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Latest (1) Full Text Articles (45)661 Bone Marrow Resident and Circulating Progenitor Cells in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Full Text Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 9, 2010
662 A 6-year review of paediatric burns in the West of Ireland European Journal of Plastic Surgery, December 8, 2010
663 Angioembolization and laparotomy for patients with concomitant pelvic arterial hemorrhage and blunt abdominal trauma Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, December 8, 2010
664 Small bowel perforation due to blunt trauma to an inguinal hernia: a case report and literature review Hernia, December 8, 2010
665 Anesthesia and Intraoperative High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation During Burn Surgery Journal of Burn Care & Research, December 7, 2010
666 Low Renal Oximetry Correlates With Acute Kidney Injury After Infant Cardiac Surgery Pediatric Cardiology, December 3, 2010
667 Comparison of conchal cartilage graft with nasal septal cartilage graft for reconstruction of orbital floor blowout fractures British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, December 2, 2010
668 Evaluation of the Usefulness of Two Established Pain Assessment Tools in a Burn Population Journal of Burn Care & Research, December 1, 2010 Clinical Article
669 Blood Product Transfusion: Does Location Make a Difference Journal of Burn Care & Research, December 1, 2010
670 Early Enteral Nutrition in Burns: Compliance With Guidelines and Associated Outcomes in a Multicenter Study Journal of Burn Care & Research, December 1, 2010
671 Delayed and recurring blisters in the donor graft site of a burn patient Full Text Dermatology Online Journal, November 30, 2010
672 Outcome after vascular trauma in a deployed military trauma system British Journal of Surgery, November 24, 2010
673 Abdominal trauma in primary blast injury British Journal of Surgery, November 22, 2010
674 Management guidelines for penetrating abdominal trauma Current Opinion in Critical Care, November 19, 2010 Clinical Article
675 Repair of Orbital Floor Fractures Using Bioresorbable Poly-L/DL-Lactide Plates JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, November 18, 2010
676 Timing of Intubation and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Following Injury Full Text JAMA Surgery, November 16, 2010
677 Pre-expanded pedicled thoracodorsal artery perforator flap for postburn axillary contracture reconstruction Microsurgery, November 15, 2010 Clinical Article
678 The Effect of Decompressive Hemicraniectomy on Brain Temperature After Severe Brain Injury Neurocritical Care , November 15, 2010
679 Clinical application of split skin graft from scar tissue for plastic reconstruction in post-extensive burn patients Burns, November 12, 2010 Clinical Article
680 Protective effects of pentoxifylline on the brain following remote burn injury Burns, November 12, 2010
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Epidural anesthesia reduces post-CABG pain
As published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) plus general anesthesia (GA) is superior to GA alone in managing post-operative CABG pain. Forty patients undergoing elective CABG were randomized to receive TEA (0.25% bipivacaine [10-20 mg/h]) intra-operatively and for 24 h post-operatively plus GA or GA alone. Post-operative pain at rest and with coughing was significantly less for up to 1 month post-operatively in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group. Furthermore, analgesic use, mechanical ventilation time, ICU stay time, and hospital stay time were reduced in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group.
Read the article summaryNT-proBNP predicts outcome following emergent surgery
As published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, measurement of N-terminal pro B-type natruiretic peptide (NT-proBNP) pre- and post-operatively predicts outcome in patients > 50 years of age (n=297) undergoing emergent non-cardiac surgery. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 725 pg/ml was associated with a 4.8-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. Similarly, a post-operative NT-proBNP > 1600 pg/ml was associated with a 4.0-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 1740 pg/ml was associated with a 6.9 RR for major adverse cardiac events during the post-operative hospital stay.
Read the article summaryIncreased risk of skin cancer in RCC treated with multikinase inhibitors
As published in Dermatologic Surgery, RCC patients (n=69) treated with multikinase inhibitors are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. After a median treatment of 13.5 months, 13.5% and 6.3% of patients treated with sorafenib and sunitinib developed skin cancer, respectively.
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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Damage control surgery for abdominal trauma Cochrane Reviews, April 12, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
2 Thromboprophylaxis for trauma patients Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013 Review Article
3 Intra-abdominal hypertension in the current era of modern trauma resuscitation ANZ Journal of Surgery, April 16, 2013 Review Article
4 Patterns of Anterior Abdominal Stab Wounds and Their Management at Princess Basma Teaching Hospital, North of Jordan World Journal of Surgery, April 10, 2013
5 Trauma-related Preventable Deaths in Berlin 2010: Need to Change Prehospital Management Strategies and Trauma Management Education World Journal of Surgery, April 17, 2013 Review Article
6 Video-assisted thoracoscopy as an important tool for trauma surgeons: a systematic review Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, April 12, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
7 Delayed presentation of complete pancreatic ductal transection in children: management of two cases without resection Pediatric Surgery International, April 8, 2013
8 Correlation of conventional thrombelastography and rapid thrombelastography in trauma The American Journal of Surgery, April 2, 2013
9 Traumatic disruption of the abdominal wall: Lap-belt injuries in children Journal of Pediatric Surgery, April 25, 2013
10 Dressings for superficial and partial thickness burns Cochrane Reviews, April 12, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
11 Is Repeat Head Computed Tomography Necessary in Children Admitted with Mild Head Injury and Normal Neurological Exam? Pediatric Neurosurgery, March 28, 2013 Review Article
12 The relationship between head injury severity and hemodynamic response to tracheal intubation The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, April 11, 2013 Review Article
13 Resuscitative thoracotomy following wartime injury The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 8, 2013
14 Functional outcomes following blunt cerebrovascular injury The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, April 3, 2013 Review Article
15 Reconstruction After Complex Facial Trauma: Achieving Optimal Outcome Through Multiple Contemporary Surgeries Annals of Plastic Surgery, April 5, 2013
16 Opportunities for improvement in the management of patients who die from haemorrhage after trauma British Journal of Surgery, March 12, 2013 Review Article
17 Detection of significant bowel and mesenteric injuries in blunt abdominal trauma with 64-slice computed tomography The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, April 11, 2013 Review Article
18 Validation of Rules to Predict Emergent Surgical Intervention in Pediatric Trauma Patients Journal of the American College of Surgeons, April 26, 2013
19 The impact of major operative fractures in blunt abdominal injury The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, April 29, 2013
20 Lactate clearance as a predictor of mortality in trauma patients The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, April 3, 2013
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