Sleep is an important physiologic process, and lack of sleep is associated with a host of
adverse outcomes. Basic and clinical research has documented the important role circadian …

BACKGROUND The rate of mortality and factors predicting worst outcomes in the geriatric
population presenting with trauma are not well established. This study aimed to examine …

Objective: The objectives of this article were to describe the deleterious effects of sleep
deprivation, characterize sleep in patients cared for in an intensive care unit (ICU) environment, …

BACKGROUND During the last century, the management of blunt force trauma to the spleen
has changed from observation and expectant management in the early part of the 1900s to …

Objective: To determine the impact of the increasing aging population on trauma mortality
relative to mortality from cancer and heart disease in the United States. Background: The …

Importance The Frailty Index (FI) is a known predictor of adverse outcomes in geriatric patients.
The usefulness of the FI as an outcome measure in geriatric trauma patients is unknown. …

Background During the last century, the management of blunt force trauma to the liver has
changed from observation and expectant management in the early part of the 1900s to mainly …

Background: The lack of adequate sleep during intensive care unit (ICU) admission is a
frequently overlooked complication. Disrupted sleep is associated with immune system …

… (R = 0.64; R 2 = 0.53; p = 0.1) and poorly correlated with American Society of Anesthesiologists
score (R = 0.51; R 2 … a statistical significance at the nominal level of 0.05 (R = 0.64; R 2 …

Background The Frailty Index has been shown to predict discharge disposition in geriatric
patients. The aim of this study was to validate the modified 15-variable Trauma-Specific Frailty …