News tagged with penetrating trauma


Study reveals cost of stabbings to Britain's health service

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created Aug 01, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Injuries caused by gun and knife crime are costing the National Health Service in excess of £3million a year, new research reveals.





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Surgeon experience not associated with survival among trauma patients in a structured trauma program

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Within a structured trauma program, trauma patients are equally likely to survive if they are treated by a novice surgeon or by the experienced trauma director, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Su ...


17 million US children live more than an hour away from trauma care

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than 17 million U.S. children live more than an hour away by ground or air transportation from a life-saving pediatric trauma center, according to a new study by researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ...


Study finds higher survival rate among intoxicated trauma patients

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Trauma patients who were intoxicated before their injuries were more likely to survive than trauma patients who suffered similar injuries but were sober at the time, according to a study published in the October edition of ...


Testing trauma cases for blood alcohol levels can identify high-risk patients

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heavy drinking often leads to trauma, and can also complicate subsequent assessment and patient care. New findings show that testing for blood alcohol levels can identify high-risk patients, even if they previously denied ...


Using nanotech to make Robocops

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 31, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (33) | comments 1

Bulletproof jackets do not turn security guards, police officers and armed forces into Robocops, repelling the force of bullets in their stride. New research in carbon nanotechnology however could give those in the line ...


Psychiatric disorders and sexual trauma are associated with lower urinary tract symptoms

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Depression, anxiety disorders and sexual trauma have all been implicated as risk factors in lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as incontinence and overactive bladder. The exact nature of these associations is unknown. ...


Trauma 411: Prolonged surgery should be avoided in certain cases

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created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trauma patients who sustain multiple fractures are often in serious condition when they arrive at the emergency department. A review article published in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of ...


Acute impact on brain function in earthquake survivors

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

New research has found that the Wenchuan, China earthquake that occurred on 12 May 2008 had an acute impact on the brain function of physically healthy survivors and poses a risk to the mental health of these survivors. The ...


The Physics of Explosives and Blast Helmets

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Of all the threats facing U.S. soldiers in combat, among the most dangerous are roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices (IED's). At the 61st Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics ...


Clots traveling from lower veins may not be the cause of pulmonary embolism in trauma patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A report from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physicians calls into question the longstanding belief that pulmonary embolism (PE) - the life-threatening blockage of a major blood vessel in the lungs - is caused ...



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