BACKGROUND Trauma teams improve the initial management of trauma patients. Optimal timing of trauma alerts could improve team preparedness and performance while also limiting adverse ripple effects throughout the hospital. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how timing of trauma team activation and notification affects initial in-hospital management of trauma patients. METHODS Data from...

traumatic injuries in the primary dentition pose major challenges for management. this emergency treatment requires proper planning so as to achieve favorable results. trauma causing severe dentoalveolar injuries, especially in children, needs an interdisciplinary approach so as to retain normal functional anatomy for that age. this article describes a clinical innovative technique, which utili...

Cardiac laceration from blunt thoracic trauma is not a common presentation. The rate of mortality due to this injury is very high since it is not diagnosed and treated immediately. In this study, we present the case of a 65-year-old man with blunt cardiac trauma, causing right atrial rupture and pericardial tamponade. Successful management of this patient was firstly done with initial pericardi...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical utility of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) for temporal bone trauma evaluation and management. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Level I trauma center. PATIENTS Patients (n = 105) with evidence of temporal bone trauma. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Statistically significant associations between HRCT, clinical, audiometric, and head CT find...