General Surgery & Trauma
Liver Trauma: WSES 2020 Guidelines
10 Jun, 2020 | 04:41h | UTCLiver trauma: WSES 2020 guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
1 Jun, 2020 | 03:52h | UTC
Review: Minimizing SARS-CoV-2 Exposure When Performing Surgical Interventions
28 May, 2020 | 09:42h | UTC
Chest Trauma: Current Recommendations for Rib Fractures, Pneumothorax, and Other Injuries
26 May, 2020 | 09:18h | UTC
Global Injury Morbidity and Mortality from 1990 to 2017
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:14h | UTCRelated Studies: The Burden of Unintentional Drowning: Global, Regional and National Estimates of Mortality from the Global Burden of Disease Study AND Global and National Burden from Road Injuries
Preoperative Evaluation Before Noncardiac Surgery
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:17h | UTCPreoperative Evaluation Before Noncardiac Surgery – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Related Review: Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment (review and guidelines)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis
16 Apr, 2020 | 02:32h | UTC
Global Interim Guidance on COVID‐19 During Pregnancy and Puerperium
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:13h | UTC
Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis in the Elderly
13 Mar, 2020 | 08:02h | UTC
Position Paper: Intraoperative Surgical Site Infection Control and Prevention
13 Feb, 2020 | 08:07h | UTCRelated: Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (free guidelines on the subject)
Meta-Analysis: Prophylactic Intra-Abdominal Drainage Following Colorectal Anastomoses
21 Jan, 2020 | 01:02h | UTC
Position Statement on Endovascular Intervention for Trauma
19 Jan, 2020 | 20:57h | UTC
Highlights from the Guidelines for Managing Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
10 Jan, 2020 | 08:28h | UTCOriginal Article: New Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (free guideline and news release)
Global and National Burden from Road Injuries
10 Jan, 2020 | 08:19h | UTCNews Release: Probability of dying from road injury has dropped worldwide in all but 5 nations – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Our latest study, “Morbidity and mortality from road injuries: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017,” was just published in @IP_BMJ. Read the full study online: https://t.co/rOEumo9al5 pic.twitter.com/yqExYejjKu
— IHME at UW (@IHME_UW) January 9, 2020
WSES Guideline: Perforated and Bleeding Peptic Ulcer
9 Jan, 2020 | 01:33h | UTCPerforated and bleeding peptic ulcer: WSES guidelines – World Society of Emergency Surgery (free)
Systematic Review: Decompressive Craniectomy for the Treatment of High Intracranial Pressure in Closed Traumatic Brain Injury
5 Jan, 2020 | 13:36h | UTCDecompressive craniectomy for the treatment of high intracranial pressure in closed traumatic brain injury – Cochrane Library (free)
Related: Consensus statement from the International Consensus Meeting on the Role of Decompressive Craniectomy in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury – Acta Neurochirurgica (free) AND The Current Status of Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury – Current Trauma Reports (free) AND Trial of Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Guideline: Duodeno-pancreatic and Extrahepatic Biliary Tree Trauma
12 Dec, 2019 | 08:30h | UTC
Kidney and Uro-trauma: WSES-AAST Guidelines
3 Dec, 2019 | 08:13h | UTCKidney and uro-trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)
Related: Urotrauma: AUA Guideline – The Journal of Urology (free) AND Urological Trauma – European Association of Urology (free) AND Guideline of guidelines: a review of urological trauma guidelines – BJU International (free) AND Renal trauma: the current best practice – Therapeutic Advances in Urology (free)
Guidelines for Safe Transfer of the Brain‐injured Patient: Trauma and Stroke
3 Dec, 2019 | 00:35h | UTCGuidelines for safe transfer of the brain‐injured patient: trauma and stroke, 2019 – Anaesthesia (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
🔐These new @AAGBI and @naccsuk guidelines aim to support the safe transfer between hospitals of patients with a brain injury.
They are essential reading for all doctors working in acute specialties, hospitals, trusts and departments. #FOAMed
🔗https://t.co/8tMCKcXvny pic.twitter.com/qiv9JxU5lR
— Anaesthesia (@Anaes_Journal) December 2, 2019
Guidelines: Monitoring and Management of Severe Adult Traumatic Brain Injury Patients with Polytrauma
1 Dec, 2019 | 22:17h | UTCWSES consensus conference guidelines: monitoring and management of severe adult traumatic brain injury patients with polytrauma in the first 24 hours – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free) (via @CritCareReviews)
Related: Head injury: assessment and early management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND A management algorithm for patients with intracranial pressure monitoring: the Seattle International Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Consensus Conference (SIBICC) – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND Management of severe traumatic brain injury (first 24 hours) – Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine (free) AND New Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (free) AND CDC Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children (free) AND Italian guidelines on the assessment and management of pediatric head injury in the emergency department – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Scandinavian guidelines for initial management of minor and moderate head trauma in children – BMC Medicine (free)
Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
20 Nov, 2019 | 10:46h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery (free) AND Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization (free) AND Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Review: Post-operative Abdominal Infections: Epidemiology, Operational Definitions, and Outcomes
15 Nov, 2019 | 10:14h | UTCRelated Guidelines: The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free) AND Management of intra-abdominal infections: recommendations by the WSES 2016 consensus conference – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free) AND The Surgical Infection Society Revised Guidelines on the Management of Intra-Abdominal Infection – Surgical Infections (free) AND The 2018 Lebanese Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Guidelines for the use of antimicrobial therapy in complicated intra-abdominal infections in the era of antimicrobial resistance – BMC Infectious Diseases (free)
Review: Management of Cervical Spine Trauma in Children
10 Nov, 2019 | 13:05h | UTCManagement of cervical spine trauma in children – European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (free)
Blast Injuries in Children: A Mixed-methods Narrative Review
4 Oct, 2019 | 07:22h | UTCBlast injuries in children: a mixed-methods narrative review – BMJ Paediatrics Open (free)
Review: Understanding Acute Burn Injury as a Chronic Disease
30 Sep, 2019 | 00:47h | UTCUnderstanding acute burn injury as a chronic disease – Burns & Trauma (free)