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WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias.

World journal of emergency surgery : WJES

Sartelli M, Coccolini F, van Ramshorst GH, Campanelli G, Mandalà V, Ansaloni L, Moore EE, Peitzman A, Velmahos G, Moore FA, Leppaniemi A, Burlew CC, Biffl W, Koike K, Kluger Y, Fraga GP, Ordonez CA, Di Saverio S, Agresta F, Sakakushev B, Gerych I, Wani I, Kelly MD, Gomes CA, Faro MP, Taviloglu K, Demetrashvili Z, Lee JG, Vettoretto N, Guercioni G, Tranà C, Cui Y, Kok KY, Ghnnam WM, Abbas Ael-S, Sato N, Marwah S, Rangarajan M, Ben-Ishay O, Adesunkanmi AR, Segovia Lohse HA, Kenig J, Mandalà S, Patrizi A, Scibé R, Catena F.
PMID: 24289453
World J Emerg Surg. 2013 Dec 01;8(1):50. doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-8-50.

Emergency repair of complicated abdominal hernias is associated with poor prognosis and a high rate of post-operative complications.A World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) Consensus Conference was held in Bergamo in July 2013, during the 2nd Congress of the...

Free air on plain film: Do we need a computed tomography too?.

Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock

Solis CV, Chang Y, De Moya MA, Velmahos GC, Fagenholz PJ.
PMID: 24550622
J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2014 Jan;7(1):3-8. doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.125631.

CONTEXT: Standard teaching is that patients with pneumoperitoneum on plain X-ray and clinical signs of abdominal pathology should undergo urgent surgery. It is unknown if abdominal computed tomography (CT) provides additional useful information in this scenario.AIMS: The aim of...

Damage Control Resuscitation In Trauma.

Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society

Kaafarani HM, Velmahos GC.
PMID: 24777616
Scand J Surg. 2014 Jun;103(2):81-88. doi: 10.1177/1457496914524388. Epub 2014 Apr 28.

INTRODUCTION: Most preventable trauma deaths are due to uncontrolled hemorrhage.METHODS: In this article, we briefly describe the pathophysiology of the classical triad of death in trauma, namely, acidosis, hypothermia, and coagulopathy, and then suggest damage control resuscitation strategies to...

Fecal SARS-CoV-2 RNA is associated with decreased COVID-19 survival.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Das Adhikari U, Eng G, Farcasanu M, Avena LE, Choudhary MC, Triant VA, Flagg M, Schiff AE, Gomez I, Froehle LM, Diefenbach TJ, Ronsard L, Lingwood D, Lee GC, Rabi SA, Erstad D, Velmahos G, Li JZ, Hodin R, Stone JR, Honko AN, Griffiths A, Yilmaz O, Kwon DS.
PMID: 34245255
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 10; doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab623. Epub 2021 Jul 10.

The clinical significance of SARS CoV-2 RNA in stool remains uncertain. We found that extrapulmonary dissemination of infection to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, assessed by the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in stool, is associated with decreased COVID-19 survival. Measurement...

Low-Molecular Weight Heparin is Superior to Unfractionated Heparin for Elderly Trauma Patients.

The Journal of surgical research

Gaitanidis A, Breen KA, Christensen MA, Saillant NN, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE.
PMID: 34416415
J Surg Res. 2021 Dec;268:432-439. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.06.074. Epub 2021 Aug 17.

BACKGROUND: Several studies have demonstrated that low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is superior to unfractionated heparin (UFH) in trauma patients. The superiority of either one has not been established for the elderly. In this study, we compared LMWH to UFH...

Bowel Ischemia in COVID-19 Infection: One-Year Surgical Experience.

The American surgeon

Hwabejire JO, Kaafarani HMA, Mashbari H, Misdraji J, Fagenholz PJ, Gartland RM, Abraczinskas DR, Mehta RS, Paranjape CN, Eng G, Saillant NN, Parks J, Fawley JA, Lee J, King DR, Mendoza AE, Velmahos GC.
PMID: 34772281
Am Surg. 2021 Dec;87(12):1893-1900. doi: 10.1177/00031348211038571. Epub 2021 Nov 12.

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 is a deadly multisystemic disease, and bowel ischemia, the most consequential gastrointestinal manifestation, remains poorly described. Our goal is to describe our institution's surgical experience with management of bowel ischemia due to COVID-19 infection over a one-year...

Abdominal Wall Thickness Predicts Surgical Site Infection in Emergency Colon Operations.

The Journal of surgical research

Narueponjirakul N, Breen KA, El Hechi MW, Kongkaewpaisan N, Velmahos G, King D, Fagenholz P, Saillant N, Tabrizi M, Mendoza AE, Kaafarani HMA, Rosenthal MG.
PMID: 34130237
J Surg Res. 2021 Nov;267:37-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.04.038. Epub 2021 Jun 12.

BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) does not reliably predict Surgical site infections (SSI). We hypothesize that abdominal wall thickness (AWT) would serve as a better predictor of SSI for patients undergoing emergency colon operations.METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated our Emergency...

Systemically Administered Hemostatic Nanoparticles for Identification and Treatment of Internal Bleeding.

ACS biomaterials science & engineering

Gkikas M, Peponis T, Mesar T, Hong C, Avery RK, Roussakis E, Yoo HJ, Parakh A, Patino M, Sahani DV, Watkins MT, Oklu R, Evans CL, Albadawi H, Velmahos G, Olsen BD.
PMID: 33405762
ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2019 May 13;5(5):2563-2576. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00054. Epub 2019 May 02.

Internal bleeding is an injury that can be difficult to localize and effectively treat without invasive surgeries. Injectable polymeric nanoparticles have been developed that can reduce clotting times and blood loss, but they have yet to incorporate sufficient diagnostic...

Anorectal emergencies: WSES-AAST guidelines.

World journal of emergency surgery : WJES

Tarasconi A, Perrone G, Davies J, Coimbra R, Moore E, Azzaroli F, Abongwa H, De Simone B, Gallo G, Rossi G, Abu-Zidan F, Agnoletti V, de'Angelis G, de'Angelis N, Ansaloni L, Baiocchi GL, Carcoforo P, Ceresoli M, Chichom-Mefire A, Di Saverio S, Gaiani F, Giuffrida M, Hecker A, Inaba K, Kelly M, Kirkpatrick A, Kluger Y, Leppäniemi A, Litvin A, Ordoñez C, Pattonieri V, Peitzman A, Pikoulis M, Sakakushev B, Sartelli M, Shelat V, Tan E, Testini M, Velmahos G, Wani I, Weber D, Biffl W, Coccolini F, Catena F.
PMID: 34530908
World J Emerg Surg. 2021 Sep 16;16(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s13017-021-00384-x.

Anorectal emergencies comprise a wide variety of diseases that share common symptoms, i.e., anorectal pain or bleeding and might require immediate management. While most of the underlying conditions do not need inpatient management, some of them could be life-threatening...

Early versus late enteral nutrition in critically ill patients receiving vasopressor support.

JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition

Dorken Gallastegi A, Gebran A, Gaitanidis A, Naar L, Hwabejire JO, Parks J, Lee J, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Mendoza AE.
PMID: 34599785
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2021 Oct 02; doi: 10.1002/jpen.2266. Epub 2021 Oct 02.

BACKGROUND: Outcomes of early enteral nutrition (EEN) in critically ill patients on vasoactive medications remain unclear. We aimed to compare in-hospital outcomes for EEN vs late EN (LEN) in mechanically ventilated patients receiving vasopressor support.METHODS: This was a retrospective...

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection in the Elderly: Effect of Pre-Operative Factors on Mortality and Discharge Disposition.

Surgical infections

Gebran A, Dorken Gallastegi A, Gaitanidis A, King D, Fagenholz P, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos G, Hwabejire JO.
PMID: 34619065
Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2021 Oct 07; doi: 10.1089/sur.2021.130. Epub 2021 Oct 07.

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Lower Mortality with Cryoprecipitate During Massive Transfusion in Penetrating but Not Blunt Trauma.

The Journal of surgical research

Gaitanidis A, Sinyard RT, Nederpelt CJ, Maurer LR, Christensen MA, Mashbari H, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA.
PMID: 34537533
J Surg Res. 2021 Sep 16;269:94-102. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.027. Epub 2021 Sep 16.

BACKGROUND: Balanced blood product transfusion improves the outcomes of trauma patients with exsanguinating hemorrhage, but it remains unclear whether administering cryoprecipitate improves mortality. We aimed to examine the impact of early cryoprecipitate transfusion on the outcomes of the trauma...

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