Trauma
Emergency General Surgery OR Saved Time and Money in Study
The use of an emergency general surgery OR can provide value by optimizing transport resources, improving ...
JUNE 3, 2025
What’s Right With Medicine
I believe much is wrong with our current medical system. Today I am writing an article that encapsulates much of ...
MAY 29, 2025
Experts Debate Utility of Angioembolization in Trauma, Hemorrhagic Emergencies
Angioembolization offers a promising alternative to open surgery in various trauma and hemorrhagic emergencies.
MAY 19, 2025
Interventional Radiology in Trauma Care Turns Heads at ACS Congress
One of the top 10 most popular presentations at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons ...
MAY 9, 2025
EMS Transport Time, Prehospital Procedures Increase Mortality Risk
A study has found that the key factors associated with emergency department mortality among patients transported by ...
APRIL 24, 2025
Trauma Bay Checklist Prompts Antibiotic Guideline Compliance
Implementation of a time-out checklist in the trauma bay may encourage compliance with guideline recommendations ...
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Risks of PPIs in Critical Illness, Non-Sterile Gloves and Laceration Repairs, SSI Risk Disparities, and More
Philip Barie, MD, reviews the most recent and relevant literature on surgical infections.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
Tool Aims to Aid Decision Making for CT Scans of Older Trauma Patients
A decision tool aimed at helping clinicians determine when to conduct CT scans in older patients with blunt trauma ...
JUNE 25, 2024
The Regionalization of Trauma Care: The Texas Experience and Beyond
Ronald Stewart, MD, chair of surgery, University of Texas, San Antonio, and past chair of the ACS Committee on ...
JUNE 17, 2024
Early Regional Analgesia Better for Blunt Chest Wall Trauma In Elderly Patients
ORLANDO, Fla.—Elderly patients with blunt chest wall injury who receive regional analgesia within the first ...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Liberal Transfusion Strategy Ups Infection Rates in Orthopedic Trauma
A liberal transfusion strategy leads to increased rates of infection in asymptomatic orthopedic trauma patients.
AUGUST 3, 2023
California Adopts ‘Stop the Bleed’ Trauma Kit Legislation
Beginning in January 2023, California will become the first state in the nation to require that all newly built ...
JANUARY 12, 2023
