• A rapid market survey on the availability of car seats in Qatar Implications for child passenger safety 

      Consunji, Rafael; Malik, Shahnaz; Allen, Katharine A.; Mehmood, Amber; Tariq, Tooba; Hyder, Adnan A.; Al-Thani, Hassan; Peralta, Rubén (Qatar Medical Journal, 2019)
      Despite the high income level in Arabian Gulf countries, people in the region need to improve their use of child restraint systems (CRSs) to reduce the incidence of preventable injuries to child automobile passengers. ...
    • Development of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in older and young adult trauma patients 

      Báez, Amado Alejandro (International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, 2019)
      We sought out to determine the correlation between the injury severity score (ISS) and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) between severely injured young adults (18–54 years) and elderly (>55 years) patients. Materials ...
    • Evolution of the Qatar trauma system: the journey from inception to verification 

      Al‑Thani, Hassan; El‑Menyar, Ayman; Mohammad, Asim; Mollazehi, Monira; Abdelrahman, Husham; Parchani, Ashok; Consunji, Rafael; Castle, Nicholas; Ellabib, Mohamed; Al‑Hassani, Ammar; El‑Faramawy, Ahmed; Peralta, Rubén (Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2019)
      Traumatic injuries accounted for substantial burden of morbidity and mortality (M and M) worldwide. Despite better socioeconomic conditions and living standards, the incidence of trauma is rising in the Eastern Mediterranean ...
    • Frecuencia, manejo y complicaciones de traumas abiertos en el abdomen en el hospital Dr. Luis E. Aybar 

      Núñez, Marcos; Sosa Martínez, Roberto; Rosario A., Juan Ramón; Dolores Gonzalez, José; Brea Artisty, Alvin A.; Sánchez Aristy, Alvin A.; Sánchez Arias, Carmen J. (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 1992)
      Se investigan los pacientes que llegaron con traumas abiertos en el abdomen 142 casos desde julio 1989 hasta enero 1990 del servicio de cirugía del hospital Dr. Luis E. Aybar, de 52 los pacientes atendidos quirúrgicamente ...
    • Heridas del corazón en niños: primer caso del hospital infantil de Santo Domingo, Dr. Robert Reíd Cabral 

      Salomón Vilorio, Angel; Defilló Ricart, Mariano; Ariel Suero, Waldo; Hernández, Guillermo (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 1990)
      Se explica el primer caso de heridas cardiacas en niños en el Hospital Dr. Robert Reid Cabral, en un paciente masculino de 6 años de edad. Se discuten los factores etiológicos, hallazgos clínicos y el manejo del caso.
    • Racial and gender disparities in violent trauma: results from the NEMSIS database 

      Bode, Alexander D.; Singh, Mallika; Andrews R., James; Báez, Amado Alejandro (American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018-04)
      Barriers to EMS care can result in suboptimal outcomes and preventable morbidity and mortality. Large EMS databases such as the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) dataset provide valuable ...
    • Uso del propofol en reducciones cerradas de fracturas en el hospital Dr. Darío Contreras 

      Reyes, Elsa Jacqueline; Jerez, Jose Luis; Peralta, Clara L.; Granados Alonso, Dalia (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 1993)
      Se determinan las características anestésicas del Propofol en reducciones cerradas de fracturas, se estudiaron 35 pacientes a quienes se le realizaron reducciones cerradas de manera ambulatoria. Se les administró una dosis ...