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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedVogel JA, Newgard CD, Holmes JF
Validation of the Denver emergency department trauma organ failure score to predict post-injury multiple organ failure.
The objective of the study was to externally validate the Denver Emergency Department (ED) Trauma Organ Failure (TOF) Score, a 6-item instrument that includes age, intubation, hematocrit, systolic blood pressure, blood urea nitrogen, and white blood cell count, which was designed to predict the development of multiple organ failure (MOF) within 7 days of hospitalization. It was determined that the Denver ED TOF Score predicted development of MOF within 7 days of hospitalization.
AHRQ-funded; HS017526; HS023901.
Citation: Vogel JA, Newgard CD, Holmes JF .
Validation of the Denver emergency department trauma organ failure score to predict post-injury multiple organ failure.
J Am Coll Surg 2016 Jan;222(1):73-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.10.010.
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Keywords: Emergency Department, Trauma, Decision Making, Risk, Injuries and Wounds
Patel MB, Humble SS, Cullinane DC
Cervical spine collar clearance in the obtunded adult blunt trauma patient: a systematic review and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
The authors’ aims were to perform a systematic review and to develop evidence-based recommendations that might be used to direct decision making in the removal of a cervical collar from adult obtunded blunt trauma patients. In conclusion, they conditionally recommended cervical collar removal after a negative high-quality C-spine CT scan result alone.
AHRQ-funded; HS017952.
Citation: Patel MB, Humble SS, Cullinane DC .
Cervical spine collar clearance in the obtunded adult blunt trauma patient: a systematic review and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015 Feb;78(2):430-41. doi: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000503..
Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Evidence-Based Practice, Guidelines, Trauma, Decision Making
Easter JS, Haukoos JS, Claud J
Traumatic intracranial injury in intoxicated patients with minor head trauma.
This study to estimate the prevalence of intracranial injury following minor head injury found that 8% of 225 intoxicated patients with minor head injury had clinically important injuries requiring either hospital admission or neurosurgical followup. Neither the Canadian CT Head Rule nor NEXUS criteria had adequate sensitivity to be used with these patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS019464; HS017526
Citation: Easter JS, Haukoos JS, Claud J .
Traumatic intracranial injury in intoxicated patients with minor head trauma.
Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Aug;20(8):753-60. doi: 10.1111/acem.12184..
Keywords: Emergency Department, Trauma, Brain Injury, Decision Making