ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 637–643© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Trauma registries have been designed to serve a …

Objective The antifibrinolytic agent tranexamic acid (TXA) has demonstrated clinical benefit
in trauma patients with severe bleeding, but its effectiveness in patients with traumatic brain …

BACKGROUND Preinjury use of antiplatelet agents (eg, clopidogrel and aspirin) is a risk
factor for increased morbidity and mortality for patients with traumatic intracranial …

Context Blunt abdominal trauma often presents a substantial diagnostic challenge. Well-
informed clinical examination can identify patients who require further diagnostic evaluation …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Patients receiving warfarin or clopidogrel are considered at increased
risk for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage after blunt head trauma. The prevalence of …

Study objective Chest computed tomography (CT) diagnoses more injuries than chest
radiography, so-called occult injuries. Wide availability of chest CT has driven substantial …

Objectives Appropriate use of cranial computed tomography (CT) scanning in patients with
mild blunt head trauma and preinjury anticoagulant or antiplatelet use is unknown. The …

Importance Current guidelines conflict on the management of older adults who have blunt
head trauma taking anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications. This is partially due to the …

Study objective Older adults with syncope are commonly treated in the emergency
department (ED). We seek to derive a novel risk-stratification tool to predict 30-day serious …

Study objective With increased use of chest computed tomography (CT) in trauma
evaluation, traditional teachings in regard to rib fracture morbidity and mortality may no …