Associations between initial injury severity in acute hand, wrist or forearm injuries and disability ratings and time to return to work.

CONCLUSION: As a result, as the initial injury severity increased, greater disability remained and the time to return to work increased. Predicting prognosis by determining the injury severity in the initial evaluation of patients may be important in predicting a patient's future permanent disability level, which can contribute to maintaining patient expectations at a reasonable level, thereby aiding in psychosocial support. PMID: 32436973 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32436973?dopt=Abstract

Source: Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery : TJTES - April 30, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Çapkın S, Cavit A, Yılmaz K, Erdoğan E, Kaleli T Tags: Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg Source Type: research