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Occupational needs of chronic orthopedic trauma patients
Millions of orthopedic trauma injuries occur yearly in the U.S., requiring surgical intervention and hospital admission. These orthopedic injuries are a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, with lower-extremity injuries being the leading cause of trauma hospitalizations among …
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Immune biomarkers predicting clinical outcomes for major trauma patients
Major trauma continues to be the most common cause of death in the population under the age of 40 in England. Despite advances in trauma care in the UK, sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) continue to be severe complications of trauma worldwide. Ongoing research exploring the …
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Modelling outcome prediction for trauma patients : an artificial intelligence approach
Trauma, a term used in medicine to describe a physical injury, is believed to be oneof the major causes of death and disability in modern societies. The development ofthe Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) method by Boyd et al. (1987) can beconsidered as a high-impact initiative in order to …
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Evaluating Risk of Delayed Major Bleeding in Critically Ill Trauma Patients
Background: Up to 40% of trauma patients die during the first 24 hours after injury due to massive hemorrhage. In patients who survive this critical time period, no information is available on rates of delayed major bleeding or factors associated with delayed major bleeding. Methods: A …
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Thoracoabdominal Computed Tomography in Blunt High-Energy Trauma Patients: The position and consequences
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High rates of undiagnosed hypoalbuminaemia in orthopaedic trauma patients at a rural hospital
… serum albumin levels in a cohort of orthopaedic trauma patients to determine the prevalence of hypoalbuminaemia. Secondarily, we aimed to identify factors associated with an increased risk of hypoalbuminaemia. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed of data collected …
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Injury Patterns Associated with Shock in Pediatric Trauma Patients: A National Trauma Database Review
Initial trauma resuscitation of all ages involves rapidly evaluating and treating immediate life-threatening injuries for the purposes of preventing the development shock, or a state of poor tissue oxygenation. According to current guidelines published by the American College of Surgeons, Committee …
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Copper status in multiple trauma patients: measurement of copper balance, serum copper and ceruloplasmin
… reported in both thermal injury and skeletal trauma; data regarding copper status in multiple trauma patients (MTP) are nonexistent. Hypercatabolism following multiple trauma may increase copper utilization, deplete copper stores and compromise cuproenzyme synthesis and function. The purpose …
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IMPACT OF HEALTH DISPARITIES AND BRIEF COUNSELING INTERVENTIONS ON DRINKING OUTCOMES IN HOSPITALIZED TRAUMA PATIENTS
… or have an AUD are more likely to experience a traumatic injury. As a result, hospital trauma centers are a key place to screen and provide brief interventions for risky drinking patterns. Also, there is growing effort today to understand health disparities, so that healthcare can be adjusted to …
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Phlebitis Rates in Trauma Patients: Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Started In or Outside the Emergency Department
… between 5% and 70%. Many PIVCs are started on trauma patients, but the rate of phlebitis in trauma patients whether the PIVC is started outside the emergency department (ED) or inside the ED is unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this pilot study was to determine phlebitis rates in trauma …
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Best Practices in The Use of Vena Cava Filters oo Prevent Pulmonary Emboli in Trauma Patients
<p>In adult trauma patients, the development of a deep vein thrombosis and subsequent pulmonary embolism can have catastrophic implications including death. There are unique characteristics and injury patterns in trauma patients that may make chemoprophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis …
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Probiotic Use in Trauma Patients: A Pathway to Determining the Standard of Care to Improve Outcomes
… one at greater risk for illness and infection. Patients who suffer a traumatic injury are among those at highest risk for complications associated with microbial imbalance, or dysbiosis. In addition to the mechanisms of traumatic injury that can impair one’s immune function, these patients are …
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Comparison of emergency medical service satisfaction among the trauma patients who are treated emergency medical technician or not
In this study which it sees in the trauma patients who receive a temporary disposal from general hospital emergency department follows in emergency medical technician handling presence and the satisfaction degree against an emergency medical service it compares and here upon an effect it is a …
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The immediate perceived needs of family members of trauma patients and how they differ from the nurses' perceptions of needs
… immediate perceived needs of family members of trauma patients and to compare these to trauma nurses' perceptions of the needs of family members of trauma patients. This is important to both the nurses and the families. Analysis of the findings will enable nurses to better assist families in …
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Microfluidic Approaches to Thrombosis and Hemostasis: Towards a Patient-Specific Test of Antiplatelet Therapeutics and the Assessment of Coagulopathy in Hemophilic and Trauma Patients
… Finally, we continued to assess coagulopathic patients by first mimicking resuscitation-driven hemodilution, hyperfibrinolysis, and plasmin-inhibitor therapy under flow. We then evaluated downregulation of platelet function in whole blood from trauma patients during the acute phase of …
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A descriptive study of trauma patients transported by the KZN Helicopter Emergency Medical Services to the Durban Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital level one Trauma centre over a three - year period
… and time to definitive treatment is key in trauma care. Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) is an invaluable prehospital asset for the transport of time sensitive trauma. This study reviews the impact of HEMS in the management of trauma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli hospital (IALCH) which …
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Peri-operative use of synthetic intravenous fluid by peri-operative physicians in South Africa
… completed. During resuscitation of an unstable trauma patient, 233/300 (78%) use crystalloids, although 107/300 (36%) prefer blood products if available. Synthetic colloids for trauma patients unresponsive to initial fluid (normal haemoglobin) would be chosen first by 179/300 (60%), and 12/28 …
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