Background: When developed in 1981 by Moore and colleagues the Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index (PATI) was used to identify trauma patients at risk of postoperative complications. Methods of trauma quantification have been extensively developed but their outcome evaluations have been naïve, subject only to basic statistical analyses. The accuracy of PATI was assessed by means of Receiver Oper...

Neurotrauma represents a significant public health problem, accounting for a significant proportion of the morbidity and mortality associated with all traumatic injuries. Both blunt and penetrating injuries to cervicocerebral vessels are significant and are likely more common than previously recognized. Imaging of such injuries is an important component in the evaluation of individuals presenti...

The incidence of injury to the urologic system after trauma is about 10%. Blunt trauma followed by traffic accidents and during sports comprise 90% of the etiologies. In addition, the rate of penetrating injuries is increasing, especially in urban areas. The kidney is the most common urologic organ to be injured, followed by urinary bladder and the urethra. Isolated urologic trauma is rare; the...

INTRODUCTION Chest trauma may be blunt or penetrating and the chest is the third most common trauma region. It is a significant cause of mortality. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has been an increasingly used method to evaluate chest trauma because of its high success in detecting tissue and organ injuries. Herein, we aimed to present MDCT findings in patients with blunt and penetrati...

Celiac artery (CA) injuries are very rare and are often associated with high mortality. These injuries are associated more often with penetrating trauma rather than blunt trauma injury. Our case highlights a blunt trauma injury of CA in a hemodynamically stable patient without any symptoms that was treated conservatively.

conclusions using the celox-coated gauze is able to achieve hemostasis in penetrating limb trauma faster than the conventional pressure bandage. further research is required to clarify the subset of patients who will benefit the most from this effect in the emergency department. results the mean age of participants was 30.5 and the majority of patients were male (90.6%). the forearm and distal ...

Hepatic trauma occurs in approximately 5% of all admissions in emergency rooms. The anatomic location and the size of the liver make the organ even more susceptible to trauma and frequently in penetrating injuries. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma established a detailed classification system that provides for uniform comparisons of hepatic injury. Diagnosis of hepatic injury c...

BACKGROUND Obtaining a patent airway can be difficult in patients with traumatic airway injuries (TAI). There is a paucity of data available about the incidence of airway compromise and techniques used in these patients. METHODS Charts review of all patients with TAI treated in a Regional Trauma Center from July 1989 to June 2005. RESULTS One hundred and four patients were identified as TAI...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to describe point-of-care ultrasound and Color flow Duplex Doppler characteristics of penetrating and blunt trauma-related vascular injuries of the limbs and neck. METHODS Penetrating and blunt trauma-related vascular injuries such as vein disruption, intimal flap, deep vein thrombosis, arterial dissection, pseudoaneurysm, and arteriovenous fistulae are dis...