Critical considerations to facilitate multidisciplinary care for survivors of firearm injury

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Virginia McCarthy et al. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2025.

. 2025 Feb 18;10(1):e001723.

doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001723. eCollection 2025.

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.

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Keywords: Firearms; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.

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Firearm injury survivors report extreme high risk for poor physical and mental health outcomes early after hospital discharge necessitating multidisciplinary care.
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