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Injury

Year: 2019
Articles in SafetyLit: 42

A profile of traumatic injury in the prehospital setting in India: a prospective observational study across seven states

Assault-injured youth in the emergency centres of Khayelitsha, South Africa: baseline characteristics & opportunities for intervention

Assessing outcome measures used after rib fracture: a COSMIN systematic review

Associations between home injury falls and prior hospitalizations in community dwelling older adults: a population case-crossover study

Changes in patellar fracture characteristics: a multicenter retrospective analysis of 1596 patellar fracture cases between 2003 and 2017

Comparing the outcomes of isolated, serious traumatic brain injury in older adults managed at major trauma centres and neurosurgical services: a registry-based cohort study

Concomitant hip and upper extremity fracture in elderly patients: Prevalence and clinical implications

Correlating injury severity scores and major trauma volume using a state-wide in-patient administrative dataset linked to trauma registry data--a retrospective analysis from New South Wales Australia

Cycling related major trauma in Ireland

Damage control orthopedics and decreased in-hospital mortality: a nationwide study

Developing a blueprint for a civilian-military collaborative program in trauma training for Northern European countries: a South African experience

Does arrival time affect outcomes among severely injured blunt trauma patients at a tertiary trauma centre?

Elevated blood alcohol impacts hospital morality following motorcycle injury: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis

Epidemiology of adult rib fracture and factors associated with surgical fixation: Analysis of a chest wall injury dataset from England and Wales

Eye injury registries - a systematic review

How much can we trust the literature?

Implicit racial or ethnic bias in trauma care

Injury patterns of mass casualty incidents involving high-speed passenger ferries presenting to accident and emergency departments in Hong Kong: a retrospective review

Jockey injuries during the Siena "Palio". A 72-year analysis of the oldest horse race in Italy

Over view of major traumatic injury in Australia--implications for trauma system design

Pain management in the orthopaedic trauma patient: non-opioid solutions

Pre-injury health status of major trauma patients with orthopaedic injuries

Predictors of psychological distress following major trauma

Prehospital prediction of severe injury in road traffic injuries: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Priorities for trauma quality improvement and registry use in Australia and New Zealand

Psychological factors and recovery from trauma

Pulseless electrical activity following traumatic cardiac arrest: sign of life or death?

Quality of life and post-traumatic stress symptoms in paediatric patients with tibial fractures during treatment with cast or Ilizarov frame

Regional healthcare costs and burden of injury associated with electric scooters

Role of free functioning muscle transfer in improving the functional outcomes following replantation of crush avulsion amputations of the forearm

The Malawi trauma score should not be recommended for prehospital or emergency department trauma triage

The Malawi trauma score: a model for predicting trauma-associated mortality in a resource-poor setting

The relationship between geographic location and outcomes following injury: a scoping review

The reliability of the ICD-AIS map in identifying serious road traffic injuries from the Helsinki Trauma Registry

The use of computed tomography imaging for abdominal seatbelt sign: a single-center, prospective evaluation

Timing and methods of frailty assessments in geriatric trauma patients: a systematic review

Timing of major fracture care in polytrauma patients - an update on principles, parameters and strategies for 2020

Trauma care before and after optimisation in a level I trauma centre: life-saving changes

Trends of clinical outcomes in patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Canada between 2006 and 2012

Twelve month mortality rates and independent living in people aged 65 years or older after isolated hip fracture: A prospective registry-based study

Use of a dual mobility cup to prevent hip early arthroplasty dislocation in patients at high falls risk

Variation in documented inhalation injury rates following burn injury in Australia and New Zealand