Nail gun injury to the median nerve: a barbed issue - Chintapalli S, Phoenix E, Cullen S, Dolan R.
Nail gun injuries to the hand are an increasingly common encounter amongst those in the construction injury and a frequent presentation to the emergency department. Despite their frequency, nail gun injuries rarely involve significant structural injury. We... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Pharmacists are essential to poison centers - Traynor K.
National Poison Prevention Week, which took place the week of March 17 this year, was a great time to reflect on the important work that pharmacists do at the nation's network of poison centers.
"Most of our staff are pharmacists," said James Leonard, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Posttraumatic cognitions about the self are associated with depression symptoms in veterans endorsing a history of assaultive military sexual trauma - Fernando M, Schubert JR, Valentine LM, Koch EI, Sexton MB.
Depressive symptoms are a commonly observed yet understudied mental health sequalae of military sexual trauma (MST). Prior research supports the relationship between negative posttraumatic cognitions (NPCs) and the onset and course of trauma symptoms more ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Potentially morally injurious experiences and associated factors among Dutch UN peacekeepers: a latent class analysis - de Goede ML, van der Aa N, Mooren TM, Olff M, Ter Heide FJJ.
BACKGROUND: During peacekeeping missions, military personnel may be involved in or exposed to potentially morally injurious experiences (PMIEs), such as an inability to intervene due to a limited mandate. While exposure to such morally transgressive events... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Psychological distress and PTSD among clinicians in Roma, Lesotho during the COVID-19 pandemic - Kambulandu M, Ogundipe RM, Bryden M, Sao L, Thompson DM, McGuire CM, Jack BW.
BACKGROUND: Since 2020, the world has been battling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The mortality and morbidity at the height of the pandemic sparked generalised fear and uncertainty about the future. Concerns were raised about the psych... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Refining outcome prediction after traumatic brain injury with machine learning algorithms - Bark D, Boman M, Depreitere B, Wright DW, Lew én A, Enblad P, Hånell A, Rostami E.
Outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is typically assessed using the Glasgow outcome scale extended (GOSE) with levels from 1 (death) to 8 (upper good recovery). Outcome prediction has classically been dichotomized into either dead/alive or favorable... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Stories of strength: uncovering innate resilience in domestic violence survivors with ACEs scores of four or more - Velasco Adams C, Gibson B.
Adults and children accessing services with the Women's Resource Center safehouse have experienced deeply personal, complex, and often intersectional trauma. Displaced by domestic violence, many families participating in the emergency housing program ha... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The efficacy of traumatic brain injury treatment by neurotrauma specialists - Park JH, Jung IH, Yun JH.
OBJECTIVE: Since the establishment of Regional Trauma Centers (RTCs) in Korea, significant efforts have been made to improve the quality of care for patients with trauma. Simultaneously, the Department of Neurosurgery assigned neurotrauma specialists to RT... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The incidence and patterns of maxillofacial fractures and associated head and neck injuries - Bataineh AB.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and patterns of maxillofacial fractures and the demographic characteristics of associated head and neck injuries. This single-center retrospective cohort study was conducted at the Department of Oral and ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The relationship between exposure to domestic violence and adult violent crime - Liu B, Xu W.
Domestic violence is taking a severe toll on the physical, mental, and personal health of millions worldwide. There is a lack of a comprehensive explanation of the mechanisms underlying this link based on theoretical psychological ideas, even if some exper... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Traumatic brain injury, race, ethnicity and cognition in newly diagnosed persons with multiple sclerosis - Akinsanya J, Smith JB, Langer-Gould A.
We sought to determine whether a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) could explain the lower symbol digit modalities test (SDMT) scores observed among newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis (MS) and control participants identifying as Black or Hispanic ver... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Unsuccessful suicidal attempts by sewing needle introducing to chest: removing 17 ones from the right ventricle and breast tissue in two stages; case report and literature review - Mohammadzadeh A, Khanghah AS, Ojarood MV.
INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Penetrating cardiac injuries among the whole injuries confronting the trauma surgeon is more alarming. The introduction of needles as an attempt to inflict self-injury has rarely been described, so we only found 34 reported cas... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Barriers and facilitators of the reporting by family doctors of cases of domestic violence - a qualitative study across Portugal - Moreira DN, Pinto da Costa M.
BACKGROUND: Domestic violence (DV) is a serious and prevalent public health problem with devastating consequences for the victims and their families. Whilst the number of cases reported to the authorities has risen in recent years, many victims still chose... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Characteristics of hospitalized pediatric patients following traumatic open globe injuries; a cross-sectional study - Peyman A, Dehghani A, Hoghooghi A, Sheykhi K, Khoshhali M, Abounoori M, Khosrropour H, Pourazizi M.
This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients hospitalized with open globe injuries (OGI). ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cognitive, behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in patients with spinal cord injury: a scoping review - Calderone A, Cardile D, De Luca R, Quartarone A, Corallo F, Calabr ò RS.
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is a condition where the spinal cord is damaged and experiences partial or complete loss of motor and/or sensory function, which is typically less than normal. After SCI, patients may exhibit more severe psychiatric symptoms and ex... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
