Divergent patient populations: Trauma versus sepsis Noncardiac intensive care units (ICUs) predominantly manage coagulopathy in patients with trauma or sepsis. Although trauma is known as the third most frequent cause of death in the United States, sepsis, which is not…
Epidemiology Pleural effusions are common in the intensive care unit (ICU). Estimated incidence depends on screening method and ranges from 8% by physical examination to 60% by ultrasound. , Transudative causes of effusion (heart failure, hypoalbuminemia) predominate in the medical…
Introduction Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death in both the civilian and military settings. Thus, to achieve zero preventable deaths following trauma, prompt and effective control of noncompressible torso hemorrhage is essential. This may require aortic occlusion…
Over the past decade, a wealth of studies has provided the scientific rationale to warrant the early screening and preemptive antithrombotic management of blunt cerebrovascular injuries (BCVIs). In the 1990s, BCVIs were thought to have unavoidable, devastating neurologic outcomes, but…
Divergent patient populations: Trauma versus sepsis Noncardiac intensive care units (ICUs) predominantly manage coagulopathy in patients with trauma or sepsis. Although trauma is known as the third most frequent cause of death in the United States, sepsis, which is not…
Epidemiology Pleural effusions are common in the intensive care unit (ICU). Estimated incidence depends on screening method and ranges from 8% by physical examination to 60% by ultrasound. , Transudative causes of effusion (heart failure, hypoalbuminemia) predominate in the medical…