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Influence of the National Trauma Data Bank on the Study of Trauma Outcomes: Is It Time to Set Research Best Practices to Further Enhance Its Impact? by Haider, Adil H., MD, MPH, FACS, Saleem, Taimur, MD, Leow, Jeffrey J., MBBS, Villegas, Cassandra V., MD, MPH, Kisat, Mehreen, MBBS, Schneider, Eric B., PhD, Haut, Elliott R., MD, FACS, Stevens, Kent A., MD, MPH, Cornwell, Edward E., MD, FACS, MacKenzie, Ellen J., PhD, Efron, David T., MD, FACS

“…Background Risk-adjusted analyses are critical in evaluating trauma outcomes. The National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) is a statistically robust registry that…”
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Acute kidney injury in the acute care surgery patient: What you need to know by Villegas, Cassandra V, Gorman, Elizabeth, Liu, Frank M, Winchell, Robert J

“…Acute kidney injury is associated with poor outcomes in the trauma and emergency general surgery population, and recent consensus definitions have allowed for…”
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A decade of firearm injuries: Have we improved? by Hatfield, Sarah A, Medina, Samuel, Gorman, Elizabeth, Barie, Philip S, Winchell, Robert J, Villegas, Cassandra V

“…Firearm injuries are a growing public health issue, with marked increases coinciding with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study…”
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Operative Trauma and Mortality: The Role of Volume by Hatfield, Sarah A., Medina, Samuel, Gorman, Elizabeth, Barie, Philip S., Winchell, Robert J., Villegas, Cassandra V.

“…Operative volume is associated with improved outcomes across many surgical specialties, but this relationship has not been illustrated clearly in trauma. This…”
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Predictors of Positive Head CT Scan and Neurosurgical Procedures After Minor Head Trauma by Kisat, Mehreen, M.B.B.S, Zafar, Syed Nabeel, M.B.B.S., M.P.H, Latif, Asad, M.D, Villegas, Cassandra V., M.P.H, Efron, David T., M.D, Stevens, Kent A., M.D., M.P.H, Haut, Elliott R., M.D, Schneider, Eric B., Ph.D, Zafar, Hasnain, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S, Haider, Adil H., M.D., M.P.H

“…Background There continues to be an ongoing debate regarding the utility of head CT scans in patients with a normal Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) after minor head…”
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Association of Unconscious Race and Social Class Bias With Vignette-Based Clinical Assessments by Medical Students by Haider, Adil H, Sexton, Janel, Sriram, N, Cooper, Lisa A, Efron, David T, Swoboda, Sandra, Villegas, Cassandra V, Haut, Elliott R, Bonds, Morgan, Pronovost, Peter J, Lipsett, Pamela A, Freischlag, Julie A, Cornwell, Edward E

“…CONTEXT Studies involving physicians suggest that unconscious bias may be related to clinical decision making and may predict poor patient-physician…”
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Stop the Bleed: Effective Training in Need of Improvement by Villegas, Cassandra V., Gupta, Aakanksha, Liu, Susan, Curren, Jeffrey, Rosenberg, Jay, Barie, Philip S., Winchell, Robert J., Narayan, Mayur

“…The “Stop the Bleed” (StB) campaign aims to educate laypersons on performing bleeding control techniques in any setting that requires hemorrhage control, such…”
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Probative Value of the d-Dimer Assay for Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Syndrome by Gibson, Cameron J., Alqunaibit, Dalia, Smith, Kira E., Bronstein, Matthew, Eachempati, Soumitra R., Kelly, Anton G., Lee, Christina, Minneman, Jennifer A., Narayan, Mayur, Shou, Jian, Villegas, Cassandra V., Winchell, Robert J., Barie, Philip S.

“…OBJECTIVES:To describe the predictive utility of the D-dimer assay among patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 syndrome for unprovoked lower extremity…”
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Advancing the Education of Stop the Bleed: Development of a Perfused Synthetic Cadaver Model by Gupta, Aakanksha, Villegas, Cassandra V., Rosenberg, Jay, Winchell, Robert J., Barie, Philip S., Narayan, Mayur

“…As active shootings and mass casualty incidents have become more prevalent, courses designed to teach basic hemorrhage control to laypersons have proliferated…”
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Rotational thromboelastometry in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome owing to coronavirus disease 2019: Is there a viscoelastic fingerprint and a role for predicting thrombosis? by Vasovic, Ljiljana V., Littlejohn, James, Alqunaibit, Dalia, Dillard, Alicia, Qiu, Yuqing, Rand, Sophie, Bronstein, Matthew, Gibson, Cameron J., Kelly, Anton G., Lee, Christina, Minneman, Jennifer A., Narayan, Mayur, Shou, Jian, Smith, Kira E., Villegas, Cassandra V., Winchell, Robert J., Cushing, Melissa M., Barie, Philip S.

“…We evaluated rotational thromboelastometry tracings in 44 critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients, to determine whether there is a viscoelastic…”
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General Surgery Residents’ Perception of Feedback: We Can Do Better by Gupta, Aakanksha, Villegas, Cassandra V., Watkins, Anthony C., Foglia, Christopher, Rucinski, James, Winchell, Robert J., Barie, Philip S., Narayan, Mayur

“…Feedback (FB) regarding perioperative care is essential in general surgery residents’ (GSRs) training. We hypothesized that FB would be distributed unevenly…”
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Association Between Intentional Injury and Long-Term Survival After Trauma by Haider, Adil H, Young, J Hunter, Kisat, Mehreen, Villegas, Cassandra V, Scott, Valerie K, Ladha, Karim S, Haut, Elliott R, Cornwell, Edward E, MacKenzie, Ellen J, Efron, David T

“…OBJECTIVE:To determine the risk-adjusted mortality of intentionally injured patients within 7 to 9 years postinjury, compared with unintentionally injured…”
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Should the IDC-9 Trauma Mortality Prediction Model become the new paradigm for benchmarking trauma outcomes? by Haider, Adil H, Villegas, Cassandra V, Saleem, Taimur, Efron, David T, Stevens, Kent A, Oyetunji, Tolulope A, Cornwell, 3rd, Edward E, Bowman, Stephen, Haack, Sara, Baker, Susan P, Schneider, Eric B

“…Optimum quantification of injury severity remains an imprecise science with a need for improvement. The accuracy of the criterion standard Injury Severity…”
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Regional variations in cost of trauma care in the United States: who is paying more? by Obirieze, Augustine C, Gaskin, Darrell J, Villegas, Cassandra V, Bowman, Stephen M, Schneider, Eric B, Oyetunji, Tolulope A, Haut, Elliott R, Efron, David T, Cornwell, 3rd, Edward E, Haider, Adil H

“…The study of regional variations in costs of care has been used to identify areas of savings for several diseases and conditions. This study investigates…”
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Predictors of sepsis in moderately severely injured patients: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank by Kisat, Mehreen, Villegas, Cassandra V, Onguti, Sharon, Zafar, Syed Nabeel, Latif, Asad, Efron, David T, Haut, Elliott R, Schneider, Eric B, Lipsett, Pamela A, Zafar, Hasnain, Haider, Adil H

“…Post-traumatic sepsis is a significant cause of in-hospital death. However, socio-demographic and clinical characteristics that may predict sepsis in injured…”
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Mechanism of injury predicts case fatality and functional outcomes in pediatric trauma patients: the case for its use in trauma outcomes studies by Haider, Adil H, Crompton, Joseph G, Oyetunji, Tolulope, Risucci, Donald, DiRusso, Stephen, Basdag, Hatice, Villegas, Cassandra V, Syed, Zain U, Haut, Elliott R, Efron, David T

“…Abstract Background/Purpose The mechanism of injury (MOI) may serve as a useful adjunct to injury scoring systems in pediatric trauma outcomes research. The…”
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The hazards of off-road motor sports: Are four wheels better than two? by Villegas, Cassandra V, Bowman, Stephen M, Zogg, Cheryl K, Scott, Valerie K, Haut, Elliott R, Stevens, Kent A, Efron, David T, Haider, Adil H

“…Abstract Background Off-road motorsports are an increasing popular activity, yet the relative safety profile of all-terrain vehicles (ATV) to off-road…”
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The severity of disparity: increasing injury intensity accentuates disparate outcomes following trauma by Losonczy, Lia I, Weygandt, P Logan, Villegas, Cassandra V, Hall, Erin C, Schneider, Eric B, Cooper, Lisa A, Cornwell, 3rd, Edward E, Haut, Elliott R, Efron, David T, Haider, Adil H

“…Studies have shown disparities in mortality among racial groups and among those with differing insurance coverage. Our goal was to determine if injury severity…”
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Are all trauma centers equal: Analyzing pediatric outcomes by Villegas, Cassandra V., MD, Dineen, Hannah A., BA, Sadoun, Mautomn, MD, Wynne, Julie L., MD, Friese, Randall S., MD, MPH, Tang, Andrew, MD, O'Keeffe, Terence, MB, BCh, MSPH, Kulvatunyou, Narong, MD, Rhee, Peter M., MD, MPH, Joseph, Bellal A., MD

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Predictors of sepsis in moderate-severely injured patients: An analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank by Kisat, Mehreen T, Villegas, Cassandra V, Onguti, Sharon, MD, MPH, Latif, Asad, MD, Efron, David T., MD, Stevens, Kent A., MD, MPH, Haut, Elliott R., MD, Schneider, Eric B., PhD, Zafar, Hasnain, MBBS, FRCS, Haider, Adil H., MD, MPH

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