conclusions: nearly half of the women presenting with trauma had experienced spousal feud or domestic violence; therefore, it is necessary to recognize spousal abuse and provide adequate support to traumatized pregnant women. background: trauma occurs in 7% of pregnancies and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the mother and fetus. objectives: the present study was conducted in kash...

OBJECTIVE To determine the insertional and positional complications encountered by the placement of intercostal chest drains (ICDs) for trauma and whether further training is warranted in operators inserting intercostal chest drains outside level 1 trauma unit settings. METHODS Over a period of 3 months, all patients with or without an ICD in situ in the front room trauma bay of Tygerberg Hos...

intracranial hemorrhage and entrapment neuropathy are the most serious and disabling complications in hemophilia.the occurance of these neurological complications was studied in 214 hemophiliac patients during a 3 month period. nine patients (4.2%) suffered intracranial hemorrhage (one epidural and others intracerebral). all of intracranial hemorrhage patients had the sevee form of disease (<1%...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to evaluate the complications that occur after trauma and the characteristics of individuals who develop complications, to identify potential risk factors that increase their incidence, and finally to investigate the relationship between complications and mortality. METHODS We did a population-based retrospective study of trauma patients admitted to ICUs...

IMPORTANCE In trauma populations, improvements in outcome are documented in institutions with higher case volumes. However, it is not known whether improved outcomes are attributable to the case volume within specific higher-risk groups, such as the elderly, or to the case volume among all trauma patients treated by an institution. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that outcomes of trauma care...

Introduction: Neonatal period damages occur due to mechanical forces (compression, stretching) during the birth process are classified as birth trauma. Various maternofetal factors, such as maternal diabetes, breech or other noncephalic presentations and birth weight might have been effective in developing prenatal trauma. Shoulder dystocia, which is common in neonates` of diabetic mothers, usu...

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...

Introduction: To describe a modified technique for submental intubation in severely traumatized maxillofacial patients and to evaluate complications arising from the procedure.  Materials and Methods: Submental intubation was performed in twelve patients with maxillofacial trauma ,from 2007 – 2012, which were operated under general anesthesia for treatment of facial fractures. Results: The pati...

INTRODUCTION The difficulties in the management of the blunt chest wall trauma patient in the Emergency Department due to the development of late complications are well recognised in the literature. Pre-injury anti-platelet therapy has been previously investigated as a risk factor for poor outcomes following traumatic head injury, but not in the blunt chest wall trauma patient cohort. The aim o...