Alpha-2 agonists in children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder: a systematic review - Jagtiani A, Gandhi R, Banga A, Blacker J, Joshi R, Bollu B, Kashyap R.
Exposure to traumatic stress is common among children.  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating chronic mental disorder that can develop following exposure to a traumatic event. Psychopharmacological research in pediatric PTSD is limited. Th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Difficulties with emotion regulation within PTSD clusters and moral injury subtypes - Boska RL, Bishop TM, Capron DW, Paxton Willing MM, Ashrafioun L.
Treatment and research centered on trauma-related mental health issues have largely focused on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, moral injury is another important mental health concern requiring attention. There is a paucity of research examin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Exploring the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic stress symptoms in parents within 12 months of child burn injury: a systematic review - Chouinard NH, Ndongo Sonfack DJ, Chang SL, Bergeron F, Beaudoin Cloutier C, Guertin JR.
Our systematic review aimed to investigate the prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among parents within 12 months of their child's burn injury. A literature search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, W... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

The psychometric properties of the Six-Spot Step Test - a systematic review using the COSMIN guidelines - Aakrann EB, Brincks J.
OBJECTIVE: Accurate and reliable balance measures are important for prescribing fall prevention treatments and monitoring their effectiveness. Thus, we aimed to systematically review the psychometric properties of the Six-Spot Step Test, an increasingly us... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The motivation to integrate and perceived discrimination as antecedents of cultural identity styles - Ward C, Szab ó, Ng Tseung-Wong C.
OBJECTIVES: The research examined the motivation to integrate and perceived discrimination as antecedents of cultural identity styles, the cognitive and behavioral strategies that bicultural individuals use for decision making in managing and maintaining t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The invisible effect of recruitment maneuvers in acute brain injury - Nyquist P.
In ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), there is a yet uncharacterized subclinical brain injury associated with mechanical ventilation [1,2,3]. At present, no specific clinical or biological model has been definitively identified as a prim... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The impact of minimum wage increase on suicidal ideation in South Korea: a difference-in-differences analysis using nationally representative panel data - Kim C, Bai Y, Dusing GJ, Nielsen A, Chum A.
BACKGROUND: South Korea had the highest suicide rates in the OECD and one of the largest (16.4%) increases in the minimum wage in 2018. Prior studies have provided evidence that increases in minimum wage reduce suicide rates in the population, but no study... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The effect of death anxiety on work passion: moderating roles of work centrality and work connection - Al-Dossary SA, Sousa C, Gon çalves G.
Fear of death is an emotional manifestation of the instinct for self-preservation. Any threat to our existence induces an anxiety response. Death anxiety can trigger obsessive-compulsive behaviours, such as an obsessive passion for work. Using a sample of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The drivers of suicides in Turkey: an econometric approach - Karasoy A.
This research examines the long-term drivers of suicides in Turkey, focusing on the effects of uncertainty and the Misery Index. In this regard, this study utilizes yearly data covering the 1980-2019 period. Additionally, it employs the augmented autoregre... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The characteristics and predictors of mortality in periprosthetic fractures around the knee - Nasser AAHH, Sidhu M, Prakash R, Mahmood A, Osman K, Chauhan GS, Nandra R, Dewan V, Davidson J, Al-Azzawi M, Smith C, Gawad M, Palaiologos I, Cuthbert R, Wignadasan W, Banks D, Archer J, Odeh A, Moores T, Tahir M, Brooks M, Biring G, Jordan S, Elahi Z, Shaath M, Veettil M, De C, Handford C, Bansal M, Bawa A, Mattar A, Tandra V, Daadipour A, Taha A, Gangoo S, Srinivasan S, Tarisai M, Budair B, Subbaraman K, Khan F, Gomindes A, Samuel A, Kang N, Kapur K, Mainwaring E, Bridgwater H, Lo A, Ahmed U, Khaleeq T, El-Bakoury A, Rashed R, Hosny H, Yarlagadda R, Keenan J, Hamed A, Riemer B, Qureshi A, Gupta V, Waites M, Bleibleh S, Westacott D, Phillips J, East J, Huntley D, Masud S, Mirza Y, Mishra S, Dunlop D, Khalefa M, Balakumar B, Thibbaiah M, Payton O, Berstock J, Deano K, Sarraf KM, Logishetty K, Lee G, Subbiah-Ponniah H, Shah N, Venkatesan A, Cheseldene-Culley J, Ayathamattam J, Tross S, Randhawa S, Mohammed F, Ali R, Bird J, Khan K, Akhtar MA, Brunt A, Roupakiotis P, Subramanian P, Bua N, Hakimi M, Bitar S, Al Najjar M, Radhakrishnan A, Gamble C, James A, Gilmore C, Dawson D, Sofat R, Antar M, Raghu A, Heaton S, Tawfeek W, Charles C, Burnand H, Duffy S, Taylor L, Magill L, Perry R, Pettitt M, Okoth K, Pinkney T.
This study aims to describe the characteristics of knee PPFs and the impact of patient demographics, fracture types, and management modalities on in-hospital mortality. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The barometer of moral distress in midwifery: a pilot study - Foster W, McKellar L, Fleet JA, Creedy D, Sweet L.
BACKGROUND: Moral distress is a phenomena that occurs following a compromise to moral beliefs. Moral distress has been reported across health professions, including midwifery. Although there are validated tools to assess for moral distress, none have been ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Tertiary trauma survey on emergency department observational units: a systematic literature review - Pervez T, Malik M.
In today's competitive world with a fast-paced lifestyle, trauma is on the rise and is globally recognized as the leading cause of mortality, morbidity, and disability.  Despite the development of major trauma centers and the introduction of advanced trauma... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Technological prospecting of patents related to monitoring accidents due to falls in hospitals - Alves RC, Colichi RMB, Lima SAM.
OBJECTIVES: to map the production of technologies aimed at monitoring falls in a hospital environment protected by registered patents. METHODS: a technological prospecting of international patents, with a quantitative approach, with search carried ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Suicide attempt by hanging - a study on patients admitted in tertiary care hospital in eastern India - Sahoo MK, Biswas H.
BACKGROUND: Suicide is defined as a fatal self-injurious act with some evidence of intent to die. Despite the evolution of sophisticated methods to commit suicide, hanging remains one of the commonest methods to commit suicide across the world. To evaluate... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Serious brain injuries tied to higher brain cancer risk in US veterans - Harris E.
oderate or severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), along with penetrating TBIs, were linked with a higher risk of brain cancer among US veterans who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, a cohort study of 1.9 million veterans found. The data came from m... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news