Cisler, Josh M Herringa, Ryan J
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Biological psychiatry
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescents is common and debilitating. In contrast to adult PTSD, relatively little is known about the neurobiology of adolescent PTSD, nor about how current treatments may alter adolescent neurodevelopment to allow recovery from PTSD. Improving our understanding of biological mechanisms of adolescent PTSD, ...
Boakye, Godfred Gyedu, Adam Stewart, Melissa Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles Stewart, Barclay
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundInjuries are a major public health problem globally. With sound planning and organization, essential trauma care can be reliably provided with relatively low-cost equipment and supplies. However, availability of these resources requires an effective and efficient supply chain and good stock management practices. Therefore, this study aime...
Cañete San Pastor, Pablo Lopez Valenciano, Javier Copete, Ivan Prosper Ramos, Inma
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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
PurposeThe objective of this study is to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the osteosynthesis with a 6.5 mm screw and washer of a Chevron shape olecranon osteotomy performed for the surgical approach of supraintercondylar fractures of the distal humerus, achieving union and complication rates better or similar to other published case series.Me...
Wright, Esther Victoria Musbahi, Omar Singh, Abhinav Somashekar, Naresh Huber, Christopher P. Wiik, Anatole Vilhelm
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Patient Safety in Surgery
BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented modern healthcare with an unprecedented challenge. At the peak of the pandemic, trauma and orthopaedic services at our institutions undertook internal restructuring, diverting resources to frontline medical care. Consequently, we sought to assess the impact on the elderly and co...
Vardon-Bounes, Fanny Gracia, Romain Abaziou, Timothée Crognier, Laure Seguin, Thierry Labaste, François Geeraerts, Thomas Georges, Bernard Conil, Jean-Marie Minville, Vincent
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
BackgroundThe long-term fate of severely injured patients in terms of their quality of life is not well known. Our aim was to assess the quality of life of patients who have suffered moderate to severe trauma and to identify primary factors of long-term quality of life impairment.MethodsA prospective monocentric study conducted on a number of patie...
Kim, Min Ji Lee, Dong Hwan Park, Dong Ha Lee, Il Jae
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BMC Urology
BackgroundTo conduct an accurate evaluation of patients presenting with posttraumatic penoscrotal injuries, and to formulate a treatment algorithm based on this assessment.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective chart review study. Patients with penoscrotal defects admitted to our level I trauma center from 2017 to 2019 were evaluated. The Braden scale...
Crewdson, Kate Heywoth, Ainsley Rehn, Marius Sadek, Samy Lockey, David
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
BackgroundEfficient and timely airway management is universally recognised as a priority for major trauma patients, a proportion of whom require emergency intubation in the pre-hospital setting. Adverse events occur more commonly in emergency airway management, and hypoxia is relatively frequent. The aim of this study was to establish whether passi...
Van Yperen, Daan T. Van Lieshout, Esther M. M. Dijkshoorn, J. Niels Van der Vlies, Cornelis H. Verhofstad, Michael H. J.
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
ObjectivesThe primary aim of this study was to evaluate the number of patients reported to a hospital with injuries from consumer fireworks in the months December–January in the past 10 years, and to describe the association between the type of fireworks, injury pattern, treatment, and permanent impairment.MethodsA multicenter, retrospective, obser...
Buswell, Georgina Haime, Zoë Lloyd-Evans, Brynmor Billings, Jo
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BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundPsychosis can be a sufficiently traumatic event to lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Previous research has focussed on the trauma of first episode psychosis (FEP) and the only review to date of PTSD beyond the first episode period was not systematic and is potentially outdated.MethodsWe searched electronic databases and refer...
Lorente, Leonardo Martín, María M Pérez-Cejas, Antonia González-Rivero, Agustín F Ramos-Gómez, Luis Solé-Violán, Jordi Cáceres, Juan J Cabrera, Judith Alvarez-Castillo, Andrea Ferrer-Moure, Carmen
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Neurocritical care
Soluble Fas Ligand (sFasL) is one of the main ligands that activates the apoptosis extrinsic pathway. Higher expression of FasL in brain samples and higher cerebrospinal fluid FasL concentrations in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients than in controls have been found. However, the potential association between blood sFasL concentrations and TBI m...