The present study attempts to analyze Iraq war against Iran based on Parsons' subsystems. The main question aims at finding the social positive/negative functions of the war. According to the studies, the first effect of the war was damaging behavioral organism subsystem so that it couldn't realize its functions. Subsequently, the chaos spread to the personality subsystem. Except for the qualit...

abstract background: the incidence of early wound related complications is assessed in laparoscopic versus open abdominal surgeries. complications of surgical wounds (esp. wound infections) are considered as a major problem in surgery wards. complications of surgical wounds are classified as early and late. common and early complications are hematoma, seroma and wound infection. methods: the me...

background persian oak (quercus brantii) belongs to the fagaceae family. it is a medicinal plant which is commonly used by the tribes in south western iran to treat inflammatory and gastric ulcers. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of persian oak ointment on dermal wound healing in rats. materials and methods for making full-thickness wounds in rats, the excisio...

Phenytoin is an anticonvulsant that has been used in wound healing. The objectives of this study were to describe how the scientific production presents the use ofphenytoinas a healing agent and to discuss its applicability in wounds. A literature review and hierarchy analysis of evidence-based practices was performed. Eighteen articles were analyzed that tested the intervention in wounds such ...

v,' The authors report a follow-up study of 103 American soldiers who were treated for brain wounds at one neurosurgical facility in Vietnam. The estimated mortality after evacuation from the war zone was 6% to 8%. Severe brain wounds, meningitis, and pulmonary emboli accounted for the majority of the late deaths. Thirty-four per cent had post-debridement complications such as retained bone fra...

During World War I, military surgeons discovered that patients die from wound shock because their blood pressure falls catastrophically. William Maddock Bayliss produced experimental shock by bleeding anaesthetized cats, which lowers their blood pressure. He restored pressure by infusing salt solution containing enough gum acacia to generate the colloid osmotic pressure ordinarily contributed b...

BACKGROUND Management of combat casualties with severe burns and associated traumatic injuries requires a coordinated interaction of surgical, critical care, and evacuation assets. These patients present enormous challenges to the entire medical system as a result of the severity of injury combined with the great distance required for transport to definitive care. OBJECTIVE The objective of t...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between fragmentation of bullets and size of wounds clinically and in the context of the Hague Declaration of 1899. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on hospital admissions. SETTING Hospitals of the International Committee of the Red Cross. SUBJECTS 5215 people wounded by bullets in armed conflicts (5933 wounds). MAIN OUTCOME...