Saraswati Dayal, MD, and Edwin Deitch, MD, discuss an article published in the September issue of Critical Care Medicine, "ICU management of the trauma patient.." The review examines closely the most important intensive care unit issues and approaches unique to trauma patients. Dr. Dayal is an attending in trauma and surgical critical care at Hacksensack University Memorial Center in New Jersey. Dr. Deitch is professor and chairman of the department of surgery at the New Jersey Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
