Melanie Arthur
Portland State University
20 Papers
245 Citations
Melanie Arthur is an academic researcher from Portland State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Injury Severity Score. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 20 publications. Previous affiliations of Melanie Arthur include Oregon Institute of Technology & Oregon Health & Science University.
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Papers
Rib fracture pain and disability: can we do better?
Mahlon A. Kerr-Valentic,Melanie Arthur,Richard J. Mullins,Tuesday E. Pearson,John C. Mayberry +4 more
TL;DR: Rib fractures are a significant cause of pain and disability in patients with isolated thoracic injury and in Patients with associated extrathoracic injuries and developing new therapies to accelerate pain relief and healing would substantially improve the outcome of patients with rib fractures.
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Advanced Statistics: The Propensity Score--A Method for Estimating Treatment Effect in Observational Research
TL;DR: The purpose of this article is to describe the use of propensity scores to adjust for bias when estimating treatment effects in observational research and to compare use of this technique with conventional multivariable regression.
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Racial disparities in mortality among adults hospitalized after injury.
TL;DR: Black and Asian patients have a higher risk of death after injury than white patients, and this data raise important questions about access to quality trauma care for racial minority patients.
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Mortality among seriously injured patients treated in remote rural trauma centers before and after implementation of a statewide trauma system.
N. Clay Mann,Richard J. Mullins,Jerris R. Hedges,Donna Rowland,Melanie Arthur,Andrew D. Zechnich +5 more
TL;DR: Increased injury survival after Oregon trauma system implementation, demonstrated in urban and statewide analyses, was not confirmed in remote regions of the state, and efforts to improve trauma systems in rural areas should focus on the processes of care for head-injured patients transferred to higher designation trauma centers.
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Variations in injury patterns, treatment, and outcome for spinal fracture and paralysis in adult versus geriatric patients.
TL;DR: The increased 60-day versus in-hospital mortality for the geriatric population suggests that 60- day mortality may be a better measure of outcome for these patients.
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