Background: Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) is a rare neurological condition resulting from a hemisection injury to or unilateral compression on the spinal cord. The most common causes of BSS that are amenable to be treated surgically can be divided into traumatic and non-traumatic injuries. Traumatic injuries are often reported as the main cause of BSS. However, non-traumatic injuries of the spin...

Background: Every year, approximately 1.25 million people are killed as a result of traffic accidents. Between 20 million and 50 million other people are exposed to non-fatal injuries and many become disabled. The study aims to assess the contributing factors of traumatic head injuries and its health outcomes in Baghdad city. Methodology: It was conducted descriptive study to determine the con...

BACKGROUND In the preambles to the safety and health standards that it has issued since 1987, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) projected that new safety standards would prevent over 2,600 death each year. For six safety standards issued since 1990, we compare OSHA's projections of the impact of full compliance on fatalities with actual fatality changes and examine the re...

This study has been designed in order to identify factors increasing the risk of a fatal outcome when occupational accidents occur. The aim is to provide further evidence for the design and implementation of preventive measures in occupational settings. The Spanish Ministry of Labour registry of occupational injuries causing absence from work includes information on individual and occupational ...

background: psychologically traumatic workplace events (known as critical incidents), which occur globally, are increasing in prevalence within the usa. assisting employers in their response is a growing practice area for occupational medicine, occupational social work, industrial psychology and other occupational health professions. traumatic workplace events vary greatly in their level of org...

conclusions this study confirmed a relatively high incidence of nssis among hcws. inadequate occupational health and safety measures such as lack of training on occupational health hazards and safety issues, absence of written protocols for reporting nssis, and lack of safety instructions were associated with nssis. effective training programs and raising the awareness of hcws to reduce unsafe ...

introduction: the aim of this study was to determine the performance of data mining techniques for predicting the causes of traumatic brain injuries in khatamolanbya hospital, zahdan city. method: in this cross–sectional, the study population included all patients who died of brain injury. data were collected by the use of a researcher- made check list, provided under the direct observation of ...

objectives: to determine the characteristics and etiologies of occupational trauma associated mortality in tabriz megacity, northern iran. methods : in a cross-sectional study, we included all the recorded cases of occupational mortalities referring to tabriz forensic medicine center, labor institute and imam reza and sina hospitals between march 2011 and march 2012. we recorded the demographic...

background : noise exposure is the most frequent occupational factor which may increase the risk of work-related injuries. the purpose of this study was to estimate the association between occupational injuries and noise exposure as well as hearing loss. methods : this study was conducted from april 2008 to march 2009 on 1062 workers in the tabriz tractor manufacturing plant. sound pressure lev...