SCCM Resource Library-Challenging Cases in the ICU

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Video Summary

The video discusses two case studies involving patients with complex injuries. In the first case, a patient suffered a cervical spine injury and was left quadriplegic. They also experienced abdominal distension and feeding intolerance. The second case involved a previously healthy child who presented with acute abdominal pain and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Initially, it was thought to be sepsis, but it was later discovered that the patient had acute pancreatitis. Both cases required intensive care and a multidisciplinary approach to management. The first patient received barbiturate therapy to control intracranial pressure, while the second patient underwent surgery to remove necrotic pancreatic tissue. These cases demonstrate the challenges of managing patients with severe neurological and abdominal injuries and emphasize the need for comprehensive and personalized care.

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Trauma, Pulmonary, 2020

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The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the 2020 Critical Care Congress held February 16-19, 2020, in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Learning Objectives

Examine and formulate how to manage difficult or challenging cases in the surgical ICU
Examine and formulate how to manage difficult or challenging cases in the medical ICU
Examine and formulate how to manage difficult or challenging cases in the neuro-ICU
Examine and formulate how to manage difficult or challenging cases in the pediatric ICU

Blunt Cerebrovascular Trauma
Deborah Kuhls

Challenging Cases in the Medical ICU

Andre L. Holder

Challenging Cases in the Neuroscience ICU
Cherylee W. J. Chang

Two Difficult PICU Cases

Jerry J. Zimmerman

Meta Tag

Content Type Presentation

Knowledge Area Trauma

Knowledge Area Pulmonary

Knowledge Level Advanced

Membership Level Select

Membership Level Professional

Membership Level Associate

Tag Neurotrauma

Tag Thoracic Trauma

Tag Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ARDS

Year 2020

Keywords

case studies

complex injuries

cervical spine injury

quadriplegic

abdominal distension

feeding intolerance

healthy child

acute abdominal pain

multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

sepsis

acute pancreatitis

intensive care

multidisciplinary approach

barbiturate therapy

intracranial pressure

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