Trauma Registries: History, Logistics, Limitations, and Contributions to Emergency Medicine Research

Trauma systems and emergency medicine.

The impact of trauma is a major public health challenge which is likely to escalate in the early 21st century. A systematic approach to this problem is required. This review explains the conceptual framework that defines a trauma system, gives a brief historical perspective and describes some of the essential elements of the system which should make a difference to patient outcome. Emergency ph...

Emergency Logistics Systems Synnergetics Research

By way of literatures review and investigation, this paper combines general system theory, logistics management theory, collaborative theory with the industry realities in china. On the basis of the analysis, this paper studies the theory give a new definition of the emergency industrial logistics system. In the analysis of industrial emergency logistics system elements, structure, functions an...

The potential contributions of traditional Chinese medicine to emergency medicine

BACKGROUND Despite the fact that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been developed and used to treat acute and urgent illness for many thousands of years. TCM has been widely perceived in western societies that TCM may only be effective to treat chronic diseases. The aim of this article is to provide some scientific evidence regarding the application of TCM in emergency medicine and its fut...

Contributions of basic research to clinical medicine.

Benefits and limitations of pathology databases to cancer registries.

In order to assess the benefits and limitations of pathology databases to cancer registries, computerised pathology records of malignant neoplasms diagnosed during 1992 were obtained for a defined area of Scotland for which pathology data were not routinely being used for cancer registration. Apparently 'missed' cancer registrations were identified by computerised probability matching with canc...