Tag: trauma
Focus on Clinical Trial Interpretation
In a recently published meta-epidemiological study of 604 randomised clinical trials (RCTs) published between 1977 and 2018 from 53 Cochrane systematic reviews in critical care, less than 7% of the RCTs had overall low risk... read more
Guidelines for Burn Care Under Austere Conditions
The principles of care after disasters and mass casualty incidents are centered on doing the greatest good for the greatest number. From an airway and ventilation perspective, we have presented the issues that are likely... read more
Validation of Neuromuscular Blocking Agent Use in ARDS
The use of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents (NMBA) could significantly decrease mortality in moderate-to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients and decrease the incidence of barotrauma during mechanical ventilation.... read more
Survivorship Will Be the Defining Challenge of Critical Care in the 21st Century
Distracted by the high mortality rate of critical illness, we tend to overlook the essential fact that most patients survive the intensive care unit (ICU). Every year, millions of patients are discharged from the ICU... read more
eFAST Performance with a Novel vs. Conventional Transducers
Point-of-injury extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma (eFAST) may identify life-threatening torso hemorrhage and expedite casualty evacuation. The purpose of this study was to compare combat medic eFAST performance... read more
Tranexamic Acid in TBI – CRASH-3 Trial Treatment
The CRASH-3 trial is a multi-centre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of the effects of tranexamic acid on death and disability in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Patients with reactive pupils and/or mild... read more
Epinephrine During Resuscitation of Traumatic Cardiac Arrest and Increased Mortality
Epinephrine administered during in-hospital resuscitation was associated with lower 7-day survival rate in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) following trauma. While we examined the outcomes of selected... read more
Tranexamic Acid Has Nominal Benefit for TBI
Studies examining the use of tranexamic acid (TXA) inescapably seem to pit our rigorous methodological demons against our practical clinical angels. The CRASH-2 trial randomized 20,211 adult trauma patients presenting... read more
Early Psychological Screening of ICU Survivors
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression assessed 1 week after ICU stay correlate with 3-month psychological outcome. The HADS and PTSS-10 may be useful aids to identify ICU survivors at high risk for... read more
ICU Bouncebacks Associated with Worse Outcomes
ICU Bouncebacks (ICUBBs) are associated with worse outcomes and are disproportionately burdened by respiratory complications. These findings emphasize the importance of the TQIP Collaborative in identifying statewide... read more
Fixing Hypernatremia: Acting Fast or Acting Slow?
This is the largest adult cohort study focusing on the neurologic complications and mortality after hypernatremia correction in critically ill adults. There wasn't any evidence that rapid correction of hypernatremia was... read more
Guidelines for the Management of Severe TBI
Often, the available evidence is not sufficient to generate guidelines addressing the most critical questions faced by clinicians and patients. Although there have been some major developments in severe traumatic brain... read more
Prognostic Value of Spreading Depolarizations in Patients With Severe TBI
In this cohort study of patients with acute brain trauma, spreading depolarizations were predominant but heterogeneous and independently associated with poor neurologic recovery. Monitoring the occurrence of spreading depolarizations... read more
Tailoring Nutrition Therapy to Illness and Recovery
Without doubt, in medicine as in life, one size does not fit all. We do not administer the same drug or dose to every patient at all times, so why then would we live under the illusion that we should give the same nutrition... read more
New Hope for Concussions TBI & PTSD
Dr. Larry Komer and Joan Chandler Komer offer new hope to those with brain injuries. Millions of people of all ages experience concussions. Many others have a more serious event known as a traumatic brain injury. Battlefield... read more
Stress Management Intervention to Prevent PICS-Family in Patients’ Spouses
Sensation Awareness Focused Training (SĀF-T) intervention during the ICU stay is feasible, acceptable, and may improve family caregivers' post-ICU outcomes. Larger clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of SĀF-T in... read more
Is Tranexamic Acid Going to CRASH the Management of TBI?
In the recent CRASH-3 randomized trial, early administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) was associated with a non-significant reduction of head injury-related 28-day mortality in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury... read more
