Exploring surgeon behavioural factors impacting the quality of care: protocol for a scoping review.

Introduction: Modern surgery incorporates many aspects of care, including preoperative workup, surgical management and multidisciplinary collaboration to achieve favourable outcomes and high patient satisfaction. Current literature identifies variability in surgical practice and quality of care. The objective of this study is to fill the gap in the literature by identifying modifiable surgeon behavioural factors influencing the quality of care and to identify interventions and policies that modify these factors.

Initial CT Imaging Predicts Mortality in Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries in Pediatric Population-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The purpose of this systematic review was to analyze evidence based on existing studies on the ability of initial CT imaging to predict mortality in severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in pediatric patients. An experienced librarian searched for all existing studies based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The studies were screened by two blinded reviewers.