Infections in penetrating trauma are proportional to object velocity, hence war injuries (e.g., assault rifles and bombs) have higher rates of infection than civilian weapons ...

Penetrating Trauma: 8% of patients with penetrating injuries had a systolic blood pressure of less than 90mmHg, and 13% had a shock index greater than one, indicating an increased risk of death.

The trauma team evaluates more than 6,000 trauma activations per year. Approximately 20 percent of admitted trauma patients are penetrating trauma patients. Fellows have abundant clinical material to ...

Hypoxemia is infrequent during early trauma care and unaffected by oxygen strategy, ... Eligible patients had blunt or penetrating trauma and were expected to stay in the hospital for > 24 hours.

The trauma center saw gunshot and stabbing victims, but Collins said it only makes up about 13% of the injuries the hospital treats. “The penetrating trauma that gets a lot of the glory on the ...

Chief of trauma and surgical care, Timothy Nunez, said a 20 to 30-percent increase overall in volume. “We have also seen an increase of a couple percentage points of our penetrating trauma, ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Trauma surgeons and physicians at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital say they’ve seen a positive response after starting their hospital-based violence ...