Female and male victims of violence in an urban emergency room--prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics, alcohol intake, and injury patterns.

Background: Violence as well as alcohol-attributable injuries is a dominant public health issue worldwide. Victims, being injured, frequently visit emergency rooms (ER).

Methods: We interviewed all the patients seeking help in an urban emergency room reporting being victims of violent behavior over a period of 3 months (from November 2011 to January 2012).

Relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, quality of life, social support, and affective and dissociative status in severely injured accident victims 12 months after trauma.

Background: Many survivors of severe injuries develop significant psychiatric morbidity, especially trauma-related psychiatric disorders, anxiety, and depressive disorders.

Objective: The authors examined accident-related partial and full posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including dimensions such as dissociation and depression and health-related quality of life in 52 severely injured accident victims 12 months after trauma.

Method: Respondents were given a questionnaire battery, as well as structured clinical interviews, a brief author-compiled questionnaire, self-report questionnaires, and psychometric observer-rated scales.

Three-year results of proximal tibia fractures treated with the LISS.

Unlabelled: Proximal tibia fractures present a difficult treatment challenge with historically high complication rates. In a prospective study, we asked whether the Less Invasive Stabilization System (LISS) plate can adequately treat extraarticular and complex intraarticular proximal tibia fractures and provide low complication rates and acceptable long-term functional outcomes. We prospectively observed 25 patients with 26 proximal tibia fractures (AO type A2, A3, C1, C2, or C3) treated with the LISS.