LIVER TRANSPLANTATION AFTER SEVERE HEPATIC TRAUMA: CURRENT INDICATIONS AND RESULTS [PDF]
ABCD. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (São Paulo), 2015 Background: The liver is the most injured organ in abdominal trauma. Currently, the treatment in most cases is non-operative, but surgery may be necessary in severe abdominal trauma with blunt liver damage, especially those that cause uncontrollable bleeding.
RIBEIRO-JR, Marcelo Augusto Fontenelle +6 more
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Assessment of trauma scoring systems in patients subjected to exploratory laparotomy
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2020 Objective: to assess the epidemiological profile of patients undergoing exploratory trauma laparotomy based on severity and prognosis criteria, and to determine the predictive accuracy of trauma scoring systems in terms of morbidity and mortality ...
MARIANA KUMAIRA FONSECA +6 more
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Shock volume: Patient-specific cumulative hypoperfusion predicts organ dysfunction in a prospective cohort of multiply injured patients [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Multiply injured patients are at risk of developing hemorrhagic shock and organ dysfunction. We determined how cumulative hypoperfusion predicted organ dysfunction by integrating serial Shock Index measurements. METHODS: In this study,
Bell, Teresa M. +6 more
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Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score for Predicting Mortality among Older Korean Adults with Trauma: Is It Applicable in All Cases? [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and ResearchBackground This study aimed to validate the Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score (GTOS) for predicting mortality associated with trauma in older Korean adults and compare the GTOS with the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS).
Jonghee Han +8 more
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Duration of Posttraumatic Amnesia Predicts Neuropsychological and Global Outcome in Complicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVES: Examine the effects of posttraumatic amnesia (PTA) duration on neuropsychological and global recovery from 1 to 6 months after complicated mild traumatic brain injury (cmTBI). PARTICIPANTS: A total of 330 persons with cmTBI defined as Glasgow
Barber, Jason +10 more
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Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2023 Introduction: Thousands of people die due to trauma all over the world every day, which leaves adverse effects on families and the society. The main objective of this study was to identify the factors affecting the mortality of trauma patients using ...
Mehdi Nasr Isfahani +5 more
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Trauma and Trichotillomania: A Tenuous Relationship [PDF]
, 2016 Some have argued that hair pulling in trichotillomania (TTM) is triggered by traumatic events, but reliable evidence linking trauma to TTM is limited.
Compton, Scott N. +7 more
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Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2015 Introduction:Â More than 50 scoring systems have been published for classification of trauma patients in the field, emergency room, and intensive care settings, so far. The present study aimed to compare the ability of trauma injury severity score (TRISS)
Parvin Darbandsar Mazandarani +4 more
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How should we measure psychological resilience in sport performers? [PDF]
, 2013 Psychological resilience is important in sport because athletes must constantly withstand a wide range of pressures to attain and sustain high performance.
Alexander C. +25 more
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Trauma Early Mortality Prediction Tool (TEMPT) for assessing 28-day mortality. [PDF]
, 2018 Background:Prior mortality prediction models have incorporated severity of anatomic injury quantified by Abbreviated Injury Severity Score (AIS). Using a prospective cohort, a new score independent of AIS was developed using clinical and laboratory ...
Callcut, Rachael A +3 more
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