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Randomized, prospective trial of antioxidant supplementation in critically ill surgical patientsAvery B Nathens
Division of Trauma and General Surgery, Harborview Medical Center and the Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Ann Surg 236:814-22. 2002..To determine the effectiveness of early, routine antioxidant supplementation using alpha-tocopherol and ascorbic acid in reducing the rate of pulmonary morbidity and organ dysfunction in critically ill surgical patients...
A resource-based assessment of trauma care in the United StatesAvery B Nathens
Division of Trauma and General Surgery, Harborview Medical Center and Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, 98104 2499, USA
J Trauma 56:173-8; discussion 178. 2004..The resources needed and those available to support trauma care for a given region are currently unknown. Resource use and availability were evaluated for injured subjects across a large sample of the United States...- Management of the injured patient: identification of research topics for systematic review using the delphi techniqueAvery B Nathens
Department of Surgery, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 98104, USA
J Trauma 54:595-601. 2003..This study identifies the most important research questions pertaining to the acute care of the injured patient using a Web-based Delphi technique to achieve consensus of expert opinion... - Development of trauma systems and effect on outcomes after injuryAvery B Nathens
Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle 98104 2499, USA
Lancet 363:1794-801. 2004.... - Relevance and utility of peritoneal cultures in patients with peritonitisA B Nathens
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, and Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2:153-60; discussion 160-2. 2001.... - Inflammation and the Host Response to Injury, a large-scale collaborative project: Patient-Oriented Research Core--standard operating procedures for clinical care. I. Guidelines for mechanical ventilation of the trauma patientAvery B Nathens
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Trauma 59:764-9. 2005 - The effect of interfacility transfer on outcome in an urban trauma systemAvery B Nathens
Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, and Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, 98104 2499, USA
J Trauma 55:444-9. 2003..We set out to evaluate whether patients initially assessed at these centers and then transferred to a Level I facility were adversely affected by delays to definitive care... - Defining the research agenda for surgical infection: a consensus of experts using the Delphi approachAvery B Nathens
Division of Trauma General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 7:101-10. 2006.... - The effects of leukoreduced blood transfusion on infection risk following injury: a randomized controlled trialAvery B Nathens
Department of Surgery and the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Shock 26:342-7. 2006..There was no effect on the rates of febrile episodes, mortality, length of stay, or severity of organ dysfunction... - The delivery of critical care services in US trauma centers: is the standard being met?Avery B Nathens
Division of Trauma and General Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Trauma 60:773-83; disucssion 783-4. 2006..We set out to evaluate how critical care is delivered in Level I and II trauma centers and the extent to which these centers implement evidence-based patient care practices known to improve outcome... - The impact of an intensivist-model ICU on trauma-related mortalityAvery B Nathens
Department of Surgery, University of Washington and Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Ann Surg 244:545-54. 2006..To evaluate the effect of an intensivist-model of critical care delivery on the risk of death following injury... - Relationship between trauma center volume and outcomesA B Nathens
Harborview Medical Center, Box 359796, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
JAMA 285:1164-71. 2001..However, whether a relationship exists between institutional volume and trauma outcomes remains unknown... - Effect of an older sibling and birth interval on the risk of childhood injuryA B Nathens
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Department of Surgery, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Inj Prev 6:219-22. 2000..To further define children at highest risk, we set out to explore the effect of an older sibling and birth interval on the risk of injury related hospital admission or death... - The effect of organized systems of trauma care on motor vehicle crash mortalityA B Nathens
Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle 98104 2499, USA
JAMA 283:1990-4. 2000..Despite calls for wider national implementation of an integrated approach to trauma care, the effectiveness of this approach at a regional or state level remains unproven... - Effectiveness of state trauma systems in reducing injury-related mortality: a national evaluationA B Nathens
Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle 98104, USA
J Trauma 48:25-30; discussion 30-1. 2000..Because of the difficulties in evaluating their effectiveness and the methodologic limitations of previously published studies, the relative benefits of establishing an organized system of trauma care remains controversial... - Payer status: the unspoken triage criterionA B Nathens
Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
J Trauma 50:776-83. 2001..We set out to explore whether this phenomenon exists in a mature trauma system... - The relationship between trauma center volume and outcomeA B Nathens
University of Washington, Division of General/Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, USA
Adv Surg 35:61-75. 2001..These data suggest that quality of care does not only follow volume, particularly when stipulations and requirements are clear regarding the process of care and ongoing quality assurance... - Timing of urgent thoracotomy for hemorrhage after trauma: a multicenter studyR Karmy-Jones
Department of Surgery, Campus Box 359796, 325 Ninth Ave, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Arch Surg 136:513-8. 2001..It is possible to quantify an amount of thoracic hemorrhage, after blunt and penetrating injury, at which delay of thoracotomy is associated with increased mortality... 
Prevalence of pain in patients 1 year after major traumaFrederick P Rivara
Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 359960, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Arch Surg 143:282-7; discussion 288. 2008..To describe the prevalence of pain in a large cohort of trauma patients 1 year after injury and to examine personal, injury, and treatment factors that predict the presence of chronic pain in these patients...- Renal injury mechanisms of motor vehicle collisions: analysis of the crash injury research and engineering network data setJames K Kuan
Department of Urology, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98102, USA
J Urol 178:935-40; discussion 940. 2007..We identified possible collision patterns and vehicle interior components that may have a role in kidney injury following motor vehicle collision... - Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems in developed and developing countriesBahman S Roudsari
Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas, School of Public Health, TX, USA
Injury 38:1001-13. 2007..To compare patient- and injury-related characteristics of trauma victims and pre-hospital trauma care systems among different developed and developing countries... - A nationwide US study of post-traumatic stress after hospitalization for physical injuryDouglas F Zatzick
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Psychol Med 37:1469-80. 2007..Injured survivors of individual and mass trauma are at risk for developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Few investigations have assessed PTSD after injury in large samples across diverse acute care hospital settings... - The association between fluid administration and outcome following major burn: a multicenter studyMatthew B Klein
University of Washington Burn Center, Harborview, Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Ann Surg 245:622-8. 2007..To determine patient and injury variables that influence fluid requirements following burn injury and examine the association between fluid volume received and outcome... - The identification of criteria to evaluate prehospital trauma care using the Delphi techniqueMatthew R Rosengart
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Trauma 62:708-13. 2007..This study identifies the most important filters for auditing prehospital trauma care using a Delphi technique to achieve consensus of expert opinion... - Tissue oxygen saturation predicts the development of organ dysfunction during traumatic shock resuscitationStephen M Cohn
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA
J Trauma 62:44-54; discussion 54-5. 2007..Our purpose was to evaluate how well StO2 predicted outcome in high-risk torso trauma patients presenting in shock... - Ranking of trauma center performance: the bare essentialsAvery B Nathens
St Michael s Hospital, Division of Trauma and the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
J Trauma 65:628-35. 2008..We set out to identify the patient and injury-related factors that most affect case-mix across centers and thus are most likely to alter assessments of hospital performance... - An analysis of the long-distance transport of burn patients to a regional burn centerMatthew B Klein
Burn Center, Department of Surgery University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA
J Burn Care Res 28:49-55. 2007..Given the current geographic distribution of burn centers and concerns about declining numbers of burn surgeons, organized systems of patient triage and transport may become increasingly important... - Management of severe sepsis in the surgical patientKristen C Sihler
Section of General Surgery, TC-2924D, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0331, USA
Surg Clin North Am 86:1457-81. 2006..In this article the authors present the epidemiology of severe sepsis and evidence-based campaigns for its treatment, with a focus on the surgical patient... - Do trauma centers have the capacity to respond to disasters?Frederick P Rivara
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
J Trauma 61:949-53. 2006..Our objective was to examine the capacity of current centers to handle an increased load from a mass casualty disaster... - International comparison of prehospital trauma care systemsBahman S Roudsari
Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas, School of Public Health, Dallas, USA
Injury 38:993-1000. 2007..These environments represent the continuum of prehospital care in high income countries with more advanced prehospital trauma care systems... - Development of a guideline for the management of ventilator-associated pneumonia based on local microbiologic findings and impact of the guideline on antimicrobial use practicesTimothy H Dellit
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:525-33. 2008..To describe the development of a guideline for the management of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) based on local microbiologic findings and to evaluate the impact of the guideline on antimicrobial use practices... - Microfluidic leukocyte isolation for gene expression analysis in critically ill hospitalized patientsAman Russom
Surgical Services and Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, USA
Clin Chem 54:891-900. 2008..Here, we report the clinical validation of a novel microfluidic leukocyte nucleic acid isolation technique for gene expression analysis from critically ill, hospitalized patients that can be readily used on small volumes of blood... - Comparison of injury patient information from hospitals with records in both the national trauma data bank and the nationwide inpatient sampleBart Phillips
Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Trauma 64:768-79; discussion 779-80. 2008..We compared injury records from a large administrative database and the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) with the goal of furthering the understanding of their respective limitations... - Massive transfusion in trauma patients: tissue hemoglobin oxygen saturation predicts poor outcomeFrederick A Moore
Department of Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston Texas, USA
J Trauma 64:1010-23. 2008.... - Trauma quality improvement using risk-adjusted outcomesShahid Shafi
Department of Surgery, Division of Burns, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, USA
J Trauma 64:599-604; discussion 604-6. 2008..We hypothesized that significant variations in outcomes exist across similar level ACS-verified trauma centers despite availability of similar resources... - Effects of leukoreduced blood on acute lung injury after trauma: a randomized controlled trialTimothy R Watkins
Harborview Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:1493-9. 2008..Residual leukocytes contaminating red cells are potential mediators of this syndrome. The goal of this trial was to test our hypothesis that prestorage leukoreduction of blood would reduce rates of posttraumatic lung injury... - Characterization of the gender dimorphism after injury and hemorrhagic shock: are hormonal differences responsible?Jason L Sperry
Division of Trauma and General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:1838-45. 2008..old, >52 yrs of age) in a cohort of severely injured trauma patients for which significant variation in postinjury care is minimized... - Variation in the rates of do not resuscitate orders after major trauma and the impact of intensive care unit environmentAvery B Nathens
Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
J Trauma 64:81-8; discussion 88-91. 2008..We postulated that these differences in perceptions or practice might lead to significant variation in the use of do not resuscitate (DNR) orders and sought to identify institutional characteristics associated with their use... - The impact of trauma-center care on functional outcomes following major lower-limb traumaEllen J MacKenzie
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Room 462, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 90:101-9. 2008.... - V. Guidelines for sedation and analgesia during mechanical ventilation general overviewMichael B Shapiro
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Trauma 63:945-50. 2007 - Early hyperglycemia predicts multiple organ failure and mortality but not infectionJason L Sperry
Division of Burn, Trauma, Critical Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
J Trauma 63:487-93; discussion 493-4. 2007..We sought to characterize the clinical outcomes associated with EH in a cohort of severely injured trauma patients, when a strict glycemic control protocol was used... - Hypertonic resuscitation of hypovolemic shock after blunt trauma: a randomized controlled trialEileen M Bulger
Department of Surgery, Campus Box 359796, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Arch Surg 143:139-48; discussion 149. 2008..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of hypertonicity on organ injury after blunt trauma... - Evaluation of the effect of intensity of care on mortality after traumatic brain injuryHilaire J Thompson
University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:282-90. 2008..To evaluate the effect of age on intensity of care provided to traumatically brain-injured adults and to determine the influence of intensity of care on mortality at discharge and 12 months postinjury, controlling for injury severity... - An outcome analysis of patients transferred to a regional burn center: transfer status does not impact survivalMatthew B Klein
Burn Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Burns 32:940-5. 2006..The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients transferred from other facilities have worse outcomes than those admitted directly from the field... - Outcomes after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: the "halo effect" of trauma center designationGarth H Utter
Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
J Am Coll Surg 203:498-505. 2006..We set out to determine whether patients hospitalized with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms experience lower morbidity and mortality at regional trauma centers than at other acute care hospitals... - The new car assessment program: does it predict the relative safety of vehicles in actual crashes?Ram Nirula
Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Trauma 57:779-86. 2004..We therefore sought to determine whether HIC and CGS accurately predict TBI and STI in actual crashes, and compared the NCAP five-star rating system to the rates of TBI and/or STI in actual MVCs... - Injury patterns among female trauma patients: recognizing intentional injuryMarie L Crandall
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611 2908, USA
J Trauma 57:42-5. 2004..Our objective was to identify patterns of injury consistent with intentional injury in female trauma patients admitted to the hospital... - Is pediatric trauma still a surgical disease? Patterns of emergent operative intervention in the injured childStephanie P Acierno
University of Washington, Department of Surgery, Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center and the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Trauma 56:960-4; discussion 965-6. 2004..This study examines the frequency of operative intervention among injured children and evaluates potential predictors of emergent intervention... - Risk factors for severe sepsis in secondary peritonitisDaniel A Anaya
Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, and the Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104-2499, USA
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 4:355-62. 2003..Risk factor analysis identifies a subset of patients at greatest risk for severe sepsis. These are the patients who should be targeted for evaluation of novel pharmacologic interventions or more aggressive surgical intervention... - The diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography angiography for traumatic or atherosclerotic lesions of the carotid and vertebral arteries: a systematic reviewWilliam Hollingworth
Department of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington, Box 359728, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Eur J Radiol 48:88-102. 2003..We conducted a systematic literature review to determine the diagnostic accuracy of CTA for atherosclerotic, penetrating and blunt lesions in the carotid and vertebral arteries... - Antimicrobial strategies in surgical critical careScott D Imahara
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104-2499, USA
Curr Opin Crit Care 9:286-91. 2003..Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of antimicrobial cycling as a means of reducing antimicrobial resistance in the intensive care unit are outlined... - Reinforced silicone elastomer sheeting, an improved method of temporary abdominal closure in damage control laparotomyHugh M Foy
Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Box 359796, 325 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Am J Surg 185:498-501. 2003..We report our results using this technique in a large cohort of critically ill surgical patients... - Aminoglycosides for intra-abdominal infection: equal to the challenge?Jeffrey A Bailey
Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 3:315-35. 2002..We therefore performed a meta-analysis of all prospective randomized controlled trials utilizing aminoglycosides to reevaluate the efficacy of these agents for the treatment of intra-abdominal infection... - Renal injury and operative management in the United States: results of a population-based studyHunter Wessells
Department of Urology, Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, 98104, USA
J Trauma 54:423-30. 2003..To evaluate the extent to which nonoperative renal trauma management has been adopted, we determined the incidence of renal injury and the rate of operative management across the United States... - Patient outcomes in academic medical centers: influence of fellowship programs and in-house on-call attending surgeonSaman Arbabi
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Arch Surg 138:47-51; discussion 51. 2003..We were interested in 2 such policies or characteristics that are commonly implemented in academic centers: an in-house on-call attending physician policy and the existence of postgraduate medical education... - Mitogen-activated protein kinases in the intensive care unit: prognostic potentialMatthew R Rosengart
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Ann Surg 237:94-100. 2003..To evaluate the prognostic significance of the activational status of p38, specifically progression to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), in a group of severely injured trauma patients... - Management of the critically ill patient with severe acute pancreatitisAvery B Nathens
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Crit Care Med 32:2524-36. 2004..The goal of this consensus statement is to provide recommendations regarding the management of the critically ill patient with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP)... - Blindness in the intensive care unit: possible role for vasopressors?Lorri A Lee
Harborview Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Box 359724, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Anesth Analg 100:192-5. 2005..Three cases occurred outside of the operative arena. Potential risk factors for the development of ischemic optic neuropathy, such as use of vasopressors, venous congestion, and hypotension, are described... - National variability in out-of-hospital treatment after traumatic injuryEileen M Bulger
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Ann Emerg Med 49:293-301. 2007..We define the variability in the out-of-hospital treatment provided to trauma patients in the United States... - Variations in rates of tracheostomy in the critically ill trauma patientAvery B Nathens
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Crit Care Med 34:2919-24. 2006..The variation provides evidence of equipoise and emphasizes the need for a well-conducted randomized controlled trial to evaluate the utility of this procedure... - Inflammation and the Host Response to Injury, a Large-Scale Collaborative Project: patient-oriented research core--standard operating procedures for clinical care. II. Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (Joseph P Minei
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9158, USA
J Trauma 60:1106-13; discussion 1113. 2006 - Massive transfusion as a risk factor for acute lung injury: association or causation?Avery B Nathens
Division of Trauma and General Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Crit Care Med 34:S144-50. 2006..Elucidating the precise causal mechanism operative in patients receiving massive transfusion has more than academic importance; it has direct implications for transfusion policy and practice... - Executive summary: management of the critically ill patient with severe acute pancreatitisAvery B Nathens
American Thoracic Society
Proc Am Thorac Soc 1:289-90. 2004 - Inclusive trauma systems: do they improve triage or outcomes of the severely injured?Garth H Utter
Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, and the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Trauma 60:529-35; discussion 535-37. 2006..We postulate that inclusive systems assure that severely injured patients are more likely to be triaged to a level I or II regional trauma center, and this greater degree of participation would lead to lower mortality... - Prospective payments in a regional trauma center: the case for recognition of the transfer patient in diagnostic related groupsJason A London
Division of Trauma/General Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
J Trauma 60:390-5; discussion 395-6. 2006..These differences render conventional DRG-based mechanisms of reimbursement inadequate, suggesting a need for recognition of the transfer patient as a distinct entity by payers... - The risk of reinjury in relation to time since first injury: a retrospective population-based studyStewart S Worrell
Departmens of Epidemiology, Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104-2499, USA
J Trauma 60:379-84. 2006..Periodic interventions through 5 years after injury, particularly in certain high-risk groups, might have lasting effects on reinjury rates... - American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Organ Injury Scale for kidney injuries predicts nephrectomy, dialysis, and death in patients with blunt injury and nephrectomy for penetrating injuriesJames K Kuan
Department of Urology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
J Trauma 60:351-6. 2006..CONCLUSION: The AAST injury scale for kidney predicts for morbidity in blunt and penetrating renal injury and for mortality in blunt injury. Thus, we continue to support its use as a clinical and research tool... - A national evaluation of the effect of trauma-center care on mortalityEllen J MacKenzie
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Baltimore, MD 21205 1996, USA
N Engl J Med 354:366-78. 2006..To address this gap, we examined differences in mortality between level 1 trauma centers and hospitals without a trauma center (non-trauma centers)... - Thrombosis and coagulation: deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism prophylaxisDaniel A Anaya
Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Surg Clin North Am 85:1163-77, ix-x. 2005..Pharmacologic VTEprophylaxis should be the standard of care in most clinical settings given its ease of administration, low risk, and cost-effectiveness... - Risk factors for venous thromboembolism in pediatric traumaMonica S Vavilala
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
J Trauma 52:922-7. 2002..Although the incidence and risk factors for VTE after trauma in adults have been well described, similar data regarding pediatric patients are lacking...
Research Grants
- Effect of leukoreduction on infection risk in traumaAvery Nathens; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..