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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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