Browsing by Subject "Wounds and Injuries"
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Boda Bodas and Road Traffic Injuries in Uganda: An Overview of Traffic Safety Trends from 2009 to 2017.
(International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020-03)Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are an important contributor to the morbidity and mortality of developing countries. In Uganda, motorcycle taxis, known as boda bodas, are responsible for a growing proportion of RTIs. This study ... -
Characteristics of abdominal vein thrombosis in children and adults.
(Thromb Haemost, 2013-04)The demographic and clinical characteristics of adults and children with lower extremity deep-vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism (LE DVT/PE) may differ from those with abdominal vein thrombosis (abdominal VT). Abdominal ... -
Effect of Housing Type and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Indicators on Survival After Low Falls in Older Adults.
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Global and regional burden of disease and injury in 2016 arising from occupational exposures: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.
(Occupational and environmental medicine, 2020-03)OBJECTIVES:This study provides an overview of the influence of occupational risk factors on the global burden of disease as estimated by the occupational component of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2016 study. METHODS:The ... -
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
(Lancet (London, England), 2018-11)BACKGROUND:How long one lives, how many years of life are spent in good and poor health, and how the population's state of health and leading causes of disability change over time all have implications for policy, planning, ... -
Learning from 2523 trauma deaths in India- opportunities to prevent in-hospital deaths.
(BMC health services research, 2017-02-16)A systematic analysis of trauma deaths is a step towards trauma quality improvement in Indian hospitals. This study estimates the magnitude of preventable trauma deaths in five Indian hospitals, and uses a peer-review process ... -
People who expect to enter psychotherapy are prone to believing that they have forgotten memories of childhood trauma and abuse.
(Memory, 2010-07)We asked 1004 undergraduates to estimate both the probability that they would enter therapy and the probability that they experienced but could not remember incidents of potentially life-threatening childhood traumas or ... -
Prevention of childhood unintentional injuries in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.
(PloS one, 2020-01)Injuries are a leading cause of death and disability among children. Numerous injury prevention strategies have been successful in high-income countries, but the majority of unintentional injuries happen to children living ... -
Randomized Controlled Trial of Screening, Risk Modification, and Physical Therapy to Prevent Falls Among the Elderly Recently Discharged From the Emergency Department to the Community: The Steps to Avoid Falls in the Elderly Study.
(Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2017-06)<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial, tailored program of physical therapy to reduce the occurrence of falls among a heterogeneous group of high-risk elderly Singaporeans recently discharged ... -
Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and brain function during emotional distraction from cognitive processing in posttraumatic stress disorder.
(BMC Psychiatry, 2011-05-05)BACKGROUND: Serotonergic system dysfunction has been implicated in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Genetic polymorphisms associated with serotonin signaling may predict differences in brain circuitry involved in emotion ... -
Validation of ICDPIC software injury severity scores using a large regional trauma registry.
(Inj Prev, 2015-10)BACKGROUND: Administrative or quality improvement registries may or may not contain the elements needed for investigations by trauma researchers. International Classification of Diseases Program for Injury Categorisation ...
