Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Penalizing underage alcohol use is associated with lower mortality for young drivers: Use/lose laws and their association with motor vehicle collision mortality94
Interhospital variability of risk-adjusted mortality rates and associated structural factors in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: England and Wales population-level analysis61
Re: Leichtle et al. Blunt cerebrovascular injury: The case for universal screening (J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2020;89(5):880–886)56
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT FEBRUARY 202448
An Executive Summary of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP)43
Gun violence revictimization in New York State: What increases the risk of being shot again?39
Advanced resuscitative care in penetrating trauma patient management: We are on the right track !35
Losing the forest for the trees: the complexities of fibrinolysis will never be explained with one variable alone35
Mental health symptoms and engagement in a stepped-care mental health service among patients with a violent versus nonviolent injury34
Automated partial resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta reduces blood loss and hypotension in a highly lethal porcine liver injury model34
Costal margin injuries and trans-diaphragmatic intercostal hernia: Presentation, management and outcomes according to the Sheffield classification32
Association between blood pressure recording in prehospital setting and patient outcome in pediatric trauma patients: A propensity score matching study31
Trauma financials: Does anyone really know?29
Revision of the AAST grading scale for acute cholecystitis with comparison to physiologic measures of severity28
Universal screening for blunt cerebrovascular injury: A critical appraisal. Evidence-based reviews in surgery28
The patient’s voice matters: The impact of advance directives on elderly trauma patients27
Meetings/Courses26
Evaluation and management of traumatic pneumothorax: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm26
The Injured Monocyte: The Link to Chronic Critical Illness and Mortality Following Injury26
Is cerebral perfusion maintained during full and partial resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in hemorrhagic shock conditions?25
Prognostic factors associated with venous thromboembolism following traumatic injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis25
Effect of tranexamic acid on endothelial von Willebrand factor/ADAMTS-13 response to in vitro shock conditions25
In Response to: Outcomes of open abdomen versus primary closure following emergent laparotomy for suspected secondary peritonitis: A propensity-matched analysis25
Firearm violence against children in the United States: Trends in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic25
Letter to Editor concerning “The feasibility and reliability of frailty assessment tools applicable in acute in-hospital trauma patients: A systematic review”24
Response to letter to the editor, re: “A multicenter validation of the modified brain injury guidelines: Are they safe and effective?”24
The nuanced nature of grading pancreas injuries: Response to letter to the editor24
Meetings/Courses23
Endotheliopathy of trauma in children: The association of syndecan-1 with injury and poor outcomes23
Tactics for hemorrhagic shock: A virtual course and visual aid for improved resuscitation23
A comparison of efficacy, efficiency, and durability in novel tourniquet designs23
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT OCTOBER 202122
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the acute resuscitation, initial patient evaluation, imaging, and management research gap Delphi survey22
The thin red line: Blood planning factors and the enduring need for a robust military blood system to support combat operations21
High resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta procedural volume is associated with improved outcomes: An analysis of the AORTA registry21
Making a move: Using simulation to identify latent safety threats before the care of injured patients in a new physical space21
US Central Command military blood utilization practices 2011 to 202020
Not so FAST—but not so Furious – an improper method underdiagnoses pneumothorax. Answer to the article “Not so FAST—Chest ultrasound underdiagnoses traumatic pneumothorax”20
Optimizing combat readiness for military surgeons without trauma fellowship training: Engaging the “voluntary faculty” model20
Prospective validation of the Rib Injury Guidelines for traumatic rib fractures20
Evaluation of urological and gynecological surgeons as force multipliers for mass casualty trauma care20
Ultrasound is superior to supine chest x-ray for the diagnosis of clinically relevant traumatic pneumothorax19
Critical care ultrasound in geriatric trauma resuscitation leads to decreased fluid administration and ventilator days19
Letter regarding “Clinical utilization of deployed military surgeons”19
Contributions of Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society to the training of surgeons19
Interrater reliability of chart-based assessment of functional impairment after pediatric injury using the functional status scale19
Early metabolic support for critically ill trauma patients: A prospective randomized controlled trial18
A novel machine-learning tool to identify community risk for firearm violence: The Firearm Violence Vulnerability Index18
Pediatric emergency resuscitative thoracotomy: A Western Trauma Association, Pediatric Trauma Society, and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma collaborative critical decisions algorithm18
A reproducible strategy to solve problems18
Blood product resuscitation mitigates the effects of aeromedical evacuation after polytrauma18
Association between access to pediatric trauma care and motor vehicle crash death in children: An ecologic analysis of United States counties18
Burden of unintentional pediatric firearm injury: An examination of the Nationwide Readmission Database17
Prospective single-center paradigm shift of surgical stabilization of rib fractures with decreased length of stay and operative time with an intrathoracic approach17
Damage-control surgery in patients with nontraumatic abdominal emergencies: A systematic review and meta-analysis17
Balancing enrollment and mortality in hemorrhage control trials: A secondary analysis of the PROPPR trial17
Pelvic fracture-related hypotension: A review of contemporary adjuncts for hemorrhage control17
Meetings/Courses16
Beyond pain and disability: The lasting effects of trauma on life after injury16
Challenges in closing the gap between evidence and practice: International survey of institutional surgical stabilization of rib fractures guidelines16
Identifying vulnerable populations with symptomatic cholelithiasis at risk for increased health care utilization16
Prehospital synergy: Tranexamic acid and blood transfusion in patients at risk for hemorrhage16
The Kampala Trauma Score: A 20-year track record16
Factors associated with limitation of care after fatal injury16
A core outcome set for resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta: A consensus based approach using a modified Delphi method16
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 o16
Developing a tool to assess competence in resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta: An international Delphi consensus study16
Utility of computed tomography reconstructed thoracolumbar spinal imaging in blunt trauma16
“Intravenous lidocaine for the management of traumatic rib fractures: A double-blind randomized controlled trial (INITIATE program of research)”: Letter to the Editor15
Intubation of bleeding patients in the emergency department or the operating room: A medical decision to be justified15
Hospital-based intervention is rarely needed for children with low-grade blunt abdominal solid organ injury: An analysis of the Trauma Quality Improvement Program registry15
Reply to: “Increased mortality with REBOA only mitigated by strong unmeasured confounding: An expanded analysis using the National Trauma Data Bank”15
Does lower extremity fracture fixation technique influence neurologic outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury? The EAST Brain vs. Bone multicenter trial15
Lactate as a mediator of prehospital plasma mortality reduction in hemorrhagic shock15
Vehicle-related crash deaths: A continuing challenge15
Establishing national stakeholder priorities for quality improvement in pediatric trauma care: Consensus results using a modified Delphi process15
Trauma transfers discharged from the emergency department—Is there a role for telemedicine?14
Integrating traffic safety data with area deprivation index: A method to better understand the causes of pediatric pedestrian versus automobile collisions14
Meetings/Courses14
Defects in vein valve PROX1/FOXC2 antithrombotic pathway in endothelial cells drive the hypercoagulable state induced by trauma and critical illness14
Impact of US hospital center and interhospital transfer on spinal cord injury management: An analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank14
Ventilator-associated pneumonia and intubation location in adults with traumatic injuries: Systematic review and meta-analysis14
Are rib fractures stable? An analysis of progressive rib fracture offset in the acute trauma setting14
Letter to editor re: A multicenter validation of the modified brain injury guidelines: Are they safe and effective?14
Intercostal nerve cryoablation during surgical stabilization of rib fractures14
Evaluation and management of bowel and mesenteric injuries after blunt trauma: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm14
Meetings/Courses13
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 trial13
Respiratory events after intensive care unit discharge in trauma patients: Epidemiology, outcomes, and risk factors13
Therapeutic strategies for pseudoaneurysm following blunt liver and spleen injuries: a multicenter cohort study in the pediatric population.13
Surgical stabilization of rib fractures versus nonoperative treatment in patients with multiple rib fractures following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an international, retrospective matched case-cont13
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 guidel13
Femoral vascular access for endovascular resuscitation13
Needs Based Assessment of Trauma Systems 2, is it ready for primetime? A natural experiment testing its reliability13
Data Resources for Evaluating the Economic and Financial Consequences of Surgical Care in the United States13
A tale of two centers: Is low-molecular-weight heparin really superior for prevention of posttraumatic venous thromboembolism?13
A new quantitative assessment method for predicting pneumonia caused by chest wall injury13
Utility of continuous pulse CO-oximetry for hemoglobin monitoring in pediatric patients with solid organ injuries at level 1 trauma centers: A pilot study13
Relationships Between Socioeconomic Deprivation and Pediatric Firearm-Related Injury at the Neighborhood Level13
In depth research in “critical” limb ischemia12
It is time to prioritize complete trauma care12
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
Prehospital end-tidal carbon dioxide predicts hemorrhagic shock upon emergency department arrival12
Maximizing wound coverage in full-thickness skin defects: A randomized-controlled trial of autologous skin cell suspension and widely meshed autograft versus standard autografting12
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?”12
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 Trauma12
Intercostal liposomal bupivacaine injection for rib fractures: A prospective randomized controlled trial12
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT FEBRUARY 202212
Red line the red line: Optimizing emergency medicine physicians and surgeons collaborative roles on trauma teams12
Author's reply12
EAST Oriens Award: Why I want a career in trauma and acute care surgery12
Synthetic blood and blood products for combat casualty care and beyond12
In-house intensivist presence does not affect mortality in select emergency general surgery patients12
Response to the letter to the editor12
Point-of-care ultrasound for treatment and triage in austere military environments12
Evaluation of vascular repair by tissue-engineered human acellular vessels or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts in a porcine model of limb ischemia and reperfusion12
Association between type 2 diabetes and long-term outcomes in middle-aged and older trauma patients12
Extremity trauma exacerbates acute kidney injury following prolonged hemorrhagic hypotension12
Balloons for kids: Anatomic candidacy and optimal catheter size for pediatric resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta12
Police transport of firearm-injured patients—more often and more injured12
The actual, long-term cost of intentional injury care among a cohort of Maryland Medicaid recipients12
Extracorporeal life support in trauma: Indications and techniques12
TiME OUT: Time-specific machine-learning evaluation to optimize ultramassive transfusion12
Meetings/Courses12
Impact of hypocalcemia on mortality in pediatric trauma patients who require transfusion12
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT JUNE 202111
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the geriatric research gap Delphi survey11
Intravenous administration of mesenchymal stromal cells leads to a dose-dependent coagulopathy and is unable to attenuate acute traumatic coagulopathy in rats11
The efficacy of weight-based enoxaparin dosing for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in trauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis11
Use of whole blood deployment programs for mass casualty incidents: South Texas experience in regional response and preparedness11
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 cente11
The Beirut ammonium nitrate blast: A multicenter study to assess injury characteristics and outcomes11
Up and over: Consequences of raising the United States-Mexico border wall height11
Predictors of fetal delivery in pregnant trauma patients: A multicenter study11
Resiliency and immunological biomarkers: Important factors in health care professionals11
Development and validation of a Bayesian belief network predicting the probability of blood transfusion after pediatric injury11
Cryoprecipitate attenuates the endotheliopathy of trauma in mice subjected to hemorrhagic shock and trauma11
Trauma patients at risk for venous thromboembolism who undergo routine duplex ultrasound screening experience fewer pulmonary emboli: A prospective randomized trial11
The impact of prehospital time intervals on mortality in moderately and severely injured patients11
Meetings/Courses11
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 patients11
Incidence of multiple organ failure in adult polytrauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis11
Missing in action: A bibliometric analysis of military research in the medical literature since 195011
Feasibility of conducting a military-relevant multicenter cohort study to assess outcomes of early trauma resuscitative interventions in a prolonged care civilian setting11
Direct red blood cell effect on thrombosis is dependent on the interaction of tissue factor and calcium with membrane phosphatidylserine11
What is the optimal management for pseudoaneurysm in splenic injury?11
Infiltrating anti-inflammatory monocytes modulate microglial activation through toll-like receptor 4/interferon–dependent pathways following traumatic brain injury11
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the Pediatric Research Gap Delphi Survey11
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 t11
Choosing wisely: A prospective study of direct to operating room trauma resuscitation including real-time trauma surgeon after-action review11
Postinjury platelet aggregation and venous thromboembolism11
Multicompartmental trauma alters bone marrow erythroblastic islands11
Access to trauma center care: A statewide system-based approach11
Immediate use cryoprecipitate products provide lasting organ protection in a rodent model of trauma/hemorrhagic shock and prolonged hypotensive resuscitation11
Transcriptome reveals the dysfunction of pancreatic islets after wound healing in severely burned mice11
Emergency department versus operating room intubation of patients undergoing immediate hemorrhage control surgery10
Time is Tissue: Barriers to Timely Transfusion after Pediatric Injury10
Letter re: “Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and resuscitative thoracotomy are associated with similar outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest”10
Evaluation of Hemostatic Devices in a Randomized Porcine Model of Junctional Hemorrhage and 72-Hour Prolonged Field Care10
Every minute matters: Improving outcomes for penetrating trauma through prehospital advanced resuscitative care10
Trauma patients with type O blood exhibit unique multiomics signature with decreased lectin pathway of complement levels10
Critical traumatic brain injury is associated with worse coagulopathy10
MEETINGS/COURSES10
Novel therapeutic medications for venous thromboembolism prevention in trauma patients: Findings from the Consensus Conference to Implement Optimal Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Trauma10
Meetings/Courses10
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 SURGERY10
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT OCTOBER 202410
Damage control resuscitation in adult trauma patients: What you need to know10
Early major fracture care in polytrauma—priorities in the context of concomitant injuries: A Delphi consensus process and systematic review10
Recovery after moderate to severe TBI and factors influencing functional outcome: What you need to know10
Novel cross-linked polysaccharide-polyelectrolyte hemostatic foam improves survival compared to CombatGauze in swine femoral artery hemorrhage model10
Clinical decision support for severe trauma patients: Machine learning based definition of a bundle of care for hemorrhagic shock and traumatic brain injury10
Predictors of acute incisional hernia incarceration at initial hernia diagnosis on computed tomography10
Futility thresholds, too simple10
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction in polytrauma patients10
ABO blood type and functional neurological outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury10
Diagnosis and management of blunt cardiac injury: What you need to know10
Plasma thrombin generation kinetics vary by injury pattern and resuscitation characteristics in pediatric and young adult trauma patients10
Meetings/Courses9
When is enough enough? Odds of survival by unit transfused9
Damage control surgery in emergency general surgery: What you need to know9
Dose-dependent association between blood transfusion and nosocomial infections in trauma patients: A secondary analysis of patients from the PAMPer trial9
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Meetings/Courses9
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 program9
Goals of care are rarely discussed prior to potentially futile trauma transfer: Is it okay to say “No”?9
SIRT1 downregulation in pneumonia is associated with an immature neutrophil response and increased disease severity9
Damage-control orthopedics or early total care: What you need to know9
Meetings/Courses9
Editor-in-Chief Editorial9
Blunt adrenal gland injury: The impact of extra-abdominal injury9
Development and validation of a Bayesian network predicting neurosurgical intervention after injury in children and adolescents9
Association between geospatial access to trauma center care and motor vehicle crash mortality in the United States9
Falls from ladders: Injury patterns and outcomes9
Lobe salvage operation with rib fixation in patient with right middle lobe rupture and lung impalement9
Current diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis: What you need to know9
Predicting blood transfusion following traumatic injury using machine learning models: A systematic review and narrative synthesis9
Comparison of phenobarbital monotherapy to a benzodiazepine-based regimen for management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in trauma patients9
Reply to: “A multifaceted virus. Nonreducible and strangulated effects of COVID-19”9
Intensive care unit readmission in injured older adults: Modifiable risk factors and implications9
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT NOVEMBER 20239
Rethinking limb tourniquet conversion in the prehospital environment9
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the trauma systems and informatics panel Delphi survey9
Ketamine for acute pain after trauma: A pragmatic, randomized clinical trial9
Author response to letter to the editor: “Routine screening bronchoscopy in intubated trauma patients risks unnecessary antibiotic use without clear benefit”9
Rethinking protocolized completion angiography following extremity vascular trauma: A prospective observational multicenter trial9
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 chil9
Value in acute care surgery, Part 1: Methods of quantifying cost9
A heterogenous population of extracellular vesicles mobilize to the alveoli postinjury9
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 Ghasemian9
Reducing low-value interhospital transfers for mild traumatic brain injury9
Firearm injuries treated at trauma centers in the United States9
Meetings/Courses9
Surgical management of costal margin rupture associated with intercostal hernia: Evolution of techniques8
Damage control thoracic surgery: What you need to know8
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the regulatory challenges Delphi survey8
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT JANUARY 20258
The physiology of failure: Identifying risk factors for mortality in emergency general surgery patients using a regional health system integrated electronic medical record8
Cell-free mitochondria are detected in high concentrations in the plasma of orthopedic trauma patients8
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 scale8
Use of tourniquet in France: Advances in military and civilian settings8
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
An integrative model using flow cytometry identifies nosocomial infection after trauma8
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 fractures8
MEETINGS/COURSES8
Early lyophilized cryoprecipitate enhances the ADAMTS13/VWF ratio to reduce systemic endotheliopathy and lessen lung injury in a mouse multiple-trauma hemorrhage model8
Letter re: “ECMO In trauma care: What you need to know”8
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe traumatic brain injury: Is it safe?8
Rib fixation in non–ventilator-dependent chest wall injuries: A prospective randomized trial8
Non-Surgical Management and Analgesia Strategies for Older Adults with Multiple Rib Fractures: a Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Practice Management Guideline from the Eastern Association for th8
Genomic analysis of surgical patients to identify patients at risk for postoperative sepsis and surgical site infection8
Intraoperative factors associated with unplanned return to the operating room after emergent hemorrhage control surgery8
Correlation analysis of salivary cytokines and hormones with resiliency8
Does preperitoneal packing increase venous thromboembolim risk among trauma patients? A prospective multicenter analysis across 17 level I trauma centers8
Prolonged hourly neurological examinations are associated with increased delirium and no discernible benefit in mild/moderate geriatric traumatic brain injury8
The cost of doing business in the modern world: Our readiness imperative8
Acute kidney injury in the acute care surgery patient: What you need to know8
FasterRib: A deep learning algorithm to automate identification and characterization of rib fractures on chest computed tomography scans8
Exploring patient and system factors impacting undertriage of injured patients meeting national field triage guideline criteria8
The MangLE score: A novel simple tool to identify patients who are unlikely to require amputation following severe lower extremity injury8
The effect of whole blood resuscitation on in-hospital mortality: A propensity score weighted analysis of patients treated at a Level I trauma center8
Current use and utility of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and pancreatic duct stents: A secondary analysis from the Western Trauma Associa8
Beta blockade in TBI: Dose-dependent reductions in BBB leukocyte mobilization and permeability in vivo8
Automating excellence: A breakthrough in emergency general surgery quality benchmarking8
Maintaining a whole blood-centered transfusion improves survival in hemorrhagic resuscitation8
Using implementation science to decrease variation and high opioid administration in a surgical ICU8
Early posttraumatic brain injury tranexamic acid prevents blood-brain barrier hyperpermeability and improves surrogates of neuroclinical recovery8
Why are there no data? Critically ill patients deserve better protection from both regulatory authorities and surgeons8
Anatomy of the interchondral joints and the effects on mobility of ribs8
The undisclosed disclosures: The dollar-outcome relationship in resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta7
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