Evaluation of the Healing Effects of Hypericum perforatum and Curcumin on Burn Wounds in Rats
Background For centuries, medicinal plants have been extensively used in wound healing of burn injuries. The aim of this study is to analyze comparatively the effects of curcumin and Hypericum perforatum (HP) on second-degree burn wounds in rats ...
Nevra Seyhan
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Geriatric Injuries among Patients Attending a Regional Hospital in Shinyanga Tanzania [PDF]
Geriatric injuries pose a major challenge to surgeons and general practitioners in developing countries. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, injury characteristics and outcomes of geriatric injury among patients at Shinyanga ...
Chalya, Phillipo L.+7 more
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Assessment of the Suitability of Trauma Triage According to Physiological Criteria in Korea [PDF]
Purpose A trauma center project for treating patients with trauma has been established in Korea. A trauma team is activated based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) field triage Step 1 for patient triage.
Gil Hwan Kim+11 more
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Determined to die! Ability to act following multiple self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head. The cook county office of medical examiner experience (2005-2012) and review of literature [PDF]
Cases of multiple (considered 2+) self-inflicted gunshot wounds are a rarity and require careful examination of the scene of occurrence; thorough consideration of the decedent’s psychiatric, medical, and social histories; and accurate postmortem ...
Barnes+15 more
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Bacteriology of War Wounds at the Time of Injury [PDF]
Bacterial contamination of war wounds occurs either at the time of injury or during the course of therapy. Characterization of the bacteria recovered at the time of initial trauma could influence the selection of empiric antimicrobial agents used to prevent infection. In the spring of 2004, U.S.
Kimberly Wenner+7 more
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OBJETIVO: Baseado no conceito de cirurgia para controle de danos (damage control), o presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar, epidemiologicamente, os pacientes submetidos a esta modalidade cirúrgica no Hospital Universitário Cajuru (HUC), em Curitiba ...
Carla Martinez Menini Stalhschmidt+2 more
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Outcomes in patients with gunshot wounds to the brain. [PDF]
Introduction:Gunshot wounds to the brain (GSWB) confer high lethality and uncertain recovery. It is unclear which patients benefit from aggressive resuscitation, and furthermore whether patients with GSWB undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR ...
Babcock, Jessica M+55 more
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The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the clinical effectiveness and safety of the medical hydrogel dressings used in skin wounds and therefore to weight the evidence for their clinical application.
Lijun Zhang+10 more
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Cirurgia para controle do dano: uma revisão
Damage control surgery is one of the major advances in surgical practice in the last 20 years. The indications for damage control surgery are: the need to terminate a laparotomy rapidly in an exsanguinating, hypothermic patient who had developed a ...
Ricardo Antônio Correia Lima+1 more
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Wounding patterns and human performance in knife attacks: optimising the protection provided by knife-resistant body armour [PDF]
Stab attacks generate high loads,1 and to defeat them, armour needs to be of a certain thickness and stiffness.2,3 Slash attacks produce much lower loads and armour designed to defeat them can be far lighter and more flexible.Methods and subjects: Phase
Bleetman, A+3 more
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