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Cook A, Larson N, Altamirano H, Ray B, Pero B, Mohiuddin M, et al.
J Clin Med . 2024 Nov; 13(22). PMID: 39597797
Increasing trauma center admission volume is said to decrease mortality. Evidence supporting this position is dependent upon patient groups and the time period studied, and gaps remain. We evaluated the...
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Larson N, Mergoum A, Dries D, Cook A, Blondeau B, Rogers F
Shock . 2024 Aug; 62(5):620-627. PMID: 39162220
Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable maternal illness and death globally and carries a disproportionately high burden of mortality in low- to middle-income countries. Tranexamic acid, an antifibrinolytic...
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Mergoum A, Mergoum A, Larson N, Dries D, Cook A, Blondeau B, et al.
J Surg Res . 2024 Aug; 302:208-221. PMID: 39106732
Introduction: Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a potent antifibrinolytic drug that inhibits the activation of plasmin by plasminogen. While not a new medication, TXA has quickly gained traction across a variety...
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De Vera C, Emerine R, Girard R, Sarva K, Jacob J, Azghani A, et al.
Int J Mol Sci . 2024 Jan; 25(1). PMID: 38203639
Retained hemothorax (RH) is a commonly encountered and potentially severe complication of intrapleural bleeding that can organize with lung restriction. Early surgical intervention and intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy have been advocated....
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Cook A, Swindall R, Spencer K, Wadle C, Cage S, Mohiuddin M, et al.
Inj Epidemiol . 2023 Oct; 10(1):49. PMID: 37858271
Background: Single-level falls (SLFs) in the older US population is a leading cause of hospital admission and rates are increasing. Unscheduled hospital readmission is regarded as a quality-of-care indication and...
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Amato S, Benson J, Stewart B, Sarathy A, Osler T, Hosmer D, et al.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg . 2023 Mar; 94(6):755-764. PMID: 36880704
Background: Timely access to high-level (I/II) trauma centers (HLTCs) is essential to minimize mortality after injury. Over the last 15 years, there has been a proliferation of HLTC nationally. The...
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Cook A, Fry R, Desai Y, Swindall R, Boyle J, Wadle C, et al.
J Surg Res . 2022 Jan; 273:181-191. PMID: 35085945
Background: The burden of traumatic injury among workers in agriculture is substantial. Surveillance can inform injury prevention efforts to reduce farmworkers' risk. We posited that the regional trauma registry can...
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Swindall R, Roden-Forman J, Conflitti J, Cook A, Wadle C, Boyle J, et al.
Surgery . 2021 Dec; 171(6):1677-1686. PMID: 34955287
Background: Understanding trends in prevalence and etiology is critical to public health strategies for prevention and management of injury related to high-risk recreation in elderly Americans. Methods: The National Emergency...
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Tran Z, Zhang W, Verma A, Cook A, Kim D, Burruss S, et al.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg . 2021 Sep; 92(3):561-566. PMID: 34554135
Background: Existing mortality prediction models have attempted to quantify injury burden following trauma-related admissions with the most notable being the Injury Severity Score (ISS). Although easy to calculate, it requires...
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Cucher D, Harmon L, Myer B, Ngyuen A, Rankin T, Cook A, et al.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg . 2021 Aug; 91(2):331-335. PMID: 34397954
Objectives: As thromboelastography (TEG) becomes the standard of care in patients with hemorrhagic shock (HS), an association between concomitant traumatic brain injury (TBI) and coagulopathy by TEG parameters is not...