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…
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…