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National guideline for the field triage of injured patients: Recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2021

Newgard, Craig D.; Fischer, Peter E.; Gestring, Mark; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 93(2):e49-e60, August 2022.

Updated guidelines to reduce venous thromboembolism in trauma patients: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm

Ley, Eric J.; Brown, Carlos V.R.; Moore, Ernest E.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 89(5):971-981, November 2020.

Expert consensus guidance on respiratory physiotherapy and rehabilitation of patients with rib fractures: An international, multidisciplinary e-Delphi study

Battle, Ceri; Pelo, Christina; Hsu, Jeremy; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(4):578-583, April 2023.

Incidence of multiple organ failure in adult polytrauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ting, Ryan S.; Lewis, Daniel P.; Yang, Kevin X.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):725-734, May 2023.

Improved survival for severely injured patients receiving massive transfusion at US teaching hospitals: A nationwide analysis

Ramsey, Walter A.; O'Neil, Christopher F. Jr; Fils, Aaron J.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):672-677, May 2023.

Establishing a core outcomes set for massive transfusion: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma modified Delphi method consensus study

Gelbard, Rondi B.; Nahmias, Jeffry; Byerly, Saskya; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(6):784-790, June 2023.

The final decision among the injured elderly, to stop or to continue? Predictors of withdrawal of life supporting treatment

Bhogadi, Sai Krishna; Magnotti, Louis J.; Hosseinpour, Hamidreza; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(6):778-783, June 2023.

Prospective multicenter external validation of postoperative mortality prediction tools in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy

Kokkinakis, Stamatios; Kritsotakis, Evangelos I.; Paterakis, Konstantinos; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(6):847-856, June 2023.

TQIP mortality reporting system case reports: Unanticipated mortality due to failures in clinical performance

Williams, Regan F.; Davis, Kimberly A.; the ACS TQIP Mortality Reporting System Writing Group

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):747-749, May 2023.

Aortic balloon occlusion in distal zone 3 reduces blood loss from obstetric hemorrhage in placenta accreta spectrum

Kluck, Sarah L.; Russo, Rachel M.; Appel, Noah B.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):710-717, May 2023.

Outcomes of surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for multiple rib fractures: A US hospital matched cohort database analysis

Shiroff, Adam M.; Wolf, Simone; Wu, Alex; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(4):538-545, April 2023.

TQIP mortality reporting system case reports: Unanticipated mortality due to communication and handoff failures

Williams, Regan F.; Mandell, Samuel P.; the ACS TQIP Mortality Reporting System Writing Group

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):739-742, May 2023.

REBOA for the Treatment of Blast Polytrauma: Zone 3 Provides Cerebral Perfusion, Attenuates Organ Dysfunction and Reperfusion Coagulopathy Compared to Zone 1 in a Swine Model

Cralley, Alexis L.; Moore, Ernest E.; Sauaia, Angela; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):718-724, May 2023.

TQIP mortality reporting system case reports: Unanticipated mortality due to airway loss

Scott, John W.; Cole, Frederic J. Jr; the ACS TQIP Mortality Reporting System Writing Group

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):735-738, May 2023.

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma Clinical Protocol for inpatient venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after trauma

Yorkgitis, Brian K.; Berndtson, Allison E.; Cross, Alisa; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 92(3):597-604, March 2022.

National trends and clinical outcomes of interventional approaches following admission for infected necrotizing pancreatitis in the United States

Tran, Zachary; Xu, Jane; Verma, Arjun; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):665-671, May 2023.

Time to early resuscitative intervention association with mortality in trauma patients at risk for hemorrhage

Deeb, Andrew-Paul; Guyette, Francis X.; Daley, Brian J.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(4):504-512, April 2023.

Damage control resuscitation in patients with severe traumatic hemorrhage: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Cannon, Jeremy W.; Khan, Mansoor A.; Raja, Ali S.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 82(3):605-617, March 2017.

TQIP mortality reporting system case reports: Unanticipated mortality due to inadequate preoperative ICU “clearance”

Ross, Samuel W.; Jacobs, David G.; the ACS TQIP Mortality Reporting System Writing Group

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):743-746, May 2023.

Destructive colon injuries requiring resection: Is colostomy ever indicated?

Mitchao, Delbrynth P.; Lewis, Meghan R.; Strickland, Matt; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 92(6):1039-1046, June 2022.

Operative fixation of rib fractures after blunt trauma: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Kasotakis, George; Hasenboehler, Erik A.; Streib, Erik W.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 82(3):618-626, March 2017.

Damage Control Resuscitation: Directly Addressing the Early Coagulopathy of Trauma

Holcomb, John B.; Jenkins, Don; Rhee, Peter; More

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 62(2):307-310, February 2007.

Is the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories after bowel anastomosis in trauma safe?

Clements, Thomas W.; Van Gent, Jan-Michael; Hatton, Gabrielle E.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):678-683, May 2023.

Intensive physical therapy after emergency laparotomy: Pilot phase of the Incidence of Complications following Emergency Abdominal surgery Get Exercising randomized controlled trial

Boden, Ianthe; Sullivan, Kate; Hackett, Claire; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 92(6):1020-1030, June 2022.

An evidence-based approach to patient selection for emergency department thoracotomy: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Seamon, Mark J.; Haut, Elliott R.; Van Arendonk, Kyle; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 79(1):159-173, July 2015.

High-dimensional proteomics identifies organ injury patterns associated with outcomes in human trauma

Li, Shimena R.; Moheimani, Hamed; Herzig, Brachman; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(6):803-813, June 2023.

Pain management for blunt thoracic trauma: A joint practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Trauma Anesthesiology Society

Galvagno, Samuel Michael Jr; Smith, Charles E.; Varon, Albert J.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 81(5):936-951, November 2016.

Current patterns of trauma center proliferation have not led to proportionate improvements in access to care or mortality after injury: An ecologic study

Amato, Stas; Benson, Jamie S.; Stewart, Barclay; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(6):755-764, June 2023.

Damage-control surgery in patients with nontraumatic abdominal emergencies: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Haltmeier, Tobias; Falke, Monika; Quaile, Oliver; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 92(6):1075-1085, June 2022.

Evaluating associations between level of trauma care and outcomes of patients with specific severe injuries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Van Ditshuizen, Jan C.; Rojer, Leonne A.; Van Lieshout, Esther M.M.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(6):877-892, June 2023.

The 35-mm rule to guide pneumothorax management: Increases appropriate observation and decreases unnecessary chest tubes

Figueroa, Juan F.; Karam, Basil S.; Gomez, Jose; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 92(6):951-957, June 2022.

Acute kidney injury development in polytrauma and the safety of early repeated contrast studies: A retrospective cohort study

Giles, Thomas; Weaver, Natasha; Varghese, Adrian; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 93(6):872-881, December 2022.

Evaluation and management of traumatic pneumothorax: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm

de Moya, Marc; Brasel, Karen J.; Brown, Carlos V.R.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 92(1):103-107, January 2022.

Evaluation and management of small-bowel obstruction: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline

Maung, Adrian A.; Johnson, Dirk C.; Piper, Greta L.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 73(5):S362-S369, November 2012.

Validating the Brain Injury Guidelines: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma prospective multi-institutional trial

Joseph, Bellal; Obaid, Omar; Dultz, Linda; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 93(2):157-165, August 2022.

Bias in the trauma bay: A multicenter qualitative study on team communication

Bankhead, Brittany K.; Bichard, Shannon L.; Seltzer, Trent; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(6):771-777, June 2023.

Rib fixation in patients with severe rib fractures and pulmonary contusions: Is it safe?

Van Wijck, Suzanne F.M.; Pieracci, Fredric M.; Smith, Elizabeth F.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 93(6):721-726, December 2022.

Nonoperative management of blunt hepatic injury: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline

Stassen, Nicole A.; Bhullar, Indermeet; Cheng, Julius D.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 73(5):S288-S293, November 2012.

Timing is everything: Early versus late palliative care consults in trauma

Spencer, Audrey L.; Miller, Preston R. III; Russell, Gregory B.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(5):652-658, May 2023.

A multicenter, prospective, controlled clinical trial of surgical stabilization of rib fractures in patients with severe, nonflail fracture patterns (Chest Wall Injury Society NONFLAIL)

Pieracci, Fredric M.; Leasia, Kiara; Bauman, Zach; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 88(2):249-257, February 2020.

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Pediatric traumatic hemorrhagic shock consensus conference recommendations

Russell, Robert T.; Esparaz, Joseph R.; Beckwith, Michael A.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(1S):S2-S10, January 2023.

Prospective validation of the Rib Injury Guidelines for traumatic rib fractures

Nelson, Adam; Reina, Raul; Northcutt, Ashley; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 92(6):967-973, June 2022.

Pain Management Guidelines for Blunt Thoracic Trauma

Simon, Bruce J.; Cushman, James; Barraco, Robert; More

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 59(5):1256-1267, November 2005.

A multicenter validation of the modified brain injury guidelines: Are they safe and effective?

Khan, Abid D.; Lee, Janet; Galicia, Kevin; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 93(1):106-112, July 2022.

Screening for blunt cardiac injury: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline

Clancy, Keith; Velopulos, Catherine; Bilaniuk, Jaroslaw W.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 73(5):S301-S306, November 2012.

When is enough enough? Odds of survival by unit transfused

Loudon, Andrew M.; Rushing, Amy P.; Hue, Jonathan J.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(2):205-211, February 2023.

Antibiotic administration within 1 hour for open lower extremity fractures is not associated with decreased risk of infection

Grigorian, Areg; Schellenberg, Morgan; Inaba, Kenji; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(2):226-231, February 2023.

Death on the battlefield (2001–2011): Implications for the future of combat casualty care

Eastridge, Brian J.; Mabry, Robert L.; Seguin, Peter; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 73(6):S431-S437, December 2012.

Non-surgical management and analgesia strategies for older adults with multiple rib fractures: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Chest Wall Injury Society

Mukherjee, Kaushik; Schubl, Sebastian D.; Tominaga, Gail; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(3):398-407, March 2023.

The Ratio of Blood Products Transfused Affects Mortality in Patients Receiving Massive Transfusions at a Combat Support Hospital

Borgman, Matthew A.; Spinella, Philip C.; Perkins, Jeremy G.; More

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 63(4):805-813, October 2007.

Management of penetrating extraperitoneal rectal injuries: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline

Bosarge, Patrick L.; Como, John J.; Fox, Nicole; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 80(3):546-551, March 2016.

Retrospective value assessment of a dedicated, trauma hybrid operating room

Balch, Jeremy A.; Loftus, Tyler J.; Ruppert, Matthew M.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(6):814-822, June 2023.

The small (14 Fr) percutaneous catheter (P-CAT) versus large (28–32 Fr) open chest tube for traumatic hemothorax: A multicenter randomized clinical trial

Kulvatunyou, Narong; Bauman, Zachary M.; Zein Edine, Savo Bou; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 91(5):809-813, November 2021.

Evaluation and management of blunt cerebrovascular injury: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Kim, Dennis Y.; Biffl, Walter; Bokhari, Faran; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 88(6):875-887, June 2020.

Management of the open abdomen: A systematic review with meta-analysis and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Mahoney, Eric J.; Bugaev, Nikolay; Appelbaum, Rachel; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 93(3):e110-e118, September 2022.

Artificial intelligence may enhance emergency triage and management

Craca, Michelangelo; Coccolini, Federico; Bignami, Elena

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(6):e46-e47, June 2023.

Withholding and termination of resuscitation of adult cardiopulmonary arrest secondary to trauma: Resource document to the joint NAEMSP-ACSCOT position statements

Millin, Michael G.; Galvagno, Samuel M.; Khandker, Samiur R.; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 75(3):459-467, September 2013.

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Practice Management Guidelines for Hemorrhage in Pelvic Fracture—Update and Systematic Review

Cullinane, Daniel C.; Schiller, Henry J.; Zielinski, Martin D.; More

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 71(6):1850-1868, December 2011.

Wait-and-see strategy is justified after ERCP and endoscopic sphincterotomy in elderly patients with common biliary duct stones

Kivivuori, Antti; Mattila, Laura; Siiki, Antti; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(3):443-447, March 2023.

Timing of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis initiation after injury: Findings from the consensus conference to implement optimal VTE prophylaxis in trauma

Schellenberg, Morgan; Costantini, Todd; Joseph, Bellal; More

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(3):484-489, March 2023.

“Intravenous lidocaine for the management of traumatic rib fractures: A double-blind randomized controlled trial (INITIATE program of research)”: Letter to the Editor

Kasetti, Pragna; Sonawane, Urvi

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 94(6):e48-e49, June 2023.

Recombinant Factor VIIa as Adjunctive Therapy for Bleeding Control in Severely Injured Trauma Patients: Two Parallel Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trials

Boffard, Kenneth David; Riou, Bruno; Warren, Brian; More

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 59(1):8-18, July 2005.

Injury Severity and Causes of Death From Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom: 2003–2004 Versus 2006

Kelly, Joseph F.; Ritenour, Amber E.; McLaughlin, Daniel F.; More

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 64(2):S21-S27, February 2008.