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Latest Full Text Articles (45)981 The leading causes of death after burn injury in a single pediatric burn center Full Text Critical Care, November 18, 2009
982 The Role of Nitric Oxide Synthase and Heme Oxygenase in the Protective Effect of Hypothermia in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, November 18, 2009
983 Effect of sphingosine 1-phosphate on morphological and functional responses in endothelia and venules after scalding injury Burns, November 18, 2009
984 Establishment of soft-tissue-injury model of high-voltage electrical burn and observation of its pathological changes Burns, November 18, 2009
985 Splenic Salvage After Intraoperative Splenic Injury During Colectomy Full Text JAMA Surgery, November 17, 2009
986 Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia: tertiary centre experience Hernia, November 16, 2009
987 A small-area population analysis of socioeconomic status and incidence of severe burn/fire-related injury in British Columbia, Canada Burns, November 16, 2009
988 Enhancement effect of terpenes on silver sulphadiazine permeation through third-degree burn eschar Burns, November 13, 2009
989 Burn treatment in the elderly Burns, November 13, 2009
990 Implementation of a management guideline aimed at minimizing the severity of primary graft dysfunction after lung transplant The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, November 13, 2009
991 Urine toxicology screening in Austrian trauma patients: a prospective study Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, November 12, 2009
992 Fluid resuscitation for major burn patients with the TMMU protocol Burns, November 12, 2009
993 Early management of burns in children Paediatrics and Child Health, November 11, 2009
994 The Nitric acid burn trauma of the skin Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, November 10, 2009
995 Epidemiology of Traumatic Deaths: Comprehensive Population-Based Assessment World Journal of Surgery, November 9, 2009
996 Post-Traumatic Rupture of the Anterolateral Papillary Muscle Full Text Annals of Thoracic Surgery, November 4, 2009
997 Contemporary results of standard open repair of acute traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta Journal of Vascular Surgery, November 3, 2009
998 Nonoperative Management of Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Have We Gone Too Far Surgical Infections, November 2, 2009
999 Gender-Based Differences in Cytokine Production after Burn Injury: A Role of Interleukin-6 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, October 30, 2009
1000 Outcomes of truncal vascular injuries in children Journal of Pediatric Surgery, October 30, 2009
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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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