Routinely recorded versus dedicated time registrations during trauma work-up

Since time intervals are used to determine quality of trauma care, it is relevant to know how reliable those intervals can be measured. The aim of our study was to assess the reliability of time intervals as r...

Authors: Joanne C Sierink, Evin WM de Jong, Niels WL Schep and J Carel Goslings

Diagnostic significance of rib series in minor thorax trauma compared to plain chest film and computed tomography

Rib series (RS) are a special radiological technique to improve the visualization of the bony parts of the chest.

Authors: Patrick Hoffstetter, Christian Dornia, Stephan Schäfer, Merle Wagner, Lena M Dendl, Christian Stroszczynski and Andreas G Schreyer

Abdominal injuries in a major Scandinavian trauma center – performance assessment over an 8 year period

Damage control surgery and damage control resuscitation have reduced mortality in patients with severe abdominal injuries. The shift towards non-operative management in haemodynamically stable patients sufferi...

Authors: Sigrid Groven, Christine Gaarder, Torsten Eken, Nils Oddvar Skaga and Paal Aksel Naess

Traumatic injury among females: does gender matter?

Trauma remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Generally, the incidence of traumatic injuries is disproportionately high in males. However, trauma in females is underreported.

Authors: Ayman El-Menyar, Hany El-Hennawy, Hassan Al-Thani, Mohammad Asim, Husham Abdelrahman, Ahmad Zarour, Ashok Parchani, Ruben Peralta and Rifat Latifi

PHTLS ® (Prehospital Trauma Life Support) provider courses in Germany – who takes part and what do participants think about prehospital trauma care training?

The goal of this study was to examine PHTLS Provider courses in Germany and to proof the assumption that formation of physicians and paramedics in prehospital trauma care can be optimized.

Authors: Christian B Frank, Christoph G Wölfl, Aidan Hogan, Arnold J Suda, Thorsten Gühring, Bernhard Gliwitzky and Matthias Münzberg

Trauma surgery associations and societies: which organizations match your goals?

This focused summary is a multi-institutional, multi-national, and multi-generational project designed to briefly summarize current academic trauma societies for both trainees and faculty alike. The co-authors...

Authors: Chad G Ball, Sean C Grondin, Colin Schieman, David V Feliciano, Elijah Dixon, Andrew W Kirkpatrick, Rao R Ivatury, Jeffrey P Salomone and Lawrence R Reed

Routine versus ad hoc screening for acute stress following injury: who would benefit and what are the opportunities for prevention

Screening for acute stress is not part of routine trauma care owing in part to high variability of acute stress symptoms in identifying later onset of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The objective of thi...

Authors: Nathaniel Bell, Boris Sobolev, Stephen Anderson, Robert Hewko and Richard K Simons

Reviewer acknowledgement 2013

The editors of the Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes and BioMed Central would like to show our appreciation for the following reviewers for their time, hard work and support by reviewing manuscripts for t...

Authors: Dirk Stengel and Annette Luckmann

Mortality after road traffic crashes in a system with limited trauma data capability

Africa has 4% of the global vehicles but accounts for about one tenth of global vehicular deaths. Major trauma in Kenya is associated with excess mortality in comparison with series from trauma centers. The de...

Authors: Hassan Saidi, Ben Kasyoka Mutiso and Julius Ogengo

Propensity for performing interventions in pre-hospital trauma management – a comparison between physicians and non-physicians

In 2005, the Advanced Life Support (ALS) teams delivering pre-hospital care in RegionSkane in southern Sweden received additional support by physicians, who were part of “Pre-hospital acute teams” (PHAT). The ...

Authors: Mathias C Blom, Ludwig Aspelin and Kjell Ivarsson

Management of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome: a review

Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at risk of developing of intra abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS).

Authors: Leanne Hunt, Steve A Frost, Ken Hillman, Phillip J Newton and Patricia M Davidson

The impact of shorter prehospital transport times on outcomes in patients with abdominal vascular injuries

Most deaths in patients with abdominal vascular injuries (ABVI) are caused by exsanguination and irreversible shock. Therefore, time to definitive hemorrhage control is an important factor affecting survival. ...

Authors: Chad G Ball, Brian H Williams, Clarisse Tallah, Jeffrey P Salomone and David V Feliciano

Paediatric injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a prospective review of 150 cases

Injuries continue to be the leading cause of death and disability for children. The is a paucity of published data on paediatric injuries in our local environment. This study describes the etiological spectrum...

Authors: Raymond Simon, Japhet M Gilyoma, Ramesh M Dass, Mabula D Mchembe and Phillipo L Chalya

Citywide trauma experience in Mwanza, Tanzania: a need for urgent intervention

Trauma remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in resource limited countries. There is paucity of published reports on trauma care in Tanzania, particularly the study area. This study was carried ou...

Authors: Phillipo L Chalya, Ramesh M Dass, Mabula D Mchembe, Nkinda Mbelenge, Isdori H Ngayomela, Alphonce B Chandika, Japhet M Gilyoma and Joseph B Mabula

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Decompressive craniectomy without durotomy for traumatic coma and uncontrollable intracranial hypertension

Authors: Daniel James Miller and Darlene Angela Lobel

Inter-observer reliability assessment of the Schatzker, AO/OTA and three-column classification of tibial plateau fractures

The purpose of our study was to evaluate inter-observer reliability of the Three-Column classifications with conventional Schatzker and AO/OTA of Tibial Plateau Fractures.

Authors: Yi Zhu, Cheng-Fang Hu, Guang Yang, Dong Cheng and Cong-Feng Luo

The risk of early mortality of polytrauma patients associated to ISS, NISS, APACHE II values and prothrombin time

The early hemodynamic normalization of polytrauma patients may lead to better survival outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic quality of trauma and physiological scores from widely used s...

Authors: Ladislav Mica, Kaspar Rufibach, Marius Keel and Otmar Trentz

Treatment provider is most predictive of ED dismissal in minimally-injured trauma patients: a retrospective review

Secondary triage protocols have been described in the literature as physiologic (first-tier) criteria and mechanism-related (second-tier) criteria to determine the level of trauma activation. There is debate a...

Authors: Diane L S Hunt, Gina M Berg, Rosalee E Zackula, Francie H Ekengren, Diana Lippoldt, Elizabeth Ablah and Ruth Wetta

Outcome after severe multiple trauma: a retrospective analysis

Aim of this study was to evaluate prognosis of severely injured patients.

Authors: Christian von Rüden, Alexander Woltmann, Marc Röse, Simone Wurm, Matthias Rüger, Christian Hierholzer and Volker Bühren

Distraction by a monotube fixator to achieve limb lengthening: predictive factors for tibia trauma

Management of post trauma tibia bone gap varied with orthopedic surgeons’ experience and tools available. Study aims to determine predictive factors for distraction by a monotube fixator (DMF) outcome in post ...

Authors: Olayinka O Adegbehingbe, Owolabi D Ojo, Paul O Abiola, Abimbola L Ariyibi, Lawrence M Oginni and John A Obateru

Retrospective review of the use and costs of routine chest x rays in a trauma setting

Chest x-rays (CXR) are routinely obtained on blunt trauma patients. Many patients also receive additional imaging with thoracic computed tomography scans for other indications. We hypothesized that in hemodyna...

Authors: Kristina Ziegler, James M Feeney, Colleen Desai, David Sharpio, Wiiliam T Marshall and Michael Twohig

Welcome to a decade of action that can make a change!

The Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes welcomes the launch of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020. More than 100 countries around the world will kick off the first global Decade of Action for...

Authors: Uli Schmucker, Axel Ekkernkamp and Dirk Stengel

Outcome after thoracoscopic ventral stabilisation of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures

Thoracoscopic-assisted ventral stabilisation for thoracolumbar fractures has been shown to be associated with decreased recovery time and less morbidity when compared with open procedures. However, there are a...

Authors: Roman Pfeifer, Miguel Pishnamaz, Derek Dombroski, Nicole Heussen, Hans-Christoph Pape and Bernhard Schmidt-Rohlfing

Calculating trauma triage precision: effects of different definitions of major trauma

Triage is the process of classifying patients according to injury severity and determining the priority for further treatment. Although the term “major trauma” represents the reference against which over- and ...

Authors: Hans Morten Lossius, Marius Rehn, Kjell E Tjosevik and Torsten Eken

Late decompressive craniectomyafter traumatic brain injury: neurological outcome at 6 months after ICU discharge

The choice of optimal treatment in traumatic brain injured (TBI) patients is a challenge. The aim of this study was to verify the neurological outcome of severe TBI patients treated with decompressive craniect...

Authors: Giovanni Cianchi, Manuela Bonizzoli, Giovanni Zagli, Simona di Valvasone, Simona Biondi, Marco Ciapetti, Lucia Perretta, Furio Mariotti and Adriano Peris