Objective To assemble an international panel of experts to develop consensus recommendations
on selected important issues on the use of ultrasonography (US) in trauma care. …

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma’s Advanced Trauma Life Support
Course is currently taught in 50 countries. The 8th edition has been revised following broad …

Bowel and mesenteric injuries are detected in 5% of blunt abdominal trauma patients at
laparotomy. Computed tomography (CT) has been shown to be accurate for the diagnosis of …

Is clinical examination an accurate indicator of raised intra-abdominal pressure in critically
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Background: Studies of trauma deaths have had a tremendous impact on the quality of
contemporary trauma care. We studied causes of trauma death at a Level I Canadian trauma …

… 3C–F). In contrast to the early stimulating effect exerted on pro-inflammatory TNF-α
production, hemorrhage/resuscitation had no significant influence on either anti-inflammatory …

Background Open pelvic fractures represent one of the most devastating injuries in
orthopedic trauma. The purpose of this study was to document the injury characteristics, …

Background The Injury Severity Score (ISS) does not take into account multiple injuries in
the same body region, whereas a New ISS (NISS) may provide a more accurate measure of …

Although there is an interest in emergent abdominal sonography (EAS), the clinical utilization
of EAS in North America is minimal. The purpose of this study was to develop a new …

Background: Trauma patients often require multiple imaging tests, including computed
tomography (CT) scans. CT scanning, however, is associated with high-radiation doses. The …