Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death among critically ill patients from the Intensive Care Units (ICU). After primary traumatic injuries, secondary complications occur, which are responsible for the progressive degradation of the clinical status in this type of patients. These include severe inflammation, biochemical and physiological imbalances and disruption of t...

The objective of this cross-sectional census study was to characterize agression and land-based transport accidents in a city in the Northeast of Brazil. Data was analyzed from live victims who were treated at a forensic service (N = 2.379). In the descriptive analysis, the majority of events were represented by aggression (71.6%); which occurred on weekdays (65%), with 35.1% at night. Trauma o...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCCION: Cytokeratins (CK) are molecules of the cytoskeleton that contribute to the cellular differenciation. We studied the expression of CK1, CK13 and CK14 in thirty-three patients with OLP. The biopsied lesions were located in the dorsal surface of the tongue, the palatal keratinized mucosa and the nonkeratinized buccal mucosa. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine the e...

Il s'agit d'un patient âgé de 30 ans sans antécédents notables, victime d'un traumatisme contusif sévère au niveau de son oeil droit suite à une agression, ce qui a occasionné une baisse d'acuité visuelle brutale. Devant la non amélioration de cette symptomatologie, le patient s'est présenté 5 jours plutard aux urgences. L'examen à l'admission à mis en évidence au niveau de l'oeil traumatisé, u...