introduction: nausea and vomiting are the most common complications after minor head trauma that increases the risk of intracranial pressure rising. therefore, the present study was aimed to compare the antiemetic effects of metoclopramide and ondansetron in the treatment of post-traumatic nausea and vomiting. methods: the study was a controlled, randomized, double blind clinical trial, which w...

introduction: to date, many prognostic models have been proposed to predict the outcome of patients with traumatic brain injuries. external validation of these models in different populations is of great importance for their generalization. the present study was designed, aiming to determine the value of crash prognostic model in prediction of 14-day mortality (14-dm) and 6-month unfavorable ou...

introduction : very severe head trauma cases, defined as glasgow coma scale (gcs) scores of less than 6, have a higher mortality rate and poorer outcome. the purpose of this study was to recognize factors associated with survival and 6-month favorable outcome of very severe head trauma patients presenting to emergency department.  methods: in this historical cohort study, the authors retrospect...

Poisson and negative binomial regression methods are used to analyze the monthly time series data to determine the effects of introducing an integrated security management system including closed-circuit television (CCTV), door alarm monitoring, proximity card access, and emergency call boxes to a large privately-owned complex of apartment buildings in New York City. Crime rates in a control ap...