• 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 ...
    • 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 ...