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The table below organizes the EAST Minutes by Categories and release date (most current first):
EAST Minute-EGS
General
Landmark Papers
Literature Review
Multicenter Trials
Practice Management Guidelines
| CATEGORY | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | RELEASE DATE |
| EAST Minute-EGS | EAST Minute-EGS-Emergency Repair of Ventral Hernias: Strategy and Priorities for Abdominal Closure | So you've reduced and resected the strangulated bowel in a hernia... Now what? Dr. Alistair Kent reviews the EAST PMG and current literature. Tough case, lots of options... This EAST Minute is a nice review of the literature. | November 18, 2020 |
| General | Introduction to EAST Injury Prevention | Dr. Leah Tatebe, provides a tutorial on injury prevention. Focus on ways to See something, Say something, and Do something through Research, Advocacy and Prevention! | February 10, 2022 |
| General | How has the Affordable Care Act Changed Outcomes in Emergency General Surgery | Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: May 2018 - Volume 84 - Issue 5 - p 693–701 Authors: Dr. Jay J. Doucet and Dr. Laura N. Godat. Moderators: Dr. Jonathan Meizoso and Dr. Jason Weinberger | July 15, 2018 |
| LANDMARK PAPERS | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | RELEASE DATE |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark papers-EGS: Fast Track Pathway provides safe, value based care on a busy Acute Care Surgery Service |
Dr. Marc Trust, Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas, Austin reviews the benefits of the fast track pathway in the management of acute cholecystitis. Lets learn how to provide value based care. |
November 15, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark papers- EGS: Open Abdomen - Vacuum pack technique of temporary abdominal closure: a 7-year experience with 112 patients. |
Dr. Melissa Boltz, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, reviews the initial use of vacuum pack closure in damage control laparotomy and how to MacGyver one using the Barker technique! |
October 12, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark papers - EGS: Umbilical Hernia - Is mesh always necessary in every small umbilical hernia repair? |
Dr. Melissa Boltz, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, brings us another EAST Minute! We learn more about repairing umbilical hernias - Do we always need to use mesh? Let's find out! |
September 17, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers - EGS: DCL Fascial closure rate after open abdomen with vacuum and mesh-mediated fascial traction | Dr. Melissa Boltz, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, brings us another EAST Minute! We learn more about closing open abdomens with the mesh mediated fascial closure technique. See the the EAST DCL Landmark Papers including the one featured in this video - https://bit.ly/2XFC9gG | August 19, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers - EGS: Management of umbilical hernias associated with hepatic cirrhosis and ascites | Dr. Melissa Boltz, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, brings us our next EAST Minute! She is discussing a classic paper on the management of the dreaded umbilical hernia in patients with cirrhosis and ascites. | July 19, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers - EGS: Necrotizing Pancreatitis | Dr. Jessica Burgess, Associate Professor of Surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School, brings us our next EAST Minute! She is answering all the key questions of managing Necrotizing Pancreatitis - Antibiotics? Step-Up? Scope? Surgery? | June 29, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers - EGS: Mesh OR Patch for hernia on Epigastric and Umbilical Sites (MORPHEUS-Trial): the complete two-year follow-up | Dr. Melissa Boltz, Director of Emergency General Surgery at Penn State, brings you a review of the two year follow up of the MORPHEUS-Trial part of EAST'S Landmark Papers on Management of Umbilical Hernias. | June 14, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-EGS-GroinPain Trial | Chris Dente brings you a great review of EAST Landmark Papers on the GroinPain Trial . | May 26, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-EGS-Diverticulitis | Dr. Zach Wariner, Assistant Professor of Surgery from the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center presents a great review of the management of acute diverticulitis! | May 4, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-EGS-Appendicitis-CODA Collaborative | Dr. Crisanto Torres, Acute Care Surgeon at John Hopkins, creates an EAST Minute reviewing “A Randomized Trial Comparing Antibiotics with Appendectomy for Appendicitis" by the CODA Collaborative. | April 9, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Acute Cholecystitis | Drs. Tom Shoultz and Rondi Gelbard collaborate to bring you an outstanding review of EAST Landmark Papers on Cholecystitis - all in 3 minutes! | February 26, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Open Abdomen-Who Should We Feed? | Dr. Melissa Boltz, Director of Emergency General Surgery at Penn State, does a great review “Who should we feed? Western Trauma Association multi-institutional study of enteral nutrition in the open abdomen after injury.” | February 20, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Mesh vs Suture Repair of Umbilical Hernias in Adults | Umbilical hernias 1-4 cm: mesh vs primary repair? Great review by Dr. Melissa Boltz. | January 7, 2021 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-DCL with DCR: A Survival Advantage | Excellent review by Dr. Melissa Boltz, Director of Emergency General Surgery at Penn State, on the EAST Landmark paper "Damage control resuscitation in combination with damage control laparotomy: a survival advantage." | December 14, 2020 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Damage Control Laparotomy, Part 2 | Dr. Melissa Boltz, Director of Emergency General Surgery at Penn State, creates an EAST Minute reviewing Dr. Diaz's next Landmark Paper...Part 2. | December 7, 2020 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-EGS in Bariatric Surgery | Patient had bariatric surgery 2 years ago… Now the patient is in my ER. What should I look for? In this EAST Minute, Dr. Andrea Pakula from the EAST Emergency General Surgery Committee reviews the EAST Landmark Papers about bariatric issues in EGS. Common problems but diagnosis can be tricky. | December 6, 2020 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Damage Control Laparotomy, Part 1 | Dr. Melissa Boltz, Director of Emergency General Surgery at Penn State, creates an EAST Minute reviewing Dr. Diaz's Landmark Paper- perfect for review on your way to a Damage Control Laparotomy… Part 1. | November 30, 2020 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Small Bowel Obstruction | How many sunsets? Gastrograffin challenge? Laparoscopic approach? Who should admit- surgeons or internists? Find the answers here! Excellent review by Dr. Jessica Burgess from the Eastern Virginia Medical School. Find all the recommendations from the EAST Landmark papers on management of small bowel obstructions | November 16, 2020 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Large Bowel Obstruction | In this EAST Minute, Dr. Lauren Tanner reviews EAST Landmark Papers on Large Bowel Obstructions, specifically right and left-sided LBOs. Will this change your mind about stenting? | July 13, 2020 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Peptic Ulcer Disease | Listen to this review of the Landmark Papers on Peptic Ulcer Disease available on the EAST Landmark Papers Resource. | March 25, 2019 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Cholangitis | In this brief tour-de-force review, Dr. Alejandro Betancourt offers up the important points from the EAST Landmark Papers on cholangitis management. Visit the EAST Landmark Papers page. | January 7, 2019 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Choledocholithiasis | Dr. Alejandro Betancourt reviews the EAST Landmark Papers about management of common bile duct stones. In 3 minutes, you get the take-home messages from some of the most important papers published on this topic. | January 4, 2019 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Umbilical hernia in cirrhotics | Dr. James Bogert reviews a manuscript from the EAST Landmark Papers list on suggested management of umbilical hernia in patients with cirrhosis and ascites -- a difficult clinical question. Are you following the recommendations laid out in this paper in your own practice?" | November 29, 2018 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Diverticulitis | In this EAST Minute Video Dr. Shaikh Hai reviews Landmark Studies: Primary Anastomosis or Hartmann's Procedure for Perforated Diverticulitis. | November 16, 2018 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection | Dr. Rondi Gelbard reviews the EAST Landmark Papers on Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection. Get up to speed in 2 minutes! | August 13, 2018 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-Clostridium Difficile | In this EAST Minute, Dr. Rondi Gelbard reviews the EAST Landmark Papers on the topic of C. Diff colitis management. In roughly 2 minutes, you can be up to speed on the best C. Diff papers as determined by the EAST EGS committee. | August 7, 2018 |
| Landmark Papers | Landmark Papers-DIVERTI Trial-Management of perforated diverticulitis | What should we be doing for patients with complicated diverticulitis? In just over 4 minutes, Dr. Kevin Schuster from the EAST Emergency General Surgery Committee summarizes the findings from one of the papers on the EAST Landmark Papers Resource | July 5, 2018 |
| LITERATURE REVIEW | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | RELEASE DATE |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-INVECT Trial | Dr. Uzer Khan from Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA, reviews the recent data from the INFECT project. | July 25, 2022 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Facial approximation with sequential abdominal closure of the open abdomen | 100% fascia closure. In this EAST Minute, Dr. Melissa Boltz reviews the EAST Landmark paper by Cothren et al. showing how this group closed every patient with a difficult abdomen after DCS. Another cool technique to have in your tool kit! | October 16, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Transfusion strategies in UGI Bleeding | In this EAST Minute, Dr. Erica Loomis reviews the EAST Landmark Paper by by Villanueva C. et al. titled, "Transfusion strategies for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding." | May 29, 2020 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Transfusion in Gastrointestinal Bleeding (TRIGGER) Trial | In this EAST Minute, Dr. Erica Loomis reviews the EAST Landmark Paper by Jairath v. et al. titled, "Restrictive versus liberal blood transfusion for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (TRIGGER): a pragmatic, open-label, cluster randomised feasibility trial." | May 29, 2020 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Too many non-therapeutic laparotomies in trauma | This EAST Minute from the EAST Minimally Invasive and Emerging Technologies Committee reviews a landmark study on non-therapeutic laparotomies. Dr. Andrea Pakula provides the review. | February 14, 2020 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Enteral feeding in patients with open abdomen | A review of this paper on the effect of immediate enteral feeding on trauma patients with an open abdomen: protection from nosocomial infections. | February 11, 2020 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Serial facial closure with PTFE | What should I do when I can’t close fascia on my damage control patient? In this EAST Minute, Dr. Melissa Boltz reviews the EAST Landmark Paper by Vertrees et al. about an interesting technique from the Military using PTFE mesh as a serial fascia advancement technique to avoid planned ventral hernia. | October 16, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Vacuum-assisted facial closure after open abdomen | You’ve done damage control surgery, now what? Should I use a VAC, Bogotá bag, Whitman patch, or what? In this EAST Minute, Dr. Melissa Boltz reviews the EAST Landmark Papers by Miller et al. concerning the use of negative pressure dressing as temporary abdominal closure. | October 16, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-The tension-free hernioplasty (Lichtenstein repair) | Dr. Alistair Kent reviews the EAST Landmark paper: Licthenstein hernia repair. You’ve done this repair countless times — now you can see the paper that made surgeons change their practice. | August 21, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-#EAST4ALL | EAST Landmark Papers-Equity | August 20, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Omitting Biliary Tract Imaging | Bilirubin is up slightly — do I have to do a cholangiogram? In this EAST Minute, Dr. Jessica Burgess from the EAST Emergency General Surgery Committee and Dr. Jeremy Juern from the EAST Online Education Committee review an EAST Landmark Paper about omitting biliary tract imaging in patients with lab evidence of CBD stones. Will this change your practice? | August 12, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-APPAC Trial | In this EAST Minute, Dr. Ali Cheaito examines the APPAC trial, a landmark RCT comparing antibiotics to appendectomy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis. Is the carbapenem mightier than the sword? | June 7, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-"Damage Control": An approach for improved survival | In the EAST Minute, edited by Dr. Joe Catino, Dr. Melissa Boltz reviews the classic paper on Damage Control Laparotomy in trauma patients by Rotondo, et. al. This paper is probably the most-cited publication of the benefits of damage control principles, which became the predominant paradigm for severely injured trauma patients during the 1990's and persists to this day. | May 29, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-The STITCH Trial | In this EAST Minute Video, edited by Dr. Jonathan Parks, Dr. Alejandro Betancourt reviews the STITCH Trial -- Will he convince you to use smaller fascial bites on your abdominal closure?" | May 29, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Reviw-Endoscopic or Surgical Step-Up Appoach | In this EAST Minute, Dr. Kevin Schuster reviews modern management of necrotic pancreatitis, specifically the landmark paper from Lancet 2018 regarding endoscopic debridement compared to absurgical “step up” approach. | May 15, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Watchful waiting versus Surgery for Inguinal Hernia | This EAST Minute reviews the EGS Paper on EAST's Landmark Paper Resource | April 7, 2019 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Initial Cholecystectomy with IOC | Dr. James Bogert reviews an EAST Landmark Paper on the management of choledocholithiasis. Still ordering MRCPs? This might convince you otherwise. | December 7, 2018 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Depression and PTSD among patients with non-neurological injuries | Dr. Christine Ramirez reviews, "The prevalence and treatment of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among patients with non-neurological injuries," by TM Bell et al. | November 28, 2018 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-The impact of age on innate immune response and outcomes after severe sepsis/septic shock in Trauma/SICU patients | Dr. Uzer Khan reviews "The impact of age on the innate immune response and outcomes after severe sepsis/septic shock in trauma and surgical intensive care unit patients" by Brakenridge et al . | October 25, 2018 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Transfer status: A significant risk factory for mortality in emergency general surgery patients requiring colon resection | Dr. Martin Zielinski reviews "Transfer status: A significant risk factor for mortality in emergency general surgery patients requiring colon resection" by DeWane et al. | September 14, 2018 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-ACS COT Survey of Firearm Injury | Discussion of Kuhls DA et al. Survey of American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Members on Firearm Injury: Consensus and Opportunities. | April 23, 2018 |
| Literature Review | Literature Review-Beta Blockers in Critically Ill Patients with TBI | Dr. Joseph Farhat breaks down the highlights of this paper published in the February 2018 issue of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. | March 27, 2018 |
| MULTICENTER TRIALS | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | RELEASE DATE |
| Multicenter Trials | MCT-Pearls and Pitfalls | Facilitating the successful execution of high volume Multicenter Trials (MCTs) is an important initiative of EAST. Drs. Scott Brakenridge and Brandon Bruns provide helpful and important pearls and pitfalls of MCTs. | November 13, 2018 |
| Multicenter Trials | MCT-Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury | In this EAST Minute Dr. Patricia Ayoung-Chee reviews Dr. Margaret Lauerman’s EAST Multicenter Trial on Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury. Think you might be interested in participating? Check out this review to see if your center might be a good fit. | July 13, 2018 |
| PRACTICE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | RELEASE DATE |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG - Management of Rhabdomyolysis |
EAST conditionally recommend aggressive IV fluid resuscitation (UOP 2-3 mL/kg/hr) for the treatment of rhabdomyolysis. EAST recommend against the use of bicarbonate or mannitol. |
June 12, 2023 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Management of Retained Hemothorax |
EAST conditionally recommends the use of pigtail catheter over tube thoracostomy for simple hemothorax. EAST conditionally recommend VATS over thrombolytics for retained hemothorax. EAST recommends early over late VATS for retained hemothorax |
May 15, 2023 |
| Practice Management Guidelines | PMG-Evaluation and Management of Blunt Cerebral Vascular Injuries |
EAST recommends the use of screening protocols to detect BCVI, especially in high-risk patients. The use of antithrombotic therapy should be used for the treatment of BCVI. EAST recommends against the use of endovascular stents for the treatment of grade 2 and grade 3 injuries. PMG http://bit.ly/3nn0BQT |
March 27, 2023 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Management of Penetrating Intraperitoneal Colon Injuries |
EAST recommends repair or resection & anastomosis in low-risk patients who experience penetrating colon injuries. EAST conditionally recommends against routine colostomy in high-risk patients undergoing damage control laparotomy after penetrating abdominal trauma with colon injury. PMG https://bit.ly/3k7xcsD |
February 23, 2023 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Trauma and Emergency General Surgery: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma systematic review and meta-analysis |
EAST conditionally recommends for the expansion of Medicaid expansion policies for trauma and EGS patients. No recommendation can be given regarding Medicaid expansion and its impact on trauma systems. PMG https://bit.ly/3IlRPLd |
January 3, 2023 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Antimotility Agents for the Treatment of Acute Noninfectious Diarrhea in Critically Ill Patients |
EAST conditionally recommends the use of loperamide and diphenoxylate/atropine in critically ill patients with acute noninfectious diarrhea. See the PMG https://bit.ly/3i3m2UP |
January 2, 2023 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Management of Acute Appendicitis in Adults | EAST is unable to recommend for or against antibiotic-first as the primary treatment for acute appendicitis. EAST conditionally recommends routine interval appendectomy after nonoperative management of appendiceal abscess or phlegmon. See the PMG http://bit.ly/3F3Ajbx | December 5, 2022 |
| Evidence Based Review | PMG-EBR-Prevention of Firearm Violence Through Specific Types of Community-Based Programming | EAST Conditionally recommends both Gun Buyback and Community-Based Programs for prevention of firearm violence. See the EBR https://bit.ly/3tPdH6R | September 16, 2022 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Surgical Management of Pancreatic Necrosis | Dr. Toby Enniss from University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, UT reviews the EAST Practice Management Guideline for the Surgical Management of Pancreatic Necrosis. PMG: https://bit.ly/3otxrgg | July 25, 2022 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Pediatric Neurological Exam | The rescue guide to the pediatric neuro exam in the trauma patient. Thank you, Dr. Karen Lidsky from the Pediatric Trauma Society. https://pediatrictraumasociety.org/ | October 6, 2020 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG - Alcohol-related trauma reinjury prevention with hospital-based screening in adult populations | Unaddressed alcohol use among injured patients may result in recurrent injury or death. Many trauma centers incorporate alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for injured patients with alcohol use disorders, but systematic reviews evaluating the impact of these interventions are lacking. | April 7, 2020 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Pre-hospital Spine Immobilization in Penetrating Trauma | GSW? Cervical collar placed pre-hospital? Can I take it off??? In this EAST Minute, Dr. Michael Anstadt reviews the EAST PMG on spinal immobilization in penetrating trauma. | January 8, 2020 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Timing of Debridement for Necrotizing Soft Tissue | Nasty soft tissue infections, necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs). Everyone hates them. In this EAST Minute, Rondi Gelbard reviews the EAST Practice Management Guideline on timing of operative debridement of NSTI. | October 17, 2019 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Contact Sports Related Concussion | Dr. Toby Enniss presents this EAST PMG about sports-related concussion prevention. There is a lot of information out there on this topic — many thanks to Dr. Enniss and his co-authors for breaking this down systematically. Thanks to Dr. Joe Catino from the EAST Online Education Committee for helping produce this video. | September 13, 2019 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Pediatric Pain Management | Injured child? Is he in pain, or just scared? Both? What do I give? How much? Kids make me nervous! Help! In this EAST Minute, Dr. Ann Bacevice takes the mystery out of treating injured children’s pain. Covering narcotic, non-narcotic, and non-pharmacologic options in less than 4 minutes, this concise review is definitely worth your time. | July 1, 2019 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease | Wondering what the evidence shows for C. difficile-associated disease (CDAD)? Dr. Vijay Jayaraman reviews the EAST PMG about CDAD -- when to operate and what to do. It's like a week on the colorectal service, condensed into 3 minutes! Read the PMG | January 6, 2019 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Small Bowel Obstruction | Dr. Alejandro Betancourt from the EAST EGS Committee reviews the EAST Practice Management Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Small Bowel Obstruction. Great EAST information shared in less than 3 min. | August 7, 2018 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Blunt Aortic Injury, Evaluation and Management | Learn about the EAST PMG Evaluation and Management of Blunt Aortic Injury in an EAST Minute by Dr. Red Hoffman. | May 11, 2018 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis | In this EAST Minute, Dr. David Morris reviews the EAST PMG on Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis using a visual flash card. Read the EAST PMG: bit.ly/3UESpGm | March 18, 2018 |
| Practice Management Guideline | PMG-Open Fractures,Prophylactic Antibiotic Use | In this EAST Minute, Dr. Kyle Litow reviews the EAST PMG on Prophylactic Antibiotic Use in Open Fractures. Read the EAST PMG here: bit.ly/3BeDtb5 | March 18, 2018 |
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