Open AccessBlunt Chest Trauma and Regional Anesthesia for Analgesia of Multitrauma Patients in French Intensive Care Units: A National Survey
Author(s) -
Raïko Blondonnet,
Marc Begard,
Matthieu Jabaudon,
Thomas Godet,
Benjamin Rieu,
Jules Audard,
Kevin Lagarde,
Emmanuel Futier,
Bruno Pereira,
Pierre Bouzat,
JeanMichel Constantin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000005442
Subject(s) - medicine , intensivist , intensive care unit , intensive care , anesthesiology , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , anesthesia
Chest injuries are associated with mortality among patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and require multimodal pain management strategies, including regional anesthesia (RA). We conducted a survey to determine the current practices of physicians working in ICUs regarding RA for the management of chest trauma in patients with multiple traumas.