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NewsSteroids may cut pneumonia risk in trauma patients
Patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit with multiple traumas and received low doses of hydrocortisone for seven days had a 15 percent lower risk of developing hospital-acquired Read more...
Trauma patients have greater chance of survival on weekends
Patients who have been injured in car or bike crashes, shot or stabbed, or suffered other traumas are more likely to live if they arrived at the hospital on the weekend--rather than during the week, Read more...
Delayed trauma transfers don't leave patients worse off
While Illinois hospitals are routinely taking more time than what the state has deemed necessary to transfer trauma patients to higher level care facilities, researchers believe that it's the state's Read more...
Study: EMS less likely to bring elderly to trauma centers
For reasons that aren't clear, it seems that emergency medical services workers may be substantially less likely to bring elderly trauma patients to a trauma center, according to findings from a new Read more...
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