General Surgery & Trauma
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
Interesting and provocative issue. We have a generation of baby boomer surgeons for whom being a surgeon became their primary identity and therefore extremely difficult for them to walk away from. https://t.co/UVYLPzLv6m
— T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA (@sloaneguy) February 2, 2019
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
Systematic Review: Point‐of‐care Ultrasonography for Diagnosing Thoracoabdominal Injuries in Patients with Blunt Trauma
8 Jan, 2019 | 11:18h | UTCPoint‐of‐care ultrasonography for diagnosing thoracoabdominal injuries in patients with blunt trauma – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: How accurate is bedside ultrasound for the diagnosis of injuries to the abdomen or chest in patients with blunt injuries? – Cochrane Library (free)
Review: Imaging and Endovascular Treatment of Bleeding Pelvic Fractures
3 Jan, 2019 | 11:49h | UTC
WHO Manual: Preventing Surgical Site Infections
14 Dec, 2018 | 00:03h | UTCPreventing surgical site infections: implementation approaches for evidence-based recommendations – World Health Organization (free PDF) (via @onisillos)
Study: Ultrarestrictive Opioid Prescription Protocol for Pain Management After Gynecologic and Abdominal Surgery
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:22h | UTCCommentaries: Striving for Evidence-Based Postoperative Opioid Prescribing While Optimizing Perioperative Pain Management—Shifting to Conservative Prescribing – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Opioid Prescriptions Can Be Drastically Reduced After Surgery with No Increase in Pain, Study Shows – Roswell Park (free)
Study: Patients Nondisclosure of Medically Relevant Information to Clinicians
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:17h | UTCCommentaries: Threats to the Validity of the Clinical Interview: Can Anything Be Done? – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Patients often withhold relevant information from doctors – Reuters (free) AND Most Patients Have Held Back the Truth From Doctors, JAMA Results Show – AJMC (free) AND Why patients lie to their doctors – University of Utah Health (free) AND Majority of Patients Withhold Important Information From Their Health Care Providers – MedicalResearch.com (free)
The Current Status of Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:03h | UTCThe Current Status of Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury – Current Trauma Reports (free)
Review: Endoscopic Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections
13 Dec, 2018 | 18:51h | UTCEndoscopic Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (free)
Review: Whole Body Computed Tomography in Multi Trauma Patients
13 Dec, 2018 | 18:39h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Nasointestinal Tubes vs. Nasogastric Tubes in the Management of Small-Bowel Obstruction
13 Dec, 2018 | 18:07h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Effectiveness of Antiepileptic Medications as Prophylaxis of Early Seizure in Traumatic Brain Injury
3 Dec, 2018 | 23:44h | UTCThe Effectiveness of Antiepileptic Medications as Prophylaxis of Early Seizure in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Compared to Placebo or No Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – World Neurosurgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Early seizure prophylaxis with antiepileptics in TBI has only modest effects – Univadis (free registration required)
Global Burden of Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury
30 Nov, 2018 | 01:40h | UTCInvited commentary: Global burden of traumatic brain and spinal cord injury (free)
Guidelines for Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:21h | UTC
Perspective: Surgical Value — Beyond Bundled Payments
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:22h | UTCSurgical Value — Beyond Bundled Payments – NEJM Catalyst (free)