RESOURCES:

List of potential journals where we will submit our rib fracture papers

Full list of health-related journals.


My lab's previous papers on rib fracture care:

1) Amaral MM, Herrin WE, Jacobson LE, Saxe LE, Jensen CD. (2017). The use of coarsened exact matching to evaluate treatment mode in the rib fracture patient. Journal of Surgical Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2017.11.028. Impact factor: 2.19. 1) Science Direct webpage. 2) Full text link.


2) Jensen CD, Stark JT, Jacobson LE, Powers JM, Leslie KL, Kinsella-Shaw JM, Joseph MF, Denegar CR. (2017). Implications of Thoracic Epidural Analgesia on Hospital Charges in Rib Fracture Patients. Pain Medicine. DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnw353. Impact factor: 2.34. 1) Pain Medicine webpage. 2) Full text link.


3) Jensen CD, Stark JT, Jacobson LE, Powers JM, Joseph MF, Kinsella-Shaw JM, Denegar CR. (2016). Improved outcomes associated with the liberal use of thoracic epidural analgesia in patients with rib fractures. Pain Medicine. DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnw199. Impact factor: 2.34. 1) Pain Medicine webpage. 2) Full text link.



A sample of studies that evaluated BMI and trauma outcomes:

Akinnusi et al. (2008) Meta-analysis on obesity and ICU LOS

Dhungel et al. (2015) Obesity on recovery in trauma patients

Liu et al. (2013) Obesity and trauma outcomes

Newell et al. (2006) Obesity and blunt trauma outcomes

Osborne et al. (2014) Obesity and trauma outcomes


A study reporting on the financial implications of obesity:

Spieker et al. (2016) Economic impact of obesity


Studies reporting on the percentage of obesity in the U.S.:

Flegal et al. (2012) Percentage of obesity in U.S. population

Ogden et al. (2014) Percentage of obesity in U.S. population