Trauma
Conference Coverage
Pre-injury statin use found to benefit survival following TBI
SAN DIEGO – A randomized, controlled trial is needed next to rule out other causes of death and learn of any long-term, psychosocial benefit to...
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Firearms’ injury toll of $3 billion just ‘a drop in the bucket’
Real cost of firearms injuries could be drastically higher than has been estimated, researcher said.
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VIDEO: Measuring, treating brain hypoxia looks promising for TBI
A new trial is in the works to definitively answer whether knowing both intracranial pressure and brain oxygenation can improve neurologic...
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VIDEO: Sildenafil improves cerebrovascular reactivity in chronic TBI
Sildenafil may be a useful therapy for TBI because it can correct deficits in cerebrovascular reactivity.
Original Research
Information on Orthopedic Trauma Fellowships: Online Accessibility and Content
The internet is a popular resource for orthopedic fellowship applicants. We conducted a study to assess the accessibility of orthopedic trauma...
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Hospital mortality for emergency bowel resection linked to failure to rescue
BALTIMORE – A large study of emergency bowel resection cases shows a link between hospital mortality and their failure-to-rescue rates.
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Prehospital tourniquets in civilian settings significantly decreased mortality
BALTIMORE – Tourniquets no longer belong just on the battlefield.
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Opioid management protocol lowered trauma patient pain medication use
A targeted pain management protocol for trauma patients addressed the problem of overprescribing of opioids.
News From the College
ACS Committee on Trauma series highlights effort to complete nation’s trauma system
The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma series on the challenges of building a comprehensive national trauma system.
From the Washington Office
From the Washington Office: The Mission Zero Act
Surgeons are well familiar with the statistic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identifying trauma as the leading cause of...
Original Research
Severity Weighting of Postoperative Adverse Events in Orthopedic Surgery
Studies of adverse events (AEs) after orthopedic surgery commonly use composite AE outcomes. An example of such an outcome is any AE. These types...