Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care - Volume 2022, Issue 2

Background: Accidents and injuries are known around the world as the leading cause of disability and mortality. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of deaths due to accidents and injuries and years of life lost due to it. Methods: The method used in this research is the documentary method analysis. The study population was all deaths recorded in the Statistics and Performance Analysis Unit of Golestan Univ Read More

Background: Lumbosacral spinal stenosis (LSS) is one of the most common causes of back pain and disability. Its treatment varies from conservative and medical to surgical treatment, and the indications for its optimal management are not obviously defined. Epidural steroid injection is commonly used for pain relief in LSS. This study aims to compare the adjuvant efficacy of caudal epidural injection (CEI) of hyaluronidase with steroid versus hyp Read More

Introduction: Young driver behavior and safety are key concerns in Qatar, where they are disproportionately represented amongst road victims and fatalities. This paper summarizes the proceedings of a workshop, entitled “Enhancing the Safety of Young and Novice Drivers in Qatar”, held as a pre-conference workshop of the 24th World Congress of the International Traffic Medicine Association (ITMA) in Doha, Qatar. Methods: A guided d Read More

Background: The abdomen is the third part of the body subjected to trauma. Abdominal trauma (AT) is divided into penetrating and blunt injuries, which differ in their distribution according to geographical areas. Early management can reduce its high morbidity and mortality rate. Objectives: To evaluate the socio-clinical, operative findings, complications, and fatality rate of subjects with AT. Patients and methods: Patients with isolated AT admit Read More

Health professionals involved in invasive procedures such as central venous catheter placement should have a thorough knowledge of thoracic vascular anatomy. Various developmental anomalies of the large intra-thoracic veins can be incidentally discovered in normal adults. Amongst these congenital anomalies is a duplication of superior vena cava (SVC), which results from failure of the left superior cardinal vein to obliterate. Awareness ab Read More

Background: Emergency thoracotomy is a potentially life-saving maneuver for trauma patients in extremis. Since trauma scenarios, in rural locations, usually occur with a high incidence of a severe injury that leads to hemorrhagic shock or cardiopulmonary arrest. The objective of this study was to analyze the experience in emergency thoracotomy performed by a general surgeon in a rural area in Thailand. Methods: This retrospective s Read More

Introduction: One of the important COVID-19 management considerations was to prevent delayed intubation. There is a lack of objective criteria to decide the time of intubation. Previously, respiratory parameters were the only tools used to determine the success of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy, but several studies have reported on the role of respiratory rate oxygenation (ROX) index which combined respiratory rate (RR) and Read More

Background: Due to the social isolation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, children have been forced to stay at home for extended periods of time. Besides the disease itself growing globally, this pandemic has inflicted many other healthcare problems. This study aims to look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric home injuries. Methods: It is a prospective descriptive study conducted over a 5-month period from January Read More

Background: Non-transported calls refer to calls received by dispatchers, ambulances dispatched, and the patient not being transported to any health facility. There is a need to analyze and scrutinize the number of such calls and the monetary cost associated with them as it will help to build an effective system to prevent wastage of money and time. Objective: The main objective of this study is to determine the cost and time lost due to the u Read More

Background: Bedside optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measurement is increasingly being used to monitor raised intracranial pressure (ICP) in patients coming to an emergency department. This study aims to measure the accuracy of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measurement by ultrasound as a non-invasive method for early detection of raised intracranial pressure (ICP) in patients with non-traumatic emergencies pres Read More

Objectives: Recent evidence showed improved outcomes in surgical fixation, compared to conservative management, of flail chest and severe non-flail rib fractures patterns. The dedicated rib fixation systems are expensive and not available in most hospitals. This study aims to establish the feasibility of surgical stabilization of traumatic rib and sternum fractures with off-label utilization of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery titanium implants. Method Read More

Objective/Background: While there is no universal agreement on the benefits of convalescent plasma (CP) in the treatment of COVID-19 infection, very little is known about whether CP affects the association between chronic diseases and mortality. It is known that chronic diseases are associated with worse outcomes, but it is not clear whether the transfusion of CP impacts this association. This study aims to evaluate this impact considering Read More