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Evaluation of management of CT scan proved solid organ injury in blunt injury abdomen—a prospective study
BackgroundTrauma especially road traffic injury is one of the major health-related issues throughout the world, especially in develo** countries...
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The combination of arterial lactate level with GCS-pupils score to evaluate short term prognosis in traumatic brain injury: a retrospective study
BackgroundThe aim of the study was to determine whether the combination of Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and Pupil responses score (GCSP) with arterial...
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Influencing factors for delayed diagnosed injuries in multiple trauma patients – introducing the ‘Risk for Delayed Diagnoses Score’ (RIDD-Score)
PurposeDelayed diagnosed injuries (DDI) in severely injured patients are an essential problem faced by emergency staff. Aim of the current study was...
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Association of chest CT severity score with mortality of COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
PurposeChest computed tomography (CT) is a high-sensitivity diagnostic tool for depicting interstitial pneumonia and may lay a critical role in the...
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Assessment of the effects of dexmedetomidine on outcomes of traumatic brain injury using propensity score analysis
BackgroundDexmedetomidine was found to be protective against traumatic brain injury (TBI) in animal studies and safe for use in previous clinical...
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The predictive value of serum lactate to forecast injury severity in trauma-patients increases taking age into account
BackgroundTwo-tier trauma team activation (TTA)—protocols often fail to safely identify severely injured patients. A possible amendment to existing...
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Creating and evaluating the score to assess overdose: the OD score
BackgroundDuring disasters (including epidemics such as coronavirus disease 2019), the capacity of emergency departments is exceeded, thereby...
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Increased injury severity and hospitalization rates following crashes with e-bikes versus conventional bicycles: an observational cohort study from a regional level II trauma center in Switzerland
BackgroundAs electric bicycles (e-bikes) become increasingly popular, reports of injuries associated with e-bike usage are also rising. Patterns,...
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Study of thymus volume and density in COVID-19 patients: Is there a correlation in terms of pulmonary CT severity score?
BackgroundThymus has a pivotal role in combating infectious diseases. Although some reviews have been published about its critical role in COVID-19,...
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Injuries Due to Law Enforcement Use of Force in the United States, 2006-2015: Trends in Severity and by Race
PurposeThe purpose of the study was to assess incidence and severity of hospital reported injuries related to law enforcement Use of Force (UoF) in...
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Maxillofacial trauma severity effects in patients with head injury in a tertiary care center in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
BackgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. In various combinations, a high frequency of...
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Comparison of Glasgow Coma Scale and Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score for prediction of in-hospital mortality in traumatic brain injury patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundCurrently, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is used to assess patients’ level of consciousness. Although this tool is highly popular in clinical...
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The impact of childhood injury and injury severity on school performance and high school completion in Australia: a matched population-based retrospective cohort study
BackgroundExploring the impact of injury and injury severity on academic outcomes could assist to identify characteristics of young people likely to...
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Diagnostic performance of CT lung severity score and quantitative chest CT for stratification of COVID-19 patients
PurposeLung severity score (LSS) and quantitative chest CT (QCCT) analysis could have a relevant impact to stratify patients affected by COVID-19...
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Cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking myocardial strain analysis in suspected acute myocarditis: diagnostic value and association with severity of myocardial injury
BackgroundAlbeit that cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking (CMR-FT) has enabled quantitative assessment of global myocardial strain in the...
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An Audit of Tracheostomy in Traumatic Brain Injury
Introduction: The timing of tracheostomy in traumatic brain injury is controversial. The benefits of early tracheostomy are early weaning from...
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Severity of Acute Portal Hypertension Determines the Clinical Outcomes in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis
BackgroundSevere alcohol-associated hepatitis (SAH) presenting as acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) has high mortality. Severe hepatic...
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Hospitalization costs of injury in elderly population in China: a quantile regression analysis
BackgroundTrauma in the elderly is gradually growing more prevalent as the aging population increases over time. The purpose of this study is to...
