2024
Fever and infections in surgical intensive care: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee clinical consensus document
Nohra E, Appelbaum R, Farrell M, Carver T, Jung H, Kirsch J, Kodadek L, Mandell S, Nassar A, Pathak A, Paul J, Robinson B, Cuschieri J, Stein D. Fever and infections in surgical intensive care: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee clinical consensus document. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2024, 9: e001303. PMID: 38835635, PMCID: PMC11149120, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmerican Association for the SurgeryIntensive care unitClinical consensus documentCatheter-associated urinary infectionDuration of antibiotic treatmentCatheter-related bloodstream infectionNecrotizing soft tissue infectionConsensus documentWorkup of feverIntra-abdominal infectionsSurgical intensive care unitSoft tissue infectionsEvaluation of feverSurgical site infectionVentilator-associated pneumoniaDiagnosis of infectionSurgical intensive careEmpirical antibioticsBloodstream infectionsRespiratory specimensUrinary infectionTissue infectionsSite infectionAntibiotic treatmentTreat infections
2016
Airway management following repair of cervical tracheal injuries
Harvin JA, Taub EA, Cotton BA, Brocker J, Stein DM, Dilektasli E, Inaba K, Vella MA, Guillamondegui O, Kodadek LM, Haut ER, Evans CR, Weinberg JA, Goodman MD, Robinson BR, Holcomb JB. Airway management following repair of cervical tracheal injuries. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2016, 80: 366-371. PMID: 26670110, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical tracheal injuryVentilator-free daysSurgical site infectionTracheal injuryAirway managementImmediate tracheostomyEarly extubationProlonged intubationLevel IOdds of SSIRisk of SSIMore ventilator-free daysHigher SSI ratesOptimal airway managementPostoperative airway managementHours of admissionUS level ILower mortality rateRisk-benefit decisionsSSI ratesAirway strategySite infectionIntensive careUnivariate analysisLevel IV