Risk factors and mortality associated with undertriage at a level I safety-net trauma center: a retrospective study.

Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to determine the risk factors associated with undertriage and the risk factors for mortality among the undertriaged patients at a level I safety-net trauma center.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed of all trauma patients who presented to a level I safety-net trauma center with an injury severity score >15 over a 2-year period (2013-2014). Univariate and multivariate regression analyses were used to determine the risk factors predictive of undertriage in major trauma patients (injury severity score >15) and of mortality in undertriaged patients.

Spontaneous compartment syndrome of the upper arm in a patient receiving anticoagulation therapy.

Background: Compartment syndrome is a condition in which elevated pressures within an osseofascial compartment cause vascular compromise, leading to ischemia and possible necrosis. It commonly occurs after a traumatic event (e.g.

A case of Takayasu arteritis causing subclavian steal and presenting as syncope.

The American Heart Association website defines syncope as "temporary loss of consciousness and posture." Syncope is a common presentation to the Emergency Department (ED). Although case reports of subclavian steal syndrome (SSS) from Takayasu arteritis (TA) and of TA causing syncope have been rarely reported in the literature, our MEDLINE search revealed no published description of the three entities of SSS, TA, and syncope presenting simultaneously.