Background: Traumatic brain injury is one of the most important causes of death in trauma patients among the different types of trauma worldwide. In this study, the effect of curcumin on the outcome of severe traumatic brain injury,. Methods: This was a double-blind and paralleled randomized controlled study that was conducted on 128 patients aged 18 to 70 with severe brain trauma. Patients we...

introduction trauma is the most common cause of death in youngsters. early detection of internal bleeding via imaging in trauma patients is important. the fast-extended method and the extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (efast) evaluates hemothorax and pneumothorax in addition to abdominopelvic bleedings and tamponade. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, after...

results loss of consciousness (gcs drop or amnesia) was markedly associated with abnormal brain ct scan (p < 0.05). interestingly, we found 7 patients with normal clinical examination but significant abnormal brain ct scan. conclusions according to the results of our study, we recommend that all patients with minor head trauma underwent brain ct scan in order not to miss any life-threatening he...

conclusions trained emrs like their fellow rrs have the ability to perform fast scan with high diagnostic value in patients with blunt abdominal trauma. objectives this study was conducted to compare the diagnostic accuracy of fast performed by emergency medicine residents (emr) and radiology residents (rrs) in detecting peritoneal free fluids. patients and methods patients triaged in the emerg...

in the natural disasters such as earthquake, based on severity of trauma, time under the rubble and quality/quantity of hydratation we will confront with a spectrum of traumatic rhabdomyolysis. in present study we evaluate victims of bam earthquake to show different stage of muscle trauma, from minor trauma with almost normal level of muscle enzyme to those with moderate trauma leading to crush...

  Abstract   Background: In this study we aimed to examine the discrimination and calibration of   a severity characterization of trauma (ASCOT) in our setting to determine whether its usage   is appropriate to predict outcome of our trauma patients.   Methods: This study was conducted in three hospitals. All patients admitted in studied   hospitals were divided randomly into two equal subgroup...

sepsis is one of the most important causes of mortality in trauma patients. sometimes its diagnosis could be difficult, especially at early stages. it is clear that early diagnosis of sepsis, especially with serum markers, may decrease the rate of death in trauma patients. investigation to find a rapid as well as accurate serum marker indicative of sepsis seems necessary. seum antithrombin iii ...