In March, Penn Trauma researchers remembered David V. Feliciano, MD, a leader in the fields of vascular trauma and emergency general surgeon, and considered the intricacies of insurance linking programs, intraosseous (IO) device insertion and a host of concerns relative to the practices and populations of trauma care.
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In Memory of Dr. David Feliciano. Scalea TM, Shackford S, Schwab CW. Journal of Trauma Acute Care Surgery. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004323. Online ahead of print.
A testimonial to David Vincent Feliciano, MD, FACS, MAMSE, from three of his colleagues, including C. William Schwab, MD, founding Chief of Penn Medicine’s Trauma Center. Dr. Feliciano was a renowned vascular trauma and emergency general surgeon, a Professor of Surgery at Emory University, Chief of General Surgery at Indiana University and Indiana University Hospital, and a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland, and author of almost 700 articles/chapters/books.
Health Care Use Among Patients Retroactively Insured via a Hospital-Based Insurance Linkage Program. Eisinger EC, Chen AT, Ramadan OI, Morgan AU, Delgado MK, Kaufman E Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2024 Mar 14. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08712-y. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38483779
A study to determine whether utilization of acute and outpatient health care services is encouraged by enrollment via insurance linkage programs of uninsured hospitalized patients in Medicaid by comparison to other patients in a common cohort, including existing Medicaid patients and those who remain uninsured.
A simple engineering alteration to IO access device electronics can lead to improved placement accuracy confirmation. Rohan Vemu,MSE, Tshepo K. Yane,MSE, Gregory S. Glova, BSE, Patrick L. Paglia, MSE, Kaiser Okyan, BSE, David F. Meaney, PhD, Kristen Chreiman, MSN, Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, and Jose L. Pascual, MD, PhD. Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery. 2024;96:e28-e32.
Intraosseous (IO) device insertion for emergency rescue is essentially blind, leading to potential placement errors in those whose body habitus differs from the average adult. Addressing this concern, Penn researchers modified a commercially available and commonly used IO device to better ensure accurate placement
New Research from Penn Trauma
Treatment approach for coexisting chest wall fractures and unstable thoracolumbar spine fractures in polytrauma patients requiring prone spine surgery. March 2024. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.
Post-traumatic stress and future substance use outcomes: leveraging antecedent factors to stratify risk. March 2024. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
To close or not to close? Wound management in emergent colorectal surgery, an EAST Multicenter prospective cohort study.March 2024. Journal of Trauma Acute Care Surgery.
Sex differences in response inhibition-related neural predictors of PTSD in recent trauma-exposed civilians. March 2024. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
Dose-Dependent Tranexamic Acid Blunting of Penumbral Leukocyte Mobilization and Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Following Traumatic Brain Injury: An In Vivo Murine Study.March 2024. Neurocritical Care.
What's new in whole blood resuscitation? In the trauma bay and beyond. February/March 2024. Current Opinions in Critical Care.
Percutaneous thoracostomy with thoracic lavage for traumatic hemothorax: a performance improvement initiative. February/March 2024. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.
Costs of Care for Operative and Nonoperative Management of Emergency General Surgery Conditions.
March/April 2024 Annals of Surgery.
Teaching Airway Management Using Virtual Reality: A Scoping Review. March/April 2024. Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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