Advances in Surgical Critical Care

Current Problems in Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 453-516

  Velmahos, George C ^a   Alam, Hasan B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADRENALIN; ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLOOD DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CATECHOLAMINE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DEXTRAN 70; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; INFUSION FLUID; INSULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROTEIN KINASE C; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ACCREDITATION; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING DISORDER; BRAIN DEATH; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COST; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTERIC FEEDING; ERYTHEMA; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MONOTHERAPY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PULSE PRESSURE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TONOMETRY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VENA CAVA FILTER;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44149126488     PISSN: 00113840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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