Spleen injuries are among the most frequent trauma-related injuries. At present, they are
classified according to the anatomy of the injury. The optimal treatment strategy, however …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the most frequent intensive care unit (ICU)-related
infection in patients requiring mechanical ventilation. In contrast to other ICU-related …

Weight loss surgery is one of the fastest growing segments of the surgical discipline. As with
all medical procedures, postoperative complications will occur. Acute care surgeons need to …

BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that the number of rib fractures independently impacted
patient pulmonary morbidity and mortality. METHODS: The National Trauma Data Bank …

Background The management of colon injuries that require resection is an unresolved issue
because the existing practices are derived mainly from class III evidence. Because of the …

Objectives By using abdominal computed tomographic scans in the evaluation of blunt
splenic trauma, we previously identified the presence of vascular blush as a predictor of …

Objective There were two aims of this study. The first was to evaluate the application of
helical computed tomography of the thorax (HCTT) for the diagnosis of blunt aortic injury …

Background Splenic embolization can increase nonoperative salvage. However,
complications are not clearly defined. A retrospective multicenter review was performed to …

Objective: Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) has multiple well-described etiologies,
but almost no attention has focused on ACS in the absence of abdominal injury. This study …

Objective To identify rapidly modifiable risk factors that would improve surgical outcomes in
elderly patients undergoing emergent colorectal procedures who are at high risk for …