Difficult Decisions in Trauma Surgery

Part I: Resuscitation.- Difficult Decisions in Trauma - Is ABC the Right Mantra?.- What is the Clinical Impact of Whole Blood as Compared to Component Therapy in Civilian Trauma?.- Does Helicopter Transport to Level I Trauma Centers Improve Mortality.- Futility of Care in Hemorrhagic Shock: When Prolonging the Massive Transfusion Protocol is of No Benefit.- In the exsanguinating trauma patient does REBOA, compared with resuscitative thoracotomy (RT), result in lower complications, morbidity, and mortality?.- Part II: Wound Management.- In Patients with Traumatic Extremity Wounds is Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Superior as Compared to Standard Dressing Changes?.- Enterocutaneous Fistula Management in Trauma.- Part III: Antimicrobial Management.- Does prophylactic antibiotics for emergent tube thoracostomy decrease rates of infection?.- Antibiotics Prophylaxis after Penetrating Colon Injuries.- Antibiotic Regimen in Treating Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections.- Is Vaccine Prophylaxis Necessary for Patients Undergoing Splenic Embolization?.- Part IV: Trauma Imaging.- The Trauma Pan-Scan: Who Benefits from Immediate Whole-Body Imaging?.- Non-Selective Arterial Embolization for Pelvic Fractures.- Clinical clearance of the cervical spine in the presence of a distracting injury.- MRI Clearance for the Cervical Spine.- Part V: Traumatic Brain Injury.- Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach ECMO safety in the setting of traumatic brain injury.- Can Abdominal Decompression Improve Refractory Intracranial Hypertension?.- Is there an Optimal Screening tool to Best Diagnose and Treat Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury (BCVI)?.- Part VI: Abdominal Trauma.- Does specific sequencing of operative interventions in thoracoabdominal trauma improve outcomes?.- Selective Nonoperative Management for Abdominal Gunshot Wounds.- What is the optimal management of traumatic duodenal injury?.- Timing of Ostomy Reversal in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.- Part VII: Thoracic Trauma.- Resuscitative Thoracotomy.- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Patients with Traumatic Injury and Respiratory Failure.- Is There a Gold Standard for Screening Blunt Cardiac Injury?.- Optimal Chest Tube Size for Hemothorax Evacuation.- Should Intrapleural Fibrinolytic Therapy be a First-Line Therapy for Post-Traumatic Retained Hemothoraces?.- Rib Plating in the Acute Trauma Setting.- Does Thoracic Irrigation at the Time of Chest Tube Placement Decrease the Incidence of a Retained Hemothorax?.- The Timing of VATS for a Retained Hemothorax.- Part VIII: Ethics.- Donation after Cardiac Death in the Emergency Department.- Resuscitative Thoracotomy for Organ Donation.- Resilience training for the trauma surgeon.- Youth Violence Prevention: Violence Recovery Programs.- Part IX: Peripheral Vascular Trauma.- Are Temporary Vascular Shunts (TVS) Effective Damage Control Adjuncts for Limb Salvage?.- Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach Limb salvage for the mangled extremity.- Part X: Pediatric Trauma.- The use of FAST in the Pediatric Trauma Setting.- Selective Nonoperative Management of Children with Penetrating Abdominal Trauma.- Are outcomes equivalent for injured children treated at pediatric or adult trauma centers, and what are the implications with respect to the design of optimal trauma systems?.