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Episode 35: When to operate in trauma with Dennis Kim

Critical Care Scenarios

Dennis Kim ( @traumaicurounds ), associate professor of Clinical Surgery at UCLA and medical director of the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center SICU, as well as host of the Trauma ICU Rounds podcast.

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Brazilian Butt Lift Procedure Can Result in Emergency Department Visits

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A search for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) on any social media platform will yield thousands of before-and-after images, faja sales, operating room videos, recovery tips, and patients praising their plastic surgeon. units per patient. References Garcia SE. Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke. The New York Times.

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The PROTECTION Trial – A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Amino Acids for Kidney Protection

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When only using a lab value such as creatinine, the authors are making the end-result more heavily favored to only a lab-oriented outcome.

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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

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2 Finally the settings initiated early in a patient’s care are often carried forward unchanged into their hospital and ICU stay. The result of this ED capacity strain and less than ideal patient to staff ratios has led to delays in interventions, treatments and care adjustments. J Crit Care. Paper: Owyang CG, et al.

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The Safety and Efficacy of Push Dose Vasopressors in Critically Ill Adults

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The relationship between ICU hypotension and in-hospital mortality and morbidity in septic patients. Intensive Care Med. Human Errors and Adverse Hemodynamic Events Related to “Push Dose Pressors” in the Emergency Department. J Med Toxicol. Epub 2019 Jul 3. PMID: 31270748 Maheshwari K, et al. 2018;44(6):857–67.