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…
Liver transplantation (LT) has evolved from a high-risk procedure with significant morbidity and mortality to a standard treatment for patients with liver failure. Patients who undergo successful liver replacement have 1-year and 5-year survival rates that exceed 85% and 70%,…
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…