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Syed Morad Hameed

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of British Columbia
Verified email at vch.ca
Cited by 8184

Hand-held thoracic sonography for detecting post-traumatic pneumothoraces: the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (EFAST)

AW Kirkpatrick, M Sirois, KB Laupland… - Journal of Trauma …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Background: Thoracic ultrasound (EFAST) has shown promise in inferring the presence of
post-traumatic pneumothoraces (PTXs) and may have a particular value in identifying occult …

[HTML][HTML] Enteral nutrition and mucosal immunity: implications for feeding strategies in surgery and trauma

DL Sigalet, SL Mackenzie… - Canadian journal of …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
'2004 Canadian Medical Association Can J Surg, Vol. 47, No. 2, April 2004 109 ses
overwhelm the local milieu of the injury and systemic levels of cytokines become excessive …

Oxygen delivery

SM Hameed, WC Aird, SM Cohn - Critical care medicine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Wanting to conserve whatever oxygen remained in my tank, I asked him to reach inside my
backpack and turn off the valve on my regulator, which he did. For the next ten minutes I felt …

[HTML][HTML] Complications related to deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis in trauma: a systematic review of the literature

I Datta, CG Ball, L Rudmik, SM Hameed… - Journal of trauma …, 2010 - Springer
Deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis is essential to the appropriate management of
multisystem trauma patients. Without thromboprophylaxis, the rate of venous thrombosis and …

Surgical fixation vs nonoperative management of flail chest: a meta-analysis

GP Slobogean, CA MacPherson, T Sun… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Flail chest is a life-threatening injury typically treated with supportive
ventilation and analgesia. Several small studies have suggested large improvements in …

Access to trauma systems in Canada

SM Hameed, N Schuurman, T Razek… - Journal of Trauma …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background: Trauma is a leading cause of morbidity, potential years of life lost and health
care expenditure in Canada and around the world. Trauma systems have been established …

Factors related to the failure of radiographic recognition of occult posttraumatic pneumothoraces

CG Ball, AW Kirkpatrick, KB Laupland, DL Fox… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Although posttraumatic pneumothoraces (PTXs) are common and potentially life
threatening, the supine chest radiograph (CXR) is an insensitive test for their detection …

Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes for occult pneumothoraces in victims of major trauma

CG Ball, AW Kirkpatrick, KB Laupland… - Journal of Trauma …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: The supine anteroposterior chest radiograph (CXR) is an insensitive test for
posttraumatic pneumothoraces (PTXs). Computed tomographic (CT) scanning often detects …

Randomized clinical trial of intermittent pneumatic compression and low molecular weight heparin in trauma

E Ginzburg, SM Cohn, J Lopez… - Journal of British …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Background After trauma, up to 60 per cent of immobilized patients have been reported to
develop a silent deep vein thrombosis (DVT). No large, prospective randomized trials have …

Trauma surveillance in Cape Town, South Africa: an analysis of 9236 consecutive trauma center admissions

A Nicol, LM Knowlton, N Schuurman… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. In many low-and
middle-income countries, formal trauma surveillance strategies have not yet been widely …