To compare phosphorus intake and renal phosphorus regulation between thermally injured patients and multiple trauma patients, 40 consecutive critically ill patients, 20 with thermal injury and 20 with multiple trauma, who required enteral tube feeding were evaluated. Phosphorus intakes were recorded for 14 days from the initiation of tube feeding which was started 1 to 3 days postinjury. Serum ...

conclusions surgical and post-surgical findings showed that this segment was not related to the patient’s femur. the foreign segment may have belonged to the other victim of this trauma. introduction femoral shaft fracture is one of the typical bone fractures due to high energy trauma and may occur as an open fracture. some foreign materials may enter the fracture site such as sand, cloth parti...

OBJECTIVE The present study was designed to describe the patterns of trauma patients using a newly-introduced trauma registry, as well as retrospectively assess the management and outcome facts of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 2346 patients (62.15% male) with a mean age of 34.06 +/- 23.77 years. Of these patients, 355 were multiple trauma patients. Privately owned v...

Major trauma often precipitates major malnutrition. In many patients, this malnutrition underlies the morbidity and mortality associated with major injury, often leading to multiple organ failure and refractory sepsis. The clinical challenge is to anticipate these potential nutritional problems and intervene early and appropriately, recognizing that it is far easier to prevent malnutrition than...

BACKGROUND Respiration management is an important and critical issue in prehospital transportation phase of multiple trauma patients. However, the quality of this important care has not been assessed in Iran Emergency Medical Services' (EMS). OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to investigate the quality of prehospital respiration management in patients with multiple trauma, referred to the S...

conclusions urban rtas are one of the most important problems in kashan and aran-bidgol cities, which impose a great economic burden on health system. motorcyclists are the most vulnerable victims and multiple trauma and head injury are seen among them extensively. patients and methods during a retrospective study, data including age, sex, injury type and pattern, outcome, hospital stay and tre...