Defining the problem, main objective, and strategies of medical management in mass-casualty incidents caused by terrorist eventsItamar Ashkenazi
Surgery B Department, Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, POB 169, Israel 38100
Prehosp Disaster Med 23:82-9. 2008
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- Precision of in-hospital triage in mass-casualty incidents after terror attacks
Itamar Ashkenazi
Surgery B Department, Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera
Prehosp Disaster Med 21:20-3. 2006
..Proper management of mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) relies on triage as a critical component of the disaster plan...
Selection of patients with severe pelvic fracture for early angiography remains controversialIgor Jeroukhimov
Division of Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 17:62. 2009
..Angiography is an important tool in the management of severe pelvic injury, but indications and timing for its performance remain controversial...
- Inadequate mass-casualty knowledge base adversely affects treatment decisions by trauma care providers: Survey on hospital response following a terrorist bombing
Itamar Ashkenazi
Sugery B Department, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Prehosp Disaster Med 24:342-7. 2009
..This survey indicates that further education in the principles of MCI management should be based on critical evaluation of the literature...
- Abdominal stab wounds in Israel, 1997-2004: significant increase in overall incidence and prevalence of severe injury
Boris Kessel
Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 10:135-7. 2008
..However, the rate of failure of non-operative management is higher in Israel than in western countries...
- Effect of teleradiology upon pattern of transfer of head injured patients from a rural general hospital to a neurosurgical referral centre
Itamar Ashkenazi
Surgery B Department, Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Emerg Med J 24:550-2. 2007
..To assess the effect of teleradiology upon the need for transfer of head injured victims requiring hospitalisation but referred initially to a rural level 2 trauma centre without neurosurgical capacity...
- New technique of direct intra-abdominal pressure measurement
Elena Risin
Department of Anesthesiology and Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Asian J Surg 29:247-50. 2006
..To determine the efficacy of 14-Fr PVC round drain in the direct measurement of intra-abdominal pressure...
- Is routine portable pelvic X-ray in stable multiple trauma patients always justified in a high technology era?
Boris Kessel
Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Affiliated to Rappoport Medical School, Technion, Haifa, Hadera, Israel
Injury 38:559-63. 2007
..The objective of this study was to determine the impact of PXR in stable blunt multiple trauma patients, who required CT scan for full evaluation of the abdomen and pelvis...
- Management of victims in a mass casualty incident caused by a terrorist bombing: treatment algorithms for stable, unstable, and in extremis victims
Ricardo Alfici
Surgery B Department, Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, POB 169, Hadera 38100, Israel
Mil Med 171:1155-62. 2006
..Treatment protocols for stable, unstable, and in extremis patients are presented...
- Prehospital management of earthquake casualties buried under rubble
Itamar Ashkenazi
Surgery B Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Prehosp Disaster Med 20:122-33. 2005
..The objective of this paper is to review the pertinent literature and to analyze the information as a practical guideline for the medical management of casualties accidentally buried alive...
- Total pulmonectomy in trauma: a still unresolved problem--our experience and review of the literature
Ricardo Alfici
Department of Surgery B, Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Am Surg 73:381-4. 2007
..The main purpose of this study was to describe pathophysiologic changes and to discuss possible therapeutic alternatives based on the literature review after this operation...
- Right-sided "trapdoor" incision provides necessary exposure of complex cervicothoracic vascular injury: a case report
Boris Kessel
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 17:46. 2009
..Incorporation of such incision in the surgical arsenal may be very effective in selective cases...
- A new technique of direct intra-abdominal pressure measurement: a preliminary study
Elena Risin
Department of Anesthesiology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, POB 169, Hadera 38100, Israel
Am J Surg 191:235-7. 2006
..The purpose of this study was to determine if a 14-F polyvinyl chloride (PVC) round drain is a reliable tool for direct intra-abdominal pressure measurement...
- Burkitt's lymphoma: an unusual cause of obstructive jaundice
Boris Kessel
Department of Surgery B, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Asian J Surg 28:301-4. 2005
..Unlike other forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma presents as an extranodal disease. We present the case of a patient suffering from non-endemic Burkitt's lymphoma whose initial presenting symptom was obstructive jaundice...
- Temporary bowel diversion using the Bogotá bag (Hadera stoma): technical details
Ricardo Alfici
Surgery B Department, Trauma Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, POB 169, Israel 38100
J Am Coll Surg 199:344-6. 2004
