New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches for the Care of the Severely Injured Patient

• Other Authors: Hildebrand, Frank (Editor), Horst, Klemens (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Medicine; PICS; trauma; immunology; infectious complications; virtual reality; burn; hand; mTICCS; TICCS; massive transfusion; shock; multiple trauma; polytrauma; bleeding; transfusion; Arthroscopy-assisted corrective osteotomy; tibial plateau malunion; tibial plateau nonunion; proliferation; lymphocytes; regulatory T cells; IL-10; sepsis; complement; patients; extracorporeal shock wave therapy; hypertrophic scar; hand function; risk factors; knee joint injuries; knee dislocation; ligament injuries; traumatic brain injury (TBI); risk prediction; biomarker; IL-6; posttraumatic inflammation; S100b; NSE; GFAP; multiple-injured patient; spine injury; AOSpine classification; time to surgery; spinal cord injury; rehabilitation; exercises; hemostasis; venous thrombosis; sarcopenia; prevalence; mortality; skeletal mass index; muscle mass; intraoperative CT scan; distal radius fracture; O-arm radius fracture; intraoperative CT scan in trauma; DHEA; steroids; catecholamine; health service research; management of major trauma; geriatric major trauma; outcome research; patient-reported outcome; Polytrauma; flail chest; thoracic injury; pubic ramus fractures; fragility fractures of the pelvis; living condition; mobility; quality of life; trauma resuscitation unit; emergency medicine; injury severity; abbreviated injury scale; injury severity score; pelvic fracture; fragility fractures; pelvic ring; pelvic ring fracture; insole-force sensors; weight-bearing; geriatric fracture; cervical artery dissection; vertebral artery; carotid artery; severely injured; computed tomography; sacroiliac-screw; SI-screw; percutaneous operation; augmentation; fragility fracture; 3-D navigation; airway management; intubation; laryngoscopy; video; prehospital care; rescue helicopter; air ambulance; chest trauma; weight disorders; overweight; obesity; outcome; thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm; ribonuclease; ribonuclease inhibitor 1; complex aortic surgery; acute kidney injury; n/a
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Trauma represents a leading cause of death, particularly in the younger population. Traumatic brain injury and hemorrhage are the most common causes of early death, whereas complications such as infections, (multi-)organ failure and "persistent inflammation, immunosuppression, and catabolism sy...