BACKGROUND This study was planned to collect data about causes, prevalence and responses to work-related musculoskeletal disorders reported by physiotherapists employed in Izmir, Turkey. METHOD A two-page survey with closed ended questions was used as the data collected method. This survey was distributed to 205 physiotherapists working in Izmir, Turkey, and 120 physiotherapists answered. Que...

I ncreased pressure within the cranial cavity is a common and important problem in the care of patients with serious injuries and diseases of the central nervous system. Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) is most commonly associated with severe head injury; some degree of increased ICP was found in 80 percent of all patients with a major head injury and in over one half of these patients the ...

BACKGROUND Free flap reconstruction performed shortly after injury is associated with reduced complications but is not always feasible. Subatmospheric pressure dressings have several beneficial effects on wounds. This study reviewed a large series of open tibia fractures to determine whether subatmospheric pressure dressings affected complication rates. METHODS One hundred five patients under...

introduction: a high grade burn is one of the most devastating injuries with several medical, social, economic, and psychological effects. these injuries are the most common cause of accidental deaths after traffic injuries in both the developed and developing countries. therefore this research was aimed to determine demographic characteristics of patients with burn injury admitted to the emerg...

The anatomy of the cervical and marginal mandibular branches of the facial nerve is reviewed. In the senior author's practice, "pseudoparalysis of the marginal mandibular nerve" due to cervical branch injury occurred in 34 of 2002 superficial musculoaponeurotic system-platysma face lifts (1.7 percent) and was associated with a full recovery in 100 percent of cases within a time period ranging f...

Objective: To present pre-injury, injury-related, work-related and post-injury characteristics, to compare patients with without traumatic intracranial abnormalities, in a treatment-seeking sample persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) after mild-to-moderate TBI.Methods: Cross-sectional design the context of specialized TBI outpatient clinic. Eligible were aged 18–60 years, employed ? 50% a...

OBJECTIVE To examine injuries sustained in noncombat motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) during Operation Iraqi Freedom by injury type, site, and severity. METHODS Three hundred and forty-eight military personnel injured in noncombat MVAs from March 2004-June 2007 were identified from clinical records completed near the point of injury. RESULTS On average, personnel suffered two injuries per acc...

Values for total lactate dehydrogenase (LD, EC 1.1.1.27) and LD isoenzyme-5 were determined in serum of 106 patients with benign hepatic disorders, 54 of whom had acute liver disorders, either acute hepatitis (39 patients) or acute circulatory disturbances (15 patients). Fifty-two had chronic hepatic disorders, either cirrhosis (25 patients) or chronic right heart failure (27 patients). Overall...

objectives the aim of this study was to present the incidence and characteristics of repeated tbi (rtbi) in iranian patients. patients and methods during one year, all admitted tbi patients with prior tbi history were enrolled into the study. in each patient, data such as age, gender, past medical history, injury cause, anatomic site of injury, tbi severity, clinical findings and ct scan findin...

background the effect of psychological factors in the context of a growing number of sports, prevention of sports injuries, exercise rehabilitation and as an effective tool for managing stress and anxiety in the race has been confirmed by various studies ،the purpose of the present study was to determine the level of sport competitive anxiety in iranian elite basketball player and its relations...