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Blunt splenic trauma: splenectomy increases early infectious complications: a prospective multicenter studyDemetrios Demetriades
LAC USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:229-34. 2012..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the method of splenic injury management on early infectious complications...- Image of the month. Cerebral fat embolismDemetrios Demetriades
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Trauma Center, 90033, USA
Arch Surg 139:1257-8. 2004 - Role of postoperative computed tomography in patients with severe liver injuryD Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Br J Surg 90:1398-400. 2003..The aim of the present study was to investigate the nature and incidence of significant liver-related abnormalities detected by postoperative CT in asymptomatic patients with severe liver injury... - A technique of surgical closure of complex intestinal fistulae in the open abdomenDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 55:999-1001. 2003 - Colon injuries: new perspectivesD Demetriades
Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Health Care Consultation Center, 1510 San Pablo Street, Suite 514, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Injury 35:217-22. 2004 - Outcome and prognostic factors in head injuries with an admission Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3Demetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Los Angeles County, and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Arch Surg 139:1066-8. 2004..To identify significant risk factors associated with mortality in patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3... - Relationship between American College of Surgeons trauma center designation and mortality in patients with severe trauma (injury severity score > 15)Demetrios Demetriades
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Am Coll Surg 202:212-5; quiz A45. 2006..There is very little work published on the association of ACS trauma center designation and outcomes in severe trauma... - Technology-driven triage of abdominal trauma: the emerging era of nonoperative managementD Demetriades
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Annu Rev Med 54:1-15. 2003..Improvement of the optical system of minilaparoscopes may allow reliable bedside laparoscopy for suspected diaphragmatic injuries... - An unusual anatomical aortic arch variationD Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 58:654. 2005 - The effect of trauma center designation and trauma volume on outcome in specific severe injuriesDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Ann Surg 242:512-7; discussion 517-9. 2005..The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of American College of Surgeons (ACS) trauma center designation and trauma volume on outcome in patients with specific severe injuries... - Effect on outcome of early intensive management of geriatric trauma patientsD Demetriades
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Br J Surg 89:1319-22. 2002..The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of the new policy on outcome... - Selective nonoperative management of penetrating abdominal solid organ injuriesDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care, Department of Surgery, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Ann Surg 244:620-8. 2006..To assess the feasibility and safety of selective nonoperative management in penetrating abdominal solid organ injuries... - Operative repair or endovascular stent graft in blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multicenter StudyDemetrios Demetriades
J Trauma 64:561-70; discussion 570-1. 2008.... - Diagnosis and treatment of blunt thoracic aortic injuries: changing perspectivesDemetrios Demetriades
AAST Multi institutional Thoracic Aortic Injury Study Group, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 64:1415-8; discussion 1418-9. 2008..The present study compares clinical practices and results between an earlier prospective multicenter study by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma completed in 1997 (AAST1) and a new similar study completed in 2007 (AAST2)... - Blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: early or delayed repair--results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma prospective studyDemetrios Demetriades
Multicenter Clinical Trials Committee, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, USA
J Trauma 66:967-73. 2009..In recent years, there has been a trend toward delayed repair, even in low-risk patients. This study evaluates the current practices in the surgical community regarding the timing of aortic repair and its effects on outcomes... - High-level falls: type and severity of injuries and survival outcome according to ageDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 58:342-5. 2005..There is little work published on this subject. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of age on the incidence and severity of specific organ injuries and survival outcome after high-level falls... - One hundred five penetrating cardiac injuries: a 2-year prospective evaluationJ A Asensio
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, and the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles 90033 4525, USA
J Trauma 44:1073-82. 1998.... - Approach to the management of complex hepatic injuriesJ A Asensio
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033 4525, USA
J Trauma 48:66-9. 2000..The objective of this study is to assess the clinical experience with an aggressive approach to the management of these, the most complex of hepatic injuries... - Old age as a criterion for trauma team activationD Demetriades
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 51:754-6; discussion 756-7. 2001..Elderly trauma patients have been shown to have a worse prognosis than young patients. Age alone is not a criterion for trauma team activation (TTA). In the present study, we evaluated the role of age > or = 70 years as a criterion for TTA... - Predicting the need for thoracoscopic evacuation of residual traumatic hemothorax: chest radiograph is insufficientG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
J Trauma 46:65-70. 1999..Our objective was to evaluate the accuracy of CXR in detecting significant residual hemothorax and compare its clinical value to thoracic computed tomography (CT) when used to select patients for thoracoscopic evacuation... - Invasive and non-invasive physiological monitoring of blunt trauma patients in the early period after emergency admissionG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Int Surg 84:354-60. 1999..Such systems provide information similar to that provided by the invasive thermodilution method, and are easier and safer to use... - Is there a limit to massive blood transfusion after severe trauma?G C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Medical School and the Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, 90033, USA
Arch Surg 133:947-52. 1998..To examine the hypothesis that the futility of short-term care for trauma patients requiring emergency operation can be determined based on the number of units of blood transfused and associated risk factors... - Impact of plasma transfusion in massively transfused trauma patientsPedro G R Teixeira
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 66:693-7. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine the optimal use of fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) in trauma. Our hypothesis was that a higher FFP: packed red blood cells (PRBC) ratio is associated with improved survival... - Pelvic fractures: epidemiology and predictors of associated abdominal injuries and outcomesDemetrios Demetriades
Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
J Am Coll Surg 195:1-10. 2002..These risk factors can help in selecting the most appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions... - Emergency medical services (EMS) vs non-EMS transport of critically injured patients: a prospective evaluationE E Cornwell
Department of Surgery, Trauma Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Arch Surg 135:315-9. 2000..A previous report of 5,782 trauma patients demonstrated higher mortality among those transported by emergency medical services (EMS) than among their non-EMS-transported counterparts... - Routine helical computed tomographic evaluation of the mediastinum in high-risk blunt trauma patientsD Demetriades
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA
Arch Surg 133:1084-8. 1998..Routine aortography in the absence of any mediastinal abnormality is not widely practiced. Helical computed tomographic (CT) scan has been successfully used in recent studies in the evaluation of the thoracic aorta... - Relative bradycardia in patients with traumatic hypotensionD Demetriades
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA
J Trauma 45:534-9. 1998..Relative bradycardia is defined as a systolic pressure < or = 90 mm Hg and a pulse rate < or = 90 beats per minute... - Prognostic significance of lower extremity long bone fractures after automobile versus pedestrian injuriesMatthew Hannon
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 67:1384-8. 2009..Fractures of the tibia and femur are common after automobile versus pedestrian (AVP) injuries. This study evaluates the effect of age on the type of fracture and the incidence and type of associated injuries... - Methamphetamines in trauma: effect on injury patterns and outcomePantelis Hadjizacharia
Division of Trauma SICU, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 66:895-8. 2009..The association of methamphetamine exposure and outcomes after trauma is not known... - Nonoperative management of splenic injuries: have we gone too far?G C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033, USA
Arch Surg 135:674-9; discussion 679-81. 2000..Patients with severe blunt injuries to the spleen have a high likelihood of failing nonoperative management of splenic injuries (NOMSI)... - Prehospital intubation in patients with severe head injuryJ A Murray
Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, 90033, USA
J Trauma 49:1065-70. 2000..We reviewed the outcome of patients with severe head injury, to determine whether prehospital intubation is associated with an improved outcome... - Penetrating trauma in patients older than 55 years: a case-control studyB J Roth
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine and the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, 1200 N. State St, Room 9900, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Injury 32:551-4. 2001.... - Serial white blood cell counts in trauma: do they predict a hollow viscus injury?Beat Schnüriger
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles County Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 69:302-7. 2010..The significance of serial white blood cell (WBC) counts in trauma patients with a suspected hollow viscus injury (HVI) is unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of serial WBC counts in the diagnosis of a HVI... - Trauma fatalities: time and location of hospital deathsDemetrios Demetriades
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Am Coll Surg 198:20-6. 2004..These findings may help in focusing research, education, and resource allocation in a more targeted manner to reduce trauma deaths... - "Insignificant" mechanism of injury: not to be taken lightlyG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, USA
J Am Coll Surg 192:147-52. 2001..Resources should be spent rationally for patients who do not have these characteristics, because the probability of significant injuries among them is low, but not zero... - Prophylactic antibiotics after severe trauma: more is not betterG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, 90033, USA
Int Surg 86:176-83. 2001..In conclusion, we found that 24-hour prophylaxis with a single broad-antibiotic is as effective as prophylaxis for longer periods of time with multiple spectrum antibiotics for critically injured patients at high risk for sepsis... - Penetrating colon injuries requiring resection: diversion or primary anastomosis? An AAST prospective multicenter studyD Demetriades
Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Trauma Center, 1200 North State Street, Room 1105, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 50:765-75. 2001.... - Abdominal computed tomography for the diagnosis of intra-abdominal sepsis in critically injured patients: fishing in murky watersG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Arch Surg 134:831-6; discussion 836-8. 1999..Abdominal computed tomographic (ACT) scans are useful in the evaluation of sepsis of unknown origin in patients with major trauma... - Endpoints of resuscitation of critically injured patients: normal or supranormal? A prospective randomized trialG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, and the Department of Biostatistics and Outcomes Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ann Surg 232:409-18. 2000..To evaluate the effect of early optimization in the survival of severely injured patients... - Selective nonoperative management in 1,856 patients with abdominal gunshot wounds: should routine laparotomy still be the standard of care?G C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ann Surg 234:395-402; discussion 402-3. 2001..To evaluate the safety of a policy of selective nonoperative management (SNOM) in patients with abdominal gunshot wounds... - Clinical experience using 5% hypertonic saline as a safe alternative fluid for use in traumaJoseph J Dubose
Division of Trauma, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 68:1172-7. 2010..5% solutions. The purpose of this study was to compare our experience with the administration of commercially available 5% HTS solution with that of well-matched controls who did not receive HTS... - Patterns of injury and functional outcome after hanging: analysis of the National Trauma Data BankMatthew J Martin
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Surg 190:836-40. 2005..Additionally, there are no studies examining the degree of functional disability among survivors of hanging injury... - Noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring for combat casualtiesWilliam C Shoemaker
Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, CA 90033, USA
Mil Med 171:813-20. 2006..Combined with an information system, this approach provided an early outcome predictor and evaluated, with an objective individualized method, the relative efficacy of alternative therapies for specific patients... - Splenectomy for trauma increases the rate of early postoperative infectionsJames Wiseman
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033, USA
Am Surg 72:947-50. 2006..More specifically, splenectomy patients more often develop pneumonia and multiple infections. This increase in infections is not associated with increased mortality... - Association of scapular fractures and blunt thoracic aortic injury: fact or fiction?Carlos V R Brown
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Am Surg 71:54-7. 2005..Patients with SF almost always have significant associated injuries. Although SF indicates a high amount of energy transmitted to the upper thorax, these patients rarely have BTAI. SF should not be used as an indicator of possible BTAI... - Invasive and noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring of patients with cerebrovascular accidentsG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County University of Southern California LAC USC Medical Center 90033, USA
West J Med 169:17-22. 1998..Noninvasive electrical bioimpedance technology offers a new method for early hemodynamic evaluation. Further research in this area is warranted... - Initial evaluation and management of gunshot wounds to the faceD Demetriades
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA
J Trauma 45:39-41. 1998..In the current study, we present a large series from a busy trauma center in an effort to identify early diagnostic and therapeutic problems and recommend management guidelines... - Clinically significant blunt cardiac trauma: role of serum troponin levels combined with electrocardiographic findingsA Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine, LAC USC Medical Center, 1200 N State Street, Room 9900, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 50:237-43. 2001..We investigated the role of two simple and convenient tests, serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and electrocardiogram (ECG), when used to identify patients at risk of cardiac complications after BCT... - Wound management after colon injury: open or closed? A prospective randomized trialGeorge C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033, USA
Am Surg 68:795-801. 2002..Because of the complexity of evaluating the real clinical significance of superficial wound infection larger studies on trauma patients are required... - Pedestrians injured by automobiles: risk factors for cervical spine injuriesHakan Yanar
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Am Coll Surg 205:794-9. 2007..Diagnosis of cervical spine injuries (CSI) in multitrauma patients, especially in the presence of head trauma, can be difficult. Identification of risk factors associated with CSI can help avoid missed or delayed diagnosis... - Management and hospital outcomes of blunt renal artery injuries: analysis of 517 patients from the National Trauma Data BankBurapat Sangthong
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Am Coll Surg 203:612-7. 2006..Patients who had nephrectomy had a considerably longer hospital stay than observed patients. CONCLUSIONS: Blunt renal artery injury is rare. Nonoperative management should be considered as an acceptable therapeutic option... - Early continuous noninvasive haemodynamic monitoring after severe blunt traumaG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
Injury 30:209-14. 1999..This approach is limited because PA catheterization requires critical care conditions; however, noninvasive methods can provide early information anywhere in the hospital... - Mathematical program for outcome prediction and therapeutic support for trauma beginning within 1 hr of admission: a preliminary reportWilliam C Shoemaker
Laboratory of Applied Pharmacokinetics, LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA, USA
Crit Care Med 33:1499-506. 2005..CONCLUSION: Noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring and an information system provided a feasible approach to predict outcome early and to evaluate prospectively the efficacy of various therapies... - Hemodynamic and oxygen transport patterns after head trauma and brain death: implications for management of the organ donorHoward Belzberg
Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 63:1032-42. 2007.... - The impact of Acinetobacter baumannii infections on outcome in trauma patients: a matched cohort studyBarbara M Eberle
Division of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care at Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:2133-8. 2010..To determine the impact of Acinetobacter baumannii infection on the outcome of trauma patients... - Hemodynamic patterns of blunt and penetrating injuriesKevin Jun Qiang Lu
Department of Surgery, LAC USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Am Coll Surg 203:899-907. 2006..The hypothesis was that traumatic shock is a circulatory disorder that can be monitored by noninvasive hemodynamic parameters that reflect cardiac, pulmonary, and tissue perfusion functions... - Discordance between lactate and base deficit in the surgical intensive care unit: which one do you trust?Matthew J Martin
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Surg 191:625-30. 2006..Both lactate and base deficit (BD) are used as predictors of injury severity and mortality. We examined the significance of these measures when used in combination, and particularly when they provide conflicting data... - Serum bicarbonate may replace the arterial base deficit in the trauma intensive care unitElizabeth FitzSullivan
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, 1200 North State Street, Room 10-750, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Am J Surg 190:941-6. 2005..Serum HCO3 may be safely and accurately substituted for arterial BD measurement in critically injured patients... - Continuous noninvasive monitoring of cardiac performance and tissue perfusion in pediatric trauma patientsMatthew Martin
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles County Hospital USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Pediatr Surg 40:1957-63. 2005..The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of a continuous survival probability prediction using noninvasive measures of cardiac performance and tissue perfusion in severely injured pediatric patients... - Improved trauma system multicasualty incident response: comparison of two train crash disastersH Gill Cryer
Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 1711, USA
J Trauma 68:783-9. 2010..To determine whether our trauma system MCI response improved, we analyzed the distribution of patients from the scene to TCs and CHs in the two MCIs... - Effects of age and obesity on hemodynamics, tissue oxygenation, and outcome after traumaHoward Belzberg
Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, School of Medicine 90033, USA
J Trauma 62:1192-200. 2007.... - Blunt gastric injuriesDidem Oncel
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Am Surg 73:880-3. 2007..The results of this study suggest that mortality in patients with blunt hollow viscus injuries can be attributed to concurrent head and chest injuries, but not the specific hollow viscus organ that is injured... - Lung-sparing surgery after penetrating trauma using tractotomy, partial lobectomy, and pneumonorrhaphyG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033, USA
Arch Surg 134:186-9. 1999..To evaluate the role of lung-sparing surgical techniques in the surgical management of penetrating pulmonary injuries... - Angiographic embolization for intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal injuriesG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, 90033, USA
World J Surg 24:539-45. 2000..Early AE may be used in selected patients as a front-line therapeutic intervention that offers expeditious hemostasis and prevents delays in definitive bleeding control... - Aerodigestive injuries of the neckP Vassiliu
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Am Surg 67:75-9. 2001..Loss of airway after rapid sequence induction is a potentially lethal complication and the trauma team should be ready for a surgical airway. Repair of laryngotracheal injuries without a protective tracheostomy is safe in selected cases... - Cervical pharyngoesophageal and laryngotracheal injuriesD Demetriades
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California, 1510 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
World J Surg 25:1044-8. 2001..Although selected small pharyngeal and laryngotracheal injuries may be managed nonoperatively, all other aerodigestive tract injuries should be managed with early operation... - Hemodynamic patterns of survivors and nonsurvivors during high risk elective surgical operationsW C Shoemaker
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Room 9900, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
World J Surg 23:1264-70; discussion 1270-1. 1999..This suggests that lethal circulatory dysfunctions may begin during the intraoperative period but become more apparent before and after organs fail during later postoperative stages... - Nonskeletal cervical spine injuries: epidemiology and diagnostic pitfallsD Demetriades
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA
J Trauma 48:724-7. 2000..The objective of this study was to study the incidence and type of cervical spine trauma according to mechanism of injury; identify problems and pitfalls in the diagnosis of nonskeletal cervical spine injuries... - Reliable variables in the exsanguinated patient which indicate damage control and predict outcomeJ A Asensio
Trauma Surgery Service A, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California, LAC USC Medical Center, 1200 N State St, Rm 10 750, Los Angeles, CA 90033 4525, USA
Am J Surg 182:743-51. 2001.... - The epidemiology of dog attacks in an urban environment and the risk of vascular injuryRodd Benfield
LAC USC Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, 1200 North State Street, Room 6341, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Am Surg 76:203-5. 2010..The presence of VI is unpredictable, lacking reliable associated patient and admission factors. A high index of suspicion is required in the evaluation of patients involved in dog attacks... - Intubation after cervical spinal cord injury: to be done selectively or routinely?George C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Am Surg 69:891-4. 2003..The majority of patients with CSCI require intubation. In patients with CSCI above C5 and complete quadriplegia, intubation should be offered routinely and early because delays may cause preventable morbidity... - Outcome prediction by a mathematical model based on noninvasive hemodynamic monitoringWilliam C Shoemaker
Laboratory of Applied Pharmcokinetics, Department of Surgery, LAC USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 60:82-90. 2006..The aims are to apply a mathematical search and display model based on noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring, to predict outcome early in a consecutively monitored series of 661 severely injured patients... - Evaluation of invasive and noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring in trauma patientsWilliam C Shoemaker
Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 61:844-53; discussion 853-4. 2006..The aim of this study was to compare a recently developed and improved noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring system with the conventional invasive monitoring by pulmonary artery catheterization (PAC) in acute emergency trauma patients... - Epidemiology of sternal fracturesGustavo Recinos
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am Surg 75:401-4. 2009..After appropriate exclusion of associated injuries, the majority of patients diagnosed with a sternal fracture following blunt trauma can be safely discharged to home... - Preventable or potentially preventable mortality at a mature trauma centerPedro G R Teixeira
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 63:1338-46; discussion 1346-7. 2007..The objective of this study was to analyze the preventable and potentially preventable deaths occurring at a mature Level I trauma center... - Enterocutaneous fistula complicating trauma laparotomy: a major resource burdenPedro G R Teixeira
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Am Surg 75:30-2. 2009..Further investigation into the prevention and treatment of this costly complication is warranted... - Isolated severe traumatic brain injuries: association of blood alcohol levels with the severity of injuries and outcomesPeep Talving
Division of Acute Care Surgery Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 68:357-62. 2010..The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between blood alcohol levels (BAL) and outcomes in patients with isolated severe traumatic brain injuries (sTBI)... - Diagnosis of acid-base derangements and mortality prediction in the trauma intensive care unit: the physiochemical approachMatthew Martin
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County Hospital University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA
J Trauma 58:238-43. 2005..Physiochemical analysis is an alternative approach based on the principles of electroneutrality and conservation of mass, and may be more accurate for defining the presence and type of acidosis and unmeasured anions... - Motor vehicle crashes: the association of alcohol consumption with the type and severity of injuries and outcomesDavid Plurad
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Emerg Med 38:12-7. 2010..16-0.94, p = 0.05). Severely injured MVC victims with a high BAL have a higher incidence of severe head trauma and septic complications than no ETOH patients. However, the high ETOH group had superior adjusted survival rates... - QuikClot use in trauma for hemorrhage control: case series of 103 documented usesPeter Rhee
Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
J Trauma 64:1093-9. 2008..The objective of this report is to describe the initial clinical experience with QuikClot, a zeolite that works by absorbing water and concentrating coagulation factors to stop bleeding in a series of patients... - Pedestrians injured by automobiles: relationship of age to injury type and severityDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and SICU, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Am Coll Surg 199:382-7. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Age plays an important role in the anatomic distribution and severity of injuries and survival outcomes after pedestrian injuries... - Helicopter evacuation of trauma victims in Los Angeles: does it improve survival?Peep Talving
LAC USC Medical Center, Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, 1200 North State Street, IPT, Room C4E100, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
World J Surg 33:2469-76. 2009..The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the method of transport after injury and survival among trauma patients admitted to a Level 1 trauma facility in Los Angeles, California... - TRISS methodology: an inappropriate tool for comparing outcomes between trauma centersD Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California, Healthcare Consultation Center, Los Angeles 90033, USA
J Am Coll Surg 193:250-4. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: The TRISS methodology is not a reliable tool for comparing outcomes between trauma centers and has an unacceptably high misclassification rate in patients with severe trauma... - The impact of platelets on the progression of traumatic intracranial hemorrhageBeat Schnüriger
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles County Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 68:881-5. 2010..The purpose of this study was to analyze the association of the initial platelet count with mortality and progression of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in blunt traumatic brain injured (TBI) patients... - Cocaine use in trauma: effect on injuries and outcomesPantelis Hadjizacharia
Division of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 66:491-4. 2009..It has been reported that cocaine is associated with trauma patients at epidemic proportions. However, the injury patterns, complications, and mortality in cocaine test-positive trauma patients are not well known... - Coagulopathy in severe traumatic brain injury: a prospective studyPeep Talving
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care at the Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 66:55-61; discussion 61-2. 2009..The incidence and risk factors for traumatic brain injury (TBI)-associated coagulopathy after severe TBI (sTBI) and the effect of this complication on outcomes have not been evaluated in any large prospective studies... - Brain lobectomy for severe head injuries is not a hopeless procedureDidem Oncel
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 63:1010-3. 2007..Aggressive procedures, such as brain lobectomies, may benefit some of these patients. The published experience with brain lobectomies is very limited... - Blunt cardiac trauma: lessons learned from the medical examinerPedro G R Teixeira
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, USC and LAC Medical Center, 1200 North State Street, Room 10 750, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 67:1259-64. 2009..The objective of this study was to analyze autopsy findings after blunt traumatic deaths to identify the incidence of cardiac injuries and describe the patterns of associated injuries... - Analysis of 178 penetrating stomach and small bowel injuriesAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 8215 North, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
World J Surg 32:471-5. 2008..Risk factors for SSI include associated duodenal or colon injury. Delay to operating room, blood loss, and type and length of antibiotic prophylaxis were not associated with an increased risk of SSI... - Evaluation of immediate endoscopic realignment as a treatment modality for traumatic urethral injuriesPantelis Hadjizacharia
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 64:1443-9; discussion 1449-50. 2008..The purpose of this study was to investigate the outcomes of patients undergoing immediate endoscopic realignment (IER) compared with delayed treatment (DT)... - Complications following renal traumaMargaret Starnes
Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, CA 90033, USA
Arch Surg 145:377-81; discussion 381-2. 2010..To evaluate and compare the incidence and type of kidney-related complications among different modes of management for kidney injuries... - Mortality prediction of head Abbreviated Injury Score and Glasgow Coma Scale: analysis of 7,764 head injuriesDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and SICU, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Am Coll Surg 199:216-22. 2004..31). CONCLUSIONS: Mechanism of injury and age have a major effect in the predictive value of GCS and head AIS. There is no good correlation between GCS and head AIS... - Angiographic embolization for pelvic fractures in older patientsBrian J Kimbrell
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif. 90033, USA
Arch Surg 139:728-32; discussion 732-3. 2004..Angiographic embolization should be offered liberally to patients in this age group, regardless of presumed hemodynamic stability... - A mathematical program to predict survival and to support initial therapeutic decisions for trauma patients with long-bone and pelvic fracturesKevin Lu
Department of Surgery, LAC USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Injury 38:318-28. 2007..To test a mathematical program to monitor early haemodynamic patterns of patients with fractures, predict survival and support initial therapeutic decisions... - Functional outcome after blunt and penetrating carotid artery injuries: analysis of the National Trauma Data BankMatthew J Martin
Division of Trauma, Los Angeles County Hospital USC Medical Center, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 59:860-4. 2005..We analyzed the functional outcome at discharge among a cohort of patients suffering traumatic carotid arterial injury (CAI) and compared them with matched controls... - Does pelvic hematoma on admission computed tomography predict active bleeding at angiography for pelvic fracture?Carlos V R Brown
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, 1200 N. State Street, Room no. 6341, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Am Surg 71:759-62. 2005..The absence of a pelvic hematoma or contrast blush should not alter indications for pelvic angiography, as they do not reliably exclude active pelvic bleeding... - All patients with truncal gunshot wounds deserve trauma team activationJack Sava
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 52:276-9. 2002..3% died. CONCLUSION: Patients with GSWT often require high-level care, even when physiologic TTA criteria are absent on admission. Gunshot wound to the trunk should be an independent criterion for TTA... - The impact of obesity on the outcomes of 1,153 critically injured blunt trauma patientsCarlos V R Brown
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 59:1048-51; discussion 1051. 2005..Despite sustaining fewer head injuries, obese patients suffer more complications, require longer stays in the hospital, more days of mechanical ventilation, and obesity is independently associated with mortality... - Troponin increases in the critically injured patient: mechanical trauma or physiologic stress?Matthew Martin
Division of Trauma, Los Angeles County Hospital University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 59:1086-91. 2005..We sought to examine the etiologic factors and prognostic significance of increased Tn levels in a widely screened trauma population... - Spiral computed tomography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in critically ill surgical patients: a comparison with pulmonary angiographyG C Velmahos
LAC USC Medical Center, 1200 N State St, Room 9900, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Arch Surg 136:505-11. 2001..Spiral computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is sensitive and specific in diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE) in critically ill surgical patients... - Healing of traumatic diaphragm injuries: comparison of laparoscopic versus open techniques in an animal modelJ A Murray
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Surg Res 100:189-91. 2001..Simple approximation of the peritoneum with laparoscopic staples allows full-thickness healing of these injuries...