introduction: the effect of severe soft tissue injury on the severity of hemorrhagic shock is still unknown. therefore, the present study was aimed to determine hemodynamic and metabolic changes in traumatic/hemorrhagic shock in an animal model. methods: forty male rats were randomly divided into 4 equal groups including sham, hemorrhagic shock, soft tissue injury, and hemorrhagic shock + soft ...

Background and Aim: Acute injuries of the spine and spinal cord are causing the greatest amount of disability. They produce high cost outcomes for patients and society psychologically and economically. Knowing the epidemiology of these injuries play an important role in planning for prevention and conservative treatment. But now, we have little information about this in our country. The ai...

Background: Interleukin 6 (IL-6) functions as both a pro-inflammatory cytokine and an anti-inflammatory cytokine. Objective: To evaluate the levels of IL-6 in patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Methods: Level of IL-6 was assessed and recorded for 14 days subsequent to the injury in 161 multiple trauma patients. MODS were diagnosed using Marshal Score. Injury Severity Scor...

conclusions epidemiologic studies in kabaddi are the need of the hour to assess the burden of this predominantly rural sport and to implement injury prevention programs. our study emphasises the morbidity of knee injuries in kabaddi players of india and the exacting toll it takes on their careers. results the mean duration prior to presentation was 14.4 months. majority of the injuries (88.16%)...

background : hepatitis b and c and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection are a serious health issue in iran. knowledge of the designed standard precautions can reduce occupational injuries which result in the transmission of these viruses. this study was conducted to determine the rate of occupational injuries and awareness of the standard precautions among laboratory staff and nurses of...

Background: Meniscus tear is a common finding in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and may affectthe natural history of the injury and the outcomes of treatment. In the current study, the characteristics of meniscus tearsin patients who underwent arthroscopic ACL reconstruction were investigated.Methods: The hospital records of 1022 patients were reviewed. ...

this is an observational case series study on penetrating trauma admissions in three teaching hospitals in tehran from 1996 to 1997. in order to describe the epidemiology and determine the ways of improving treatment of penetrating injuries, we selected 410 patients with penetrating injuries and injury severity scores (iss) of more than 7 (the maximum iss is 75) out of 3580 trauma patients, hos...

introduction: spinal cord injuries are accompanied with significant demyelination of axons and subsequent locomotor dysfunction. to identify the extent of damage following electrolytic lesion of ventrolateral white matter, essential area for initiation of locomotor activity, we assessed demyelination as well as alteration in motor performance. moreover, the protective effect of estradiol as a c...