Publications by authors named "Joongsuck Kim"
Purpose: Recent advancements in interventional radiology have made angioembolization an invaluable modality in trauma care. Angioembolization is typically performed by interventional radiologists. In this study, we aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of emergency angioembolization performed by trauma surgeons.
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- Severe abdominal injuries often require quick surgical responses, and a study at Jeju Regional Trauma Center evaluated the effectiveness and outcomes of emergency department (ED) versus operating room (OR) laparotomies from 2020 to 2022.
- Out of 105 trauma patients who had laparotomies, only 6 underwent ED laparotomies, which showed a high mortality rate of 66.7%, compared to 17.1% for OR laparotomies; however, those in the ED group received quicker treatment.
- Despite the higher mortality, the significantly shorter time to surgery in the ED (28.5 minutes) versus the OR (104 minutes) highlights the urgent nature of these cases, particularly for patients with severe
Background: Within the trauma system, the emergency department (ED) is the hospital's first contact and is vital for allocating medical resources. However, there is generally limited information about patients that die in the ED.
Objective: The aim of this study was to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict trauma mortality and analyze pertinent mortality factors for all patients visiting the ED.
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- REBOA is a critical procedure for trauma patients that requires well-trained medical staff due to its risks, including high mortality and complications.
- The study used CUSUM analysis to track the learning curve and outcomes related to mortality and aortic occlusion time for patients treated between 2017 and 2021 in Korea, comparing two periods: pre-trauma center and trauma center.
- Results showed that after treating 17 patients during the trauma center phase, there was a noticeable improvement in both mortality rates and aortic occlusion times, demonstrating the effectiveness of monitoring techniques like CUSUM in evaluating performance.
Background: Physical trauma-related mortality places a heavy burden on society. Estimating the mortality risk in physical trauma patients is crucial to enhance treatment efficiency and reduce this burden. The most popular and accurate model is the Injury Severity Score (ISS), which is based on the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), an anatomical injury severity scoring system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of laparoscopy for pediatric patients with abdominal trauma. Relevant articles were obtained by searching the MEDLINE PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases until 7 December 2021. Meta-analyses were performed using odds ratio (OR) for binary outcomes, standardized mean differences (SMDs) for continuous outcome measures, and overall proportion for single proportional outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the ultrasonographic variation of the diameter of the inferior vena cava (IVC), internal jugular vein (IJV), subclavian vein (SCV), and femoral vein (FV) to predict fluid responsiveness in critically ill patients. Relevant articles were obtained by searching PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases (articles up to 21 October 2021). The number of true positives, false positives, false negatives, and true negatives for the index test to predict fluid responsiveness was collected.
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