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Research Article| Volume 2, ISSUE 4, P839-852, October 1986

Critical Care Complications in the Trauma Patient

  • Laurie Langdale
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    Fellow in Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
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  • William P. Schecter
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    Corresponding author: Intensive Care Unit, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110
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    Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

    Associate Director, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0749-0704(18)30583-9
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      Critical care therapy of the multiply injured patient results in multiple potential complications. Nosocomial infections, gastrointestinal complications, and pulmonary complications are reviewed. Complications that are anticipated can often be avoided by prophylactic therapy. Early intervention, once complications have occurred, may result in decreased morbidity and mortality.
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