PURPOSE To examine variation in pediatric trauma head CT imaging protocols in Washington state. METHODS A web-based survey was sent to trauma-designated hospitals in Washington state. Respondents were queried about pediatric head trauma volumes, type of CT scanners, and technical information about the CT imaging protocols. Variation in pediatric trauma volumes, CT dose reduction strategies, a...

Background: Addiction is the repeated use of a chemical substance which affects the biological function of the brain and endangers physical health of the addicted person. Prevalence and pattern of taking drugs were assessed in the current study in a Special Cares Trauma Center. So the specialized physician could manage the medical procedure more easily through identification of addicted patient...

This article describes an approach to early process development in the context of the productivity model in legacy Wyeth (i.e. to deliver two New Drug Applications per year for New Molecular Entities). As a result of the model, the cycle time from lead selection to phase I decreased and the number of compounds in early development increased. In response, Wyeth Chemical Development devised a res...

Isr develops, applies and teaches advanced methodologies of design and analysis to solve complex, hierarchical, heterogeneous and dynamic problems of engineering technology and systems for industry and government. Isr is a permanent institute of the university of maryland, within the a. James clark school of engineering. It is a graduated national science foundation engineering research center....

John R. Hess, John B. Holcomb, Steven E. Wolf, & Michael W. Cripps Department of Laboratory Medicine and Hematology, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Transfusion Service, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA Center for Translational Injury Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA Department of Surgery, Division of Burn/Trauma/Critical Care, Un...

Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, Biomedical Research Network, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK., 2 Center for Neuroscience and Trauma, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Queen Mary University of London, UK., Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK., Blood-Brain Barrier Researc...

INTRODUCTION This report addresses the development, implementation, and evaluation of a protocol designed to protect participants from inadvertent emotional harm or further emotional trauma due to their participation in the World Trade Center Evacuation (WTCE) Study research project. This project was designed to identify the individual, organizational, and structural (environmental) factors ass...

BACKGROUND Hospitals have difficulty justifying the expense of maintaining trauma centers without strong evidence of their effectiveness. To address this gap, we examined differences in mortality between level 1 trauma centers and hospitals without a trauma center (non-trauma centers). METHODS Mortality outcomes were compared among patients treated in 18 hospitals with a level 1 trauma center...