In summer 2024, Penn Trauma research concentrates on interventional improvement and the environs of trauma practice

A roundup of summer 2024 journal reports finds Penn Trauma researchers exploring both the broad and narrow pathways of trauma education and practice, as well as the effects of trauma and its interventions on communities and individuals.

Featured This Month

High-Fidelity Bleeding Control Simulation Scenario During Medical Student Orientation Improves Students' Self-Reported Ability to Identify and Treat Life-Threatening Bleeding with 3-year Follow-up.

McLauchlan NR, Frasier LL, Fisher L, Carroll J, Christian CW, Delaney A, Cave KJ, Gallagher JJ, Rose S, Morris JB, Kaufman E, Cannon JW. Epub Aug 12 J Surg Edu.2024 doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.07.007.

An evaluation of the impact of high-fidelity bleeding simulation during medical student orientation on identification and treatment of life-threatening hemorrhage in a team setting.

The role of emergency department thoracotomy in patients with cranial gunshot wounds.

Hatchimonji JS, Meredyth NA, Gummadi S, Kaufman EJ, Yelon JA, Cannon JW, Martin ND, Seamon MJ. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024;97:220-224.

A study assessing survival in patients shot multiple times whose injuries include cranial gunshot wounds in the context of guidance for emergency department thoracotomy.

Optimizing damage control resuscitation through early patient identification and real-time performance improvement.

Schmulevich D, Hynes AM, Murali S, Benjamin AJ, Cannon JW. Epub 2024 Jul 29. Transfusion. 2024;64:1551-1561. doi: 10.1111/trf.17806.

Best practices, metrics, and performance improvement in damage control resuscitation and the effort for better early identification of patients with occult massive hemorrhage during team-based resuscitation.

Fatal and Nonfatal Firearm Injury Rates by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2019 to 2020.

Kaufman EJ, Song J, Xiong R, Seamon MJ, Delgado MK. Epub July 30. Ann Intern Med. 2024. doi: 10.7326/M23-2251

A consideration of the magnitude of total firearm injuries and fatalities by racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

New Research from Penn Trauma

• Practice patterns and clinical outcomes in acute appendicitis differ in the elderly patient.
  Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2024 Aug 10. doi: 10.1007/s00068-024-02620-w.
• Identifying and addressing mentorship gaps in European trauma and emergency surgical training. Results from the Young European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (yESTES) mentorship survey.
  Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2024 Aug 9. doi: 10.1007/s00068-024-02610-y.
• Neighborhood Resources Associated With Psychological Trajectories and Neural Reactivity to Reward After Trauma.
  JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 Jul 31:e242148. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.2148.
• Real-time performance improvement optimizes damage control resuscitation best practice adherence: Results of a pilot prospective observational study.
  Transfusion. 2024 Jul 27. doi: 10.1111/trf.17970.
• Probing the neurocardiac circuit in trauma and posttraumatic stress.
  J Psychiatr Res. 2024 Aug;176:173-181. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.06.009.
• Digital twin mathematical models suggest individualized hemorrhagic shock resuscitation strategies.
  Commun Med (Lond). 2024 Jun 12;4(1):113. doi: 10.1038/s43856-024-00535-6.
• Ingested foreign bodies mimicking inflammatory bowel disease.
  J Clin Pathol. 2024 Jun 5:jcp-2024-209531. doi: 10.1136/jcp-2024-209531.
• Solid Metal Chemical and Thermal Injury Management.
  Mil Med. 2024 Aug 27:usae406. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usae406. Online ahead of print. Association of pediatric firearm injury with neighborhood social deprivation in Philadelphia.
  Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Aug 14;9(1):e001458. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001458.
• Changes in payer mix of new and established trauma centers: the new trauma center money grab?
  Haddad DN, Hatchimonji J, Kumar S, Cannon JW, Reilly PM, Kim P, Kaufman E.
  Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Jul 15;9(1):e001417. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001417.
• Tranexamic Acid and Pulmonary Complications: A Secondary Analysis of an EAST Multicenter Trial.
  Am Surg. 2024 Aug 7:31348241268109. doi: 10.1177/00031348241268109. Online ahead of print.
• Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy vs Chemotherapy for Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric Junction: A Network Meta-Analysis.
  JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Aug 1;7(8):e2425581. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.25581.
• Propensity weighted analysis of chemical venous thromboembolism prophylaxis agents in isolated severe traumatic brain injury: An EAST sponsored multicenter study.
  Injury. 2024 Sep;55(9):111523. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111523.
• 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 EJ.
  J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Aug;39(11):1977-1984. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08712-y. Epub 2024 Mar 14.

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