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Medical Category: Trauma
Don’t Believe the Headline: Ultrasound vs CXR in Traumatic Pneumothorax Diagnosis
Background: The use of ultrasound is well established for trauma patients in the emergency department, with almost every patient receiving a FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) examination as part of the “ABC’s” of trauma. Though the initial ...
UK-REBOA on Trial: Innovative or Over-Inflated?
Background: Hemmorhage is a major cause of preventable death in trauma patients. Early expeditious definitive hemorrhage control is a major focus in trauma resuscitation. Patients with torso hemorrhage present a clinical conundrum often requiring interventional radiology or surgery, both of ...
CRYOSTAT-2: Early Empiric Cryoprecipitate in Major Trauma
Background: Hemorrhage is the leading cause of trauma related mortality. The initial injury is often complicated by multifactorial coagulopathy that can exacerbate bleeding. Fibrinogen is the precursor to fibrin and a major component of stable clot formation. Fibrinogen and fibrin ...