Systematic Reviews of Trauma Care and Rehabilitation

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of care and rehabilitation following trauma.
Updated August 2011

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Title:   No evidence to suggest that advanced life support training for ambulance crews cuts death rates or decreases disability in injured people
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Injury is one of the top ten causes of death and disability worldwide. It results in an early loss of life for many young people and ongoing high medical care costs. Advanced life support (ALS) training for ambulance crews is believed to have contribute...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Audit filters for improving trauma care
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Major injuries are a significant cause of death and decreased quality of life worldwide. Previous research has shown that when severely injured patients are managed in an organized system of care that includes treatment by paramedics, transportation to ...
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Are colloids more effective than crystalloids in reducing mortality in people who are critically ill or injured
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Trauma, burns or surgery can cause people to lose large amounts of blood. Fluid replacement, giving fluids intravenously (into a vein) to replace lost blood, is used to try to maintain blood pressure and reduce the risk of dying. Blood products, non-blo...
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   More research needed to show whether ATLS training in hospitals can cut death rates and decrease disability in injured people
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Training in 'advanced trauma life support' (ATLS) is increasingly used in both rich and poor countries. ATLS is intended to improve the way in which care is given to injured people, thereby reducing death and disability. Some research has been done that...
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Surgery for unstable trauma patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Trauma is one of the leading causes of death across all ages. Some patients with major abdominal trauma develop what is known as the 'lethal triad' -- impaired coagulation, metabolic acidosis, and hypothermia. This is a life-threatening condition which ...
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Providing locomotor training to people with spinal cord injury to improve walking ability
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is insufficient evidence to conclude that one locomotor training strategy is more effective than another for improving walking ability in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Improvement of locomotor function is one of the primary goals for peopl...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Emergency endotracheal intubation (placing a tube through the mouth and throat into the lungs) may reduce deaths from acute illness and injury, but more research is necessary.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute illness and injury are the most common causes of death and disability worldwide in people aged under 50 years. The highest priority in an emergency is to enable a patient to breathe by securing their airway (passage from the nose and mouth into th...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Conservative treatments for whiplash
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Whiplash is defined as an acceleration-deceleration mechanism of energy transfer to the neck. It may result from rear-end or side-impact motor vehicle collisions or during diving, among other mishaps. Whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) can be classifi...
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Rehabilitation following an injury to the hamstring in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hamstring injuries are commonly encountered in sports medicine, and clinical management of this problem can differ widely. There is limited evidence to suggest that rate of recovery can be increased with an increased daily frequency of hamstring stretch...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Surgery versus conservative treatment to repair knee anterior cruciate ligament tears (ruptures) in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is a common knee injury that often results in an unstable knee. Surgical treatment, usually involving reconstruction of the ligament, is widely used especially in active individuals. This review identified two ra...
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Interventions for treating posterior cruciate ligament injuries of the knee in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is a lack of high quality evidence (randomized controlled trials) for the treatment of PCL injuries of the knee. Observational studies have suggested that isolated PCL injuries may be treated conservatively, with good prognosis. In more severe inj...
Date:   Nov 2004
Title:   Still not clear whether people with a spinal cord injury should go straight to a specialist centre
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Spinal cord injury is a serious condition and the effects are usually permanent. In several countries, specialist centres have been set up, where patients can be taken within a few hours of their injury, but even in these countries many patients are dea...
Date:   May 2003

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