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The Trauma Epidemic
Published in Ian Greaves, Keith Porter, Jeff Garner, Trauma Care Manual, 2021
Ian Greaves, Keith Porter, Jeff Garner
Both the cause and effects of traumatic injury differ depending on the population concerned; injuries differ between males and females, between geographical areas, and between low-, middle- and high-income countries. Thus, although injury remains the leading cause of death for those aged between 15 and 44, individual mortality and morbidity may be higher in the elderly.4 To add to the complexity of understanding the problems caused by trauma, countries with unequal income levels suffer diverse burdens of disability due to injury; levels of disability due to extremity injury are very high in the developing world, but a greater proportion of disability due to head and spinal cord injuries occurs in high-income countries, suggesting that some types of trauma and their resultant morbidity may be amenable to relatively simple interventions such as improved orthopaedic care and rehabilitation, especially in the developing world.5
Examination of Pediatric Shoulder
Published in Nirmal Raj Gopinathan, Clinical Orthopedic Examination of a Child, 2021
If there was a traumatic incident, the details regarding the injury, whether the patient was able to move his/her arm immediately after the injury, and the treatment received should be noted. For instance, in throwing athletes, the possibility of superior labral tear from anterior to posterior (SLAP) lesion should be suspected. A note should also be made of any injections to the shoulder, if any.
Nutrients Applied to Injury_____Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine
Published in Luke R. Bucci, Nutrition Applied to Injury Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, 2020
In general, acute traumatic injuries comprise the majority of sports injuries. Most are not severe enough to trigger adverse metabolic consequences; however, most are severe enough to limit physical function, training, and competition. The desire to return to full function must be carefully balanced with healing rate to prevent reinjury. Most acute sports injuries will heal without intervention. Is there an advantage to modulating nutrient intake for healing of acute injuries? Research has consistently shown that specific nutrients can accelerate healing rates and shorten recovery to full function for sports injuries (proteases in particular). Other nutrients play supporting roles that are not as conclusive as proteases, but may offer additional benefits to health. From the research findings to date, when acceleration of healing was reported, the healing appeared to be normal and not an artificial situation. Thus, the quicker recovery produced normal tissue function after healing.
Effects of potassium channel knockdown on peripheral blood T lymphocytes and NFAT signaling pathway in Xinjiang Kazak patients with hypertension
Published in Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2023
Chen Dai, Meng Tan, Xiaopan Meng, Jian Dong, Yuanming Zhang
Kazakh patients with severe EH were enrolled in this study, who were diagnosed at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, the Urumqi Friendship Hospital and/or the Urumqi Dabancheng District Chaiwopu Community Health Service Center, from January to December 2019. Inclusion criteria were as follows: patients who were diagnosed as severe EH based on the 2010 Chinese guidelines for the Management of Hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥180 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥110 mm Hg) and who received no antihypertensive treatments. Exclusion criteria were as follows: 1) patients with secondary hypertension, cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular diseases, major organ failure, acute or chronic infection, autoimmune disease, and/or diabetes; 2) patients who reported a history of traumatic injury, surgery or special medication within 4–6 weeks. Baseline data of the enrolled study subjects (25 cases for Kv1.3 silencing and 15 cases for KCa3.1 silencing) are shown in Table 1. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University. Written informed consent was obtained from each patient.
The use of alkaline phosphatase as a bone turnover marker after spinal cord injury: A scoping review of human and animal studies
Published in The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2023
Matteo Ponzano, Matheus J. Wiest, André Coleman, Emily Newton, Maureen Pakosh, Eleni M. Patsakos, David S. K. Magnuson, Lora M. Giangregorio, B. Catharine Craven
The eligibility criteria for human studies were adults (18 years and older) with acute or chronic traumatic SCI, including men and/or women with American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) A-D. For studies using animal models, we included any model (e.g. rat, mice, pig, monkey), adults, males and females, with traumatic injuries. Traumatic injuries are physical injuries of sudden onset and severity which require immediate medical attention. […] Traumatic injuries are the result of a wide variety of blunt, penetrating and burn mechanisms. They include motor vehicle collisions, sports injuries, falls, natural disasters and a multitude of other physical injuries which can occur at home, on the street, or while at work and require immediate care.38
Trends and epidemiology of knee extensor mechanism injuries presenting to United States emergency departments from 2001 to 2020
Published in The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 2023
Joseph G. Lyons, Humza M. Mian, Garrhett G. Via, David A. Brueggeman, Anil B. Krishnamurthy
Case narratives were reviewed for any additional injuries noted in addition to the EM injury. As noted above, a maximum of two diagnosis codes can be entered per case, so narratives were manually reviewed for associated injuries, rather than filtering cases based on the presence of a second diagnosis code. Vague symptoms (such as pain) and non-injury diagnoses (such as unrelated illness or preexisting conditions) weren’t included. Associated injuries included soft tissue injuries (including strains/sprains, contusions, and lacerations), head injuries (including closed head injury, concussion, and traumatic brain injury), internal organ injuries (e.g. liver laceration, pneumothorax, etc.), and fractures. Associated fractures were further characterized into upper extremity, lower extremity, spine, and face.