Table of contents

Original articles

• Current outcomes of blunt open pelvic fractures: how modern advances in trauma care may decrease mortality (27 December, 2017)

  Sammy S Siada, James W Davis, Krista L Kaups, Rachel C Dirks, Kimberly A Grannis
• Emergency department management of patients with rib fracture based on a clinical practice guideline (22 December, 2017)

  Chase Hamilton, Lauren Barnett, Allison Trop, Brian Leininger, Adam Olson, Aaron Brooks, Daniel Clark, Thomas Schroeppel
• Geospatial relationship of road traffic crashes and healthcare facilities with trauma surgical capabilities in Nairobi, Kenya: defining gaps in coverage (7 December, 2017)

  Brian I Shaw, Ali Akida Wangara, Gladys Mbatha Wambua, Jason Kiruja, Rochelle A Dicker, Judith Mutindi Mweu, Catherine Juillard
• Preinjury ASA score as an independent predictor of readmission after major traumatic injury (7 November, 2017)

  Alexandre Tran, Trinh Mai, Julie El-Haddad, Jacinthe Lampron, Jean-Denis Yelle, Giuseppe Pagliarello, Maher Matar
• Predictive factors of mortality after colectomy in ischemic colitis: an ACS-NSQIP database study (2 November, 2017)

  Joshua Tseng, Brandi Loper, Monica Jain, Azaria V Lewis, Daniel R Margulies, Rodrigo F Alban
• Faster on-scene times associated with decreased mortality in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) transported trauma patients (12 October, 2017)

  Hannah Pham, Yana Puckett, Sharmila Dissanaike
• Antifibrinolytics in a rural trauma state: assessing the opportunities (5 October, 2017)

  James M Bardes, Amanda Palmer, Jorge Con, Alison Wilson, Gregory Schaefer
• Identifying chronic heavy alcohol use in emergency general surgery patients: a pilot study (29 September, 2017)

  Maher M Matar, Brent Jewett, Samir M Fakhry, Dulaney A Wilson, Pamela L Ferguson, Raymond F Anton, Joseph V Sakran
• Correlating abdominal pain and intra-abdominal injury in patients with blunt abdominal trauma (26 September, 2017)

  Michael M Neeki, Dylan Hendy, Fanglong Dong, Jake Toy, Kevin Jones, Keasha Kuhnen, Ho Wang Yuen, Pamela Lux, Arnold Sin, Eugene Kwong, David Wong
• CT scan incidental findings in trauma patients: does it impact hospital length of stay? (14 September, 2017)

  Peter Andrawes, Antonio I Picon, Masood A Shariff, Basem Azab, Wolf von Waagner, Seleshi Demissie, Charles Fasanya
• Seasonal Variation of Trauma in Western Massachusetts: Fact or Folklore? (7 September, 2017)

  Jeffry Nahmias, Shiva Poola, Andrew Doben, Jane Garb, Ronald I Gross
• Derivation and validation of a two-biomarker panel for diagnosis of ARDS in patients with severe traumatic injuries (28 August, 2017)

  Lorraine B Ware, Zhiguo Zhao, Tatsuki Koyama, Ryan M Brown, Matthew W Semler, David R Janz, Addison K May, Richard D Fremont, Michael A Matthay, Mitchell J Cohen, Carolyn S Calfee
• Characterizing the gut microbiome in trauma: significant changes in microbial diversity occur early after severe injury (23 October, 2017)

  Benjamin M Howard, Lucy Z Kornblith, Sabrinah A Christie, Amanda S Conroy, Mary F Nelson, Eric M Campion, Rachael A Callcut, Carolyn S Calfee, Brandon J Lamere, Douglas W Fadrosh, Susan Lynch, Mitchell Jay Cohen
• Original article: Protecting study participants in emergency research: is community consultation before trial commencement enough? (12 July, 2017)

  Blair Henry, Adic Perez, Sandy Trpcic, Sandro Rizoli, Barto Nascimento
• Impact of circle of Willis anatomy in traumatic blunt cerebrovascular injury-related stroke (27 April, 2017)

  Charles P Shahan, Richard I Gray, Martin A Croce, Timothy C Fabian
• Outcomes: Trauma advanced practice provider programme development in an academic setting to optimize care coordination (27 January, 2017)

  Michelle C Woodfall, Timothy D Browder, Jesus M Alfaro, Meghan A Claudius, Garrett K Chan, Denise Greci Robinson, David A Spain
• Management of diaphyseal tibial fractures by plate fixation with absolute or relative stability: a retrospective study of 45 patients (18 March, 2017)

  Juan Manuel Concha Sandoval, José Luis Osma Rueda, Alejandro Sandoval Daza
• Original article: Trauma resource designation: an innovative approach to improving trauma system overtriage (11 September, 2017)

  Gail T Tominaga, Imad S Dandan, Kathryn B Schaffer, Fady Nasrallah, Melanie Gawlik R N, Jess F Kraus
• Skiers and snowboarders have improved short-term outcomes with immediate fixation of tibial plateau fractures (13 September, 2017)

  Peter C Janes, Jan Leonard, Jennifer L Phillips, Brent J Bauer, Kristin Salottolo, Denetta S Slone, Charles W Mains, David Bar-Or