… Survival following penetrating cardiac injury in the largest published series has been reported
between 3 and 84% (see Table 3). This wide variation is due largely to whether or not pre-…

BACKGROUND The principle of damage-control laparotomy (DCL) in trauma is well established.
The DCL concept can be applied in emergency general surgery when an abbreviated …

… We used the Cufflinks algorithm (see Supplementary Information), and predicted over all
long RNA-seq samples 94,800 exons, 69,052 splice junctions, 73,325 transcripts and 41,204 …

Background The New Zealand Government announced a four‐level COVID‐19 alert system
soon after the first confirmed case in the country. New Zealand moved swiftly to the highest …

… 15 upon presentation to hospital (temperature <36C or >38C, heart rate >90 beats/min,
respiratory rate >20 breaths/min or PaCO 3 <32 mm Hg, white cell count <4 or >12 × 10 9 /L), …

Lack of timely assessment and access to acute operating rooms is a worldwide problem
and also exists in New Zealand hospitals. To address these issues, an Acute Surgical Unit (ASU…

Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a benign condition of the liver that is often discovered
incidentally on radiological investigation. FNH has no malignant potential, is rarely …

… The ASU model at our institution has previously been described by Hsee et al.5 In this model
at ACH (Fig. 1), there is a dedicated acute surgeon who remains on site with no conflicting …

INTRODUCTION: Thoracic injuries are potentially responsible for 25% of all trauma deaths.
Chest X-ray is commonly used to screen patients with chest injury. However, the use of …

Background Opportunities to improve emergency surgery outcomes exist through guided
better practice and reduced variability. Few attempts have been made to define optimal care in …