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Injury

Year: 2020
Articles in SafetyLit: 92

20-year mortality after discharge in a cohort of 1,099 former trauma inpatients with and without substance use disorders

A comparative epidemiologic study of fractures among people in rural and urban areas

A contemporary prospective review of 205 consecutive patients with penetrating colon injuries

A decade in the battlefield (2004-2014): a French military perspective on the high mortality associated with non-exclusively orthopedic or brain combat injuries

A longitudinal study of health related quality of life and functioning in severely injured Dutch service members

A national analysis of pediatric falls from a building

A systematic review of the "logsplitter" injury: how much do we know?

Accuracy of early warning scores for predicting serious adverse events in pre-hospital traumatic injury

Adoption of direct discharge of simple stable injuries amongst (orthopaedic) trauma surgeons

Analysis of pediatric maxillofacial trauma in North China: epidemiology, pattern, and management

Association between sarcopenia and fall characteristics in older adults with fragility hip fracture

Association of abductor hip muscle atrophy with fall-related proximal femur fractures in the elderly

Bear attack pattern and behavior in the Himalayan region: a study from a tertiary care center

Cardiac complications and failure to rescue after injury in a mature state trauma system: towards identifying opportunities for improvement

Cause, treatment costs and 12-month functional outcomes of children with major injury in NSW, Australia

Challenges to trauma care delivery for Australian and New Zealand trauma clinicians

Characteristics of injuries among infants who fall from bed

Contributions of the Hungarian Trauma Society (Magyar Traumatológus Társaság - MTT) in the evolution of trauma care in Hungary

Corrigendum to ''Impact of the Primary Trauma Care course in the Kongo Central province of the Democratic Republic of Congo over two years'' [Injury 51/2 (2020) 235-242]

Design and implementation of a hospital-based trauma surveillance registry in a resource-poor setting: a cost analysis study

Development of the Italian fractures registry (RIFra): a call for action to improve quality and safety

Do patients know their post-operative plan? A prospective cohort study of orthopaedic trauma patients at a level I trauma center

Drowning injuries in the United States: patient characteristics, mortality risk, and associated primary diagnoses

Epidemiological pattern of pediatric trauma in COVID-19 outbreak: data from a tertiary trauma center in Iran

Epidemiology and risk factors of coccyx fracture: a study using national claim database in South Korea

Epidemiology of geriatric trauma patients in Norway: a nationwide analysis of Norwegian Trauma Registry data, 2015-2018. A retrospective cohort study

Evaluation of a lay first responder program in Sierra Leone as a scalable model for prehospital trauma care

Factors behind the prepositioning of relief items in Iran: a qualitative study

Falls from height due to accident and suicide attempt in Greece. a comparison of the injury patterns

Functional status, pain and return to work of injured motorcyclists involved in a motorcycle crash over one-year post-injury in Vietnam

Gunshot injuries to the lower extremities: issues, controversies and algorithm of management

Health and return to work in the first two years following road traffic injury: a comparison of outcomes between compensation claimants in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia

Health related quality of life and mortality 10 years after a femoral neck fracture in patients younger than 70 years

Hip fractures in the winter - using the National Hip Fracture Database to examine seasonal variation in incidence and mortality

How COVID-19 has affected emergent visits to a Latin-American trauma department: experience at a Peruvian national trauma referral center

How soon can we identify at-risk patients: examining initial depressive symptomology and opioid use in musculoskeletal trauma survivors?

Identification of adverse events in pediatric severe traumatic brain injury patients to target evidence-based prevention for increased performance improvement and patient safety

Identifying a clinical decision tool to predict discharge disposition following operative treatment of hip fractures in the United States

Identifying the priority challenges in trauma care delivery for Australian and New Zealand trauma clinicians

Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the epidemiology of orthopedics trauma in a region of central italy

In adult patients with severe traumatic brain injury, does the use of norepinephrine for augmenting cerebral perfusion pressure improve neurological outcome? A systematic review

Incidence of intracranial bleeding in seniors presenting to the emergency department after a fall: a systematic review

Increased morbidity and mortality in elderly patients with lower extremity trauma and associated injuries: a review of 420,066 patients from the National Trauma Database

Influence of cognitive impairment on mortality, complications and functional outcome after hip fracture: dementia as a risk factor for sepsis and urinary infection

Injuries associated with the use of ejection seats: a systematic review, meta-analysis and the experience of the Israeli Air Force, 1990-2019

Inter- and intra-observer reliability of the new AO/OTA classification of proximal femur fractures

Internal validation of models for predicting paediatric survival and trends in serious paediatric hospitalised injury in Australia

Letter to editor regarding "Injuries associated with the use of ejection seats: a systematic review, meta-analysis and the experience of the Israeli Air Force, 1990-2019″

Major blunt trauma causes increased mortality up to 12 years: long-term survival in 3 557 patients compared to 35 502 control persons

Management of upper extremity war injuries in the subacute period: a review of 62 cases

Missed hand and forearm injuries in multiple trauma patients: an analysis from the TraumaRegister DGU®

Mob justice in South Africa: a comparison of blunt trauma secondary to community and non-community assaults

Mortality and morbidity of stairlift injuries: analysis of the UK TARN database

Nationwide use of REBOA in adolescent trauma patients: an analysis of the AAST AORTA registry

Neck injuries - Israel Defense Forces 20 years' experience

Non-occupational falls from ladders in men 50 years and over: contributing factors and impact

Ocular injuries incurred by Israeli defense forces during low-intensity conflicts

Ocular trauma associated with falls in older people: a 10-year review from a state trauma service

Open tendoachilles injuries due to squatting type of toilet seats: five-year prospective observational study from a tertiary care center in India

Paediatric traffic accidents - current epidemiological trends at a Finnish university hospital

Performance and outcome evaluation of emergency resuscitative thoracotomy in a Norwegian trauma centre: a population-based consecutive series with survival benefits

Predicting in-hospital mortality after traumatic brain injury: external validation of CRASH-basic and IMPACT-core in the national trauma data bank

Prediction of severe chest injury using natural language processing from the electronic health record

Predictors of severe or multiple subsequent injuries over 24 months among an already-injured cohort in New Zealand

Preferences for emergency medical service transport after childhood injury: an emergency department-based multi-methods study

Prehospital care and transport costs of severely injured children in NSW Australia

Prevalence and correlates of single and multiple unintentional non-fatal injuries among school-going adolescents in Liberia

Prevention of symptomatic neuroma in traumatic digital amputation: a RAND/UCLA appropriateness method consensus study

Prolonged use of spinal precautions is associated with increased morbidity in the trauma patient

Recent trends (2010-2018) in traumatic brain injury in Greece: results on 2042 patients

Safety concept of fire related injuries in inhabitants of residential buildings in Iran: a qualitative study

Saw-related injuries of the lower extremity

Severe traffic injuries in the Helsinki Trauma Registry between 2009-2018

Study on coagulation profiles and platelet function in trauma-induced coagulopathy caused by three types of injury

The burden of trauma in Tanzania: analysis of prospective trauma registry data at regional hospitals in Tanzania

The cost to perform splenic artery embolisation following blunt trauma: analysis from a Level 1 Australian trauma centre

The Dutch nationwide trauma registry: the value of capturing all acute trauma admissions

The effect of body mass index on outcomes following severe blunt chest trauma

The effect of preinjury anticoagulation on mortality in trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The epidemiology of paediatric off-road motorcycle trauma attended by emergency medical services in Victoria, Australia

The impact of frailty in major trauma in older patients

The impact of historical racism on modern gun violence: redlining in the city of Louisville, KY

The influence of a statewide "Stay-at-Home" order on trauma volume and patterns at a level 1 trauma center in the united states

The National Hip Fracture Database is only as good as the data we feed it - significant inaccuracy demonstrated and how to improve it

The risk of concomitant injuries of the contralateral side in valgus injured knee by lateral bumper impact - "Windswept injury mechanism"

Trauma in adults experiencing homelessness

Trauma on farms in the Republic of Ireland

Trends in occupational-related open globe injury presenting to a tertiary referral centre of Northern Thailand

Tudor military surgery and the management of Sir Martin Frobisher's gunshot wound: comparison with current treatment

Validating injury-related diagnoses by physicians: an analysis of 62,269 hospitalizations from a large hospital in Changsha, China

What can trauma patients' experiences and perspectives tell us about the perceived quality of trauma care? A qualitative study set within the UK National Health Service

Wrist and hand postures when falling and description of the upper limb falling reflex