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Surgical Critical Care

Overview:
This program covers critical care medicine, which is also called intensive care. Viewers will learn about some of the common issues, treatments and complications related to intensive care. The second part of the program looks at pancreatitis, a condition that causes inflammation of the pancreas, which can rapidly become a serious condition.

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Transcript of Video

Part One:

  • What is critical care?
  • Intensivists
  • Surgical intensive care
  • Trach tubes
  • Respirators/ventilators
  • ECMO (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation)
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Digestion support
  • Liver dialysis
  • What to ask when someone is in intensive care
  • Estimating prognosis
  • Lowering infection risk
  • Sepsis

Part Two:

  • Pancreatitis
  • Gallstones and pancreatitis
  • Alcohol and pancreatitis
  • Pancreatitis treatments
  • Treatments for pancreatitis
  • Diabetes

Guest:
Dr. Steven Johnson, chief of surgical critical care at the University of Maryland Medical Center, including the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Dr. Johnson is also a professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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