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Body mass index affects the need for and the duration of mechanical ventilation after thoracic traumaDonald A Reiff
Center for Injury Sciences at UAB, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0016, USA
J Trauma 62:1432-5. 2007..The current study evaluates the association between BMI and the need for mechanical ventilation (MV) among patients who have sustained chest trauma...
Transfusions in the less severely injured: does age of transfused blood affect outcomes?Jordan A Weinberg
Center for Injury Sciences, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
J Trauma 65:794-8. 2008..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between the age of stored blood and the morbidity and mortality in a mild to moderately injured patient cohort...
Traumatic brain injury is associated with the development of deep vein thrombosis independent of pharmacological prophylaxisDonald A Reiff
Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
J Trauma 66:1436-40. 2009..Our objective was to determine the association of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to the formation of DVT irrespective of the use of anticoagulation therapy...
The relationship of blood product ratio to mortality: survival benefit or survival bias?Christopher W Snyder
Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
J Trauma 66:358-62; discussion 362-4. 2009..The objective of this study was to evaluate the temporal relationship between blood product ratios and mortality in massively transfused trauma patients...
The association between body mass index and diaphragm injury among motor vehicle collision occupantsDonald A Reiff
Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Trauma 57:1324-8; discussion 1328. 2004..This association provides insight as to the cause of diaphragmatic injury and may aid clinicians in detecting these often occult injuries...
Body mass index affects time to definitive closure after damage control surgeryRamanath N Haricharan
Section of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
J Trauma 66:1683-7. 2009..Among patients requiring damage control laparotomy (DCL), clinical experience suggests that obesity affects time to definitive closure though this association has never been demonstrated quantitatively...
Management of colon wounds in the setting of damage control laparotomy: a cautionary taleJordan A Weinberg
Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0007, USA
J Trauma 67:929-35. 2009..The purpose of this study was to evaluate our experience with the management of colonic wounds in the context of DCL, using colonic wound outcomes after routine, single laparotomy (SL) as a benchmark...
Closing the open abdomen: improved success with Wittmann Patch staged abdominal closureJordan A Weinberg
Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0007, USA
J Trauma 65:345-8. 2008..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of this device on our incidence of fascial closure versus planned ventral hernia...
Risk factors associated with adrenal insufficiency in severely injured burn patientsDonald A Reiff
Center for Injury, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0016, USA
J Burn Care Res 28:854-8. 2007..After severe thermal injury, the diagnosis of AI substantially increases the risk of death. A better understanding of factors that predispose burn patients to AI may aid in earlier diagnosis, initiation of therapy, and improved outcomes...
Prospective implementation of an algorithm for bedside intravascular ultrasound-guided filter placement in critically ill patientsChristopher D Killingsworth
Division of General Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala, USA
J Vasc Surg 51:1215-21. 2010..This study reviewed the effectiveness of a prospectively implemented algorithm for IVUS-guided IVC filter placement in this high-risk population...
Specific occupant and collision characteristics are associated with motor vehicle collision-related blunt cerebrovascular artery injuryRoss P Davis
Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
J Trauma 56:64-7. 2004..These characteristics provide insight as to the cause of this injury that may aid in the evaluation and management of the blunt trauma patient at risk for BCI...
Identifying injuries and motor vehicle collision characteristics that together are suggestive of diaphragmatic ruptureDonald A Reiff
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0016, USA
J Trauma 53:1139-45. 2002..For this subpopulation, additional invasive procedures including exploratory laparotomy, laparoscopy, or thoracoscopy may be warranted to exclude DR...
Age of transfused blood: an independent predictor of mortality despite universal leukoreductionJordan A Weinberg
Center for Injury Sciences, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0007, USA
J Trauma 65:279-82; discussion 282-4. 2008..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of stored blood age on mortality in injured patients who universally received leukoreduced blood...
Injury rates among restrained drivers in motor vehicle collisions: the role of body habitusStephan G Moran
Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 35294 0016, USA
J Trauma 52:1116-20. 2002..The hypothesis of this study was that as the driver's body habitus diverges from the 50% percentile male Hybrid III Crash Dummy (H3CD), the frequency of injury changes...
Gender differences in mortality following burn injuryGerald McGwin
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
Shock 18:311-5. 2002..Differences in the natural history of nonthermal trauma and burn injury may provide insight regarding these divergent findings...
Incidence and characteristics of motor vehicle collision-related blunt thoracic aortic injury according to ageGerald McGwin
Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0016, USA
J Trauma 52:859-65; discussion 865-6. 2002..The goal of the present study is to test this hypothesis using population-based data...
