Injury Volume 40 Issue 1 Jan 2009

Editorial
3.
Laparoscopy in trauma: An evolution in progress
Pages 7-10
Chad G. Ball, Shahzeer Karmali, Ravi R. Rajani
Reviews
4.
Exsanguination in trauma: A review of diagnostics and treatment options
Pages 11-20
L.M.G. Geeraedts Jr., H.A.H. Kaasjager, A.B. van Vugt, J.P.M. Frölke
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The role of erythropoietin in the acute phase of trauma management: Evidence today
Pages 21-27
N.K. Kanakaris, G. Petsatodis, B. Chalidis, N. Manidakis, G. Kontakis, P.V. Giannoudis
Articles
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Survival of trauma patients with coma and bilateral fixed dilated pupils
Pages 28-32
Krishanu Chaudhuri, Gregory M. Malham, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld
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Associations between intracranial pressure, intraocular pressure and mean arterial pressure in patients with traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries
Pages 33-39
Tomasz Czarnik, Ryszard Gawda, Waldemar Kolodziej, Dariusz Latka, Katarzyna Sznajd-Weron, Rafal Weron
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Delayed pneumothorax after stab wound to thorax and upper abdomen: Truth or myth?
Pages 40-43
Shahriar Zehtabchi, Eric J. Morley, Dana Sajed, Oded Greenberg, Richard Sinert
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Clinical predictors of occult pneumothoraces in severely injured blunt polytrauma patients: A prospective observational study
Pages 44-47
Chad G. Ball, Kent Ranson, Christopher J. Dente, David V. Feliciano, Kevin B. Laupland, Diane Dyer, Kenji Inaba, Vincent Trottier, Indraneel Datta, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick
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The evolution of the diagnostic work-up for stab wounds to the back and flank
Pages 48-53
Tam N. Pham, Eric Heinberg, Joseph Cuschieri, Eileen M. Bulger, Grant E. O’Keefe, Joel A. Gross, Gregory J. Jurkovich
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Direct retroperitoneal pelvic packing versus pelvic angiography: A comparison of two management protocols for haemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures
Pages 54-60
Patrick M. Osborn, Wade R. Smith, Ernest E. Moore, C. Clay Cothren, Steven J. Morgan, Allison E. Williams, Philip F. Stahel
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Pancreatic injury in damage control laparotomies: Is pancreatic resection safe during the initial laparotomy?
Pages 61-65
Mark J. Seamon, Patrick K. Kim, S. Peter Stawicki, G. Paul Dabrowski, Amy J. Goldberg, Patrick M. Reilly, C. William Schwab
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Amylase and lipase measurements in paediatric patients with traumatic pancreatic injuries
Pages 66-71
Wendy C. Matsuno, Craig J. Huang, Nilda M. Garcia, Lonnie C. Roy, Jacqueline Davis
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The importance of surgical sequence in the treatment of lower extremity injuries with concomitant vascular injury: A meta-analysis
Pages 72-76
John Fowler, Neil MacIntyre, Saqib Rehman, John P. Gaughan, Shawn Leslie
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30 years of polytrauma care: An analysis of the change in strategies and results of 4849 cases treated at a single institution
Pages 77-83
Christian Probst, Hans-Christoph Pape, Frank Hildebrand, Gerd Regel, Lutz Mahlke, Peter Giannoudis, Christian Krettek, Martin Rolf Wolfgang Grotz
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The injury profile after the 2008 earthquakes in China
Pages 84-86
Lei Zhang, He Li, Janis R. Carlton, Robert Ursano
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Increasing incidence of injuries and fatalities inflicted by wild animals in Kashmir
Pages 87-89
Dar G. Nabi, Shafaat Rashid Tak, K.A. Kangoo, Manzoor A. Halwai
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Injuries from leopard attacks in Kashmir
Pages 90-92
Dar G. Nabi, Shafaat Rashid Tak, K.A. Kangoo, M.A. Halwai
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Radiological aspects of injuries of avalanche victims
Pages 93-98
Marius C. Wick, Rüdiger J. Weiss, Matthias Hohlrieder, Katja Tecklenburg, Werner Jaschke, Michael Rieger
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Improved trauma patient outcomes after implementation of a dedicated trauma admitting service
Pages 99-103
Caesar Ursic, Kate Curtis, Yi Zou, Deborah Black
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Venous glucose and arterial lactate as biochemical predictors of mortality in clinically severely injured trauma patients—A comparison with ISS and TRISS
Pages 104-108
Tarik Sammour, Arman Kahokehr, Stuart Caldwell, Andrew G Hill
Correspondence
22.
The sounds of music or the sounds of silence in the operating room
Page 109 Serdar Toker
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The sound of music in the operating room [Injury 2008;39(5):592–7]
Page 109 Jonathan Hull
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Re: Injury 2008;39:592–7: The sounds of music in the operating room
Page 110 Yehuda Ullmann, Lucian Fodor
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Comment on: “Missed injury and the tertiary trauma survey” [Injury 2008; 39:107–114]
Page 110 A.J.A. Holland, S.V.S. Soundappan, D.T. Cass
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Re: Pleural decompression and drainage during trauma reception and resuscitation [Injury 2008;39:9–20]
Pages 110-111 T.C. Hardcastle
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Response to Dr. Hardcastle “Re: Pleural decompression and drainage during trauma reception and resuscitation [Injury 2008;39:9–20]”
Page 111 Mark Fitzgerald
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Troponin measurement levels could be used as a guide for perioperative care
Pages 111-112 S. Ausset, G. Pelé De Saint Maurice, P. Vest, A. Cirodde, J.-M. Martin, Y. Auroy
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Repeated successful anaesthesia in a 110-year old
Pages 112-113 Sumeet Chugh, Asha Tyagi, Anil Kumar
Book Review
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C. Stone, The Evidence for Plastic Surgery , TFM Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury, UK (April 2008) ISBN 978 1 903378 50 2 358 pp., Price: £75. Page 114 Simond Jagernauth