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PubMed Articles
Health outcome disparities in racial minorities are well documented. However, it is unknown whether such disparities exist among elderly injured patients. We hypothesized that such disparities might b...
Grade IIb alkali burns of the lower extremities : Working with concrete.
The irritating effects of concrete (calcium oxide) on skin have long been known. The effect by long-term skin exposure is not only irritating but also erosive and alkali skin erosion may result due to...
Percutaneous cement-augmented screw fixation of bilateral osteoporotic sacral fracture.
We describe the case of a 71-year-old woman who presented with persisting painful symptoms of the back and pelvis which had begun 4 weeks previously. A preceding trauma was plausibly excluded. Diagno...
Stroke patients are at a high risk of developing post-ischemic seizures and cognitive impairment. Nefiracetam (NEF), a pyrrolidone derivative, has been shown to possess both anti-epileptic and cogniti...
INTRODUCTION: To identify the preoperative predictors of requirement for postoperative allogenic blood transfusion following hip and knee joint arthroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analysed the ret...
Virtual assessment of perimortem and postmortem blunt force cranial trauma.
The aim of this study is to investigate the potential use of reconstructed three-dimensional multi-detector computed tomography (3D MDCT) imagery to distinguish between perimortem cranial trauma and p...
Despite many advances in blood substitute research, the development of materials that are effective in maintaining blood volume and oxygen delivery remains a priority for emergency care and trauma. Cl...
Oropharynx reconstruction : Use of free and pedicled flaps.
Oropharyngeal cancer surgery often does not allow primary wound closure; furthermore, surgery of tumors in the base of the tongue, the soft palate and the lateral pharyngeal wall often lead to swallow...
BACKROUND: This study represents the first empirical research into the impact of war-related trauma on present professional care situations in Germany. METHODS: A total of 105 professional caregivers...
A study of factors that influence the number of visits following traumatic dental injuries.
Objective To investigate in children the factors that influence the number of visits per tooth following traumatic dental injuries (TDI) to the permanent dentition.Method A retrospective convenient sa...
News Articles
PTSD - new meaning and relevance
The current wars in the Middle East are pushing research into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder into the headlines, with reports of rates dramatically rising among troops returning from tours. The con...
Soccer Ball “Heading” Could Lead to Brain Trauma
Soccer players who “head” the ball regularity demonstrate poorer performance on memory tests and have brain abnormalities similar to...
CytoSorbents Announces FDA Approved US Air Force Funded Human Trauma Pilot Study for Rhabdomyolysis
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., June 17, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CytoSorbents Corporation (OTCBB:CTSO), a critical care focused company using blood purification to treat life-threatening illnesses in the i...
WHO Pleads for Voluntary Blood Donors Amid Low Supply -- Voice of America
Ahead of World Blood Donor Day, Lisa Schlein reports on safe blood supply need and the key role of voluntary blood donors. "The World Health Organization [WHO] warns there is a global shortage of safe...
The Meadows Wickenburg to Sponsor Lecture in Dallas on June 18
The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment center is sponsoring a complimentary lecture in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday, June 18 presented by Daniel Gowan, M.Div, LCDC, LPC-S, on the topic of “The Basic...
Cervical disc-level canal diameter predicts spinal injury
(HealthDay)—Disc-level canal diameter determined from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can identify patients at risk for acute spinal cord injury (SCI) after minor trauma, according to a study publi...
Post-Trauma Transplant Outcomes Better than Expected
BALTIMORE— Outcomes for traumatic injury in patients with organ transplants are not worse than for non-transplanted patients, despite common presumptions among physicians, according to a study in th...
Saybrook to Offer Certificate in Healing Complex Trauma
Course will help mental health practitioners respond to complex trauma San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 12, 2013 The suffering related to traumatic stress has reached epidemic proportions. Perhaps that...
Brookhaven Retreat Attends Brainspotting Training
In June, Brookhaven Retreat, a unique residential treatment facility exclusively for women with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, attended training to offer brainspotting to the women in it...
After Trauma, Transplant Patient Outcomes Better Than Expected
In the largest study of its kind, physicians from the Department of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Me...
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Overlake Hospital Medical Center is a nonprofit, non-tax-supported regional medical center with a network of medical clinics throughout the Eastside. The hospital is licensed for...
MiMedx® delivers innovative bioactive healing products for tissue regeneration MiMedx® is the global premier processor, marketer, and distributor of human amniotic tissue. MiMedx® has...
John Muir Health is a not-for-profit organization that includes two of the largest medical centers in Contra Costa County: John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus, a 330-be...
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC), a Seventh-Day Adventist institution, is among the largest private medical educational centers in the United States and the only one in inland Southern...
Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc.
Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc. (www.salientsurgical.com) is a medical technology company that develops and markets advanced energy devices for use in surgical procedures. Sal...
DecImmune Therapeutics was founded by Michael Carroll PhD (The Immune Disease Institute, Harvard Medical School), and Francis Moore Jr. MD (Brigham and Womenâs Hospital, Harv...
Baxter International Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:Â BAX), through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures and markets products that save and sustain the lives of people with hemophilia, immune d...
Tornier is a global medical device company focused on serving extremities specialists that treat orthopaedic conditions of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, ankle and foot. The co...
LHP Hospital Group, Inc. and Saint Mary’s Health System
Saint Maryâs Health System is a leading regional healthcare provider anchored by Saint Maryâs Hospital, an acute care community teaching hospital that has served Greater...
HCA's East Florida Division is a comprehensive network of 12 hospitals, numerous outpatient surgery centers & imaging facilities, an integrated regional laboratory, physician prac...
Clinical Trials
Family-Based Drug Services for Young Disaster Victims
This protocol seizes this rare scientific opportunity to test an integrative family based model to address youths' coexisting substance abuse and trauma in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. T...
Surgical trauma causes nerve sensitization leading to amplification and prolongation of postoperative pain. In experimental studies, pre-injury neural blockade using local anesthetics has...
Family Preparation Study For Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation From Their Family Member
Using the self-regulation theory, an intervention to prepare families for that experience was developed. This study will assess the impact of the intervention on a family’s evaluation of...
Reducing Risk and Trauma-Related Stress in Persons Living With HIV
This two-year study tested the concept that an intervention, which reduces trauma-related symptoms among adults who are living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are experiencing tra...
Evaluation of Recombinant Factor VIIa in Patients With Severe Bleeding
This trial is conducted globally. The purpose of the trial is to evaluate that activated recombinant human factor VII is safe and effective in severely injured trauma patients by assessing...
Etiologies and Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Failure in Community
Acute respiratory failure (ARF) remains a common reason for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). ARF to be present in 32% of patients on ICU admission, with a further 24% of patient...
Long Term Clinical Evaluation of SLS Transtibial Sockets
The overall long-term goal of this project is the development of a clinically practical system for rapid prosthetic limb provision that integrates computer-aided design with solid freeform...
Spinal Clearance Study: Expediting the Spinal Clearance Process in the Major Trauma Patient
The Alfred Hospital receives approximately 40% of the major trauma patients in Victoria, all of whom are at risk for spinal injuries. The potential for spinal injuries necessitates the und...
Characterizing and Diagnosis’s of the Charcot Foot (Charcot Osteoarthropathy) in Diabetic Patients
The condition Charcot foot has been known in more than 130 years, and yet there still remains a large effort to find the cause, diagnostic and medical treatment of the condition. Charcot...
Early Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture
The aim of this study is to compare a low versus high intensity physiotherapy early rehabilitation program combined with a low versus high dose vitamin D early rehabilitation program in a...
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Brain injuries resulted from vigorous shaking of an infant or young child held by the chest, shoulders, or extremities causing extreme rotational cranial acceleration. It is characterized by the intracranial and intraocular hemorrhages with no evident external trauma. Serious cases may result in death.
Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute
A class of traumatic stress disorders that is characterized by the significant dissociative states seen immediately after overwhelming trauma. By definition it cannot last longer than 1 month, if it persists, a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC) is more appropriate.
Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal
A rare epidural hematoma in the spinal epidural space, usually due to a vascular malformation (CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS) or TRAUMA. Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is a neurologic emergency due to a rapidly evolving compressive MYELOPATHY.
Post-traumatic Headache
Secondary headache attributed to TRAUMA of the HEAD and/or the NECK.
Urinoma
An encapsulated accumulation of URINE in the retroperitoneal area. It has the appearance of a cyst (CYSTS). Urinoma is usually caused by URETERAL OBSTRUCTION, renal trauma or perforation of the renal collecting system.
