Intensive Care of the Trauma Patient with Ballistic Injuries

  • Spiros G. Frangos
  • Marilee Freitas
  • Heidi Frankel
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Intensive Care Unit Trauma Patient Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Intensive Insulin Therapy 
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Further Readings

  1. Surgical critical care in the new millennium. In: Schwab CW, Reilly PM, eds. Surgical Clinics of North America. 2000;80(3).Google Scholar
  2. Rabinovici R, Frankel H, Kaplan L. Trauma evaluation and resuscitation. Curr Probl Surg. 2003;40(10):599–681.PubMedGoogle Scholar
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Spiros G. Frangos
    • 1
  • Marilee Freitas
    • 1
  • Heidi Frankel
    • 1
  1. 1.Section of Trauma/Surgical Critical CareYale UniversityNew HavenUSA

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