Trauma/critical care surgery.

The consequences of obesity on trauma, emergency surgery, and surgical critical care

The era of the acute care surgeon has arrived and this "new" specialty will be expected to provide trauma care, emergency surgery, and surgical critical care to a variety of patients arriving at their institution. With the exception of practicing bariatric surgeons, many general surgeons have limited experience caring for obese patients. Obese patients manifest unique physiology and pathophysio...

Surgeon’s guide to anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications part two: antiplatelet agents and perioperative management of long-term anticoagulation

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Center for Trauma and Critical Care, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Department of Surgery, Dignity Health/St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Division of Trauma and Surgi...

A surgeon’s guide to anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications part one: warfarin and new direct oral anticoagulant medications

Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Surgery, Dignity Health/St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA Center for Trauma and Critical Care, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, California, USA Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of S...

Opportunities of Telemedicine for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery

Today telemedicine, or eHealth, is an important tool in everyday medical life. In all areas, from the preclinical to aftercare, significant improvements in communication structures have been seen in various eHealth options, which have had significant, positive effects on the quality of patient care in orthopedics and trauma surgery. Initially, there were several isolated solutions and many smal...

T-helper-17, Regulatory T-helper Cells Related Serum Markers and IL-13 in the Outcome of Polytraumatic Patients with Bacteremia