OBJECTIVE To know the prevalence and etiology of oral and maxillofacial trauma in elders. METHODS Analytical quantitative cross-sectional study conducted at a public trauma hospital located in Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil. The study population comprised patients with trauma who were hospitalized from April to August 2014. Of these patients, patients with oral and maxillofacial trauma were chosen t...

Physical and psychosocial functioning following motor vehicle trauma The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma cognitions Infections and treatment of wounds in survivors of the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand Field hospital analgesia The evolution of pain management in the critically ill trauma patient What is the ideal pre-hospital analgesic? Continuous infusion of local...

Trauma is the major cause of death worldwide. Survival of the major trauma victims can be improved by the principles of damage control surgery. The vicious cycle of trauma triad, namely, hypothermia, coagulopathy and acidosis should be intercepted by the quick abbreviated laparotomy and subsequently physiological imbalance is corrected by secondary resuscitation in the surgical intensive care u...

This is a story about life before, during and after military service, finding identity, recovering from physical mental trauma.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Maxillofacial trauma frequently involves the bony orbit that surrounds the ocular globe. Concomitant globe injury is a concern whenever orbit trauma occurs and in severe cases can occasionally result in vision loss. The mechanism of injury, physical exam findings, and radiographic imaging can provide useful information concerning the severity of the injury and concerns for...

Background Pre-injury comorbidity influence outcome in severely injured patients. Pre-injury comorbidity graded according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status (ASA-PS) classification system (Table 1) is an independent predictor of survival in trauma patients, and is suggested as a comorbidity score in the Utstein Trauma Template. Little is known about the levels of agree...

This work illustrates what kinds of consumption emerge during a traumatic life event, theorising the interweaving trauma and catharsis through medium art craft consumption. The methodological context sits within non-representational theory where data are narrated purchases findings, physical, emotional cognitive engagement with materials, to eventual place, value story made artefact itself. pre...

T he detrimental impact of trauma in the United States cannot be overstated. Statistically, trauma represents the fourth-leading cause of death among all Americans, and is the leading cause of death for those under the age of 44. Trauma is the most significant cause of disability and a major contributor to both loss of productivity and increased health care costs. These injuries have enormous f...

OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between self-reported exposure to childhood maltreatment (CM) and cerebral gray matter (GM) morphology in adolescents without psychiatric diagnoses. DESIGN Associations were examined between regional GM morphology and exposure to CM (measured using a childhood trauma self-report questionnaire for physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and for physical and em...

Background The role of parents during childhood is very important. Imbalances in parenting roles may cause severe emotional and physical injuries in children. The current study aimed at comparing parenting role tasks in parents of children who affected to mental/physical disabilities. Materials and Methods In the current cross sectional study, the parenting role tasks questionnaire was complet...