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Trauma team conformation in a war-influenced middle-income country in South America: is it possible?

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Introduction Trauma teams (TTs) improve outcomes in trauma patients. A multidisciplinary TT was conformed in September 2015 in a tertiary level I trauma university hospital in southwestern Colombia, a middle-income war-influenced country.
Sandra Carvajal, Francisco L Uribe-Buritica, Ana Maria Ángel-Isaza, María Camila López-Girón, Andres González, Julian Chica, Manuel Benitez, Alberto F García   +7 more
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Factors influencing mortality in patients with abdominal trauma undergoing damage control therapy [PDF]

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Objectives: Damage control surgery aims to reduce mortality in patients with severe abdominal trauma by limiting prolonged interventions under unfavorable physiological conditions.
FLÁVIA CASTANHO HUBERT, FERNANDA BAEUMLE REESE, MARIANA BRUINJE COSENTINO, MARIA ISABEL OZUNA DOS SANTOS, RAFAELLA STRADIOTTO BERNARDELLI, JORGE EDUARDO FOUTO MATIAS   +5 more
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High-energy blunt pelvic ring injury: dataset of patients and injury characteristics from a severely injured patients’ registry.

Data in Brief, 2022
Since mid-2013, data on high-energy trauma patients admitted to the Emergency Department of the University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland, are prospectively recorded in a dedicated registry.
Silvia Valisena, Anna-Eliane Abboud, Elisabeth Andereggen, Alexandre Ansorge, Axel Gamulin   +4 more
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First rib fractures as an indicator of injury severity in major trauma [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction First rib fractures are traditionally considered indicators of increased morbidity and mortality in major trauma. However, this relationship has not been definitively proven. With an increase in computed tomography in major trauma, and the likely increase in detection of first rib ...
Sammy, I.A., Chatha, H., Lecky, F., Bouamra, O., Fragoso Iniguez, M., Sattout, A., Hickey, M.   +6 more
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Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury: abbreviated injury scale scoring and coding of traumatic axonal injury from early MRI

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background In this large prospective study of patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) examined with early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we aimed to explore the differences in the occurrence and degree of traumatic axonal injury
Ingrid Aune Bergstrøm, Oddvar Uleberg, Anne Vik, Anne-Mari Holte Flusund, Anne Katharina Köster, Sozaburo Hara, Marianne Dahlhaug, Kent Gøran Moen   +7 more
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Trauma quality indicators: a way to identify attention points in the treatment of elderly trauma patients

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2020
Purpose: to trauma quality indicators as a tool to identify opportunities of improvement in elderly trauma patient’s’ treatment. Methods: prospective analysis of data collected between 2014-2015, and stored in the iTreg software (by Ecossistemas ...
PEDRO DE SOUZA LUCARELLI-ANTUNES, LUCA GIOVANNI ANTONIO PIVETTA, JOSÉ GUSTAVO PARREIRA, JOSÉ CÉSAR ASSEF   +3 more
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Development and Implementation of a Disease‐Targeted Storybook as a Clinical Tool for Children With Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although significant progress has been made in childhood leukemia survival, healthcare providers, and caregivers often face challenges in explaining this disease to patients. Disease‐targeted storybooks have been proposed as a tool to facilitate the understanding of diagnoses and treatment.
Nutvipha Ummartyotin, Usanarat Anurathapan, Rawiwan Roongpraiwan, Potchanee Dandamrongrak, Siriporn Nakhonchai, Pawin Numthavaj, Vilawan Chirdkiatgumchai   +6 more
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Diaphragmatic Injuries among Severely Injured Patients (ISS ≥ 16)—An Indicator of Injury Pattern and Severity of Abdominal Trauma

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objectives: Abdominal trauma among severely injured patients with an injury severity score (ISS) of 16 and above can lead to potentially life-threatening injuries that might need immediate surgical intervention. Traumatic injuries to the diaphragm (TID) are a challenging condition often accompanied by other injuries in the ...
Schurr, Leonhard Andreas, Thiedemann, Claudius, Alt, Volker, Schlitt, Hans Jürgen, Götz, Markus, Riedl, Moritz, Brunner, Stefan Martin, Popp, Daniel   +7 more
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Change in Mental Health and Resilience in Childhood Cancer Survivors After Attending a Person‐Centred State‐of‐the‐Art Late Effects Clinic—on Behalf of the PanCareFollowUp Consortium

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Person‐centred follow‐up care based on evidence‐based clinical practice guidelines and providing individualised information should help to inform and reassure survivors about their medical and psychosocial situation and provide treatment and support where needed.
Gisela Michel, Mieke Rijken, Marietta Kokla, Charlotte Sleurs, Jurgen Lemiere, Line Elmerdahl Frederiksen, Luzius Mader, Cecilia Follin, Sara Oberti, Jeanette Falck Winther, Selina R. van den Oever, Leontien C. M. Kremer, Helena J. H. van der Pal, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Eline Bouwman, Jeroen te Dorsthorst, Samira Essiaf, Elizabeth A. M. (Lieke) Feijen, Hannah Gsell, Riccardo Haupt, Maria van Helvoirt, Rosella P. M. G. Hermens, Lars Hjorth, Tomas Kepak, Katerina Kepakova, Anita Kienesberger, Monica Muraca, Marleen Renard, Carina Schneider, Roderick Skinner, Anne Uyttebroeck, Deveny Vanrusselt, Sabine Verschueren, Jacqueline Loonen, Saskia M. F. Pluijm, Katharina Roser, the PanCareFollowUp consortium   +36 more
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Quality of pediatric trauma care: development of an age-adjusted TRISS model and survival benchmarking in a major trauma center

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundPediatric trauma is a major global health concern, accounting for a substantial proportion of deaths and disease burden from age 5 onwards. Effective triage and management are essential in pediatric trauma care, and prediction models such as ...
Ana De los Ríos-Pérez, Ana De los Ríos-Pérez, Alberto Federico García, Alberto Federico García, Paula Gomez, Paula Gomez, Juan José Arias, Juan José Arias, Andrés Fandiño-Losada, Andrés Fandiño-Losada   +9 more
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