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The Severe Trauma Patient in the ICU

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The Integrated Approach to Trauma Care

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((UICM,volume 22))

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Abstract

Before admission of a trauma patient to the intensive care unit (ICU) hemodynamic and respiratory parameters should have been stabilized, diagnostic procedures carried out, and emergency surgery performed as required [1, 2]. During ICU stay three main points should be addressed: (a) close monitoring of vital organ functions, (b) prevention of late complications, and (c) treatment of disturbances in vital organ functions. This chapter discusses these points briefly.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University Hospital, University of Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein 14, NL-6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Rene Jan Albert Goris

  2. Department of Surgery, University Hospital, University of Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    Otmar Trentz

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van Dalen, R. (1995). The Severe Trauma Patient in the ICU. In: Goris, R.J.A., Trentz, O. (eds) The Integrated Approach to Trauma Care. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79272-4_23

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