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Pediatric traumatic brain injury: Resource utilization and outcomes at adult versus pediatric trauma centers

Surgery Open Science, 2022
Introduction: Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of trauma-related death in children. We hypothesized that children with isolated traumatic brain injury would experience differential outcomes when treated at pediatric versus adult or combined ...
Ruth A. Lewit, MD, Laura V. Veras, MD, Mehmet Kocak, PhD, Simmone S. Nouer, MD, PhD, Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD   +4 more
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Macroeconomic trends and practice models impacting acute care surgery [PDF]

, 2019
Acute care surgery (ACS) diagnoses are responsible for approximately a quarter of the costs of inpatient care in the US government, and individuals will be responsible for a larger share of the costs of this healthcare as the population ages.
Bernard, Andrew, Davis, Kimberly A., Doucet, Jay, Haider, Adil, Minei, Joseph P., Scherer, Tres, Staudenmayer, Kristan   +6 more
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Comparing regression-adjusted mortality to standardized mortality ratios for trauma center profiling

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2012
Background: Trauma center profiling is commonly performed with Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs). However, comparison of SMRs across trauma centers with different case mix can induce confounding leading to biased trauma center ranks.
Lynne Moore, James A Hanley, Alexis F Turgeon, André Lavoie   +3 more
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Bayesian clinical trial designs : Another option for trauma trials? [PDF]

, 2017
The UK-REBOA Trial is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme (project number 14/199/09). PP was supported by the MRC Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research (MR/L004933/1-R/N/P/B1).
Campbell, Marion K., Jansen, Jan O., MacLennan, Graeme, Pallmann, Philip, UK-REBOA Trial Investigators   +4 more
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Innovations in Trauma-Informed Care: Building the Nation’s First System of Trauma-Informed Recreation Centers

Behavioral Sciences, 2023
Exposure to adversity and traumatic events affects well-being across important domains of functioning, including mental, physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and neurobiological.
Megan R. Holmes, Jennifer A. King, Emily K. Miller, Dakota L. King-White, Amy E. Korsch-Williams, Erica M. Johnson, Tomeika S. Oliver, Ivan T. Conard   +7 more
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Collecting data on organizational structures of trauma centers: the CAFE web service

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2020
Background During the past several decades, the American College of Surgeons has led efforts to standardize trauma care through their trauma center verification process and Trauma Quality Improvement Program.
Robert J Winchell, Kevin W Sexton, Mathias Brochhausen, Jane W Ball, Nels D Sanddal, Jimm Dodd, Naomi Braun, Sarah Bost, Joseph Utecht   +8 more
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Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned [PDF]

, 2020
On Saturday, October 27, 2018, a man with anti-Semitic motivations entered Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; he had an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three handguns, opening fire upon worshippers. Eventually
Murray, Keith, Roth, Ronald N., Tobias, Adam Z., Weiss, Leonard S., Yealy, Donald M.   +4 more
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National trauma system establishment based on implementation of regional trauma centers improves outcomes of trauma care: A follow-up observational study in South Korea

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Although South Korea is a high-income country, its trauma system is comparable to low- and middle-income countries with high preventable trauma death rates of more than 30%.
Kyoungwon Jung, Junsik Kwon, Yo Huh, Jonghwan Moon, Kyungjin Hwang, Hyun Min Cho, Jae Hun Kim, Chan Ik Park, Jung-Ho Yun, Oh Hyun Kim, Kee-Jae Lee, Sunworl Kim, Borami Lim, Yoon Kim   +13 more
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Reformation of system of emergency medical help for injured persons on early hospital stage

Клінічна хірургія, 2019
Objective. To determine the key trend of reformation of the system of the emergent medical help to the injured persons on early hospital stage. Маterials and methods.
G. G. Roshchin, О. V. Mazurenko, V. M. Dorosh, О. Z. Pagava, V. I. Ivanov   +4 more
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Responding to Major Burn Disasters in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons Learned From an Oil Tanker Explosion in Nakuru, Kenya. [PDF]

, 2011
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Chu, K M, Ford, N, Hennaux, M, Kizito, W, Mugenya, G, Otieno, E, Schrever, I, Trelles, M, van Kooij, E   +8 more
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