Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (Nov 2019)

AAST Critical Care Committee clinical consensus: ECMO, nutrition

  • ,
  • Krishnan Raghavendran,
  • Karen Brasel,
  • Niels D Martin,
  • Dennis Kim,
  • David Zonies,
  • Panna Codner,
  • Pauline Park,
  • Matthew Lissauer,
  • Susan Evans,
  • Christine Cocanour,
  • John Agapian,
  • Rachael Callcut,
  • Joe Cuschieri,
  • Heather Dolman,
  • Richard Gonzalez,
  • David Gourlay,
  • Addison May,
  • Christopher Michetti,
  • Jeff Nahmias,
  • Travis Polk,
  • Forest Sheppard,
  • Ronald Simon,
  • Melvin Stone,
  • Sonlee West

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2019-000304
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1

Abstract

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The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee has developed clinical consensus guides to help with practical answers based on the best evidence available. These are focused in areas in which the levels of evidence may not be that strong and are based on a combination of expert consensus and research. Overall, quality of the research is mixed, with many studies suffering from small numbers and issues with bias. The first two of these focus on the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in trauma patients and nutrition for the critically ill surgical/trauma patient.