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American surgeon

Year: 2022
Articles in SafetyLit: 47

A CT-derived measurement of sarcopenia fails to predict falls

A trauma center-based study for victims of domestic violence: protecting women of Richmond and surrounding counties

Analysis of bicyclist injuries and fatalities in the United States: the need for effective & sustainable prevention policies

Analysis of electric vehicle collisions in the United States: an epidemiological study

Assessing the impact of Hands-Free Georgia on serious motor vehicle accidents

Changes in injury patterns associated with elevated blood alcohol level

Changing patterns in midwestern farm trauma: a retrospective comparative analysis

Clinical impact of prolonged helicopter emergency travel times in a rural trauma system

Effect of seasonality on variation among patients presenting with rib fractures in the United States

Effects of trauma center consolidation on pediatric trauma at an Appalachian pediatric hospital

Evaluation of the Nelson criteria as an indicator for nonsurgical admission in trauma patients

Examining the domestic violence crisis in Ventura County in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

Facility size and risk factors for mortality in pediatric trauma

Ground level falls in patients over 60, do race and socioeconomic status affect outcome?

Hemipelvectomy as a salvage procedure in massive pelvic trauma

Home medication regimens increase in complexity after admission for fall in the older trauma patient

How did the CoViD-19 pandemic affect trauma volume at an urban level I trauma center?

Improving opioid prescribing post-discharge for trauma patients with rib fractures: factors in prevention of prolonged use and dependency

Increased lengths of stay, ICU, and ventilator days in trauma patients with asymptomatic COVID-19 infection

Influence of CoViD-19 restrictions on urban violence

Initial laboratory values can predict mortality in burn patients

Injury patterns following falls down open manholes

Intimate partner violence at a level-1 trauma center during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time series analysis

Management of high grade splenic injuries in rural America

Marijuana use associated with decreased mortality in trauma patients

Maternal outcomes after trauma in pregnancy: a national database study

Nationwide analysis of biomechanics of motor vehicle collisions involving passenger vehicle and associated outcomes: towards improving vehicle safety standards and regulations

Nationwide analysis of motorcycle-associated injuries and fatalities in the United States: insufficient prevention policies or abandoned laws?

Outcomes in obese vs non-obese injured patients at a level 1 trauma center and bariatric surgery center of excellence

Pediatric aortic injury from a BB gun injury requiring emergent thoracotomy

Population density and triage of pediatric firearm injuries in a rural trauma system

Post-trauma discharge instructions: are we dropping the ball?

Prediction of trauma mortality incorporating pre-injury comorbidities into existing mortality scoring indices

Prevalence of housing insecurity in survivors of traumatic injury

Psychiatric symptoms, aggression, and sexual dysfunction among patients with benign anal conditions

Racial disparity, social determinates of health, and slavery during the Boston smallpox epidemics of the eighteenth century

Revised Intensity Battle Score (RIBS): development of a clinical score for predicting poor outcomes after rib fractures

Shelter in place and an alarming increase in penetrating trauma in children and concerning decrease in child abuse

Socioeconomic and cultural influence on child abuse rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

The impact of delays in interfaculty transfer on outcomes in elderly trauma patients

The impact of protective devices across the spectrum of trauma care and across racial groupings

Trauma surgeon-led and funded injury prevention program decreases number of all-terrain vehicle-related admissions

Traumatic cardiac arrest in pediatric patients: an analysis of the National Trauma Database 2007-2016

Traumatic spigelian hernia in a pediatric patient following a bicycle injury

Two minutes for roughing: a national analysis of ice hockey injuries from American trauma centers

Under-triage of elderly trauma patients with comorbid conditions

Why trauma care is not expensive: detailed analysis of actual costs and cost differences of patient cohorts