Trauma centers (TCs) improve patient outcomes. Few investigations detail the US geographical distribution of Level 1 and 2 TCs (L1TCs, L2TCs) regarding motor vehicle collision (MVC) injuries/fatalities.#We utilized Geographic Information Systems mapping to investigate the distribution of L1TCs and ...
Conclusions We report that LI trauma center BT patients had an increased hospital and ICU LOS compared with those at LII centers. However, there was no significant difference in mortality between patients cared for at LI and LII trauma centers in risk-adjusted models. 展开 关键词: Burn Trauma ...
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Sometimes referred to as “sweeps,”“clearings,” or “cleanups,” displacement is often done without connecting people to services or housing and without regard for past trauma.4 People experiencing homelessness are often forced to disperse away from services, resulting in loss of personal ...
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gestational age at delivery, mother's marital status at delivery, highest educational level of mother at delivery, maternal IQ, maternal tobacco use during pregnancy, maternal alcohol use during pregnancy, subject's history of concussion or head trauma, subject's smoking, and subject's use of alc...
With the aging of global population, the incidence of severe trauma in patients over the age of 65 is expected to increase significantly in the coming years [1]. This aging population, combined with improvements in resuscitation techniques, should lead to increasing survival rates for elderly patie...
2.8.1Iron Metabolism in the Trauma Patient Obesity is often accompanied bymicrocytic anemiain the context of high serumferritin(SF) concentrations and increased iron stores in the adipocytes and other tissues. Iron metabolism and regulation have been discussed elsewhere (refer toEssentials II: Heavy ...
cortisol to be released from the adrenal glands. This is typically referred to as secondary adrenal insufficiency, or hypopituitarism; and, can be caused by trauma to the pituitary gland, brain tumors, pituitary gland tumors, stroke, autoimmune diseases and tuberculosis, among many other possible ...
(1) operations on patients who had been enrolled in the study for an index operation within the previous 30 days, (2) operations with very low mortality rates (eg, ophthalmologic procedures), and (3) organ transplantation, because this is performed at a limited number of VA medical centers....