Wormald, Justin Conrad Rosen Mikhail, Mark Medhat Rodrigues, Jeremy Neil Gardiner, Sonya Pezas, Theodore Lloyd-Hughes, Hawys Issa, Fadi Jain, Abhilash Gardiner, Matthew David
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Pilot and Feasibility Studies
BackgroundHand fractures are common and sometimes require surgery to restore function. Placement of Kirschner wires (K-wires) is the most common form of surgical fixation. After placement, a key decision is whether to bury the end of a K-wire or leave it protruding from the skin (exposed). A recent systematic review found no evidence to support eit...
Wang, Peng Chen, Cong Liu, Bo Wang, Xiaokang Jiang, Wei Chu, Xiangquan
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BMC Surgery
BackgroundMigration of wires and pins within the heart is an uncommon complication. Intracardic migration of Kirschner wire can cause several complications.Case presentationA 55-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency service with dyspnea, stabbing chest pain. The patient’s medical history showed that he had undergone a fixation operati...
Wang, Kai Sun, Shi-Long Wang, Xin-Yu Chu, Cheng-Nan Duan, Ze-Hua Yang, Chao Liu, Bao-Chen Ding, Wei-Wei Li, Wei-Qin Li, Jie-Shou
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Military Medical Research
BackgroundFluid overload (FO) after resuscitation is frequent and contributes to adverse outcomes among postinjury open abdomen (OA) patients. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a promising tool for monitoring fluid status and FO. Therefore, we sought to investigate the efficacy of BIA-directed fluid resuscitation among OA patients.MethodsA ...
MacKinnon, Ralph James Pukk-Härenstam, Karin Kennedy, Christopher Hollnagel, Erik Slater, David
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Advances in Simulation
ObjectivesWith ever increasingly complex healthcare settings, technology enhanced simulation (TES) is well positioned to explore all perspectives to enhance patient safety and patient outcomes. Analysis from a Safety-II stance requires identification of human adjustments in daily work that are key to maintaining safety. The aim of this paper is to ...
Macia, Kathryn S Blonigen, Daniel M Shaffer, Paige M Cloitre, Marylène Smelson, David A
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Social science & medicine (1982)
Mental health and substance use disorders are strong risk factors for homelessness. Understanding the role of transdiagnostic factors could help inform efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans with a range of disorders. Homeless veterans have high rates of trauma exposure, which can result in the depletion of social and emotional resources tha...
Gagliardi, Juliette Brettschneider, Christian König, Hans-Helmut
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Conflict and Health
PurposeTo systematically review studies on HRQOL, measured by the WHOQOL-Bref instrument, of refugees in general and clinical populations who are settled in the community of the hosting country, and outline the differences in scores among the two population groups and across the four domains of WHOQOL-Bref (physical, psychological, social relations...
Chicco, Maria Tebala, Giovanni D
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European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society
Homer's Iliad reports detailed descriptions of war traumas, with precise anatomical references, so that the Iliad can be considered the first trauma registry. We aimed to analyse the Iliad from the perspective of a modern trauma registry: that is, to find historical and local prognostic factors through the epidemiological study of the reported trau...
de Almeida Prado, Renato Masson de Almeida Prado, José Luiz Masson Yamada, André Fukunishi Correa Fernandes, Artur R Puertas, Eduardo Barros Ueta, Renato Hiroshi Salvioni Guimarães, Julio B
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Skeletal radiology
The spine is the main stabilizer and load bearer of the axial skeleton. It is also important for the protection of neural structures, such as the spinal cord, nerve roots, and cauda equina. In the healthy skeleton, most injuries are a consequence of high-energy trauma and can lead to severe dysfunction, such as tetraplegia or paraplegia. In order t...
April, Michael D Becker, Tyson E Fisher, Andrew D Naylor, Jason F Schauer, Steven G
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The American journal of emergency medicine
Identifying patients at imminent risk of death is a paramount priority in combat casualty care. This study measures the vital sign values predictive of mortality among combat casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. We used data from the Department of Defense Trauma Registry from January 2007 to August 2016. We used the highest documented heart rate and...
Koneru, G Bhargava, D Somuri, A V Manoj, M Nesan, J Pillai, A K Beena, S
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Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) ankylosis as a sequelae following hemarthrosis from trauma, middle ear infection and progressive debilitating arthritis of various etiologies has been well understood, but challenges always arise in terms of choosing least morbid procedure with maximum functional outcome. Total joint replacement (TJR) is the common fin...
