Completed Studies
Includes studies that have reached completion and have provided EAST information regarding abstract presentation and manuscript acceptance and have corresponded that the study is complete.
All information (e.g. study proposals) are available upon request.
Completed 2019 Studies
SLEEP-TIME (Sedation Level after Emergent Exlap without Primary Fascial Closure—TIME to Closure)
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Kaushik Mukherjee MD MSCI FACS |
Loma Linda University Medical Center |
Multi-center Trial Examining Prehospital Procedures in Penetrating Trauma Patients
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Sharven Taghavi, MD |
Tulane University School of Medicine |
Completed 2018 Studies
Wounding Pattern and Medical Interventions in Survivors of Civilian Public Mass Shooting Events
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Babak Sarani, MD |
George Washington University |
Multicenter Prospective Observational Study of Trauma Patients on Antiplatelet Agents
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Brian K. Yorkgitis, DO, FACS |
University of Florida- Jacksonville |
Outcomes in patients with gunshot wounds to the brain
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Robert D. Winfield, M.D., FACS |
University of Kansas Medical Center |
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2019 Nov 17;4(1):e000351. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000351. eCollection 2019. |
Optimal Management of Traumatic Esophageal Perforation
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Lauren Raff, MD |
UNC School of Medicine |
Patrick L Bosarge, MD |
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix |
Colorectal resection in Emergency General Surgery – To anastomose, or not to anastomose?
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Brittany O. Aicher, MD |
University of Maryland Medical Center |
Brandon R. Bruns, MD |
Capital Region Health, University of Maryland |
Timing and volume of crystalloid and blood products in pediatric trauma: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter prospective observational study
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Richard A. Falcone, Jr, MD, MPH |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital |
Stephanie Polites MD, MPH & Juan Gurria MD |
Mayo Clinic |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: July 2020 - Volume 89 - Issue 1 - p 36-42 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002702 |
Prospective validation of the Emergency Surgery Score in emergency general surgery: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH, FACS |
Massachusetts General Hospital |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: July 2020 - Volume 89 - Issue 1 - p 118-124 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002658 |
The Incidence of VTE in Trauma Patients after TXA administration: A Multicenter Retrospective Study
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Babak Sarani, MD |
George Washington University |
Lisbi Rivas, MD |
Completed 2017 Studies
Multicenter prospective observational trial of temporary intravascular shunts for trauma
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Mark J. Seamon, MD |
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
Lily Tung, MD |
Current Management of Suspected Retained Common Bile Duct Stones in Gallstone Pancreatitis and Choledocholithiasis
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Rondi Gelbard, MD |
Emory University School of Medicine |
2020 Jul;168(1):62-66. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.04.011. Epub 2020 May 26. |
Multicenter Study of the Treatment of Appendicitis in America Acute, Perforated, and Gangrenous (MUSTANG), an EAST Multicenter Study
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Daniel Dante Yeh, MD |
Ryder Trauma Center |
Annals of Surgery: October 28, 2019 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - p doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003661 |
Effect of Regional Anesthesia on Delirium in Geriatric Patients After Blunt Thoracic Trauma
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Saman Arbabi M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S. |
Harborview Medical Center |
Kathleen O'Connell MD |
University of Washington |
EAST multicenter trial of simulation-based team training for pediatric trauma: Resuscitation task completion is highly variable during simulated traumatic brain injury resuscitation
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Aaron R. Jensen, MD, Med |
Children's Hospital Los Angeles |
Jensen et al. EAST multicenter trial of simulation based training for pediatric trauma: resuscitation task completion is highly variable during simulated traumatic brain injury resuscitation. Am J Surg 2020. 219(6):1057-64. PMID 31421895. |
Infection after penetrating brain injury—An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Deborah Stein, MD, MPH |
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Ctr |
Laura Harmon, MD |
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Ctr |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: July 2019 - Volume 87 - Issue 1 - p 61-67 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002327 |
Completed 2016 Studies
Reducing Routine Phlebotomy in Stable Liver and Splenic Injuries
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Jose Prince, MD |
Anticoagulation therapy in patients with traumatic brain injury: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter prospective study
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Kazuhide Matsushima, MD |
LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California |
Surgery. 2020 Sep 12;S0039-6060(20)30512-2. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.07.040. Online ahead of print. |
Blunt small bowel perforation (SBP): An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter update 15 years later
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Samir M Fakhry M.D. (Senior Investigator) |
Ahmed Allawi, MD (Co-Investigator) |
Medical University of South Carolina |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: April 2019 - Volume 86 - Issue 4 - p 642-650 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002176 |
EAST multicenter trial on targeted temperature management for hanging-induced cardiac arrest
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Deborah Stein, MD (Senior Investigator) & Cindy Hsu, MD, PhD |
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Ctr |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: July 2018 - Volume 85 - Issue 1 - p 37-47 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001945 |
Completed 2015 Studies
Multi-institutional, prospective, observational study comparing the Gastrografin challenge versus standard treatment in adhesive small bowel obstruction
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Martin D. Zielinski, MD, FACS |
Mayo Clinic |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: July 2017 - Volume 83 - Issue 1 - p 47-54 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001499 |
Predictors of Retained Hemothorax in Trauma Results of an EAST Multi-Institutional Trial
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS |
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
Priya S. Prakash, MD (assisting) |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: July 8, 2020 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002881 |
Screening for Harassment, Abuse, and Discrimination among Surgery Residents: An EAST Multicenter Trial
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Rondi Gelbard, MD |
Emory University School of Medicine |
Fitzgerald CA, Smith RN, Luo-Owen X, et al. Screening for Harassment, Abuse, and Discrimination among Surgery Residents: An EAST Multicenter Trial. Am Surg. 2019;85(5):456-461. |
Can acute care surgeonsperform while fatigued? An EAST multicenter study
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Kevin M. Schuster, MD |
Yale School of Medicine |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: September 2018 - Volume 85 - Issue 3 - p 476-484 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001975 |
Platelet Transfusion Does Not Improve Outcomes in Brain Injured Patients on Antiplatelet Therapy
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Babak Sarani, MD, FACS, FCCM |
George Washington University |
(2018) Platelet transfusion does not improve outcomes in patients with brain injury on antiplatelet therapy, Brain Injury, 32:3, 325-330, DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2018.1425804 |
Universal screening for intimate partner and sexual violence in trauma patients
An EAST multicenter trial
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Tanya L. Zakrison, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS |
Miller School of Medicine |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: July 2017 - Volume 83 - Issue 1 - p 105-110 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001495 |
Loop ileostomy versus total colectomy as surgical treatment for Clostridium difficile–associated disease An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial
Principal Investigators & Contact Information: |
Paula Ferrada, MD |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
Rachael Callcut, MD, MSPH, FACS |
UCSF |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: July 2017 - Volume 83 - Issue 1 - p 36-40 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001498 |
Incompatible type A plasma transfusion in patients requiring massive transfusion protocol
Outcomes of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study
Principal Investigator & Contact Information: |
Andrew C. Bernard, MD |
Univ of Kentucky College of Medicine |
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: July 2017 - Volume 83 - Issue 1 - p 25-29 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001532 |