INTRODUCTION Tension pneumothorax is a directly criti- cal illness condition. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of tension pneumothorax treatment in trauma patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS We assessed the results of treat- ment of 22 patients hospitalized for trauma in 2000-2010, in whom at the time of admission tension pneumothorax symptoms were found. This constituted 18% of t...

TITLE: Brain Vulnerability to Repeated Blast Overpressure and Polytrauma PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Joseph B. Long, Ph.D. CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION: The Geneva Foundation Tacoma, WA 98402 REPORT DATE: November 2013 TYPE OF REPORT: Final PREPARED FOR: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Approved for public release; distribution un...

OBJECTIVE To describe characteristics and rehabilitation outcomes among patients who received inpatient rehabilitation for blast and other injuries sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan during the Global War on Terror. DESIGN Observational study based on chart review and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data. SETTING The 4 VA polytrauma rehabilitation centers (PRCs). PARTICI...

AIM Aim of this study is to analyze how the starting of Course of Trauma in our hospital improved survival and organization in management of polytraumatized patients. MATERIAL OF STUDY We analysed all major trauma patients (Injury Severity Score (Injury Severity Score (ISS)> 15) treated at Emergency Department of the Santa Chiara Hospital between January 2011 and December 2014. The training c...

Study Design Retrospective review on clinical-quality trauma registry prospective data. Objective To identify early predictors of suboptimal health status in polytrauma patients with spine injuries. Methods A retrospective review on a prospective cohort was performed on spine-injured polytrauma patients with successful discharge from May 2009 to January 2011. The Short Form 12-Questionnaire Hea...

Circulating CD34+ progenitor cells () gained importance in the field of regenerative medicine due to their potential to home in on injury sites and differentiate into cells of both endothelial and osteogenic lineages. In this study, we analyzed the mobilization kinetics and the numbers of CD34+, CD31+, CD45+, and CD133+ cells in twenty polytrauma patients (n = 13 male, n = 7 female, mean age 46...

Abstract Background We examined the visibility of fractures hand and forearm in whole-body CT its influence on delayed diagnosis. This study is based a prior diagnosis patients with suspected polytrauma. Methods Two blinded radiologists CT-scans or that were diagnosed later than 24 h after admission control cases unremarkable imaging those areas. They provided clinical information was documente...