The baseline characteristics of the 2 groups were comparable in respect of age, mean arterial pressure, respiratory rate, hemoglobin level, and revised trauma score (Table 1). Laparoscopy or clinical follow-up to detect occult diaphragm injuries following left-sided thoracoabdominal stab wounds: A ...
An additional 4 states (Texas, Mississippi, Connecticut, and North Dakota) have categorized over half of their hospitals into 1 of 4 categories of trauma care. Twenty-four states do not maintain any level III, IV, or V trauma centers. All but 1 of 10 states that have categorized 50% or...
efigure 9. forest plots describing the odds of mortality for children admitted to hospitals following trauma treated at level i pediatric trauma centers (ptcs) vs level i adult trauma centers (atcs) efigure 10. forest plots describing the odds of mortality for children admitted to hospitals ...
Trauma centers, unlike other hospitals, will accept any severely injured patient needing the higher level of care services trauma centers offer, from either the scene of an accident or as a transfer from another facility, regardless of insurance status. With the population of Texas cities ...
methods the state of texas designates hospitals as trauma centers using criteria defined by the american college of surgeons. a retrospective analysis of data from a statewide trauma registry for the year 2003 was undertaken (n = 73 439, obtained from the texas emergency medical services/trauma ...
In normal times there are just enough ICU units and beds to treat those that require them, as well as all the equipment and personnel to keep them going. But many smaller hospitals lack this capacity, they are dependent on major medical centers, and local specialists and practices to supply...
Patients were eligible if they required the highest level of trauma activation, were aged 16 years or older, and received a transfusion of at least 1 unit of RBCs in the first 6 hours after admission. Patients were excluded if they met the following criteria: (1) were transferred from ...
perhaps the pandemic of misinformation would not be the secondary pandemic. 18-29 year olds have the lowest vaccination rate and are currently filling up hospitals, potentially creating a more deadly return to college as previous mandates for masks and physical distancing has ended. And despite nece...
Without comments for someone like me with fear of hospitals and doctors… just imagine yourself about to be operated on by this bunch of surgeons, it must be something really, really difficult to cure if the operation requires seven surgeons!!! At least on the back cover there is a pretty...
Explosions account for 79% of combat related injuries and often lead to polytrauma, a majority of which include blast-induced traumatic brain injuries (bTBI). These injuries lead to internal bleeding in multiple organs and, in the case of bTBI, long term