3 results match your criteria: "Los Angeles County General Hospital (LAC + USC)[Affiliation]"
Clinical relevance of the routine daily chest X-Ray in the surgical intensive care unit.
Am J Surg
July 2017
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Los Angeles County General Hospital (LAC+USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address:
Introduction: A daily Chest X-ray (CXR) is obtained in many surgical intensive care units (SICU). This study implemented a selective CXR protocol in a high volume, academic SICU and evaluated its impact on clinical outcomes.
Methods: All SICU patients admitted in 2/2010 were compared with patients admitted in 2/2012.
Intracranial pressure versus cerebral perfusion pressure as a marker of outcomes in severe head injury: a prospective evaluation.
Am J Surg
September 2014
Division of Acute Care Surgery (Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care), University of Southern California-Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County General Hospital (LAC + USC), 2051 Marengo Street, C5L100, Los Angeles, CA 90033-4525, USA.
Background: Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is a standard of care in severe traumatic brain injury when clinical features are unreliable. It remains unclear, however, whether elevated ICP or decreased cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) predicts outcome.
Methods: This is a prospective observational study of patients sustaining severe blunt head injury, admitted to the surgical intensive care unit at the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center between January 2010 and December 2011.
Erythropoiesis stimulating agent administration improves survival after severe traumatic brain injury: a matched case control study.
Ann Surg
January 2010
University of Southern California-Keck School of Medicine, Department of Surgery-Division of Acute Care Surgery (Emergency Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care), Los Angeles County General Hospital (LAC + USC), 1200 North State St, C4E100, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Objective: Erythropoiesis stimulating agent (ESA) administration may reduce mortality in severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI).
Summary Background Data: It has been established that the administration of ESA in critically ill trauma victims has been associated with improved outcomes. Recent experimental and clinical data showed neuroprotective effects of ESA, however, the literature regarding impact on outcome in sTBI is lacking.