BACKGROUND Variation in referral rates for physical therapy exists at both the individual physician and practice levels. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of physician and practice characteristics on referral for physical therapy in patients with traumatic lower-extremity injury. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey was conducted. METHODS In 2007, a Web-based sur...

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the main causes of severe disability and mortality following trauma. Complications and outcomes of patients with spine trauma, especially those who undergo surgery, are a less divulged topic in Iran. Therefore, we designed the present study to evaluate complications and outcomes of patients with traumatic spine in Poursina hospital of Rasht. Mater...

Introduction The objectives of this study were to outline the effect of referral from peripheral hospitals on mortality in patients admitted to the trauma centre of Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University and to describe inter-hospital transfer. Methods Patients admitted on all Mondays of a year and eight randomly selected Mondays and Wednesdays were enrolled and compared. Demographic an...

The aim of this review is to examine the relationship between trauma, physical health and somatisation. A search was made on the Procite Database at the Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for research articles with the following key words: posttraumatic stress disorder, somatisation, trauma (the Procite Database holds more than 15,000 articles r...

introduction trauma is the most common cause of death in people aged 1–44 years and the third leading cause of death regardless of age. early diagnosis can shorten the time of emergency care and a quick transfer of patients to a treatment center. objective this study evaluates the mgap scoring system to predict mortality in trauma patients. materials and methods in this cross-sectional study, 5...

Background & Aim: Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) impose a heavy burden on health care system. Awareness on prevalence and incidence of SCI is important because this would show the necessity of prevention. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology and types of traumatic spinal cord injuries in a trauma referral center in Guilan. Methods & Materials/Patients: This is a descripti...

INTRODUCTION Extra-hepatic bile duct injuries in children following blunt abdominal trauma are rare; early diagnosis and treatment are imperative for a good outcome. The purpose of this report is to describe the management of problems encountered in children with bile duct injuries following blunt abdominal trauma. CASE PRESENTATION A three year-old girl presented with obstructive jaundice an...

Intravenous antibiotics were stopped and high dose prednisolone was commenced in addition to the already prescribed somatostatin (Octreotide ®). The patient was maintained on azathioprine (Imuran ®) once the prednisolone had been tapered. His large abdominal defect was dressed with Activon tulle ® honey dressings. He progressed well and was discharged. Follow up revealed satisfactory recovery o...

An Extremely rare case of periscaphoid and perilunate dislocation of the wrist is reported. The reported case is a young man with trauma following a motor cycle falling down. At first referral closed reduction and six weeks of long arm cast had been performed. The patient reffered to our hospital because of painful and limited range of motion. He underwent open reduction and internal fixation w...

An Extremely rare case of periscaphoid and perilunate dislocation of the wrist is reported. The reported case is a young man with trauma following a motor cycle falling down. At first referral closed reduction and six weeks of long arm cast had been performed. The patient reffered to our hospital because of painful and limited range of motion. He underwent open reduction and internal fixatio...