Background. The world's literature on traumatic brain injury (TBI) grows annually including
new reports on epidemiologic findings from many regions. With the wide variety of reports …

INTRODUCTION: Numerous articles have examined the pattern of traumatic deaths. Most of
these studies have aimed to improve trauma care and raise awareness of avoidable …

Background Ultrasonography (performed by means of a four‐quadrant, focused assessment
of sonography for trauma (FAST)) is regarded as a key instrument for the initial assessment …

The cervical collar has been routinely used for trauma patients for more than 30 years and is
a hallmark of state-of-the-art prehospital trauma care. However, the existing evidence for this …

Purpose A high percentage (50%-60%) of trauma patients die due to their injuries prior to
arrival at the hospital. Studies on preclinical mortality including post-mortem examinations …

Objectives–To review the nonradiologist use of ultrasound (US) in the setting of emergency
and critical care, the development, clinical applications, and standardization of veterinary …

Background: Studies of trauma deaths have had a tremendous impact on the quality of
contemporary trauma care. We studied causes of trauma death at a Level I Canadian trauma …

Background The epidemiology of trauma deaths in Europe is less than well investigated.
Thus, our goal was to study the contemporary patterns of trauma deaths within a defined …

The purpose of this systematic review of the literature was to determine the association of
sepsis with mortality in the severely injured adult patient by means of a comparative analysis …

Objective–Evaluate an abdominal fluid scoring (AFS) system using an abdominal focused
assessment with sonography for trauma (AFAST) protocol. Design–Prospective study …