Objective: To develop a clinical practice guideline for red blood cell transfusion in adult
trauma and critical care. Design: Meetings, teleconferences and electronic-based …

Objective To assemble an international panel of experts to develop consensus
recommendations on selected important issues on the use of ultrasonography (US) in …

Background: Although there is no debate that patients with peritonitis or hemodynamic
instability should undergo urgent laparotomy after penetrating injury to the abdomen, it is …

BACKGROUND Within the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment,
Development and Evaluation) framework, we performed a systematic review and developed …

Background: Injury to the cervical spine (CS) is common after major trauma. The Eastern
Association for the Surgery of Trauma first published its Practice Management Guidelines for …

Background Focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) relies on hemoperitoneum
to identify patients with injury. Blunt trauma victims (BTVs) with abdominal injury, but without …

PURPOSE: To assess the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) in demonstrating the
presence or absence of peritoneal violation and type of intraperitoneal organ injury, if any, in …

Background Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) is rapidly
establishing its place in the evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma. However, no prospective …

BACKGROUND Extremity arterial injury after penetrating trauma is common in military
conflict or urban trauma centers. Most peripheral arterial injuries occur in the femoral and …

Raman spectroscopy has been used to study the doping processes in poly (3, 4‐
ethylenedioxythiophene) PEDOT prepared via conventional electrochemical methods. The …