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Abdominal ultrasound is an unreliable modality for the detection of hemoperitoneum in patients with pelvic fractureRandall S Friese
Division of Burn, Trauma, Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390 9158, USA
J Trauma 63:97-102. 2007..The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of FAST for the detection of hemoperitoneum in patients with pelvic fracture and an increased risk for hemorrhage...
Sleep and recovery from critical illness and injury: a review of theory, current practice, and future directionsRandall S Friese
Division of Burn, Trauma, and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Crit Care Med 36:697-705. 2008....
Good night, sleep tight: the time is ripe for critical care providers to wake up and focus on sleepRandall S Friese
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd Room E5 508, Dallas, Texas 75390 USA
Crit Care 12:146. 2008..Bourne and coworkers recently conducted a small clinical trial that describes improved sleep efficiency with oral melatonin use in critically ill patients...- Laparoscopy is sufficient to exclude occult diaphragm injury after penetrating abdominal traumaRandall S Friese
Department of Surgery, Division of Burn, Trauma, Critical Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
J Trauma 58:789-92. 2005..We hypothesized that laparoscopy alone is sufficient to exclude diaphragm injury after penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma... - The use of leukoreduced red blood cell products is associated with fewer infectious complications in trauma patientsRandall S Friese
Division of Burn, Trauma, Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Am J Surg 196:56-61. 2008..The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of prestorage leukoreduction on infectious complications in injured patients... - Could Beta blockade improve outcome after injury by modulating inflammatory profiles?Randall S Friese
Division of Burn, Trauma, Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
J Trauma 64:1061-8. 2008..In vitro evidence supports that BB modulates the postinjury inflammatory response. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of BB on inflammatory profiles in injured patients at increased risk for heart disease... - Serum B-type natriuretic peptide: a marker of fluid resuscitation after injury?Randall S Friese
Division of Burn, Trauma, Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390 9158, USA
J Trauma 62:1346-50; discussion 1350-1. 2007..However, the use of BNP as a marker of fluid overload during resuscitation from injury has not been previously described... - Pediatric all-terrain vehicle trauma: the epidemic continues unabatedNathan Blecker
Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 28:443-7. 2012..This study examines the epidemiology of ATV injuries in Arizona with emphasis on pediatric injuries and compares ATV injuries to those associated with motorcycle (MCC) and motor vehicle crashes (MVC)... - Prestorage leukoreduction ameliorates the effects of aging on banked bloodHerb A Phelan
Division of Burns Trauma Critical Care, Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9158, USA
J Trauma 69:330-7. 2010..The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to describe the effect of prestorage leukoreduction (PS-LR) on the detrimental clinical effects of increasing age on blood products used in trauma patients... - Prestorage leukoreduction abrogates the detrimental effect of aging on packed red cells transfused after trauma: a prospective cohort studyHerb A Phelan
Department of Surgery, Division of Burns Trauma Critical Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, USA
Am J Surg 203:198-204. 2012..The aim of this study was to prospectively duplicate previous retrospective findings showing that prestorage leukoreduction blunts the detrimental effect of aging on banked packed red blood cells transfused after injury... - Prothrombin complex concentrate: an effective therapy in reversing the coagulopathy of traumatic brain injuryBellal Joseph
Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 74:248-53. 2013..However, its use and effectiveness compared with recombinant factor VII (rFVIIa) in TBI has not been established. The purpose of this study was to compare PCC and rFVIIa for the correction of TBI coagulopathy... - Factor IX complex for the correction of traumatic coagulopathyBellal Joseph
Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, 1501 N Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85727 5063, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:828-34. 2012..The purpose of this study is to describe our experience in the use of factor IX complex in coagulopathic trauma patients... - Male gender is associated with excessive IL-6 expression following severe injuryJason L Sperry
Division of Trauma and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Trauma 64:572-8; discussion 578-9. 2008.... - Improving communication in level 1 trauma centers: replacing pagers with smartphonesBellal Joseph
Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85727, USA
Telemed J E Health 19:150-4. 2013..Wireless devices such as smartphones are ideal in acute trauma settings as they can transfer patient information quickly in a coordinate manner to all the team members responsible for patient care... - Incidence and pattern of cervical spine injury in blunt assault: it is not how they are hit, but how they fallNarong Kulvatunyou
Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85727, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:271-5. 2012..In blunt assault to the head or face, IE is low; hence, the reported incidence of CSI is low. The goal of our study was to identify the incidence, pattern, and outcome of CSI in blunt assaulted patients... - Leukoreduction before red blood cell transfusion has no impact on mortality in trauma patientsHerb A Phelan
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma Critical Care, University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, Alabama, USA
J Surg Res 138:32-6. 2007..Many institutions now mandate leukoreduction (LR) of transfusion products, which increases costs by approximately $30/unit. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of LR on mortality and LOS in trauma patients... - Validation of a novel method to interrupt sleep in the mouseChristopher M Sinton
Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390 8874, USA
J Neurosci Methods 184:71-8. 2009..The changes in sleep both during and after SI showed some differences from those previously observed in the rat using the same SI parameters. In conclusion, the mouse may provide a useful alternative model for studying the effects of SI... - A prospective cohort study of 200 acute care gallbladder surgeries: the same disease but a different approachNarong Kulvatunyou
Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85727 5063, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:1039-45. 2012..We hypothesized that, because preoperative signs and diagnostic tests are not sensitive enough to diagnose AC, coupled with the potential health care burden of non-AC gallbladder, surgery may be offered sooner... - Sleep disruptions and nocturnal nursing interactions in the intensive care unitAngela Le
Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
J Surg Res 177:310-4. 2012..For this study, we assessed the quantity and type of NNIs in different ICU types: medical, surgical, cardiothoracic, pediatric, and neonatal. We hypothesized that the number and type of NNIs vary among different ICU types... - Two-year experience of using pigtail catheters to treat traumatic pneumothorax: a changing trendNarong Kulvatunyou
Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85727, USA
J Trauma 71:1104-7; discussion 1107. 2011..Pigtail catheters (PCs) are smaller and less invasive; they have worked well in patients with nontraumatic pneumothorax (PTX). The purpose of this study was to review our early experience of PC use in trauma patients... - Dissecting delays in trauma care using corporate lean six sigma methodologyJennifer K Parks
Department of Surgery, Division of Burns, Trauma and Critical Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, USA
J Trauma 65:1098-104; discussion 1104-5. 2008..We applied corporate Lean Six Sigma methodology to reduce overcrowding by quantifying patient dwell times in trauma resuscitation units (TRU) and to identify opportunities for reducing them... - Increased risk of death associated with hypotension is not altered by the presence of brain injury in pediatric trauma patientsMark A Gunst
Division of Burns, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390 9158, USA
Am J Surg 194:741-4; discussion 744-5. 2007..We hypothesized that systemic hypotension increases mortality in pediatric patients with TBI more than it does in pediatric patients with extracranial injuries only... - Quantity and quality of sleep in the surgical intensive care unit: are our patients sleeping?Randall S Friese
Division of Burn, Trauma, Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Texas, USA
J Trauma 63:1210-4. 2007..The purpose of this study was to describe the quantity and quality of sleep as well as sleep architecture, as defined by polysomnography (PSG), in patients cared for in the surgical ICU... - An evaluation of multidetector computed tomography in detecting pancreatic injury: results of a multicenter AAST studyHerb A Phelan
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9158, USA
J Trauma 66:641-6; discussion 646-7. 2009.... - Significant variations in mortality occur at similarly designated trauma centersShahid Shafi
Department of Surgery, Division of Burns, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX 75390 9158, USA
Arch Surg 144:64-8. 2009..Mortality rates vary across designated trauma centers (TC), even after controlling for injury severity... - Waiting for the patient to "sober up": Effect of alcohol intoxication on glasgow coma scale score of brain injured patientsJason L Sperry
Division of Burns, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas 75390-9158, USA
J Trauma 61:1305-11. 2006..Hence, alterations in GCS score after TBI should not be attributed to alcohol intoxication, as doing so might result in inappropriate delays in monitoring and therapeutic interventions... - Selective nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guidelineNicole A Stassen
Practice Management Guideline Committee, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:S294-300. 2012..Since that time, a large volume of literature on these topics has been published requiring a reevaluation of the current EAST guideline... - Pulmonary artery catheter use is associated with reduced mortality in severely injured patients: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis of 53,312 patientsRandall S Friese
Parkland Memorial Hospital, Division of Burn, Trauma, Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA
Crit Care Med 34:1597-601. 2006..This is the first study to demonstrate a benefit of PAC use in trauma patients... - Sleep deprivation after septic insult increases mortality independent of ageRandall S Friese
Division of Trauma Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724 5063, USA
J Trauma 66:50-4. 2009..The aging process is known to reduce the restorative phases of sleep. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of age on mortality with sleep deprivation during recovery from septic insult... - Initial experiences and outcomes of telepresence in the management of trauma and emergency surgical patientsRifat Latifi
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, University of Arizona, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
Am J Surg 198:905-10. 2009..Teletrauma programs allow rural patients access to advanced trauma and emergency medical services that are often limited to urban areas... - Conductive electrical devices: a prospective, population-based study of the medical safety of law enforcement useAlexander L Eastman
Division of Burns, Trauma and Critical Care, Emergency Medicine Section of EMS, Disaster Management and Homeland Security, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
J Trauma 64:1567-72. 2008..To examine police compliance with policies for the proper use of conductive electrical devices (CEDs) and, in turn, track any associated medical events following CED application...