Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery - Trauma Loupes Podcast

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