Lumbar subarachnoid catheters for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage (lumbar drains) are
indicated for several medical and surgical conditions. A number of complications can occur …

BACKGROUND: Intensivists may be primarily responsible for airway management in non-operating
room locations. Little is known of airway management training provided during …

PREOPERATIVE PERIOD The early treatment of patients with burn injury begins at the
injury scene and continues on arrival to the emergency department with a complete trauma …

BACKGROUND: Trauma care has many challenges, including the perception by nonanesthesia
physicians of increased medical malpractice liability. We used the American Society of …

Background. Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) has substantially decreased the
mortality and major complications from aortic surgery. However, neurological complications …

Severe burn injuries represent a unique subset of traumatic injuries that are clinically
challenging. Understanding the burn injury spectrum and gaining familiarity with physiologic …

Ischemic Colitis After Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Ischemic colitis is the most
common form of gastrointestinal ischemia and at its most basic level results from a supply–…

Methods: From February to May, 2011, program directors of all three-year combined
pulmonary/critical care and two-year multidisciplinary critical care medicine programs in the United …

Background. Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) has substantially decreased the
mortality and major complications from aortic surgery. However, neurological complications …

Purpose Lumbar subarachnoid catheters for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage (lumbar
drains) are indicated for several medical and surgical conditions. A number of complications …