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The use of emergency department thoracotomy for traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest by Seamon, Mark J, Chovanes, John, Fox, Nicole, Green, Raymond, Manis, George, Tsiotsias, George, Warta, Melissa, Ross, Steven E

“…Abstract Despite the establishment of evidence-based guidelines for the resuscitation of critically injured patients who have sustained cardiopulmonary arrest,…”
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Delayed primary closure in damage control laparotomy: the value of the Wittmann patch by Hadeed, Josef G, Staman, Gregory W, Sariol, Hector S, Kumar, Sanjay, Ross, Steven E

“…Damage control laparotomy has become an accepted practice in trauma surgery. A number of methods leading to delayed primary closure of the abdomen have been…”
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The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Geriatric Trauma Outcomes by Teichman, Amanda, Perea, Lindsey L., San Roman, Janika, Arya, Chirag, Suthar, Kandarp, Johnson, Indigo, Begum, Lubna, Ross, Steven E.

“…There is little consensus in the literature regarding the effect of ethanol intoxication on trauma outcomes. Data on its effect in the elderly are even…”
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Multicenter validation of American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading system for acute colonic diverticulitis and its use for emergency general surgery quality improvement program by Shafi, Shahid, Priest, Elisa L, Crandall, Marie L, Klekar, Christopher S, Nazim, Ali, Aboutanos, Michel, Agarwal, Suresh, Bhattacharya, Bishwajit, Byrge, Nickolas, Dhillon, Tejveer S, Eboli, Dominick J, Fielder, Drew, Guillamondegui, Oscar, Gunter, Oliver, Inaba, Kenji, Mowery, Nathan T, Nirula, Raminder, Ross, Steven E, Savage, Stephanie A, Schuster, Kevin M, Schmoker, Ryan K, Siboni, Stefano, Siparsky, Nicole, Trust, Marc D, Utter, Garth H, Whelan, James, Feliciano, David V, Rozycki, Grace

“…The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) has developed a new grading system for uniform description of anatomic severity of emergency general…”
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Implementing and Evaluating SBIRT for Alcohol Use at a Level 1 Trauma Center: A Behavioral Medicine Approach by Hays, Alexa M., Gilrain, Kelly L., Grunberg, Victoria A., Bullock, Anastasia, Fizur, Philip, Ross, Steven E.

“…To facilitate the early identification and treatment of alcohol misuse among trauma patients, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) requires ACS-accredited…”
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Financial Impact of Minor Injury Transfers on a Level 1 Trauma Center by Kappy, Nikolas S., Hazelton, Joshua P., Capano-Wehrle, Lisa, Gibbs, Robert, Dalton, Michael K., Ross, Steven E.

“…Trauma centers frequently accept patients from other institutions who are being sent due to the need for a higher level of care. We hypothesized that patients…”
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ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM mapping of the AAST Emergency General Surgery disease severity grading systems: Conceptual approach, limitations, and recommendations for the future by Utter, Garth H, Miller, Preston R, Mowery, Nathan T, Tominaga, Gail T, Gunter, Oliver, Osler, Turner M, Ciesla, David J, Agarwal, Jr, Suresh K, Inaba, Kenji, Aboutanos, Michel B, Brown, Carlos V R, Ross, Steven E, Crandall, Marie L, Shafi, Shahid

“…The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) recently established a grading system for uniform reporting of anatomic severity of several emergency…”
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Caring for critically injured children: An analysis of 56 pediatric damage control laparotomies by Villalobos, Miguel A, Hazelton, Joshua P, Choron, Rachel L, Capano-Wehrle, Lisa, Hunter, Krystal, Gaughan, John P, Ross, Steven E, Seamon, Mark J

“…Injury is the leading cause of death in children under 18 years. Damage control principles have been extensively studied in adults but remain relatively…”
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Is low-molecular-weight heparin safe for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients with traumatic brain injury? A Western Trauma Association multicenter study by Kwiatt, Michael E, Patel, Mitul S, Ross, Steven E, Lachant, Mary T, MacNew, Heather G, Ochsner, M Gage, Norwood, Scott H, Speier, LaDonna, Kozar, Rosemary, Gerber, Jonathan A, Rowell, Susan, Krishnakumar, Sheetal, Livingston, David H, Manis, George, Haan, James M

“…Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant risk in trauma patients. Although low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is effective in VTE prophylaxis, its use…”
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Early abdominal closure improves long-term outcomes after damage-control laparotomy by Fox, Nicole, Crutchfield, Melanie, LaChant, Mary, Ross, Steven E, Seamon, Mark J

“…The impact of initial clinical decisions on the long-term quality of life and functional outcome of patients who undergo damage-control laparotomy (DCL) is…”
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"SCIP"ping antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines in trauma: The consequences of noncompliance by Smith, Brian P, Fox, Nicole, Fakhro, Abdulla, LaChant, Mary, Pathak, Abhijit S, Ross, Steven E, Seamon, Mark J

“…The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) established surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines as part of a national patient safety initiative aimed at…”
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The impact of a multidisciplinary safety checklist on adverse procedural events during bedside bronchoscopy-guided percutaneous tracheostomy by Hazelton, Joshua P, Orfe, Erika C, Colacino, Anthony M, Hunter, Krystal, Capano-Wehrle, Lisa M, Lachant, Mary T, Ross, Steven E, Seamon, Mark J

“…Bedside procedures are seldom subject to the same safety precautions as operating room (OR) procedures. Since July 2013, we have performed a multidisciplinary…”
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Skin closure after trauma laparotomy in high-risk patients: opening opportunities for improvement by Seamon, Mark J, Smith, Brian P, Capano-Wehrle, Lisa, Fakhro, Abdulla, Fox, Nicole, Goldberg, Michael, Martin, Niels M, Pathak, Abhijit S, Ross, Steven E

“…Although many surgeons leave laparotomy incisions open after colon injury to prevent surgical site infection (SSI), other injured patient subsets are also at…”
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Performance of a Decision Rule to Predict Need for Computed Tomography Among Children With Blunt Head Trauma by Oman, Jennifer A, Cooper, Richelle J, Holmes, James F, Viccellio, Peter, Nyce, Andrew, Ross, Steven E, Hoffman, Jerome R, Mower, William R, NEXUS II Investigators

“…To assess the ability of the NEXUS II head trauma decision instrument to identify patients with clinically important intracranial injury (ICI) from among…”
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Reintubation as an outcome predictor in trauma patients by Daley, B J, Garcia-Perez, F, Ross, S E

“…Determine reintubation rate, identify its cause, and detail adverse outcomes from reintubation. Retrospective review of extubation failures in the trauma ICU…”
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Comparison of atriocaval shunting with perihepatic packing versus perihepatic packing alone for retrohepatic vena cava injuries in a swine model by Hazelton, Joshua P, Choron, Rachel L, Dodson, Gregory M, Gerritsen, Jeffrey A, Khan, Sophia, VanOrden, Kathryn E, Capano-Wehrle, Lisa M, Mitrev, Ludmil V, Torjman, Marc C, Gaughan, John P, Golfarb, Roy D, Ross, Steven E, Seamon, Mark J

“…Abstract Background Retrohepatic vena cava (RVC) injuries are technically challenging and often lethal. Atriocaval shunting has been promoted as a modality to…”
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Percutaneous versus open tracheostomy in the pediatric trauma population by Raju, Ashish, Joseph, D'Andrea K, Diarra, Cheickna, Ross, Steven E

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy of percutaneous versus open tracheostomy in the pediatric trauma population. A retrospective…”
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Is routine computed tomography scanning too expensive for mild head injury? by Stein, S C, O'Malley, K F, Ross, S E

“…To compare relative costs of treating mildly head-injured patients by routine admission or by using skull radiographs or cranial computed tomography (CT)…”
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Care of critically ill surgical patients using the 80-hour Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education work-week guidelines: a survey of current strategies by Gordon, Chad R, Axelrad, Alex, Alexander, James B, Dellinger, R Phillip, Ross, Steven E

“…As a result of the recently mandated work-hour restrictions, it has become more difficult to provide 24-hour intensive care unit (ICU) in-house coverage by the…”
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Predictors of operative outcome in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by Tran, Hoang S, Moncure, Michael, Tarnoff, Michael, Goodman, Martin, Puc, Matthew M, Kroon, David, Eydelman, Julia, Ross, Steven E

“…Background: Plasma viral load has recently been associated with clinical outcome in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired…”
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