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Indicators of Severity in Chest Trauma
Archivos de Bronconeumología ((English Edition)), 2008We undertook a review of patients with chest trauma attended between January 1992 and June 2005 in order to establish severity criteria in these cases.During the study period, 1,772 cases (1,346 [76%] males) were treated, with ages ranging from 7 to 98 years (mean, 46.4 years).
Jordi, Freixinet +6 more
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Psychological consequences of blunt head trauma and relation to other indices of severity of injury
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1989To investigate the relationship between APACHE II, Injury Severity Score (ISS), Glasgow Coma Score (GCS), and behavioral outcome, a group of 39 patients who had been admitted on an emergency basis with a traumatic head injury were selected from the Neuropsychology Registry for study.
S Brotman
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Traumatic asphyxia: an indicator of potentially severe injury in trauma
Injury, 1996Ollivier, in 1837, while doing autopsies of people trampled by crowds in Paris, noted a complex of craniocervical cyanosis, subconjunctival haemorrhage, and cerebral vascular engorgement and coined the term ‘masque ecchymotic”. In 1900, Perthes’ gave a more complete description of this syndrome to include mental dullness, hyperpyrexia, haemoptysis ...
J R, Dunne, G, Shaked, M, Golocovsky
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An Evaluation of Multiple Trauma Severity Indices Created by Different Index Development Strategies
Medical Care, 1983Evaluation of the effectiveness of emergency trauma care systems is complicated by the need to adjust for the widely variable case mix found in trauma patient populations. Several strategies have been advanced to construct the severity indices that can control for these population differences.
David H Gustafson, Dennis G Fryback
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Blunt Renal Trauma in Childhood. Features Indicating Severe Injury
British Journal of Urology, 1990Summary— The clinical presentation of children with blunt renal trauma may differ from that of adults. The clinical features at presentation of 50 consecutive children (20 severe injuries, no pedicle injuries) admitted over a period of almost 8 years were reviewed to determine if there were clinical clues to ...
D M, Quinlan, J P, Gearhart
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Severe leg trauma in a resource-poor environment: indications for amputation in emergencies
Médecine et Santé Tropicales, 2015Although the development of multitissue limb reconstruction has reduced the role of post-traumatic primary amputation of the leg, some patients should nonetheless undergo emergency amputations. In developing countries, the socioeconomic context associated with the limited health care supply compromises still further the prognosis of preservation ...
J C, Murison, S, Rigal, C D, Niang
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Energy expenditure and severity of injury and illness indices in multiple trauma patients
Critical Care Medicine, 1999To determine whether the energy expenditure of mechanically ventilated multiple trauma patients correlates with the severity of injury and illness indices before important systemic infection has complicated the clinical course, and to compare the energy expenditure with the energy expenditure expected from the Harris-Benedict equation adjusted with ...
L S, Brandi +5 more
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Severe tricuspid regurgitation following blunt chest trauma: indication for emergency surgery
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 1992A 24-year-old man with polytrauma and severe posttraumatic tricuspid regurgitation due to rupture of all three papillary muscles was subjected to emergency operation 3 days after a car accident. At operation, all three papillary muscles of the tricuspid valve were reinserted.
Pasic M +4 more
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Reduced Plasma Oncotic Pressure is Indicative of Injury Severity in Trauma Patients
Volume 1B: Extremity; Fluid Mechanics; Gait; Growth, Remodeling, and Repair; Heart Valves; Injury Biomechanics; Mechanotransduction and Sub-Cellular Biophysics; MultiScale Biotransport; Muscle, Tendon and Ligament; Musculoskeletal Devices; Multiscale Mechanics; Thermal Medicine; Ocular Biomechanics; Pediatric Hemodynamics; Pericellular Phenomena; Tissue Mechanics; Biotransport Design and Devices; Spine; Stent Device Hemodynamics; Vascular Solid Mechanics; Student Paper and Design Competitions, 2013Trauma is the leading cause of death in people aged 1–44 years old, with hemorrhagic shock accounting for nearly half of these deaths. These fatalities often occur early, within 24 hours, but many are deemed potentially preventable with appropriate resuscitation.
Elaheh Rahbar +3 more
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[Therapy of severe liver trauma--is there an indication for liver transplantation?].
Der Unfallchirurg, 1993The therapy of severe hepatic trauma requires complex surgical procedures. Our current surgical management of these injuries is described, including liver transplantation for the treatment of potentially lethal hepatic trauma.
K J, Oldhafer, B, Ringe, R, Pichlmayr
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