Journal of the American College of Surgeons
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Digital amputation in children is a very strong indication for replantation, but little is known about the epidemiology and distribution of care for pediatric finger amputation injuries in the United States. The specific aims of this study were to examine trends in the surgical management of pediatric finger amputation injuries in the United States from 2000 to 2006, and to identify potential treatment disparities among various demographic groups. ⋯ The proportion of pediatric digit amputation injuries managed by replantation remained stable between 2000 and 2006. Whites and children with private health insurance were more likely to receive replantation than blacks, Hispanics, and children without health insurance, even after controlling for confounding factors.
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Multicenter Study
Influence of socioeconomic status on trauma center performance evaluations in a Canadian trauma system.
Trauma center performance evaluations generally include adjustment for injury severity, age, and comorbidity. However, disparities across trauma centers may be due to other differences in source populations that are not accounted for, such as socioeconomic status (SES). We aimed to evaluate whether SES influences trauma center performance evaluations in an inclusive trauma system with universal access to health care. ⋯ We observed an important variation in SES across trauma centers but no change in risk-adjusted mortality estimates when SES was added to adjustment models. Results suggest that after adjustment for injury severity, age, comorbidity, and transfer status, disparities in SES across trauma center source populations do not influence trauma center performance evaluations in a system offering universal health coverage.
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Geriatric trauma patients (GTPs) are the fastest growing segment of patients admitted to trauma centers. We examined the characteristics and outcomes of genitourinary (GU) trauma sustained by GTPs compared with nongeriatric trauma patients (NGTPs). ⋯ GTPs sustain a significant number of GU injuries. Penetrating GU injuries are less common in GTPs. Although GTPs and NGTPs had similar mean Injury Severity Scores, GTPs had more ICU admissions, longer ICU stays, and twice the mortality rate when compared with NGTPs.
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Retraction Of Publication
Retraction. Closed loop control of inspired oxygen concentration in trauma patients.