A retrospective study of the southern California regional Organ Procurement Organization database comparing trauma centers (n = 25) versus nontrauma centers (n = 171)and Level I (n = 7) versus Level II (n = 18) trauma centers between 2004 and 2008 was performed. A total of 16,830 ...
A coup to overthrow the Constitution of the United States, overturn a free and fair election that Donald Trump lost, and to overthrow the Republic is gaining momentum. It is no different than 1860 when eleven Southern States seceded from the Union and brought about the most deadly war in Ame...
Informed by the editors' decades of collective experience in the field of trauma, in some of the busiest trauma centers in the world, the book is an invaluable quick reference for both common and uncommonly performed procedures. As such, it is ideal for trainee trauma surgeons, as well as ...
Methods Overview Patients were enrolled at 11 academic level 1 trauma centers in the United States within 24 hours of injury, following evaluation in the emergency department (ED) for TBI as part of the prospective study, Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK...
Trauma is a leading cause of preventable mortality and traumatic brain injury is the single leading source of premature demise from trauma in the United States [14, 15]. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that over 300 thousand deaths (92 per 100,000) result ...
21 Study Population Patients included in the PROPPR trial were severely injured and met the local criteria for highest level trauma activation at 1 of 12 participating level I trauma centers in North America. These site-specific criteria, reviewed by the American College of Surgeons, are based ...
Background Electric scooters are popular in Southern California due to their ease of use, affordability, and availability. The objective of this study was to characterize how hospital admissions and outcomes varied due to electric scooter injuries among Southern California trauma centers. Study Design ...
A retrospective study of the southern California regional Organ Procurement Organization database comparing trauma centers (n = 25) versus nontrauma centers (n = 171) and Level I (n = 7) versus Level II (n = 18) trauma centers between 2004 and 2008 was performed. A total of 16,830 ...
The purpose of this study is to determine which factors most significantly contribute to mortality in patients receiving MTP after trauma. Methods: An initial database search followed by retrospective chart review was performed on patients treated at four trauma centers in Southern California. Data ...
Objective Previous studies examining access to trauma care use patient residence as a proxy for location and need for services, which could result in a flawed understanding of access to trauma centers. The objective of this study was to examine the geographic access of the U.S. population to ...