General Surgery

New Findings from W.W.D. Stewart and Co-Authors Describe Advances in General Surgery

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, February 26th, 2012

2012 FEB 26 -- "Caring for trauma patients is a dynamic process, and it is often necessary to move the trauma patient around the hospital to different locations. This study attempted to document the quality of observations performed on acute trauma patients as they moved through the hospital during the first 24 hours of care," scientists in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa report.

"This study was a student elective and was undertaken at Grey's Hospital, Pietermaritzburg. A third-year medical student was assigned to follow acute trauma patients throughout the hospital during the first 24 hours after admission. This single independent observer recorded the...

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