introduction guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) is an immune-mediated acute inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system. infectious agents were usually accused of playing a role in the etiology of gbs. guillain-barre syndrome has rarely been reported following subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhage after head trauma. case presentation we report on a 63-year-old male patient presenting gbs f...

traumatic injuries to great vessels are relative common in trauma practice. blunt thoracic trauma may result in dissection injury to aorta and innominate artery. we herein present a late presentation of traumatic innominate artery aneurysm. a29-year-old woman presented with dyspnea to our emergency department. she had previous motor-vehicle accident a month before presentation for which had und...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) has been usually diagnosed as a complication secondary to cardiac, hepatic, and malignant etiologies, but it rarely described in the setting of blunt abdominal trauma. This case depicts an older male who presented emergency department with progressive ascites lower extremity edema within two weeks after motor vehicle accident (MVA). Ascitic fluid analysis indicated ...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Acute cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) has been observed in some patients after a minor trauma to the cervical spine. The discrepancy between the severity of the trauma and the clinical symptoms has been attributed to spinal canal stenosis. However, to date, there is no universally established radiological parameter for identifying critical spinal stenosis in these patients....

Abstract Introduction Acute sleep disturbances are a common, modifiable consequence of trauma that, if left untreated, increase risk PTSD by nearly two-fold. This suggests acute after an important contributor to the etiology that could be targeted early prevent disorder. Yet, effective strategies cannot currently implemented because we identify who is most at trauma, thus obstructing ability hi...

Pendahuluan: Tamponade jantung akut adalah kondisi mengancam nyawa. Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) merupakan salah satu modalitas pencitraan yang dinilai sensitif dan spesifik untuk membantu diagnosis. Kasus: Laki–laki, usia 29 tahun, pasca-trauma tumpul dada disertai peningkatan tekanan vena jugular, suara menjauh tanpa hipotensi. Pada pemeriksaan POCUS didapatkan tanda sonografi tamponade. ...

The features and mechanism of Acute Acoustic Trauma (AAT) together with available treatments are discussed and the current guidelines in use by the Bundeswehr are also presented.

One of the rare complications coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), which can present with different clinical pictures, is pneumothorax. In our case, a patient who did not have predisposing risk factors for pneumothorax such as history trauma, smoking, past intubations, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and developed bilateral spontaneous while under treatment diagnosis COVID-19 pre...

The Guilllain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute predominantly demyelinating polyneuropathy. In many cases GBS is preceding by infection, immunization, surgery or trauma. Although there are a few reports of GBS after head trauma, there is no report of this syndrome after brachial plexus injury. We report on a 51 years-old man who presented GBS fifteen days after a brachial plexus trauma. The poli...

Road accidents are the main cause of serious injuries worldwide, accounting for over 10% trauma cases resulting in death or significant physical impairment. Thoracic injuries, on other hand, responsible a quarter all trauma-related deaths. In such cases, pneumothorax is most common thoracic injury, affecting 30 to 40% patients with trauma. This injury occurs twice as often closed traumas penetr...