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Aggressive organ donor management significantly increases the number of organs available for transplantationAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 58:991-4. 2005..With no foreseeable increase in the number of donors, it is necessary to maximize the utilization of organs from the existing donor pool...- Intraabdominal injury is common in blunt trauma patients who sustain spinal cord injuryAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Am Surg 73:1035-8. 2007..01) when compared with patients with SCI without IAI. Intraabdominal injuries are common in blunt SCI. Liberal evaluation with computed tomography is necessary to identify injuries early... - The presence of the adult respiratory distress syndrome does not worsen mortality or discharge disability in blunt trauma patients with severe traumatic brain injuryAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Injury 39:30-5. 2008.... - Impact of the 80-hour workweek on patient care at a level I trauma centerAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA, USA
Arch Surg 142:708-12; discussion 712-4. 2007..The 80-hour workweek limitation for surgical residents is associated with an increase in mortality and complication rates among adult trauma surgical patients... - Using thyroid hormone in brain-dead donors to maximize the number of organs available for transplantationAli Salim
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Clin Transplant 21:405-9. 2007..The use of T(4) in this group may result in the increased salvage of transplantable organs... - Near-hanging injuries: a 10-year experienceAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
Injury 37:435-9. 2006..To review the injury patterns and analyse outcomes in patients who present after near-hanging... - Improving consent rates for organ donation: the effect of an inhouse coordinator programAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Trauma 62:1411-4; discussion 1414-5. 2007..The inability to obtain consent remains one of the major obstacles to organ donation. The presence of in-house coordinators (IHCs) from organ procurement organizations (OPOs) might substantially improve donation rates... - High-frequency percussive ventilation: an alternative mode of ventilation for head-injured patients with adult respiratory distress syndromeAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, USA
J Trauma 57:542-6. 2004..The use of high-frequency percussive ventilation (HFPV) is an alternate mode of ventilation that may improve oxygenation for head-injured patients while also lowering ICP... - Whole body imaging in blunt multisystem trauma patients without obvious signs of injury: results of a prospective studyAli Salim
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles 90033, USA
Arch Surg 141:468-73; discussion 473-5. 2006..The use of liberal whole body imaging (pan scan) in patients based on mechanism is warranted, even in evaluable patients with no obvious signs of chest or abdominal injury... - Acute respiratory distress syndrome in the trauma intensive care unit: Morbid but not mortalAli Salim
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Arch Surg 141:655-8. 2006..The diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) carries significant additional morbidity and mortality among critically injured patients... - The effect of a protocol of aggressive donor management: Implications for the national organ donor shortageAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 61:429-33; discussion 433-5. 2006..As many as 25% of potential donors are lost as a result of cardiovascular collapse (CVC) before organ harvest. A policy of aggressive donor management (ADM) may decrease the number of cadaveric donors lost as a result of CVC... - Use of computed tomography in anterior abdominal stab wounds: results of a prospective studyAli Salim
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
Arch Surg 141:745-50; discussion 750-2. 2006..Computed tomography (CT) can be used to evaluate patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds (AASWs)... - What is the significance of thrombocytosis in patients with trauma?Ali Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Trauma 66:1349-54. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of, risk factors for, and sequela of posttraumatic thrombocytosis... - Elevated admission systolic blood pressure after blunt trauma predicts delayed pneumonia and mortalityEric J Ley
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Trauma 71:1689-93. 2011..The purpose of this study was to determine the association between elevated admission SBP and delayed outcomes after trauma... - Impact of plasma transfusion in massively transfused trauma patientsPedro G R Teixeira
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 66:693-7. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine the optimal use of fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) in trauma. Our hypothesis was that a higher FFP: packed red blood cells (PRBC) ratio is associated with improved survival... - Mortality impact of hypothermia after cavitary explorations in traumaKenji Inaba
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, USC LAC Medical Center, University of Southern California, 1200 North State Street, IPT, C5L100, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
World J Surg 33:864-9. 2009..We hypothesized that for trauma patients undergoing laparotomy or thoracotomy, early postoperative hypothermia is a predictor of mortality... - Management and hospital outcomes of blunt renal artery injuries: analysis of 517 patients from the National Trauma Data BankBurapat Sangthong
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Am Coll Surg 203:612-7. 2006..Patients who had nephrectomy had a considerably longer hospital stay than observed patients. CONCLUSIONS: Blunt renal artery injury is rare. Nonoperative management should be considered as an acceptable therapeutic option... - Beta-blockers in isolated blunt head injuryKenji Inaba
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Am Coll Surg 206:432-8. 2008..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of beta-blockers on patients sustaining acute traumatic brain injury. Our hypothesis was that beta-blocker exposure is associated with improved survival... - Significance of troponin elevation after severe traumatic brain injuryAli Salim
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 64:46-52. 2008..Elevation of serum troponin (cTnI) after nontraumatic cerebral insult has been associated with an adverse prognosis. This association has not been well documented in traumatic brain injury (TBI)... - Hemodynamically "stable" patients with peritonitis after penetrating abdominal trauma: identifying those who are bleedingCarlos V R Brown
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Arch Surg 140:767-72. 2005..Despite initial presentation, hemodynamically stable patients with penetrating abdominal trauma may have significant ongoing hemorrhage and major intra-abdominal injuries requiring emergent surgical intervention... - Traumatic suicide attempts at a level I trauma centerPantelis Hadjizacharia
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Emerg Med 39:411-8. 2010..The purpose of this study is to characterize traumatic suicide attempts (TSA) by age, gender, race, and mechanism of injury... - Pedestrians injured by automobiles: risk factors for cervical spine injuriesHakan Yanar
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Am Coll Surg 205:794-9. 2007..Diagnosis of cervical spine injuries (CSI) in multitrauma patients, especially in the presence of head trauma, can be difficult. Identification of risk factors associated with CSI can help avoid missed or delayed diagnosis... - QuikClot use in trauma for hemorrhage control: case series of 103 documented usesPeter Rhee
Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
J Trauma 64:1093-9. 2008..The objective of this report is to describe the initial clinical experience with QuikClot, a zeolite that works by absorbing water and concentrating coagulation factors to stop bleeding in a series of patients... - Admission heart rate is a predictor of mortalityEric J Ley
Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Suite 8215N, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:943-7. 2012..In addition, increased AHR is often associated with sympathetic hyperactivity which may require targeted treatment. We determined whether AHR was a predictor for mortality in trauma patients... - Role of anemia in traumatic brain injuryAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Am Coll Surg 207:398-406. 2008..Few studies have investigated the effects of anemia in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The objective of this study was to examine the role of anemia and blood transfusion on outcomes in TBI patients... - Splenectomy for trauma increases the rate of early postoperative infectionsJames Wiseman
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033, USA
Am Surg 72:947-50. 2006..More specifically, splenectomy patients more often develop pneumonia and multiple infections. This increase in infections is not associated with increased mortality... - Correlating the blood alcohol concentration with outcome after traumatic brain injury: too much is not a bad thingCherisse Berry
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am Surg 77:1416-9. 2011..Additional research is warranted to investigate the potential therapeutic implications... - Efficacy of beta-blockade after isolated blunt head injury: does race matter?Marko Bukur
Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8635 West Third Street, Suite 650, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:1013-8. 2012..Our hypothesis was that mortality benefits associated with beta-blocker exposure after isolated blunt head injury varies based on ethnicity... - Gender influences outcomes in trauma patients with elevated systolic blood pressureMorgan A Clond
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Am J Surg 202:823-7; discussion 828. 2011..This analysis explored the association between gender and systolic blood pressure (SBP) in trauma patients and then established how gender influenced outcomes in those with elevated SBP... - Preventable or potentially preventable mortality at a mature trauma centerPedro G R Teixeira
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 63:1338-46; discussion 1346-7. 2007..The objective of this study was to analyze the preventable and potentially preventable deaths occurring at a mature Level I trauma center... - Cirrhosis and trauma are a lethal combinationChrysanthos Georgiou
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, USC LAC Medical Center, 1200 North State Street, IPT, C5L100, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
World J Surg 33:1087-92. 2009..The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk of mortality and complications associated with cirrhosis in trauma patients... - Enterocutaneous fistula complicating trauma laparotomy: a major resource burdenPedro G R Teixeira
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Am Surg 75:30-2. 2009..Further investigation into the prevention and treatment of this costly complication is warranted... - Indications for routine repeat head computed tomography (CT) stratified by severity of traumatic brain injuryCarlos V R Brown
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 62:1339-44; discussion 1344-5. 2007..The specific aim of this study is to identify patients with head injuries who would benefit from a routine repeat head CT... - Evolving pathogens in the surgical intensive care unit: a 6-year experienceMargaret J Starnes
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Crit Care 23:507-12. 2008..This study was designed to investigate and document changing microbial trends within the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center surgical ICU (SICU), including drug-resistant pathogens... - Discordance between lactate and base deficit in the surgical intensive care unit: which one do you trust?Matthew J Martin
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Surg 191:625-30. 2006..Both lactate and base deficit (BD) are used as predictors of injury severity and mortality. We examined the significance of these measures when used in combination, and particularly when they provide conflicting data... - Organ donation and time to procurement: late is not too lateKenji Inaba
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, 1200 North State Street, Room CL5100, Los Angeles, CA 90033 4525, USA
J Trauma 68:1362-6. 2010..No consensus exists as to the maximal period of time allowable after brain death (BD) before organ procurement rates begin to deteriorate. The aim of this study was to examine organ procurement rates as a function of time after BD... - Serum bicarbonate may replace the arterial base deficit in the trauma intensive care unitElizabeth FitzSullivan
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, 1200 North State Street, Room 10-750, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Am J Surg 190:941-6. 2005..Serum HCO3 may be safely and accurately substituted for arterial BD measurement in critically injured patients... - Acute respiratory distress syndrome in nontrauma surgical patients: a 6-year studyShirin Towfigh
Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8730 Alden Drive, Thalians Bldg W222, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Trauma 67:1239-43. 2009..The purpose of this study is to evaluate the risk factors for and outcomes of ARDS in nontrauma surgical patients... - Does size matter? A prospective analysis of 28-32 versus 36-40 French chest tube size in traumaKenji Inaba
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles County and the University of Southern California Medical Center, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:422-7. 2012.... - The impact of intoxication on the number of organs available for transplantation after brain deathPantelis Hadjizacharia
Division of Trauma, Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am Surg 75:416-20. 2009..Thus, the prospect of organ procurement should not be overlooked in intoxicated patients... - Does the use of pulmonary artery catheters increase the number of organs available for transplantation?Pantelis Hadjizacharia
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
Clin Transplant 24:62-6. 2010..4% vs. 44.7%; p = 0.0079) with no difference in the daily administration of fluids and vasopressors between the two groups. The management of organ donors with a PAC can help maximize cardiac procurement... - Relationship between American College of Surgeons trauma center designation and mortality in patients with severe trauma (injury severity score > 15)Demetrios Demetriades
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Am Coll Surg 202:212-5; quiz A45. 2006..There is very little work published on the association of ACS trauma center designation and outcomes in severe trauma... - The combination of an online organ and tissue registry with a public education campaign can increase the number of organs available for transplantationAli Salim
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Trauma 69:451-4. 2010..This campaign included intense public and media education. The efficacy of such a campaign on donor demographics has not been studied... - Venous thromboembolism in coagulopathic surgical intensive care unit patients: is there a benefit from chemical prophylaxis?Meghan Edwards
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Trauma 70:1398-400. 2011..Coagulopathic critically ill surgical patients are at risk for VTE and should be treated with chemical prophylaxis... - Analysis of 178 penetrating stomach and small bowel injuriesAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 8215 North, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
World J Surg 32:471-5. 2008..Risk factors for SSI include associated duodenal or colon injury. Delay to operating room, blood loss, and type and length of antibiotic prophylaxis were not associated with an increased risk of SSI... - Natural history and outcomes of renal failure after traumaCarlos V R Brown
Department of Surgery, Brackenridge Hospital, University of Texas Medical Branch Austin, Austin, TX 78701, USA
J Am Coll Surg 206:426-31. 2008..The natural history of posttraumatic renal failure (PTRF) is not well-established. Overall prognosis and risk factors for need for dialysis in the setting of PTRF need more precise definition... - Blunt cardiac rupture: a 5-year NTDB analysisPedro G R Teixeira
Division of Trauma, Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033 4525, USA
J Trauma 67:788-91. 2009..The objective of this study was to use the National Trauma Data Bank to review the epidemiology and outcomes associated with traumatic BCR... - Obesity and traumatic brain injuryCarlos V R Brown
Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Department Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 61:572-6. 2006..We hypothesize that obesity negatively impacts head-injured patients, and the current study intends to compare obese and lean patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI)... - High-level falls: type and severity of injuries and survival outcome according to ageDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 58:342-5. 2005..There is little work published on this subject. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of age on the incidence and severity of specific organ injuries and survival outcome after high-level falls... - Complications and death at the start of the new academic year: is there a July phenomenon?Kenji Inaba
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 68:19-22. 2010..The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the new residents presenting in July at a high volume Level I Academic Trauma Center... - Preventable morbidity at a mature trauma centerPedro G R Teixeira
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Arch Surg 144:536-41; discussion 541-2. 2009..To analyze the preventable and potentially preventable complications occurring at a mature level I trauma center... - The impact of early hormonal therapy in catastrophic brain-injured patients and its effect on organ procurementLydia Lam
Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033 4525, USA
Am Surg 78:318-24. 2012..The early use of hormonal therapy may decrease the need for vasopressors and increase the salvage of potentially transplantable organs... - In-house coordinator programs improve conversion rates for organ donationAli Salim
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Trauma 71:733-6. 2011..We hypothesize that the presence of in-house coordinators (IHCs) from organ procurement organizations (OPOs) will improve organ donor conversion rates... - Predictors of positive angiography in pelvic fractures: a prospective studyAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Am Coll Surg 207:656-62. 2008..We hope to identify simple risk factors that would pinpoint patients who would benefit from therapeutic AE... - Intracranial pressure monitoring in severe isolated pediatric blunt head traumaAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Am Surg 74:1088-93. 2008..3; 95% CI: 1.2-16.4; adjusted P value = 0.025). In conclusion, the use of ICP monitors in pediatric patients with severe isolated head injury provided no survival benefit and was associated with an increased risk of complications... - Persistent hyperglycemia in severe traumatic brain injury: an independent predictor of outcomeAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Am Surg 75:25-9. 2009..91 [95% confidence interval (CI), 2.88-8.56, P < 0.0001]). PH is associated with significantly higher mortality rates in severe TBI patients... - Mortality by decade in trauma patients with glasgow coma scale 3Eric J Ley
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am Surg 77:1342-5. 2011..0001). Given the high survival in trauma patients with GCS 3 as well as continued improvement in survival compared with historical controls, aggressive care is indicated for patients who present to the emergency department with GCS 3... - Patterns of injury and functional outcome after hanging: analysis of the National Trauma Data BankMatthew J Martin
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Surg 190:836-40. 2005..Additionally, there are no studies examining the degree of functional disability among survivors of hanging injury... - Selective nonoperative management of penetrating abdominal solid organ injuriesDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care, Department of Surgery, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Ann Surg 244:620-8. 2006..To assess the feasibility and safety of selective nonoperative management in penetrating abdominal solid organ injuries... - Brain lobectomy for severe head injuries is not a hopeless procedureDidem Oncel
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 63:1010-3. 2007..Aggressive procedures, such as brain lobectomies, may benefit some of these patients. The published experience with brain lobectomies is very limited... - Serum ethanol levels: predictor of survival after severe traumatic brain injuryAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Trauma 67:697-703. 2009..Recent studies have suggested that moderate doses of ethanol (ETOH) before traumatic brain injury (TBI) may have a neuroprotective role... - Extreme thrombocytosis in trauma patients: are antiplatelet agents the answer?Zainab Saadi
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Am Surg 75:1020-4. 2009..The incidence of ExT is approximately 1.4 per cent in trauma patients. Antiplatelet therapy does not affect ExT patient outcome. Further prospective studies are warranted... - Computed tomographic brain density measurement as a predictor of elevated intracranial pressure in blunt head traumaKenji Inaba
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Am Surg 73:1023-6. 2007..6 HU) versus CPP 70 or greater (26.2, P = 0.436). CT-measured brain density does not correlate with elevated ICP or depressed CPP and cannot predict patients with traumatic brain injury who would benefit from invasive ICP monitoring... - A diagnostic delay of 5 hours increases the risk of death after blunt hollow viscus injuryDarren J Malinoski
Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, California 92868, USA
J Trauma 69:84-7. 2010..Hollow viscus injuries (HVI) are uncommon after blunt trauma, and accomplishing a timely diagnosis can be difficult. Time to operative intervention has been implicated as a risk factor for mortality, but reports are conflicting... - Troponin increases in the critically injured patient: mechanical trauma or physiologic stress?Matthew Martin
Division of Trauma, Los Angeles County Hospital University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 59:1086-91. 2005..We sought to examine the etiologic factors and prognostic significance of increased Tn levels in a widely screened trauma population... - Does age matter? The relationship between age and mortality in penetrating traumaMarcus Ottochian
Division of Trauma, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Injury 40:354-7. 2009..The purpose of this study was to define the relationship between age and mortality following penetrating injuries and determine if differences between outcomes of elderly patients sustaining penetrating and blunt trauma exist... - Does health care insurance affect outcomes after traumatic brain injury? Analysis of the National Trauma DatabankRodrigo F Alban
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Am Surg 76:1108-11. 2010..There is no clear explanation for this finding however the role of insurance in outcomes after trauma remains a topic for further investigation... - Indications for routine pathologic examination of specimens removed during trauma operationsRyan Gertz
Division of Trauma, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
World J Surg 34:733-7. 2010..The objective of this study was to identify the incidence and management implications of abnormal findings at pathology review of trauma specimens... - Leukoreduction is associated with a decreased incidence of late onset acute respiratory distress syndrome after injuryDavid Plurad
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma Surgical Critical Care, Los Angeles County and the University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Am Surg 74:117-23. 2008..Leukoreduction should be routinely included in an overall treatment strategy to furthermore mitigate this complication in critically ill trauma patients... - Relative bradycardia in hypotensive trauma patients: a reappraisalEric J Ley
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Trauma 67:1051-4. 2009..The inability to mount tachycardia (T) after trauma-related hypotension is labeled relative bradycardia (RB). The objective of this study was to examine RB incidence and prognosis in a large cohort of patients... - In vivo effect of propranolol dose and timing on cerebral perfusion after traumatic brain injuryEric J Ley
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Trauma 68:353-6. 2010..The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of different propranolol doses and timing on cerebral perfusion in a murine TBI model... - The impact of race on organ donation rates in Southern CaliforniaAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Am Coll Surg 211:596-600. 2010..This study investigated the patterns of organ donation by race to determine if the Collaborative had an impact on donation rates among ethnic minorities... - Expression and possible mechanisms of regulation of BMP3 in rat cranial suturesRandall P Nacamuli
Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305 5148, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 116:1353-62. 2005..The authors investigated the expression pattern of the bone morphogenetic protein antagonist BMP3 in rat cranial sutures and the factors regulating its expression in vitro... - Combined CT venography and CT pulmonary angiography for the detection of deep venous thrombosis in injured patientsChristian Jones
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Am Surg 74:935-8. 2008..As the consequences of a missed pelvic DVT are high and the added time burden, radiation, and contrast required for a CTV are low, further investigation into optimizing the sensitivity of CTV performed at the time of CTPA is warranted... - Wound management after colon injury: open or closed? A prospective randomized trialGeorge C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033, USA
Am Surg 68:795-801. 2002..Because of the complexity of evaluating the real clinical significance of superficial wound infection larger studies on trauma patients are required... - Blunt gastric injuriesDidem Oncel
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Am Surg 73:880-3. 2007..The results of this study suggest that mortality in patients with blunt hollow viscus injuries can be attributed to concurrent head and chest injuries, but not the specific hollow viscus organ that is injured... - Use of serum bicarbonate measurement in place of arterial base deficit in the surgical intensive care unitMatthew J Martin
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Arch Surg 140:745-51. 2005..Serum bicarbonate (HCO(3)) measurement may accurately and reliably be substituted for the arterial base deficit (BD) assay in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU)... - Pedestrians injured by automobiles: relationship of age to injury type and severityDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and SICU, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Am Coll Surg 199:382-7. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Age plays an important role in the anatomic distribution and severity of injuries and survival outcomes after pedestrian injuries... - Trauma deaths in a mature urban trauma system: is "trimodal" distribution a valid concept?Demetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Am Coll Surg 201:343-8. 2005..The purpose of this study was to examine the applicability of this trimodal distribution in a modern trauma system... - The impact of obesity on the outcomes of 1,153 critically injured blunt trauma patientsCarlos V R Brown
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 59:1048-51; discussion 1051. 2005..Despite sustaining fewer head injuries, obese patients suffer more complications, require longer stays in the hospital, more days of mechanical ventilation, and obesity is independently associated with mortality... - Functional outcome after blunt and penetrating carotid artery injuries: analysis of the National Trauma Data BankMatthew J Martin
Division of Trauma, Los Angeles County Hospital USC Medical Center, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 59:860-4. 2005..We analyzed the functional outcome at discharge among a cohort of patients suffering traumatic carotid arterial injury (CAI) and compared them with matched controls... - Organ donation: an important outcome after resuscitative thoracotomyBeat Schnüriger
Division of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, University of Southern California, LAC USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Am Coll Surg 211:450-5. 2010..Our hypothesis was that potential organ donor rescue is one of the important outcomes after traumatic arrest and EDT... - Does routine serial computed tomography of the head influence management of traumatic brain injury? A prospective evaluationCarlos V R Brown
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Trauma 57:939-43. 2004..Recent retrospective reviews have challenged the need for serial head CT after traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study intends to prospectively examine the value of routine serial head CT after TBI... - Imipenem levels are not predictable in the critically ill patientHoward Belzberg
Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033, USA
J Trauma 56:111-7. 2004..Critically ill patients often demonstrate extremely unusual volumes of distribution (Vd) and half-lives (t1/2) of drugs. Imipenem is a widely used antibiotic in critically ill patients... - Normal electrocardiography and serum troponin I levels preclude the presence of clinically significant blunt cardiac injuryGeorge C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, and the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California LAC USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Trauma 54:45-50; discussion 50-1. 2003..The purpose of this study was to examine whether the combination of two simple tests, electrocardiography (ECG) and serum troponin I (TnI) level, may serve as reliable predictors of BCI or the absence of it... - Abdominal computed tomographic scan for patients with gunshot wounds to the abdomen selected for nonoperative managementGeorge C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 59:1155-60; discussion 1160-1. 2005..Triple-contrast CT scanning (i.e., intravenous, oral, and rectal) has produced encouraging initial results. The exact role and usefulness of CT scanning with intravenous contrast only is unknown... - The impact of obesity on severely injured children and adolescentsCarlos V R Brown
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Pediatr Surg 41:88-91; discussion 88-91. 2006..The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of obesity on the outcomes of a severely injured population of children and adolescents... - Shank vessel injuriesVincent L Rowe
Division of Vascular Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Surg Clin North Am 82:91-104, xx. 2002..Incidence of shank vessel injuries, imaging studies required for accurate and expedient diagnosis, determinants influencing the decision for repair or amputation, and details of techniques in surgical intervention are discussed... - The use of cognitive task analysis to improve the learning of percutaneous tracheostomy placementMaura E Sullivan
Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Surg 193:96-9. 2007..The purpose of the current study was to determine the effectiveness of using cognitive task analysis (CTA) to develop a curriculum to teach the behavioral skills and the cognitive strategies of a percutaneous tracheostomy (PT) placement... - Early prediction of mortality in isolated head injury patients: a new predictive modelDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, LAC USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 61:868-72. 2006..To construct a predictive model of survival in isolated head injury patients, on the basis of easily available parameters that are independent risk factors for survival outcome... - The effect of gender on patients with moderate to severe head injuriesCherisse Berry
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Trauma 67:950-3. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine whether gender or menopausal status affects mortality in patients with moderate to severe TBI... - The effect of trauma center designation and trauma volume on outcome in specific severe injuriesDemetrios Demetriades
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Ann Surg 242:512-7; discussion 517-9. 2005..The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of American College of Surgeons (ACS) trauma center designation and trauma volume on outcome in patients with specific severe injuries... - Limb salvage and outcomes among patients with traumatic popliteal vascular injury: an analysis of the National Trauma Data BankPhilip S Mullenix
General Surgery Service, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431-1100, USA
J Vasc Surg 44:94-100. 2006..Blunt vs penetrating mechanism and associated musculoskeletal injuries generally involve longer hospital stays, worse functional outcomes, and twice the amputation rate... - Clinical importance of the "seat belt sign" in blunt trauma to the neckCostanzo A DiPerna
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA
Am Surg 68:441-5. 2002..A cervical seat belt sign should not serve as a sole indicator for evaluation of the carotid artery in the absence of other pertinent signs or symptoms... - A prospective look at the current state of open abdomensPedro G R Teixeira
Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA
Am Surg 74:891-7. 2008..In conjunction with biologics, closure can be achieved in 93 per cent of cases. Failure to primarily close the abdomen is associated with a significantly higher risk for entero-atmospheric fistula occurrence... - What happened to total parenteral nutrition? The disappearance of its use in a trauma intensive care unitPeter Rhee
Trauma Division, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
J Trauma 63:1215-22. 2007..Our purpose was to document TPN use in trauma patients over time as well as concurrent changes in TPN-associated complications... - Neck injuriesDemetrios Demetriades
University of Southern California and Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Curr Probl Surg 44:13-85. 2007 - The neck with complex anatomic features and dense concentration of numerous vital structuresDemetrios Demetriades
University of Southern California and Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
Curr Probl Surg 44:6-10. 2007 - The decreasing incidence and mortality of acute respiratory distress syndrome after injury: a 5-year observational studyMatthew Martin
Division of Trauma, Los Angeles County Hospital and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
J Trauma 59:1107-13. 2005..We sought to examine whether there has been a corresponding change in the incidence and outcomes of ARDS after injury in recent years... - Does pelvic hematoma on admission computed tomography predict active bleeding at angiography for pelvic fracture?Carlos V R Brown
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, 1200 N State Street, Room no 6341, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Am Surg 71:759-62. 2005..The absence of a pelvic hematoma or contrast blush should not alter indications for pelvic angiography, as they do not reliably exclude active pelvic bleeding... - Complications of brain death: frequency and impact on organ retrievalAli Salim
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
Am Surg 72:377-81. 2006..With the implementation of an aggressive organ donor management protocol, these complications can be effectively managed with no impact on the number of organs harvested for transplant...
Research Grants
- Increasing Organ and Tissue Donation in Hispanic AmericansAli Salim; Fiscal Year: 2007..From these sources we will be able to measure the programs' effectiveness in awareness, registration and organ donation rates in the Hispanic American community in Los Angeles. ..