A B S T R A C T A 36-year-old male patient with posttraumatic cervical cord damage and resultant quadriparesis, demonstrated hypotension and periods of bradycardia. For most of his two-month stay in the Intensive Care ...

Background Tonsillectomy is a common procedure causing considerable postoperative pain. Postoperative pain intensity of 60 - 70 in the scale of visual analog scale (VAS) has been reported up to 3 - 4 days which could ...

Background Drowning is a serious but neglected health problem in low-and middle-income countries. Objectives To describe the effectiveness of drowning prevention program on the reduction of drowning mortality ...

Background Laceration of the hand extensor tendons is common in the upper extremities, causing soft tissue trauma. These tendons, because of their superficial location and lying adjacent to bones, have a greater tendency ...

Background Patients who receive care in an emergency department (ED), are usually unattended while waiting in queues. Objectives This study was done to determine, whether the application of queuing theory analysis ...

Abstract Posttraumatic intravasation of fat and debris can lead to a cascade of events. Hydroxyethyl starches (HES) markedly suppress neutrophil influx by decreasing pulmonary capillary permeability and facilitating ...

Background Diaphragmatic hernia after blunt trauma is an uncommon and often undiagnosed condition. Objectives We aimed to review patients who presented with delayed blunt traumatic hernia of diaphragm. ...