title: Improving trauma care in the ICU: best practices, quality improvement initiatives, and organization.
abstract: Optimal care of critically ill trauma patients remains a challenge within modern medical systems. During the past decade, emerging technologies and organizational improvements have greatly advanced the care of these patients. The effective implementation of best practice initiatives has led to measurable improvement in outcomes while also reducing health care costs. Continued advances in the implementation of these initiatives and ICU organization are required, however, to insure that optimal care is provided to this unique patient population.
authors: Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors: Mansoor
authors: M
authors: Khan
authors: Joseph J
authors: JJ
authors: Dubose
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement; D014194:Traumatology / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*