A5010645214- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Global Health and Surgery
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Ocular and Laser Science Research
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
- Ear and Head Tumors
- Cancer and Skin Lesions
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Hip and Femur Fractures
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
2020-2021
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center
2021
NorthShore University HealthSystem
2021
New York University
2017-2019
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
2013
Abstract Objective Injury‐related morbidity and mortality is an important emergency medicine public health challenge in the United States. Here we describe epidemiology of traumatic injury presenting to U.S. departments ( ED s), define changes types causes among elderly young, characterize role trauma centers teaching hospitals providing care, estimate overall economic burden treating such injuries. Methods We conducted a secondary retrospective, repeated cross‐sectional study Nationwide...
A federal assault weapons ban has been proposed as a way to reduce mass shootings in the United States. The Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 made manufacture and civilian use defined set automatic semiautomatic large capacity magazines illegal. expired 2004. period from 2004 serves single-arm pre-post observational study assess effectiveness this policy intervention.Mass shooting data for 1981 2017 were obtained three well-documented, referenced, open-source sets data, based on media...
Abstract Background Current staging systems do not specifically address cutaneous adnexal carcinomas with eccrine differentiation. Due to their rarity, prognosis and management strategies are well established. A population‐based study was performed determine prognostic factors survival. Methods Patients diagnosed differentiation were identified using the surveillance, epidemiology, end results cancer registry. Associations between risk factors, treatment modalities, survival calculated...
Firearm-related injuries cause significant morbidity and mortality in the United States (US), consuming resources fueling political public health discourse. Most analyses of firearm are based on fatality statistics. Here, we describe epidemiology presenting to US emergency departments (EDs). We performed a retrospective study Healthcare Cost Utilization Program Nationwide Emergency Department Survey (NEDS) from 2009 2012. NEDS is largest all-payer ED survey containing approximately 30...
Traumatic injury is the leading cause of paediatric morbidity and mortality in USA. We present updated national data on emergency department (ED) discharges for traumatic a recent 7-year period.We conducted descriptive epidemiological analysis Nationwide Emergency Department Sample Survey, largest most comprehensive database USA, 2006-2012. Among children adolescents, we tracked changes mechanism severity, cost care, intent role trauma centres.There was an 8.3% (95% CI 7.7 to 8.9) decrease...
Abstract Introduction Electrical injuries represent 0.4–3.2% of admissions to burn units and are responsible for >500 deaths per year in the United States. Approximately half occur workplace fourth leading cause work-related-traumatic death. The extent injury can be drastically underestimated by total body surface area percentage (TBSA). Along with cutaneous burns, high voltage electrical lead necrosis muscle, bone, nervous tissue, blood vessels. Aggressive management allows patient...