Topic Collection

Heena P. Santry Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2352-1557

D’Andrea K. Joseph NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7626-370X

Michaela A. West North Memorial Health/University of Minneapolis https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6598-4114

The wealth gap both between and within countries globally is widening. Those nations and those residents who are poor face myriad adverse social determinants of health compared to their wealthier counterparts. Epidemiological studies from around the world have documented that both incidence of and outcomes related to traumatic injury and emergency general surgery diseases (e.g., perforated viscus, appendicitis, cholecystitis, necrotizing soft tissue infection) are impacted by these socioeconomic inequalities. However, as the wealth gap widens, there is need to document which population health, community-based, and institutional interventions can reduce incidence and adverse outcomes after injury or unexpected general surgery emergency. In this Topic Collection for Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, we aim to publish original research on interventions that have resulted in a reduction of traumatic injury or general surgery emergencies, improvements in access to timely and high-quality care, and better outcomes among the most vulnerable populations in need of trauma and acute care. Submissions on the impact of the following are welcome:

• Violence intervention programs
• Governmental legislation
• Non-governmental aid programs
• Large-scale public health interventions
• Community health worker programs
• Educational interventions targeting unconscious bias and overt discrimination
• Other programs or interventions aimed at ameliorating unequal treatment

     

All submitted articles will be subject to the journal's normal peer review process. The Editor in Chief is responsible for the content of this Topic Collection. Guest Editors will manage peer review, invite reviewers and make a recommendation, but the final decision on all manuscripts will be made by the Editor-in-Chief. Key words: Health disparities, unequal treatment, adverse social determinants of health, trauma, traumatic injury, emergency general surgery, general surgery emergencies, inequality, wealth gap

Crystalloid resuscitation is associated with decreased treatment delays and improved systolic blood pressures in a blood-constrained setting (9 April 2024) Mark T Yost, Matt Driban, Fanny Nadia Dissak Delon, Mbiarikai A Mbianyor, Thompson Kinge, Richard Njock, Daniel Nkusu, Jean-Gustave Tsiagadigui, Melissa Carvalho, Rasheedat Oke, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Catherine Juillard, S Ariane Christie Improved follow-up care for gun violence survivors in the Trauma Quality of Life Clinic (21 February 2024) Amber Brandolino, Terri A deRoon-Cassini, Elise A Biesboer, Carissa W Tomas, Monet Woolfolk, Nalani A Wakinekona, Maya Subramanian, Heloise Cheruvalath, Mary E Schroeder, Colleen M Trevino