Injury Severity Score

Higher CT severity scores at hospitalization and 3 months after were linked to poorer lung function in survivors of COVID-19-associated hyperinflammation, according to study results published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

Placing an inferior vena cava filter in patients within 72 hours of major trauma did not reduce incidence of symptomatic pulmonary embolism or death at 90 days, according to results of a randomized prospective trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

ATLANTA — To help improve the care of troops injured in combat, the United States military has been exploring the complex microbiology of combat wounds.