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Topics referred to by the same term
Trauma most often refers to:Psychological trauma, in psychology and psychiatric medicine, refers to severe mental and emotional injury caused by distressing events Traumatic injury, sudden physical injury caused by an external force, which does not rise to the level of major trauma Major trauma, in physical medicine, severe physical injury caused by an external source Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: TraumaA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: sixth editionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Pet SemataryThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The posttraumatic growth inventory: Measuring the positive legacy of traumaCited 6,710 times
- Go sideways: Injury in humansA closely related topic
- Go sideways: TraumatologyA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Any injury to the body of a living thing.
Noun Serious injury, resulting from predation, violence, an accident such as a fall, a vehicle crash, etc.
Noun An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
Noun An event that causes great distress.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The posttraumatic growth inventory: Measuring the positive legacy of trauma
Development and validation of a brief screening version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire
Loss, Trauma, and Human Resilience: Have We Underestimated the Human Capacity to Thrive After Extremely Aversive Events?
Meta-analysis of risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed adults.
Effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant haemorrhage (CRASH-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Transfusion of Plasma, Platelets, and Red Blood Cells in a 1:1:1 vs a 1:1:2 Ratio and Mortality in Patients With Severe Trauma
The role of childhood trauma in the neurobiology of mood and anxiety disorders: preclinical and clinical studies
A National Evaluation of the Effect of Trauma-Center Care on Mortality
🆕 Influential since 2022
The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: sixth edition
Impact of war and forced displacement on children’s mental health—multilevel, needs-oriented, and trauma-informed approaches
Single-atom nanozymes catalytically surpassing naturally occurring enzymes as sustained stitching for brain trauma
Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock receiving prehospital care (RePHILL): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial
Fracture detection in pediatric wrist trauma X-ray images using YOLOv8 algorithm
📚 Books worth reading
Pet SemataryStephen King · 1983
SpeakLaurie Halse Anderson · 1999
La solitudine dei numeri primiPaolo Giordano, Anna Casassas · 2008
LuckyAlice Sebold · 1999
The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der Kolk · 2014
Trauma and RecoveryJudith Lewis Herman · 1901
Culpa míaMercedes Ron · 2014
The boy who was raised as a dogBruce Duncan Perry, Bruce D. Perry · 2006
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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