The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · May 2019
Association between age and acute respiratory distress syndrome development and mortality following trauma.
Improved understanding of the relationship between patient age and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) development and mortality following traumatic injury may help facilitate generation of new hypotheses about ARDS pathophysiology and the role of novel treatments to improve outcomes across the age spectrum. ⋯ Prognostic/epidemiological study, level III.
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · May 2019
Pediatric emergency department readiness among US trauma hospitals.
Pediatric readiness among US emergency departments is not universal. Trauma hospitals adhere to standards that may support day-to-day readiness for children. ⋯ Care management, level III.
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · May 2019
Comorbidities, anticoagulants, and geriatric-specific physiology for the field triage of injured older adults.
Comorbid conditions and anticoagulants have been considered as field triage criteria to raise the sensitivity for identifying seriously injured older adults, but research is sparse. We evaluated the utility of comorbidities, anticoagulant use, and geriatric-specific physiologic measures to improve the sensitivity of the field triage guidelines for high-risk older adults in the out-of-hospital setting. ⋯ Prognostic/Epidemiologic, level II.