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Sumann G, Moens D, Brink B, Brodmann Maeder M, Greene M, Jacob M, Koirala P, Zafren K, Ayala M, Musi M, Oshiro K, Sheets A, Strapazzon G, Macias D, Paal P. Multiple trauma management in mountain environments - a scoping review : Evidence based guidelines of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom). Intended for physicians and other advanced life support personnel. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2020; 28:117. [PMID: 33317595 PMCID: PMC7737289 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-020-00790-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Multiple trauma in mountain environments may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality compared to urban environments. Objective To provide evidence based guidance to assist rescuers in multiple trauma management in mountain environments. Eligibility criteria All articles published on or before September 30th 2019, in all languages, were included. Articles were searched with predefined search terms. Sources of evidence PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and hand searching of relevant studies from the reference list of included articles. Charting methods Evidence was searched according to clinically relevant topics and PICO questions. Results Two-hundred forty-seven articles met the inclusion criteria. Recommendations were developed and graded according to the evidence-grading system of the American College of Chest Physicians. The manuscript was initially written and discussed by the coauthors. Then it was presented to ICAR MedCom in draft and again in final form for discussion and internal peer review. Finally, in a face-to-face discussion within ICAR MedCom consensus was reached on October 11th 2019, at the ICAR fall meeting in Zakopane, Poland. Conclusions Multiple trauma management in mountain environments can be demanding. Safety of the rescuers and the victim has priority. A crABCDE approach, with haemorrhage control first, is central, followed by basic first aid, splinting, immobilisation, analgesia, and insulation. Time for on-site medical treatment must be balanced against the need for rapid transfer to a trauma centre and should be as short as possible. Reduced on-scene times may be achieved with helicopter rescue. Advanced diagnostics (e.g. ultrasound) may be used and treatment continued during transport.
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- G Sumann
- Austrian Society of Mountain and High Altitude Medicine, Emergency physician, Austrian Mountain and Helicopter Rescue, Altach, Austria
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- Emergency Department Liège University Hospital, CMH HEMS Lead physician and medical director, Senior Lecturer at the University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Mountain Emergency Paramedic, AHEMS, Canadian Society of Mountain Medicine, Whistler Blackcomb Ski Patrol, Whistler, Canada
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, Switzerland and Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy
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- Medical Officer Mountain Rescue England and Wales, Wales, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Hospitallers Brothers Saint-Elisabeth-Hospital Straubing, Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service, Straubing, Germany
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- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- ICAR MedCom, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA.,Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of Mountain Medicine, Research, and Survey Division, Hokkaido Ohno Memorial Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Emergency Department, Boulder Community Health, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy.,The Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico, National Medical School (CNSAS SNaMed), Milan, Italy
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, International Mountain Medicine Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. John of God Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
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Porter T, Shillcutt S, Adams M, Desjardins G, Glas K, Olson J, Troughton R. Guidelines for the use of echocardiography as a monitor for therapeutic intervention in adults: A report from the american society of echocardiography. JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY & CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING 2020. [DOI: 10.4103/2543-1463.282192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Guidelines for the use of echocardiography as a monitor for therapeutic intervention in adults: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2015; 28:40-56. [PMID: 25559474 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Diez C, Conti B, McCunn M, Aboutanos MB, Varon AJ. CASE 6—2015: Penetrating Biventricular Cardiac Injury in a Trauma Patient: Heart Versus Machete. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2015; 29:797-805. [PMID: 25863730 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Christian Diez
- Department of Clinical Anesthesiology, Division of Trauma Anesthesiology, Ryder Trauma Center-Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
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- Department of Clinical Anesthesiology, Division of Trauma Anesthesiology, Ryder Trauma Center-Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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- Department of Clinical Anesthesiology, Division of Trauma Anesthesiology, Ryder Trauma Center-Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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- Department of Clinical Anesthesiology, Division of Trauma Anesthesiology, Ryder Trauma Center-Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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- Department of Clinical Anesthesiology, Division of Trauma Anesthesiology, Ryder Trauma Center-Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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Corredor C, Arulkumaran N, Ball J, Grounds MR, Hamilton MA, Rhodes A, Cecconi M. Hemodynamic optimization in severe trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva 2015; 26:397-406. [PMID: 25607270 PMCID: PMC4304469 DOI: 10.5935/0103-507x.20140061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Objective Severe trauma can be associated with significant hemorrhagic shock and impaired
organ perfusion. We hypothesized that goal-directed therapy would confer morbidity
and mortality benefits in major trauma. Methods The MedLine, Embase and Cochrane Controlled Clinical Trials Register databases
were systematically searched for randomized, controlled trials of goal-directed
therapy in severe trauma patients. Mortality was the primary outcome of this
review. Secondary outcomes included complication rates, length of hospital and
intensive care unit stay, and the volume of fluid and blood administered.
Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan software, and the data presented are as
odds ratios for dichotomous outcomes and as mean differences (MDs) and standard
MDs for continuous outcomes. Results Four randomized, controlled trials including 419 patients were analyzed.
Mortality risk was significantly reduced in goal-directed therapy-treated
patients, compared to the control group (OR=0.56, 95%CI: 0.34-0.92). Intensive
care (MD: 3.7 days 95%CI: 1.06-6.5) and hospital length of stay (MD: 3.5 days,
95%CI: 2.75-4.25) were significantly shorter in the protocol group patients. There
were no differences in reported total fluid volume or blood transfusions
administered. Heterogeneity in reporting among the studies prevented quantitative
analysis of complications. Conclusion Following severe trauma, early goal-directed therapy was associated with lower
mortality and shorter durations of intensive care unit and hospital stays. The
findings of this analysis should be interpreted with caution due to the presence
of significant heterogeneity and the small number of the randomized, controlled
trials included.
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- Carlos Corredor
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK
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Bilotta F, Dei Giudici L, Lam A, Rosa G. Ultrasound-based imaging in neurocritical care patients: a review of clinical applications. Neurol Res 2013; 35:149-58. [PMID: 23452577 DOI: 10.1179/1743132812y.0000000155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the diagnostic, monitoring, and procedural applications of ultrasound (US) imaging in neurocritical care (NCC) patients. METHOD US imaging has been extensively validated in various subset of critically ill patients, but not specifically in the NCC population. We reviewed the clinical applications of US imaging for heart, vascular, brain, and lung evaluation and for possible procedural uses in NCC patients. Major neurosurgical books, journals, testimonials, authors' personal experience, and scientific databases were analyzed. RESULTS Cardiac US imaging provides accurate information at NCC arrival to stratify risk factors, including presence of atrial septal defect/patent formen ovale, abnormal ventricular function, or pericardial effusion, and to monitor cardiac anatomy and function during the NCC stay for guiding goal-directed therapy. Vascular US in NCC patients has three especially relevant indications: to screen anatomy and flow in extracranial supra-aortic arteries, to diagnose deep vein thrombosis, and to optimize the safety of central venous catheterization. Brain US has important clinical applications in the NCC, including transcranial Doppler and emerging techniques for cerebral blood flow evaluation with contrast-enhanced US imaging. Lung US, as demonstrated in other intensive care unit patients, provides accurate diagnosis of anatomical and functional abnormalities and enables diagnosis of pleural effusion, pneumothorax, lung consolidation, pulmonary abscess and interstitial-alveolar syndrome, and lung recruitment/derecruitment. US imaging can effectively guide percutaneous tracheostomy. CONCLUSION In conclusion, US imaging is an important diagnostic tool that provides real-time information at the bedside to stratify risk, monitor for complications, and guide invasive procedures in NCC patients.
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- Federico Bilotta
- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Section of Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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Romagnoli S, Ricci Z, Romano SM, Dimizio F, Bonicolini E, Quattrone D, De Gaudio R. FloTrac/VigileoTM (Third Generation) and MostCare®/PRAM Versus Echocardiography for Cardiac Output Estimation in Vascular Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2013; 27:1114-21. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Initial inferior vena cava diameter on computed tomographic scan independently predicts mortality in severely injured trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013; 74:741-5; discussion 745-6. [PMID: 23425730 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3182827270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND In the trauma population, patients with physiologic compromise may present with "normal" vital signs. We hypothesized that the inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter could be used as a surrogate marker for hypovolemic shock and predict mortality in severely injured trauma patients. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was performed at a Level I trauma center on 161 severely injured adult (aged ≥ 16 years) trauma patients who were transported from the scene and underwent abdominal computed tomography within 1 hour. Exposure of interest was dichotomously defined as having an infrarenal transverse to anteroposterior IVC ratio of ≥ 1.9 (flat IVC) or <1.9 (not exposed) based on the area under the curve analysis. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Covariates included initial heart rate, systolic blood pressure, bicarbonate, base excess, creatinine, hemoglobin, and Injury Severity Score (ISS). Correlation analysis between IVC ratio and other known markers of hypoperfusion was performed. Logistic regression was used to determine the independent effect of the IVC ratio on mortality. RESULTS Of the 161 patients, 30 had a flat IVC. The IVC ratio had a significant (p < 0.05) inverse correlation with initial bicarbonate, hemoglobin, and base excess and a direct correlation with Cr and ISS. After controlling for age, ISS, and presence of severe head injury, patients who had a flat IVC were 8.1 times (95% confidence interval, 1.5-42.9) more likely to die compared with the nonexposed cohort. Importantly, heart rate and systolic blood pressure had no predictive value in this patient population. CONCLUSION A flat IVC on initial abdominal computed tomographic scan has a significant correlation with other known markers of shock and is an independent predictor of mortality in severely injured trauma patients. This finding should heighten the awareness of the need for aggressive intervention and potential for physiological decompensation in patients with otherwise "normal" vital signs. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Prognostic study, level III.
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Letters for J R Army Med Corps 2011; vol 157. J ROY ARMY MED CORPS 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/jramc-157-03-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Transthoracic echocardiography in obstetric anaesthesia and obstetric critical illness. Int J Obstet Anesth 2011; 20:160-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2010.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2010] [Revised: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 11/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Surgical intensive care unit--the trauma surgery perspective. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2011; 396:429-46. [PMID: 21369845 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-011-0765-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 02/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE This review addresses and summarizes the key issues and unique specific intensive care treatment of adult patients from the trauma surgery perspective. MATERIALS AND METHODS The cornerstones of successful surgical intensive care management are fluid resuscitation, transfusion protocol and extracorporeal organ replacement therapies. The injury-type specific complications and unique pathophysiologic regulatory mechanisms of the traumatized patients influencing the critical care treatment are discussed. CONCLUSIONS Furthermore, the fundamental knowledge of the injury severity, understanding of the trauma mechanism, surgical treatment strategies and specific techniques of surgical intensive care are pointed out as essentials for a successful intensive care therapy.
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Transthoracic focused rapid echocardiographic examination: real-time evaluation of fluid status in critically ill trauma patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 70:56-62; discussion 62-4. [PMID: 21217482 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e318207e6ee] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND A transthoracic focused rapid echocardiographic evaluation (FREE) was developed to answer specific questions about treatment direction regarding the use of fluid versus ionotropes in trauma patients. Our objective was to evaluate the clinical utility of the information obtained by this diagnostic test. METHODS The FREE was performed by an ultrasonographer or an intensivist and interpreted by a surgical intensivist using a full service portable echo machine (Vivid i; GE Healthcare). The clinical team ordering the examination was surveyed before and after the test was performed. RESULTS During a 9-month study period, the FREE was performed in 53 patients admitted to our trauma critical care units. In 80% of patients, an estimated ejection fraction was obtained. Moderate and severe left ventricular dysfunction was diagnosed in 56% of patients, and right heart dysfunction was found in 25% of the patients. Inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter and IVC respiratory variation was visualized in 80% of patients. In 87% (46 of 53), the FREE was able to answer the clinical question asked by the primary team. Strikingly, in 54% of patients, the plan of care was modified as a result of the FREE examination. CONCLUSIONS IVC diameter and IVC respiratory variation was able to be obtained in the majority of cases, giving an estimate of fluid status. Estimation of ejection fraction was useful in guiding the treatment plan regarding the requirement of fluid boluses versus ionotropic support. We conclude that the FREE can provide meaningful data in difficult to image critically ill trauma patients.
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