January 2014

Editorial Board/Publication Information
Published in issue: January 2014
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Editorial

Playing darts without a dart board: Why we need to create an International Trauma Data Bank (ITDB)
• Adil H. Haider
Published in issue: January 2014
p1-2

Articles

The design, construction and implementation of a computerised trauma registry in a developing South African metropolitan trauma service
• G.L. Laing,
• J.L. Bruce,
• C. Aldous,
• D.L. Clarke
Published in issue: January 2014
p3-8

Physiologic, demographic and mechanistic factors predicting New Injury Severity Score (NISS) in motor vehicle accident victims
• T. Staff,
• T. Eken,
• L. Wik,
• J. Røislien,
• S. Søvik
Published in issue: January 2014
p9-15

Predicting work-related disability and medical cost outcomes: A comparison of injury severity scoring methods
• Jeanne M. Sears,
• Laura Blanar,
• Stephen M. Bowman
Published in issue: January 2014
p16-22

Epidemiology of trauma: A population-based study of geographical risk factors for injury deaths in the working-age population of Norway
• Thomas Kristiansen,
• Hans Morten Lossius,
• Marius Rehn,
• ...
• Hans Magne Gravseth,
• Jo Røislien,
• Kjetil Søreide
Published in issue: January 2014
p23-30

A strategy to implement and support pre-hospital emergency medical systems in developing, resource-constrained areas of South Africa
• Jared H. Sun,
• Rachel Shing,
• Michele Twomey,
• Lee A. Wallis
Published in issue: January 2014
p31-38

The ins and outs of terrorist bus explosions: Injury profiles of on-board explosions versus explosions occurring adjacent to a bus
• Ron Golan,
• Dror Soffer,
• Adi Givon,
• Israel Trauma Group,
• Kobi Peleg
Published in issue: January 2014
p39-43

Military trauma care in Birmingham: Observational study of care requirements and resource utilisation
• Philippa C. Jackson,
• Mark Foster,
• Anton Fries,
• Steven L.A. Jeffery
Published in issue: January 2014
p44-49

Defining the need for blood and blood products transfusion following suicide bombing attacks on a civilian population: A level I single-centre experience
• Miklosh Bala,
• Tali Kaufman,
• Asaf Keidar,
• ...
• Tali Bdolah-Abram,
• Avraham I. Rivkind,
• Gidon Almogy
Published in issue: January 2014
p50-55
Early hospital readmission in the trauma population: Are the risk factors different?
• David S. Morris,
• Jeff Rohrbach,
• Latha Mary Thanka Sundaram,
• ...
• Patrick Reilly,
• C. William Schwab,
• Carrie Sims
Published in issue: January 2014
p56-60

The utility of a shock index ≥ 1 as an indication for pre-hospital oxygen carrier administration in major trauma
• Biswadev Mitra,
• Mark Fitzgerald,
• Julie Chan
Published in issue: January 2014
p61-65
Tranexamic acid in the prehospital setting: Israel Defense Forces’ initial experience
• Ari M. Lipsky,
• Amir Abramovich,
• Roy Nadler,
• ...
• Gadi Shaked,
• Yitshak Kreiss,
• Elon Glassberg
Published in issue: January 2014
p66-70
Improvement in the prehospital recognition of tension pneumothorax: The effect of a change to paramedic guidelines and education
• Kate Cantwell,
• Stephen Burgess,
• Ian Patrick,
• ...
• Peter Cameron,
• Colin Jones,
• Diane Pascoe
Published in issue: January 2014
p71-76
IV access in bleeding trauma patients: A performance review
• Paul T. Engels,
• Edward Passos,
• Andrew N. Beckett,
• Jeffrey D. Doyle,
• Homer C. Tien
Published in issue: January 2014
p77-82
Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries
• Yen-Ko Lin,
• Chia-Ju Lin,
• Hon-Man Chan,
• ...
• Hsing-Lin Lin,
• Liang-Chi Kuo,
• Yuan-Chia Cheng
Published in issue: January 2014
p83-87

A haemoperitoneum does not indicate active bleeding in the peritoneum in 50% of hypotensive blunt trauma patients: A study of 110 severe trauma patients
• J. Charbit,
• I. Millet,
• K. Lakhal,
• ...
• F. Guillon,
• P. Taourel,
• X. Capdevila
Published in issue: January 2014
p88-94

Time to intervention in patients with splenic injury in a Dutch level 1 trauma centre
• D.C. Olthof,
• J.C. Sierink,
• O.M. van Delden,
• J.S.K. Luitse,
• J.C. Goslings
Published in issue: January 2014
p95-100

Detecting active pelvic arterial haemorrhage on admission following serious pelvic fracture in multiple trauma patients
• Julien Brun,
• Stéphanie Guillot,
• Pierre Bouzat,
• ...
• Catherine Arvieux,
• Jérôme Tonetti,
• Jean-Francois Payen
Published in issue: January 2014
p101-106

Proper catheter selection for needle thoracostomy: A height and weight-based criteria
• William F. Powers,
• Thomas V. Clancy,
• Ashley Adams,
• Tonnya C. West,
• Cyrus A. Kotwall,
• William W. Hope
Published in issue: January 2014
p107-111

The J-wave: A new electrocardiographic sign of an occult cardiac injury
• Andrew J. Nicol,
• Pradeep H. Navsaria
Published in issue: January 2014
p112-115

CT scan-detected pneumoperitoneum: An unreliable predictor of intra-abdominal injury in blunt trauma
• Ashley P. Marek,
• Ryan F. Deisler,
• John B. Sutherland,
• ...
• Chad J. Richardson,
• Rachel M. Nygaard,
• Arthur L. Ney
Published in issue: January 2014
p116-121

Surgical management and outcome of blunt major liver injuries: Experience of damage control laparotomy with perihepatic packing in one trauma centre
• Being-Chuan Lin,
• Jen-Feng Fang,
• Ray-Jade Chen,
• Yon-Cheong Wong,
• Yu-Pao Hsu
Published in issue: January 2014
p122-127

The utility of laparoscopic evaluation of the parietal peritoneum in the management of anterior abdominal stab wounds
• Mona Shah,
• Joseph M. Galante,
• Lynette A. Scherer,
• Garth H. Utter
Published in issue: January 2014
p128-133

Endoscopic management for pancreatic injuries due to blunt abdominal trauma decreases failure of nonoperative management and incidence of pancreatic-related complications
• Yalin Kong,
• Hongyi Zhang,
• Xiaojun He,
• ...
• Longsong Piao,
• Gang Zhao,
• Yuying Zhen
Published in issue: January 2014
p134-140

Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of isolated small bowel perforations after blunt abdominal injury in low income settings: Analysis of twenty three new cases
• Alain Chichom Mefire,
• Patrick Elroy Weledji,
• Vincent Siysi Verla,
• Nsen Mbuh Lidwine
Published in issue: January 2014
p141-145

Reliability of injury grading systems for patients with blunt splenic trauma
• D.C. Olthof,
• C.H. van der Vlies,
• M.J. Scheerder,
• ...
• L.F.M. Beenen,
• J.C. Goslings,
• O.M. van Delden
Published in issue: January 2014
p146-150
Primary fascial closure after damage control laparotomy: Sepsis vs haemorrhage
• Naeem Goussous,
• Donald H. Jenkins,
• Martin D. Zielinski
Published in issue: January 2014
p151-155
Preserved function after angioembolisation of splenic injury in children and adolescents: A case control study
• Jorunn Skattum,
• Ruth Jeanette Vaaler Loekke,
• Thomas Larsen Titze,
• ...
• Hans Erik Heier,
• Christine Gaarder,
• Paal Aksel Naess
Published in issue: January 2014
p156-159
Splenic artery embolisation in children and adolescents—An 8 year experience
• Jorunn Skattum,
• Christine Gaarder,
• Paal Aksel Naess
Published in issue: January 2014
p160-163

Radiation from CT scans in paediatric trauma patients: Indications, effective dose, and impact on surgical decisions
• Michael H. Livingston,
• Ana Igric,
• Kelly Vogt,
• Neil Parry,
• Neil H. Merritt
Published in issue: January 2014
p164-169

Dose effects and image quality: Is there any influence by bearing devices in whole-body computed tomography in trauma patients?
• Björn Loewenhardt,
• Robert Hüttinger,
• Michael Reinert,
• ...
• André Gries,
• Christoph Manke,
• Michael Bernhard
Published in issue: January 2014
p170-175

Paediatric extremity vascular injuries – Experience from a large urban trauma centre in India
• Jiten Jaipuria,
• Sushma Sagar,
• Maneesh Singhal,
• ...
• Amit Gupta,
• Subodh Kumar,
• Biplab Mishra
Published in issue: January 2014
p176-182

Blunt abdominal aortic trauma in paediatric patients
• Nirvana Sadaghianloo,
• Elixène Jean-Baptiste,
• Jean Breaud,
• Serge Declemy,
• Jean-Yves Kurzenne,
• Réda Hassen-Khodja
Published in issue: January 2014
p183-191

The incidence of acute venous injury as a result of proximity penetrating trauma screened with colour flow duplex ultrasound
• Nathan M. Mollberg,
• Stephen R. Wise,
• Brian Keyashian,
• ...
• Amir Vafa,
• Elizabeth Clark,
• Gary J. Merlotti
Published in issue: January 2014
p192-196

Still no reliable consensus in management of blow-out fracture
• Babak Alinasab,
• Michael Ryott,
• Pär Stjärne
Published in issue: January 2014
p197-202
The clinical features of periorbital ecchymosis in a series of trauma patients
• Aravind Somasundaram,
• Adrian W. Laxton,
• Richard G. Perrin
Published in issue: January 2014
p203-205

Management of comminuted but continuous mandible defects after gunshot injuries
• Majeed Rana,
• Riaz Warraich,
• Ashkan Rashad,
• ...
• Madiha Rana,
• Marcus Stoetzer,
• Nils-Claudius Gellrich
Published in issue: January 2014
p206-211
Predictive factors of open globe injury in patients requiring vitrectomy
• Weeraya Pimolrat,
• Janejit Choovuthayakorn,
• Nawat Watanachai,
• ...
• Paradee Kunavisarut,
• Voraporn Chaikitmongkol,
• Nimitr Ittipunkul
Published in issue: January 2014
p212-216

Incidence, circumstances, treatment and outcome of high-level cervical spinal fracture without associated spinal cord injury in New South Wales, Australia over a 12 year period
• Rebecca J. Mitchell,
• Ralph Stanford,
• Catherine McVeigh,
• David Bell,
• Jacqueline C.T. Close
Published in issue: January 2014
p217-222

Injuries associated with serious brachial plexus involvement in polytrauma among patients requiring surgical repair
• Radek Kaiser,
• Libor Mencl,
• Pavel Haninec
Published in issue: January 2014
p223-226

Comparative study of phrenic nerve transfers with and without nerve graft for elbow flexion after global brachial plexus injury
• Yuzhou Liu,
• Jie Lao,
• Kaiming Gao,
• Yudong Gu,
• Xin Zhao
Published in issue: January 2014
p227-231

Size matters: How accurate is clinical estimation of traumatic wound size?
• N. Peterson,
• H. Stevenson,
• V. Sahni
Published in issue: January 2014
p232-236

Primary closure versus non-closure of dog bite wounds. A randomised controlled trial
• Nikolaos K. Paschos,
• Eleftherios A. Makris,
• Apostolos Gantsos,
• Anastasios D. Georgoulis
Published in issue: January 2014
p237-240

Early pulmonary embolism after injury: A different clinical entity?
• Matthew Benns,
• Patrick Reilly,
• Patrick Kim
Published in issue: January 2014
p241-244

Propofol infusion syndrome: A lethal condition in critically injured patients eliminated by a simple screening protocol
• Thomas J. Schroeppel,
• Timothy C. Fabian,
• L. Paige Clement,
• ...
• John P. Sharpe,
• Marilyn Lee,
• Martin A. Croce
Published in issue: January 2014
p245-249
A kick in the shins: The financial impact of uncontrolled warfarin use in pre-tibial haematomas
• W.L. Thomson,
• A. Pujol-Nicolas,
• A. Tahir,
• H. Siddiqui
Published in issue: January 2014
p250-252

The impact of body mass index on the development of systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis in patients with polytrauma
• Ladislav Mica,
• Jindřich Vomela,
• Marius Keel,
• Otmar Trentz
Published in issue: January 2014
p253-258
The incidence and outcomes of acute kidney injury amongst patients admitted to a level I trauma unit
• D.L. Skinner,
• T.C. Hardcastle,
• R.N. Rodseth,
• D.J.J. Muckart
Published in issue: January 2014
p259-264

Effectiveness of the Chaos Falls Clinic in preventing falls and injuries of home-dwelling older adults: A randomised controlled trial
• Mika Palvanen,
• Pekka Kannus,
• Maarit Piirtola,
• Seppo Niemi,
• Jari Parkkari,
• Markku Järvinen
Published in issue: January 2014
p265-271