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Who are the trauma team leaders across Canada? A national survey evaluating the profession in adult and pediatric level one trauma centres
Trauma Team Leaders (TTLs) are critical for coordinating and leading trauma resuscitations. This survey sought to characterize the demographics and professional practices of Canadian TTLs at level one trauma c...
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Do patient outcomes differ when the trauma team leader is a surgeon or non-surgeon? A multicentre cohort study
Trauma team leaders (TTLs) have traditionally been general surgeons; however, some trauma centres use a mixed model of care where both surgeons and non-surgeons (primarily emergency physicians) perform this ro...
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Open AccessBariatric Surgery Should Be Offered to Active-Duty Military Personnel: a Retrospective Study of the Canadian Armed Forces’ Experience
Like most Western armies, obesity affects Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel. Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity. However, this is not yet accepted for active-duty soldiers in most coun...
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Open AccessArtificial intelligence and machine learning for hemorrhagic trauma care
Artificial intelligence (AI), a branch of machine learning (ML) has been increasingly employed in the research of trauma in various aspects. Hemorrhage is the most common cause of trauma-related death. To bett...
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Viscoelastic Hemostatic Tests and Fibrinogen Concentrations in Trauma
Thrombelastography (TEG) and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) are used to diagnose trauma-induced coagulopathy, fibrinogen deficiency, and guide fibrinogen transfusion in trauma, as well as to study the h...
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Viscoelastic Hemostatic Tests and Fibrinogen Concentrations in Trauma
Thrombelastography (TEG) and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) are used to diagnose trauma-induced coagulopathy, fibrinogen deficiency, and guide fibrinogen transfusion in trauma, as well as to study the h...
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Open AccessKilling superalgebras for lorentzian five-manifolds
We calculate the relevant Spencer cohomology of the minimal Poincaré superalgebra in 5 spacetime dimensions and use it to define Killing spinors via a connection on the spinor bundle of a 5-dimensional lorentz...
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Open AccessCoagulopathy of hospitalised COVID-19: A Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of Therapeutic Anticoagulation versus Standard Care as a Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (RAPID COVID COAG – RAPID Trial): A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
To determine the effect of therapeutic anticoagulation, with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) or unfractionated heparin (UFH, high dose nomogram), compared to standard care in hospitalized patients admitted...
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Management of Open Abdomen After Trauma Laparotomy: A Comparative Analysis of Dynamic Fascial Traction and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Systems
Management of the post-traumatic open abdomen (OA) using negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) alone is associated with low rates of primary fascial closure. The abdominal reapproximation anchor (ABRA) system...
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The Financial Burden of Road Traffic Injuries in Mozambique: A Hospital-Related Cost-of-Illness Study of Maputo Central Hospital
Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are increasingly being recognized for their significant economic impact. Mozambique, like other low-income countries, suffers staggering rates of road traffic collisions. To our kn...
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Perioperative Mortality Rates as a Health Metric for Acute Abdominal Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Future Recommendations
Approximately 5 billion people do not have access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical and anesthesia care, with this number disproportionately affecting those from low–middle-income countries (LMICs). Per...
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Open AccessA recommended early goal-directed management guideline for the prevention of hypothermia-related transfusion, morbidity, and mortality in severely injured trauma patients
Hypothermia is present in up to two-thirds of patients with severe injury, although it is often disregarded during the initial resuscitation. Studies have revealed that hypothermia is associated with mortality...
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An immunohistochemical study of p53 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Nuclear p53 immunoreactivity is demonstrated in infected oligodendroglia, as well as in a proportion of reactive and bizarre astrocytes, in seven progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) biopsies. This...
