Papers of September 2022

Braude found in patients aged 65 years and older admitted to major trauma centres in the UK, that assessment by a geriatrician in the first 72 hours was associated with a decreased risk of mortality?

Braude also found that geriatrician assessment was associated with an increased risk of post-injury complications?

Haishan Li randomised patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest to either abdominal compression– decompression combined with chest compression CPR, compared to standard CPR. They demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in the primary outcome of ROSC with the abdominal technique?

Gottlieb’s paper on the management of TMJ dislocations describes the traditional, Hippocratic method, of reducing dislocations to have a success rate of 86%?