Carbon footprint in trauma surgery, is there a way to reduce it?

Background: Inhaled anaesthetic agents like sevoflurane contribute for approximately 5% to healthcare's carbon footprint. Previous studies suggested that the use of these agents should be minimized. Although multiple trauma surgeries can be performed under regional anaesthesia, most are performed under general anaesthesia.

Social admissions in older trauma patients, not just a one night stay.

Purpose: Older trauma patients (65 years or older), who suffer minor or moderate injury for which immediate hospitalization is not strictly indicated, are often admitted to the hospital due to a self-sufficiency problem. Although hospitalization is expensive and associated with risks, little is known about the course of such a social admission. Therefore, the aim of this study was to clarify the course and outcome of social admissions.

[Falling from a height: Psychiatric comorbidity and complications].

Objective: To investigate whether a mental disorder increases the occurrence of complications in patients after 'a fall from a height'.

Design: Retrospective descriptive study.

Methods: Data on all patients admitted following a 'fall from a height' in the period 2004-2012 was retrieved from the trauma registry of the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Abdominal injuries after high falls: high incidence and increased mortality.

Background: Falls from height are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Injuries to the extremities and head are common. However, little has been reported on abdominal injuries or their treatment.

Risk factors associated with visiting or not visiting the accident & emergency department after a fall.

Background: Little is known about the prevalence of modifiable risk factors of falling in elderly persons with a fall-history who do not visit the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department after one or more falls. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of modifiable risk factors in a population that visited the A&E Department after a fall (A&E group) and in a community-dwelling population of elderly individuals with a fall history who did not visit the A&E Department after a fall (non-A&E group).

Methods: Two cohorts were included in this study.