2006
Trauma Surgeons Practice What They Preach: The NTDB Story on Solid Organ Injury Management
Hurtuk M, Reed RL, Esposito TJ, Davis KA, Luchette FA. Trauma Surgeons Practice What They Preach: The NTDB Story on Solid Organ Injury Management. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2006, 61: 243-255. PMID: 16917435, DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000231353.06095.8d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Trauma Data BankSplenic traumaRenal injurySplenic injuryOverall mortalitySurgeons National Trauma Data BankSolid abdominal organ injuriesStudy periodNonoperative management ratesRenal trauma managementAbdominal organ injuriesTrauma Data BankICD-9 codesStandard of careOrgan injuryHepatic injuryNonoperative approachAdmission dateInjury managementImproved outcomesTrauma careTrauma surgeonsAmerican CollegeChi analysisSurgical practice
2004
Use of Presumptive Antibiotics following Tube Thoracostomy for Traumatic Hemopneumothorax in the Prevention of Empyema and Pneumonia—A Multi-Center Trial
Maxwell RA, Campbell DJ, Fabian TC, Croce MA, Luchette FA, Kerwin AJ, Davis KA, Nagy K, Tisherman S. Use of Presumptive Antibiotics following Tube Thoracostomy for Traumatic Hemopneumothorax in the Prevention of Empyema and Pneumonia—A Multi-Center Trial. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2004, 57: 742-749. PMID: 15514527, DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000147481.42186.42.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAntibiotic ProphylaxisCefazolinChest TubesDevice RemovalDouble-Blind MethodEmpyema, PleuralFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHemopneumothoraxHumansInjury Severity ScoreLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPneumonia, BacterialProspective StudiesReference ValuesRisk AssessmentThoracic InjuriesThoracostomyTrauma CentersTreatment OutcomeConceptsIncidence of empyemaRisk of empyemaPresumptive antibioticsTube thoracostomyTraumatic hemopneumothoraxDouble-blind trialUse of cefazolinLogistic regression analysisTube thoracostomy placementCenter trialTube placementInjury scoreAntibiotic useGroup A.EmpyemaThoracostomy placementChi analysisPneumoniaThoracostomyHemopneumothoraxPatientsRegression analysisAntibioticsInjuryIncidence