Infection remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients and in patients submitted to emergency operations, despite preventive strategies and potent antibiotics. The infection can appear as wound infection at the site of injury or at the route employed for its repair. The most important kind of infection is the nosocomial one, referring to those that occur remote from the site of injury or operation as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and related to the intravascular catheter. The number of bacteria, its virulence and poor host defense are determinants of infection. Shock, hypoxemia, blood transfusion, systemic hypothermia, malnutrition, chronic alcoholism, diabetes are factors that predispose to infection. To avoi...
Pacientes neutropênicos submetidos a tratamento quimioterápico e de suporte dependem da adequada ins...
The genitourinary trauma represents 10% of all traumas in our Emergency Service (HC-FMUSP). The kidn...
This paper discusses the initial assessment and systematic management of the pediatric trauma victim...
Infection remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients and in patients subm...
O objetivo do estudo foi identificar os indicadores clínicos e pré-hospitalares associados à sobrevi...
Nonoperative management of the solid organ injuries (liver, spleen and kidneys) in hemodynamically p...
O hipermetabolismo causado pela sepse, pelo trauma, pela síndrome da resposta inflamatória sistêmica...
In abdominal blunt or penetrating trauma patients, despite of the initial assessment and stabilizati...
O objetivo do estudo foi identificar os indicadores clínicos e pré-hospitalares associados à sobrevi...
Traumatic brain injured (TBI) patients with different trauma severity were analyzed about their reco...
Tracheobronchial injuries are rare but potentially life threatening. Their manifestations are variab...
Trauma is a public health problem of vast proportions. It is the leading cause of death in young peo...
As infecções, de origem comunitária ou nosocomial, constituem-se numa das principais causas de morta...
Pelvic ring ruptures are a cause of great mortality and morbidity in trauma patients. The fatalities...
Pacientes neutropênicos submetidos a tratamento quimioterápico e de suporte dependem da adequada ins...
Pacientes neutropênicos submetidos a tratamento quimioterápico e de suporte dependem da adequada ins...
The genitourinary trauma represents 10% of all traumas in our Emergency Service (HC-FMUSP). The kidn...
This paper discusses the initial assessment and systematic management of the pediatric trauma victim...
Infection remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients and in patients subm...
O objetivo do estudo foi identificar os indicadores clínicos e pré-hospitalares associados à sobrevi...
Nonoperative management of the solid organ injuries (liver, spleen and kidneys) in hemodynamically p...
O hipermetabolismo causado pela sepse, pelo trauma, pela síndrome da resposta inflamatória sistêmica...
In abdominal blunt or penetrating trauma patients, despite of the initial assessment and stabilizati...
O objetivo do estudo foi identificar os indicadores clínicos e pré-hospitalares associados à sobrevi...
Traumatic brain injured (TBI) patients with different trauma severity were analyzed about their reco...
Tracheobronchial injuries are rare but potentially life threatening. Their manifestations are variab...
Trauma is a public health problem of vast proportions. It is the leading cause of death in young peo...
As infecções, de origem comunitária ou nosocomial, constituem-se numa das principais causas de morta...
Pelvic ring ruptures are a cause of great mortality and morbidity in trauma patients. The fatalities...
Pacientes neutropênicos submetidos a tratamento quimioterápico e de suporte dependem da adequada ins...
Pacientes neutropênicos submetidos a tratamento quimioterápico e de suporte dependem da adequada ins...
The genitourinary trauma represents 10% of all traumas in our Emergency Service (HC-FMUSP). The kidn...
This paper discusses the initial assessment and systematic management of the pediatric trauma victim...