by the experience of trauma. There are three dimensions of trauma on which such an assessment might focus: a) whether a youth has been exposed to potentially traumatizing events; b) whether a youth displays symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress; and c) whether a youth meets the criteria for a formal diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as per the DSM-IV or ICD-10 diagnostic...

HYPOTHESIS Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in critically injured blunt trauma patients. DESIGN Case-control study of all critically injured blunt trauma patients between January 2002 and December 2002. SETTING Academic level I trauma center at a county referral hospital. PATIENTS Two hundred forty-two consecutive patients admitted to the intensive care unit fo...

BACKGROUND The optimal treatment facility for adolescent trauma patients is controversial. We sought to investigate risk-adjusted outcomes of adolescents treated at adult-only trauma centers (ATCs) versus pediatric-only trauma centers (PTCs) in a state system with legislated American College of Surgeons-verified institutions to determine ideal prehospital referral patterns. METHODS The Ohio T...

OBJECTIVES The primary aim was to assess the need for objective cuff pressure monitoring in the theatre complex and trauma centre at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Secondary aims were to determine whether the tube size, tube make or place of intubation affected cuff pressure. METHOD Endotracheal tube cuff pressures of 91 patients in the trauma centre and 100 patients in the ...

AIM To complete the data of ocular trauma in central China, as a well-known tertiary referral center for ocular trauma, we documented the epidemiological characteristics and visual outcomes of patients hospitalized for ocular trauma in this region. METHODS A retrospective study of patients hospitalized for ocular trauma in central China from 2006 to 2011 was performed. RESULTS This study in...

It’s not unusual for a health care provider to frequently see and treat patients with lesions of the lips, buccal mucosa, tongue or palate. Many of these lesions are readily diagnosed and treated in the outpatient clinic or emergency room. Occasionally, asymptomatic oral lesions are found incidental to an unrelated examination. The possible causes of oral mucosal defects are numerous and includ...

The definitive treatment of paediatric femoral diaphyseal fractures remains controversial. Modalities of treatment vary mostly according to age, with fracture pattern and site having a lesser impact. Current evidence is reflective of this variation with most evidence cited by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons being level 4 or 5. The authors present a review of the most up-to-date evid...