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American surgeon

Year: 2023
Articles in SafetyLit: 71

A rare self-inflicted stabbing to the neck injuring the distal trachea and proximal esophagus

A statewide analysis of predictors of trauma center transfer: the burden of non-clinical factors

Adolescent trauma patients with isolated head trauma and Glasgow coma scale 6-8: routine intubation?

An analysis of outcomes after trauma in obstetric patients

An ounce of prevention is the only cure: nationwide clinical and financial outcomes of self-inflicted firearm injuries

Assessing the need for transfer to a trauma center for isolated craniofacial injury in a rural state

Blunt cerebrovascular injury in pediatric hanging victims

Burn injuries from TikTok challenges: a brief report

Changes in pediatric non-accidental trauma emergency department visits during and following the COVID-19 lockdown

Characteristics of attempted and completed suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic

Common injury patterns in trauma patients arriving in extremis

Comparing severely injured trauma patients admitted to investor-owned versus public and not-for-profit hospitals reveals opportunities for improvement in the US

Compliance prediction of a novel head protection device for elderly patients with fall risk

Delayed presentation of small bowel injury following extraperitoneal ballistic injury

Distribution of hay-hole covers prevents injuries from falls through hay holes

Does vehicle intrusion alone still predict injury: a retrospective analysis of mechanism as trauma activation criteria

Epidemiology and post-discharge resource utilization of isolated traumatic brain injury in geriatric patients

Erratum to "Age-related differences in injury patterns and outcome from falls from tree stands"

Evaluating the feasibility of a novel firearm injury prevention program for pre-adolescent children through health care and community-based partnerships: the Future Healers Program pilot study

Falls among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to a pre-pandemic period: a case-control study

Field measures are all you need: predicting need for surgery in elderly ground-level fall patients via machine learning

Firearm assaults in communities: the impact of COVID-19 Lockdown

Firearm violence involving adults 65 and older during the novel coronavirus disease pandemic

Homemade dart attacks in Hawai'i

Impact of non-automobile rollover accidents on patient outcomes at an Appalachian level I trauma center

In-hospital mortality after massive transfusion and motorcycle trauma may predict highest injury severity in a rural level I trauma system

In-hospital mortality after massive transfusion and motorcycle trauma may predict highest injury severity in a rural Level I trauma system

Increase in alcohol use among the geriatric trauma population during the covid-19 pandemic

Increased penetrating trauma and trauma severity during the COVID-19 lockdown

Injury pattern and outcomes following all-terrain vehicle accidents in Kentucky children: a retrospective study

Injury patterns associated with electronic scooter crashes: an institutional observational study

Injury patterns, imaging usage, and disparities associated with car restraint use in children

Is traumatic anterior stove-in chest truly so rare? A single institution experience

Letter re: Racial disparities in administration of VTE prophylaxis after severe traumatic injuries

Management of pediatric aortic pseudoaneurysm due to penetrating trauma

Mechanisms of injury in adolescent trauma patients with a positive marijuana screen

National analysis of motor vehicle collision-associated mortality among opioid users from 2010 to 2020: the need for effective prevention policies

Numb to the violence: five years as a general surgery resident

Optimal trauma activation criteria for "found down" patients

Outcomes in pediatric burn patients with additional trauma-related injuries

Outcomes of trauma "walk-ins" in the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Program Database

Predicting early versus late in-hospital mortality in the trauma population

Predicting the future in trauma: trauma and injury severity score loses accuracy and validity for late deaths after injury

Predictors of completed suicides among emergency department visits for attempted suicides

Psychological impacts of retained bullets from the perspective of survivors

Quantifying the impact of comorbidities on length of stay in geriatric fall-related injuries

Racial distribution and associated outcomes for patients with and without severe-isolated traumatic brain injuries following venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

Richard Nixon's left knee and its impact on American history

Risk factors for unplanned returns to the operating room in pediatric trauma patients

Still not SAFE? A propensity score matched analysis of colloid use in traumatic brain injury

Storage practices, devices, and presence of children among owners of firearms: informing pediatric firearm safety

Strengthening preparedness against terror: a bystander training concept by Israel's emergency medical services

Tension pneumopericardium causing cardiogenic shock due to blunt injury to the chest

The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma organ injury scale for spleen does not equally predict interventions in penetrating and blunt trauma

The Distressed Communities Index: a measure of community-level economic deprivation and rate of firearm injuries in Maryland

The ethics of discharge planning after violent injury

The impact of relocating a trauma center: retrospective observations on payer demographics and cost-analysis

The relationship between an individual's birthday and admission for traumatic injury

The Tertiary Survey as a quality improvement initiative in pediatric trauma care

The trauma activation review committee: response to undertriage during a period of rapid growth at a level II trauma center

Traumatic amputation from a rollover farming incident in a 16-year-old

Traumatic amputations treated in US emergency departments: a review of the NEISS database

Traumatic brain injury under triage risk: a rural trauma system experience

Traumatic breast injuries in high-risk communities

Traumatic popliteal artery occlusion following lower extremity crush injury presenting with isolated patellar dislocation

Trends in adolescent firearm-related injury: a time series analysis

Undertriage of severely injured trauma patients

Utility of repeat head computed tomography in detecting delayed intracranial hemorrhage in falls on direct oral anticoagulants

Validation of brain injury guidelines in the elderly trauma patient presenting at a level two trauma center

Victims of violence, how a trauma center and family justice center can provide continued care after initial hospitalization

What do trauma surgery textbooks teach about racial disparities and the roots of violence?