Eur J Trauma Emerg S
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Eur J Trauma Emerg S · Apr 2011
Teaching in daily clinical practice: a necessary evil or an opportunity? Doctors as teachers.
Teaching is an important part of our medical role as physicians. Though all doctors are usually well prepared for their clinical roles, few are trained to teach. ⋯ However, clinical teaching faces many challenges and problems. The series "Teaching in daily clinical practice," which commences with this article, will describe basic educational principles that are applicable in all phases of the learning and teaching of students, junior doctors and speciality trainees.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg S · Apr 2011
The association between depressive mood and pain amongst individuals with limb amputations.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between pain and depressive mood amongst persons with limb amputations, and to examine the relationship between the etiology (work-related trauma or other types) and depressive mood. ⋯ The results of this study revealed the validity of optional approaches such as prescription of antidepressants or psychological counseling to improve mental health of individuals with limb amputations.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg S · Apr 2011
Influence of routine computed tomography on predicted survival from blunt thoracoabdominal trauma.
Many scoring systems have been proposed to predict the survival of trauma patients. This study was performed to evaluate the influence of routine thoracoabdominal computed tomography (CT) on the predicted survival according to the trauma injury severity score (TRISS). ⋯ Routine thoracoabdominal CT in high-energy blunt trauma patients reveals more injuries than a selective CT algorithm, resulting in a higher ISS. According to the TRISS, this results in higher predicted mortalities. Observed mortality, however, was significantly lower than predicted. The predicted survival according to MTOS seems to underestimate the actual survival when routine CT is used.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg S · Apr 2011
Small bowel obstruction: early parameters predicting the need for surgical intervention.
To study and identify early clinical and radiological findings that could help to predict operative intervention for small bowel obstruction. ⋯ The presence of two or more early predictive factors as defined above, available at admission, significantly correlates with a likelihood of complete obstruction and the need of surgical intervention.