Current Approved Studies

Includes studies that are in the development, enrollment, and/or publication process. Studies can be kept even after initial manuscript publication in the active phase if additional recruitment and/or subsequent publications are ongoing.

Current 2021 Studies

• Development and Validation of a Prehospital Triage Model for the Severely Injured Trauma Patient

• Breaking Old Dogma: Continuation of Enteral Feeds up to the Time of Tracheostomy and PEG Placement

• Intravascular access in hypotensive trauma patients: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter prospective observational trial using trauma video review

• Wound Management in Emergency Colorectal Surgery: To Close or Not to Close?

• Scanning the Aged to Minimize Missed Injury Prospective Observational Study EAST Study Proposal

• Radiographic Evaluation of Delayed Solid Organ Complications (REDSOC) Study

• Outcomes of Early Initiation of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Isolated Traumatic Brain Injuries

• Social Determinants of Acute Abdomen Outcomes

• Contemporary Management of Right Upper Quadrant Gunshot Wounds

Current 2020 Studies

• Cognitive Outcomes and NeuroStimulants among the Cerebrally Injured & Obtunded in the United States: The CONSCIOUS Study

• EAST Multicenter Trial: Damage Control Thoracotomy (DCT) in Thoracic Trauma

• Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on Trauma Center Volume and Resources: An EAST MCT

• Management of Acute Appendicitis and Cholecystitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An EAST Multicenter Contemporaneous Cohort Study

• Surgical Critical Care During COVID-19 Pandemic

• Intermediate Health and Social Outcomes following participation in Hospital Based Violence Intervention

• Prospective, multi-center, randomized, parallel-control, superiority, pragmatic study comparing administration of clotting factors concentrates with a standard massive hemorrhage protocol in severely bleeding trauma patients

• Prehospital End Tidal CO2 as a predictor of Mortality and Massive Transfusion in Trauma

• Defining Outcomes after Ultra-Massive Transfusion in the Modern Era of Balanced and Goal-Directed Resuscitation

• Prospective comparison of a short versus long chest tube water seal trial for traumatic pneumothorax

• Determining Rates of Superficial Surgical Site Infections by Closing Damaged Control Laparotomy Incisions with Wicks

• Use of Andexanet Alfa versus KCentra for Reversal of Direct Oral Factor Xa Inhibitors: An EAST Multicenter Study Proposal

• Operative Versus Non-Operative Management for Appendicitis with Abscess or Phlegmon: An EAST Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial

• Medical Management of Grade 1 and 2 Splenic Injuries with active extravasation

Current 2019 Studies

• Brain vs. Bone: Does fracture fixation technique influence outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI)?

• Outcomes after acute care surgery and trauma care in incarcerated individuals: a prospective observational trial

• Subtotal Cholecystectomy for Complicated Cholecystitis: What is the optimal technique?

• Anticoagulation in Emergency General Surgery: Who bleeds more? The ACES TRIAL

• Prospective Multicenter Derivation and Validation of a NECROtizing Soft tissue Infection Score (NECROSIS)

• A Comprehensive and Collaborative Review of the Use of Whole Blood at Trauma Centers in the United States

Current 2018 Studies

• A Multi-Institutional Cluster Randomized Trial Comparing Standard vs. Extended Venothromboembolic Prophylaxis After Major Trauma

• Prospective, Observational Trial of Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury Management and Stroke Formation

• The Time Has Come To Question the ABCs Priorities of Trauma: Circulation First a Multicenter Prospective observational trial

Current 2017 Studies

• Can we be FASTeR? A multicenter study utilizing Right sided roll to improve sensitivity of the FAST

Current 2016 Studies

• Use of Surgical Fixation for Chest Wall Stabilization in Severe Traumatic Rib Fractures

• Mortality Analysis of Trauma Patients Repatriated to Non-Trauma Managed Care Institutions
  

Current 2015 Studies

• Prospective Multi-Institutional Evaluation of the Management of Cholecystostomy