High positive end-expiratory pressure ventilation mitigates the progression from unilateral pulmonary contusion to ARDS: An animal study.

Background: Pulmonary contusion (PC) is common in severely traumatized patients and can lead to respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation (MV). Ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) might aggravate lung damage. Despite underrepresentation of trauma patients in trials on lung-protective MV, results are extrapolated to these patients, potentially disregarding important pathophysiological differences.

Mortality With and Without Whole-Body CT in Severely Injured Children.

Background: The choice of imaging modality-the use of whole-body computed tomography (WB-CT) versus a step-wise diagnostic procedure-in injured children is controversial. In this study we availed ourselves of data from the TR-DGU, the trauma registry of the German Society for Trauma Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie), to investigate whether the use of WB-CT improves the outcome.

Methods: The TR-DGU data from the period 2012-2021 were evaluated.

Detection of posttraumatic pneumothorax using electrical impedance tomography-An observer-blinded study in pigs with blunt chest trauma.

Introduction: Posttraumatic pneumothorax (PTX) is often overseen in anteroposterior chest X-ray. Chest sonography and Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) can both be used at the bedside and may provide complementary information. We evaluated the performance of EIT for diagnosing posttraumatic PTX in a pig model.

Structural effects of variation in the human clavicle.

Objectives: Purported evolutionary shifts in shoulder structure have been linked to changes in hominin behavior and adaptation. Researchers use clavicle morphology to infer these shifts. However, there is a lack of empirical data underlying such predictive relationships.

Whole-Body CT in Multiple Trauma Patients: Clinically Adapted Usage of Differently Weighted CT Protocols.

Purpose:  Whole-body CT (wbCT) has been established as an internationally accepted diagnostic modality in multiple trauma. Until 2011, a uniform CT scanning protocol was used for all multiple trauma patients (pat.) at our hospital (OLD protocol = OP).