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Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO) is your #OpenAccess journal for high-quality #Trauma #AcuteCareSurgery research @traumadoctors #PubMedIndexed #FOAMed

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6 years
Looking to Publish #Openaccess trauma research? Learn more about submitting to @TSACO_AAST - now indexed in #Pubmed #FOAMed
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Now being indexed in #pubmed ! Learn more about all the benefits of publishing your trauma and acute care surgery #research in @TSACO_AAST
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This holiday weekend, we remind you that our favorite kind of pie crust has nothing to do with dessert at all: Specifically, it is a technique that facilitates closure of fasciotomy wounds. For details, see the article by @matthewkazadeh et al: ➡️
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Big Day at at @TSACO_AAST We are now indexed on #PubMed ! Learn more about this exciting development and the benefits of publishing your research. @traumadoctors
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@TSACO_AAST joins the rest of the trauma community in mourning the passing of Dr. David Feliciano, MD FACS, one of the true giants in our field. Dr. Feliciano was one of TSACO's greatest contributors. See his excellent review of vascular trauma here: ➡️
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#WWYDWEDNESDAYS 🤔 💭 63M with prior CABG, valve replacement presenting with painful bulge in the upper abdomen/lower chest. Patient had a sternotomy 2 years ago complicated by infection. On exam you find this 👇
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Next up in the newest guidelines from the AAST Critical Care Committee: Antibiotic prophylaxis in injury: a AAST Critical Care Committee clinical consensus document ➡️
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This Memorial Day, we remember the more than 1.3 million U.S. service members who have lost their lives in service to the country over the years. Among these was Maj John Pryor, trauma surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania, killed 12/25/2008 in Mosul, Iraq.
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#Throwback_Thursday Yesterday for #WWYD_Wednesday we ran a poll on a 24 yo man s/p GSW to the L lower chest, traversing to the R lower chest. A few might have recognized this to be the case of Lee Harvey Oswald, from 1963. The operative note from Dr. Shires was preserved:
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For our weekly #WWYD , we have a special case - if @elliotthaut was on your journal editorial board, #WWYD ? Make him Editor-in-Chief of course! TSACO is in good hands in his leadership.
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This #FollowFriday is dedicated to our new social media team! -> Jeff Nahmias @jnahmias1 @UCIrvineSurgery , Deputy Ed of Communication -> Caroline Park @CPark_MD @ParklandTrauma , Assoc Ed of Social Media -> Ron Barbosa @rbarbosa91 of Legacy Emanuel, Assoc Ed of Social Media
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Impact of MRI on management of the cervical spine in blunt trauma patients with a ‘negative’ CT scan.
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This week for #Follow_Friday we are honored to highlight Dr. Caroline Park @CPark_MD . Dr. Park recently joined the editorial board at @TSACO_AAST ; soon thereafter she was named as the Trauma Medical Director at Parkland Hospital. 😃 Coincidence? We at TSACO think not... 💪😎
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Can trauma simulation go to the next level? Drs. Shruti et al made a 3D printed Kelly clamp with sensors and measured the force needed to pierce through when placing a chest tube. ➡️ (reminder: as an open access journal, our links actually work 😉)
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#FollowFriday Meet Dr. Stephanie Savage! ♦️ Professor of Surgery & Director of Emergency General Surgery @WiscSurgery ♦️ Acute Care Surgery Manager-At-Large @traumadoctors ♦️ @TSACO_AAST Associate Editor Follow Dr. Savage ➡️ @Ephava727
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The staff at @TSACO_AAST would like to announce the Festschrift honoring Dr. Timothy Fabian on April 11. The Festschrift will be both in-person and online. You may or may not be familiar with the term 'Festschrift'. This 🧵will explain🧐: (1/ )
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New recommendations on performing #Tracheostomy in #COVID -19 from @traumadoctors CC & ACS Committees. Guidance for surgeon safety & technical approach @TSACO_AAST @traumadoctors @InovaFFXTrauma1 @kadtraumamd @bulgercot @DavidASpain @ClayBurlew @ATSTrauma
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Our final guideline from the AAST Critical Care Committee gives recommendations on surgical and procedural antibiotic prophylaxis in the surgical ICU This includes guidance for open fractures, craniotomy, drains, chest tubes and much more. 😎 ➡️
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#FollowFriday Meet Dr. Wayne Meredith! ♦️ Chair of the Dept of Surgery @wakeforestmed ♦️ Former Director of @AmBdSurg ♦️ Past-pres of @traumadoctors @EAST_TRAUMA , Chair of @acsTrauma ♦️ @TSACO_AAST Associate Editor Follow Dr. Meredith➡️ @waynemeredith
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#FollowFriday Meet Dr. Jason Smith! ♦️ @EAST_TRAUMA President-elect ♦️ Dr. Hiram C. Polk, Jr. and Mrs. Lily Banerjee Endowed Profesor @UofLDeptofSurg ♦️ Chief Medical Officer @UofLHealth ♦️ @TSACO_AAST Social Media Associate Editor Follow Dr. Smith ➡️ @DrJtrauma
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#FollowFriday Meet @DavidASpain ♦️ Professor and Chief of Acute Care Surgery @StanfordSurgery ♦️ Immediate Past President @traumadoctors ♦️ Editorial Advisory Board Member of @TSACO_AAST
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Featuring today in @TSACO_AAST is Dr. Scalea's editorial in memory of Dr. David V. Feliciano: ➡️
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Continuing our series of #FelicianoFavorites from TSACO, we have: 'Balloons are not just for children' This was Dr. Feliciano's review of balloon catheter tamponade as an adjunct for hemorrhage control from traumatic or other causes. ➡️
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Time for another #FollowFriday when we introduce more of our Editorial Board! Make sure to follow our team of Associate Editors, today feat @bernardtrauma @universityofky , @kBraselDazzle @OHSUNews , @DctrJByrne @JohnsHopkins , @MichaelCrippsMD @CUDeptSurg
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The 2023 World Trauma Congress is starting in Tokyo 🗾. @elliotthaut will update us on the talks from the distinguished international panel of speakers. Also, there are >200 Michelin-starred restaurants in Tokyo. How many can Dr. Haut treat the TSACO staff to? Stay tuned...😎
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#FollowFriday Meet Dr. Kenji Inaba! ♦️ PD of General Surgery Residency, Vice Chair of Dept of Surgery, Chief of TACS/SCC @LACUSCMedCenter ♦️ Reserve Officer & Chief Surgeon for @LAPDHQ ♦️ Director for @AmBdSurg ♦️ @TSACO_AAST Associate Editor Follow Dr. Inaba➡️ @kinabamd
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This #FollowFriday we are highlighting the trauma and critical care team at Level II Crozer Regional Trauma Center. Thanks to Dr Katherine Kelley @surgeonbaker for the #WearOrange team 📸 #GunViolenceAwareness
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Patients with Trauma induced coagulopathy (TIC) have ongoing bleeding or clotting even after surgical control. In 2022, the HERETIC meeting was held at U. of Pittsburgh to explore the complex phenomenon of TIC. In a TSACO exclusive, we will examine papers from the HERETIC
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#FollowFriday Meet Dr. Jeff Choi ♦️ @StanfordSurgery resident ♦️ @Stanford Bioinformatics graduate student ♦️ @TSACO_AAST #SoMe team Follow ➡️ @JeffChoi01
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#WWYDWEDNESDAYS ! 🤔 20M s/p MVC arrives hemodynamically normal. CT scan shows: - Sternal body fracture + hematoma with a congenitally fused sternum He has palpable chest wall instability, IS 750, Pain score >5 despite multimodal pain control
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#TSACOTUESDAY !🔥 This single-center, retrospective, observational study showed aggressive correction of the blood ionized [Ca] to maintain 0.95 mmol/L or higher w/in 24hrs of admission may improve short term outcomes in the patients w/ traumatic hemorrhagic shock ➡️
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@elliotthaut @JosephSakran @HopkinsMedicine @hopkinssurgery @Everytown @ThisIsOurLane @traumadoctors @traumadoctorsam @EAST_TRAUMA @ResaELewiss @peter_masiakos Join our editor @elliotthaut and others on the editorial board to #WearOrange for #GunViolence . Our journal is committed to publishing papers (research, commentaries, editorials) on this critically important topic of #InjuryPrevention #ThisIsOurLane
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TSACO is proud to be the official journal of the upcoming 6th World Trauma Congress, to be held in Tokyo Aug 9-12 😎🌏. Early bird registration (till Jul 8) = approx $500. ✈️ tickets to 🗾from 🇺🇸 = ~$1600. Selfies with @elliotthaut = priceless
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Caesar's Palace was the venue for the Hagler-Leonard fight... And the De La Hoya - Cesar Chavez fight... And the Ali - Holmes fight... These were *nothing* compared to the upcoming debate between Dr. Zaffer Qasim and @TopKniFe_B on I.O. access. 🥊 Be there at 8:30! 🔥🎆
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#FollowFriday Meet Dr. Karen Brasel @kBraselDazzle ! ♦️ Professor of Surgery @OHSUsurgery ♦️ @traumadoctors recorder/program chair ♦️ @TSACO_AAST associate editor
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We are so excited to be the official journal of the Mattox Meeting. #tccacs2024 #tccacs24 @TCCACS Thank you Dr. Mattox, Mary Allen and all the authors. See this link for 13 papers from the meeting.
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#ThrowbackThursday A 55 yo woman underwent deceased donor kidney transplantation. Immunosuppression was with tacrolimus, mycophenolate and prednisone. On POD #3 , abdominal pain developed. CT was consistent with R colon ischemia. At laparotomy, cecal volvulus was noted. (1/ )
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In honor of the life and work of Dr David Feliciano, we are pleased to present the entirety of his Case of the Month series in this webpage dedicated to his work:
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This #FollowFriday we highlight Dr Jason Smith, President of @EAST_TRAUMA who will be speaking and representing EAST alongside other leaders, including those from @traumadoctors at the #WorldTraumaCongress in Tokyo! Learn more ⬇️
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We talk a lot about 'great saves' in trauma surgery. Dr Feliciano described a truly great save for this patient, s/p GSW to the chest in his 'Trauma Surgeon as Thoracic Surgeon.' This is another one of our #FelicianoFavorites
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On this #FollowFriday , meet our fantastic new Deputy Editor team, feat @tinagaarder from Oslo University, @docmartin22 @LACUSCMedCenter , @Ephava727 @WiscSurgery , @jnahmias1 @UofCalifornia & Dr. Malhotra @uvmvermont !
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@TSACO_AAST is proud to announce its initial Impact Factor of 2.0. 🥳🎉 We would also like to point out that our median total time from submission to acceptance to publication is about as long as the healing time of a laparotomy incision. 😎
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Starting in 10 minutes at the #TCCACS2024 conference in Las Vegas: Our own @elliotthaut will be moderating the 'See one, do one - how I do it" session featuring an all-star lineup of speakers. 🔥😎
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The man, the legend, the Editor in Chief. Incoming Editor in Chief tips his hat to @tfabian1 at the #AAST2022 annual business meeting @traumadoctors .
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New series of papers in #TSACO summarizing Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR) @CoalitionNTR methodology course run by @bulgercot @injurydr sponsored by @AmCollSurgeons @EAST_TRAUMA @traumadoctors @WesternTrauma @ACSTrauma
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#Throwback_Thursday We found a vintage interview Anna Ledgerwood, MD FACS, one of the legends in trauma and first female President of the AAST. The interview is loaded with exactly the kind of interesting and direct commentary one would expect. 😎 ➡️
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Happy new year and thank you to all our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. #TSACO #FOAMed #OpenAccess
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#WWYDWEDNESDAYS 🤔 Emergency. General. Surgery. 40% EGS admissions are > 65 years old, and older patients have poorer prognosis. What have you noticed makes a tangible difference in the recovery process for these patients?
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Dr. David V. Feliciano (1944-2024) giving the Scott B. Frame, MD Memorial Lecture at the 2014 EAST Annual Scientific Assembly. The entire lecture can be seen at: ➡️
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We at TSACO would like to remind readers that it is called 'trauma surgery & **ACUTE CARE** open'. As such, we are very much interested in publishing more manuscripts having to do with emergency general surgery. If you are looking for a place to publish your EGS paper, please
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#TSACOTuesday 🔥 ! Check out what the AAST Critical Care Committee has to say about the managing Decompensated Cirrhotics in the SICU!
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#TSACOtuesday : @SWSCongress multicenter study on association between empiric antifungals for perforated peptic ulcer and organ space infection. What is your practice? @GBarmparasMD @AlhajSalehMD @DissanaikeMD #surgtwitter
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#TSACOTUESDAYS 🔥 Trauma surgery is all about saving lives, but what actually happens to the patients in the long run? For decades, this has been poorly understood and understudied. See a thorough review of what has been done and where we go next. ➡️
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#TSACO_Tuesday Sickle Cell Trait increases risk of VTE & sickling in hypoxia/acidosis In 110+ years, only 3 studies (all case reports) have ever examined SCT in multisystem trauma! @frazer_tessema @glappingcarr @AffiniMurtala @AkosOppong @tzakrison @UChicagoMed @UChiPritzker
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Comprehensive Approach to rib fracture management. TSACO #FOAMed
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#TSACOTuesday Delivery of bad news can be a challenging tasks for practicing surgeons Protocol-based delivery can provide support to help guide these difficult conversations S-U-N-B-U-R-N protocol by @DrMentorA provides a framework Read more:
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This #FollowFriday we highlight Dr Nicole Fox, Secretary of @EAST_TRAUMA who will be speaking and representing EAST alongside other leaders, including those from @traumadoctors at the #WorldTraumaCongress in Tokyo! Learn more ⬇️
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Enjoy this month's plenary paper, a AAST MC prospective study looking at prophylactic abx with chest tubes for traumatic hptx. @TSACO_AAST @traumadoctors
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Today’s meeting of the #TSACO #SocialMedia team. Thanks to @PMartinezMD @JeffChoi01 for such an amazing job running our #SoMe feed this past year. Welcome @JuliaColemanMD @lucywhatisee to the team.
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Our social media interns @JuliaColemanMD @lucywhatisee want to remind you to make sure to check out our booth in the exhibition hall to find out ways to get more involved in the hottest upcoming journal! #AAST2022 @traumadoctors
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#WWYDWednesday #GlobalTSACO A case of penetrating neck injury from @traumasotero team. Case summary below. What arterial injury do you suspect? WWYD? Read full article #OpenAccess : for excellent learning points. #SoMe4Trauma
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Fragmenting projectiles may create difficult challenge s in the management of trauma patients with GSW. Bleeding may occur in widespread and unpredictable locations. Bernard et al described a case involving the G2 Radically Invasive Projectile: ➡️
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#FollowFriday Meet Dr. Andrew Bernard! ♦️ Professor and Paul A. Kearney, MD Chair in Trauma Surgery @UKSurgeryDept ♦️ @EAST_TRAUMA past president ♦️ @TSACO_AAST associate editor Follow Dr. Bernard ➡️ @bernardtrauma
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#ThrowbackThursday TQIP analysis of 2229 pts who underwent resuscitative thoracotomy found increasing survival rates between 2010 (8%) and 2014 (11%), but no survivors among those aged >70 or >60 w blunt injury.
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A patient with no prior abdominal operations presents with L sided abdominal pain and obstipation. She is tender in the LLQ but does not have generalized peritonitis. CT scan findings are shown below. What would you do next? (1/)
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#TSACOTuesday @traumadoctors DEI Committee sponsored an essay contest to provide career development opportunities for the next generation of surgeon leaders from diverse backgrounds: @TSACO_AAST is honored to feature the 2 winning essays:
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#FollowFriday Meet Dr. Kimberly Davis! ➡️ @kadtraumamd ♦️ Professor of Surgery, Chief of General Surgery/trauma/SCC at @YaleSurgery ♦️ @traumadoctors Secretary-Treasurer ♦️ @TSACO_AAST associate editor: challenges in trauma and acute care surgery
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45F after high-speed MVC with GCS 14, SBP 80/60, pelvis XR shows open-book pelvic fracture. Binder is placed, MTP activated. CXR, FAST negative. What would you do next? #WWYDWednesday
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Time for another #FollowFriday ! Meet Dr. Marie Crandall! ♦️ Prof of Surgery @UF , Chief of @UFJaxTrauma , PD of @UFJaxsurg ♦️ @WomenSurgeons Liaison to @AmCollSurgeons Women in Surgery ♦️ @TSACO_AAST Ed Advisory Board Member Follow Dr. Crandall➡️ @vegansurgeon
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Thinking about adopting REBOA at your trauma center? What are the complications associated with REBOA? Can these be mitigated by things like smaller sheaths or 'partial REBOA'? Check out the review by @drmribeirojr of complications of REBOA: ➡️
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"Preferentially transfusing whole blood vs balanced blood component transfusion strategy during the early resuscitation was associated with decreased 4 and 24-hour mortality and decreased transfusion requirements in severely injured patients"
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Once again this Memorial Day, we remember the more than 1.3 million U.S. service members who died in service to the country over the years. Among these were MAJ John Pryor, LTC Mark Taylor, and COL Brian Allgood, all surgeons who were killed in Iraq from 2004-2008. 🇺🇸🪦
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Coming up at 2:00 at the #TCCACS2024 meeting: Dr. Meghan Lewis presents "Are pigtails all they promised?" See the open access manuscript by Dr. Lewis and @georgoff in TSACO here: ➡️
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Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
1 year
TSACO is proud to be the journal for the upcoming Summit on the Advancement of Focused Equity Research in Trauma (SAFER-Trauma) conference in Chicago on Aug 2-3, 2023. SAFER-Trauma is hosted by the ACS and will focus on research in health disparities in trauma care. (1/ )
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
2 years
FACT: Traumatic injuries in our geriatric population has higher rates of mortality and complications. Check out this new study ➡️ on Orthopedic Hip Frailty Score (OFS) that helps predict short term mortality in this vulnerable population! #Frail
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
9 months
This #MLKDay we support our authors and surgeons who explore and push for equitable care. "Quality care is equitable care" by @LisaMKnowlton @tzakrison @LillianKao1 @martamccrum @R2_Mitu @CBerryTraumaMD
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
9 months
For patients with trauma induced coagulopathy (TIC), you've tried replacing individual components... But what if you tried removing and replacing everything, everywhere, all at once? 🤔 Moore et al explore using therapeutic plasma exchange for TIC: ➡️
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
4 years
The @TSACO_AAST editorial team strongly supports the #CovidVaccine for #COVID19 . A few of us posted our own pix getting our shots. @DrJtrauma was first person in Kentucky. #VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters #VaccinesSaveLives
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
3 years
Prehospital Shock Index better metric vs hypotension to better prognosticate injured patients requiring high level of care? A @WCTCtrauma article from @kheirbek @Browngensurg @BrownMedicine #traumatwitter
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
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"Hydrogen peroxide irrigation as an adjunct to digital rectal examination for detection of penetrating low rectal injuries." Anyone else using peroxide irrigation?🤔 Patient had stable vital signs, did not have peritonitis...see what Drs O'Brien and Diebel
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Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
6 years
Read 14 recommendations for all branches of government and professional organizations to adopt in an attempt to stop deaths from firearm violence.
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
2 years
#ThrowbackThursday to work done by @GBarmparasMD et al in 2021 For patients undergoing surgery for perforated PUD, the use of empiric antifungals -> no significant clinical advantage in preventing organ space infection. Is use of empiric antifungals in perforated PUD necessary?
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
2 years
Kicking the weekend off with another #FollowFriday ! Meet Dr. Clay Cothren Burlew! ♦️ Prof of Surgery and PD of SCC/ACS fellowship at @CUDeptSurg ♦️ ACS Committee Chair @traumadoctors ♦️ @TSACO_AAST Editorial Advisory Board Member Follow Dr. Burlew➡️ @ClayBurlew
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
10 months
How much DOES the presence of the trauma attending matter? In this unique study, a modern Level 1 trauma center with full facilities and a 1:1:1 MTP switched from a fellow to an in-house attending model *in 2013*. What happened? Lots to unpack here: ➡️
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
4 years
Tube thoracostomy is a potentially aerosol generating procedure. Read below for guidance during #COVID19 from the AAST Committees on ACS & critical care. @traumadoctors @ClayBurlew @DavidASpain @dhlivingston @bulgercot @kadtraumamd
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
1 year
Interested in learning more about futility in acute care surgical patients? TSACO recently published a thorough review of the concept of futility in trauma and EGS patients from @hornormd and the AAST Geriatric Trauma Committee. (link below) 😎 ➡️
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Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
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@TSACO_AAST
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
3 years
#FollowFriday Meet @dhlivingston ♦️ Professor and Chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care @NJMSDeptSurgery ♦️ President @traumadoctors ♦️ Editorial Board Reviewer @TSACO_AAST
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