Session I - Polytrauma Thursday, October 5, 2006

Resuscitation Prior to Stabilization of Femoral Fractures Limits ARDS in Polytrauma Patients Despite Low Utilization of Damage Control Orthopaedics

Robert O'Toole, MD¹(n); Michael O'Brien, MD¹ (n); Nader Habashi, MD² (n); Andrew N. Pollak, MD¹ (n); Clifford Turen, MD¹ (n);

¹R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;

²R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Thurs., 10/5/06 Polytrauma, Paper #2, 2:21 pm

Transfer Patterns to a Level I Trauma Center: Reasons for Transfer and Risk Factors for Dumping

Charles A. Goldfarb, MD (*); Michael Lu, BS (*);

Joseph Borrelli, MD (a-AONA); William Ricci, MD (a,e-Smith+Nephew);

Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes Jewish Hospital,

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Thurs., 10/5/06 Polytrauma, Paper #3, 2:27 pm

The Effect of an Orthopedic Trauma Room on After-Hours Surgery at a Level I Trauma Center

John. J. Wixted, MD (n); Mark A. Reed, MD (*); Bryce Millar, MD (n); Richard C. Anderson, MD (n); Kaushik Bagchi, MD (n);

Shubjeet Kaur, MD (*); Walter J. Leclair, MD (n);

University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Thurs., 10/5/06 Polytrauma, Paper #4, 2:39 pm

Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of Lower Extremity Injury-Severity Scores and Their Association with Functional Outcomes

Thuan V. Ly, MD¹ (n); Thomas G. Travison, PhD² (n);

Renan C. Castillo, MS³ (n); Michael J. Bosse, MD¹ (n);

Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD³ (n); LEAP Study Group;

¹Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA;

²New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA;

³Center for Injury Research & Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of

Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Thurs., 10/5/06 Polytrauma, Paper #5, 2:45 pm

"Statistical Difference" Does NOT Mean Clinically Important! An Evaluation of Orthopaedic Trauma Randomized Trials

Jinsil Sung, MD¹ (n); Judith Siegel, MD¹ (n); Paul Tornetta, MD¹ (n);

Mohit Bhandari, MD² (n);

¹Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;

²McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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· The FDA has not cleared this drug and/or medical device for the use described in this presentation (i.e., the drug or medical device is being discussed for an "off label" use). · · FDA information not available at time of printing.