treatable causes. † The authors assessed the diagnostic yield of scans performed for this reason. Background. This stud...

background & aim: traumatic brain injury is one of the main causes of death and disability. the aim of this study is to systematically review the articles which assessed some serum factors of traumatic brain injury patients in relation to their outcomes. methods & materials/patients: databases were searched for relevant publications from 2005 to 2014. selection criteria were:studies which evalu...