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. 2009 Feb;53(2):198-207.
doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.03.023. Epub 2008 Apr 24.

Trauma surgery: discipline in crisis

Steven M Green  1
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Trauma surgery: discipline in crisis

Steven M Green. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Feb.

Abstract

Throughout the past quarter century, there have been slow but dramatic changes in the nature and practice of trauma surgery, and this field increasingly faces potent economic, logistic, political, and workforce challenges. Patients and emergency physicians have much to lose by this budding crisis in our partner discipline. This article reviews the specific issues confronting trauma surgery, their historical context, and the potential directions available to this discipline. Implications of these issues for emergency physicians and for trauma care overall are discussed.

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  • Full life support for acute care surgery.
    Exadaktylos AK. Exadaktylos AK. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Sep;54(3):478; author reply 480-1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.06.475. Ann Emerg Med. 2009. PMID: 19695425 No abstract available.
  • Trauma surgery crisis.
    Stone JR. Stone JR. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Sep;54(3):478-9; author reply 480-1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.02.022. Ann Emerg Med. 2009. PMID: 19695426 No abstract available.
  • The future of trauma surgery.
    Grossman MD. Grossman MD. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Sep;54(3):479-80; author reply 480-1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.034. Ann Emerg Med. 2009. PMID: 19695427 No abstract available.

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