Search Results - "Gentilello, L"

Alcohol interventions in a trauma center as a means of reducing the risk of injury recurrence by Gentilello, L M, Rivara, F P, Donovan, D M, Jurkovich, G J, Daranciang, E, Dunn, C W, Villaveces, A, Copass, M, Ries, R R

“…Alcoholism is the leading risk factor for injury. The authors hypothesized that providing brief alcohol interventions as a routine component of trauma care…”
Get full text

Motivation of trauma patients to stop smoking after admission to the emergency department by Weiss-Gerlach, E, Franck, M, Neuner, B, Gentilello, L.M, Neumann, T, Tønnesen, H, Kolbeck, S, Cammann, H, Perka, C, MacGuill, M, Spies, C.D

“…Abstract Every smoker should be offered smoking cessation treatment when they present for clinical care. The Readiness to Change-Smokers (RTC-S) questionnaire…”
Get full text

Near-infrared spectroscopy: Continuous measurement of cytochrome oxidation during hemorrhagic shock by Rhee, Peter, Langdale, Lorrie, Mock, Charles, Gentilello, Larry M

“…OBJECTIVE Mitochondrial cytochrome a,a3 redox shifts can be determined by near-infrared wavelength reflection. Since near-infrared wavelengths penetrate skin…”
Get full text

Alcohol Interventions in Trauma Centers: Current Practice and Future Directions by Gentilello, Larry M, Donovan, Dennis M, Dunn, Christopher W, Rivara, Frederick P

“…Nearly half of all trauma beds are occupied by patients who were injured while under the influence of alcohol. Alcoholism plays such a significant role in…”
Get full text

Is hypothermia in the victim of major trauma protective or harmful? A randomized, prospective study by Gentilello, L M, Jurkovich, G J, Stark, M S, Hassantash, S A, O'Keefe, G E

“…The purpose of this randomized, prospective clinical trial was to determine whether hypothermia during resuscitation is protective or harmful to critically…”
Get full text

Advances in the management of hypothermia by Gentilello, L M

“…Many believe that the consequence of hypothermia is an orderly decrease in metabolism. However, oxygen consumption is increased, except when anesthetics and…”
Get more information

Trauma Patients' Desire for Autonomy in Medical Decision Making is Impaired by Smoking and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption – a Bi-national Study by Neuner, B, Dizner-Golab, A, Gentilello, LM, Habrat, B, Mayzner-Zawadzka, E, Górecki, A, Weiss-Gerlach, E, Neumann, T, Schlattmann, P, Perka, C, Spies, CD

“…This cross-sectional investigation studied the association between substance use and patients' desire for autonomy in medical decision making (MDM) in two…”
Get full text

Trauma critical care by GENTILELLO, Larry M, PIERSON, David J

“…The surgical approach to the most injured patients has changed in recent years. Many patients arrive in the intensive care unit with problems that in the past…”
Get full text

Reasons why trauma surgeons fail to screen for alcohol problems by Danielsson, P E, Rivara, F P, Gentilello, L M, Maier, R V

“…Alcohol screening and intervention have been recommended as routine components of trauma care but are rarely performed. An association exists between current…”
Get more information

Effect of a rotating bed on the incidence of pulmonary complications in critically ill patients by Gentilello, L, Thompson, D A, Tonnesen, A S, Hernandez, D, Kapadia, A S, Allen, S J, Houtchens, B A, Miner, M E

“…The risk of nosocomial pneumonia and atelectasis is high among critically ill immobilized patients. We hypothesized that continuous turning on the kinetic…”
Get more information

Enteral nutrition with simultaneous gastric decompression in critically ill patients by Gentilello, L M, Cortes, V, Castro, M, Byers, P M

“…Early enteral nutrition is an important adjunct in the care of critically ill patients. A double-lumen gastrostomy tube with a duodenal extension has been…”
Get more information

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Potential Method for Continuous, Transcutaneous Monitoring for Compartmental Syndrome in Critically Injured Patients by Arbabi, Saman, Brundage, Susan I., Gentilello, Larry M.

“…BACKGROUNDNear-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) noninvasively measures tissue O2 saturation (StO2), and has been proposed as a means of monitoring for…”
Get full text

Major injury as a unique opportunity to initiate treatment in the alcoholic by Gentilello, L M, Duggan, P, Drummond, D, Tonnesen, A, Degner, E E, Fischer, R P, Reed, 2nd, R L

“…A prospective study was performed on the use of a standard outpatient intervention technique to induce inpatient alcoholic trauma patients into accepting…”
Get more information

Detection of Acute Alcohol Intoxication and Chronic Alcohol Dependence by Trauma Center Staff by Gentilello, Larry M., Villaveces, Andres, Ries, Richard R., Nason, Katie S., Daranciang, Elizabeth, Donovan, Dennis M., Copass, Michael, Jurkovich, Gregory J., Rivara, Frederick P.

“…BACKGROUND:Trauma patients with acute alcohol intoxication or chronic alcohol dependence are at greater risk for morbidity and mortality. We hypothesized that…”
Get full text

Screening Trauma Patients for Alcohol Problems: Are Insurance Companies Barriers? by Rivara, Frederick P., Tollefson, Sara, Tesh, Elizabeth, Gentilello, Larry M.

“…BACKGROUND:Impairment caused by alcohol is the leading risk factor for trauma. However, many physicians do not screen for alcohol use because of concerns about…”
Get full text

Moving beyond personnel and process: A case for incorporting outcome measures in trauma center designation process by Shafi, S., Friese, R.S., Gentilello, L.

Get full text

Practical Guidelines for Performing Alcohol Interventions in Trauma Centers by Dunn, Chris W., Donovan, Dennis M., Gentilello, Larry M.

“…Nearly 50% of trauma patients are injured while under the influence of alcohol; however, addressing alcohol problems is not considered a routine component of…”
Get full text

Permissive Hypercapnia in Trauma Patients by Gentilello, Larry M., Anardi, Doreen, Mock, Charles, Arreola-Risa, Carlos, Maier, Ronald V.

“…The use of a normal tidal volume in patients with progressive loss of alveolar airspace may increase inspiratory pressure and overdistend remaining functional…”
Get full text

Current Clinical Options for the Treatment and Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Bulger, Eileen M., Jurkovich, Gregory J., Gentilello, Larry M., Maier, Ronald V.

Get full text

Continuous arteriovenous rewarming: rapid reversal of hypothermia in critically ill patients by Gentilello, L M, Cobean, R A, Offner, P J, Soderberg, R W, Jurkovich, G J

“…Hypothermia in critically ill patients can be difficult to treat with standard rewarming (SR) techniques. We developed a rewarming method that is significantly…”
Get more information