Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery - Trauma Loupes Podcast

Dr. Gene Moore’s highlights for the December 2014 issue include: presidential address by Dr. Dave Livingston; paper by Dr. Hunter Moore and colleagues from Denver Health/University of Colorado; Dr. Lucy Kornblith et al from the San Francisco General who studied the hemostatic capacity of reconstituted whole blood variants; Dr. Sherene Shalhub and WTA colleagues’ review of abdominal aortic injuries; and Dr. Riyad Karmy-Jones with colleagues from WTA with their decision making algorithm for penetrating chest trauma. Transcript

Dr. Gene Moore’s highlights for the November 2014 issue include: Dr. Bob Mackersie’s Presidential Address; Dr. Jim O’Conner et al from the Cowley Shock Trauma Center reviewing their experience with damage control thoracic surgery; Dr. Ben Zarzaur and colleagues from the University of Tennessee in Memphis addressing the ongoing debate of the role of angioembolization in the management of high grade splenic injuries; Dr. Nis Windelore et al from Copenhagen University and adding their part to the complex puzzle of trauma induced coagulopathy by implicating low levels of platelet-derived microparticles; Dr. Regan Berg and colleagues from USC/LA County and their review of gunshot wounds; and Drs. Howard Corwin and Lena Napolitano discussing their knowledge of erythropoietin stimulating agents in reducing red cell transfusion based on current literature. Transcript

Dr. Gene Moore’s highlights for the October 2014 issue include: Dr. Wayne Lee and colleagues from the University of California San Francisco at East Bay providing an interesting cost analysis, Dr. Nicholas Caputo and associates from the Lincoln Health Center in the Bronx who undertook a systematic literature review to address the same question; Dr. Clay Burlew and colleagues from Denver Health/University of Colorado with a study objective to define the yield of repeat CTA at 7-10 days for blunt carotid and vertebral injuries; Dr. Paul Stahler et al from Hennepin County with an important reminder for us all: the 2006 Uniform Anatomic Gift Act; and finally, Dr. Andrea Hill and colleagues from the Sunnybrook Health Center in Toronto with an analysis of age-related trends in severe injury. Transcript

Dr. Gene Moore’s highlights for the September 2014 issue include: Dr. Lauren Rodriquez and colleagues from the University of Michigan addressing the ongoing debate of appropriate prophylactic antibiotics for open fractures; Dr. Bellal Joseph et al from the University of Arizona who address the question of platelet administration in patients with TBI; the group from the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and their analysis of 60 consecutive patients who underwent operative rib fixation for a flail chest; and Dr. Matthew Moorman et al from the Cleveland Clinic who update their recommendations for the management of bleeding in patients taking preinjury oral thrombin inhibitors or factor X a inhibitors. Transcript

Dr. Gene Moore’s highlights for the August 2014 issue include Dr. Stephen Gale and colleagues from East Texas Medical Center in Tyler regarding public health burden of adult emergency general surgery; Dr. James Davis and associates from Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami and the study objective to identify potentially survivable prehospital deaths in a large urban setting; Procedure and Technique review of laparoscopy for emergency procedures by Dr. Salomone DI Saverio from Bologna, Italy; and last is a review by Dr. Kelly Vogt and Dr. Heidi Frankel from the LA County/USC discussing the management of the inter-related issues of pain, sedation, and mobility in the surgical intensive care unit. Transcript

Dr. Gene Moore’s presents summer reading picks, selected from papers first showcased at this year’s Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma annual meeting and published in the July 2014 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Meeting highlights include the presidential address by Dr. Scott Sagraves and the Oriens lecture by Dr. Grace Rozycki. Research papers include Dr. Taghavi et al’s swine model of permissive hypoventilation, Dr. Hampton et al’s cryopreserved RBC study, Dr. Yanna Cao’s team work on never-frozen liquid plasma, and Dr. Ashley Walther and colleagues’ analysis of pediatric trauma outcomes. Transcript

Dr. Gene Moore and Dr. Angela Sauaia present highlights from the June 2014 issue of The Journal of Trauma.  Highlighted articles include: AAST master surgeon Dr. Rao Ivatury from the Virginia Commonwealth University with the lead article - overview of postinjury compartment syndromes; Dr. Evan Valle and colleagues from the University of Miami with their attempt to determine the impact of early tranexamic acid administration; Dr. Leeper and associates from the University of Western Ontario adding more evidence to support early screening and pre-emptive selective angioembolization for high-grade splenic injuries; Dr. Nikolay Bugaev and colleagues from Tufts Medical Center in Boston exploring influence of hepatic cirrhosis on the ability to manage splenic injuries nonoperatively; and last Dr. Jeffrey Keenan and associates from Duke University who employed the ACS National Surgical Quality Program to ascertain the impact of delayed operative intervention for small bowel obstruction. Transcript

Dr. Gene Moore and Dr. Angela Sauaia present highlights from the May 2014 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlighted articles include: Dr. Frank Castellino and collaborators of Notre Dame and the University of Colorado; Dr. Ajai Malhotra and colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University; Dr. Christoph Schlimp, et al from Universities of Vienna and Salzburg in Austria; Dr. Kyle Remick and colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania; and Dr. Jan-Michael Van Gent and the team from Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego. Transcript

Dr. Gene Moore and Dr. Angela Sauaia present highlights from the April 2014 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlighted articles include: Dr. Austin Porter from Arkansas Department of Health and colleagues from the University of Arkansas describing benefits of statewide trauma call systems; Robert Sise, a medical student at UCSF, in collaboration with surgeons at Scripps Mercy in San Diego and the Stanford University defining the epidemiology of trauma related mortality in the US; Dr. Carole Villamaria in collaboration with the University of Michigan and military regarding developing the endovascular skills for trauma and resuscitative surgery course (ESTARS); and finally Dr. Mark Maxfield and colleagues from Yale regarding the failure of nonoperative management of perforated appendicitis from 2004-2011. Transcript

Dr. Gene Moore and Dr. Angela Sauaia present highlights from the March 2014 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlighted articles include Dr. Sirat Khan and colleagues from Queen Mary University of London; Dr. Rashna Ginwall et al from the University of Arizona; Dr. Joe Tepas and colleagues from the University of Florida in Jacksonville; and our own Dr. Angela Sauaia and her colleagues from Denver Health at the University of Colorado Denver. Transcript

Dr. Ernest “Gene” Moore and Dr. Angela Sauaia present highlights from the February 2014 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlighted articles include Dr. Lucy Kornblith and colleagues from San Francisco General, Dr. Joseph Posluszny and colleagues, Dr. Steve Shackford and colleagues from the Western Trauma Association, and Dr. Verbeek et al from Amsterdam. Transcript

Dr. Ernest “Gene” Moore and Dr. Angela Sauaia present highlights from the January 2014 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlighted articles include a selection of studies first presented at last September’s annual meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma in San Francisco, California. Transcript

Dr. Ernest “Gene” Moore present highlights from the December 2013 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlights include articles by: Dr. Mark Metzdorff reflecting on the critical role of evidence-based medicine in the wake of health care; Dr. Jason Sperry addressing penetrating neck trauma and Dr. Walt Biffl reviews the current management of pancreatic injuries. Dr. Sean McCully and colleagues on the topic of managing coagulopathy and Dr. Michael Chapman on determining the appropriate TEG threshold value to treat fibrinolysis with TXA. Dr. Nima Azarakhsf’s analysis to determine the incidence of blunt cerebrovascular injuries in children. Lastly, check out the study by Dr. Van Haren and colleagues from Florida. Transcript

Dr. Ernest “Gene” Moore present highlights from the October 2013 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlights include articles by: Dr. Luciana Torres and colleagues, Dr. Jordan Weinberg and associates, Dr. Edwin Takahashi, Dr. Duilio Divisi, Dr. Evan Glazer and colleagues, and Dr. Phil Stahel and colleagues. Transcript

Dr. Ernest “Gene” Moore present highlights from the October 2013 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlights include articles by: Dr. Tim Lee and associates, Dr. Patricio Polanco and colleagues, Dr. Pedro Teixeria et al, and Dr. Christopher McClung. Transcript

Dr. Ernest “Gene” Moore present highlights from the September 2013 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlights include articles by: Dr. Jeremy Hsu and colleagues, Dr. Tim Lee and associates, Dr. Jose Diaz and colleagues, Dr. Dave Feliciano and colleagues, and Dr. Ali Mejaddam et al. Transcript

Dr. Ernest “Gene” Moore and Dr. Angela Sauaia present highlights from the August 2013 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlights include CME articles: Dr. Fernando Kim, Dr. Jessica Kahl, and Dr. Dale Yeatts. Check out the 2012 US Milltary Health System supplement. Transcript

Dr. Ernest “Gene” Moore and Dr. Angela Sauaia present highlights from the July 2013 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlights include Scott B. Frame Memorial Lecture, an article on pneumatosis intestinalis radiographically, an ongoing debate regarding pre-emptive splenic artery angioembolization, and a paper on firearm injuries. Transcript

Dr. Ernest “Gene” Moore and Dr. Angela Sauaia present highlights from the June 2013 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlights include the Hartford Consensus, overview of Hurricane Sandy, acute diverticulitis, diaphragm injuries, and the rationale for maintaining a thawed Group A plasma. Transcript

Dr. Ernest “Gene” Moore and Dr. Angela Sauaia present highlights from the May 2013 issue of The Journal of Trauma. Highlights include stapled versus hand-sewn anastomoses, methods of resuscitation, and a special look at principle components analysis. Transcript