International trauma analysis finds big transfusion differences, with whole blood common in low-resource hospitals

A new international study published in eClinicalMedicine has mapped global blood transfusion practices for life-threatening abdominal injuries, highlighting significant variation in care worldwide and ...
Medical Xpress

Patients in least developed countries three times more likely to die after abdominal trauma surgery, study reveals

Mortality after emergency abdominal surgery is more than three times higher in the least developed countries compared to the most developed. Yet among those who undergo surgery, injuries tend to be ...
Kaleido Scope

UAB at AAST – the 2023 American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting

UAB was well represented at the 2023 American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Annual Meeting last month in Anaheim, California. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery faculty members ...
Medscape

Assessment of the Acutely Injured Abdomen

" Nobody should be able to examine an abdomen better than a general surgeon," remarked a program director to his residents. In spite of tremendous advances in diagnostic technologies, physical ...
Nature

Global variation in patient factors, interventions, and postoperative outcomes for those undergoing trauma laparotomy: an international, prospective, observational cohort study

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
EurekAlert!

Patients in the world’s least developed countries three times more likely to die after abdominal trauma surgery

Mortality after emergency abdominal surgery is more than three times higher in the least developed countries compared to the most developed. Yet among those who undergo surgery, injuries tend to be ...