Publications by authors named "Nathaniael Poulin"
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
February 2015
Article Synopsis
- - A new registry called the PROspective Vascular Injury Treatment (PROOVIT) was created to track in-hospital and long-term outcomes related to vascular injuries, which are serious types of trauma.
- - The study collected data on 542 vascular injuries from 14 trauma centers, showing that most patients were male (70.5%) and had significant injuries, with a variety of types of arterial and major venous injuries recorded.
- - Treatment approaches varied, with over half of the cases managed nonoperatively, and notable outcomes included a 12.7% hospital mortality rate and a 7.7% rate of amputations for extremity injuries.
