Trauma Centers

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A single urban center experience with adult pedestrians struck by motor vehicles. 
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome in the trauma intensive care unit: Morbid but not mortal. 
  • Age and gender differences in substance screening may underestimate injury severity: a study of 9793 patients at level 1 trauma center from 2006 to 2010. 
  • Analgesia and Sedation Requirements in Mechanically Ventilated Trauma Patients With Acute, Preinjury Use of Cocaine and/or Amphetamines. 
  • Association Between Hospital Trauma Designation and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes after Injury among Pregnant Women in Washington State. 
  • Blood Pressure Thresholds and Mortality in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. 
  • Characteristics of Children Who Undergo Intraosseous Needle Placement. 
  • Characteristics of palliative care consultation at an academic level one trauma center. 
  • Comparison of helicopter versus ground transport for the interfacility transport of isolated spinal injury. 
  • Correlation of computed tomographic signs of hypoperfusion and clinical hypoperfusion in adult blunt trauma patients. 
  • Daily temperature predicts assault and may allow more efficient policing. 
  • Decompressive laparotomy for refractory intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury. 
  • Differences in Characteristics and Outcome of Patients with Penetrating Injuries in the USA and the Netherlands: A Multi-institutional Comparison. 
  • Digital image-intensifier radiography at a level I trauma center. 
  • Do not roll the videotape: effects of the health insurance portability and accountability act and the law on trauma videotaping practices. 
  • Does routine serial computed tomography of the head influence management of traumatic brain injury? A prospective evaluation. 
  • Duplex ultrasound screening detects high rates of deep vein thromboses in critically ill trauma patients. 
  • Early Systolic Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cohort Study. 
  • Early trauma induced coagulopathy (ETIC): prevalence across the injury spectrum. 
  • Effect of high product ratio massive transfusion on mortality in blunt and penetrating trauma patients. 
  • Effects of routine monitoring of delirium in a surgical/trauma intensive care unit. 
  • Emergency general surgery: definition and estimated burden of disease. 
  • Evidence-based guidelines are equivalent to a liberal computed tomography scan protocol for initial patient evaluation but are associated with decreased computed tomography scan use, cost, and radiation exposure. 
  • Factors associated with transfer of hand injuries to a level 1 trauma center: a descriptive analysis of 1147 cases. 
  • Gender-based differences in mortality in response to high product ratio massive transfusion. 
  • Gunshot wounds: bullet caliber is increasing, 1998-2003. 
  • Hand and microvascular replantation call availability study: a national real-time survey of level-I and level-II trauma centers. 
  • How nurses shift from care of a brain-injured patient to maintenance of a brain-dead organ donor. 
  • Imaging algorithms and CT protocols in trauma patients: survey of Swiss emergency centers. 
  • Implementation of a split-bolus single-pass CT protocol at a UK major trauma centre to reduce excess radiation dose in trauma pan-CT. 
  • Increasing time to operation is associated with decreased survival in patients with a positive FAST examination requiring emergent laparotomy. 
  • Indications for routine repeat head computed tomography (CT) stratified by severity of traumatic brain injury. 
  • Infrared imaging of trauma patients for detection of acute compartment syndrome of the leg. 
  • Intrahospital Transport of the Critically Ill Adult: A Standardized Evaluation Plan. 
  • Is low-molecular-weight heparin safe for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients with traumatic brain injury? A Western Trauma Association multicenter study. 
  • Is the Face an Air Bag for the Brain and Torso?-The Potential Protective Effects of Severe Midface Fractures. 
  • Learning from 2523 trauma deaths in India- opportunities to prevent in-hospital deaths. 
  • Management of blunt hepatic and splenic trauma in a Greek level I trauma centre. 
  • Management of pediatric intracranial gunshot wounds: predictors of favorable clinical outcome and a new proposed treatment paradigm. 
  • Management of simple thoracic injuries at a level I trauma centre: can primary health care system take over? 
  • Mechanical ventilation weaning and extubation after spinal cord injury: a Western Trauma Association multicenter study. 
  • Multi-institutional comparison of helicopter transfers directly to the operating room versus the pit stop in the emergency department. 
  • Novel Airway and Ventilator Management of Tracheobronchial Disruption After Blunt Trauma. 
  • Number of rib fractures thresholds independently predict worse outcomes in older patients with blunt trauma. 
  • Occupational exposure during emergency department thoracotomy: A prospective, multi-institution study. 
  • Open calcaneal fractures: results of operative treatment. 
  • Orthopaedic trauma for the general orthopaedist: avoiding problems and pitfalls in treatment. 
  • Outcomes and health care resource utilization in super-elderly trauma patients. 
  • Patient perspectives on communication with the medical team: pilot study using the Communication Assessment Tool-Team (CAT-T). 
  • Patterns of Facial Fractures and Protective Device Use in Motor Vehicle Collisions From 2007 to 2012. 
  • Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Families and Healthcare Team Interaction Trajectories During Acute Hospitalization. 
  • Posterior Tibialis Tendon Rupture in a Closed Bimalleolar-Equivalent Ankle Fracture: Case Report. 
  • Predicting trauma admissions: the effect of weather, weekday, and other variables. 
  • Predictors of mortality, hospital utilization, and the role of race in outcomes in head and neck trauma. 
  • Qualitative evaluation of trauma delays in road traffic injury patients in Maringá, Brazil. 
  • Racial disparities in post-discharge healthcare utilization after trauma. 
  • Random forest modeling can predict infectious complications following trauma laparotomy. 
  • Recommendations for improving the quality of care through stroke centers and systems: an examination of stroke center identification options: multidisciplinary consensus recommendations from the Advisory Working Group on Stroke Center Identification Options of the American Stroke Association. 
  • Reliability of Glasgow Coma Score in pediatric trauma patients. 
  • Repeat imaging in trauma transfers: a retrospective analysis of computed tomography scans repeated upon arrival to a Level I trauma center. 
  • Resilience and long-term outcomes after trauma: An opportunity for early intervention? 
  • Results of palmar plating of the lunate facet combined with external fixation for the treatment of high-energy compression fractures of the distal radius. 
  • Risk Factors for Failure of Bone Grafting of Tibia Nonunions and Segmental Bone Defects: A New Preoperative Risk Assessment Score. 
  • Selective Nonoperative Management of Abdominal Gunshot Wounds from Heresy to Adoption: A Multicenter Study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCoNECT). 
  • Short-term outcomes of splenectomy avoidance in trauma patients. 
  • Simulated pediatric trauma team management: assessment of an educational intervention. 
  • Simulation of pediatric trauma stabilization in 35 North Carolina emergency departments: identification of targets for performance improvement. 
  • Socioeconomics affecting quality outcomes in Asian trauma patients within the United States. 
  • Specific abbreviated injury scale values are responsible for the underestimation of mortality in penetrating trauma patients by the injury severity score. 
  • Successful nonoperative management of the most severe blunt liver injuries: a multicenter study of the research consortium of new England centers for trauma. 
  • Successful nonoperative management of the most severe blunt renal injuries: a multicenter study of the research consortium of New England Centers for Trauma. 
  • Telephone-based goal management training for adults with mild traumatic brain injury: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. 
  • The ebb and flow of the NHS waiting list: how do recruitment and admission affect event-based measures of the length of 'time-to-admission'? 
  • The evolution of care improves outcome in blunt thoracic aortic injury: A Western Trauma Association multicenter study. 
  • The management of trauma venous injury: civilian and wartime experiences. 
  • The rapid impact on mortality rates of a dedicated care team including trauma and emergency physicians at an academic medical center. 
  • The volume-outcomes relationship for United States Level I trauma centers. 
  • Trauma epidemiology in Puerto Rico: in-hospital morbidity and mortality from 2002 to 2011. 
  • Trends in surgical management for type II odontoid fracture: 20 years of experience at a regional spinal cord injury center. 
  • Use of endovascular therapy for peripheral arterial lesions: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank from 2007 to 2009. 
  • What Is the PROPPR Transfusion Strategy in Trauma Resuscitation? 
  • What is the clinical significance of chest CT when the chest x-ray result is normal in patients with blunt trauma? 
  • What's in a Name? Provider Perception of Injured John Doe Patients.