CHICAGO (April 22, 2016): At the beginning of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, less than half of the surgeons deployed for the first time had received any type of trauma-specific training beforehand. Most surgeons were ...
Apr 22, 2016
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed millions of young adults to retain health care coverage through their parents' insurance plans, but new research finds that many young African-American and Hispanic adults who need coverage ...
Apr 10, 2015
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Wounded soldiers who sustained chest injuries in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) had higher mortality rates than soldiers in Korea and Vietnam, according to a military trauma study ...
Oct 4, 2012
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(HealthDay)—Across much of the United States, the winter months are a fun time filled with falling flakes and holiday cheer. But high season for snow and ice can also entail broken bones.
Jan 13, 2013
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(HealthDay)—More motorcyclists are taking to U.S. roads, increasing the need for safety precautions, experts say.
Jun 8, 2015
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An acute care surgery model led to improvement in the quality of surgical patient care and reduced the cost of emergency surgical care at Loma Linda University Medical Center, report researchers who published their findings ...
Nov 7, 2012
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In the largest study of its kind, physicians from the Department of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) have ...
Jun 10, 2013
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CHICAGO (March 3, 2016): An immediate consultation between trauma surgeons and a geriatrician improves multidisciplinary care of elderly accident victims and the sensitivity of the family to the patient's ongoing health care ...
Mar 3, 2016
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(Medical Xpress)—With traumatic injuries claiming almost six million lives a year, improvements in care, including in the challenging areas of brain and bone injuries, and haemorrhage, are urgently needed.
Sep 21, 2012
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When a trauma patient enters the emergency room, the medical team has what is known as the "golden hour," a window of time to evaluate and stabilize the patient to prevent death. To help trauma teams optimize that limited ...
Oct 6, 2015
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