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Alcohol-related injury visits: do we know the true prevalence in U.S. trauma centres?Jana B A MacLeod
Dept of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 69 Jesse Hill Jr Ave, Suite 315, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
Injury 42:922-6. 2011..Therefore, the goal of this study is to evaluate the extent to which the present literature provides a valid estimate of the prevalence of alcohol-related visits to U.S. trauma centres...
Evaluation of fundamental critical care course in Kenya: knowledge, attitude, and practiceJana B A MacLeod
Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Glenn Memorial Building, 69 Jesse Hill Jr Ave, Suite No 315, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
J Surg Res 167:223-30. 2011..The FCCS course was provided in two Kenyan hospitals after minimal adaption. Participant knowledge and confidence gain as well as FCCS applicability to an African context were evaluated...
Assessment of acute trauma care training in KenyaJana B A MacLeod
Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Am Surg 75:1118-23. 2009..The WHO survey can guide future research in understanding impediments to implementing essential trauma care courses for resource limited healthcare systems...
Pneumomediastinum in the injured patient: inconsequential or predictive?Jana B A MacLeod
Department of Surgery, Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
Am Surg 75:375-7. 2009..Pneumomediastinum alone does not seem to be predictive of severe injury and warrants detailed investigation only when clinical symptoms are present...
Evaluation of training of surgery interns to perform brief alcohol interventions for trauma patientsJana B A MacLeod
Department of Surgery, Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
J Am Coll Surg 207:639-45. 2008..We hypothesized that with minimal training, surgical interns could become proficient at performing BI...
Adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol response to corticotropin releasing hormone in the critically ill-a novel assessment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axisKevin M Schuster
Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Am J Surg 203:205-10. 2012..The pathophysiology of adrenal insufficiency, common in surgical intensive care units, has not been fully elucidated...
Prospective randomized control trial of intermittent versus continuous gastric feeds for critically ill trauma patientsJana B A MacLeod
Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Trauma 63:57-61. 2007..There were two outcome variables: time to reach goal volume and the days on 100% of caloric needs via an enteral route in the first 10 days of the intensive care unit stay. Adverse events were also tallied...
Evaluation of trauma and critical care training courses on the knowledge and confidence of participants in Kenya and ZambiaJana B A MacLeod
Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 69 Jesse Hill Jr Ave, Suite 315, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
World J Surg 35:9-16. 2011..This study evaluates the impact of American-derived courses on the knowledge and confidence of participants from resource-limited countries...
Trauma and coagulopathy: a new paradigm to considerJana B A MacLeod
Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 69 Jesse Hill Jr Ave, Suite 315, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Arch Surg 143:797-801. 2008
Can secondary extremity compartment syndrome be diagnosed earlier?Thomas J Goaley
Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University, Thomas K Glenn Memorial Building, 69 Jesse Hill Jr Dr, Suite 310, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Am J Surg 194:724-6; discussion 726-7. 2007..We postulate that awareness of SECS and vigilant monitoring for its development would result in earlier diagnosis and treatment and improved outcome...
Trauma deaths in the first hour: are they all unsalvageable injuries?Jana B A MacLeod
Emory University School of Medicine, 69 Jesse Hill Jr Dr, Third Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Am J Surg 193:195-9. 2007....
