Trauma Centers

"Trauma Centers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Specialized hospital facilities which provide diagnostic and therapeutic services for trauma patients.

Descriptor ID	D014193
MeSH Number(s)	N02.278.216.500.968.336.500 N02.421.297.195.480 N04.452.442.422.336.400
Concept/Terms	Trauma Centers Trauma Centers Center, Trauma Centers, Trauma Trauma Center Trauma Units Trauma Units Trauma Unit Unit, Trauma Units, Trauma

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Trauma Centers".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Facilities [N02.278]
Health Facility Administration [N02.278.216]
Hospital Administration [N02.278.216.500]
Hospital Departments [N02.278.216.500.968]
Emergency Service, Hospital [N02.278.216.500.968.336]
Trauma Centers [N02.278.216.500.968.336.500]
Health Services [N02.421]
Emergency Medical Services [N02.421.297]
Emergency Service, Hospital [N02.421.297.195]
Trauma Centers [N02.421.297.195.480]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Hospital Administration [N04.452.442]
Hospital Departments [N04.452.442.422]
Emergency Service, Hospital [N04.452.442.422.336]
Trauma Centers [N04.452.442.422.336.400]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Trauma Centers".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Trauma Centers".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Trauma Centers" by people in this website by year, and whether "Trauma Centers" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 179 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 19 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	3	3
1997	0	1	1
1998	1	1	2
1999	1	2	3
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	3	3
2002	5	2	7
2003	1	1	2
2004	3	5	8
2005	0	2	2
2006	1	2	3
2007	3	2	5
2008	1	3	4
2009	6	3	9
2010	3	3	6
2011	1	1	2
2012	0	3	3
2013	2	5	7
2014	3	6	9
2015	5	4	9
2016	4	4	8
2017	7	7	14
2018	8	3	11
2019	3	2	5
2020	11	8	19
2021	4	3	7
2022	2	8	10
2023	1	2	3
2024	4	7	11
2025	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Trauma Centers" by people in Profiles.

Wilson NA, Ruffolo L, Juviler P, Fabiano T, Kelly W, Lillvis D, Edwards M, Vu N, Chiou R, Wallenstein K, Craven A, Klein-Cloud R, Bullaro F, Philipose J, Salik I, Fisher J, Wakeman DS. Neighborhood deprivation is a risk factor for severe child physical abuse: A multicenter cohort investigation. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Sep 01; 99(3):453-459.

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Nordham KD, Tatum D, Attia AS, Patel MB, Paramesh A, Duchesne JC, Nahmias J, Maiga AW, Peetz AB, Udekwu PO, Stiles A, Shell C, Stodghill JD, Maghsoudi T, Iacullo E, McLafferty B, Coonan E, Boudreau RM, Zimmerman SA, Shammassian B, Egodage T, Aramento I, Morris P, Metheny J, Farrell MS, Painter MD, McCabe OT, Spadafore P, Wong DT, Serrano J, Sciarretta JD, Kim P, Hayton R, Gonzales D, Murry J, Meadows K, Jacobson LE, Williams JM, Bernard AC, Smith B, Morrissey SL, Patel N, Tabello D, Teicher E, Chowdhury SM, Ahmad F, Marcos BS, West MA, Jacome TH, Davis G, Marks JA, Rattigan D, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Matsushima K, Park S, Santos A, Shrestha K, Sawyer R, VandenBerg S, Jean RJ, Hicks RC, Lueckel S, Bugaev N, Abosena W, Alvarez C, Lieser MJ, McDonald H, Dumas RP, Fitzgerald CA, Terzian WTH, Tian Y, Mousafeiris V, Mulita F, Berne JD, Mederos DR, Smith AA, Taghavi S. Impact of catastrophic brain injury guidelines on organ donation rates: Results of an EAST multicenter trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Jan 01; 98(1):117-126.

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Hu Z, Patel M, Ball RL, Lin HM, Prevedello LM, Naseri M, Mathur S, Moreland R, Wilson J, Witiw C, Yeom KW, Ha Q, Hanley D, Seferbekov S, Chen H, Singer P, Henkel C, Pfeiffer P, Pan I, Sheoran H, Li W, Flanders AE, Kitamura FC, Richards T, Talbott J, Sejdic E, Colak E. Assessing the Performance of Models from the 2022 RSNA Cervical Spine Fracture Detection Competition at a Level I Trauma Center. Radiol Artif Intell. 2024 11; 6(6):e230550.

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Al Tannir AH, Tentis M, Maring M, Patin B, Biesboer EA, Golestani S, Pokrzywa CJ, Peschman J, Murphy PB, Morris RS, Carver TW, de Moya MA. Can Concurrent Traumatic Hemopneumothorax be Safely Observed? J Surg Res. 2024 Dec; 304:400-407.

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Babu KM, Haddad YK, Causey ST, Vargas-Torres CC, Martinez PM, Goldberg EM, Dorfman JD, Bleser JA, Chapman BP, Lai JT, Saif R, Elhoussan R, Graham LA, Krotulski AJ, Walton SE, Thomas FD, Logan BK, C Merchant R. Detection of ethanol, cannabinoids, benzodiazepines, and opioids in older adults evaluated for serious injuries from falls. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2024 Oct; 62(10):661-668.

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Stalter L, Hanlon BM, Bushaw KJ, Kwekkeboom KL, Zelenski A, Fritz M, Buffington A, Stein DM, Cocanour CS, Robles AJ, Jansen J, Brasel K, O'Connell KM, Cipolle MD, Ayoung-Chee P, Morris R, Gelbard RB, Kozar RA, Lueckel S, Schwarze M. Best Case/Worst Case-ICU: protocol for a multisite, stepped-wedge, randomised clinical trial of scenario planning to improve communication in the ICU in US trauma centres for older adults with serious injury. BMJ Open. 2024 08 28; 14(8):e083603.

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Roth E, Bingaman A, Stern S, McKeever R, D'Orazio J, Schlosser SP, Cheng K, Zhao H, Anderson JH. Buprenorphine Induction in Trauma Patients With Opioid Use Disorder - A Single Center Experience? J Surg Res. 2024 Sep; 301:686-695.

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Haag K, Duke D, Piatt J. Overtriage of transfers to the pediatric trauma center: the importance of minor head injury. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 Jul 01; 34(1):1-8.

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Al Tannir AH, Biesboer EA, Golestani S, Tentis M, Maring M, Gellings J, Peschman JR, Murphy PB, Morris RS, Elegbede A, de Moya MA, Carver TW. Thoracic cavity irrigation prevents retained hemothorax and decreases surgical intervention in trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Jul 01; 97(1):90-95.

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Anand T, Hejazi O, Conant M, Joule D, Lundy M, Colosimo C, Spencer A, Nelson A, Magnotti L, Joseph B. Impact of resuscitation adjuncts on postintubation hypotension in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Jul 01; 97(1):112-118.

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