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 …

Background Endovascular stent graft (EV) technology has been successfully adapted to the
repair of blunt traumatic aortic injuries. The purpose of this study was to compare the …

Objective The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of trauma patients with an
Injury Severity Score (ISS)> 12 who had the trauma team involved (TTA) in their resuscitative …

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology of concussions
presenting to the emergency department (ED). METHODS A retrospective cohort of …

BACKGROUND Delayed splenic rupture is the Achilles’ heel of nonoperative management (NOM)
for blunt splenic injury (BSI). Early computed tomographic (CT) scanning for features …

Introduction Concussions are a major health concern as they cause significant acute symptoms
and in some athletes, long-term neurologic dysfunction. Diagnosis of concussion can be …

Infections can increase medical costs and worsen patient outcomes. Our aims in pediatric
severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) patients were to determine the infection and fever rates, …

Background To systematically review the literature on brain injury biomarkers, defined as any
injury biomarker detected in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or blood injury biomarkers primarily …

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 …