Endpoints of Resuscitation of Critically Injured Patients: Normal or Supranormal?

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Authors

George C. Velmahos · University of Southern California

Δημήτριος Δημητριάδης · Southern California University for Professional Studies

William C. Shoemaker · LAC+USC Medical Center

Linda S. Chan · University of Southern California

Raymond Tatevossian · University of Southern California

Charles C.J. Wo · LAC+USC Medical Center

Pantelis Vassiliu

Abstract

Severely injured patients who can achieve optimal hemodynamic values are more likely to survive than those who cannot, regardless of the resuscitation technique. In this study, attempts at early optimization did not improve the outcome of the examined subgroup of severely injured patients.

Topics & Keywords

Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 232, Issue 3, pp. 409-418

DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200009000-00013

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