Context Hypertonic fluids restore cerebral perfusion with reduced cerebral edema and
modulate inflammatory response to reduce subsequent neuronal injury and thus have potential …

Background: Trauma is a leading cause of morbidity, potential years of life lost and health
care expenditure in Canada and around the world. Trauma systems have been established …

Background: A massive hemorrhage protocol (MHP) enables rapid delivery of blood components
in a patient who is exsanguinating pending definitive hemorrhage control, but there is …

Background Emergency general surgery patients are at an increased risk for morbidity and
mortality compared to their elective surgery counterparts. The complex nature of emergency …

Objective Prior studies suggest adverse associations between out-of-hospital advanced airway
management (AAM) and patient outcomes after major trauma. This secondary analysis of …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common and debilitating. Randomized trials of interventions
for TBI ideally assess effectiveness by using long-term functional neurological outcomes, but …

Objectives Relatively little is known about the context and location of firearm injury events.
Using a prospective cohort of trauma patients, we describe and compare severe firearm injury …

Purpose Initial investigation of the impact of a Cancer Survivorship Clinic following its
introduction in February 2017. Methods A systematic chart review of 176 patients enrolled in the …

Background Most of the literature on emergency general surgery (EGS) has investigated
appendiceal and biliary disease; however, EGS surgeons manage many other complex …

Background: Access to the operating room (OR) is variable among emergency general surgery
(EGS) services, with some having dedicated EGS ORs, and others only a shared queue. …