Precision medicine in trauma: a transformational frontier in patient care, education, and research.

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Trauma is the leading cause of death before the age of 45 in the United States. Considering that genomics/epigenomics, environmental exposures, and lifestyles are most likely to be of significant medical relevance in advancing the field of trauma, the lack of application of concepts and methodologies from PM to trauma education, research, practice, and community wellness is underwhelming.

🔑 Key Findings

• Precision medicine (PM) is the most advanced scientific form of medical practice and seeks to gather data from the genome, environmental interactions, and lifestyles.
• Relating to trauma, PM promises to significantly advance our understanding of the factors that contribute to the physiologic response to injury.
• We review the status of PM-driven trauma care.

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