Featured in NEJM Journal Watch: Most Severe Trauma Cases Not Transferred
While insurance status may have played a role in the decision to not transfer patients to trauma centers, hospital capabilities and injury patterns were likely more influential, according to a JAMA Surgery study of some 4500 adults with injury severity scores above 15, less than half of whom were transferred. Journal Watch
The heath concerns in spending the day sitting
Dr. Saunders' research focuses on how sitting, even paired with physical activity, can be bad for our health. It prevents sugar and fat from being pumped out of our blood and into our muscles. He says our muscles are like little vacuum pumps that suck the sugar and fat out of our blood.
"So when we're sitting for a long time, those pumps shut off and no more sugar and fat are going into your muscles. It just ends up building up in your blood." MedicalXpress
Catastrophizing can predict low back pain, disability
For patients treated for low back pain, catastrophizing may predict the degree of pain and disability, according to a review published in the Feb. 1 issue of Spine. MedicalXpress
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