The Impact of Non-trauma Factors on Trauma Patient Mortality and Hospital Resource Utilization: Population-Based Retrospective Review.

Background: The death of trauma patients with low injury severity scores (ISS) may not be fully explained by the severity of their injuries. Our objective was to evaluate preexisting conditions (PECs) that may contribute to the mortality rate of and hospital resources consumed by patients with low ISS.

Methods: Trauma patients with ISS <9 were selected from the National Trauma Database Bank [NTDB] [2019-21].

Morbidity and Mortality of Trauma Patients 55 and Older: A Study of Nontrauma Risk Factors.

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) recommends that special considerations be made during triage of trauma patients aged ≥55 due to an observed increase in morbidity and mortality in this population. The geriatric population aged ≥65 represents 30% of all trauma patients. Our objective was to assess which pre-existing conditions (PECs) are associated with worse outcomes in trauma patients aged ≥55.

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's National Inpatient Sample.

Purpose: To identify racial/ethnic disparities in utilization rates, in-hospital outcomes and health care resource use among Non-Hispanic Whites (NHW), African Americans (AA) and Hispanics undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the United States (US).

Methods And Results: The National Inpatient Sample database was queried for patients ≥18 years of age who underwent TAVR from 2012 to 2014. The primary outcome was all-cause in hospital mortality.

Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis of the Tricuspid Valve in a Male Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome.

Valve vegetations in nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis consist of fibrin and platelet aggregates and can be related to circulating immune complexes, such as in the case of antiphospholipid syndrome. In patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome, echocardiographic studies have disclosed heart valve abnormalities in about a third of patients. Unusual associations between antiphospholipid syndrome and nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis include presentation as an intracardiac mass compatible with a myxoma on imaging studies, as well as isolated involvement of the tricuspid valve.