As expected, this acoustic trauma parameter induced clear behavioural signs of tinnitus in 33% of the animals (4 out of 12 animals) in the clean cage group, which is lower than our previous tinnitus induction rate (62.5 75%) when a 115 dB tone was used.
Univariate analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were used to examine 25 categorical pre- and post-trauma parameters.
Since CAP can be a result of caries, restorative procedures, or trauma, the parameters that could be detected by CT were recorded qualitatively for each tooth (caries and/or fillings, yes or no).
Walton et al. have undertaken an overview of systematic reviews on prognostic factors in neck pain and have suggested that baseline neck pain intensity and disability are strongly associated with outcome, while trauma-related parameters have no effect on outcome [8].
Demographic parameters, trauma circumstances, injury diagnosis or length of stay all failed to reach significance.
The investigators found that admission diagnosis significantly influenced pharmacokinetic parameters: trauma patients exhibited higher Vd and CL than septic patients (d = 69.5 and 15.7 l in trauma patients and septic patients, respectively; CL = 54.15 and 8.04 l/hour in trauma patients and septic patients, respectively) [ 25].
Furthermore, in our centre, total-body CT scanning is performed on specific indications (pre-defined vital parameters, trauma mechanisms and injuries) [9].
The statistical significance of various parameters (trauma mechanism, clinical examination, laboratory tests and ultrasound findings) was analyzed in relation to intra-abdominal injuries.
As additional indicators of injury severity, injury severity score (ISS: an anatomic parameter), revised trauma score (RTS: a physiologic parameter) and probability of survival (Ps) were also evaluated as predictive factors.
This is especially important in severe civil or military mass trauma situations where a parameter or a combination of parameters would be very useful to help to triage patients who are still "stable" but are approaching cardiovascular collapse due to haemorrhage [ 1, 2].
