General Surgery & Trauma
Changes to breast structure and function across a woman’s lifespan: implications for managing and modeling female breast injuries
19 Jul, 2023 | 14:29h | UTC
Cohort Study | Significant traumatic brain injury rates in e-scooter accidents in France
11 Jul, 2023 | 13:36h | UTC
AAP Policy Statement | Child pedestrian safety
10 Jul, 2023 | 13:44h | UTCChild Pedestrian Safety – Pediatrics
Technical Report: Epidemiology and Prevention of Child Pedestrian Injury – Pediatrics
News Release: Speed, technology, road design are key factors in reducing pedestrian injuries – AAP News
Position Statement | Prehospital hemorrhage control and treatment by clinicians
27 Jun, 2023 | 14:02h | UTC
Position Paper | Assessing and managing frailty in emergency laparotomy
27 Jun, 2023 | 13:45h | UTC
Special Series | Emergencies in vascular surgery
27 Jun, 2023 | 13:41h | UTCHomepage – Seminars in Vascular Surgery
Descending thoracic aortic emergencies: Past, present, and future
Acute management of mesenteric emergencies: Tailoring the solution to the problem
RCT | Dexmedetomidine administration shows promise in PTSD reduction for trauma surgery patients
23 Jun, 2023 | 13:30h | UTCSee also: Visual Abstract
Review | Nonsurgical management of major hemorrhage
22 Jun, 2023 | 15:16h | UTCNonsurgical management of major hemorrhage – Canadian Medical Association Journal
ERAS Guideline | Perioperative care for emergency laparotomy
22 Jun, 2023 | 15:14h | UTCGuidelines for Perioperative Care for Emergency Laparotomy Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations – World Journal of Surgery
Part 1: Preoperative: Diagnosis, Rapid Assessment and Optimization
Part 2: Emergency Laparotomy: Intra- and Postoperative Care
Part 3: Organizational Aspects and General Considerations for Management of the Emergency Laparotomy Patient
Editorial | How to become a good surgeon
22 Jun, 2023 | 15:12h | UTCHow to become a good surgeon – Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research
Review | Traumatic hemorrhage and chain of survival
21 Jun, 2023 | 13:17h | UTC
RCT | In chronic subdural hematoma, dexamethasone fails to match surgery for functional outcomes
20 Jun, 2023 | 12:53h | UTCDexamethasone versus Surgery for Chronic Subdural Hematoma – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Dexamethasone Compared to Burr-Hole Drainage for Chronic Subdural Hematoma – HealthDay
Guideline | Management of patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax
20 Jun, 2023 | 12:46h | UTC
M-A | Mechanical ventilation in patients with acute brain injury
16 Jun, 2023 | 14:03h | UTC
RCT | Prehospital use of tranexamic acid in severe trauma cases shows no superiority over placebo
15 Jun, 2023 | 15:16h | UTCPrehospital Tranexamic Acid for Severe Trauma – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Shining a new light on tranexamic acid for trauma care – Monash University
Commentary on Twitter
Late breaking at #CCR23: In the PATCH-Trauma trial involving adults with major trauma, treatment with tranexamic acid did not result in a greater number of patients surviving with a favorable functional outcome at 6 months than placebo. https://t.co/i8fu34ReCB pic.twitter.com/GEOtRphOBb
— NEJM (@NEJM) June 14, 2023
RCT | Ultrasonography noninferior to radiography for pediatric distal forearm fracture diagnosis
14 Jun, 2023 | 14:45h | UTCUltrasonography or Radiography for Suspected Pediatric Distal Forearm Fractures – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Ultrasound breaks new ground for forearm fractures in children – Griffith University
AAOS Appropriate Use Criteria | Prevention of surgical site infections after major extremity trauma
7 Jun, 2023 | 13:58h | UTCRelated:
Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization
AAOS Guideline: Prevention of surgical site infections after major extremity trauma.
M-A | Accuracy of diagnostic tests in cardiac injury after blunt chest trauma
6 Jun, 2023 | 14:15h | UTC
WSES consensus guidelines on sigmoid volvulus management
5 Jun, 2023 | 13:19h | UTCWSES consensus guidelines on sigmoid volvulus management – World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Guideline | Assessment and early management of head injury
23 May, 2023 | 13:11h | UTCHead injury: assessment and early management – NICE
Commentary: NICE head injury guidelines 2023: Now who do we scan? – St Emilyn’s
Consensus Paper | The new timing in acute care surgery (new TACS) classification
16 May, 2023 | 14:56h | UTC
Brief Review | Coagulation support during perioperative bleeding management
15 May, 2023 | 13:01h | UTCCoagulation support during perioperative bleeding management – Intensive Care Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
Coagulation & perioperative bleeding
🩸fibrinogen source/dose/time
🩸Ca++: just vs citrated blood products?
🩸PCCs/factor concentrates
🩸TXA
🩸plasma: volume or coagulation?
🩸PLTs as primary components
🩸RBCs not just DO2
🩸targeted coagulation support
🖇️ https://t.co/lv1i5GoHBg pic.twitter.com/8BtuAE6gt8— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) May 13, 2023
RCT | Early NIV and HFNO therapy for preventing endotracheal intubation in hypoxemic blunt chest trauma patients
10 May, 2023 | 15:48h | UTC
ESTES recommendation on thoracolumbar spine fractures
10 May, 2023 | 15:40h | UTC
Study shows unenhanced CT shows 30% lower diagnostic accuracy in abdominal pain evaluation
9 May, 2023 | 15:02h | UTCDiagnostic Accuracy of Unenhanced Computed Tomography for Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Intravenous Contrast in Computed Tomography Imaging for Acute Abdominal Pain – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentary: New data suggest clinicians should think twice before foregoing contrast-enhanced imaging – Health Imaging
Commentary on Twitter
In a general population of emergency department patients with abdominal pain, using unenhanced CT to avoid risks of intravenous contrast medium administration is associated with a large diagnostic penalty. https://t.co/CVg04763yd
— JAMA Surgery (@JAMASurgery) May 3, 2023