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 …

Background The purpose of this study was to review the epidemiology of maxillofacial skeletal
injuries in severely injured patients admitted to trauma hospitals in Ontario, Canada, with …

Background: Trauma is a leading cause of morbidity, potential years of life lost and health
care expenditure in Canada and around the world. Trauma systems have been established …

Objective Uncontrolled intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury (TBI) contributes
significantly to the death rate and to poor functional outcome. There is no evidence that …

Objectives To determine the frequency, body region and severity of injuries missed by the
clinical team in patients who die of blunt trauma, and to examine the accuracy of the cause …

Objectives: Inflicted traumatic brain injury associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is
a leading cause of injury mortality and morbidity in infants. A triple-dose SBS prevention …

Background: The distance beyond which helicopter transport is faster than ground for
interfacility transfer of trauma patients has not been established. Our objective was to determine …

Deposition of fibrin within the peritoneal cavity is an integral host response to local infection.
To directly assess the role of fibrin deposition in the pathogenesis of intraabdominal …

The high-affinity cell-surface receptor for interleukin-2 (IL-2R) consists of the 75-kilodaiton (kd)
chain and a 55-kd glycoprotein known as Tac. This report examines the cellular …

Objectives. To describe patterns of critical care services used after cardiac surgery and to
evaluate whether variations in the process of care influence outcome. Design. Multicenter, …