Anesthetic concerns in trauma victims requiring operative intervention: the patient too sick to anesthetize.

Anesthesiol Clin

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dulles 6, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

Published: March 2010

Trauma is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Timely acute care anesthetic management of patients following traumatic injury may improve outcome. Recognition of highly-mortal injuries to the brain, heart, lungs, liver, and pelvis should guide trauma-specific management strategies. Rapid intraoperative treatment of life-threatening conditions following injury includes the use of 'controlled-under resuscitation' of fluid administration until surgical hemorrhage control, early factor replacement in addition to transfusion of packed red blood cells, and use of adjuvant therapies such as recombinant factor VIIa. These treatment strategies, other recent developments in acute trauma resuscitation, and a review of associated co-existing medical conditions that may impact mortality, are presented.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2010.01.004DOI Listing

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