Management of temperature control in post-cardiac arrest care: an expert report.

Targeted temperature management (TTM) through induced hypothermia (between 32-36 C) is currently regarded as a first-line treatment during the management of post-cardiac arrest patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The aim of TTM is to afford neuroprotection and reduce secondary neurological damage caused by anoxia. Despite the large body of evidence on its benefits, the TTM is still little used in Spain.

Combined Thorax-Abdomen Extraction in Controlled Cardiac Death (Maastricht Type III) Donors.

Donation after circulatory death (DCD) or controlled cardiac death (Maastricht type III donors) is that in which the irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory function occurs after the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies. The shortage of available donor lungs has prompted the development of programs of controlled DCD for lung transplantation. The combined thorax-abdomen extraction in these cases is carried out only in a few centers in Spain, being even more exceptional considering the combined use of super rapid lung extraction with abdominal normothermic regional perfusion.

[Combined thorax-abdomen extraction in a Maastricht type III donor].

Donation after circulatory death (Maastricht type III donation) or controlled cardiac death refers to the retrieval of organs for transplantation purposes following death confirmed using circulatory criteria after the withdrawal of life support. The persistent shortfall in organ availability has prompted the development of donation programs following circulatory death for lung transplantation. The combined thorax-abdomen extraction in these cases is carried out in only twelve centres in Spain, while the combined use of abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) is even more exceptional.

Mortality prediction using TRISS methodology in the Spanish ICU Trauma Registry (RETRAUCI).

Objectives: To validate Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) methodology as an auditing tool in the Spanish ICU Trauma Registry (RETRAUCI).

Design: A prospective, multicenter registry evaluation was carried out.

Setting: Thirteen Spanish Intensive Care Units (ICUs).

Epidemiology of severe trauma in Spain. Registry of trauma in the ICU (RETRAUCI). Pilot phase.

Objective: To describe the characteristics and management of severe trauma disease in Spanish Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Registry of trauma in the ICU (RETRAUCI). Pilot phase.