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Data Cafe Insights: 2023 ESO Trauma Index Overview

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The 2023 ESO Trauma Index offers a detailed analysis of current trends and benchmarks in trauma care, setting a new standard for improvement. Antibiotics and Open Long Bone Fractures: The 2023 Index points out that 67.3% of patients with open long bone fractures receive antibiotics within the critical first 60 minutes of ED arrival.

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Threading the Needle: Bougie-First Intubation

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A medical librarian with expertise in systematic reviews, searched Cochrane, Embase, Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science for relevant randomized controlled trials and comparative observational studies from inception to June 2023. Included patients from out-of-hospital, emergency department, intensive care unit, and operating-room intubations.

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EM@3AM: Retroperitoneal Hematoma

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Disposition: Consider ICU for many patients, especially if any signs of instability or repeatedly requiring blood products. All patients typically require admission for a new spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma for monitoring and decisions regarding when or if to restart anticoagulation. Mortality can varies between 5-20%.

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Brazilian Butt Lift Procedure Can Result in Emergency Department Visits

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A search for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) on any social media platform will yield thousands of before-and-after images, faja sales, operating room videos, recovery tips, and patients praising their plastic surgeon. As a result, our current data on AFT complications likely underestimates the actual incidence. units per patient.