sc2i Publications

2026

Windham IH, Kimbrel JA, Boykin OA, Wylie MR, Simons MP, Schobel SA, Rouse M, Stanbro J, Huber J, Upadhyay MM, Melton-Celsa AR, Elster EA, Dente CJ, Be NA, Merrell DS. Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex traumatic wound isolates. Microbiology Spectrum, 14(7), e02644-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02644-25

2025

Rindler RS, Robertson H, Yampert LD, Khatri V, Texakalidis P, Eshraghi S, Grey S, Schobel SA, Elster EA, Boulis N, Grossberg JA. Predicting Vasospasm and Early Mortality in Severe TBI: A Model Using Serum, Cytokines, Neuronal Proteins, and Clinical Data. Neurosurgery 96(5) 1133-1145. https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003224

Rouse M, Gann ER, Brandsma J, Sugiharto VA, Robertson H, Genzor P, Chen HW, Simons MP, Schobel SA, Chenoweth JG, Jenkins SA, Clark DV, DellaVolpe J, Chitty S, Rivera I, Lewis M, Park C, Parikh A, Vir P, Stewart IJ, Pratt K. Seraph-100 hemoperfusion for management of severe COVID-19: Assessment of serum and plasma analytes pre- and post-filtration. Blood Purif (2025) 54(3): 200-210. https://doi.org/10.1159/000542995

Haines KL, Li R, Grey S, Kim HE, Gann E, Almond C, Rouse M, Joshi MB, Schobel SA, Agarwal S, Kirk A, Elster EA, Fernandez-Moure JS. Exploratory Cluster Analysis of IL2RA and Associated Biomarkers and Complications After Blunt Chest Trauma, JTACS 98(6) 899-906. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000004313

Kimbrel J, Thissen JB, Lisboa FA, Mabery S, Jaing CJ, Elster EA, Schobel SA, Be NA. High-Quality Acinetobacter Genomes Recovered from Combat Wounds Via Metagenomic Sequencing Resemble the Genomes from Isolates. Microbiol Spectr 14:e01876-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01876-25

2024

Schobel SA, Gann ER, Unselt D, Grey SF, Lisboa FA, Upadhyay MM, Rouse M, Tallowin S, Be NA, Zhang X, Dalgard CL, Wilkerson MD, Hauskrecht M, Badylak, SF, Zamora, Vodovotz Y, Potter, BK, Davis TA, Elster EA. The influence of microbial colonization on inflammatory versus pro-healing trajectories in combat extremity wounds. Scientific Reports 14(1), 5006. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52479-5

Rowe CJ, Nwaolu U, Martin L, Huang BJ, Mang J, Salinas D, Schlaff CD, Ghenbot S, Lansford JL, Potter BK, Schobel SA, Gann ER, Davis TA. Systemic inflammation following traumatic injury and its impact on neuroinflammatory gene expression in the rodent brain. J Neuroinflammation 21:211 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-024-03205-5

Choudhary T, Upadhyaya P, Davis CM, Yang P, Tallowin S, Lisboa FA, Schobel SA, Coopersmith CM, Elster EA, Buchman TG, Dente CJ, Kamaleswaran R. Derivation and Validation of Generalized Sepsis-induced Acute Respiratory Failure Phenotypes Among Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Study. Critical Care 28:321 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-024-05061-4

Upadhyaya P, Wang J, Mathew DT, Ali A, Tallowin S, Gann E, Lisboa FA, Schobel SA, Elster EA, Buchman TG, Dente CJ, Kamaleswaran R. Predicting Sepsis Induced Hypotension Patient Attributes for Restrictive vs Liberal Fluid Strategy. Shock: Injury, Inflammation, and Sepsis: Laboratory and Clinical Approaches, 63(3), 399–405. https://doi.org/10.1097/SHK.0000000000002506

2023

Hoyt BW, Lundy AE, Colantonio DF, Robertson H, Clark DM, Tintle SM, Potter BK. Hounsfield Unit-Calculated Bone Mineral Density Loss Following Combat-Related Lower Extremity Amputations. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 105(22), 1786–1792. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.22.01258

Zamora R, Forsberg JA, Shah AM, Unselt D, Grey S, Lisboa FA, Billiar TR, Schobel SA, Potter BK, Elster EA. Central role for neurally dysregulated IL-17A in dynamic networks of systemic and local inflammation in combat casualties. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 6618. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33342-9

Gelbard RB, Kim HE, Li R, Grey SF, Almond CS, Rouse MJ, Fernandez-Moure JS. A random forest model using flow cytometry data identifies pulmonary infection after thoracic injury. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 96(2), 232–239. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000004128

Wang J, de Vale JS, Gupta S, Upadhyaya P, Lisboa FA, Schobel SA, Elster EA, Dente CJ, Buchman TG, Kamaleswaran R. ClotCatcher: a novel natural language model to accurately adjudicate venous thromboembolism from radiology reports. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 23, 262 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-023-02369-z

Li R, Rouse M, Pace BT, Grey SF, Mclaughlin K, Schobel SA, Simons MP. Host CD3+ T-cells can significantly modulate phage treatment effects on bacterial bioburden in mouse models. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1240176

Rowe CJ, Mang J, Huang B, Nwaolu U, Spreadborough PJ, Davis TA. Systemic inflammation induced from remote extremity trauma is a critical driver of secondary brain injury. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 126, 103878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcn.2023.103878

Kok CR, Mulakken N, Thissen JB, Grey SF, Avila-Herrera A, Upadhyay MM, Lisboa FA, Mabery S, Elster EA, Schobel SA, Be NA. Targeted metagenomic assessment reflects critical colonization in battlefield injuries. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(6), e02520-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02520-23

2022

Crum RJ, Johnson SA, Jiang P, Jui JH, Zamora R, Cortes D, Kulkarni M, Prabahar A, Bolin J, Gann E, Elster E, Schobel, SA, Larie D, Cockrell C, An G, Brown B, Hauskrecht M, Vodovotz Y, Badylak SF. Transcriptomic, proteomic, and morphologic characterization of healing in volumetric muscle loss. Tissue Engineering Part A, 28(21-22), 941–957. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tea.2022.0113

Moris D, Henao R, Hensman H, Stempora L, Chasse S, Schobel S, Dente CJ, Kirk AD, Elster E. Multidimensional machine learning models predicting outcomes after trauma. Surgery, 172(5), 1541–1550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2022.08.013

Vicente D, Grey SF, Chasse S, Schobel S, Dente CJ, Elster E. Cellular microRNAs correlate with clinical parameters in polytrauma patients. JTACS 93(2), 241–248. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003668

Larson JL, Robertson HT, Grey SF, Schobel SA, Potter BK, Elster EA. Acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury in a trauma population with and without long bone fractures. Front. Syst. Biol. 2:1058603. doi: 10.3389/fsysb.2022.1058603

Avila‐Herrera A,  Thissen JB, Mulakken N, Schobel SA, Morrison MD, Zhou X, Grey SF, Lisboa FA, Unselt D, Mabery S, Upadhyay MM, Jaing CJ, Elster EA, Be NA. Metagenomic features of bioburden serve as outcome indicators in combat extremity wounds. Scientific Reports (2022) 12:13816. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16170-x

2021

Gunasingha RMKD, Grey SF, Munoz B, Schobel S, Lee J, Erwin C, Irons T, McMillan E, Unselt D, Elster E, Bradley M. To Scan or Not to Scan: Development of a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Determine If Imaging Would Aid in the Diagnosis of Appendicitis. World Journal of Surgery, 45(10), 3056–3064. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06246-6

Breslin AW, Limkakeng AT, Silvius E, Staton CA, Almond C, Joshi MB, Adams B, Johnston B, McGowan L, Kirk AD, Elster E. Immune response profiling in patients with traumatic injuries associated with alcohol ingestion. Clin Transl Sci. 2021 Sep;14(5):1791-1798. https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.13022

Gelbard RB, Hensman H, Schobel S, Stempora LL, Moris D, Dente CJ, Buchman TG, Kirk AD, Elster E. An integrative model using flow cytometry identifies nosocomial infection after trauma. JTACS 91(1):47-53. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003148

Vicente D, Schobel SA, Anfossi S, Hensman H, Lisboa F, Robertson H, Khatri V, Bradley MJ, Shimizu M, Buchman TG, Davis TA, Dente CJ, Kirk AD, Calin GA, Elster EA. Viral Micro-RNAs Are Detected in the Early Systemic Response to Injury and Are Associated With Outcomes in Polytrauma Patients. Crit Care Med. 50(2):296-306. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000005181

Ronaldi, Alley E. MD; Polcz, Jeanette E. MD; Robertson, Henry T. PhD; Walker, Patrick F. MD; Bozzay, Joseph D. MD; Dubose, Joseph J. MD; White, Paul W. MD; Rasmussen, Todd E. MD; White, Joseph M. MD. A multi-registry analysis of military and civilian penetrating cervical carotid artery injury. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 91(2S):p S226-S232. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003296

Gerardo CJ, Silvius E, Schobel S, Eppensteiner JC, McGowan LM, Elster EA, Kirk AD and Limkakeng AT (2021) Association of a Network of Immunologic Response and Clinical Features With the Functional Recovery From Crotalinae Snakebite Envenoming. Front. Immunol. 12:628113. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.628113

Dente, CJ, Mina MJ, Morse BC, Hensman H, Schobel S, Gelbard RB, Belard A, Buchman TG, Kirk AD, Elster EA. Predicting the need for massive transfusion: Prospective validation of a smartphone-based clinical decision support tool. Surgery, 170(4), 1253–1259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2021.04.032

Hoyt BW, Lebrun CT, Gurney JM, Schobel SA, Potter BK, Elster EA. Tranexamic acid administration and pulmonary embolism in combat casualties with orthopaedic injuries. OTA International: The Open Access Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 4(4), e151. https://doi.org/10.1097/OI9.0000000000000151

McKinley, TO, Gaski GE, Billiar TR, Vodovotz Y, Brown KM, Elster EA, Constantine GM, Schobel SA, Robertson HT, Meagher AD, Firoozabadi R, Gary JL, O'Toole RV, Aneja A, Trochez KM, Kempton LB, Steenburg SD, Collins SC, Frey KP, Castillo RC, METRC. Patient-Specific Precision Injury Signatures to Optimize Orthopaedic Interventions in Multiply Injured Patients (PRECISE STUDY). J. Orthop Trauma, 36(Suppl 1), S1–S7. https://doi.org/10.1097/BOT.0000000000002290

2020

Bradley M, Shi A, Khatri V, Schobel S, Silvius E, Kirk A, Buchman T, Oh J, Elster E. Prediction of venous thromboembolism using clinical and serum biomarker data from a military cohort of trauma patients. BMJ Military Health, 166(6), 375–380. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2019-001393

2019

McKinley T, Lisboa F, Horan A, Gaski G, Mehta S Precision Medicine Applications to Manage Multiply Injured Patients With Orthopaedic Trauma. J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Jun;33 Suppl 6:S25-S29. https://doi.org/10.1097/bot.0000000000001468

Eppensteiner J, Kwun J, Scheurmann U, Barbas A, Limkakeng A, Elster E, Kirk A, Lee J. Damage- and pathogen-associated molecular patterns play differential roles in late mortality after critical illness. JCI Insight, 4(16), e127925. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.127925

Lisboa FA, Dente CJ, Schobel SA, Khatri V, Potter BK, Kirk AD, Elster EA. Utilizing Precision Medicine to Estimate Timing for Surgical Closure of Traumatic Extremity Wounds. Ann Surg. 2019 Sep;270(3):535-543 https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003454

Gelbard RB, Hensman H, Schobel SA, Khatri V, Rosene CP, Patterson CK, Dente CJ, Buchman TG, Kirk AD, Elster EA. Random forest modeling can predict infectious complications following trauma laparotomy. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 87(5), 1125–1132. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000002486

McKinley T, Lisboa F, Horan A, Gaski G, Mehta S Precision Medicine Applications to Manage Multiply Injured Patients With Orthopaedic Trauma. J Orthop Trauma. 33(Suppl 6), S25-S29. https://doi.org/10.1097/bot.0000000000001468

2018

Darrabie M, Cheeseman J, Limkakeng A, Borawski J, Sullenger B, Elster E, Kirk A, Lee J. Toll-like receptor activation as a biomarker in traumatically injured patients J Surg Res.. 231:270- 277 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2018.05.059

Potter B, Forsberg J, Silvius E, Wagner M, Khatri V, Schobel S, Belard A, Weintrob A, Tribble D, Elster E. Combat-Related Invasive Fungal Infections: Development of a Clinically Applicable Clinical Decision Support System for Early Risk Stratification. Military Med. 184(1-2), e235-e242. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy182

Belard A, Schobel S, Bradley M, Potter B, Dente C, Buchman T, Kirk A, Elster E.. Battlefield to Bedside: Bringing Precision Medicine to Surgical Care. J Am Coll Surg. 226(6),  1093-1102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.03.023

Belard A, Buchman T, Dente C, Potter B, Kirk A, Elster E. The Uniformed Services University’s Surgical Critical Care Initiative (SC2i): Bringing Precision Medicine to the Critically Ill Military Med. 183(Suppl 1), 487-495. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usx164

Nemati S, Holder A, Razmi F, Stanley M, Clifford G, Buchman T. An Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Accurate Prediction of Sepsis in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 46(4): p. 547-553. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000002936

Radowsky J, Neely R, Forsberg J, Lisboa F, Dente C, Elster E, Crane N. Preclosure spectroscopic differences between healed and dehisced traumatic wounds. PLoS ONE, 13(9), e0204453. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204453

2017

Dente C, Bradley M, Schobel S, Gaucher B, Buchman T, Kirk A, Elster E.. Towards precision medicine: Accurate predictive modeling of infectious complications in combat casualties JTACS, 83(4), 609-616. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000001597

Chang F, Dente C, Elster E. Measuring the Impact of a Big Data Decision Support Tool on Military Logistics: Medical Analytics Meets the Mission. Defense Acquisition Research Journal, 24(3), 504-527.

Lee J, Jackman J, Kwun J, Manook M, Moreno A, Elster E, Kirk A, Leong K, Sullenger B. Nucleic acid scavenging microfiber mesh inhibits trauma-induced inflammation and thrombosis Biomaterials, 120, 94-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.12.024

Rothberg P, Bailey J, Elster E, Bradley M. Dismounted Complex Blast Injury Patterns: A Review of Current Management and Outcome Literature. International Review of the Armed Forces Medical Services. 2017. 90(1), 4-11.

2016

Lisboa F, Bradley M, Hueman M, Schobel S, Gaucher B, Styrmisdottir E, Potter B, Forsberg J, Elster E. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs May Affect Cytokine Response and Benefit Healing of Combat-Related Extremity Wounds. Surgery, 161(4), 1164-1173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2016.10.011

Buchman, T, Billiar T, Elster E, Kirk A, Rimavi R, Vodovotz Y, Zehnbauer B. Precision Medicine for Critical Illness and Injury. Crit Care Med, 44(9), 1635-1638. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000002028

Belard A, Buchman T, Forsberg J, Potter B, Dente C, Kirk A, Elster E. Precision Diagnosis: A View of the Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) Landscape Through the Lens of Critical Care. J Clin Monit Comput, 31(2), 261-271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10877-016-9849-1

2015

Radowsky J, Brown T, Lisboa F, Rodriguez C, Forsberg J, Elster E. Serum Inflammatory Cytokine Markers of Invasive Fungal Infection in Previously Immunocompetent Battle Casualties. Surg Infect, 16(5), 526-532. https://doi.org/10.1089/sur.2015.020

Forsberg J, Potter B, Wagner M, Vickers A, Dente C, Kirk A, Elster E. Lessons of War: Turning Data Into Decisions EBioMedicine, 2(9), 1235-1242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.07.022

2014

Bevevino AJ, Dickens JF, Potter BK, Dworak T, Gordon WT, Forsberg JA. A Model to Predict Limb Salvage in Severe Combat-related Open Calcaneus Fractures. Clin Orthop and Relat Res, 472(10), 3002-3009. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-3389-4

Forsberg J, Potter B, Potter E, Safford S, Elster E. Do Inflammatory Markers Portend Heterotopic Ossification and Wound Failure in Combat Wounds? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 May 31. 472(9): p. 2845-54. Pubmed id24879568

Be N, Allen J, Brown T, Gardner S, McLoughlin K, Forsberg J, Kirkup B, Chromy B, Luciw P, Elster E, Jaing C. Microbial profiling of combat wound infection through detection microarray and nextgeneration sequencing J Clin Microbiol. 2014 May 14. 52(7): p. 2583-94. Pubmed id24829242

Bell J, Wolf E, Schnall B, Tis J, Potter B. Transfemoral Amputations: Is There an Effect of Residual Limb Length and Orientation on Energy Expenditure? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Apr 22. 472(10): p. 3055-61. Pubmed id24752912

Polfer E, Hoyt B, Senchak L, Murphey M, Forsberg J, Potter B. Fluid Collections in Amputations Are Not Indicative or Predictive of Infection Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Apr 2. 472(10): p. 2978-83. Pubmed id24691841

Chromy B, Eldridge A, Forsberg J, Brown T, Kirkup B, Elster E, Luciw P. Proteomic sample preparation for blast wound characterization Proteome Sci. 2014 Feb. 12(1): p. 10. Pubmed id24529238 

Evans K, Potter B, Brown T, Davis T, Elster E, Forsberg J. Osteogenic gene expression correlates with development of heterotopic ossification in war wounds Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Feb. 472(2): p. 396-404. Pubmed id24136804

2013

McBeth P, Crawford I, Tiruta C, Xiao Z, Ahu G, Shuster M, Sewell L, Panebianco N, Lautner D, Nicolaou S, Ball C, Blaivas M, Dente C, Wyrzkowski A, Kirkpatrick A. Help is in your pocket: the potential accuracy of smartphone-and laptop based remotely guided resuscitative telesonography. Telemed J E Health. 2013 Dec. 19(12): p. 924-30. Pubmed id24138615

Crane N, Polfer E, Elster E, Potter B, Forsberg J. Raman spectroscopic analysis of combat-related heterotopic ossification development Bone. 2013 Dec. 57(2): p. 335-42. Pubmed id24012700 Chromy B, Eldridge A, Forsberg J, Brown T, Kirkup B, Jaing C, Be N, Elster E, Luciw P. Wound outcome in combat injuries is associated with a unique set of protein biomarkers. J Transl Med. 2013 Nov. 11(1): p. 281. Pubmed id24192341

Ball C, Dente C, Kirkpatrick A, Wyrzkowski A, Williams B, Nicholas J, Shaz B, Laupland K, Vercruysse G, Salomone J, Dixon E, Rozycki G, Feliciano D. The impact of a mature massive transfusion protocol (1:1:1) on major hepatic injuries: does it increase abdominal closure rates? Can J Surg. 2013 Oct. 56(5): p. 128-34. Pubmed id24067528

Mina M, Winkler A, Dente C. Let technology do the work: improving prediction of massive transfusion with the aid of a smartphone app. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Oct. 75(4): p. 669-75. Pubmed id24064881

Zink J, Morse B, Vercruysse G, Dente C, Jones Y. Remote group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal fascitis and myositis: a rare complication from hematogenous spread of streptococcal pharyngitis Am Surg. 2013 Sep. 79(9): p. 296-7. Pubmed id24069966

Lisboa F, Forsberg J, Brown T, Gage F, Potter B, Elster E. Bilateral lower-extremity amputation wounds are associated with distinct local and systemic cytokine response Surgery. 2013 Aug. 154(2): p. 282. Pubmed id23889954

Elster E, Butler F, Rasmussen T. Implications of combat casualty care for mass casualty events JAMA. 2013 Aug. 310(5): p. 475-6. Pubmed id23925612

Anam K, Lazdun Y, Davis P, Banas R, Elster E, Davis T. Amnion-derived multipotent progenitor cells support allograft tolerance induction Am J Transplant. 2013 Jun. 13(6): p. 1416-28. Pubmed id23651511

2012

Evans K, Forsberg J, Potter B, Hawksworth J, Brown T, Andersen R, Dunne J, Tadaki D, Elster E. Inflammatory cytokine and chemokine expression is associated with heterotopic ossification in high-energy penetrating war injuries J Orthop Trauma. 2012 Nov. 26(11): p. 204-13. Pubmed id22588530

Goldberg S, Anand R, Como J, Dechert T, Dente C, Luchette F, Ivatury R, Duane T. Prophylactic antibiotic use in penetrating abdominal trauma: an eastern association for the surgery of trauma practice management guideline. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Nov. 73(5 Supp 4): p. 321-5. Pubmed id23114488

Benfield R, Mamczak C, Vo K, Smith T, Osborne L, Sheppard F, Elster E. Initial predictors associated with outcome in injured multiple traumatic limb amputations: a Kandahar-based combat hospital experience J Orthop Trauma. 2012 Oct. 43(10): p. 1753-8. Pubmed id22840556

Hawksworth J, Graybill C, Gillern S, Brown T, Wallace S, Davis T, Elster E, Tadaki D. Lymphocyte depletion in experimental hemorrhagic shock in swine. J Inflamm (Lond). 2012 Sep. 9(1): p. 34. Pubmed id23009382

Watkins C, Feingold P, Hashimoto B, Johnson L, Dente C. Nocturnal violence: implications for resident trauma operative experiences. Am Surg. 2012 Jun. 78(6): p. 657-62. Pubmed id22643260

Morse B, Dente C, Hodgman E, Shaz B, Winkler A, Nicholas J, Wyrzkowski A, Rozycki G, Feliciano D. Outcomes after massive transfusion in non-trauma patients in the era of damage control resuscitation. Am Surg. 2012 Jun. 78(6): p. 679-84. Pubmed id22643264

Michetti C, Fakhry S, Ferguson P, Dente C, Skeete D. Ventilator associated pneumonia rates at major trauma centers compared with a national benchmark: a multi-institutional study of the AAST. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 May. 72(5): p. 1165-73. Pubmed id22673241

Hawksworth J, Graybill J, Brown T, Wallace S, Davis T, Tadaki D, Elster E. Lymphocyte modulation with FTY720 improves hemorrhagic shock survival in swine. PLos One. 2012 Apr. 7(4): Pubmed id22558085

Hodgman E, Morse B, Dente C, Mina M, Shaz B, Nicholas J, Wyrzykowski A, Salomone J, Rozycki G, Felician D. Base deficit as a marker of survival after traumatic injury: consistent across changing patient populations and resuscitation paradigms . J Trauma Acute Care. 2012 Apr. 72(4): p. 844-51. Pubmed id22491595

Crane N, Elster E. Vibrational spectroscopy: a tool being developed for the noninvasive monitoring of wound healing. J Biomed Opt. 2012 Jan. 17(1): Pubmed id22352634

Alfieri K, Elster E, Dunne J. Resuscitation and blood utilization guidelines for the multiply injured, multiple amputee J Surg Orthop. 2012. 21(1): p. 15-21. Pubmed id22381506

Mamczak C, Elster E. Complex dismounted IED blast injuries: the initial management of bilateral lower extremity amputations with and without pelvic and perineal involvement J Surg Orthop. 2012. 21(1): p. 14-Aug. Pubmed id22381505

Brown T, Elster E, Stevens K, Graybill J, Gillern S, Phinney S, Salifu M, Jindal R. Bayesian modeling of pretransplant variables accurately predicts kidney graft survival Am J Nephrol. 2012. 36(6): p.561-9. Pubmed id23221105

2011

Gillern S, Sheppard F, Evans K, Graybill J, Gage F, Forsberg J, Dunne J, Tadaki D, Elster E. Incidence of pulmonary embolus in combat casualties with extremity amputations and fractures J Trauma. 2011 Sep. 71(3): p. 607-12. Pubmed id21908998

Morse B, Dente C, Hodgman E, Shaz B, Nicholas J, Wyrzykowski A, Salomone J, Vercruysse G, Rozycki G, Feliciano D. The effects of protocolized use of recombinant factor vlla within a massive transfusion protocol in a civilian level 1 trauma center. Am Surg. 2011 Aug. 77(8): p. 1043-9.

Davis T, O'Brien F, Anam K, Grijalva S, Potter B, Elster E. Heterotopic ossification in complex orthopaedic combat wounds: quantification and characterization of osteogenic precursor cell activity in traumatized muscle J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Jun. 93(12): p. 1122-31. Pubmed id21776549

Cannon J, Zonies D, Benfield R, Elster E, Wanek S. Advanced en-route critical care during combat operations Bull Am Coll Surg. 2011 May. 96(5): p. 21-9. Pubmed id22312820

Ball C, Salomone J, Shaz B, Dente C, Tallah C, Anderson K, Rozyci G, Feliciano D. Uncrossmatched Blood transfusion for trauma patients in the emergency department: incidence, outcomes and recommendations. Can J Surg. 2011 Apr. 54(2): p. 115-5. Pubmed id21251416

Dente C, Feliciano D. Torso vascular trauma in an urban level-1 trauma center. Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther. 2011 Mar. 23(1): p. 36-46.

Stojadinovic A, Kyle Potter B, Eberhardt J, Shawen S, Andersen R, Forsberg J, Shwery C, Elster E, Schaden W. Development of a prognostic naive bayesian classifier for successful treatment of nonunions. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Jan. 93(2): p. 187-94. Pubmed id21248216

Hahm G, Glaser J, Elster E. Biomarkers to predict wound healing: the future of complex war wound management. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Jan. 127(Suppl): p. 21S-26S. Pubmed id21200268

Hwang P, Porterfield N, Pannell D, Davis T, Elster E. Trauma is Danger. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2011. 9(92): Pubmed id21676213

Crane N, O'Brien F, Forsberg J, Potter B, Elster E. Developing a toolbox for analysis of warrior wound biopsies: vibrational spectroscopy. Proc SPIE. 2011.

Brown T, Hawksworth J, Sheppard F, Tadaki D, Elster E. The inflammatory response in combat wounds is associated with critical colonization. Surg Infection. 2011. Pubmed id21936666

Gillern S, Evans K, Graybill J, Forsberg J, Dunne J, Tadaki D, Stojadinovic A, Elster E. Incidence of pulmonary embolus in patients with high energy wartime extremity wounds. J Trauma. 2011

2010

Potter B, Forsberg J, Davis T, Evans K, Hawksworth J, Tadaki D, Brown T, Crane N, Burns T, O'Brien F, Elster E. Heterotopic ossification following combat-related trauma. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Dec. 92(Suppl 2): p. 74-89. Pubmed id21123594

Ball C, Navsaria P, Kirkpatrick A, Vercler C, Dixon E, Zink J. Laupland K, Lowe M, Salomone J, Dente C, Wyrykowski A, Hameed S, Widder S, Inaba K, Ball J, Rozycki G, Montgomery S, Hayward T, Feliciano D. The Impact of country and culture of end-of-life care for injured patients: results of an international survey J Trauma . 2010 Dec. 69(6): p. 1323-34. Pubmed id21045742

Sheppard F, Keiser P, Craft D, Gage F, Robson M, Brown T, Petersen K, Sincock S, Kasper M, Hawksworth J, Tadaki D, Davis T, Stojadinovic A, Elster E. The majority of U.S. combat casualty soft tissue wounds are not infected or colonized upon arrival or during treatment at a continental United States military medical facility. Am J Surg. 2010 Oct. 200(4): p. 489-95. Pubmed id20887842

Hurst F, Jindal R, Graham L, Falta E, Elster E, Stackhouse G, Agodoa L, Lentine K, Salifu M, Abbott K. Incidence, predictors, costs, and outcome of renal cell carcinoma after kidney transplantation: USRDS experience Transplantation. 2010 Oct. 90(8): p. 898-904. Pubmed id21248500

Elster E, Hawksworth J, Chang O, Leeser D, Ring M, Tadaki D, Kleiner D, Brown T, Mannon R. Probabilistic (Bayesian) modeling of gene expression in transplant glomerulopathy. J Mol Diagn. 2010 Sep. 12(5): p. 653-63. Pubmed id20688906

Ball C, Dente C, Kirkpatrick A, Shah A, Rajani R, Wyrzkowski A, Vercruysse G, Rozycki G, Nicholas J, Salomone J, Feliciano D. Occult pneumothoraces in victims of penetrating trauma: does mechanism matter? Can J Surg. 2010 Aug. 53(4): p. 251-5.

Brown T, Safford S, Caramanica J, Elster E. Biomarker use in tailored combat casualty care. Biomark Med. 2010 Jun. 4(3): p. 465-73. Pubmed id20550480

Crane N, Brown T, Evans K, Hawksworth J, Hussey S, Tadaki D, Elster E. Monitoring the healing of combat wounds using raman spectroscopic mapping. Wound Repair Regen. 2010 Jun. Pubmed id20546554

Ball C, Wyryzkowski A, Kirkpatrick A, Dente C, Nicholas J, Salomone J, Rozycki G, Kortbeek J, Feliciano D. Thoracic needle decompression for tension pneumothoraces: clinical correlation with catheter length. Can J Surg. 2010 Jun. 53(3): p. 184-8.

Sullivan P, Dente C, Patel S, Carmichael M, Srinivasan J, Wyrzkowski A, Nicholas J, Salomone J, Ingram W, Vercruysse G, Rozcyki G, Feliciano D. Outcome of ligation of the inferior vena cava in the modern era. Am J Surg. 2010 Apr. 199(4): p. 500-6. Pubmed id20074694

Dente C, Shaz B, Nicholas J, Harris R, Wyrzykowski A, Ficke B, Vercruysse G, Feliciano D, Rozycki G, Salomone J, Ingram W. Early predictors of Massive Transfusion in Patients Sustaining Torso Gunshot Wounds in A Civilian Level I Trauma Center J Trauma . 2010 Feb. 68(2): p. 298-304. Pubmed id20154541

Shaz B, Dente C, Nicholas J, Macleod JB, Young A, Easley K, Ling Q, Harris R, Hillyer C. Increased number of coagulation products in relationship to red blood cell products transfused improves mortality in trauma patients. Transfusion. 2010 Feb. 50(2): p. 493-500. Pubmed id19804568

Stojadinovic A, Eberhardt J, Brown T, Hawksworth J, Gage F, Tadaki D, Forsberg J, Davis T, Potter B, Dunne J, Elster E. Development of a bayesian model to estimate health care outcomes in severely wounded. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2010. 2010(3): p. 125-35 . Pubmed Id21197361

2009

Hawksworth J, Stojadinovic A, Gage F, Tadaki D, Perdue P, Forsberg J, Davis T, Dunne J, Denobile J, Brown T, Elster E. Inflammatory biomarkers in combat wound healing Ann Surg. 2009 Dec. 250(6): p. 1002-7.

Utz E, Elster E, Tadaki D, Gage F, Perdue P, Stojadinovic A, Hawksworth J, Brown T. Matrix metalloprotease (MMP) expression is associated with wound failure in traumatic war injuries. J Surg Res. 2009 Sep. Pubmed id20056248

Dunne J, Hawksworth J, Stojadinovic A, Gage F, Tadaki D, Perdue P, Forsberg J, Elster E. Perioperative blood transfusions in combat casualties: a pilot study. J Trauma. 2009 Apr. 66(4): p. 150-6. Pubmed id19359959

Forsberg J, Pepek J, Wagner S, Wilson K, Flint J, Andersen R, Tadaki D, Gage F, Stojadinovic A, Elster E. Heterotopic ossification in high-energy wartime extremity injuries, prevalence and risk factors J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009. 91(5): p. 1084-91. Pubmed id19411456

2008

Forsberg J, Elster E, Andersen R, Nylen E, Brown T, Rose M, Stojadinovic A, Becker K, McGuigan F. Correlation of procalcitonin and cytokine expression with dehiscence of wartime extremity wounds. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Mar. 90(3): p. 580-8. Pubmed id18310708

2006

Kirk A, Hale D, Ford E, Kleiner D, Kampen R, Elster E, Swanson S, Cendales L, Cropper T, Hale L, Jordan S, Koussis T, Peretti J, Sloane A, Salaita C, Ring M, Chamberlain C, Mannon R. Solid Organ Transplantation at the National Institutes of Health: Development of a Research Based Transplantation Practice In: Cecka and Terasaki, editors. Clinical Transplants 2005. Los: UCLA Tissue Typing Laboratory; 2006. 131-144. Pubmed id17424731