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John J. Fildes
Researcher at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Publications - 65
Citations - 2971
John J. Fildes is an academic researcher from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Injury Severity Score. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 64 publications receiving 2717 citations. Previous affiliations of John J. Fildes include University of Nevada, Reno & University of Mississippi.
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Advanced trauma life support, 8th edition, the evidence for change.
John B. Kortbeek,Saud A. Al Turki,Jameel Ali,Jill A. Antoine,B. Bouillon,Karen J. Brasel,Fred Brenneman,Peter Rinze Gérard Brink,Karim Brohi,David Burris,Reginald A. Burton,Will Chapleau,Wiliam Cioffi,Francisco de Salles Collet e Silva,Art Cooper,Jaime A. Cortes,Vagn Eskesen,John J. Fildes,Subash Gautam,Russell L. Gruen,Ron Gross,K. S. Hansen,Walter Henny,Michael J. Hollands,Richard C. Hunt,Jose M. Jover Navalon,Christoph Kaufmann,Peggy Knudson,Amy Koestner,Roman Kosir,Claus Falck Larsen,West Livaudais,Fred A. Luchette,Patrizio Mao,John H. McVicker,Jay Wayne Meredith,Charles Mock,Newton Djin Mori,Charles E. Morrow,Steven N. Parks,Steven N. Parks,Pedro Moniz Pereira,Renato Sergio Pogetti,Jesper Ravn,Peter Rhee,Jeffrey P. Salomone,Inger B. Schipper,Patrick Schoettker,Martin A. Schreiber,R. Stephen Smith,Lars Bo Svendsen,Wa'el Taha,Mary van Wijngaarden-Stephens,Endre Varga,E. J. Voiglio,Daryl Williams,Robert J. Winchell,Robert Winter +57 more
TL;DR: The 8th edition of ATLS has been revised following broad input by the International ATLS subcommittee and grades levels of evidence were used to evaluate and approve changes to the course content.
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Comparison of Percutaneous and Surgical Tracheostomies
Yaakov Friedman,John J. Fildes,Barry Mizock,Jacob Samuel,SR Patel,Samuel K. Appavu,Roxanne R. Roberts +6 more
TL;DR: Because operating room scheduling is not necessary, PDT can be performed earlier once the decision to do a tracheostomy is made, which will improve ICU utilization and reduce the risk of patient transport.
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American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Organ Injury Scale I: spleen, liver, and kidney, validation based on the National Trauma Data Bank.
Glen H. Tinkoff,Thomas J. Esposito,J. Reed,Patrick D. Kilgo,John J. Fildes,Michael D. Pasquale,J. Wayne Meredith +6 more
TL;DR: Results validates and quantifies outcomes reflective of increasing injury severity associated with increasing OIS grades for specific solid organ injuries alone, and in combination with other abdominal injuries.
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Trauma: the leading cause of maternal death.
TL;DR: Trauma was the leading cause of maternal death, accounting for 46.3% of deaths in this series.
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The Trauma Quality Improvement Program: pilot study and initial demonstration of feasibility
Mark R. Hemmila,Avery B. Nathens,Shahid Shafi,J. Forrest Calland,David E. Clark,H. Gill Cryer,Sandra Goble,Christopher Hoeft,J. Wayne Meredith,Melanie Neal,Michael D. Pasquale,Michelle D. Pomphrey,John J. Fildes +12 more
TL;DR: Using the National Trauma Data Bank infrastructure to provide risk-adjusted benchmarking of trauma center mortality is feasible and perceived as useful and there are differences in O/E ratios across similarly verified or designated centers.