Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open: 6 (1)

July 2021; volume 6, issue 1

Editorial

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Why I am interested in acute care surgery as my career
Toba Bolaji

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 12, 6 (1) e000864; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000864
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A chance to cut is a chance to ease suffering
Sarah Cottrell-Cumber

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 12, 6 (1) e000853; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000853

Brief report

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Acute appendicitis severity during the early COVID-19 pandemic period
Thomas D Zaikos, Elizabeth M Boudiab, Emanuela C Peshel, Annie A Wu, Ethan Dyer, Elliott R Haut, Kevan J Salimian

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 26, 6 (1) e000809; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000809
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Predictors of first pass success without hypoxemia in trauma patients requiring emergent rapid sequence intubation
Jason Randall West, Brandon P O'Keefe, James T Russell

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 30, 6 (1) e000588; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000588
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Emergency general surgery utilization and disparities during COVID-19: an interrupted time-series analysis
Anya L Greenberg, Hope Schwartz, Caitlin R Collins, Yvonne M Kelly, Robert Mackersie, Michelle Mourad, John P Roberts, Tasce Bongiovanni

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 18, 6 (1) e000679; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000679
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Complication to consider: delayed traumatic hemothorax in older adults
Jeff Choi, Ananya Anand, Katherine D Sborov, William Walton, Lawrence Chow, Oscar Guillamondegui, Bradley M Dennis, David Spain, Kristan Staudenmayer

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 08, 6 (1) e000626; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000626
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Protective/reparative cytokines are suppressed at high injury severity in human trauma
Jinman Cai, Todd McKinley, Isabel Billiar, Mazen S Zenati, Greg Gaski, Yoram Vodovotz, Danielle S Gruen, Timothy R Billiar, Rami A Namas

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 02, 6 (1) e000619; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000619
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Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ability of level 1 trauma centers to meet American College of Surgeons research requirements
Robert M Madayag, Erica Sercy, Gina M Berg, Kaysie L Banton, Matthew Carrick, Mark Lieser, Allen Tanner, David Bar-Or

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 24, 6 (1) e000692; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000692
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Comparison of serratus anterior plane block with epidural and paravertebral block in critically ill trauma patients with multiple rib fractures
Paul I Bhalla, Stuart Solomon, Ray Zhang, Cordelie E Witt, Arman Dagal, Aaron M Joffe

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 08, 6 (1) e000621; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000621

Case of the month

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Management of a penetrating injury to the carotid artery
Sayuri P Jinadasa, David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 18, 6 (1) e000857; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000857
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Salvage of the injured upper extremity
David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 07, 6 (1) e000799; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000799
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Balloons are not just for children
David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 04, 6 (1) e000808; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000808
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Needs damage control
David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 03, 6 (1) e000757; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000757
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Arterial and venous injuries: the combined injury conundrum
David J Skarupa, Matthew P Kochuba, David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 13, 6 (1) e000746; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000746
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Endovascular stent-graft repair of transected left subclavian artery
Sayuri P Jinadasa, Michael R Hall, David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 05, 6 (1) e000696; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000696
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Beware the circular saw
David J Skarupa, David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 04, 6 (1) e000704; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000704
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Intrahepatic vascular trauma
Melike Harfouche, David V Feliciano

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 19, 6 (1) e000675; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000675

Challenges in trauma and acute care surgery

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Damage control open mediastinum in the management of penetrating cardiac injury
Peng Yu, Ashley Levine, Weidun Guo

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 12, 6 (1) e000812; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000812
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Incidental Meckel’s diverticulum at time of laparotomy for perforated diverticulitis
Erin M Sadler, Nada Gawad, Nori L Bradley

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 02, 6 (1) e000840; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000840
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Challenge in acute care surgery: sudden cardiac arrest in the surgical intensive care unit
Reynold Henry, Joelle Getrajdman, Benjamin Franklin, Mary Marx, Anilkumar Mehra, Kazuhide Matsushima

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 21, 6 (1) e000814; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000814
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Self-induced pneumatically powered nail removed from the mediastinum without opening the chest
Raisa Bushra, Mohamed Osman, Muhammad Rafiq, Luigia D'Errico, Kiran Salaunkey, Choo Ng

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open September 03, 6 (1) e000797; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000797
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Cardiac air emboli secondary to traumatic skull fractures: a rare, successful aspiration in the trauma bay
Abin Sajan, Hazim Hakmi, Adam Goldstein, Yesha Maniar, Amir H Sohail, D'Andrea Joseph, Patrizio Petrone, Ricardo Jacquez

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 20, 6 (1) e000787; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000787
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Pelvic crush injury requiring hemicorporectomy
Megan Lenihan, Carlo Bellabarba, Conor P Kleweno, Lisa McIntyre, Bryce Robinson, Samuel P Mandell

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 15, 6 (1) e000740; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000740
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Marginal ulcer with erosion into splenic artery in a patient with a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Jennifer Silvis, Leah Aakjar, Jane Keating, Nicholas Costanzo, Pallavi Nadendla, Daniel Ricaurte

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 30, 6 (1) e000784; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000784
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Actinomycotic splenic abscess: a report
Asma Qureshi, Matthew Kaminsky

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 19, 6 (1) e000756; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000756
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Challenges in acute care surgery: penetrating vertebral artery injury in ‘extremis’ patient
Juan Pablo Ramos Perkis, Francisco Goyenechea Miralles, Huascar Rodriguez Galvan, Julio Benítez Pérez, Pablo Ottolino

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 05, 6 (1) e000684; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000684
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Tricuspid bullet embolism: lessons learnt from a rare firearm sequelae
Yuqi Zhang, Marianna Papageorge, Whitney Brandt, Arnar Geirsson, Syed A Jamal Bokhari, Robert D Becher, Kimberly A Davis, Felix Lui

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 25, 6 (1) e000657; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000657
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Management of splenic platelet sequestration in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Lindsay Anne Sceats, Kelsey Lipman, David Spain

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 19, 6 (1) e000693; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000693

Current opinion

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Trauma-informed care: recognizing and resisting re-traumatization in health care
Samara Grossman, Zara Cooper, Heather Buxton, Sarah Hendrickson, Annie Lewis-O'Connor, Jane Stevens, Lye-Yeng Wong, Stephanie Bonne

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 20, 6 (1) e000815; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000815
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Lofty goals and strategic plans are not enough to achieve and maintain a diverse workforce: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee conversation
Karen Brasel, Cherisse Berry, Brian H Williams, Sharon M Henry, Jeffrey Upperman, Michaela A West

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 08, 6 (1) e000813; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000813
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Consensus-based Standards and Indicators to strengthen trauma center injury and violence prevention programs
Christy Adams, Deborah A Kuhls, Shelli Stephens-Stidham, Julie Alonso, Stewart Williams, Glen H Tinkoff

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 23, 6 (1) e000762; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000762
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Advancing trauma care through social media
Hannah Luu, Jane Keating, Lenwoth Jacobs, Jonathan Gates, Daniel Ricaurte

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 21, 6 (1) e000798; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000798
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Simplified treatment algorithm for the management of trauma-induced hemorrhage without viscoelastic testing
Sebastian Casu

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 16, 6 (1) e000779; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000779
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Divergence of military and civilian trauma research priorities
David Baer, Ross Donaldson, Todd McKinley, Robert Guldberg

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 15, 6 (1) e000765; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000765
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Penetrating deep pelvic injury due to “less-lethal” beanbag munitions: a case report and policy implications
Christopher S Schenck, Soum D Lokeshwar, Matthew D Riedel, Kimberly A Davis

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 10, 6 (1) e000754; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000754

Guidelines/Algorithms

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Penetrating gluteal injuries in North West London: a retrospective cohort study and initial management guideline
Gerard Hywel Owen McKnight, Seema Yalamanchili, Natalia Sanchez-Thompson, Nadia Guidozzi, Natasha Dunhill-Turner, Alex Holborow, Nicola Batrick, Shehan Hettiaratchy, Mansoor Khan, Elika Kashef, Chris Aylwin, Dan Frith

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 23, 6 (1) e000727; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000727
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Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in the trauma intensive care unit: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee Clinical Consensus Document
Joseph F Rappold, Forest R Sheppard, Samuel P Carmichael II, Joseph Cuschieri, Eric Ley, Erika Rangel, Anupamaa J Seshadri, Christopher P Michetti

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 24, 6 (1) e000643; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000643
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Determination of optimal deployment strategy for REBOA in patients with non-compressible hemorrhage below the diaphragm
Nicholas L Johnson, Charles E Wade, Erin E Fox, David E Meyer, Charles J Fox, Ernest E Moore, Jonathan Morrison, Thomas Scalea, Eileen M Bulger, Kenji Inaba, Bryan C Morse, Laura J Moore

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 23, 6 (1) e000660; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000660

Letter

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The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Essay Contest: Voices of the Future
Cherisse Berry

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 12, 6 (1) e000867; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000867

Original research

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Significance of initial hemoglobin levels in severe trauma patients without prehospital fluid administration: a single-center study in Japan
Yasuyuki Kawai, Hidetada Fukushima, Hideki Asai, Keisuke Takano, Akinori Okuda, Yusuke Tada, Naoki Maegawa, Francesco Bolstad

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 31, 6 (1) e000831; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000831
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Computed tomography angiography is associated with low added utility for detecting clinically relevant vascular injuries among patients with extremity trauma
Riley Brian, Daniel J Bennett, Woon Cho Kim, Deborah M Stein

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 20, 6 (1) e000828; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000828
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Clinical outcomes following major trauma for patients with a diagnosis of depression: a large UK database analysis
Jamie Large, David N Naumann, Jodie Fellows, Clare Connor, Zubair Ahmed

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 14, 6 (1) e000819; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000819
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Existence of knowledge silos in the adult blunt cerebrovascular injury literature
Zane Schnurman, Gustavo Chagoya, Jan O Jansen, Mark R Harrigan

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 08, 6 (1) e000741; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000741
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Predicting mortality and readmission based on chief complaint in emergency department patients: a cohort study
Søren Flink Sørensen, Stig Holm Ovesen, Marianne Lisby, Mia Hansen Mandau, Ida Katrine Thomsen, Hans Kirkegaard

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open December 03, 6 (1) e000604; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000604
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Exception from informed consent trials: social-media-based community consultation campaigns are representative of target communities
Paige Farley, Shannon W Stephens, Brandon Crowley, Sean P Collins, Monica D Wong, Ashley B Panas, Bradley M Dennis, Neal Richmond, Kenji Inaba, Karen N Brown, John B Holcomb, Jan O Jansen

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 29, 6 (1) e000830; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000830
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Development of a delirium predictive model for adult trauma patients in an emergency and critical care center: a retrospective study
Ayaka Matsuoka, Toru Miike, Mariko Miyazaki, Taku Goto, Akira Sasaki, Hirotaka Yamazaki, Moe Komaki, Masahiro Higuchi, Kosuke Mori, Kota Shinada, Kento Nakayama, Ryota Sakurai, Miho Asahi, Akiko Futami, Kunimasa Yoshitake, Shougo Narumi, Mayuko Koba, Hiroyuki Koami, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Toru Hirachi Murakawa, Akira Monji, Yuichirou Sakamoto

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 29, 6 (1) e000827; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000827
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Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? The implementation and outcomes of a whole blood program in Ecuador
Amber Himmler, Monica Eulalia Galarza Armijos, Jeovanni Reinoso Naranjo, Sandra Gioconda Peña Patiño, Doris Sarmiento Altamirano, Nube Flores Lazo, Raul Pino Andrade, Hernán Sacoto Aguilar, Lenin Fernández de Córdova, Cecibel Cevallos Augurto, Nakul Raykar, Juan Carlos Puyana, Juan Carlos Salamea

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 18, 6 (1) e000758; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000758
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Driving under the influence: a multi-center evaluation of vehicular crashes in the era of cannabis legalization
Johanna Marie Borst, Todd W Costantini, Lindsay Reilly, Alan M Smith, Robert Stabley, John Steele, Diane Wintz, Vishal Bansal, Walter L Biffl, Laura N Godat

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 11, 6 (1) e000736; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000736
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Cost-effectiveness of direct discharge from the emergency department of patients with simple stable injuries in the Netherlands
Thijs H Geerdink, Niek J Geerdink, Johanna M van Dongen, Robert Haverlag, J Carel Goslings, Ruben N van Veen

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 26, 6 (1) e000763; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000763
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Defining adverse events during trauma resuscitation: a modified RAND Delphi study
Brodie Nolan, Andrew Petrosoniak, Christopher M Hicks, Michael W Cripps, Ryan P Dumas

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 19, 6 (1) e000805; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000805
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Barriers and facilitators to answering clinical questions in the Americas: a cross-sectional study of surgical trauma care providers
Helen Elizabeth Noble, Felipe Vega Rivera, Lacey LaGrone

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 11, 6 (1) e000774; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000774
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Polymicrobial and monomicrobial necrotizing soft tissue infections: comparison of clinical, laboratory, radiological, and pathological hallmarks and prognosis. A retrospective analysis
Eviatar Naamany, Shachaf Shiber, Hadar Duskin-Bitan, Dafna Yahav, Jihad Bishara, Iftach Sagy, Nadav Granat, Michael Drescher

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 07, 6 (1) e000745; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000745
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Implementation of programming for survivors of violence-related trauma at a level 1 trauma center
Natasha M Simske, Trenton Rivera, Bryan O Ren, Alex Benedick, Megen Simpson, Mark Kalina, Sarah B Hendrickson, Heather A Vallier

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 07, 6 (1) e000739; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000739
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Optimizing orthopedic trauma care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. A closed-loop audit of implementing a virtual fracture clinic and fast-track pathway in a Dutch level 2 trauma center
Thijs H Geerdink, Dorien A Salentijn, Kristin A de Vries, Philou C W Noordman, Johanna M van Dongen, Robert Haverlag, J Carel Goslings, Ruben N van Veen

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 04, 6 (1) e000691; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000691
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Hearing hoofbeats? Think head and neck trauma: a 10-year NTDB analysis of equestrian-related trauma in the USA
Kevin Mutore, Jiyun Lim, Demba Fofana, Annelyn Torres-Reveron, Jeffrey J Skubic

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 14, 6 (1) e000728; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000728
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Emergent needle thoracostomy in prehospital trauma patients: a review of procedural execution through computed tomography scans
Michael M Neeki, Christina Cheung, Fanglong Dong, Nam Pham, Dylan Shafer, Arianna Neeki, Keeyon Hajjafar, Rodney Borger, Brandon Woodward, Louis Tran

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 27, 6 (1) e000752; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000752
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Improving length of stay on a trauma service
Walter L Biffl, Ning Lu, Peter R Schultz, Jiayan Wang, Matthew R Castelo, Kathryn B Schaffer

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 26, 6 (1) e000744; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000744
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Delays in emergency department intervention for patients with traumatic brain injury in Uganda
Amber Mehmood, Armaan Ahmed Rowther, Olive Kobusingye, Hussein Ssenyonjo, Nukhba Zia, Adnan A Hyder

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 26, 6 (1) e000674; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000674
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Urine drug screen positive for cocaine and amphetamine is not an adverse risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity or mortality in trauma
Sangeeta Satish, Carl Freeman, John Culhane

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 23, 6 (1) e000749; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000749
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When the balloon goes up, blood transfusion goes down: a pilot study of REBOA in placenta accreta spectrum disorders
Yevgeniya J M Ioffe, Sigrid Burruss, Ruofan Yao, Beverly Tse, Alicia Cryer, Kaushik Mukherjee, Linda J Hong

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 13, 6 (1) e000750; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000750
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What are the strongest indicators of intracerebral hemorrhage in mild traumatic brain injury?
Panu Teeratakulpisarn, Phati Angkasith, Thanakorn Wannakul, Parichat Tanmit, Supatcha Prasertcharoensuk, Chaiyut Thanapaisal, Narongchai Wongkonkitsin, Amnat Kitkhuandee, Wattana Sukeepaisarnjaroen, Warinthorn Phuttharak, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 04, 6 (1) e000717; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000717
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Trauma center funding: time for an update
Heather M Grossman Verner, Brian A Figueroa, Marcos Salgado Crespo, Manuel Lorenzo, Joseph D Amos

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 04, 6 (1) e000596; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000596
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Damage control laparotomy in trauma: a pilot randomized controlled trial. The DCL trial
John A Harvin, Sasha D Adams, Shah-Jahan M Dodwad, Kayla D Isbell, Claudia Pedroza, Charles Green, Jon E Tyson, Ethan A Taub, David E Meyer, Laura J Moore, Rondel Albarado, Michelle K McNutt, Lillian S Kao, Charles E Wade, John B Holcomb

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 29, 6 (1) e000777; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000777
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Postoperative mortality in hip fracture patients stratified by the Revised Cardiac Risk Index: a Swedish nationwide retrospective cohort study
Maximilian Peter Forssten, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Tomas Borg, Rebecka Ahl, Per Wretenberg, Yang Cao, Carol J Peden, Shahin Mohseni

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 26, 6 (1) e000778; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000778
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Factors associated with receipt of intracranial pressure monitoring in older adults with traumatic brain injury
Mira Ghneim, Jennifer Albrecht, Karen Brasel, Ariel Knight, Anna Liveris, Jill Watras, Christopher P Michetti, James Haan, Kelly Lightwine, Robert D Winfield, Sasha D Adams, Jeanette Podbielski, Scott Armen, J Christopher Zacko, Fady S Nasrallah, Kathryn B Schaffer, Julie A Dunn, Brittany Smoot, Thomas J Schroeppel, Zachery Stillman, Zara Cooper, Deborah M Stein

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 23, 6 (1) e000733; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000733
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Postoperative complications of endovascular blunt thoracic aortic injury repair
Hossam Abdou, Noha N Elansary, Louisa Darko, Joseph J DuBose, Thomas M Scalea, Jonathan J Morrison, Rishi Kundi

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 15, 6 (1) e000678; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000678
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Disaster preparedness should represent an augmentation of the everyday trauma system, but are we prepared?
Jørgen Joakim Jørgensen, Peter Wiel Monrad-Hansen, Christine Gaarder, Paal Aksel Næss

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 07, 6 (1) e000760; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000760
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Mortality in hypotensive trauma patients requiring laparotomy is related to degree of hypotension and provides evidence for focused interventions
James W Davis, Rachel C Dirks, David R Jeffcoach, Krista L Kaups, Lawrence P Sue, Jordan T Lilienstein, Mary M Wolfe, Amy M Kwok

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 17, 6 (1) e000723; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000723
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Is it a matter of time? The effect of transfer time on femur fracture outcomes
Leah E Larson, Melissa L Harry, Paul K Kosmatka, Kristin P Colling

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 17, 6 (1) e000701; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000701
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Establishment of a novel triage system for SARS-CoV-2 among trauma victims in trauma centers with limited facilities
Hossein Abdolrahimzadeh Fard, Roham Borazjani, Golnar Sabetian, Zahra Shayan, Shahram Boland Parvaz, Hamid Reza Abbassi, Shiva Aminnia, Maryam Salimi, Shahram Paydar, Ali Taheri Akerdi, Masome Zare, Leila Shayan, Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 16, 6 (1) e000726; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000726
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Current management of malignant bowel obstructions: a survey of acute care surgeons and surgical oncologists
Josh Bleicher, Laura A Lambert, Courtney L Scaife, Alexander Colonna

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 16, 6 (1) e000755; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000755
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Retrospective study on rib fractures: smoking and alcohol matter for mortality and complications
AlleaBelle Gongola, Jace C Bradshaw, Jing Jin, Hanna K Jensen, Avi Bhavaraju, Joseph Margolick, Kevin W Sexton, Ronald Robertson, Kyle J Kalkwarf

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 15, 6 (1) e000732; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000732
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Six-year national study of damage control laparotomy and the effect of repeat re-exploration on rate of infectious complications
Krislyn Foster, James Yon, Casey E Pelzl, Kristin Salottolo, Caleb Mentzer, Glenda Quan, Emmett E McGuire, Burt Katubig, David Bar-Or

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 15, 6 (1) e000706; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000706
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Pattern of trauma admission and outcome among patients presented to Jimma University Specialized Hospital, south-western Ethiopia
Badhaasaa Beyene Bayissa, Seifu Alemu

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 03, 6 (1) e000609; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000609
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Narrowing antibiotic spectrum of activity for trauma-associated pneumonia through the use of a disease-specific antibiogram
Michelle H Ting, John J Radosevich, Jordan A Weinberg, Michael D Nailor

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 03, 6 (1) e000602; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000602
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Importance of duration of acute kidney injury after severe trauma: a cohort study
Gabrielle E Hatton, John A Harvin, Charles E Wade, Lillian S Kao

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 27, 6 (1) e000689; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000689
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Mismatch between midline shift and hematoma thickness as a prognostic factor of mortality in patients sustaining acute subdural hematoma
Matheus Rodrigues de Souza, Caroline Ferreira Fagundes, Davi Jorge Fontoura Solla, Gustavo Carlos Lucena da Silva, Rafaela Borin Barreto, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Robson Luis Oliveira de Amorim, Angelos G Kolias, Daniel Godoy, Wellingson Silva Paiva

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 21, 6 (1) e000707; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000707
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Empiric antifungals do not decrease the risk for organ space infection in patients with perforated peptic ulcer
Galinos Barmparas, Adel Alhaj Saleh, Raymond Huang, Barbara C Eaton, Brandon R Bruns, Alexander Raines, Cressilee Bryant, Christopher E Crane, Elizabeth P Scherer, Thomas J Schroeppel, Eliza Moskowitz, Justin L Regner, Richard Frazee, Eric M Campion, Matthew Bartley, Jared R Mortus, Jeremy Ward, Daniel R Margulies, Sharmila Dissanaike

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 19, 6 (1) e000662; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000662
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Characterizing the delays in adequate thromboprophylaxis after TBI
Navpreet K Dhillon, Yassar M Hashim, Naomi Berezin, Felix Yong, Geena Conde, Russell Mason, Eric J Ley

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 10, 6 (1) e000686; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000686
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Trauma resource pit stop: increasing efficiency in the evaluation of lower severity trauma patients
Imad S Dandan, Gail T Tominaga, Frank Z Zhao, Kathryn B Schaffer, Fady S Nasrallah, Melanie Gawlik, Dunya Bayat, Tala H Dandan, Walter L Biffl

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 28, 6 (1) e000670; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000670
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Older trauma patients are at high risk of delirium, especially those with underlying dementia or baseline frailty
Danielle Ní Chróinín, Nevenka Francis, Pearl Wong, Yewon David Kim, Susan Nham, Scott D'Amours

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 27, 6 (1) e000639; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000639
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Use of continuous intercostal nerve blockade is associated with improved outcomes in patients with multiple rib fractures
Rindi Uhlich, Jeffrey David Kerby, Patrick Bosarge, Parker Hu

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 26, 6 (1) e000600; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000600
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Outcomes of major trauma among patients with chronic kidney disease and receiving dialysis in Nova Scotia: a retrospective analysis
Ryan Pratt, Mete Erdogan, Robert Green, David Clark, Amanda Vinson, Karthik Tennankore

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 13, 6 (1) e000672; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000672
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Characteristics of self-inflicted injury among suicidal patients: analysis of nation-wide trauma registry
Takeshi Nishimura, Hiromichi Naito, Atsunori Nakao, Shinichi Nakayama

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 07, 6 (1) e000694; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000694
Open Access
Quantification of von Willebrand factor and ADAMTS-13 after traumatic injury: a pilot study
Taleen A MacArthur, Julie Goswami, Laurie Moon Tasson, Alexander Tischer, Kent R Bailey, Grant M Spears, Jing-Fei Dong, Matthew Auton, Rosemary Kozar, Myung S Park

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 05, 6 (1) e000703; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000703
Open Access
Multicenter study of US trauma centers examining the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on injury causes, diagnoses and procedures
Kristin Salottolo, Rachel Caiafa, Jalina Mueller, Allen Tanner, Matthew M Carrick, Mark Lieser, Gina Berg, David Bar-Or

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 02, 6 (1) e000655; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000655
Open Access
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health insurance coverage among trauma patients: a study of six level I trauma centers
Erica Sercy, Therese M Duane, Mark Lieser, Robert M Madayag, Gina Berg, Kaysie L Banton, David Hamilton, David Bar-Or

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 02, 6 (1) e000640; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000640
Open Access
Assessment of post-trauma complications in eight million trauma cases over a decade in the USA
Rasmus Kirial Jakobsen, Alexander Bonde, Martin Sillesen

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 26, 6 (1) e000667; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000667
Open Access
Brain proteomic changes by histone deacetylase inhibition after traumatic brain injury
Luke Pumiglia, Aaron M Williams, Michael T Kemp, Glenn K Wakam, Hasan B Alam, Ben E Biesterveld

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 24, 6 (1) e000682; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000682
Open Access
Post-traumatic stress disorder can be predicted in hospitalized blunt trauma patients using a simple screening tool
Saad Rahmat, Jessica Velez, Muhammad Farooqi, Abbas Smiley, Kartik Prabhakaran, Peter Rhee, Rhea Dornbush, Stephen Ferrando, Yvette Smolin

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 23, 6 (1) e000623; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000623
Open Access
Venous ligation versus venous repair: does the procedure impact venous thromboembolism risk?
Michael Steven Farrell, M Margaret Knudson, Deborah M Stein

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 18, 6 (1) e000687; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000687
Open Access
Validation of intraosseous delivery of valproic acid in a swine model of polytrauma
Ben E Biesterveld, Rachel O’Connell, Michael T Kemp, Glenn K Wakam, Aaron M Williams, Manjunath P Pai, Hasan B Alam

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 17, 6 (1) e000683; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000683
Open Access
Impact of acute care surgery model in aspects of patients with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: result from a single tertiary care center in Thailand
Sirasit Laohathai, Jittima Jaroensuk, Sira Laohathai, Wasin Laohavinij

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 04, 6 (1) e000570; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000570
Open Access
Incidence and risk factors of delirium in surgical intensive care unit
Muhammad Asghar Ali, Madiha Hashmi, Waqas Ahmed, Syed Amir Raza, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Bushra Salim

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open March 03, 6 (1) e000564; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000564
Open Access
Balloons up: shorter time to angioembolization is associated with reduced mortality in patients with shock and complex pelvic fractures (original study)
Kathleen M O'Connell, Sarah Kolnik, Khalida Arif, Qian Qiu, Sean Jones, Christopher Ingraham, Frederick Rivara, Monica S Vavilala, Ronald Maier, Eileen M Bulger

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 22, 6 (1) e000663; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000663
Open Access
Delay in ICU transfer is protective against ICU readmission in trauma patients: a naturally controlled experiment
Stephen E Ranney, Stas Amato, Peter Callas, Lloyd Patashnick, Tim H Lee, Gary C An, Ajai K Malhotra

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 17, 6 (1) e000695; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000695
Open Access
COVID-19 and trauma: how social distancing orders altered the patient population using trauma services during the 2020 pandemic
Casey E Pelzl, Kristin Salottolo, Kaysie Banton, Robert M Madayag, David Hamilton, Therese M Duane, Matthew Carrick, Mark Lieser, Gina Berg, David Bar-Or

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 17, 6 (1) e000645; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000645
Open Access
Risk of in-hospital mortality in severe acute kidney injury after traumatic injuries: a national trauma quality program study
Nasim Ahmed, Roy O Mathew, Yenhong Kuo, Arif Asif

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 16, 6 (1) e000635; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000635
Open Access
Age of thawed plasma does not affect clinical outcomes or biomarker expression in patients receiving prehospital thawed plasma: a PAMPer secondary analysis
Katherine M Reitz, Danielle S Gruen, Frances Guyette, Joshua B Brown, Mark H Yazer, Yoram Vodovotz, Pär I Johanssen, Jakob Stensballe, Brian Daley, Richard S Miller, Brian G Harbrecht, Jeffrey Claridge, Herb A Phelan, Matthew D Neal, Brian S Zuckerbraun, Jason L Sperry

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 11, 6 (1) e000648; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000648
Open Access
Decreased adult trauma admission volumes and changing injury patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic at 85 trauma centers in a multistate healthcare system
Gina M Berg, Ransom J Wyse, Jennifer L Morse, John Chipko, Jeneva M Garland, Andrea Slivinski, Mark Lieser, Saptarshi Biswas, Matthew M Carrick, Heather Rhodes, David Acuna, Dorraine D Watts, Nina Y Wilson, Yan Shen, Shenequa Deas, Samir M Fakhry

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 11, 6 (1) e000642; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000642
Open Access
Incorporating age improves the Glasgow Coma Scale score for predicting mortality from traumatic brain injury
Kristin Salottolo, Ripul Panchal, Robert M Madayag, Laxmi Dhakal, William Rosenberg, Kaysie L Banton, David Hamilton, David Bar-Or

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 11, 6 (1) e000641; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000641
Open Access
Cardiac arrest after severe traumatic brain injury can be survivable with good outcomes
Zirun Zhao, Justine J Liang, Zhe Wang, Nathan J Winans, Matthew Morris, Stephen Doyle, Adam Fry, Susan M Fiore, Sima Mofakham, Charles B Mikell

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 11, 6 (1) e000638; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000638
Open Access
Development of a large animal model of lethal polytrauma and intra-abdominal sepsis with bacteremia
Rachel L O'Connell, Glenn K Wakam, Ali Siddiqui, Aaron M Williams, Nathan Graham, Michael T Kemp, Kiril Chtraklin, Umar F Bhatti, Alizeh Shamshad, Yongqing Li, Hasan B Alam, Ben E Biesterveld

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open February 01, 6 (1) e000636; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000636
Open Access
Leveraging a health information exchange to examine the accuracy of self-report emergency department utilization data among hospitalized injury survivors
Lauren K Whiteside, Marie C Vrablik, Joan Russo, Eileen M Bulger, Deepika Nehra, Kathleen Moloney, Douglas F Zatzick

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 28, 6 (1) e000550; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000550
Open Access
Financial impact of electric scooters: a review of injuries over 27 months at an urban level 1 trauma center (cost of e-scooter injuries at an urban level 1 trauma center)
Ophelie Lavoie-Gagne, Matthew Siow, William E Harkin, Alec R Flores, Carey S Politzer, Brendon C Mitchell, Paul J Girard, Alexandra K Schwartz, William T Kent

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 22, 6 (1) e000634; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000634
Open Access
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on injury prevalence and pattern in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Region: a multicenter study by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Washington, DC
Marc Chodos, Babak Sarani, Andrew Sparks, Brandon Bruns, Shailvi Gupta, Christopher P Michetti, Joshua Crane, Erin Hall, Christine T Trankiem, Chadi Abouassaly, Elliott R Haut, Eric Etchill, Mark L Kovler, Mallory Williams, Ahmad Zeineddin, Jordan Estroff

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 19, 6 (1) e000659; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000659
Open Access
Early ventilator liberation and decreased sedation needs after tracheostomy in patients with COVID-19 infection
Heather Carmichael, Franklin L Wright, Robert C McIntyre, Thomas Vogler, Shane Urban, Sarah E Jolley, Ellen L Burnham, Whitney Firth, Catherine G Velopulos, Juan Pablo Idrovo

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 19, 6 (1) e000591; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000591
Open Access
Size matters: first-in-human study of a novel 4 French REBOA device
Adam Power, Asha Parekh, Oonagh Scallan, Shane Smith, Teresa Novick, Neil Parry, Laura Moore

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 08, 6 (1) e000617; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000617

Plenary paper

Open Access
Chronic critical illness after hypothermia in trauma patients
David Miranda, Rebecca Maine, Mackenzie Cook, Scott Brakenridge, Lyle Moldawer, Saman Arbabi, Grant O'Keefe, Bryce Robinson, Eileen M Bulger, Ronald Maier, Joseph Cuschieri

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 29, 6 (1) e000747; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000747
Open Access
Quantitative analysis of intermuscular septa in the leg: implications for trauma surgery
Lorreen Agandi, Kristina Fuller, Kristin Sonderman, Samuel Tisherman, Adam C Puche

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 21, 6 (1) e000721; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000721
Open Access
Making your geriatric and palliative programs a strength: TQIP guideline implementation and the VRC perspective
Vanessa P Ho, Sasha D Adams, Kathleen M O'Connell, Christine S Cocanour, Saman Arbabi, Elisabeth B Powelson, Zara Cooper, Deborah M Stein

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open July 15, 6 (1) e000677; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000677

Review

Open Access
Management of non-compressible torso hemorrhage of the abdomen in civilian and military austere/remote environments: protocol for a scoping review
Donald Adams, Paige L McDonald, Elaine Sullo, Alexander B Merkle, Timothy Nunez, Babak Sarani, Stacy A Shackelford, Mark W Bowyer, Philip van der Wees

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 19, 6 (1) e000811; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000811
Open Access
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Prevention Committee review: Family Justice Centers—a not-so-novel, but unknown gem
Thomas K Duncan, Ronald Stewart, Kimberly Joseph, Deborah A Kuhls, Tracey Dechert, Sharven Taghavi, Stephanie Bonne, Kazuhide Matsushima

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 07, 6 (1) e000725; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000725
Open Access
Prehospital resuscitation
Alexandra M P Brito, Martin Schreiber

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 10, 6 (1) e000729; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000729
Open Access
Neuroimaging and advanced research techniques may lead to improved outcomes in military members suffering from traumatic brain injury
Ron B Moyron, Paul A Vallejos, Ryan N Fuller, Natasha Dean, Nathan R Wall

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open January 07, 6 (1) e000608; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000608

Systematic review

Open Access
Neurological outcomes after traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest: a systematic review
Daniel Shi, Christie McLaren, Chris Evans

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 05, 6 (1) e000817; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000817
Open Access
Neuropathic agents in the management of pruritus in burn injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Christopher McGovern, Tara Quasim, Kathryn Puxty, Martin Shaw, Wijnand Ng, Charlotte Gilhooly, Nikolaos Arkoulis, Michael Basler, Alan Macfarlane, Lia Paton

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 25, 6 (1) e000810; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000810
Open Access
Evaluating the Tactical Combat Casualty Care principles in civilian and military settings: systematic review, knowledge gap analysis and recommendations for future research
Rachel Strauss, Isabella Menchetti, Laure Perrier, Erik Blondal, Henry Peng, Wendy Sullivan-Kwantes, Homer Tien, Avery Nathens, Andrew Beckett, Jeannie Callum, Luis Teodoro da Luz

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open October 19, 6 (1) e000773; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000773
Open Access
Efficacy of intercostal cryoneurolysis as an analgesic adjunct for chest wall pain after surgery or trauma: systematic review
Peter I Cha, Jung Gi Min, Advait Patil, Jeff Choi, Nishita N Kothary, Joseph D Forrester

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open May 18, 6 (1) e000690; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000690
Open Access
Treatment of asymptomatic blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI): a systematic review
Patrick B Murphy, Sarah Severance, Emma Holler, Laura Menard, Stephanie Savage, Ben L Zarzaur

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 26, 6 (1) e000668; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000668

World Trauma Congress article

Open Access
Comparing trauma mortality of injured patients in India and the USA: a risk-adjusted analysis
Stas Amato, Levi Bonnell, Monali Mohan, Nobhojit Roy, Ajai Malhotra

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open November 18, 6 (1) e000719; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000719
Open Access
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy after trauma: a prospective, randomized controlled trial
Vijayan Purushothaman, Pratyusha Priyadarshini, Dinesh Bagaria, Mohit Joshi, Narendra Choudhary, Abhinav Kumar, Subodh Kumar, Amit Gupta, Biplab Mishra, Purva Mathur, Sushma Sagar

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open August 27, 6 (1) e000698; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000698
Open Access
Hypercoagulability in pregnant trauma patients
Lisa J Toelle, Gabrielle E Hatton, Jerrie S Refuerzo, Charles E Wade, Bryan A Cotton, Lillian S Kao

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open June 23, 6 (1) e000714; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000714
Open Access
The effect of perturbations of the glycocalyx on microvascular perfusion in the obese trauma population: an in vitro study
Lawrence N Diebel, Alexander Liviu Marinica, David Edelman, David Liberati

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 26, 6 (1) e000711; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000711
Open Access
Direct discharge from the emergency department of simple stable injuries: a propensity score-adjusted non-inferiority trial
Thijs H Geerdink, Simone Augustinus, Jasper J Groen, Johanna M van Dongen, Robert Haverlag, Ruben N van Veen, J Carel Goslings

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 14, 6 (1) e000709; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000709
Open Access
Prehospital shock index outperforms hypotension alone in predicting significant injury in trauma patients
Tareq Kheirbek, Thomas J Martin, Jessica Cao, Benjamin M Hall, Stephanie Lueckel, Charles A Adams

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 13, 6 (1) e000712; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000712
Open Access
Youth, poverty, and interpersonal violence: a recipe for PTSD
Emily K Lenart, Tiffany K Bee, Catherine P Seger, Richard H Lewis, Jr, Dina M Filiberto, Dih-Dih Huang, Peter E Fischer, Martin A Croce, Timothy C Fabian, Louis J Magnotti

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 13, 6 (1) e000710; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000710
Open Access
Practical computer vision application to detect hip fractures on pelvic X-rays: a bi-institutional study
Jeff Choi, James Z Hui, David Spain, Yi-Siang Su, Chi-Tung Cheng, Chien-Hung Liao

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open April 07, 6 (1) e000705; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000705

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