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Worthing Physiological Score vs Revised Trauma Score in Outcome Prediction of Trauma patients; a Comparative Study

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Awareness about the outcome of trauma patients in the emergency department (ED) has become a topic of interest. Accordingly, the present study aimed to compare the rapid trauma score (RTS) and worthing physiological scoring system (WPSS ...
Babak Nakhjavan-Shahraki, Mahmoud Yousefifard, Mohammad Javad Hajighanbari, Masoud Baikpour, Jalaledin Mirzay Razaz, Mehdi Yaseri, Kavous Shahsavari, Fatemeh Mahdizadeh, Mostafa Hosseini   +8 more
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Traumatic brain injury in New Zealand: a silent epidemic? [PDF]

, 2013
In 2008 I was fortunate enough to be invited to be part of a research team on a large population based project focusing on the incidence and outcome of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in New Zealand (led by Professor Valery Feigin National Institute of ...
Starkey, Nicola J.
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Are sternum fractures really indicative of severe trauma?

Annals of Medical Research, 2019
Aim: To investigate the need for echocardiography in cases of sternum fracture through a retrospective analysis of the data of patients treated for post-traumatic sternal fracture. Although sternum fractures are known to be an indicator of the severity of trauma and cardiac injury, it should be evaluated whether this is always the case or whether ...
Kuru, Murat, Şahinoğlu, Tuba
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The new trauma score (NTS): a modification of the revised trauma score for better trauma mortality prediction

BMC Surgery, 2017
Background Since its introduction, the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) has been widely used to determine the prognosis of trauma patients. Recent studies have revealed a need to change the parameters of the RTS. We have designed a new trauma score (NTS) based
Jin Hee Jeong, Yong Joo Park, Dong Hoon Kim, Tae Yun Kim, Changwoo Kang, Soo Hoon Lee, Sang Bong Lee, Seong Chun Kim, Daesung Lim   +8 more
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Post-traumatic stress during the Greek economic crisis: is there evidence for mass traumatisation? [PDF]

, 2018
The aim of the study was to investigate levels of posttraumatic stress due to the recent economic crisis in a Greek community sample and identify particularly vulnerable demographic groups.
Sochos, Antigonos
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Association Between Neutrophil Density and Survival in Trauma Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit; a Retrospective Cohort Study

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2023
Introduction: Altered immune responses, in particular neutrophil changes, are perceived to play a key role in immune responses to trauma. This study aimed to evaluate the association of neutrophil changes with patients’ survival in severe multiple ...
Mohebat Vali, Shahram Paydar , Mozhgan Seif , Maryam Hosseini, Pardis Basiri, Golnar Sabetian, Haleh Ghaem   +6 more
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Trauma team conformation in a war-influenced middle-income country in South America: is it possible?

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Introduction Trauma teams (TTs) improve outcomes in trauma patients. A multidisciplinary TT was conformed in September 2015 in a tertiary level I trauma university hospital in southwestern Colombia, a middle-income war-influenced country.
Sandra Carvajal, Francisco L Uribe-Buritica, Ana Maria Ángel-Isaza, María Camila López-Girón, Andres González, Julian Chica, Manuel Benitez, Alberto F García   +7 more
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Complexity of childhood sexual abuse: predictors of current post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, substance use, and sexual risk behavior among adult men who have sex with men [PDF]

, 2015
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are the group most at risk for HIV and represent the majority of new infections in the United States. Rates of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) among MSM have been estimated as high as 46 %.
Baker, Joshua S., Boroughs, Michael S., Dale, Sannisha K., Ironson, Gail H., O'Cleirigh, Conall, Safren, Steven A., Shipherd, Jillian C., Taylor, S. Wade, Valentine, Sarah E., Wilner, Julianne G.   +9 more
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Diaphragmatic Injuries among Severely Injured Patients (ISS ≥ 16)—An Indicator of Injury Pattern and Severity of Abdominal Trauma

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objectives: Abdominal trauma among severely injured patients with an injury severity score (ISS) of 16 and above can lead to potentially life-threatening injuries that might need immediate surgical intervention. Traumatic injuries to the diaphragm (TID) are a challenging condition often accompanied by other injuries in the ...
Schurr, Leonhard Andreas, Thiedemann, Claudius, Alt, Volker, Schlitt, Hans Jürgen, Götz, Markus, Riedl, Moritz, Brunner, Stefan Martin, Popp, Daniel   +7 more
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High-energy blunt pelvic ring injury: dataset of patients and injury characteristics from a severely injured patients’ registry.

Data in Brief, 2022
Since mid-2013, data on high-energy trauma patients admitted to the Emergency Department of the University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland, are prospectively recorded in a dedicated registry.
Silvia Valisena, Anna-Eliane Abboud, Elisabeth Andereggen, Alexandre Ansorge, Axel Gamulin   +4 more
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