Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open: 4 (1)

January 2019; volume 4, issue 1

Brief report

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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
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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
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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

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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
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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
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Dangerous parking deck
David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 28, 4 (1) e000327; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000327
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Alternate route
David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 20, 4 (1) e000299; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000299

Current opinion

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Translational research: turning research into advocacy
Tracey Dechert

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 29, 4 (1) e000416; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000416
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‘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
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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
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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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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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
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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
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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

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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
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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
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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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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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
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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
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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
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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

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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
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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

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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
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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

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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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