Publications by authors named "Maeve Muldowney"
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- * Researchers analyzed data from 376 patients over four years, finding similar rates of advanced airway management and no significant differences in intubation rates or mortality between the two medications.
- * The conclusion indicates that both midazolam and ketamine have comparable safety profiles in terms of requiring emergency airway interventions for patients with acute behavioral disturbances.
Background: Firearm injuries cause significant morbidity and mortality. Patients with firearm injuries require urgent/emergency operative procedures but the literature incompletely describes how anesthesia care and outcomes differ between high acuity trauma patients with and without firearm injuries. Our objective was to examine anesthesia care, resource utilization, and outcomes of patients with acute firearm injuries compared to nonfirearm injuries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Uncontrolled bleeding is a leading cause of death in trauma. In the last 40 years, ultramassive transfusion (UMT; ≥20 units of red blood cells [RBCs]/24 hours) for trauma has been associated with 50% to 80% mortality; the question remains as to whether the increasing number of units transfused in urgent resuscitation is a marker of futility. We asked whether the frequency and outcomes of UMT have changed in the era of hemostatic resuscitation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose Of Review: Despite significant advances in trauma management over the last twenty years, uncontrolled hemorrhage remains the leading cause of preventable death in trauma. We review recent changes affecting hemorrhage control resuscitation.
Recent Findings: Early blood product usage has become well established as a standard of care in trauma hemorrhage control.