Trauma Diagnostics: Streamlining Use of Computed Tomography (CT) Scans and Surgery Balancing the risk of a missed injury with efforts to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure and exploratory surgery ...

In a recent study published in the JAMA Network Open Journal, researchers in Taiwan utilized a deep-learning (DL) algorithm to aid novices in focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST). Study ...

Doctor wheeling patient Project reduced mean pain scores in trauma patients on medication-assisted therapy for opioid use disorder by nearly 50%. In 2018, 10.3 million opioids were misused, and 1.27 ...

A pain management regimen comprised mostly of over-the-counter medication reduced opioid exposure in trauma patients while achieving equal levels of pain control, according to a new study by physician ...

Objectives: We assessed whether proactive care management for artificial intelligence (AI)–identified at-risk patients reduced preventable emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions (HAs ...

As a 35-year veteran in physician recruiting and staffing in the surgical specialties, it seems within the last several years there has been an unprecedented movement within the hospital industry to ...

The Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program at UAB provides an opportunity for fellows to acquire in-depth knowledge of the pathophysiology of critical care, treatment of the most ...

Patients with cervical insufficiency typically present with a history of 1 or more lost pregnancies characterized by early cervical dilation. Cervical insufficiency (CI), also known as incompetent ...

This column lists the best estimates of deaths from hemorrhage as a percentage of all deaths from the given diagnosis (e.g., all deaths from abdominal aortic aneurysm are ultimately related to ...

Anticoagulation by inhibition of platelets or coagulation cascades improves outcomes in patients at risk for acute coronary syndromes, cerebrovascular accidents, or embolic events. These benefits come ...