Eric Goralnick, MD, MS; Muhammad A. Chaudhary, MD; Justin C. McCarty, DO; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2018;153(9):791-799. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1099
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the effectiveness of different instructional point-of-care interventions and in-person training for hemorrhage control and assesses skill retention 3 to 9 months after hemorrhage control training.
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Invited Commentary
Optimizing Bleeding Control Training for the Public: A National Imperative
Eileen M. Bulger, MD; Mark L. Gestring, MD; Lenworth M. Jacobs, MD
JAMA Surg
Tuan D. Le, MD, DrPH; Jennifer M. Gurney, MD; Nina S. Nnamani, MS; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2018;153(9):800-807. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1166
This cohort study describes nonbattle injury among US service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, quantifies absolute numbers of nonbattle injuries and proportion of nonbattle injuries within the Department of Defense Trauma Registry, and documents the characteristics of this injury category.
Marta Sandini, MD; Manuel Pati艌o, MD; Cristina R. Ferrone, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2018;153(9):809-815. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0979
This cohort study evaluates the changes in the amount of muscular and adipose tissue before and after neoadjuvant therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer.
Kepal N. Patel, MD; Trevor E. Angell, MD; Joshua Babiarz, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2018;153(9):817-824. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1153
This cohort study assesses the performance of a genomic sequencing classifier for preoperative diagnosis of cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules compared with blinded expert histopathology diagnoses.
Ruchika Goel, MD, MPH; Eshan U. Patel, MPH; Melissa M. Cushing, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2018;153(9):826-833. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1565
This cohort study uses ACS-NSQUIP registry data to examine the association between perioperative red blood cell transfusions and postoperative venous thromboembolism within 30 days of surgery among North American patients undergoing surgery.
Kathryn Puxty, MBChB, MRCP, FRCA, FFICM, MD; Philip McLoone, BSc; Tara Quasim, MBChB, FRCS(Ed), FRCA, FFICM, MPH, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2018;153(9):834-840. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1571
This cohort study compares admission characteristics and survival outcomes in intensive care unit patients with and without cancer who undergo surgery.
Scott A. LeMaire, MD; Lin Zhang, MS; Wei Luo, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2018;153(9):e181804. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1804
This mouse study examines the effect of ciprofloxacin on aortic aneurysm and dissection development in mice.
Tyler S. Wahl, MD, MSPH; Laura A. Graham, PhD, MPH; Melanie S. Morris, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2018;153(9):e182009. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.2009
This population-based study examines the outcomes of acute kidney injury and readmission in patients with preoperative proteinuria.