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
2023
Palliative Care in a Pandemic: A Multicenter Cohort of Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019
Kodadek L, Moore M, Miller S, Schneider E, Ahuja V, Maerz L, Davis K. Palliative Care in a Pandemic: A Multicenter Cohort of Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019. Surgical Infections 2023, 24: 190-198. PMID: 36757283, PMCID: PMC10081705, DOI: 10.1089/sur.2022.377.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitPalliative careIll patientsCoronavirus disease 2019Life careClinical characteristicsMechanical ventilationDisease 2019Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionCoronavirus 2 infectionPalliative care consultationPalliative care servicesCOVID-19Outcomes of interestHospital lengthAdult patientsComorbid diseasesDisease courseMulticenter cohortCare unitCare consultationsVaccination dataPatients
2019
Trauma ICU Prevalence Project: the diversity of surgical critical care
Michetti C, Fakhry S, Brasel K, Martin N, Teicher E, Newcomb A, Stewart A, Chang G, Foreman M, Rainey E, Moore F, Huang J, Kaups K, Dirks R, Sensenig R, San Roman J, Burlew C, Campion E, Weireter L, Kelley K, Kim D, Howell E, Hu C, Lewandowski K, Michetti C, Liu C, Teicher E, Dauer E, Mukherjee K, Penaloza L, Cullinane D, Carrick M, Agrawal V, Lorenzo M, Ferrari-Light D, Coomaraswamy M, West M, Farhat J, Brasel K, Ballou J, Drumheller B, Radowsky J, Dries D, Ramey E, Fakhry S, Goulet N, Livingston D, Meizoso J, Zakrison T, Wahl W, Brandt M, Nasrallah F, Schaffer K, Sakran J, Kodadek L, Cardenas T, Rani M, Khan A, Moskowitz E, Costantini T, Doucet J, Schroeppel T, Corey K, Pederson C, Martin K, Bosarge P, Farley P, Nahmias J, Grigorian A, Crandall M, Mull J, Efron P, Davis R, Berdel H, Culpepper C, West S, Keiler-Green A, Martin N, Tung L, Sperry J, Anto V, Nirula R, Buhavac M, Dultz L, Podbielski J, Kao L, Adams R, Romero J, Diaz G, Bochicchio G, Rasane R, Maung A, Hill C, Campbell A, Stey A. Trauma ICU Prevalence Project: the diversity of surgical critical care. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2019, 4: e000288. PMID: 30899799, PMCID: PMC6407564, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensive care unitTrauma intensive care unitSurgical critical careTrauma ICUTrauma patientsCritical carePatient typesCare of traumaHemothorax/pneumothoraxMulticenter prevalence studyMedian ICU lengthNon-trauma patientsProspective observational studySurgery of TraumaCommon traumatic injuriesCritical care providersBreadth of pathologyICU lengthSurgical patientsAbdominal surgeryMedian ageCare unitMechanical ventilationSurgical intensivistsHemorrhagic shock
2016
Venous Thromboembolism in the Intensive Care Unit
Kodadek L, Haut E. Venous Thromboembolism in the Intensive Care Unit. 2016, 335-342. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33341-0_28.ChaptersDeep vein thrombosisIntensive care unitVenous thromboembolismPulmonary embolismCritical care patientsVTE prophylaxisCare patientsICU patientsCare unitRisk factorsTimely diagnosisHigh riskHigh-quality evidence-based guidelinesManagement of VTERisk-appropriate VTE prophylaxisSeverity of PEContrast-enhanced computed tomography angiographyDiagnosis of DVTInvasive treatment interventionsRisk-appropriate prophylaxisIll surgical patientsMainstay of treatmentSequential compression devicesCentral venous cathetersMajority of patients