Injury characteristics and outcome of road traffic crash victims at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern TanzaniaJournal of Trauma Management & Outcomes - Tập 6 - Trang 1-8 - 2012
Phillipo L Chalya, Joseph B Mabula, Ramesh M Dass, Nkinda Mbelenge, Isdori H Ngayomela, Alphonce B Chandika, Japhet M Gilyoma
Road traffic crash is of growing public health importance worldwide contributing significantly to the global disease burden. There is paucity of published data on road traffic crashes in our local environment. This study was carried out to describe the injury characteristics and outcome of road traffic crash victims in our local setting and provide baseline data for establishment of prevention str...... hiện toàn bộ
Reviewer acknowledgement 2013Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes - Tập 8 - Trang 1-1 - 2014
Dirk Stengel, Annette Luckmann
The editors of the Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes and BioMed Central would like to show our appreciation for the following reviewers for their time, hard work and support by reviewing manuscripts for the journal in 2013.
A necessary evil? Intra-abdominal hypertension complicating burn patient resuscitationJournal of Trauma Management & Outcomes - Tập 8 - Trang 1-7 - 2014
Paul B McBeth, Kim Sass, Duncan Nickerson, Chad G Ball, Andrew W Kirkpatrick
Severe burns are devastating injuries that result in considerable systemic inflammation and often require resuscitation with large volumes of fluid. The result of massive resuscitation is often raised intra-abdominal pressures leading to Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and the secondary abdominal compartment syndrome. The objective of this study is to conduct (1) a 10 year retrospective study t...... hiện toàn bộ
The BHU bicentric bipolar prosthesis in fracture neck femur in active elderlyJournal of Trauma Management & Outcomes - Tập 2 - Trang 1-8 - 2008
Anil K Rai, Rakesh Agarwal, Saurabh Singh, Ratnav Ratan
55 BHU bicentric bipolar hemiarthroplasties were reviewed after a mean follow up of 4 years (range 1–5 years). Patients with displaced subcapital fractures were selected for operation on the basis of good mobility before the fracture. Object of the study was to see the efficacy of BHU bipolar prostheses and functional outcome. There were no incidences of dislocation. Modified Harris hip scoring sy...... hiện toàn bộ
Strategic emergency department design: An approach to capacity planning in healthcare provision in overcrowded emergency roomsJournal of Trauma Management & Outcomes - Tập 2 - Trang 1-8 - 2008
Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, Dimitrios S Evangelopoulos, Marcel Wullschleger, Leo Bürki, Heinz Zimmermann
Healthcare professionals and the public have increasing concerns about the ability of emergency departments to meet current demands. Increased demand for emergency services, mainly caused by a growing number of minor and moderate injuries has reached crisis proportions, especially in the United Kingdom. Numerous efforts have been made to explore the complex causes because it is becoming more and m...... hiện toàn bộ
Inter-observer reliability assessment of the Schatzker, AO/OTA and three-column classification of tibial plateau fracturesJournal of Trauma Management & Outcomes - Tập 7 - Trang 1-4 - 2013
Yi Zhu, Cheng-Fang Hu, Guang Yang, Dong Cheng, Cong-Feng Luo
The purpose of our study was to evaluate inter-observer reliability of the Three-Column classifications with conventional Schatzker and AO/OTA of Tibial Plateau Fractures. 50 cases involving all kinds of the fracture patterns were collected from 278 consecutive patients with tibial plateau fractures who were internal fixed in department of Orthopedics and Trauma III in Shanghai Sixth People’s Hosp...... hiện toàn bộ
Traumatic injury among females: does gender matter?Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes - Tập 8 Số 1 - 2014
Ayman El‐Menyar, Hany M El Hennawy, Hassan Al‐Thani, Mohammad Asim, Husham Abdelrahman, Ahmad Zarour, Ashok Parchani, Rubén Peralta, Rifat Latifi