Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open: 2 (1)

January 2017; volume 2, issue 1

Editorial

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TSACO first anniversary: life is good
Timothy C Fabian

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 13, 2017, 2 (1) e000114; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000114

Outcomes

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Prognostic predictors of early mortality from exsanguination in adult trauma: a Malaysian trauma center experience
Tan Jih Huei, Yuzaidi Mohamad, Henry Tan Chor Lip, Norazlin Md Noh, Rizal Imran Alwi

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 31, 2017, 2 (1) e000070; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000070

Original articles

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Current outcomes of blunt open pelvic fractures: how modern advances in trauma care may decrease mortality
Sammy S Siada, James W Davis, Krista L Kaups, Rachel C Dirks, Kimberly A Grannis

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 27, 2017, 2 (1) e000136; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000136
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Emergency department management of patients with rib fracture based on a clinical practice guideline
Chase Hamilton, Lauren Barnett, Allison Trop, Brian Leininger, Adam Olson, Aaron Brooks, Daniel Clark, Thomas Schroeppel

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 22, 2017, 2 (1) e000133; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000133
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Geospatial relationship of road traffic crashes and healthcare facilities with trauma surgical capabilities in Nairobi, Kenya: defining gaps in coverage
Brian I Shaw, Ali Akida Wangara, Gladys Mbatha Wambua, Jason Kiruja, Rochelle A Dicker, Judith Mutindi Mweu, Catherine Juillard

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 07, 2017, 2 (1) e000130; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000130
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Preinjury ASA score as an independent predictor of readmission after major traumatic injury
Alexandre Tran, Trinh Mai, Julie El-Haddad, Jacinthe Lampron, Jean-Denis Yelle, Giuseppe Pagliarello, Maher Matar

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 07, 2017, 2 (1) e000128; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000128
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Predictive factors of mortality after colectomy in ischemic colitis: an ACS-NSQIP database study
Joshua Tseng, Brandi Loper, Monica Jain, Azaria V Lewis, Daniel R Margulies, Rodrigo F Alban

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 02, 2017, 2 (1) e000126; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000126
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Faster on-scene times associated with decreased mortality in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) transported trauma patients
Hannah Pham, Yana Puckett, Sharmila Dissanaike

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 12, 2017, 2 (1) e000122; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000122
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Antifibrinolytics in a rural trauma state: assessing the opportunities
James M Bardes, Amanda Palmer, Jorge Con, Alison Wilson, Gregory Schaefer

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 05, 2017, 2 (1) e000107; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000107
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Identifying chronic heavy alcohol use in emergency general surgery patients: a pilot study
Maher M Matar, Brent Jewett, Samir M Fakhry, Dulaney A Wilson, Pamela L Ferguson, Raymond F Anton, Joseph V Sakran

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 29, 2017, 2 (1) e000098; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000098
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Correlating abdominal pain and intra-abdominal injury in patients with blunt abdominal trauma
Michael M Neeki, Dylan Hendy, Fanglong Dong, Jake Toy, Kevin Jones, Keasha Kuhnen, Ho Wang Yuen, Pamela Lux, Arnold Sin, Eugene Kwong, David Wong

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 26, 2017, 2 (1) e000109; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000109
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CT scan incidental findings in trauma patients: does it impact hospital length of stay?
Peter Andrawes, Antonio I Picon, Masood A Shariff, Basem Azab, Wolf von Waagner, Seleshi Demissie, Charles Fasanya

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 14, 2017, 2 (1) e000101; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000101
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Seasonal Variation of Trauma in Western Massachusetts: Fact or Folklore?
Jeffry Nahmias, Shiva Poola, Andrew Doben, Jane Garb, Ronald I Gross

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 07, 2017, 2 (1) e000120; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000120
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Derivation and validation of a two-biomarker panel for diagnosis of ARDS in patients with severe traumatic injuries
Lorraine B Ware, Zhiguo Zhao, Tatsuki Koyama, Ryan M Brown, Matthew W Semler, David R Janz, Addison K May, Richard D Fremont, Michael A Matthay, Mitchell J Cohen, Carolyn S Calfee

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 28, 2017, 2 (1) e000121; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000121
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Characterizing the gut microbiome in trauma: significant changes in microbial diversity occur early after severe injury
Benjamin M Howard, Lucy Z Kornblith, Sabrinah A Christie, Amanda S Conroy, Mary F Nelson, Eric M Campion, Rachael A Callcut, Carolyn S Calfee, Brandon J Lamere, Douglas W Fadrosh, Susan Lynch, Mitchell Jay Cohen

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 23, 2017, 2 (1) e000108; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000108
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Protecting study participants in emergency research: is community consultation before trial commencement enough?
Blair Henry, Adic Perez, Sandy Trpcic, Sandro Rizoli, Barto Nascimento

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 12, 2017, 2 (1) e000084; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000084
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Impact of circle of Willis anatomy in traumatic blunt cerebrovascular injury-related stroke
Charles P Shahan, Richard I Gray, Martin A Croce, Timothy C Fabian

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 27, 2017, 2 (1) e000086; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000086
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Trauma advanced practice provider programme development in an academic setting to optimize care coordination
Michelle C Woodfall, Timothy D Browder, Jesus M Alfaro, Meghan A Claudius, Garrett K Chan, Denise Greci Robinson, David A Spain

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 27, 2017, 2 (1) e000068; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000068
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Management of diaphyseal tibial fractures by plate fixation with absolute or relative stability: a retrospective study of 45 patients
Juan Manuel Concha Sandoval, José Luis Osma Rueda, Alejandro Sandoval Daza

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 18, 2017, 2 (1) e000029; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000029
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Trauma resource designation: an innovative approach to improving trauma system overtriage
Gail T Tominaga, Imad S Dandan, Kathryn B Schaffer, Fady Nasrallah, Melanie Gawlik R N, Jess F Kraus

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 11, 2017, 2 (1) e000102; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000102
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Skiers and snowboarders have improved short-term outcomes with immediate fixation of tibial plateau fractures
Peter C Janes, Jan Leonard, Jennifer L Phillips, Brent J Bauer, Kristin Salottolo, Denetta S Slone, Charles W Mains, David Bar-Or

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 13, 2017, 2 (1) e000119; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000119

Reviews

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Emergency general surgery in pregnancy
Jeffrey J Skubic, Ali Salim

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 02, 2017, 2 (1) e000125; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000125
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Lower extremity compartment syndrome
Jennifer Cone, Kenji Inaba

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 14, 2017, 2 (1) e000094; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000094
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Case report and literature review of the outcome following reimplantation of the arm
Cary Fletcher

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 11, 2017, 2 (1) e000124; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000124
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Update in sepsis guidelines: what is really new?
Rebecca Plevin, Rachael Callcut

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 07, 2017, 2 (1) e000088; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000088
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Open abdomen critical care management principles: resuscitation, fluid balance, nutrition, and ventilator management
Elizabeth Chabot, Ram Nirula

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 03, 2017, 2 (1) e000063; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000063
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Life-threatening perioperative anesthetic complications: major issues surrounding perioperative morbidity and mortality
Joy Steadman, Blas Catalani, Christopher Sharp, Lebron Cooper

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 28, 2017, 2 (1) e000113; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000113
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Pitfalls in the management of peripheral vascular injuries
David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 28, 2017, 2 (1) e000110; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000110
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Defining burden and severity of disease for emergency general surgery
Preston R Miller

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 28, 2017, 2 (1) e000089; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000089
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Evolution of the operative management of colon trauma
John P Sharpe, Louis J Magnotti, Timothy C Fabian, Martin A Croce

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 31, 2017, 2 (1) e000092; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000092
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The history of Harborview Medical Center and the Washington State Trauma System
Eileen M Bulger, Janet Griffith Kastl, Ronald V Maier

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 03, 2017, 2 (1) e000091; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000091
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An update on nonoperative management of the spleen in adults
Ben L Zarzaur, Grace S Rozycki

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 09, 2017, 2 (1) e000075; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000075
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Methodology to reliably measure preventable trauma death rate
Stacy A Drake, Dwayne A Wolf, Janet C Meininger, Stanley G Cron, Thomas Reynold, Charles E Wade, John B Holcomb

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 31, 2017, 2 (1) e000106; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000106
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Rib fixation: Who, What, When?
Marc de Moya, Ram Nirula, Walter Biffl

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 27, 2017, 2 (1) e000059; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000059
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Comprehensive approach to the management of the patient with multiple rib fractures: a review and introduction of a bundled rib fracture management protocol
Cordelie E Witt, Eileen M Bulger

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 05, 2017, 2 (1) e000064; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000064
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Prehospital tranexamic acid: what is the current evidence?
Lena M Napolitano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 13, 2017, 2 (1) e000056; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000056

Brief report

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Clinical indicators of hemorrhagic shock in pregnancy
Peter C Jenkins, Samantha M Stokes, Stephen Fakoyeho, Teresa M Bell, Ben L Zarzaur

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 07, 2017, 2 (1) e000112; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000112
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Impact thromboelastometry (ITEM) for point-of-injury detection of trauma-induced coagulopathy: a pilot study
Gerard S Doyle, Aristotle A Theodore, J Nicholas Hansen

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 02, 2017, 2 (1) e000049; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000049
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Damage control laparotomy trial: design, rationale and implementation of a randomized controlled trial
John A Harvin, Jeanette Podbielski, Laura E Vincent, Erin E Fox, Laura J Moore, Bryan A Cotton, Charles E Wade, John B Holcomb

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 13, 2017, 2 (1) e000083; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000083

Challenges in trauma and acute care surgery

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Spontaneous splenic rupture due to marginal zone lymphoma
Natesh Yepuri, Napat Pruekprasert, Taewan Kim, Robert N Cooney

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 26, 2017, 2 (1) e000143; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000143
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Cecal volvulus with necrosis following deceased-donor renal transplantation
Susana Vargas-Pinto, Caitlyn D Lesh, Liise K Kayler, Weidun Alan Guo

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 11, 2017, 2 (1) e000123; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000123
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Endovascular stent graft repair of an abdominal gunshot with liver and aortic injuries
Natesh Yepuri, Michael Costanza, Alex Helkin, Robert N Cooney

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 31, 2017, 2 (1) e000116; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000116
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REBOA in hemorrhagic shock: a unique non-responder?
Alliya S Qazi, Jacquelyn L Phillips, Nii-Kabu Kabutey, Jeffry Nahmias

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 09, 2017, 2 (1) e000100; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000100

Current opinion

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Staying connected: Service-specific orientation can be successfully achieved using a mobile application for onboarding care providers
Kristen M Chreiman, Priya S Prakash, Niels D Martin, Patrick K Kim, Samir Mehta, Kelly McGinnis, John J Gallagher, Patrick M Reilly

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 09, 2017, 2 (1) e000085; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000085
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Advocacy efforts in trauma and acute care surgery: learning to walk
Lewis J Kaplan, Erik Barquist, Donald Jenkins, Orlando Kirton

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 22, 2017, 2 (1) e000077; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000077
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Specialization in acute care surgery in low-income and middle-income countries
Sojung Yi, Jennifer Rickard

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 22, 2017, 2 (1) e000095; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000095

Plenary paper

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Effects of mechanism of injury and patient age on outcomes in geriatric rib fracture patients
Helen H Shi, Micaela Esquivel, Kristan L Staudenmayer, David A Spain

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 16, 2017, 2 (1) e000074; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000074

Miscellaneous

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Thank you to reviewers 2016
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 19, 2017, 2 (1) 1; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-Reviewers

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