Contemporary Management of Traumatic Duodenal Injuries.

Background: Traumatic duodenal injury is a rare, potentially devastating condition with challenging management decisions. Contemporary literature on operative management of duodenal injury is lacking. The purpose of this study is to assess optimal management strategies based on outcomes of patients with traumatic duodenal injury at a single trauma center.

The Impact of Integrating Palliative Medicine Into COVID-19 Critical Care.

Background: Ensuring high-quality patient-centered care for critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients presents unprecedented challenges. Many patients become critically ill unexpectedly and have not previously discussed their health-care wishes. Clinicians lack experience with this illness and therefore struggle to predict patient outcomes.