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Table of Contents

January 2019; volume 4, issue 1

Brief report

  • Open Access
    Challenge of uncontrolled enteroatmospheric fistulas
    Daniel Jonathan Gross, Michael C Smith, Bardiya Zangbar-Sabegh, Kenneth Chao, Erin Chang, Leon Boudourakis, Muthukumar Muthusamy, Valery Roudnitsky, Tim Schwartz
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 31, 4 (1) e000381; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000381
  • Open Access
    Barriers to and facilitators of a screening procedure for PTSD risk in a level I trauma center
    Sacha A McBain, Kevin W Sexton, Brooke E Palmer, Sara J Landes
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 12, 4 (1) e000345; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000345
  • Open Access
    Family satisfaction in the trauma and surgical intensive care unit: another important quality measure
    Tom Maxim, Agustin Alvarez, Yvonne Hojberg, Derek Antoku, Chioma Moneme, Andrew Singleton, Caroline Park, Kazuhide Matsushima
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 12, 4 (1) e000302; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000302

Case of the Month

  • Open Access
    Gunshot wound to big blue
    Melike Harfouche, David V Feliciano
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 30, 4 (1) e000368; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000368
  • Open Access
    Complex penetrating cervical wound
    Melike Harfouche, Thomas M. Scalea, David V Feliciano
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 12, 4 (1) e000354; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000354
  • Open Access
    Dangerous parking deck
    David V Feliciano
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 28, 4 (1) e000327; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000327
  • Open Access
    Alternate route
    David V Feliciano
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 20, 4 (1) e000299; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000299

Current opinion

  • Open Access
    Translational research: turning research into advocacy
    Tracey Dechert
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 29, 4 (1) e000416; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000416
  • Open Access
    ‘Step Up’ approach to the application of REBOA technology in a rural trauma system
    Jack P Vernamonti, John Holcomb, Nathan W Mick, Carolyne Falank, Julianne B Ontengco, Joseph Rappold, Forest Raymond Sheppard
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 12, 4 (1) e000335; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000335
  • Open Access
    Pro-con debate on regionalization of emergency general surgery: controversy or common sense?
    Heena Santry, Lillian S Kao, Shahid Shafi, Lawrence Lottenberg, Marie Crandall
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 19, 4 (1) e000319; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000319
  • Open Access
    Macroeconomic trends and practice models impacting acute care surgery
    Andrew Bernard, Kristan Staudenmayer, Joseph P Minei, Jay Doucet, Adil Haider, Tres Scherer, Kimberly A Davis
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 11, 4 (1) e000295; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000295

Challenges in trauma and acute care surgery

  • Open Access
    Atraumatic acute forearm compartment syndrome due to systemic heparin
    Gustavo Chavez, Jeff Choi, Nathaniel Fogel, Joshua D Jaramillo, Matthew Murphy, David Spain
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 10, 4 (1) e000399; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000399
  • Open Access
    Acute severe iatrogenic hyponatremia
    Ioana Baiu, Michael Kang, Thomas G Weiser
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 28, 4 (1) e000388; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000388
  • Open Access
    Enterolith-induced duodenal stump perforation: rare remote complication of surgery for PUD
    Amanda Chelednik, Mary Street, JoEdd Biggs, Stephen Barnes
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 16, 4 (1) e000360; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000360
  • Open Access
    No. 2 in zone 2: a case report of penetrating neck trauma in a child
    Rami Jason Bustami, Alex Moses, Ahmad Saeed Imam, Ross Morgan
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 12, 4 (1) e000333; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000333
  • Open Access
    Chronic pain associated with costal margin rupture
    Elinore Kaufman, Adam Shiroff
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 05, 4 (1) e000347; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000347
  • Open Access
    Intraoperative REBOA for a massive zone 1 retroperitoneal hematoma
    Arthur Berg, Alexander Fortgang, Sanjeev Kaul
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 29, 4 (1) e000315; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000315
  • Open Access
    Rhinovirus-associated severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) managed with airway pressure release ventilation (APRV)
    Carlos Ayala, Ioana Baiu, Clark Owyang, Joseph D Forrester, David Spain
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 15, 4 (1) e000322; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000322
  • Open Access
    LAPRA-TY for laparoscopic repair of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia without intracorporeal knot tying
    Jeff Choi, Jenny Pan, Joseph D Forrester, David Spain, Timothy D Browder
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 29, 4 (1) e000334; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000334
  • Open Access
    Mucormycosis emboli: a rare cause of segmental bowel ischemia
    Ioana Baiu, Lisa Marie Knowlton
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 14, 4 (1) e000305; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000305
  • Open Access
    Pitfalls when using extracorporeal life support in trauma patients
    Shokei Matsumoto, Masahi Morizane, Kiyokuni Matsuo, Motoyasu Yamazaki, Mitsuhide Kitano
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 09, 4 (1) e000298; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000298
  • Open Access
    Crossbow bolt injury to the heart
    Deanne Jacobs, Claire Hardman, Syed A Zaman, Akpofure Peter Ekeh
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 25, 4 (1) e000301; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000301
  • Open Access
    Esophageal perforations: one is bad, two is worse
    Dustin Price, David Skarupa
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 27, 4 (1) e000206; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000206
  • Open Access
    Perforated appendicitis in the setting of a massive ventral hernia, morbid obesity, and multiple severe comorbidities: challenges in acute management
    Graham Skelhorne-Gross, David Gomez
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 24, 4 (1) e000243; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000243

Editorial

  • Open Access
    In response to: Helicopter versus ground ambulance: review of national database for outcomes in survival in transferred trauma patients in the USA Michaels D, Pham H, Puckett Y, et al Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2019;4:e000211
    Brianna Dowd, Adel Elkbuli
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 17, 4 (1) e000404; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000404
  • Open Access
    TSACO’s Third Anniversary: where we were, where we are, and where we’re going
    Timothy Fabian
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 02, 4 (1) e000320; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000320
  • Open Access
    Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma firearm injury prevention statement
    Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 28, 4 (1) e000294; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000294

Guidelines/Algorithms

  • Open Access
    Clinical use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in civilian trauma systems in the USA, 2019: a joint statement from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
    Eileen M Bulger, Debra G Perina, Zaffer Qasim, Brian Beldowicz, Megan Brenner, Frances Guyette, Dennis Rowe, Christopher Scott Kang, Jennifer Gurney, Joseph DuBose, Bellal Joseph, Regan Lyon, Krista Kaups, Vidor E Friedman, Brian Eastridge, Ronald Stewart
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 20, 4 (1) e000376; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000376
  • Open Access
    AAST Critical Care Committee clinical consensus: ECMO, nutritionExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)Nutrition
    David Zonies, Panna Codner, Pauline Park, Niels D Martin, Matthew Lissauer, Susan Evans, Christine Cocanour, Karen Brasel
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 03, 4 (1) e000304; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000304
  • Open Access
    American Association for the Surgery of Trauma emergency general surgery guideline summaries 2018: acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, acute diverticulitis, acute pancreatitis, and small bowel obstructionAcute cholecystitis management guidelines summaryAcute colonic diverticulitis management guidelines summaryIntestinal obstruction due to adhesions guideline summaryAcute pancreatitis management guidelines summary
    Kevin M Schuster, Daniel N Holena, Ali Salim, Stephanie Savage, Marie Crandall
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 27, 4 (1) e000281; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000281

Original research

  • Open Access
    Association of mechanism of injury with overtriage of injured youth patients as trauma alerts
    Jessica Lynn Ryan, Etienne Pracht, Barbara Langland-Orban, Marie Crandall
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 29, 4 (1) e000300; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000300
  • Open Access
    Evaluation of a Level I trauma center provider training in patient-centered alcohol brief interventions using the Behavior Change Counseling Index rated by standardized patients
    Doyanne Darnell, Lea Parker, Allison Engstrom, Dylan Fisher, Kaylie Diteman, Christopher Dunn
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 29, 4 (1) e000370; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000370
  • Open Access
    Validation of a predictive model for operative trauma experience to facilitate selection of trauma sustainment military–civilian partnerships
    Andrew Hall, Iram Qureshi, Jacob Glaser, Eileen M Bulger, Thomas Scalea, Stacy Shackelford, Jennifer Gurney
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 18, 4 (1) e000373; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000373
  • Open Access
    Trauma Embolic Scoring System in military trauma: a sensitive predictor of venous thromboembolism
    Patrick F Walker, Seth Schobel, Joseph D Caruso, Carlos J Rodriguez, Matthew J Bradley, Eric A Elster, John S Oh
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 15, 4 (1) e000367; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000367
  • Open Access
    Reversal of warfarin anticoagulation in geriatric traumatic brain injury due to ground-level falls
    Michael John Paisley, Arianne Johnson, Spencer Price, Bernard Chow, Liliana Limon, Rohit Sharma, Stephen Kaminski
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 15, 4 (1) e000352; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000352
  • Open Access
    Evaluation of prolonged ‘Permissive Hypotension’: results from a 6-hour hemorrhage protocol in swine
    Clifford G Morgan, Leslie E Neidert, Emily N Hathaway, Gerardo J Rodriguez, Leasha J Schaub, Sylvain Cardin, Jacob J Glaser
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 21, 4 (1) e000369; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000369
  • Open Access
    Outcomes in patients with gunshot wounds to the brain
    Leigh Anna Robinson, Lauren M Turco, Bryce Robinson, Joshua G Corsa, Michael Mount, Amy V Hamrick, John Berne, Dalier R Mederos, Allison G McNickle, Paul J Chestovich, Jason Weinberger, Areg Grigorian, Jeffry Nahmias, Jane K Lee, Kevin L Chow, Erik J Olson, Jose L Pascual, Rachele Solomon, Danielle A Pigneri, Husayn A Ladhani, Joanne Fraifogl, Jeffrey Claridge, Terry Curry, Todd W Costantini, Manasnun Kongwibulwut, Haytham Kaafarani, Janika San Roman, Craig Schreiber, Anna Goldenberg-Sandau, Parker Hu, Patrick Bosarge, Rindi Uhlich, Nicole Lunardi, Farooq Usmani, Joseph Victor Sakran, Jessica M Babcock, Juan Carlos Quispe, Lawrence Lottenberg, Donna Cabral, Grace Chang, Jhoanna Gulmatico, Jonathan J Parks, Rishi Rattan, Jennifer Massetti, Onaona Gurney, Brandon Bruns, Alison A Smith, Chrissy Guidry, Matthew E Kutcher, Melissa S Logan, Michelle Y Kincaid, Chance Spalding, Matthew Noorbaksh, Frances H Philp, Benjamin Cragun, Robert D Winfield
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 17, 4 (1) e000351; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000351
  • Open Access
    Feasibility and safety of a novel electromagnetic device for small-bore feeding tube placement
    Lewis E Jacobson, May Olayan, Jamie M Williams, Jacqueline F Schultz, Hannah M Wise, Amandeep Singh, Jonathan M Saxe, Richard Benjamin, Marie Emery, Hilary Vilem, Donald F Kirby
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 13, 4 (1) e000330; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000330
  • Open Access
    The “T’s” of snakebite injury in the USA: fact or fiction?
    Joshua D Jaramillo, Nicholas A Hakes, Lakshika Tennakoon, David Spain, Joseph D Forrester
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 30, 4 (1) e000374; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000374
  • Open Access
    The utility of impedance cardiography in hemodynamic monitoring of patients with sepsis
    James Butz, Yizhi Shan, Andres Samayoa, Orlando C Kirton, Thai Vu
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 28, 4 (1) e000349; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000349
  • Open Access
    Early increase in anti-inflammatory biomarkers is associated with the development of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in severely injured trauma patients
    Derek JB Kleinveld, Anita M Tuip-de Boer, Markus W Hollmann, Nicole P Juffermans
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 23, 4 (1) e000343; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000343

Original article

  • Open Access
    Intraoperative REBOA: an analysis of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma AORTA registry
    Michael A Vella, Ryan Peter Dumas, Joseph DuBose, Jonathan Morrison, Thomas Scalea, Laura Moore, Jeanette Podbielski, Kenji Inaba, Alice Piccinini, David S Kauvar, Valorie L Baggenstoss, Chance Spalding, Charles Fox, Ernest E Moore, Jeremy W Cannon
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 11, 4 (1) e000340; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000340
  • Open Access
    Opioid stewardship after emergency laparoscopic general surgery
    Celina Nahanni, Ashlie Nadler, Avery B Nathens
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 23, 4 (1) e000328; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000328
  • Open Access
    Comparative analysis of isoform-specific and non-selective histone deacetylase inhibitors in attenuating the intestinal damage after hemorrhagic shock
    Umar F Bhatti, Aaron M Williams, Ranganath G Kathawate, Panpan Chang, Jing Zhou, Ben E Biesterveld, Zhenyu Wu, Julia Dahl, Baoling Liu, Yongqing Li, Hasan B Alam
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 17, 4 (1) e000321; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000321
  • Open Access
    Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the Acute Care Surgery model: risk factors for complications
    Emily Fletcher, Erica Seabold, Karen Herzing, Ronald Markert, Alyssa Gans, Akpofure Peter Ekeh
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 13, 4 (1) e000312; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000312
  • Open Access
    Racial disparities and the acute management of severe blunt traumatic brain injury
    Rohit Sharma, Arianne Johnson, Jing Li, Zach DeBoard, Isabella Zikakis, Jonathan Grotts, Stephen Kaminski
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 05, 4 (1) e000358; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000358
  • Open Access
    Patient, hospital and regional characteristics associated with undertriage of injured children in California (2005–2015): a retrospective cohort study
    N. Ewen Wang, Christopher R. Newton, David A. Spain, Elizabeth Pirrotta, Monika Thomas-Uribe
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 30, 4 (1) e000317; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000317
  • Open Access
    Predictors of hospitalization and surgical intervention among patients with motorcycle injuries
    Cary Fletcher, Derrick Mcdowell, Camelia Thompson, Kenneth James
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 16, 4 (1) e000326; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000326
  • Open Access
    Use of extracorporeal membranous oxygenation in the management of refractory trauma-related severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: a national survey of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
    Lauren Raff, Jeffrey David Kerby, Donald Reiff, Jan Jansen, Eric Schinnerer, Gerald McGwin, Patrick Bosarge
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 12, 4 (1) e000341; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000341
  • Open Access
    Firearm assault in Philadelphia, 2005–2014: a comparison of police and trauma registry data
    Elinore Kaufman, Daniel N Holena, Wei P Yang, Christopher N Morrison, Sara F Jacoby, Mark Seamon, Carrie Sims, Douglas J Wiebe, Jessica H Beard
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 12, 4 (1) e000316; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000316
  • Open Access
    Development of an acute care surgery service in Rwanda
    Egide Abahuje, Isaie Sibomana, Elisee Rwagahirima, Christian Urimubabo, Robert Munyaneza, Jennifer Rickard
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 05, 4 (1) e000332; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000332
  • Open Access
    Learners’ perspectives on Stop the Bleed: a course to improve survival during mass casualty events
    Karen L Zhao, Madeline Herrenkohl, Maria Paulsen, Eileen M Bulger, Monica S Vavilala, Megan Moore, Tam N Pham
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 26, 4 (1) e000331; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000331
  • Open Access
    The e-merging e-pidemic of e-scooters
    Leslie M Kobayashi, Elliot Williams, Carlos V Brown, Brent J Emigh, Vishal Bansal, Jayraan Badiee, Kyle D Checchi, Edward M Castillo, Jay Doucet
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 29, 4 (1) e000337; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000337
  • Open Access
    Variation in the use of MRI for cervical spine clearance: an opportunity to simultaneously improve clinical care and decrease cost
    Alia Albaghdadi, Ira L. Leeds, Katherine L. Florecki, Joseph K. Canner, Eric B. Schneider, Joseph V. Sakran, Elliott R. Haut
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 12, 4 (1) e000336; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000336
  • Open Access
    Predictors of splenic artery embolization as an adjunct to non-operative management of stable blunt splenic injury: a multi-institutional study
    Kristin Salottolo, Matthew M Carrick, Robert M Madayag, James Yon, Allen Tanner, Charles W Mains, Andrew Topham, Mark Lieser, David Acuna, David Bar-Or
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 12, 4 (1) e000323; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000323
  • Open Access
    The impact of obesity on severity of solid organ injury in the adult population at a Level I trauma center
    Allen K Chen, David Jeffcoach, John C Stivers, Kyle A McCullough, Rachel C Dirks, Ryland J Boehnke, Lawrence Sue, Amy M Kwok, Mary M Wolfe, James W Davis
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 12, 4 (1) e000318; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000318
  • Open Access
    A predictive grading scale for acute cholecystitis
    Sammy Siada, David Jeffcoach, Rachel C Dirks, Mary M Wolfe, Amy M Kwok, Lawrence P Sue, James W Davis
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 11, 4 (1) e000324; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000324
  • Open Access
    Respect your elders: effects of ageing on intracranial pressure monitor use in traumatic brain injury
    Alexander J Schupper, Allison E Berndtson, Alan Smith, Laura Godat, Todd W Costantini
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 17, 4 (1) e000306; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000306
  • Open Access
    Successful implementation of an appendectomy process improvement protocol
    Matthew Bradley, Angela Kindvall, Judy Logan, Jeffrey Bailey, Eric Elster, Carlos Rodriguez
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 17, 4 (1) e000303; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000303
  • Open Access
    Rethinking our definition of operative success: predicting early mortality after emergency general surgery colon resection
    Michael P DeWane, Kimberly A Davis, Kevin M Schuster, Adrian A Maung, Robert D Becher
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 15, 4 (1) e000244; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000244
  • Open Access
    Improvement in geriatric trauma outcomes in an evolving trauma system
    Amund Hovengen Ringen, Iver Anders Gaski, Hege Rustad, Nils Oddvar Skaga, Christine Gaarder, Paal Aksel Naess
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 25, 4 (1) e000282; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000282
  • Open Access
    Early complementopathy predicts the outcomes of patients with trauma
    Yansong Li, Qingwei Zhao, Bin Liu, Alexander Dixon, Leopoldo Cancio, Michael Dubick, Jurandir Dalle Lucca
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 11, 4 (1) e000217; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000217
  • Open Access
    Clinical outcomes of intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures with third fragments: a retrospective analysis of risk factors for delayed union
    Kosuke Hamahashi, Yoshiyasu Uchiyama, Yuka Kobayashi, Goro Ebihara, Taku Ukai, Masahiko Watanabe
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 27, 4 (1) e000203; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000203
  • Open Access
    Objective model to facilitate designation of military–civilian partnership hospitals for sustainment of military trauma readiness
    Andrew Hall, Iram Qureshi, Stacy Shackelford, Jacob Glaser, Eileen M Bulger, Thomas Scalea, Jennifer Gurney
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 06, 4 (1) e000274; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000274
  • Open Access
    Helicopter versus ground ambulance: review of national database for outcomes in survival in transferred trauma patients in the USA
    David Michaels, Hannah Pham, Yana Puckett, Sharmila Dissanaike
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 06, 4 (1) e000211; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000211
  • Open Access
    Can trauma surgeons keep up? A prospective cohort study comparing outcomes between patients with traumatic brain injury cared for in a trauma versus neuroscience intensive care unit
    Derek J Roberts, Samuel D Leonard, Deborah M Stein, George W Williams, Charles E Wade, Bryan A Cotton
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 15, 4 (1) e000229; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000229
  • Open Access
    Nationwide cohort study of independent risk factors for acute respiratory distress syndrome after trauma
    Christopher J Tignanelli, Mark R Hemmila, Mary A M Rogers, Krishnan Raghavendran
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 15, 4 (1) e000249; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000249
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    Exhaustion of the immune system by Group A Streptococcus necrotizing fasciitis: the occurrence of late secondary infections in a retrospective study
    Femke Nawijn, Emma C E Wassenaar, Diederik P J Smeeing, Bart J M Vlaminckx, Jan Siert K Reinders, Jan Wille, Luke P H Leenen, Falco Hietbrink
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 06, 4 (1) e000272; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000272
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    National estimates of the use and outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after acute trauma
    Parker J Hu, Lauren Griswold, Lauren Raff, Rachel Rodriguez, Gerald McGwin, Jeffrey David Kerby, Patrick Bosarge
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 06, 4 (1) e000209; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000209
  • Open Access
    Extended resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA)-induced type 2 myocardial ischemia: a time-dependent penalty
    Philip J Wasicek, William A Teeter, Shiming Yang, Hector Banchs, Samuel M Galvagno, Peter Hu, William B Gamble, Melanie R Hoehn, Thomas M Scalea, Jonathan J Morrison
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 31, 4 (1) e000194; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000194
  • Open Access
    Effect of prehospital tourniquets on resuscitation in extremity arterial trauma
    Allison G McNickle, Douglas R Fraser, Paul J Chestovich, Deborah A Kuhls, John J Fildes
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 24, 4 (1) e000267; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000267
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    The focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) in hypotensive injured patients frequently fails to identify the need for laparotomy: a multi-institutional pragmatic study
    Susan E Rowell, Ronald R Barbosa, John B Holcomb, Erin E Fox, Cassie A Barton, Martin A Schreiber
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 24, 4 (1) e000207; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000207
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    Outcome in elderly patients with aortic stenosis undergoing hip fracture surgery. Results may suggest a different postoperative strategy?
    Carlo Rostagno, Claudia Ranalli, Gianluca Polidori, Alessandro Cartei, Alberto Boccaccini, Adriano Peris
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 12, 4 (1) e000218; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000218
  • Open Access
    Community Need Index (CNI): a simple tool to predict emergency department utilization after hospital discharge from the trauma service
    Dih-Dih Huang, Mahmoud Z Shehada, Kristina M Chapple, Nathaniel S Rubalcava, Jonathan L Dameworth, Pamela W Goslar, Sharjeel Israr, Scott R Petersen, Jordan A Weinberg
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 12, 4 (1) e000239; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000239

Plenary paper

  • Open Access
    Minimally invasive chest wall stabilization: a novel surgical approach to video-assisted rib plating (VARP)
    Jose J Diaz, Faris K Azar
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 18, 4 (1) e000366; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000366
  • Open Access
    Firearm violence in the USA: a frank discussion on an American public health crisis—The Kansas City Firearm Violence Symposium
    Robert D Winfield, Marie Crandall, Brian H Williams, Joseph Victor Sakran, Kathy Shorr, Tanya L Zakrison
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 10, 4 (1) e000359; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000359
  • Open Access
    Presumptive antibiotics in tube thoracostomy for traumatic hemopneumothorax: a prospective, Multicenter American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Study
    Alan Cook, Chengcheng Hu, Jeanette Ward, Susan Schultz, Forrest O'Dell Moore III, Geoffrey Funk, Jeremy Juern, David Turay, Salman Ahmad, Paola Pieri, Steven Allen, John Berne
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 04, 4 (1) e000356; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000356
  • Open Access
    Beta-adrenergic blockade for attenuation of catecholamine surge after traumatic brain injury: a randomized pilot trial
    Thomas J Schroeppel, John P Sharpe, Charles Patrick Shahan, Lesley P Clement, Louis J. Magnotti, Marilyn Lee, Michael Muhlbauer, Jordan A Weinberg, Elizabeth A Tolley, Martin A Croce, Timothy C Fabian
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 18, 4 (1) e000307; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000307
  • Open Access
    Trauma ICU Prevalence Project: the diversity of surgical critical care
    Christopher P Michetti, Samir M Fakhry, Karen Brasel, Niels D Martin, Erik J Teicher, Anna Newcomb
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 18, 4 (1) e000288; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000288

Review

  • Open Access
    Management of traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage by the trauma service: is repeat CT scanning and routine neurosurgical consultation necessary?
    Stephen W Cooper, Kimberly B Bethea, Trevor J Skrobut, Rod Gerardo, Karen Herzing, Juan Torres-Reveron, Akpofure Peter Ekeh
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 17, 4 (1) e000313; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000313
  • Open Access
    Step-up approach for the management of pancreatic necrosis: a review of the literature
    Melanie Kay Sion, Kimberly A Davis
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 19, 4 (1) e000308; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000308
  • Open Access
    Multi-Institutional Multidisciplinary Injury Mortality Investigation in the Civilian Pre-Hospital Environment (MIMIC): a methodology for reliably measuring prehospital time and distance to definitive care
    Nicolas W Medrano, Cynthia Lizette Villarreal, Michelle A Price, Ellen MacKenzie, Kurt B Nolte, Monica J Phillips, Ronald M Stewart, Brian J Eastridge
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 11, 4 (1) e000309; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000309
  • Open Access
    Use of posterior component separation and transversus abdominis release in trauma and emergency general surgery patients: a case report and review of the literature
    John J Como, Oliver L Gunter, Jose J Diaz, Vanessa P Ho, Preston R Miller
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 24, 4 (1) e000268; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000268

Systematic review

  • Open Access
    Extracorporeal life support in pediatric trauma: a systematic review
    Thaddeus Puzio, Patrick Murphy, Josh Gazzetta, Michael Phillips, Bryan A Cotton, Jennifer L Hartwell
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 13, 4 (1) e000362; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000362
  • Open Access
    Use of prophylactic antibiotic in preventing complications for blunt and penetrating chest trauma requiring chest drain insertion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Firas Ayoub, Michael Quirke, Daniel Frith
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 22, 4 (1) e000246; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000246

4th World Trauma Congress Article

  • Open Access
    Atypical profile of aortic injury associated with blunt trauma in the metropolitan area of Japan
    Shusuke Mori, Tomohiko Ai, Yasuhiro Otomo
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 12, 4 (1) e000342; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000342
  • Open Access
    Effects of a trauma center on early mortality after trauma in a regional city in Japan: a population-based study
    Yuji Takahashi, Shuntaro Sato, Kazunori Yamashita, Naoya Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Nozaki, Tomohito Hirao, Goro Tajima, Takamitsu Inokuma, Shuhei Yamano, Kensuke Takahashi, Takashi Miyamoto, Kenichiro Inoue, Makoto Osaki, Osamu Tasaki
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 02, 4 (1) e000291; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000291
  • Open Access
    The TEAM (Trauma Evaluation and Management) course: medical student knowledge gains and retention in the USA versus Ghana
    Allison E Berndtson, Martin Morna, Samuel Debrah, Raul Coimbra
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 01, 4 (1) e000287; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000287
  • Open Access
    Damage control or definitive repair? A retrospective review of abdominal trauma at a major trauma center in South Africa
    Ross Weale, Victor Kong, Johan Buitendag, Abraham Ras, Joanna Blodgett, Grant Laing, John Bruce, Wanda Bekker, Vassil Manchev, Damian Clarke
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 16, 4 (1) e000235; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000235
  • Open Access
    Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA): indications: advantages and challenges of implementation in traumatic non-compressible torso hemorrhage
    Omar Bekdache, Tiffany Paradis, Yu Bai He Shen, Aly Elbahrawy, Jeremy Grushka, Dan Deckelbaum, Kosar Khwaja, Paola Fata, Tarek Razek, Andrew Beckett
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 15, 4 (1) e000262; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000262
  • Open Access
    Trauma and acute care surgeons report prescribing less opioids over time
    Jamie E Anderson, Christine S. Cocanour, Joseph M Galante
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 27, 4 (1) e000255; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000255
  • Open Access
    PinPinKorori or NenNenKorori: the historical and socioeconomic background of geriatric trauma care in Japan
    Takashi Fujita
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 20, 4 (1) e000254; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000254
  • Open Access
    Rib fractures in the elderly: physiology trumps anatomy
    Nathan Schmoekel, Jon Berguson, Jerry Stassinopoulos, Efstathios Karamanos, Joe Patton, Jeffrey L Johnson
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 12, 4 (1) e000257; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000257
  • Open Access
    Chance to cut: defining a negative exploration rate in patients with suspected necrotizing soft tissue infection
    Erin C Howell, Jessica A Keeley, Amy H Kaji, Molly R Deane, Dennis Y Kim, Brant Putnam, Steven L Lee, Alexis L Woods, Angela L Neville
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 27, 4 (1) e000264; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000264
  • Open Access
    Emergency trauma laparotomy and/or thoracotomy in the emergency department: risks and benefits
    Kaori Ito, Kahoko Nakazawa, Tsuyoshi Nagao, Hiroto Chiba, Yasufumi Miyake, Tetsuya Sakamoto, Takashi Fujita
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 22, 4 (1) e000269; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000269
  • Open Access
    Causes and outcomes of traumatic brain injuries in Uganda: analysis from a pilot hospital registry
    Nukhba Zia, Amber Mehmood, Rukia H Namaganda, Hussein Ssenyonjo, Olive Kobusingye, Adnan A Hyder
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 22, 4 (1) e000259; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000259
  • Open Access
    World trauma education: hemorrhage control training for healthcare providers in India
    Lindsay Andrea Smith, Sarah Caughey, Susan Liu, Cassandra Villegas, Mohan Kilaru, Aakanksha Gupta, Robert J Winchell, Mayur Narayan
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 18, 4 (1) e000263; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000263
  • Open Access
    Physician-based on-scene airway management in severely injured patients and in-hospital consequences: is the misplaced intubation an underestimated danger in trauma management?
    Orkun Özkurtul, Manuel F Struck, Johannes Fakler, Michael Bernhard, Silja Seinen, Hermann Wrigge, Christoph Josten
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 08, 4 (1) e000271; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000271
  • Open Access
    Introduction and evaluation of the ACS BCon basic course in Zaragoza, Spain
    Carlos Yanez, Antonio Güemes, Ana Navarro, Jacqueline Vazquez, Alberto Moreno
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 12, 4 (1) e000227; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000227

Correction

  • Open Access
    Correction: Pro-con debate on regionalization of emergency general surgery: controversy or common sense?
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 02, 4 (1) e000319corr1; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000319corr1
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