General Surgery & Trauma
Meta‐Analysis: Music Interventions for Anxiety and Pain in Surgery
3 May, 2018 | 19:34h | UTCCommentary: Soothing sounds: Music reduces patient anxiety, pain during surgery – Clinical Innovation and Technology (free)
Observational Study: Age and Sex of Surgeons and Mortality of Older Surgical Patients
27 Apr, 2018 | 02:44h | UTCAge and sex of surgeons and mortality of older surgical patients: observational study – The BMJ (free)
Editorial: Links between age and sex of surgeons and patients’ outcomes (free)
Commentary: Study Suggests Older Surgeons Produce Lower Mortality Rates in Emergency Procedures – UCLA, via NewsWise (free)
New Glasgow Coma Scale–Pupils Score
23 Apr, 2018 | 21:10h | UTCSimplifying the use of prognostic information in traumatic brain injury – Journal of Neurosurgery
Part 1: The GCS-Pupils score: an extended index of clinical severity (free)
Part 2: Graphical presentation of probabilities (free)
Commentaries: New Glasgow Coma Scale–Pupils Score and Multifactor Probability Outcome Charts for Use in Patients with TBI – Journal of Neurosurgery, via NewsWise (free) AND New scoring system will speed up assessment of brain injuries – OnMedica (free) AND Glasgow Coma Scale Gets an Eye-Opening Update – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Lower Extremity Traumatic Amputations
23 Apr, 2018 | 21:04h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Pancreatitis: Pearls & Pitfalls
23 Apr, 2018 | 20:59h | UTCPancreatitis: Pearls & Pitfalls – emDocs (free)
Related guidelines: American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on Initial Management of Acute Pancreatitis – Gastroenterology (free) AND Clinical practice guideline: management of acute pancreatitis – Canadian Journal of Surgery (free)
Research: Blood Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injuries
23 Apr, 2018 | 20:04h | UTCCommentary: Blood biomarkers may allow easier detection, confirmation of concussions – University of California, Irvine, via EurekAlert (free)
Review: Pediatric Minor Head Injury
20 Apr, 2018 | 01:52h | UTC
Meta-analysis: antibiotics for the treatment of skin and soft tissue abscesses
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCCommentary: Meta-Analysis Favors Antibiotics After Drainage of Skin Abscesses – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
See related guideline with infographic: Antibiotics after incision and drainage for uncomplicated skin abscesses: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free) AND Meta-Analysis: Antibiotics for uncomplicated skin abscesses: systematic review and network meta-analysis – BMJ Open (free)
Systematic review: effective interventions for unintentional injuries
13 Apr, 2018 | 00:57h | UTC
Cohort study: long-term risk of dementia among people with traumatic brain injury
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:52h | UTCLong-term risk of dementia among people with traumatic brain injury in Denmark: a population-based observational cohort study – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study confirms link between traumatic brain injury and dementia – UW Medicine, via EurekAlert (free) AND Traumatic brain injury increases risk of dementia – OnMedica (free) AND Brain injury may increase dementia risk – NHS Choices (free)
Related articles: Traumatic brain injury and the risk of dementia diagnosis: A nationwide cohort study – PLOS One (free) AND Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football – JAMA (free)
Retrospective cohort: whole-body CT scans do not reduce mortality in children with blunt trauma
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:36h | UTCAssociation of Whole-Body Computed Tomography With Mortality Risk in Children With Blunt Trauma – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Whole-Body CT Scans Don’t Appear to Improve Survival in Kids with Blunt Trauma – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND CT Pan-Scan: No Mortality Benefit in Kids With Blunt Trauma – Medscape (free registration required) AND Whole body CT doesn’t cut mortality in peds blunt trauma – MedicalXpress (free)
Report: securing safe roads and the politics of change
3 Apr, 2018 | 17:35h | UTCReport: Securing safe roads: the politics of change – World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities (free news release and PDF)
Commentary: Death Toll On World’s Roads Grows, But Not Will To Stop It, New Report Finds – Forbes (free)
Related World Bank Report: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries : Unacceptable and Preventable – The World Bank (free PDF)
Related WHO Report: Save LIVES: a road safety technical package (free)
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter (free PDF)
Cost-effectiveness analysis: MRI after a normal CT for cervical clearance in blunt trauma
3 Apr, 2018 | 15:24h | UTCCost-effectiveness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cervical Clearance of Obtunded Blunt Trauma After a Normal Computed Tomographic Finding – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Neck injury follow-up MRI may cost patients thousands in unnecessary exams – HealthImaging (free) AND No Benefit for MRI After Normal Cervical CT in Blunt Trauma – Physician’s Briefing (free)
Review: Venous Thromboembolism Prevention in Emergency General Surgery
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:06h | UTCVenous Thromboembolism Prevention in Emergency General Surgery: A Review – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentary: VTE Risk Up in Most Emergency General Surgery Patients – Physician’s Weekly (free)
Pediatric Hoverboard and Skateboard Injuries
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:36h | UTCPediatric Hoverboard and Skateboard Injuries – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: More Than 26,000 Children Treated for Hoverboard Injuries in 2015-2016 – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND Hoverboards Tied to Nearly 27,000 Pediatric Injuries in First 2 Years on Market – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)
Secondary Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents 5 to 10 Years After Traumatic Brain Injury
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:06h | UTCSecondary Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents 5 to 10 Years After Traumatic Brain Injury – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Traumatic Brain Injury Tied to Later ADHD in Kids – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Childhood Brain Injuries May be Linked to ADHD Years Later – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND TBI Predisposes Kids To Attention Deficit Problems, Even Years After Injury – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Research: Mesh versus suture repair of umbilical hernia in adults
22 Mar, 2018 | 23:52h | UTCMesh versus suture repair of umbilical hernia in adults: a randomised, double-blind, controlled, multicentre trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Prevention of Incisional Hernias after Open Abdomen Treatment
22 Mar, 2018 | 23:33h | UTCPrevention of Incisional Hernias after Open Abdomen Treatment – Frontiers in Surgery (free)
Guideline: Management of Multi-Casualty Incidents in Mountain Rescue
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:12h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Hemorrhagic Shock: Pearls and Pitfalls for the Resuscitation Room
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:02h | UTCHemorrhagic Shock: Pearls and Pitfalls for the Resuscitation Room – emDocs (free)
Management of Civilian Abdominal Vascular Trauma
16 Mar, 2018 | 00:58h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports
16 Mar, 2018 | 00:57h | UTC
Management of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:24h | UTCManagement of traumatic brain injury patients – Synapse (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guidelines for Burn Care Under Austere Conditions
2 Mar, 2018 | 01:57h | UTCSee also: Guideline for Burn Care Under Austere Conditions: Special Care Topics (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Post-Traumatic Hypopituitarism—Who Should Be Screened, When, and How?
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:31h | UTCPost-Traumatic Hypopituitarism—Who Should Be Screened, When, and How? – Frontiers in Endocrinology (free)