2020
Chest Trauma Outcomes: Public Versus Private Level I Trauma Centers
Orlas CP, Herrera‐Escobar J, Zogg CK, Serna JJ, Meléndez JJ, Gómez A, Martínez D, Parra MW, García AF, Rosso F, Pino LF, Gonzalez A, Ordoñez CA. Chest Trauma Outcomes: Public Versus Private Level I Trauma Centers. World Journal Of Surgery 2020, 44: 1824-1834. PMID: 31993723, PMCID: PMC7380545, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-020-05400-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrauma centerMedian Injury Severity ScoreLogistic regressionInjury Severity ScorePost-operative complicationsMultivariable logistic regressionRetained hemothoraxHospital mortalityChest traumaClinical characteristicsMedian ageClinical outcomesThoracic traumaUnstable hemodynamicsEmergency roomSeverity scoreHigher oddsLevel IPatientsTraumaSignificant differencesMortalityHemothoraxMediastinitisEmpyema
2015
Abdominal gunshot wounds—a comparative assessment of severity measures
Shah AA, Rehman A, Shah SJ, Haider AH, Zogg CK, Zafar SN, Hadi YB, Zia-ur-Rehman, Zafar H. Abdominal gunshot wounds—a comparative assessment of severity measures. Journal Of Surgical Research 2015, 198: 334-339. PMID: 25891680, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.03.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjury Severity ScoreAbdominal gunshot woundsInjury severity measuresGunshot woundsSeverity measuresMedian Injury Severity ScoreAbdominal trauma indexMost gunshot woundsRisk-stratify patientsPrimary outcome measureCause mortalityAbdominal traumaMiddle-income countriesMultivariable analysisSeverity scoreUniversity HospitalSustained injuryTrauma IndexCrude rateOutcome measuresReferral statusInjury severityAverage ageAUROC analysisComplications