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TRLLC welcomes Penrose Hospital, and new staff Catherine and Diane!

Trauma Research, LLC is excited to announce a new partnership with Penrose Hospital, in Colorado Springs, CO.  Penrose Hospital is part of Centura Health, and is currently a level II trauma center.

We are also welcoming Catherine Koola as a clinical epidemiologist and Diane Redmond as a study coordinator for Penrose Hospital.

We look forward to future multi-center studies across all of our affiliate trauma centers!

5 studies to be presented at this year’s AAST meeting in Waikoloa, HI

Abstract acceptance notifications have now been sent out for the The 75th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST).

Trauma Research, LLC will be presenting five studies at this year’s meeting, which will be held at the Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, HI September 14-17, 2016. Abstract information is found below. Congrats to all researchers on acceptances!

Severity Of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Is Associated With Morbidity But Not Mortality Or Injury Characteristics In Trauma Patients. Kristin Salottolo, MPH; Emmett McGuire, MD; Matthew Carrick, MD; Charles W. Mains, MD, David Bar-Or, MD. Presented as a poster presentation on Wednesday, September 14th.

Utility Of The Modified Early Warning Score For Interfacility Transfer Of Patients With Traumatic Injury. Kristin Salottolo, MPH; Jacob Johnson, RN; Matthew Carrick, MD; Mark Gamber, DO; David Bar-Or, MD. Presented as a poster presentation on Wednesday, September 14th.

The Low Molecular Weight Fraction Of Human Serum Albumin (HSA) Inhibits Nfκ B Signaling. Melissa Hausburg, PhD; Elizabeth Frederick, PhD; Gregory Thomas, BS; Leonard Rael, MS; Matthew Carrick, MD; Charles W. Mains, MD; Denetta S. Slone, MD;. David Bar-Or, MD. Presented as a poster presentation on Wednesday, September 14th.

The Low Molecular Weight Fraction Of Human Serum Albumin As A Potential Therapeutic For Inflammatory Conditions Due To Its Role In The COX2 Pathway. Elizabeth Frederick, PhD; Melissa Hausburg, PhD; Leonard Rael, MS; Gregory Thomas, BS; Matthew Carrick, MD; Charles W. Mains, MD; Denetta S. Slone, MD;. David Bar-Or, MD. Presented as a poster presentation on Wednesday, September 14th.

Plasma Of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage And Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome Patients Increases Brain Endothelial Permeability In Vitro. Gregory Thomas, BS; Leonard Rael, MS; Jan Leonard, MSPH; Matthew Carrick, MD; Denetta S. Slone, MD; Charles W. Mains, MD; Jeffrey Wagner, MD. Presented as a poster presentation on Wednesday, September 14th.

68th Annual AAN meeting in Vancouver, BC

This year’s American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meeting was held in beautiful Vancouver BC, and attended by epidemiologists Jan Leonard and Kristin Salottolo, and clinicians Judd Jensen MD, Russell Bartt MD, Amy Jensen NP, and Meagan Murgel, MS, FNP-C

. We presented 5 posters, an e-poster, and 2 podium presentations over the course of the 6 day conference.

Below, the view from the Vancouver Convention Center!

Details of the accepted abstracts can be found under presentations. Congrats to the entire team on this success!
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Another successful ISC for the books!

Five posters and a podium presentation were presented during the three day International Stroke Conference held in Los Angeles. A special thanks to Drs. Don Frei, Judd Jensen, and Katie McCarthy for helping present our research!

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Multiple presentations at the American Academy of Neurology

The American Academy of Neurology acceptance notifications are rolling in! So far 7 of 8 abstracts have been accepted- including a dual podium presentation, an e-poster presentation, and 6 poster presentations.

The 68th AAN meeting will be held in at the Vancouver Convention Center in Vancouver BC, Canada, between April 15th and the 21st, 2016.

Details of the accepted abstracts can be found under presentations. Congrats to the entire team on this success!

2015 Holiday Party

Thanks to all that braved the weather on Tuesday evening to celebrate 17 years of Trauma Research!

 

 

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Presentation at the Eleventh World Congress on Brain Injury

Congratulations to Dr. Kim Bjugstad for her work entitled “Oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) as a rapid, easy, and reliable biomarker for traumatic brain injury” being accepted to the Eleventh World Congress on Brain Injury, to be held March 3-6, 2016, in the Hague, the Netherlands.

Research to be presented at the SFRBM conference this week!

Sending best wishes to Dr. Shifra Sela and her team as they travel to Boston to present their study describing oxidative stress induced by one hemodialysis session at the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine conference this Thursday.

 

 

New manuscript on cerebral salt wasting

Congratulations to Jan Leonard and team for publishing a new study on cerebral salt wasting (CSW), published in Scandanivan Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation, and Emergency Medicine last week.

Characterized by hyponatremia and hypovolemia, CSW is an electrolyte imbalance with nebulous symptoms and diagnostic criteria. This systematic review study aimed to review the literature on CSW within the TBI population to report the incidence and timing of CSW after TBI, examine outcomes, and summarize the biochemical changes in patients who developed CSW.

The study found incidence of CSW varied between 0.8 – 34.6 %. The populations studied were heterogeneous and the criteria used to define hyponatremia and CSW varied. Though believed to play a role in the development of CSW, increased levels of natriuretic peptides in patients diagnosed with CSW were not consistently reported.The study findings findings reinforce the elusiveness of the CSW diagnosis and the need for strict and consistent diagnostic criteria.

See you at the International Stroke Conference!

We are excited to announce we will be presenting one podium presentation and five poster presentations at the International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles, CA between February 17 – 19. See you there!

Symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Rates and Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator Treatment Time Windows: Does Treatment Window Make a Difference? Wagner J, Orlando A, Fanale C, Whaley M, McCarthy K, Jensen J, Bar-Or D. International Stroke Conference; February 2016, Los Angeles, CA.

Intraarterial Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke due to Dissection: Retrospective Series of 24 Cases. Jensen J, Salottolo K, McCarthy K, Frei D, Loy D, Wagner J, Whaley M, Bar­-Or D. International Stroke Conference; February 2016, Los Angeles, CA.

Time is Brain: Standardized Neuro-Interventional Thrombectomy Protocols lead to Faster Recanalization Times. Frei D, Caputo LM, McCarthy K, Salottolo K, Bar-Or D. International Stroke Conference; February 2016, Los Angeles, CA.

Pre-mixing tPA: Moving Past Gestalt. McCarthy K, Caputo LM, Whaley M, Fanale C, Bar-Or D. International Stroke Conference; February 2016, Los Angeles, CA.

Intraarterial Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Analysis of Outcomes of Dissection vs. Non­Dissection Mechanism in 445 patients. Jensen J, Salottolo K, McCarthy L, Loy D, Frei D, Wagner J,  Whaley M, Bar-­Or D. International Stroke Conference; February 2016, Los Angeles, CA.

Impact of Transfer Status into a Comprehensive Stroke Center on Outcomes among Intra-Arterial Therapy Patients. Frei D, Leonard J, Jensen J, Whaley M, McCarthy K, Wagner J, Bar-Or D. International Stroke Conference; February 2016, Los Angeles, CA.