Stay Current In Pediatric Surgery

This podcast is an interactive discussion about pediatric trauma between Dr. Todd Ponsky, Dr. Mark McCollum, and Dr. David Notrica. Dr. David Notrica is the trauma medical director at Phoenix Children's Hospital and is associate professor of surgery at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix. 00:01:30 Dr. David Notrica 00:02:28 Can you tell us a little bit more about what ATOMIC is and what you guys did about it? 00:05:12 In patient with blunt solid organ injury, what is the evidence to support non-operative management based on hemodynamic status as opposed to a grade of injury? 00:07:45 Can you describe some of the other factors that we would use to define hemodynamic stability? 00:10:22 Do you use that in your center? Are the vital signs indexes like the shock index or laboratory values like serum lactate in addition to physical exam findings? 00:12:44 From a crystalloid infusion standpoint, what are your thoughts a