At the beginning of the 1900s, the mortality for nonoperative treatment of a splenic injury was
loo%, so splenectomy was readily accepted as the treatment of choice for splenic ruptures. …

… The largest study to date on risk factors for VTE after trauma was recently reported by Knudson
et al. [ 15•• ]. Using the American College of Surgeons National Trauma Data Bank, these …

Computed tomography (CT) scanning after blunt abdominal trauma has allowed nonoperative
management of selected patients with liver injuries. This report describes 52 adult …

Background Blunt aortic injury is a major cause of death from blunt trauma. Evolution of
diagnostic techniques and methods of operative repair have altered the management and posed …

… For this study, hypotension was defined as any systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 90 mm
Hg or lower and hypoxia as an oxygen saturation of 92% or less. These data were collected …

… Knudson for the opportunity to discuss this important manuscript and for sending it to me …
Knudson, I congratulate you on using the National Trauma Data Bank. This is a very rich …

Nonoperative management is presently considered the treatment modality of choice in over
50% of adult patients sustaining blunt hepatic trauma who meet inclusion criteria. A …

Background Ultrasound is quickly becoming part of the trauma surgeon's practice, but its role
in the patient with a penetrating truncal injury is not well defined. The purpose of this study …

… Nine patients had clinical evidence of ongoing blood loss as manifested by systolic blood
pressure less than 90 mm Hg or significant tachycardia with a heart rate greater than 125 beats…

Objective: Elderly patients (aged 60 years and older) have been demonstrated to have an
increased mortality after isolated traumatic brain injury (TBI); however, the prognosis of those …