Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: trauma centers http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New study shows children routinely injured or killed by guns While gun control issues usually surface after major incidents like the fatal shooting of 20 elementary school students in Newtown, CT, a new study shows that children are routinely killed or injured by firearms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-trends-firearm-injuries-children-adolescents.html Health Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:53:40 EST news285954782 PPP meets mental health needs in northern Uganda A partnership involving the public and private sector successfully addressed the mental health needs of people in the post-conflict regions of northern Uganda and could be used as a model in other post-conflict settings, according to a Health In Action article by Ugandan and US researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine as part of an ongoing series on Global Mental Health Practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-ppp-mental-health-northern-uganda.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:29:12 EST news285352144 Big disappointment: Citicoline does not improve functional, cognitive status in patients with traumatic brain injury Although approved for use for treating traumatic brain injury (TBI) in nearly 60 countries, use of citicoline in a randomized trial that included more than 1,200 participants with TBI did not result in improvement in functional and cognitive status, according to a study appearing in the November 21 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-citicoline-functional-cognitive-status-patients.html Neuroscience Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:00:03 EST news272647438 Study: Alcohol provides protective effect, reduces mortality substantial Injured patients were less likely to die in the hospital if they had alcohol in their blood, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health—and the more alcohol, the more likely they were to survive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-alcohol-effect-mortality-substantial.html Health Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:52:32 EST news272551941 Better battlefield triage, transport may raise severely wounded soldiers' survival rates Wounded soldiers who sustained chest injuries in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) had higher mortality rates than soldiers in Korea and Vietnam, according to a military trauma study presented at the 2012 American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress. However, better battlefield triage and transport may have meant that severely wounded soldiers whom would have been considered killed in action in previous conflicts are more likely to get sent to trauma centers in the United States sooner in their course of care, study authors explained. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-battlefield-triage-severely-wounded-soldiers.html Surgery Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:20:01 EST news268571165 When physicians report unfit drivers, crash rates go down, study shows (Medical Xpress)—Mandatory physician reporting of patients who may be medically unfit to drive led to a substantial decrease in serious road crashes, according to a new study from the School of Medicine and the University of Toronto. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-physicians-unfit-drivers.html Health Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:00:01 EST news267957900 Use of regional PACS network associated with lower repeat rates, costs and less radiation exposure According to a study in the Sept. issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, using a combination of the Internet and compact discs (CD) to transfer images during inter-hospital transfer is associated with much lower repeat imaging rates, suggesting that regional PACS networks may be useful for reducing cost and radiation exposure associated with trauma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-regional-pacs-network-exposure.html Cancer Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:02 EST news265893399 ER study shows drop in deaths after trauma injury (HealthDay)—New research suggests that doctors are doing a better job of treating—and saving—emergency room patients whose injuries fall between mild and severe. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-er-deaths-trauma-injury.html Surgery Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:00:01 EST news265433030 Tornadoes don't have to be deadly, experts say (HealthDay) -- More "safe rooms" to flee to, listening for weather alerts and better planning, especially for seniors, could reduce the death toll from devastating tornadoes, a new U.S.government report finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-tornadoes-dont-deadly-experts.html Health Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:00:01 EST news261941242 Headaches worse with mild head trauma than more severe trauma (HealthDay) -- People who've had a mild traumatic brain injury have more severe headaches and a greater number of headaches than those who've had moderate to severe brain injury, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-headaches-worse-mild-trauma-severe.html Health Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:10:01 EST news259405481 Study supports allowing family members in ED during critical care Contrary to what many trauma teams believe, the presence of family members does not impede the care of injured children in the emergency department, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-family-members-ed-critical.html Pediatrics Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:30:01 EST news254896470