title: Advanced technologies in trauma critical care management.
abstract: Care of critically injured patients has evolved over the 50 years since Shoemaker established one of the first trauma units at Cook County Hospital in 1962. Modern trauma intensive care units offer a high nurse-to-patient ratio, physicians and midlevel providers who manage the patients, and technologically advanced monitors and therapeutic devices designed to optimize the care of patients. This article describes advances that have transformed trauma critical care, including bedside ultrasonography, novel patient monitoring techniques, extracorporeal support, and negative pressure dressings. It also discusses how to evaluate the safety and efficacy of future advances in trauma critical care.
authors: Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, San Antonio Military Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX 78234, USA. jcannon@massmed.org
authors: Jeremy W
authors: JW
authors: Cannon
authors: Kevin K
authors: KK
authors: Chung
authors: David R
authors: DR
authors: King
mesh_terms: D057785:Catheters; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D018795:Device Approval; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D017216:Telemedicine; D014194:Traumatology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical; D058106:Wound Closure Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy