trauma

Concept mapping the multi-disciplinary, multi-specialty collaborative publication: Practice dilemmas: Conditions that mimic pressure ulcers/injuries

Abstract: Pressure injuries (PI) cost the American healthcare system 16 billion dollars annually and increase morbidity and mortality. An estimated 2.5 million hospitalized patients devel...

Melania Howell , BSN, BS, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA, DNPc;

Salomé Loera , BSN, RN, PCCN, CCRN-CMC, DNPc;

Holly Kirkland-Kyhn , PhD, FNP, GNP, CWCN, FAANP;

08/19/2021

Interesting Cases

Injuries Caused by Explosion of Electronic Cigarette Devices

04/02/2021

C. Alessandra Colaianni , MD;

Luis F. Tapias , MD;

Jeremy Goverman , MD, FACS;

Ryan Cauley , MD, MPH;

Robert Sheridan , MD;

John T. Schulz , MD, PhD;

C. Alessandra Colaianni , MD;

Jeremy Goverman , MD, FACS;

John T. Schulz , MD, PhD;

Luis F. Tapias , MD;

Robert Sheridan , MD;

Ryan Cauley , MD, MPH;

Jeremy Goverman , MD, FACS;

John T. Schulz , MD, PhD;

Luis F. Tapias , MD;

Robert Sheridan , MD;

Ryan Cauley , MD, MPH;

Jeremy Goverman , MD, FACS;

John T. Schulz , MD, PhD;

C. Alessandra Colaianni , MD;

John T. Schulz , MD, PhD;

Luis F. Tapias , MD;

C. Alessandra Colaianni , MD;

Luis F. Tapias , MD;

Robert Sheridan , MD;

C. Alessandra Colaianni , MD;

Three men (aged 41, 26, and 18 years) presented with traumatic injuries caused by spontaneous explosion of electronic cigarette devices. Two individuals required skin grafting for third-degree burns after the devices exploded in their...

Three men (aged 41, 26, and 18...

04/02/2021

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Interesting Cases

Compartment Syndrome of the Hand Secondary to Intravenous Extravasation

03/27/2021

Cara M. Barber , BS ;

John P. Kelpin , MD;

Matthew P. Fahrenkopf , MD;

Johanna R. Krebiehl , MD;

Nicholas S. Adams , MD;

An intubated 47-year-old woman postoperative day 1 following spinal surgery was noted to have a large volume of presumed crystalloid intravenous solution extravasation through a peripheral intravenous tube in her left hand.

An intubated 47-year-old woman...

03/27/2021

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Review

Traumatic Thumb Amputation: Case and Review

03/27/2021

Ryan Engdahl , MD;

Norman Morrison , MD;

Traumatic Thumb Amputation: Case and Review Ryan Engdahl, MD,a and Norman Morrison, MDb aDivision of Plastic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, The University Hospital of Cornell and Columbia, New York; and bDivision of...

Traumatic Thumb...

03/27/2021

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Post Traumatic Superficial Temporal Artery Aneurysm: Highlighting the Importance in History and Examination

03/27/2021

Oliver Sawyer , MBBCh, MRCS;

Robert Staruch , MRCS;

Mohammed Ellabban , FRCS(Plast);

Post Traumatic Superficial Temporal Artery Aneurysm: Highlighting the Importance in History and Examination Oliver Sawyer, MBBCh, MRCS,a Robert Staruch, MRCSb, and Mohammed Ellabban, FRCS (Plast)c aNorth Bristol Trust,...

Post Traumatic Superficial...

03/27/2021

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Spontaneous Rupture of the Extensor Pollicis Longus in a Break-Dancer

03/27/2021

Grant D. Shifflett , MD;

Eugene T.H. Ek , MBBS, PhD;

Andrew J. Weiland , MD;

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Spontaneous Rupture of the Extensor Pollicis Longus in a Break-Dancer Grant D. Shifflett, MD, Eugene T. H. Ek, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, and Andrew J. Weiland, MD Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Hospital for Special...

LETTER TO THE...

03/27/2021

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