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101 Handlebar injuries in children Pediatric Surgery International, March 8, 2013 Review Article
102 The epidemiology of noncompressible torso hemorrhage in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 8, 2013 Clinical Article
103 Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of penetrating external genital injuries The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 7, 2013 Review Article
104 An Emergency Department Thawed Plasma Protocol for Severely Injured Patients An ED-TP Protocol JAMA Surgery, March 7, 2013 Clinical Article
105 Contemporary management of combat-related vertebral artery injuries The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 6, 2013 Review Article
106 Causation and outcomes of diaphragmatic injuries in vehicular crashes The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 6, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
107 The Prospective, Observational, Multicenter, Major Trauma Transfusion (PROMMTT) Study-Comparative Effectiveness of a Time-Varying Treatment With Competing Risks JAMA Surgery, March 6, 2013 Review Article
108 Impact of trauma system development on pediatric injury care Pediatric Surgery International, March 5, 2013 Review Article
109 The role of skin substitutes in the management of chronic cutaneous wounds Wound Repair and Regeneration, March 5, 2013
110 HMGB1 activity inhibition alleviating liver injury in heatstroke The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 4, 2013 Clinical Article
111 Changes in the epidemiology and prediction of multiple-organ failure after injury The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 4, 2013 Clinical Article
112 Occult pneumothoraces in critical care: A prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial of pleural drainage for mechanically ventilated trauma patients with occult pneumothoraces The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 4, 2013 Clinical Article
113 Platelets are dominant contributors to hypercoagulability after injury The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 4, 2013 Clinical Article
114 The impact of specialist trauma service on major trauma mortality The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 4, 2013 Clinical Article
115 Initial inferior vena cava diameter on computed tomographic scan independently predicts mortality in severely injured trauma patients The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 4, 2013 Clinical Article
116 Apoptotic and inflammatory signaling via Fas and tumor necrosis factor receptor I contribute to the development of chest trauma-induced septic acute lung injury The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, March 4, 2013 Clinical Article
117 Plasticity of body representations after surgical arm elongation in an achondroplasic patient Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, March 1, 2013 Review Article
118 Contralateral extraaxial hematomas after urgent neurosurgery of a mass lesion in patients with traumatic brain injury European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, March 1, 2013 Clinical Article
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120 Destination healthcare facility of shocked trauma patients in Scotland: Analysis of transfusion and surgical capability of receiving hospitals The Surgeon, February 27, 2013 Clinical Article
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 summaryAs 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 summaryAs 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.
Read the article summary1 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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