Trauma

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Chest trauma in children—what an anesthesiologist should know

The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: sixth edition

Association of Prehospital Transfusion With Mortality in Pediatric Trauma

Unintentional injury deaths in children and youth, 2010–2019

Fahy AS, Thiels CA, Polites SF, Parker M, Ishitani MB, Moir CR, Berns K, Stubbs JR, Jenkins DH, Zietlow SP, Zielinski MD. Prehospital blood transfusions in pediatric trauma and nontrauma patients: a single-center review of safety and outcomes. Pediatr Surg Int 2017;33:787-92.

Powell EK, Hinckley WR, Gottula A, Hart KW, Lindsell CJ, McMullan JT. Shorter times to packed red blood cell transfusion are associated with decreased risk of death in traumatically injured patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2016;81:458-62.

Sheppard FR, Schaub LJ, Cap COLAP, Macko AR, Moore HB, Moore EE, Glaser CDRJJ. Whole blood mitigates the acute coagulopathy of trauma and avoids the coagulopathy of crystalloid resuscitation. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2018;85

Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A 10-year Evaluation of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography at a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center

Emergency department versus operating room intubation of patients undergoing immediate hemorrhage control surgery

Crystalloid volume is associated with short-term morbidity in children with severe traumatic brain injury: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial post hoc analysis

Fifteen-minute consultation: A guide to the paediatric primary survey

Risk of Harm in Needle Decompression for Tension Pneumothorax

Damage-control resuscitation in pediatric trauma: What you need to know

Association of blood product ratios with early mortality in pediatric trauma resuscitation: A time-dependent analysis from the National Trauma Databank

Delphi Process for Validation of Fluid Treatment Algorithm for Critically Ill Pediatric Trauma Patients

Efficacy of emergency room thoracotomy in pediatric trauma

Etomidate versus Ketamine as prehospital induction agent in patients with suspected severe traumatic brain injury

A Prospective Multicenter Comparison of Trauma and Injury Severity Score, American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status, and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Calculator’s Ability to Predict Operative Trauma Outcomes

Coagulation management after trauma in the presence of direct oral anticoagulants

Anaesthetic management of abdominal trauma

Morgan KM, Abou-Khalil E, Strotmeyer S, Richardson WM, Gaines BA, Leeper CM. Association of Prehospital Transfusion With Mortality in Pediatric Trauma. JAMA pediatrics 2023.

West BA, Rudd RA, Sauber-Schatz EK, Ballesteros MF. Unintentional injury deaths in children and youth, 2010–2019. Journal of Safety Research 2021;78:322-30

Fahy AS, Thiels CA, Polites SF, Parker M, Ishitani MB, Moir CR, Berns K, Stubbs JR, Jenkins DH, Zietlow SP, Zielinski MD. Prehospital blood transfusions in pediatric trauma and nontrauma patients: a single-center review of safety and outcomes. Pediatr Surg Int 2017;33:787-92.

Powell EK, Hinckley WR, Gottula A, Hart KW, Lindsell CJ, McMullan JT. Shorter times to packed red blood cell transfusion are associated with decreased risk of death in traumatically injured patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2016;81:458-62.

Sheppard FR, Schaub LJ, Cap COLAP, Macko AR, Moore HB, Moore EE, Glaser CDRJJ. Whole blood mitigates the acute coagulopathy of trauma and avoids the coagulopathy of crystalloid resuscitation. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2018;85.

Resuscitative thoracotomy: What you need to know

Emergency Trauma Anesthesia Care and Outcomes in Pediatric Firearm and Nonfirearm Injuries: 9-Year Experience From a Regional US Level 1 Trauma Center

Gangadharan M, Walters AM, Aichholz P, Muldowney M, Van Cleve W, Hess JR, Stansbury LG, Theard MA, Vavilala MS: Emergency Trauma Anesthesia Care and Outcomes in Pediatric Firearm and Nonfirearm Injuries: 9-Year Experience From a Regional US Level 1 Trauma Center. Anesthesia and analgesia 2026, 142(3):531-540.

2. Welbeck A, Torres-Izquierdo B, Mittal MM, Momtaz D, Gonuguntla R, Guisse N, Hu J, Pereira DE, Hosseinzadeh P. Epidemiology of Pediatric Firearm Injuries in the United States: The Progression of Gunshot Injury Rates Through the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. J Pediatr Orthop. 2024 Oct 1;44(9):545-554. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002742. Epub 2024 Jun 10. PMID: 38853750.

3. Andrews AL, Killings X, Oddo ER, Gastineau KAB, Hink AB. Pediatric Firearm Injury Mortality Epidemiology. Pediatrics. 2022 Mar 1;149(3):e2021052739. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-052739. Erratum in: Pediatrics. 2022 Jun 1;149(6):e2022057373. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-057373. Erratum in: Pediatrics. 2022 Aug 1;150(2):e2022058112. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-058112. PMID: 35224633.

4. Goldstick JE, Cunningham RM, Carter PM: Current Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States. The New England journal of medicine 2022, 386(20):1955-1956.

5. Stevens J, Pickett K, Reppucci ML, Nolan M, Moulton SL: National trends in pediatric firearm and automobile fatalities. J Pediatr Surg 2023, 58(1):130-135.

6. Zwald ML, Van Dyke ME, Chen MS, Radhakrishnan L, Holland KM, Simon TR, Dahlberg LL, Friar NW, Sheppard M, Kite-Powell A et al: Emergency Department Visits for Firearm Injuries Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, January 2019-December 2022. MMWR Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2023, 72(13):333-337.

7. Chaudhary S, Portugues A, Myers RK, Haber R, Pettijohn KW, Donches K, Cook M, Faig W, Weiss A, Fein J. Paired Video-Based Counseling and Firearm Safety Device Distribution in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Acad Pediatr. 2026 Mar;26(2):103168. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2025.103168. Epub 2025 Oct 28. PMID: 41167463.

Fat Embolism Syndrome after trauma: what you need to know