General Surgery & Trauma
Management of Male Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injuries: Review and Current Topics
23 Mar, 2019 | 15:04h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Use of Prophylactic Antibiotic in Preventing Complications for Blunt and Penetrating Chest Trauma Requiring Chest Drain Insertion
23 Mar, 2019 | 14:50h | UTC
Evaluation of the Collaborative Use of an Evidence-Based Care Bundle in Emergency Laparotomy
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:14h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
A collaborative approach using a quality improvement methodology and a care bundle appeared to be effective in reducing mortality and length of stay in emergency laparotomy. https://t.co/tr0esQxdWC
— JAMA Surgery (@JAMASurgery) March 22, 2019
FDA Safety Alert on Surgical Staplers and Staples
12 Mar, 2019 | 02:44h | UTCCommentary: FDA Alerts Clinicians About Surgical Staple Risks – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Related: Hidden FDA Reports Detail Harm Caused By Scores Of Medical Devices – Kaiser Health News (free)
Review: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Emergency Colorectal Surgery
11 Mar, 2019 | 03:52h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Enhanced Recovery After Colon and Rectal Surgery From the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (free) AND Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Elective Colorectal Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society Recommendations: 2018 (free)
Systematic Review: An Ultrasound Scan is Not as Useful as a CT Scan in Assessing Trauma
7 Mar, 2019 | 02:30h | UTCAn ultrasound scan is not as useful as a CT scan in assessing trauma – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Point‐of‐care ultrasonography for diagnosing thoracoabdominal injuries in patients with blunt trauma – Cochrane Library (free)
Guidelines for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Surgical Patients
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:35h | UTCRelated Guidelines: IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children (free) AND The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Children and Adolescents With Cancer and Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients (free) AND Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection and Other Conditions in Children (free)
New Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:49h | UTCCommentary: Traumatic brain injury and kids: New treatment guidelines issued – Oregon Health & Science University (free)
Special Issue: Initial Management of Thoracic Traumas
1 Mar, 2019 | 05:29h | UTCInitial Management of Thoracic Traumas – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free articles)
Diaphragm and transdiaphragmatic injuries
Thoracic damage control surgery
Management of traumatic esophageal injuries
Surgical management of chronic diaphragmatic hernias
Chest drain and thoracotomy for chest trauma
Feasibility of Evaluation Children Suspected of Having Acute Appendicitis with MRI
16 Feb, 2019 | 20:03h | UTCFirst-Line Diagnostic Evaluation with MRI of Children Suspected of Having Acute Appendicitis – Radiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: MRI an effective first step for imaging young patients with suspected acute appendicitis – Radiology Business (free)
Meta-Analysis: Hypotensive Resuscitation in Patients with Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock
14 Feb, 2019 | 01:45h | UTCCommentary: Permissive hypotensive resuscitation in patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock – Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (free)
Study: Association of Surgical Intervention for Adhesive Small-Bowel Obstruction With the Risk of Recurrence
11 Feb, 2019 | 20:56h | UTCAssociation of Surgical Intervention for Adhesive Small-Bowel Obstruction With the Risk of Recurrence – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Quick Take: Association of Surgical Intervention for Adhesive Small-Bowel Obstruction With the Risk of Recurrence – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Surgery Best for First Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Association of surgery for adhesive small-bowel obstruction with the risk of recurrence https://t.co/uiEzX5JHOw #VisualAbstract pic.twitter.com/6noy5k57eC
— JAMA Surgery (@JAMASurgery) January 30, 2019
Guideline: Best Practice Advice on Pre-hospital Emergency Anesthesia & Advanced Airway Management
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:20h | UTC
Position Statement: Management of Concussion in Sport
6 Feb, 2019 | 01:07h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Clinical Report: Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)
Randomized Trial: Early Aerobic Exercise for Sport-Related Concussion
6 Feb, 2019 | 01:04h | UTCEarly Subthreshold Aerobic Exercise for Sport-Related Concussion: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: For Teens with Concussion, Moderate Aerobic Activity Can Shorten the Time to Recovery – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Concussion treatment: Adolescent athletes ‘prescribed’ aerobic exercise recovered faster – University at Buffalo (free)
Sports-related concussions are bad, but kids who participate in appropriate aerobic exercise after them recover faster than those who do not! New research in @JAMAPediatrics https://t.co/EPHdqWqbbg #kids #concussions #headinjury #pediatrics #trauma pic.twitter.com/f3m1ApeNPH
— JAMA Pediatrics (@JAMAPediatrics) February 5, 2019
Rectal Foreign Bodies: Not always a Simple ED Diagnosis
3 Feb, 2019 | 16:46h | UTCRectal Foreign Bodies: Not always a Simple ED Diagnosis – emDocs (free)
Perspective: When Is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate?
3 Feb, 2019 | 12:37h | UTCWhen Is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate? – The New York Times (free)
Related: Perspective: Assessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons (free for a limited period) AND Observational Study: Age and Sex of Surgeons and Mortality of Older Surgical Patients (free study and commentary) AND The Elderly and Driving: When Is It Time to Hit the Brakes? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/sloaneguy/status/1091666479525888001?s=03
Randomized Trial: Early Cooling Provides no Benefit Following Traumatic Brain Injury
3 Feb, 2019 | 11:42h | UTCEarly cooling provides no benefit following traumatic brain injury – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Study: Prophylactic Hypothermia Questioned After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (link to abstract and commentary)
Study: Fatal Flaws in Clinical Decision Making
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:45h | UTCFatal flaws in clinical decision making – ANZ Journal of Surgery (free)
Commentary: Fatal flaws in clinical decision making – PSNet (free)
Missed injuries in trauma patients – an Emergency Medicine Perspective
23 Jan, 2019 | 10:18h | UTCMissed injuries in trauma patients – an Emergency Medicine Perspective – emDocs (free)
Related Review: Missed traumatic injuries: A synopsis – International Journal of Academic Medicine (free)
Guideline: Management of Acute Compartment Syndrome
20 Jan, 2019 | 19:16h | UTCManagement of Acute Compartment Syndrome – American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (free PDF)
News Release: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons approves clinical practice guideline for management of acute compartment syndrome (free)
BJS Special Issue on Global Surgery
19 Jan, 2019 | 18:13h | UTCBJS Special Issue on Global Surgery (supplement with free articles)
Related Commentary on Twitter
🌍🥁🎉📣We are absolutely delighted to announce the BJS 2019 Special Issue on #GlobalSurgery is now live! It is entirely free to access and we hope you find it a fascinating read. Look out for lots of tweets highlighting what's included. https://t.co/h3lClGUf4b pic.twitter.com/qg3rw71OvU
— BJS (@BJSurgery) January 8, 2019
Selected articles from the supplement:
– Global surgery in an ecosystem for worldwide health
– Ethical considerations in global surgery
– Implementation science and innovation in global surgery
– A realized vision of access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care
– Training and accrediting international surgeons
– Disseminating technology in global surgery
– Global surgery and the sustainable development goals
– Systematic review of the use of big data to improve surgery in low‐ and middle‐income countries
– Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy
Perspective: Assessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons
17 Jan, 2019 | 00:13h | UTCAssessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Guideline: Early Management of Severe Pelvic Injury
13 Jan, 2019 | 21:31h | UTC
Guideline: Antibiotic Use in Patients with Abdominal Injuries
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:16h | UTC