Early 2024 Reports from Penn Trauma Continue a Traditional Focus on Practice, Advances in Care, and Nuances of Injury

In the first two months of 2024, Penn Trauma research found a concentration in the hemodynamics of trauma—the causes of traumatic bleeding, and the character and effects of its urgent treatment—as well as the issues and dilemmas that affect the daily lives of critical care practitioners.

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Concise Definitive Review: In-Hospital Violence and Its Impact on Critical Care Practitioners.

Bass GA; Chang CWJ; Winkle JM; Cecconi M; Kudchadkar SR; Akuamoah-Boateng K; Einav S; Duffy CC; Hidalgo J; Rodriquez-Vega GM; Gandra-d’Almeida AJ; Barletta JF; Kaplan LJ.

A consideration of hospital violence (HV), its effect on clinicians and patient care, initiatives to reduce HV drivers and future methods of perpetrator identification.

Delayed tranexamic acid after traumatic brain injury impedes learning and memory: Early tranexamic acid is favorable but not in sham animals

Culkin M; Coons M; Bele P; Thaploo A; Georges AP; Anderson E; Browne K; Jacovides C; Santos P; Kaplan LJ; Meaney DF; Smith DH; Pascual JL.

In a murine study, administration of tranexamic acid at 1hr following traumatic brain injury appeared beneficial for cognitive and behavioral outcomes, but application at 24 hours post-injury consistently impaired cognitive recovery.

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