Rethinking preparedness planning in disaster emergency care: lessons from a beyond-surge-capacity event
This study proposes a new approach for developing hospital readiness and preparedness plan for these challenging beyond-sur... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - November 29, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sheuwen Chuang, David D. Woods, Morgan Reynolds, Hsien-Wei Ting, Asher Balkin and Chin-Wang Hsu Tags: Research article Source Type: research
A clinical predictive model for risk stratification of patients with severe acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is a common presentation of surgical admissions, imposing a significant burden on healthcare costs and resources. There is a paucity of standardised clinical predictive t... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - November 22, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Manraj Singh, Jayne Chiang, Andre Seah, Nan Liu, Ronnie Mathew and Sachin Mathur Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on road traffic collision injury patterns and severity in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates
The COVID-19 Pandemic lockdowns restricted human and traffic mobility impacting the patterns and severity of road traffic collisions (RTCs). We aimed to study the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on incidence, pa... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - November 19, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Yasin J. Yasin, David O. Alao, Michal Grivna and Fikri M. Abu-Zidan Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Emergency angiography for trauma patients and potential association with acute kidney injury
Angiography has been conducted as a hemostatic procedure for trauma patients. While several complications, such as tissue necrosis after embolization, have been reported, little is known regarding subsequent a... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - November 4, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Ryo Yamamoto, Ramon F. Cestero, Jo Yoshizawa, Katsuya Maeshima and Junichi Sasaki Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Correction to: Team dynamics in emergency surgery teams: results from a first international survey
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Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - November 1, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Lorenzo Cobianchi, Francesca Dal Mas, Maurizio Massaro, Paola Fugazzola, Federico Coccolini, Yoram Kluger, Ari Lepp äniemi, Ernest E. Moore, Massimo Sartelli, Peter Angelos, Fausto Catena and Luca Ansaloni Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Accuracy of the WSES classification system for pelvic ring disruptions: an international validation study
In 2017, a novel classification for pelvic injuries was established by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES). We validated its effectiveness using nationwide real-world data. The roles of associated va... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - October 16, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Szu-Han Wang, Chih-Yuan Fu, Francesco Bajani, Marissa Bokhari, Justin Mis, Stathis Poulakidas and Faran Bokhari Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Variation in use of damage control laparotomy for trauma by trauma centers in the United States, Canada, and Australasia
It is unknown how frequently damage control (DC) laparotomy is used across trauma centers in different countries. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of trauma centers in the United States, Canada, and Austr... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - October 14, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Derek J. Roberts, Peter D. Faris, Chad G. Ball, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Ernest E. Moore, David V. Feliciano, Peter Rhee, Scott D ’Amours and Henry T. Stelfox Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Periappendiceal fat-stranding models for discriminating between complicated and uncomplicated acute appendicitis: a diagnostic and validation study
Recent studies have reported promising outcomes of non-operative treatment for uncomplicated appendicitis; however, the preoperative prediction of complicated appendicitis is challenging. We developed models b... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - October 13, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Hui-An Lin, Hung-Wei Tsai, Chun-Chieh Chao and Sheng-Feng Lin Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on road traffic collisions
Various strategies to reduce the spread of COVID-19 including lockdown and stay-at-home order are expected to reduce road traffic characteristics and consequently road traffic collisions (RTCs). We aimed to re... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - September 28, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Yasin J. Yasin, Michal Grivna and Fikri M. Abu-Zidan Tags: Review Source Type: research
WSES project on decision support systems based on artificial neural networks in emergency surgery
The article is a scoping review of the literature on the use of decision support systems based on artificial neural networks in emergency surgery. The authors present modern literature data on the effectivenes... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - September 26, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Andrey Litvin, Sergey Korenev, Sophiya Rumovskaya, Massimo Sartelli, Gianluca Baiocchi, Walter L. Biffl, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Michael Denis Kelly, Yoram Kluger, Ari Lepp äniemi, Michael Sugrue and Fausto Catena Tags: Review Source Type: research
WSES/GAIS/SIS-E/WSIS/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with intra-abdominal infections
Intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are common surgical emergencies and have been reported as major contributors to non-trauma deaths in hospitals worldwide. The cornerstones of effective treatment of IAIs inclu... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - September 25, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Massimo Sartelli, Federico Coccolini, Yoram Kluger, Ervis Agastra, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Ashraf El Sayed Abbas, Luca Ansaloni, Abdulrashid Kayode Adesunkanmi, Boyko Atanasov, Goran Augustin, Miklosh Bala, Oussama Baraket, Suman Baral, Walter L. Biffl, Marja Tags: Review Source Type: research
Team dynamics in emergency surgery teams: results from a first international survey
Emergency surgery represents a unique context. Trauma teams are often multidisciplinary and need to operate under extreme stress and time constraints, sometimes with no awareness of the trauma ’s causes or the ... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - September 16, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Lorenzo Cobianchi, Francesca Dal Mas, Maurizio Massaro, Paola Fugazzola, Federico Coccolini, Yoram Kluger, Ari Lepp äniemi, Ernest E. Moore, Massimo Sartelli, Peter Angelos and Luca Ansaloni Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Anorectal emergencies: WSES-AAST guidelines
Anorectal emergencies comprise a wide variety of diseases that share common symptoms, i.e., anorectal pain or bleeding and might require immediate management. While most of the underlying conditions do not nee... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - September 16, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Antonio Tarasconi, Gennaro Perrone, Justin Davies, Raul Coimbra, Ernest Moore, Francesco Azzaroli, Hariscine Abongwa, Belinda De Simone, Gaetano Gallo, Giorgio Rossi, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Vanni Agnoletti, Gianluigi de ’Angelis, Nicola de’Angelis, Luca Ans Tags: Review Source Type: research
A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned
On January 2020, the WHO Director General declared that the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The world has faced a worldwide spread crisis and is still dealing with it. ... (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - September 10, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Federico Coccolini, Enrico Cicuttin, Camilla Cremonini, Dario Tartaglia, Bruno Viaggi, Akira Kuriyama, Edoardo Picetti, Chad Ball, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Marco Ceresoli, Bruno Turri, Sumita Jain, Carlo Palombo, Xavier Guirao, Gabriel Rodrigues, Mahir Gachabayov Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Subtotal cholecystectomy for difficult acute cholecystitis: how to finalize safely by laparoscopy —a systematic review
Aim of this study was to clarify the best laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy (LSTC) technique for finalizing a difficult cholecystectomy. (Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery)
Source: World Journal of Emergency Surgery - September 8, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Adriana Toro, Michele Teodoro, Mansoor Khan, Elena Schembari, Salomone Di Saverio, Fausto Catena and Isidoro Di Carlo Tags: Review Source Type: research
