Intensive Care Physician-Led Clearance of the Cervical Spine: A Retrospective Review of the Utility of a Normal Cervical CT Scan for Safe Removal of Hard Collars by Critical Care Physicians.

Cervical spine clearance in intubated patients due to blunt trauma remains contentious. Accumulating evidence suggests that a normal computed tomography (CT) cervical spine can be used to clear the cervical spine and remove the collar in unconscious patients presenting to the emergency department. However, whether this strategy can safely be employed by critical care physicians with intubated patients admitted to the trauma intensive care unit (TICU) with cervical collars in situ, has not been definitively studied.

Diagnosis, management and outcome of Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormalities (SCIWORA) in adult patients with trauma: a case series.

Background: Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) in adults causes diagnostic and prognostic dilemma as radiography and/or computed tomography does not clearly detect bone lesions during the initial assessment. Herein, we report our experience on 11 spinal cord injury cases without radiographic abnormality, regarding the clinicoradiological features, management, and outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a case series of adult patients with SCIWORA who were admitted at the level 1 trauma center at Hamad General Hospital from January 2008 to July 2018.

Adrenal Gland Trauma: An Observational Descriptive Analysis from a Level 1-Trauma Center.

Introduction: We aimed to describe the presentation, classification, and outcome of traumatic adrenal injury in a single Level-1 trauma center.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to include all patients identified to have adrenal trauma from 2011 to 2014. Data were retrieved from charts and electronic medical records for all patients with adrenal trauma with a 3-year follow-up for mortality.

The use of Indocyanine green fluorescent in patients with abdominal trauma for better intraoperative decision-making and less bowel anastomosis leak: case series.

Despite technological advances in the management of blunt abdominal trauma, the rate of bowel anastomotic leakage (AL) remains high. The etiology of AL is multifactorial, but insufficient blood perfusion is considered to play a substantial role in the pathogenesis. In recent years, angiography with Indocyanine green (ICG), a fluorescent dye, has been introduced in the clinical practice to assess organ perfusion in several conditions.

Complications following chest tube insertion pre-and post-implementation of guidelines in patients with chest trauma: A retrospective, observational study.

Background: The need to evacuate the chest after a penetrating wound was first recognized in the 18 century. Most thoracic injuries are treated with tube thoracostomy (TT) which refers to the insertion of a TT into the pleural cavity to drain air, blood, pus, or other fluids. However, TT has been challenged in the trauma care due to insertional, positional, or infective complications.

Evolution of The Qatar Trauma System: The Journey from Inception to Verification.

Traumatic injuries accounted for substantial burden of morbidity and mortality (M and M) worldwide. Despite better socioeconomic conditions and living standards, the incidence of trauma is rising in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of the high fatality rate in young economically productive adults in our region.

Traumatic sternal injury in patients with rib fracture: A single-center experience.

Purpose: We aimed to assess the pattern and impact of sternal injury with rib fracture in a Level 1 trauma center.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of trauma registry data to identify patients who presented with sternal fracture between 2010 and 2017. Data were analyzed and compared in patients with and without rib fracture.

Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage due to motor vehicle crash versus fall from height: a 4-year epidemiologic study.

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is difficult to estimate the real incidence of traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (TSAH). Although TSAH after trauma is associated with poor prognoses, the impact of mechanism of injury (MOI) and the pathophysiology remains unknown.

Traumatic brain injury in Qatar: age matters--insights from a 4-year observational study.

Background: Overall traumatic brain injury (TBI) incidence and related death rates vary across different age groups. Objectives. To evaluate the incidence, causes, and outcome of TBI in adolescents and young adult population in Qatar.

Presentation and outcome of traumatic spinal fractures.

Background: Motor vehicle crashes and falls account for most of the spine fractures with subsequent serious disability.

Aim: To define the incidence, causes, and outcome of spinal fractures.

Materials And Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from trauma registry database of all traumatic spinal injuries admitted to the section of trauma surgery in Qatar from November 2007 to December 2009.