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Autor:
Ashley Britton Christmas, Thomas K. Duncan, Stephanie Goldberg, Shannon Foster, Ernest F. J. Block, Steven R. Allen, Andrew Dennis, Marie Crandall, Wendy R. Greene, Michael P. Hirsh, Peter A. Pappas, D’Andrea K. Joseph, Karen M. Lommel, Alexander L. Eastman, Pina Violano, William Shillinglaw
Publikováno v:
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 81(5)
BACKGROUND: In the past decade, more than 300,000 people in the United States have died from firearm injuries. Our goal was to assess the effectiveness of two particular prevention strategies, restrictive licensing of firearms and concealed carry law
Publikováno v:
The American Surgeon. 77:55-58
Diaphragmatic injuries (DIs) are difficult to diagnose and often go unrecognized after blunt trauma. We proposed that CT scan with coronal reconstruction (CTCR) improves the detection of small DIs missed by chest x-ray (CXR) and CT scan with axial vi
Publikováno v:
Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care. 69:640-644
Background: There is a national loss of access to surgeons for emergencies. Contributing factors include reduced numbers of practicing general surgeons, superspecialization, reimbursement issues, emphasis on work and life balance, and medical liabili
Autor:
Ernest F. J. Block
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Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care. 67:421-429
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree w
Autor:
Ernest F. J. Block, Timothy C. Fabian, Lena M. Napolitano, Christopher Enny, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Howard L. Corwin, Kathleen Kelly, Wayne Langholff
Publikováno v:
Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care. 65:285-299
Background: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial (EPO-2, N = 1,302) in anemic critically ill patients demonstrated a 29-day survival benefit in the trauma subgroup receiving epoetin alfa (mortality 8.9% vs. 4.1%). A secon
Autor:
Rebecca N Jerome, Nathan T. Mowery, Ernest F. J. Block, Bryan R. Collier, William J. Bromberg, Jose A. Acosta, Kevin M. Dwyer, Daniel C. Cullinane, Margaret M. Griffen, John C. Mayberry, Faran Bokhari, Jose J. Diaz
Publikováno v:
Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care. 64:1651-1664
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMThe description of patients presenting with small bowel obstruction (SBO) dates back to the third or fourth century, when early surgeons created enterocutaneous fistulas to relieve a bowel obstruction. Despite this success wit
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 56:237-242
Background: The long-term physical, mental, and functional consequences of abdominal decompression for intra-abdominal hypertension are unknown. Methods: Thirty patients in various stages of abdominal decompression and delayed fascial closure for mas
Publikováno v:
The American Surgeon. 68:648-651
A highly anticipated and rewarding component of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) program is the surgical skill station. Logistic, societal, and economic issues have resulted in development of human patient simulators (HPSs) as an alternative t
Autor:
Loren D. Nelson, Ernest F. J. Block, Michael L. Cheatham, Jeffery L. Johnson, Scott G. Sagraves
Publikováno v:
Critical Care Medicine. 29:1251-1254
Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of single- vs. multiple-dilator techniques in the performance of percutaneous dilational tracheostomy. Design: Prospective randomized trial. Setting: Intensive care units at a level 1 trauma center. Patie
Publikováno v:
The American Surgeon. 75:722-724
Segways and other personal transporters are emerging as alternative modes of transportation that blur the distinction between pedestrian and vehicular traffic. We reviewed the records of four patients who were traumatically injured while piloting per