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1 Vascular access site injury after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve insertion Journal of Cardiac Surgery, June 17, 2013 Review Article
2 Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest Full Text Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, June 17, 2013 Review Article
3 Early posttraumatic psychological stress following peripheral nerve injury: A prospective study Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, June 14, 2013 Clinical Article
4 Blunt aortic injury secondary to fragmented tenth thoracic vertebral body Annals of Thoracic Surgery, June 14, 2013
5 Constricting wide abdominal burn scar and pregnancy European Journal of Plastic Surgery, June 13, 2013
6 Defect transport for management of lower lip ectropion European Journal of Plastic Surgery, June 13, 2013
7 A 14-year experience with blunt thoracic aortic injury Journal of Vascular Surgery, June 11, 2013 Review Article
8 Incidence and complications of accidental cannulation of retroperitoneal veins during venography for inferior vena cava filter placement Annals of Vascular Surgery, June 11, 2013 Clinical Article
9 Not so fast to skin graft: Transabdominal wall traction closes most "domain loss" abdomens in the acute setting The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, June 10, 2013 Clinical Article
10 Pandemic flu and the sudden demand for ECMO resources: A mature trauma program can provide surge capacity in acute critical care crises The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, June 10, 2013 Clinical Article
11 Traumatic hepatic artery laceration managed by transarterial embolization in a pediatric patient Journal of Pediatric Surgery, June 7, 2013
12 Patients with traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage are at low risk for deterioration or neurosurgical intervention The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, June 7, 2013 Clinical Article
13 Balancing risk and benefit: Maintenance of a thawed Group A plasma inventory for trauma patients requiring massive transfusion The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, June 6, 2013 Clinical Article
14 Amino acid infusion fails to stimulate skeletal muscle protein synthesis up to 1 year after injury in children with severe burns The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, June 6, 2013 Clinical Article
15 The value of traditional vital signs, shock index, and age-based markers in predicting trauma mortality The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, June 6, 2013 Clinical Article
16 Inappropriate use of infant seating devices increases risks of injury Journal of Pediatric Surgery, June 6, 2013 Review Article
17 Evaluation of the redesigned conformable GORE TAG thoracic endoprosthesis for traumatic aortic transection Journal of Vascular Surgery, June 6, 2013 Clinical Article
18 Trauma patients with a previous organ transplant: Outcomes are better than expected - A retrospective analysis The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, June 5, 2013 Review Article
19 Normal prothrombinase activity, increased systemic thrombin activity, and lower antithrombin levels in patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation at an early phase of trauma: Comparison with acute coagulopathy of trauma-shock Surgery, June 4, 2013 Clinical Article
20 A comparative study of the dressings silver sulfadiazine and aquacel ag in the management of superficial partial-thickness burns Advances in Skin and Wound Care, June 3, 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 Implementing acute care surgery at a level I trauma center: 1-year prospective evaluation of the impact of this shift on trauma volumes and outcomes The American Journal of Surgery, May 20, 2013
2 Non-operative management of high-grade pancreatic trauma: Is it worth the wait? Journal of Pediatric Surgery, May 29, 2013 Review Article
3 Barriers to trauma patient care associated with ct scanning Journal of the American College of Surgeons, May 29, 2013
4 Comparing clinical predictors of deep venous thrombosis versus pulmonary embolus after severe injury: A new paradigm for posttraumatic venous thromboembolism? The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, April 30, 2013
5 Damage control surgery for abdominal trauma Cochrane Reviews, April 12, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
6 Logistics of Building a Laser Practice for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Burn Scars Annals of Plastic Surgery, May 2, 2013
7 Predictors of Failed Primary Abdominal Closure in the Trauma Patient with an Open Abdomen Southern Medical Journal, May 7, 2013 Review Article
8 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
9 Iatrogenic Vascular Injuries With Lethal Outcome World Journal of Surgery, May 7, 2013
10 Usefulness of fibrin degradation products and d-dimer levels as biomarkers that reflect the severity of trauma The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, May 6, 2013 Review Article
11 Diffuse traumatic brain injury and the sensory brain Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, May 10, 2013 Review Article
12 Thromboprophylaxis for trauma patients Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013 Review Article
13 Macrophages are essential for the early wound healing response and the formation of a fibrovascular scar American Journal of Pathology, May 29, 2013 Review Article
14 A principal component analysis of coagulation after trauma The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, May 3, 2013
15 Conservative Therapeutic Approach to Corrosive Poisonings in Adults Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, May 15, 2013
16 Trauma in Canada: A Spirit of Equity & Collaboration World Journal of Surgery, May 15, 2013 Review Article
17 Early management of pediatric vascular injuries through humanitarian surgical care during U.S. military operations Journal of Vascular Surgery, May 21, 2013
18 The impact of major operative fractures in blunt abdominal injury The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, April 29, 2013
19 Current Methods of Burn Reconstruction Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, May 3, 2013 Review Article
20 Correlation of conventional thrombelastography and rapid thrombelastography in trauma The American Journal of Surgery, April 2, 2013
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