Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Article	Citations
Penalizing underage alcohol use is associated with lower mortality for young drivers: Use/lose laws and their association with motor vehicle collision mortality	94
Interhospital variability of risk-adjusted mortality rates and associated structural factors in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: England and Wales population-level analysis	61
Re: Leichtle et al. Blunt cerebrovascular injury: The case for universal screening (J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2020;89(5):880–886)	56
Association between prehospital tranexamic acid and cerebral edema in patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury	48
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT FEBRUARY 2024	43
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT JANUARY 2025	39
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe traumatic brain injury: Is it safe?	35
The effect of whole blood resuscitation on in-hospital mortality: A propensity score weighted analysis of patients treated at a Level I trauma center	35
The MangLE score: A novel simple tool to identify patients who are unlikely to require amputation following severe lower extremity injury	34
Intraoperative factors associated with unplanned return to the operating room after emergent hemorrhage control surgery	34
Letter re: “ECMO In trauma care: What you need to know”	31
Damage control thoracic surgery: What you need to know	29
Venous thromboembolism events in trauma patients after hospital discharge	28
Predictive value of platelet function assays in traumatic brain injury patients on antiplatelet therapy	28
Early primary care follow-up is associated with improved long-term functional outcomes among injured older adults	27
An Executive Summary of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP)	26
Evaluating trauma awareness in health care: Insights from the AAST and Trauma Prevention Coalition Survey	26
Gun violence revictimization in New York State: What increases the risk of being shot again?	26
Losing the forest for the trees: the complexities of fibrinolysis will never be explained with one variable alone	25
Mental health symptoms and engagement in a stepped-care mental health service among patients with a violent versus nonviolent injury	25
Advanced resuscitative care in penetrating trauma patient management: We are on the right track !	25
Costal margin injuries and trans-diaphragmatic intercostal hernia: Presentation, management and outcomes according to the Sheffield classification	25
Automated partial resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta reduces blood loss and hypotension in a highly lethal porcine liver injury model	25
Universal screening for blunt cerebrovascular injury: A critical appraisal. Evidence-based reviews in surgery	24
Trauma financials: Does anyone really know?	24

Association between blood pressure recording in prehospital setting and patient outcome in pediatric trauma patients: A propensity score matching study	24
The Injured Monocyte: The Link to Chronic Critical Illness and Mortality Following Injury	23
The patient’s voice matters: The impact of advance directives on elderly trauma patients	23
Evaluation and management of traumatic pneumothorax: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm	23
Revision of the AAST grading scale for acute cholecystitis with comparison to physiologic measures of severity	23
Prognostic factors associated with venous thromboembolism following traumatic injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis	22
Meetings/Courses	22
Firearm violence against children in the United States: Trends in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic	21
Effect of tranexamic acid on endothelial von Willebrand factor/ADAMTS-13 response to in vitro shock conditions	21
In Response to: Outcomes of open abdomen versus primary closure following emergent laparotomy for suspected secondary peritonitis: A propensity-matched analysis	21
A comparison of efficacy, efficiency, and durability in novel tourniquet designs	20
The nuanced nature of grading pancreas injuries: Response to letter to the editor	20
Endotheliopathy of trauma in children: The association of syndecan-1 with injury and poor outcomes	20
Letter to Editor concerning “The feasibility and reliability of frailty assessment tools applicable in acute in-hospital trauma patients: A systematic review”	20
Response to letter to the editor, re: “A multicenter validation of the modified brain injury guidelines: Are they safe and effective?”	20
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the acute resuscitation, initial patient evaluation, imaging, and management research gap Delphi survey	19
Tactics for hemorrhagic shock: A virtual course and visual aid for improved resuscitation	19
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT OCTOBER 2021	19
Meetings/Courses	19
The thin red line: Blood planning factors and the enduring need for a robust military blood system to support combat operations	19
Evaluation of urological and gynecological surgeons as force multipliers for mass casualty trauma care	18
Making a move: Using simulation to identify latent safety threats before the care of injured patients in a new physical space	18
Not so FAST—but not so Furious – an improper method underdiagnoses pneumothorax. Answer to the article “Not so FAST—Chest ultrasound underdiagnoses traumatic pneumothorax”	18
Optimizing combat readiness for military surgeons without trauma fellowship training: Engaging the “voluntary faculty” model	18
High resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta procedural volume is associated with improved outcomes: An analysis of the AORTA registry	18
Prospective validation of the Rib Injury Guidelines for traumatic rib fractures	17
Interrater reliability of chart-based assessment of functional impairment after pediatric injury using the functional status scale	17
US Central Command military blood utilization practices 2011 to 2020	17
Critical care ultrasound in geriatric trauma resuscitation leads to decreased fluid administration and ventilator days	17
Contributions of Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society to the training of surgeons	16
A reproducible strategy to solve problems	16
Early metabolic support for critically ill trauma patients: A prospective randomized controlled trial	16
Pediatric emergency resuscitative thoracotomy: A Western Trauma Association, Pediatric Trauma Society, and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma collaborative critical decisions algorithm	16
Letter regarding “Clinical utilization of deployed military surgeons”	16
Association between access to pediatric trauma care and motor vehicle crash death in children: An ecologic analysis of United States counties	16
Blood product resuscitation mitigates the effects of aeromedical evacuation after polytrauma	16
A novel machine-learning tool to identify community risk for firearm violence: The Firearm Violence Vulnerability Index	16
Ultrasound is superior to supine chest x-ray for the diagnosis of clinically relevant traumatic pneumothorax	16
Burden of unintentional pediatric firearm injury: An examination of the Nationwide Readmission Database	16
Pelvic fracture-related hypotension: A review of contemporary adjuncts for hemorrhage control	16
Identifying vulnerable populations with symptomatic cholelithiasis at risk for increased health care utilization	15
Balancing enrollment and mortality in hemorrhage control trials: A secondary analysis of the PROPPR trial	15
A core outcome set for resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta: A consensus based approach using a modified Delphi method	15
Prehospital synergy: Tranexamic acid and blood transfusion in patients at risk for hemorrhage	15
Prospective single-center paradigm shift of surgical stabilization of rib fractures with decreased length of stay and operative time with an intrathoracic approach	15
Tranexamic acid is not inferior to placebo with respect to adverse events in suspected traumatic brain injury patients not in shock with a normal head computed tomography scan: A retrospective study o	15
Damage-control surgery in patients with nontraumatic abdominal emergencies: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Meetings/Courses	15
Developing a tool to assess competence in resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta: An international Delphi consensus study	14
Beyond pain and disability: The lasting effects of trauma on life after injury	14

Reply to: “Increased mortality with REBOA only mitigated by strong unmeasured confounding: An expanded analysis using the National Trauma Data Bank”	14
Challenges in closing the gap between evidence and practice: International survey of institutional surgical stabilization of rib fractures guidelines	14
Lactate as a mediator of prehospital plasma mortality reduction in hemorrhagic shock	14
The Kampala Trauma Score: A 20-year track record	14
Utility of computed tomography reconstructed thoracolumbar spinal imaging in blunt trauma	14
Factors associated with limitation of care after fatal injury	14
“Intravenous lidocaine for the management of traumatic rib fractures: A double-blind randomized controlled trial (INITIATE program of research)”: Letter to the Editor	14
Intubation of bleeding patients in the emergency department or the operating room: A medical decision to be justified	13
Letter to editor re: A multicenter validation of the modified brain injury guidelines: Are they safe and effective?	13
Establishing national stakeholder priorities for quality improvement in pediatric trauma care: Consensus results using a modified Delphi process	13
Meetings/Courses	13
Intercostal nerve cryoablation during surgical stabilization of rib fractures	13
Hospital-based intervention is rarely needed for children with low-grade blunt abdominal solid organ injury: An analysis of the Trauma Quality Improvement Program registry	13
Integrating traffic safety data with area deprivation index: A method to better understand the causes of pediatric pedestrian versus automobile collisions	13
Trauma transfers discharged from the emergency department—Is there a role for telemedicine?	13
Impact of US hospital center and interhospital transfer on spinal cord injury management: An analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank	13
Vehicle-related crash deaths: A continuing challenge	13
Defects in vein valve PROX1/FOXC2 antithrombotic pathway in endothelial cells drive the hypercoagulable state induced by trauma and critical illness	13
Does lower extremity fracture fixation technique influence neurologic outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury? The EAST Brain vs. Bone multicenter trial	13
Ventilator-associated pneumonia and intubation location in adults with traumatic injuries: Systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Association between type 2 diabetes and long-term outcomes in middle-aged and older trauma patients	12
Extremity trauma exacerbates acute kidney injury following prolonged hemorrhagic hypotension	12
Author's reply	12
It is time to prioritize complete trauma care	12
Are rib fractures stable? An analysis of progressive rib fracture offset in the acute trauma setting	12
Response: Letter to the Editor: The small (14F) percutaneous catheter (P-CAT) versus large (28-32F) open chest tube for traumatic hemothorax: A multicenter randomized clinical trial	12
Femoral vascular access for endovascular resuscitation	12
Surgical stabilization of rib fractures versus nonoperative treatment in patients with multiple rib fractures following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an international, retrospective matched case-cont	12
Police transport of firearm-injured patients—more often and more injured	12
Data Resources for Evaluating the Economic and Financial Consequences of Surgical Care in the United States	12
Prehospital end-tidal carbon dioxide predicts hemorrhagic shock upon emergency department arrival	12
Balloons for kids: Anatomic candidacy and optimal catheter size for pediatric resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta	12
A new quantitative assessment method for predicting pneumonia caused by chest wall injury	12
Relationships Between Socioeconomic Deprivation and Pediatric Firearm-Related Injury at the Neighborhood Level	12
Utility of continuous pulse CO-oximetry for hemoglobin monitoring in pediatric patients with solid organ injuries at level 1 trauma centers: A pilot study	12
Needs Based Assessment of Trauma Systems 2, is it ready for primetime? A natural experiment testing its reliability	12
Emergency department thoracotomy in children: A Pediatric Trauma Society, Western Trauma Association, and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma systematic review and practice management guidel	12
Red line the red line: Optimizing emergency medicine physicians and surgeons collaborative roles on trauma teams	12
In depth research in “critical” limb ischemia	12
Authors’ response to “Letter regarding fresh whole blood from walking blood banks for patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis”	12
Meetings/Courses	12
Therapeutic strategies for pseudoaneurysm following blunt liver and spleen injuries: a multicenter cohort study in the pediatric population.	12
Respiratory events after intensive care unit discharge in trauma patients: Epidemiology, outcomes, and risk factors	12
Evaluation and management of bowel and mesenteric injuries after blunt trauma: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm	12
A tale of two centers: Is low-molecular-weight heparin really superior for prevention of posttraumatic venous thromboembolism?	12
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT FEBRUARY 2022	11
The efficacy of weight-based enoxaparin dosing for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in trauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	11
The impact of prehospital time intervals on mortality in moderately and severely injured patients	11
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the geriatric research gap Delphi survey	11
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT JUNE 2021	11
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the Pediatric Research Gap Delphi Survey	11
Response to: “Does statistical difference in a pre/post quasiexperimental study mean utility of a multimodal education intervention in targeted normoxia in critically ill trauma patients?”	11
Point-of-care ultrasound for treatment and triage in austere military environments	11
Synthetic blood and blood products for combat casualty care and beyond	11
The only winner in war is medicine: Safeguarding military trauma lessons learned through a military surgery partnership with the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma	11
Evaluation of vascular repair by tissue-engineered human acellular vessels or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts in a porcine model of limb ischemia and reperfusion	11
Comparison of National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Risk Calculator, Trauma and Injury Severity Score, and American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status to predict operative t	11
Development and validation of a Bayesian belief network predicting the probability of blood transfusion after pediatric injury	11
Cryoprecipitate attenuates the endotheliopathy of trauma in mice subjected to hemorrhagic shock and trauma	11
Intravenous administration of mesenchymal stromal cells leads to a dose-dependent coagulopathy and is unable to attenuate acute traumatic coagulopathy in rats	11
Infiltrating anti-inflammatory monocytes modulate microglial activation through toll-like receptor 4/interferon–dependent pathways following traumatic brain injury	11
TiME OUT: Time-specific machine-learning evaluation to optimize ultramassive transfusion	11
Meetings/Courses	11
Maximizing wound coverage in full-thickness skin defects: A randomized-controlled trial of autologous skin cell suspension and widely meshed autograft versus standard autografting	11
EAST Oriens Award: Why I want a career in trauma and acute care surgery	11
In-house intensivist presence does not affect mortality in select emergency general surgery patients	11
Use of whole blood deployment programs for mass casualty incidents: South Texas experience in regional response and preparedness	11
What is the optimal management for pseudoaneurysm in splenic injury?	11
Choosing wisely: A prospective study of direct to operating room trauma resuscitation including real-time trauma surgeon after-action review	11
Meetings/Courses	11
Intercostal liposomal bupivacaine injection for rib fractures: A prospective randomized controlled trial	11
Impact of hypocalcemia on mortality in pediatric trauma patients who require transfusion	11
The actual, long-term cost of intentional injury care among a cohort of Maryland Medicaid recipients	11
Extracorporeal life support in trauma: Indications and techniques	11
Feasibility of conducting a military-relevant multicenter cohort study to assess outcomes of early trauma resuscitative interventions in a prolonged care civilian setting	10
In patients with combined clavicle and multiple rib fractures, does fracture fixation of the clavicle improve clinical outcomes? A multicenter prospective cohort study of 232 patients	10
Missing in action: A bibliometric analysis of military research in the medical literature since 1950	10
Multicompartmental trauma alters bone marrow erythroblastic islands	10
TRENDS IN DISPARITIES RESEARCH ON TRAUMA AND ACUTE CARE SURGERY OUTCOMES: A 10-YEAR SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND ACUTE CARE SURGERY	10
Novel therapeutic medications for venous thromboembolism prevention in trauma patients: Findings from the Consensus Conference to Implement Optimal Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Trauma	10

The Beirut ammonium nitrate blast: A multicenter study to assess injury characteristics and outcomes	10
Access to trauma center care: A statewide system-based approach	10
Immediate use cryoprecipitate products provide lasting organ protection in a rodent model of trauma/hemorrhagic shock and prolonged hypotensive resuscitation	10
Direct red blood cell effect on thrombosis is dependent on the interaction of tissue factor and calcium with membrane phosphatidylserine	10
Response to the letter to the editor for our article entitled “Utility of continuous pulse co-oximetry for hemoglobin monitoring in pediatric patients with solid organ injuries at level 1 trauma cente	10
Incidence of multiple organ failure in adult polytrauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Time is Tissue: Barriers to Timely Transfusion after Pediatric Injury	10
Predictors of acute incisional hernia incarceration at initial hernia diagnosis on computed tomography	10
Meetings/Courses	10
Transcriptome reveals the dysfunction of pancreatic islets after wound healing in severely burned mice	10
Resiliency and immunological biomarkers: Important factors in health care professionals	10
Postinjury platelet aggregation and venous thromboembolism	10
Up and over: Consequences of raising the United States-Mexico border wall height	10
Emergency department versus operating room intubation of patients undergoing immediate hemorrhage control surgery	10
Clinical decision support for severe trauma patients: Machine learning based definition of a bundle of care for hemorrhagic shock and traumatic brain injury	10
Predictors of fetal delivery in pregnant trauma patients: A multicenter study	10
ABO blood type and functional neurological outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury	9
Damage control resuscitation in adult trauma patients: What you need to know	9
Plasma thrombin generation kinetics vary by injury pattern and resuscitation characteristics in pediatric and young adult trauma patients	9
Every minute matters: Improving outcomes for penetrating trauma through prehospital advanced resuscitative care	9
Futility thresholds, too simple	9
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT NOVEMBER 2023	9
Meetings/Courses	9
Current diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis: What you need to know	9
Damage-control orthopedics or early total care: What you need to know	9
Comparison of phenobarbital monotherapy to a benzodiazepine-based regimen for management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in trauma patients	9
SIRT1 downregulation in pneumonia is associated with an immature neutrophil response and increased disease severity	9
Critical traumatic brain injury is associated with worse coagulopathy	9
Diagnosis and management of blunt cardiac injury: What you need to know	9
Novel cross-linked polysaccharide-polyelectrolyte hemostatic foam improves survival compared to CombatGauze in swine femoral artery hemorrhage model	9
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction in polytrauma patients	9
Evaluation of Hemostatic Devices in a Randomized Porcine Model of Junctional Hemorrhage and 72-Hour Prolonged Field Care	9
Meetings/Courses	9
Editor-in-Chief Editorial	9
Meetings/Courses	9
A heterogenous population of extracellular vesicles mobilize to the alveoli postinjury	9
Intensive care unit readmission in injured older adults: Modifiable risk factors and implications	9
Reply to: “A multifaceted virus. Nonreducible and strangulated effects of COVID-19”	9
Early major fracture care in polytrauma—priorities in the context of concomitant injuries: A Delphi consensus process and systematic review	9
Trauma patients with type O blood exhibit unique multiomics signature with decreased lectin pathway of complement levels	9
Recovery after moderate to severe TBI and factors influencing functional outcome: What you need to know	9
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT OCTOBER 2024	9
Letter re: “Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and resuscitative thoracotomy are associated with similar outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest”	9
MEETINGS/COURSES	9
Firearm injuries treated at trauma centers in the United States	9
Rethinking limb tourniquet conversion in the prehospital environment	9
Reducing low-value interhospital transfers for mild traumatic brain injury	9
Goals of care are rarely discussed prior to potentially futile trauma transfer: Is it okay to say “No”?	9
How much is too much crystalloid? Building a foundation for the study of optimal resuscitation practices in pediatric trauma patients with severe traumatic brain injury: Authors' response to Ghasemian	9
Letter to the editor: Time to reconsider the use of Shock Index, Pediatric Adjusted in young children? Mounting evidence suggests that alternative shock indices can more accurately triage injured chil	9
Dose-dependent association between blood transfusion and nosocomial infections in trauma patients: A secondary analysis of patients from the PAMPer trial	8
Using implementation science to decrease variation and high opioid administration in a surgical ICU	8
Ketamine for acute pain after trauma: A pragmatic, randomized clinical trial	8
Meetings/Courses	8
Lobe salvage operation with rib fixation in patient with right middle lobe rupture and lung impalement	8
Blunt adrenal gland injury: The impact of extra-abdominal injury	8
Early posttraumatic brain injury tranexamic acid prevents blood-brain barrier hyperpermeability and improves surrogates of neuroclinical recovery	8
Prolonged hourly neurological examinations are associated with increased delirium and no discernible benefit in mild/moderate geriatric traumatic brain injury	8
Anatomy of the interchondral joints and the effects on mobility of ribs	8
Rib fixation in non–ventilator-dependent chest wall injuries: A prospective randomized trial	8
Correlation analysis of salivary cytokines and hormones with resiliency	8
Association between geospatial access to trauma center care and motor vehicle crash mortality in the United States	8
Why are there no data? Critically ill patients deserve better protection from both regulatory authorities and surgeons	8
When is enough enough? Odds of survival by unit transfused	8
Appendectomy versus nonoperative management of simple appendicitis: A post hoc analysis of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study using a hierarchical ordinal scale	8
Damage control surgery in emergency general surgery: What you need to know	8
Falls from ladders: Injury patterns and outcomes	8
Value in acute care surgery, Part 1: Methods of quantifying cost	8
The cost of doing business in the modern world: Our readiness imperative	8
Use of tourniquet in France: Advances in military and civilian settings	8
Cell-free mitochondria are detected in high concentrations in the plasma of orthopedic trauma patients	8
When more is more: Utilizing finite element analysis to assess chest wall injury stability after surgical stabilization of all rib fractures versus only a portion of the rib fractures	8
The physiology of failure: Identifying risk factors for mortality in emergency general surgery patients using a regional health system integrated electronic medical record	8
Current use and utility of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and pancreatic duct stents: A secondary analysis from the Western Trauma Associa	8
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the trauma systems and informatics panel Delphi survey	8
Does preperitoneal packing increase venous thromboembolim risk among trauma patients? A prospective multicenter analysis across 17 level I trauma centers	8
Development and validation of a Bayesian network predicting neurosurgical intervention after injury in children and adolescents	8
Author response to letter to the editor: “Routine screening bronchoscopy in intubated trauma patients risks unnecessary antibiotic use without clear benefit”	8
Rethinking protocolized completion angiography following extremity vascular trauma: A prospective observational multicenter trial	8
Can RH+ whole blood be safely used as an alternative to RH− product? An analysis of efforts to improve the sustainability of a hospital’s low titer group O whole blood program	8
Predicting blood transfusion following traumatic injury using machine learning models: A systematic review and narrative synthesis	8
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons—Committee on Trauma Clinical Consensus-Driven Protocol for glucose management in the post-resuscitation intensive care unit	8
Acute kidney injury in the acute care surgery patient: What you need to know	8
An integrative model using flow cytometry identifies nosocomial infection after trauma	8
MEETINGS/COURSES	8
Maintaining a whole blood-centered transfusion improves survival in hemorrhagic resuscitation	8
Surgical resident operative autonomy on nights and weekends: What happens to surgical education during off-hours?	7
Dynamic changes in bleeding sites: Evaluating contrast extravasation on computed tomography and angiography in pelvic fractures	7
Integrated vascular training may not prepare graduates to care for vascular trauma patients	7
The impact of transfusion kinetics on the inflammatory response following major injury	7
Comparison of thoracic epidural catheter and continuous peripheral infusion for management of traumatic rib fracture pain	7
Wealth is health: High economic status in Cameroon correlates with protective gear use in traffic injuries and improved clinical outcomes	7
pREBOA versus ER-REBOA impact on blood utilization and resuscitation requirements: A pilot analysis	7
Lung contusion complicated by pneumonia worsens lung injury via the inflammatory effect of alveolar small extracellular vesicles on macrophages and epithelial cells	7
Evidence-based, cost-effective management of acute cholecystitis: An algorithm of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery emergency general surgery algorithms working group	7