Female pediatric and adolescent genitalia trauma: a retrospective analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. [PDF]
Pediatric genitalia injury represents 0.6% of all pediatric trauma. It is crucial for providers to understand whether pediatric patients are at risk for violent mechanisms, such as rape, assault, or other abuse. Therefore, we sought to perform a large database analysis of pediatric and adolescent female genitalia trauma, comparing mechanisms of injury (
Fan SM +7 more
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Pediatric head and neck trauma in the United States: Trends, risk factors and outcomes using the National Trauma Data Bank [PDF]
Introduction Pediatric head and neck (HN) trauma is an important contributor to pediatric morbidity, resulting in significant downstream consequences. Few studies provide epidemiological predictors of pediatric HN trauma on a national scale.
Ashwini Sarathy +5 more
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Background: Preoperative diagnostic evaluation (PDE) of penetrating esophageal injury (PeEsIn) can delay treatment and increase morbidity. We sought to study the relationship among PDE, delay in definitive treatment, and patient mortality in PeEsIn ...
Daniel Dante Yeh +6 more
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Timing of mortality in pediatric trauma patients: A National Trauma Data Bank analysis [PDF]
The classic "trimodal" distribution of death has been described in adult patients, but the timing of mortality in injured children is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to define the temporal distribution of mortality in pediatric trauma patients.A retrospective cohort of patients with mortality from the National Trauma Data Bank (2007 ...
Cory, McLaughlin +9 more
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Survival prediction of trauma patients: a study on US National Trauma Data Bank [PDF]
Exceptional circumstances like major incidents or natural disasters may cause a huge number of victims that might not be immediately and simultaneously saved. In these cases it is important to define priorities avoiding to waste time and resources for not savable victims.
Sefrioui, I +4 more
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Identification of predictive factors and development of a prediction model for rehabilitation facility discharge in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury: a retrospective analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank [PDF]
Purpose Previous studies have shown that early rehabilitation is associated with better long-term outcomes in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury.
James Bridges +6 more
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Using the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) and machine learning to predict trauma patient mortality at admission. [PDF]
A 400-estimator gradient boosting classifier was trained to predict survival probabilities of trauma patients. The National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) provided 799233 complete patient records (778303 survivors and 20930 deaths) each containing 32 features ...
Evan J Tsiklidis +3 more
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Management of blunt pancreatic trauma in children: Review of the National Trauma Data Bank [PDF]
This study aims to examine the current management strategies and outcomes after blunt pancreatic trauma in children using a national patient registry.Using the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) from 2007-2011, we identified all patients ≤18years old who suffered blunt pancreatic trauma.
Brian R Englum +2 more
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Breadth of use of The Abbreviated Injury Scale in The National Trauma Data Bank bank
The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) is an anatomic-based injury coding system that strives to provide sufficient detail to differentiate unique injuries for the purposes of research and quality assurance, while limiting the total number of codes to facilitate efficient use.
Thomas Hartka +2 more
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Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures in Geriatric Trauma Patients: A National Trauma Data Bank Review. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Rib fractures are common and increase mortality in older adult patients. Early surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF), < 72 h from admission, has been shown to improve outcomes in younger patients.
Plumb J +9 more
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