Trauma
Conference Coverage
PTSD symptoms a common complication of critical illness
Key clinical point: PTSD symptoms affect 25% or more of patients up to a year after a critical illness.Major finding: Among 429 survivors of...
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Longer-term opioid use in workers’ comp cases highest in Louisiana
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CDC: Policy changes could prevent 100,000 deaths a year
Literature Review
Spinal Cord Stimulation May Restore Movement to Patients With Paraplegia
Conference Coverage
Conference News Update—American Academy of Pain Medicine
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Traumatic injury ups stroke risk in people under 50
Conference Coverage
Stroke risk jumps after head, neck trauma
Major finding: Eleven of every 100,000 patients developed a stroke within 4 weeks of traumatic injury.Data source: A retrospective analysis of...
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Regionalized trauma care boosts TBI survival
Major finding: Hospital mortality was 6.2% pre-NOTS vs. 4.9% post-NOTS for all TBIs (P = .005) and 19% vs. 14% for severe TBIs (P less than .001)....
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FDA: Stop prescribing combo drugs with high-dose acetaminophen
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NIH announces major funding support for concussion, TBI research
Conference Coverage
No differences are seen in concussion risk, severity, by helmet brand
Major finding: Sport-related concussion incidence rates were 9.5, 8.1, and 6.7 for the Riddell, Schutt, and Xenith helmets, respectively.