2022
The extent to which geography explains one of trauma’s troubling trends: Insurance-based differences in appropriate interfacility transfer
Zogg CK, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Davis KA. The extent to which geography explains one of trauma’s troubling trends: Insurance-based differences in appropriate interfacility transfer. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2022, 93: 686-694. PMID: 35293375, PMCID: PMC9470786, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000003605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNontrauma centersEmergency departmentMajor injuriesTrauma centerSignificant geographic variationInsurance-based differencesRisk-adjusted oddsLarge trauma centersNeighborhood socioeconomic disadvantageHierarchical logistic regressionInsured adultsTransfer patientsInsurance statusInterfacility transferStratified analysisED claimsUninsured adultsLevel IIISecondary objectiveTriage patternsDeprived populationsLogistic regressionInjurySocioeconomic disadvantageAdmission differences
2008
Injury Enhances Resistance to Escherichia coli Infection by Boosting Innate Immune System Function
Maung AA, Fujimi S, MacConmara MP, Tajima G, McKenna AM, Delisle AJ, Stallwood C, Onderdonk AB, Mannick JA, Lederer JA. Injury Enhances Resistance to Escherichia coli Infection by Boosting Innate Immune System Function. The Journal Of Immunology 2008, 180: 2450-2458. PMID: 18250454, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.4.2450.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBurn-injured miceSham miceCecal ligationEnhanced innate immune responseSystemic inflammatory response syndromeInnate immune system functionRelevant sepsis modelSham-injured miceInflammatory response syndromeMac-1 expressionEscherichia coli infectionInnate immune responseSite of infectionImmune system functionPolymicrobial sepsisResponse syndromeOpportunistic infectionsSepsis modelDays postinjuryInjury causesColi infectionImmune responseCommon pathogensMajor injuriesAnimal studies