Earthquake, rescued victims, crush injury and their follow up
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Chest injury in victims of Bam earthquake.
OBJECTIVE To analyze the data of trauma patients with thoracic injury in the earthquake of Bam admitted to hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS) for better understanding the type and consequence of thoracic injuries in a major earthquake. METHODS After Bam earthquake registering 6.5 on the Richter scale, 526 trauma patients were admitted to hospitals of TUMS. Among them, 53...
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Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital*, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital**, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University***, Taichung, Taiwan Received: April, 2005 Revised: April, 2005 Accepted: May, 2005 Address reprint requests to Dr. Kuo-Hsiung Shu, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Ho...
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the factors affecting the occurrence and severity of crush syndrome (CS) after crush injury (CI) in pediatric trauma victims in the Wenchuan earthquake. METHODS Medical records of 98 patients who were transferred to our hospital were retrospectively reviewed. The risk factors, such as age, gender, time being besieged, type of injury, wound infection, hemodialysis, etc., w...
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BACKGROUND Primary care physicians underestimate the prevalence of domestic violence and community violence. Victims are therefore at risk of further episodes of violence, with psychological and physical consequences. We used an interview to assess the prevalence of domestic and community violence among Swiss natives and foreigners. In a follow-up study, we evaluated the consequences of the int...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc915