title: The intensive care unit as a trauma unit.
abstract: The ICU plays a pivotal role in the care of the critically injured patient. From the resuscitative phase of care through the life-support phases and finally the recovery phase, advances in ICU care have been made in recent years. As a result, an improved outcome for traumatically injured patients often is seen, and the third peak in the trimodal distribution of trauma deaths has been affected significantly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Tisherman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Darby
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Peitzman
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008020:Life Support Care; D005791:Patient Care; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012151:Resuscitation; D015996:Survival Rate; D014193:Trauma Centers; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*