Predicting the complexity and mortality of polytrauma patients with machine learning models - Yu M, Wang S, He K, Teng F, Deng J, Guo S, Yin X, Lu Q, Gu W.
We aim to develop machine learning (ML) models for predicting the complexity and mortality of polytrauma patients using clinical features, including physician diagnoses and physiological data. We conducted a retrospective analysis of a cohort comprising 75... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Not so simple: examining the gendered nature of intimate partner assault victimizations - Chamberlain AW, Gill LM, Boggess LN.
Although prior research has established a relationship between neighborhood structure and intimate partner violence (IPV), much of this literature focuses on serious IPV, despite the fact that less serious forms of IPV comprise the majority of IPV instance... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Use and consequences of less-lethal weapons in France: a neurosurgical perspective - Le Petit L, Jecko V, Coll G, Roblot P.
Highlights • Crowd control measures in France typically involve the use of non-lethal weapons. • Some protesters may suffer from craniocerebral injuries. • Such weapons lead to severe cognitive impairments. • We aim to alert both law enfor... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Suicide risk screening and evaluation among patients accessing VHA services and identified as being newly homeless - Holliday R, Hostetter T, Brenner LA, Bahraini N, Tsai J.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate universal suicide risk screening and evaluation processes among newly homeless Veterans. STUDY SETTING: Not applicable. STUDY DESIGN: Examination of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) using newly homeless patients' health record da... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Trends of anti-seizure medication prescribing pattern in traumatic brain injury patients for the prevention of posttraumatic seizure in Taiwan - Lee HT, Liao FF, Kung SS, Hwang SJ, Hsieh KP.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients are recommended to receive anti-seizure medication (ASM) as posttraumatic seizure (PTS) prophylaxis. However, the utilization of ASM, including the prescription patterns and associated clinical characteristics, is limi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Traumatic spinal cord injury in South Korea for 13  years (2008-2020) - Noh SH, Lee E, Kim KT, Kim SH, Cho PG.
This study aimed to investigate TSCI incidenc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The impact of design factors on user behavior in a virtual hospital room to explore fall prevention strategies - Seddighi N, Chen YC, Merryweather AS, Foreman KB, Kuntz A, Battaglia E, Zhang H, Taylor E, Wong B, Fino PC.
This study explores the potential of augmented reality (AR) technology in healthcare facility design to mitigate fall ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The effects of home automation on personal and social autonomies in spinal cord injury patients: a pilot study - Maresca G, Latella D, Formica C, Veneziani I, Ielo A, Quartarone A, Calabr ò RS, De Cola MC.
BACKGROUND: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe and progressive neurological condition caused by trauma to the nervous system, resulting in lifelong disability and severe comorbidities. This condition imposes serious limitations on everyday life, interfer... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Do externalizing problems impact change in post-traumatic stress symptoms for youth in a school-based group intervention? - Tennity CL, Grassetti SN, Boniface RL, Charles NE, Paprzycki P.
Trauma exposure places youth at an increased risk for post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and externalizing problems. Trauma-focused therapies help treat these symptoms, but many youth with these symptoms are still unable to receive treatment. Offering t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

The rupture of relationships: Holocaust survivors on complicit bystanders - Klein D.
This article seeks to ask why: Why have bystanders b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Support or justice: a triangulated multi-focal view of sexual assault victim support in a UK sexual assault referral centre (SARC) - Widanaralalage BK, Murphy AD, Loughlin C.
BACKGROUND: Despite vast levels of underreporting, sexual assault remains an issue at scale in the UK, necessitating the presence of statutory and voluntary organisations in the support of victims. Understanding the experiences of all parties within this c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Specters of comfort women: biopolitical colonial warfare, questions of humanity, and the haunted future - Kim-Kiteishvili J.
The memories of "comfort women" have been discursively represented primarily within the dynamic discussions that define narratives regarding the universal human rights of women. In this article, I attempt to re-read the history of the comfort women system ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Rape victims' perceptions of quality of encounters with the Swedish police - Rudolfsson L, Hammond L, Bj örklund C.
This study focused on raped women's perceptions of their encounters with Swedish police, with a specific focus on quality of encounters, trust, questions asked during police interviews, and perceptions of justice. One hundred and six rape victims, 74 of wh... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

PTSD, depression, and anxiety after the October 7, 2023 attack in Israel: a nationwide prospective study - Levi-Belz Y, Groweiss Y, Blank C, Neria Y.
BACKGROUND: The magnitude of the Oct 7, 2023 attack in southern Israel was without precedent. More than 1300 civilians were murdered, and 240 civilians were kidnapped and taken hostage. In this national cohort study, for which baseline outcome data were es... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Preferences of U.S. veterans making and receiving caring cards: a peer approach to recovery-oriented suicide prevention - Chalker SA, Pozun CT, Chang CJ, Ehret BC, Treichler EBH.
Caring Cards is a peer-adaptation of caring contacts for suicide prevention, in which people with lived experience of suicidal thoughts and behaviors create handmade cards for peers currently experiencing suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors. The present stu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news