[Analysis of the pediatric trauma score in patients wounded with shrapnel; the effect of explosives with high kinetic energy: results of the first intervention center].

Background: We aimed to assess the pediatric trauma score analysis in pediatric trauma cases due to shrapnel effect of explosives material with high kinetic energy.

Methods: The data of 17 pediatric injuries were reviewed retrospectively between February 2002 and August 2005. The information about age, gender, trauma-hospital interval, trauma mechanism, the injured organs, pediatric Glasgow coma score (PGCS), pediatric trauma score (PTS), hemodynamic parameters, blood transfusion, interventions and length of hospital stay (LHS) were investigated.

[The affecting factors on the complication ratio in abdominal gunshot wounds].

Background: We aimed to investigate the affecting factors on the complication ratio in abdominal gunshot wounds.

Methods: Twenty-one patients with abdominal gunshot wounds were analyzed between February 2002 and May 2005. The effects of the interval between trauma and presentation to the hospital, the number of injured abdominal and extra-abdominal organs, penetrating abdominal trauma index (PATI), and blood transfusion were evaluated.

Informed consent: what do patients really want to know?

Purpose: Although it is generally advised to provide patients with as much information as possible during the informed consent process, little is known about the amount and type of information that patients actually desire. The purpose of this study was to address this question.

Patients And Methods: We gave 212 patients (93 men and 119 women) presenting to an emergency clinic for oral surgery, ranging in age from 18 years to more than 50 years, a questionnaire containing 12 questions at their initial visit that asked them how much information they would like about the general and specific risks associated with the procedure.