Methods: Adult trauma patients flown by a helicopter emergency medical service were
prospectively enrolled. Using an i-STAT portable analyzer, data from 16 laboratory tests …

Damage control techniques applied to the management of thoracic injuries have evolved
over the last 15 years. Despite the limited number of publications, information is sufficient to …

Background Gun violence is a global health problem. Population-based research on firearm-
related injuries has been relatively limited considering the burden of disease. The aim of this …

Damage-control resuscitation in the care of critically injured trauma patients aims to limit
blood loss and prevent and treat coagulopathy by combining early definitive hemorrhage …

Introduction Shock index (SI) is a bedside simple scoring tool; however, it has not yet been
tested in blunt thorax trauma (BTT). We sought to evaluate the prognostic value of SI for …

The shock index (SI) has been associated with predicting transfusion needs in trauma
patients. However, its utility in penetrating thoracic trauma (PTTrauma) for predicting the …

Background Approximately 15% of patients with penetrating thoracic trauma require an
emergency center or operating room thoracotomy, usually for hemodynamic instability or …

Introduction There is a lack of data on the outcomes of thoracic damage control surgery
(TDCS). This study aimed to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients …

Objective: To explore the effect of restricted fluid resuscitation on coagulation, the serum
inflammatory factors, and the prognoses of patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock …

Damage control surgery represents a salvage procedure for trauma patients with the life-
threatening triad of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. Although nonoperative …