Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Article	Citations
Penalizing underage alcohol use is associated with lower mortality for young drivers: Use/lose laws and their association with motor vehicle collision mortality	122
Interhospital variability of risk-adjusted mortality rates and associated structural factors in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: England and Wales population-level analysis	74
Re: Leichtle et al. Blunt cerebrovascular injury: The case for universal screening (J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2020;89(5):880–886)	59
Genomic analysis of surgical patients to identify patients at risk for postoperative sepsis and surgical site infection	56
Reply letter to “Whether sternum fractures increase the injury severity in patients with thoracic vertebral fracture needs further evaluation”	50
Automating excellence: A breakthrough in emergency general surgery quality benchmarking	43
Current practice variations in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for adolescents with severe traumatic brain injury: Trauma center type matters	41
Association between prehospital tranexamic acid and cerebral edema in patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury	40
ABO blood type and functional neurological outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury	40
Current diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis: What you need to know	38
Incidence of multiple organ failure in adult polytrauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Damage control resuscitation in adult trauma patients: What you need to know	37
Firearm injuries treated at trauma centers in the United States	34
Damage control surgery in emergency general surgery: What you need to know	34
The thin red line: Blood planning factors and the enduring need for a robust military blood system to support combat operations	33
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT APRIL 2025	29
Predictive value of platelet function assays in traumatic brain injury patients on antiplatelet therapy	29
Association between access to pediatric trauma care and motor vehicle crash death in children: An ecologic analysis of United States counties	28
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT FEBRUARY 2024	28
Predictors of acute incisional hernia incarceration at initial hernia diagnosis on computed tomography	28
The effect of whole blood resuscitation on in-hospital mortality: A propensity score weighted analysis of patients treated at a Level I trauma center	27
Up and over: Consequences of raising the United States-Mexico border wall height	27
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT JANUARY 2025	27
Beta blockade in TBI: Dose-dependent reductions in BBB leukocyte mobilization and permeability in vivo	27
Damage-control surgery in patients with nontraumatic abdominal emergencies: A systematic review and meta-analysis	27

Intraoperative factors associated with unplanned return to the operating room after emergent hemorrhage control surgery	26
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe traumatic brain injury: Is it safe?	26
Letter re: “ECMO In trauma care: What you need to know”	26
The MangLE score: A novel simple tool to identify patients who are unlikely to require amputation following severe lower extremity injury	26
Damage control thoracic surgery: What you need to know	25
Venous thromboembolism events in trauma patients after hospital discharge	25
Evaluating trauma awareness in health care: Insights from the AAST and Trauma Prevention Coalition Survey	24
Early primary care follow-up is associated with improved long-term functional outcomes among injured older adults	24
On arrival continuous brachial plexus block provides superior analgesia with reduced persistent postsurgical pain in complex hand injuries: A randomized controlled trial	24
Advanced resuscitative care in penetrating trauma patient management: We are on the right track !	23
Impact of hypocalcemia on mortality in pediatric trauma patients who require transfusion	23
Losing the forest for the trees: the complexities of fibrinolysis will never be explained with one variable alone	23
Needs Based Assessment of Trauma Systems 2, is it ready for primetime? A natural experiment testing its reliability	23
Automated partial resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta reduces blood loss and hypotension in a highly lethal porcine liver injury model	23
An Executive Summary of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP)	23
Costal margin injuries and trans-diaphragmatic intercostal hernia: Presentation, management and outcomes according to the Sheffield classification	22
Association between blood pressure recording in prehospital setting and patient outcome in pediatric trauma patients: A propensity score matching study	22
Mental health symptoms and engagement in a stepped-care mental health service among patients with a violent versus nonviolent injury	22
Universal screening for blunt cerebrovascular injury: A critical appraisal. Evidence-based reviews in surgery	21
Trauma financials: Does anyone really know?	21
Revision of the AAST grading scale for acute cholecystitis with comparison to physiologic measures of severity	21
Effect of tranexamic acid on endothelial von Willebrand factor/ADAMTS-13 response to in vitro shock conditions	20
Meetings/Courses	20
Response to letter to the editor, re: “A multicenter validation of the modified brain injury guidelines: Are they safe and effective?”	20
In Response to: Outcomes of open abdomen versus primary closure following emergent laparotomy for suspected secondary peritonitis: A propensity-matched analysis	20
Evaluation and management of traumatic pneumothorax: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm	20
Letter to Editor concerning “The feasibility and reliability of frailty assessment tools applicable in acute in-hospital trauma patients: A systematic review”	20
Prognostic factors associated with venous thromboembolism following traumatic injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Tactics for hemorrhagic shock: A virtual course and visual aid for improved resuscitation	19
A comparison of efficacy, efficiency, and durability in novel tourniquet designs	19
Endotheliopathy of trauma in children: The association of syndecan-1 with injury and poor outcomes	19
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the acute resuscitation, initial patient evaluation, imaging, and management research gap Delphi survey	18
Meetings/Courses	18
Making a move: Using simulation to identify latent safety threats before the care of injured patients in a new physical space	18
Evaluation of urological and gynecological surgeons as force multipliers for mass casualty trauma care	18
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT OCTOBER 2021	18
Not so FAST—but not so Furious – an improper method underdiagnoses pneumothorax. Answer to the article “Not so FAST—Chest ultrasound underdiagnoses traumatic pneumothorax”	18
Optimizing combat readiness for military surgeons without trauma fellowship training: Engaging the “voluntary faculty” model	17
Interrater reliability of chart-based assessment of functional impairment after pediatric injury using the functional status scale	17
Ultrasound is superior to supine chest x-ray for the diagnosis of clinically relevant traumatic pneumothorax	17
US Central Command military blood utilization practices 2011 to 2020	17
Prospective validation of the Rib Injury Guidelines for traumatic rib fractures	17
A reproducible strategy to solve problems	17
Critical care ultrasound in geriatric trauma resuscitation leads to decreased fluid administration and ventilator days	17
Letter regarding “Clinical utilization of deployed military surgeons”	17
Contributions of Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society to the training of surgeons	17
A novel machine-learning tool to identify community risk for firearm violence: The Firearm Violence Vulnerability Index	16
Pediatric emergency resuscitative thoracotomy: A Western Trauma Association, Pediatric Trauma Society, and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma collaborative critical decisions algorithm	16
Burden of unintentional pediatric firearm injury: An examination of the Nationwide Readmission Database	16
Blood product resuscitation mitigates the effects of aeromedical evacuation after polytrauma	16

Pelvic fracture-related hypotension: A review of contemporary adjuncts for hemorrhage control	16
Meetings/Courses	15
Balancing enrollment and mortality in hemorrhage control trials: A secondary analysis of the PROPPR trial	15
A core outcome set for resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta: A consensus based approach using a modified Delphi method	15
Prospective single-center paradigm shift of surgical stabilization of rib fractures with decreased length of stay and operative time with an intrathoracic approach	15
Does lower extremity fracture fixation technique influence neurologic outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury? The EAST Brain vs. Bone multicenter trial	14
Trauma transfers discharged from the emergency department—Is there a role for telemedicine?	14
Identifying vulnerable populations with symptomatic cholelithiasis at risk for increased health care utilization	14
Challenges in closing the gap between evidence and practice: International survey of institutional surgical stabilization of rib fractures guidelines	14
“Intravenous lidocaine for the management of traumatic rib fractures: A double-blind randomized controlled trial (INITIATE program of research)”: Letter to the Editor	14
Intubation of bleeding patients in the emergency department or the operating room: A medical decision to be justified	14
Establishing national stakeholder priorities for quality improvement in pediatric trauma care: Consensus results using a modified Delphi process	14
Impact of US hospital center and interhospital transfer on spinal cord injury management: An analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank	14
Beyond pain and disability: The lasting effects of trauma on life after injury	14
Factors associated with limitation of care after fatal injury	14
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 o	14
Vehicle-related crash deaths: A continuing challenge	14
Intercostal nerve cryoablation during surgical stabilization of rib fractures	14
Reply to: “Increased mortality with REBOA only mitigated by strong unmeasured confounding: An expanded analysis using the National Trauma Data Bank”	14
Lactate as a mediator of prehospital plasma mortality reduction in hemorrhagic shock	14
Utility of computed tomography reconstructed thoracolumbar spinal imaging in blunt trauma	14
The Kampala Trauma Score: A 20-year track record	14
Respiratory events after intensive care unit discharge in trauma patients: Epidemiology, outcomes, and risk factors	13
Evaluation and management of bowel and mesenteric injuries after blunt trauma: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm	13
Defects in vein valve PROX1/FOXC2 antithrombotic pathway in endothelial cells drive the hypercoagulable state induced by trauma and critical illness	13
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 trial	13
Authors’ response to “Letter regarding fresh whole blood from walking blood banks for patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis”	13
Data Resources for Evaluating the Economic and Financial Consequences of Surgical Care in the United States	13
Meetings/Courses	13
Femoral vascular access for endovascular resuscitation	13
Letter to editor re: A multicenter validation of the modified brain injury guidelines: Are they safe and effective?	13
Ventilator-associated pneumonia and intubation location in adults with traumatic injuries: Systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Relationships Between Socioeconomic Deprivation and Pediatric Firearm-Related Injury at the Neighborhood Level	13
Police transport of firearm-injured patients—more often and more injured	13
Therapeutic strategies for pseudoaneurysm following blunt liver and spleen injuries: a multicenter cohort study in the pediatric population.	13
A tale of two centers: Is low-molecular-weight heparin really superior for prevention of posttraumatic venous thromboembolism?	13
Utility of continuous pulse CO-oximetry for hemoglobin monitoring in pediatric patients with solid organ injuries at level 1 trauma centers: A pilot study	13
Meetings/Courses	13
Are rib fractures stable? An analysis of progressive rib fracture offset in the acute trauma setting	13
A new quantitative assessment method for predicting pneumonia caused by chest wall injury	13
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 guidel	13
Surgical stabilization of rib fractures versus nonoperative treatment in patients with multiple rib fractures following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an international, retrospective matched case-cont	13
Synthetic blood and blood products for combat casualty care and beyond	12
Association between type 2 diabetes and long-term outcomes in middle-aged and older trauma patients	12
Extremity trauma exacerbates acute kidney injury following prolonged hemorrhagic hypotension	12
Balloons for kids: Anatomic candidacy and optimal catheter size for pediatric resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta	12
Evaluation of vascular repair by tissue-engineered human acellular vessels or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts in a porcine model of limb ischemia and reperfusion	12
Point-of-care ultrasound for treatment and triage in austere military environments	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 Trauma	12
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 t	12
EAST Oriens Award: Why I want a career in trauma and acute care surgery	12
In depth research in “critical” limb ischemia	12
Prehospital end-tidal carbon dioxide predicts hemorrhagic shock upon emergency department arrival	12
Red line the red line: Optimizing emergency medicine physicians and surgeons collaborative roles on trauma teams	12
Intercostal liposomal bupivacaine injection for rib fractures: A prospective randomized controlled trial	12
TiME OUT: Time-specific machine-learning evaluation to optimize ultramassive transfusion	12
In-house intensivist presence does not affect mortality in select emergency general surgery patients	12
The actual, long-term cost of intentional injury care among a cohort of Maryland Medicaid recipients	12
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT FEBRUARY 2022	12
Author's reply	12
It is time to prioritize complete trauma care	12
Extracorporeal life support in trauma: Indications and techniques	12
Meetings/Courses	12
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
Use of whole blood deployment programs for mass casualty incidents: South Texas experience in regional response and preparedness	12
Missing in action: A bibliometric analysis of military research in the medical literature since 1950	11
Meetings/Courses	11
Novel therapeutic medications for venous thromboembolism prevention in trauma patients: Findings from the Consensus Conference to Implement Optimal Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Trauma	11
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 patients	11
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the geriatric research gap Delphi survey	11
Intravenous administration of mesenchymal stromal cells leads to a dose-dependent coagulopathy and is unable to attenuate acute traumatic coagulopathy in rats	11
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the Pediatric Research Gap Delphi Survey	11
Transcriptome reveals the dysfunction of pancreatic islets after wound healing in severely burned mice	11
Multicompartmental trauma alters bone marrow erythroblastic islands	11
Time is Tissue: Barriers to Timely Transfusion after Pediatric Injury	11
Novel cross-linked polysaccharide-polyelectrolyte hemostatic foam improves survival compared to CombatGauze in swine femoral artery hemorrhage model	11
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 cente	11
Choosing wisely: A prospective study of direct to operating room trauma resuscitation including real-time trauma surgeon after-action review	11
Infiltrating anti-inflammatory monocytes modulate microglial activation through toll-like receptor 4/interferon–dependent pathways following traumatic brain injury	11
Meetings/Courses	11

Immediate use cryoprecipitate products provide lasting organ protection in a rodent model of trauma/hemorrhagic shock and prolonged hypotensive resuscitation	11
Access to trauma center care: A statewide system-based approach	11
The Beirut ammonium nitrate blast: A multicenter study to assess injury characteristics and outcomes	11
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 SURGERY	11
Feasibility of conducting a military-relevant multicenter cohort study to assess outcomes of early trauma resuscitative interventions in a prolonged care civilian setting	11
Direct red blood cell effect on thrombosis is dependent on the interaction of tissue factor and calcium with membrane phosphatidylserine	11
What is the optimal management for pseudoaneurysm in splenic injury?	11
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT JUNE 2021	11
Resiliency and immunological biomarkers: Important factors in health care professionals	11
Clinical decision support for severe trauma patients: Machine learning based definition of a bundle of care for hemorrhagic shock and traumatic brain injury	11
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT NOVEMBER 2023	10
Trauma patients with type O blood exhibit unique multiomics signature with decreased lectin pathway of complement levels	10
Author response to letter to the editor: “Routine screening bronchoscopy in intubated trauma patients risks unnecessary antibiotic use without clear benefit”	10
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT OCTOBER 2024	10
Meetings/Courses	10
Evaluation of Hemostatic Devices in a Randomized Porcine Model of Junctional Hemorrhage and 72-Hour Prolonged Field Care	10
Reply to: “A multifaceted virus. Nonreducible and strangulated effects of COVID-19”	10
Meetings/Courses	10
SIRT1 downregulation in pneumonia is associated with an immature neutrophil response and increased disease severity	10
Lobe salvage operation with rib fixation in patient with right middle lobe rupture and lung impalement	10
Intensive care unit readmission in injured older adults: Modifiable risk factors and implications	10
Meetings/Courses	10
Recovery after moderate to severe TBI and factors influencing functional outcome: What you need to know	10
Falls from ladders: Injury patterns and outcomes	10
Letter re: “Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and resuscitative thoracotomy are associated with similar outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest”	10
Dose-dependent association between blood transfusion and nosocomial infections in trauma patients: A secondary analysis of patients from the PAMPer trial	10
Reducing low-value interhospital transfers for mild traumatic brain injury	10
A heterogenous population of extracellular vesicles mobilize to the alveoli postinjury	10
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 Ghasemian	10
Development and validation of a Bayesian network predicting neurosurgical intervention after injury in children and adolescents	10
Meetings/Courses	10
Critical traumatic brain injury is associated with worse coagulopathy	10
Association between geospatial access to trauma center care and motor vehicle crash mortality in the United States	10
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction in polytrauma patients	10
Rethinking protocolized completion angiography following extremity vascular trauma: A prospective observational multicenter trial	10
Futility thresholds, too simple	10
Editor-in-Chief Editorial	10
MEETINGS/COURSES	10
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 chil	10
Comparison of phenobarbital monotherapy to a benzodiazepine-based regimen for management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in trauma patients	10
The cost of doing business in the modern world: Our readiness imperative	9
Does preperitoneal packing increase venous thromboembolim risk among trauma patients? A prospective multicenter analysis across 17 level I trauma centers	9
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	9
Maintaining a whole blood-centered transfusion improves survival in hemorrhagic resuscitation	9
Cell-free mitochondria are detected in high concentrations in the plasma of orthopedic trauma patients	9
Blunt adrenal gland injury: The impact of extra-abdominal injury	9
Rib fixation in non–ventilator-dependent chest wall injuries: A prospective randomized trial	9
Ketamine for acute pain after trauma: A pragmatic, randomized clinical trial	9
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 scale	9
Value in acute care surgery, Part 1: Methods of quantifying cost	9
Diagnosis and management of blunt cardiac injury: What you need to know	9
Early major fracture care in polytrauma—priorities in the context of concomitant injuries: A Delphi consensus process and systematic review	9
Prehospital synergy: Tranexamic acid and blood transfusion in patients at risk for hemorrhage	9
Early posttraumatic brain injury tranexamic acid prevents blood-brain barrier hyperpermeability and improves surrogates of neuroclinical recovery	9
Using implementation science to decrease variation and high opioid administration in a surgical ICU	9
Prolonged hourly neurological examinations are associated with increased delirium and no discernible benefit in mild/moderate geriatric traumatic brain injury	9
Anatomy of the interchondral joints and the effects on mobility of ribs	9
Acute kidney injury in the acute care surgery patient: What you need to know	9
Early metabolic support for critically ill trauma patients: A prospective randomized controlled trial	9
Postinjury platelet aggregation and venous thromboembolism	9
Firearm violence against children in the United States: Trends in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic	9
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 fractures	9
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 program	9
The patient’s voice matters: The impact of advance directives on elderly trauma patients	9
Damage-control orthopedics or early total care: What you need to know	9
Diagnosis and management of acute mesenteric ischemia: What you need to know	9
Why are there no data? Critically ill patients deserve better protection from both regulatory authorities and surgeons	9
Use of tourniquet in France: Advances in military and civilian settings	9
MEETINGS/COURSES	9
Correlation analysis of salivary cytokines and hormones with resiliency	9
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the trauma systems and informatics panel Delphi survey	9
Goals of care are rarely discussed prior to potentially futile trauma transfer: Is it okay to say “No”?	9
The nuanced nature of grading pancreas injuries: Response to letter to the editor	9
Current use and utility of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and pancreatic duct stents: A secondary analysis from the Western Trauma Associa	9
The physiology of failure: Identifying risk factors for mortality in emergency general surgery patients using a regional health system integrated electronic medical record	9
Cryoprecipitate attenuates the endotheliopathy of trauma in mice subjected to hemorrhagic shock and trauma	9
When is enough enough? Odds of survival by unit transfused	9
Plasma thrombin generation kinetics vary by injury pattern and resuscitation characteristics in pediatric and young adult trauma patients	9
The impact of transfusion kinetics on the inflammatory response following major injury	8
Management of spinal trauma in pregnant patients: A systematic review of the literature	8
Blood Banking Considerations in Pediatric Trauma	8
Opioid sparing effect of ketamine in military prehospital pain management—A retrospective study	8
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the regulatory challenges Delphi survey	8
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR CME CREDIT MARCH 2025	8
Prospective derivation and validation of a necrotizing soft tissue infections score: An EASTmulticenter trial	8
Type-specific whole blood still has a role in the era of low-titer O universal donor transfusion for severe trauma hemorrhage	8
The impact of postoperative enteral nutrition on duodenal injury outcomes: A post hoc analysis of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial	8
Surgical management of costal margin rupture associated with intercostal hernia: Evolution of techniques	8
Whether sternum fractures increase the injury severity in patients with thoracic vertebral fracture needs further evaluation	8
Association of pre- and postinjury mental health with long-term clinical and financial outcomes	8
It doesn't hurt as long as I don't move: Aligning pain assessment in patients with rib fractures with mobilization needed for recovery	8
Does delayed operation increase morbidity and mortality? An analysis of emergency general surgery procedures	8
Fat embolism syndrome after trauma: What you need to know	8
Early lyophilized cryoprecipitate enhances the ADAMTS13/VWF ratio to reduce systemic endotheliopathy and lessen lung injury in a mouse multiple-trauma hemorrhage model	8
Surgeon-performed ultrasound for the staging of acute diverticulitis: Preliminary results of a prospective study	8