Acute intensive care unit resuscitation of severely injured trauma patients: Do we need a new strategy?

CONCLUSION There is substantial variation in volume administered during acute ICU resuscitation, both absolutely and temporally, despite accounting for injury severity. Administration of larger volumes during acute ICU resuscitation is associated with worse outcomes. There is an opportunity to improve outcomes by further investigating and standardizing this important phase of care. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic/care management, level IV.
Source: The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research