Abstract Introduction Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with prolonged admission and 3.5 times increased mortality for trauma patients requiring intensive care (ICU) treatment. Blunt confers greater risk of AKI than penetrating trauma, potentially related to long bone fracture. The relationship between skeletal in ICU has not previously been investigated. Method Retrospective data was ana...

Objectives Africa and other Asian low middle-income countries account for the greatest burden of the global road-traffic injury (RTI)-related head injury (HI). This study set out to describe the incidence, causation, and severity of RTI-related HI and associated injuries in a Nigerian academic neurosurgical practice. Methods This is a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of RTI-related HI f...

BACKGROUND Continuous monitoring of central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) has been proposed as a prognostic indicator in several pathological conditions, including cardiac diseases, sepsis, trauma. To our knowledge, no studies have evaluated ScvO2 in polytraumatized patients with brain injury so far. Thus, the aim of the present study was to assess the prognostic role of ScvO2 monitoring dur...

BACKGROUND The present study explored the factors effective on colon-related morbidity in patients with penetrating injury of the colon. METHODS The medical records of 196 patients were reviewed for variables including age, gender, factor of trauma, time between injury and operation, shock, duration of operation, Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index (PATI), Injury Severity Score (ISS), site of ...

As the popularity of longboarding increases, trauma centers are treating an increased number of high severity injuries. Current literature lacks descriptions of the types of injuries experienced by longboarders, a distinct subset of the skateboarding culture. A retrospective review of longboarding and skateboarding injury cases was conducted at a level II trauma center from January 1, 2006, thr...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the injury pattern, mechanisms, severity, and mortality of adolescents and adults hospitalized for treatment of trauma following motorcycle accidents in a Level I trauma center. METHODS Detailed data regarding patients aged 13-19 years (adolescents) and aged 30-50 years (adults) who had sustained trauma due to a motorcycle accide...

This study investigated the plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) and the expression levels of TNF receptors (TNFRs) in patients with multiple trauma, together with the association between the levels of this cytokine and these cytokine receptors with the severity of traumatic injury. Blood samples were obtained from 60 multiple trauma patients at hospital admission (within 2 h of inj...

PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY To review the characteristics, concomitant injuries and mortality in children with polytrauma and associated pelvic fractures treated in a Level-I Trauma Centre. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between December 2003 and November 2013, 49 children with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) of 16 or greater and a pelvic fracture met the inclusion criteria and were evaluated. The mortality,...

Methods Prospective, descriptive, observational study, in patients with severe trauma (Injury Severity Score (ISS) > 15), who were admitted to the Trauma and Emergency ICU of a high complexity hospital from May 2013 to January 2014. The tertiary survey was performed at 24-48 hours of admission patient and it was conducted by an experienced staff and a resident not involved in the initial patien...

BACKGROUND The effects of alcohol on morbidity and mortality following motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) are controversial. This study was performed to address the effect of alcohol on in-hospital mortality for drivers in MVAs admitted to a trauma center before and after controlling for injury severity, safety device use, and patient demographics. METHODS A retrospective study was performed usin...