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Guideline	Pub Year	Citation	Down-load	Comments
Penetrating Intraperitoneal Injuries	1998	J Trauma. 44(6):941-956, June 1998.	html pdf
Prophylactic Antibiotics in Tube Thoracostomy for Traumatic Hemopneumothorax	1998	J Trauma. 48(4): 758-759, April 2000.	html pdf	Currently being updated
Prophylactic Antibiotics in Open Fractures	1998		html pdf	Currently being updated
Prophylactic Antibiotics in Penetrating Abdominal Trauma	1998	J Trauma. 48(3):508-518, March 2000.	html pdf
Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Trauma Patients	1998	J Trauma. 53(1):142-164, July 2002.	html pdf	Includes 2001 update
Screening of Blunt Cardiac Injury	1998	J Trauma. 44(6):941-956, June 1998.	html pdf	Currently being updated
Identifying Cervical Spine Injuries Following Trauma	1998	J Trauma. 44(6):941-956, June 1998.	html pdf	Currently being updated
Identifying Cervical Spine Injuries Following Trauma - Update	2000		pdf	Currently being updated
Primer on Evidence Based Medicine	2000		pdf
Diagnosis and Management of Blunt Aortic Injury	2000	J Trauma. 48(6)1128-11443, June 2000.	html pdf
Optimal Timing of Long Bone Fracture Stabilization in Polytrauma Patients	2000	JTrauma. 50(5):958-967, May 2001.	pdf	Currently being updated
Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury	2001	J Trauma. 51(5):1016-1026, November 2001.	pdf
Management of Pelvic Hemorrhage in Pelvic Fracture	2001		pdf
Evaluation of Blunt Abdominal Trauma	2001	J Trauma. 53(3): 602-615, September 2002.	pdf
Geriatric Trauma	2001	J Trauma. 54(2):391-416, February 2003.	pdf
Management of Penetrating Trauma to the Lower Extremity	2002		pdf
Emergency Tracheal Intubation Following Traumatic Injury	2002	J Trauma. 55(1):162-179, July 2003.	pdf
Endpoints of Resuscitation	2002	J Trauma. 57(4):898-912, October 2004.	pdf
Evaluation of Genitourinary Trauma	2003		pdf
Non-Operative Management of Blunt Injury to the Liver and Spleen	2003		pdf
Nutritional Support in Trauma Patients	2003	J Trauma. 57(3):660-679, September 2004.	pdf
Pain Management in Blunt Thoracic Trauma	2004	J Trauma. 59(5):1256-1267, November 2005.	pdf
Management of Genitourinary Trauma	2004		pdf
Diagnosis and Management of Injury in the Pregnant Patient	2005		pdf
Timing of Tracheostomy in Trauma Patients	2006		pdf
Management of Pulmonary Contusion and Flail Chest	2006		pdf
Screening the Thoracolumbar Spine	2006	J Trauma. 63(3):709-718. September 2007	pdf
Nonoperative Management of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma	2007		html pdf
Small Bowel Obstruction	2007	J Trauma. 64(6):1651-1664, June 2008	html pdf
Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury	2007		html pdf
Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries	2008	J Trauma. 64(5):1392-1405, May 2008	html pdf
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis	2008		html pdf