Trauma
News
Certified ACS trauma centers move the dial on patient outcomes
Key clinical point: Patients managed at certified acute care surgery trauma centers had fewer complications, shorter hospital stays, and lower...
News
Accurate ID of nonsalvageable trauma patients improves trauma center performance metrics
Key clinical point: The ACS TQIP proxy definition of DOA should be used to exclude unsalvageable patients from peer-to-peer benchmarking and...
Conference Coverage
New scoring system for small bowel–obstruction severity
Key clinical point: Adding presenting physiology and comorbidities to anatomic criteria provides a reliable tool to categorize severity of small-...
News
Base deficit and lactate vary with resuscitation fluid type
Key clinical point: Quantifiable differences exist in base deficit and lactate based on the type of resuscitation fluid used in a class I...
Video
VIDEO: Cast a wider net for intimate partner and sexual violence
News
Botox benefits in primary fascial closure questioned
Key clinical point: The use of Botox to induce flaccid paralysis of the abdominal wall muscles is of questionable value in achieving primary...
News
Peer pressure moves dial on restricting RBC transfusions
Key clinical point: Peer-to-peer review improves the use of restrictive transfusion guidelines without increasing mortality. Major finding: The...
News
Two ratios of plasma, platelets, and RBCs compared
Key clinical point: Early and late mortality were similar between severe trauma patients given a 1:1:1 and those given a 1:1:2 ratio of plasma to...
News
Regionalized trauma care trims 30-day mortality
Key clinical point: Regionalized trauma care reduces long-term mortality and maintains functional outcomes in patients with severe TBI. Major...
Article
Blood Product Selection and Administration
The authors review blood components, transfusion indications, and associated complications.
Law & Medicine
Malpractice Counsel
Commentaries on cases involving stroke in a young man and bowel obstruction following gastric bypass surgery