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Original Source: The value of an admissions proforma for elderly patients with trauma.
The authors worked in a busy regional fracture unit, where it was noted that important data was being omitted from the medical notes. In an attempt to improve on this, an admission proforma was formulated. This was designed to be easily and quickly completed. Notes were audited on 2 separate weeks, the first before, and the second after introduction of the proforma. The overall results demonstrate statistically significant improvements in documentation with a proforma, and concur with the limited previous l...
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Blood Test Identifies Mortality Risk for Trauma Patients
A simple, inexpensive blood test performed on trauma patients upon admission can help doctors easily identify patients at greatest...
Resuscitation Strategies in Trauma Resuscitation Strategies in Trauma
The Prospective, Observational, Multicenter, Major Trauma Transfusion (PROMMTT) Study: Comparative Effectiveness of a Time-Varying Treatment With Competing RisksJohn B. Holcomb, MD; Deborah J. del Jun...
Intermountain Risk Score tool can predict mortality among trauma patients
A simple, inexpensive blood test performed on trauma patients upon admission can help doctors easily identify patients at greatest risk of death, according to a new study by researchers at Intermounta...
Blood test can ID trauma patients at greatest risk of death
A simple, inexpensive blood test performed on trauma patients upon admission can help doctors easily identify patients at greatest risk [...]
Trauma Teaching for Surgeons May Hurt Patient Care (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- In the era of the 80-hour workweek, having surgical residents involved in trauma care might have an adverse effect on patient outcomes, researchers reported.
A New Approach To Treating Trauma
Queensland medical experts are spearheading a new trauma care model they say will improve patient care from the roadside to recovery. The multi-disciplinary team has adopted a new model in which resea...
Standard CT protocol for trauma patients leads to overutilization of imaging
It is unnecessary to scan trauma patients based on a non-focused standard trauma CT protocol, if the patient is transferred for care after already undergoing a focused CT examination based on the pati...
Simple blood test can help identify trauma patients at greatest risk of death
A simple, inexpensive blood test performed on trauma patients upon admission can help doctors easily identify patients at greatest risk of death, according to a new study.
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BACKGROUND: The TraumaNetzwerk(D) DGU was founded 3 years ago and since then the majority of trauma centers have been registered and organized into regional trauma network services (TNW). Within these...
Abstract Introduction. We report on a severely injured trauma patient who suffered a high velocity motorcycle accident. The patient was receiving dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel...
Hyperfibrinolysis (HF) has been reported to occur in a range of 2% to 34% of trauma patients. Using rapid thromboelastography (r-TEG), we hypothesized that HF is (1) rarely present at admission on pat...
Evaluation of a university hospital trauma team activation protocol.
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Admission with a multidisciplinary trauma team may be vital for the severely injured patient, as this facilitates rapid diagnosis and treatment. On the other hand, patients with...
Acute Ethanol Intoxication and the Trauma Patient: Hemodynamic Pitfalls.
Many trauma patients are acutely intoxicated with alcohol. Animal studies have demonstrated that acute alcohol intoxication inhibits the normal release of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and vasopressin...
