OBJECTIVE: To summarize our case load in managing severe and multiple injuries (SMI) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: The clinical data of 80 SMI patients treated in our ICU from January 2009 to June 2013 were analyzed.
RESULTS: Results of these 80 SMI patients, 60 (75%) were salvaged and 15 (18.75%) died. The causes of death included severe head injury (n=7), severe chest injury (n=3), destruction of injured abdominal organs (n=2), and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (n=3). Five patients (7.50%) gave up treatment and were discharged upon their own requests. Early application of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and enteral nutrition (EN) improved outcomes.
CONCLUSIONS: The key interventions during the ICU treatment of SMI include: adequate analgesia and appropriate sedation; timely management of hypoxemia; reasonable fluid resuscitation and CRRT.