Notrica, D. M;
Eubanks, J. W;
Tuggle, D. W;
Maxson, R. T;
Letton, R. W;
Garcia, N. M;
Alder, A. C;
Lawson, K. A;
St Peter, S. D;
Megison, S;
Garcia-Filion, P.
BACKGROUND: Nonoperative management of liver and spleen injury should be achievable for more than 95% of children. Large national studies continue to show that some regions fail to meet these benchmarks. Simultaneously, current guidelines recommend hospitalization for injury grade + 2 (in days). A new tr...
Kaufman, R. M;
Djulbegovic, B;
Gernsheimer, T;
Kleinman, S;
Tinmouth, A. T;
Capocelli, K. E;
Cipolle, M. D;
Cohn, C. S;
Fung, M. K;
Grossman, B. J;
Mintz, P. D;
O'Malley, B. A;
Sesok-Pizzini, D. A;
Shander, A;
Stack, G. E;
Webert, K. E;
Weinstein, R;
Welch, B. G;
Whitman, G. J;
Wong, E. C;
Tobian, A. A.
BACKGROUND: The AABB (formerly, the American Association of Blood Banks) developed this guideline on appropriate use of platelet transfusion in adult patients. METHODS: These guidelines are based on a systematic review of randomized, clinical trials and observational studies (1900 to September 2014) that...
Fox, N;
Schwartz, D;
Salazar, J. H;
Haut, E. R;
Dahm, P;
Black, J. H;
Brakenridge, S. C;
Como, J. J;
Hendershot, K;
King, D. R;
Maung, A. A;
Moorman, M. L;
Nagy, K;
Petrey, L. B;
Tesoriero, R;
Scalea, T. M;
Fabian, T. C.
BACKGROUND: Blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) is the second most common cause of death in trauma patients. Eighty percent of patients with BTAI will die before reaching a trauma center. The issues of how to diagnose, treat, and manage BTAI were first addressed by the Eastern Association for the Surger...