Surgery
More than 1,600 extra trauma victims alive today says major new study
The NHS in England has saved an additional 1,600 patients with severe injuries since major trauma centres were established in 2012.
Aug 20, 2018
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Health
ACS briefing discusses use of lessons from combat care
(HealthDay)—The American College of Surgeons (ACS) hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss the successes and challenges of combat casualty care in Iraq and Afghanistan by the U.S. military, and how an integrated military-civilian ...
Aug 13, 2018
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Recent years have seen U.S. military reinventing trauma care
(HealthDay)—The U.S. military has reinvented trauma care, offering hope for changing approaches to health care, according to a blog post published online July 3 in Health Affairs.
Jul 10, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children with severe trauma can be fostered and recover with the right treatment and care
Being a foster carer for children who have experienced early life trauma – such as emotional and physical violence – can be challenging, complex and confusing. For children, experiencing severe early trauma can manifest ...
Jun 1, 2018
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Health
One in four intensive care patients return to hospital, study shows
A quarter of intensive care patients are readmitted to hospital shortly after returning home and some of these readmissions are avoidable, research suggests.
May 31, 2018
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Surgery
Grey's Anatomy TV drama may be distorting public expectations of trauma care
The television drama, Grey's Anatomy, may be giving viewers a false impression of the realities of trauma care, including the speed at which patients recover after sustaining serious injuries, finds research published in ...
Feb 19, 2018
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Health
Researcher discusses the trauma of war on survivors
Dr. Ayesha Ahmad is a lecturer in Global Health at the university with a Ph.D. in ethics where she has developed and leads on three modules, Humanitarian Action and Ethics, Culture and Mental Health, and Global Health Humanities.
Feb 19, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Exercise discovery could save lives of sickest patients
A new discovery about how exercise helps protect us from disease could one day dramatically reduce the death rate among the sickest and most gravely injured.
Oct 26, 2017
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Surgery
Major changes in balance of gut bacteria occur soon after serious injury/trauma
Major changes in the balance and make-up of gut bacteria occur within 72 hours of serious injury/trauma, reveals a small study, published in the online journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.
Oct 23, 2017
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Medical research
Tracing cell death pathway points to drug targets for brain damage, kidney injury, asthma
University of Pittsburgh scientists are unlocking the complexities of a recently discovered cell death process that plays a key role in health and disease, and new findings link their discovery to asthma, kidney injury and ...
Oct 19, 2017
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