Christine S Cocanour

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Blunt splenic injury
    Christine S Cocanour
    University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
    Curr Opin Crit Care 16:575-81. 2010
  2. ncbi Best strategies in recurrent or persistent Clostridium difficile infection
    Christine S Cocanour
    Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 12:235-9. 2011
  3. ncbi Gastric alkalinization after major trauma
    Christine S Cocanour
    Department of Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
    J Trauma 64:681-7. 2008
  4. ncbi Patients with impending abdominal compartment syndrome do not respond to early volume loading
    Zsolt Balogh
    Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Am J Surg 186:602-7; discussion 607-8. 2003
  5. ncbi Both primary and secondary abdominal compartment syndrome can be predicted early and are harbingers of multiple organ failure
    Zsolt Balogh
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas at Houston Medical School, 77030, USA
    J Trauma 54:848-59; discussion 859-61. 2003
  6. ncbi Supranormal trauma resuscitation causes more cases of abdominal compartment syndrome
    Zsolt Balogh
    Department of Surgery, Intensive Care Unit, Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, USA
    Arch Surg 138:637-42; discussion 642-3. 2003
  7. ncbi Fresh frozen plasma should be given earlier to patients requiring massive transfusion
    Ernest A Gonzalez
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
    J Trauma 62:112-9. 2007
  8. ncbi Normal versus supranormal oxygen delivery goals in shock resuscitation: the response is the same
    Bruce A McKinley
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas Houston Medical School, 77030, USA
    J Trauma 53:825-32. 2002
  9. ncbi Vacuum-assisted wound closure achieves early fascial closure of open abdomens after severe trauma
    James W Suliburk
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, 77030, USA
    J Trauma 55:1155-60; discussion 1160-1. 2003
  10. ncbi Abdominal compartment syndrome: the cause or effect of postinjury multiple organ failure
    Zsolt Balogh
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Shock 20:483-92. 2003

Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Blunt splenic injury
    Christine S Cocanour
    University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
    Curr Opin Crit Care 16:575-81. 2010
    ..To review the current care of the patient with an injured spleen...
  2. ncbi Best strategies in recurrent or persistent Clostridium difficile infection
    Christine S Cocanour
    Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 12:235-9. 2011
    ..These developments have led to an increase in recurrent CDI, which is more difficult to treat. This review focuses on recurrent CDI and its treatment...
  3. ncbi Gastric alkalinization after major trauma
    Christine S Cocanour
    Department of Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
    J Trauma 64:681-7. 2008
    ..Therefore, we hypothesized that trauma patients have an alkaline gastric environment that may be because of bile reflux...
  4. ncbi Patients with impending abdominal compartment syndrome do not respond to early volume loading
    Zsolt Balogh
    Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Am J Surg 186:602-7; discussion 607-8. 2003
    ..05). CONCLUSIONS: Conventional preload directed resuscitation to enhance cardiac function is not effective in patients with impending ACS, and this traditional resuscitation strategy is detrimental in this subgroup of patients...
  5. ncbi Both primary and secondary abdominal compartment syndrome can be predicted early and are harbingers of multiple organ failure
    Zsolt Balogh
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas at Houston Medical School, 77030, USA
    J Trauma 54:848-59; discussion 859-61. 2003
    ..2 degrees ACS is an earlier ICU event preceded by more crystalloid administration. With appropriate monitoring both could be accurately predicted upon ICU admission...
  6. ncbi Supranormal trauma resuscitation causes more cases of abdominal compartment syndrome
    Zsolt Balogh
    Department of Surgery, Intensive Care Unit, Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, USA
    Arch Surg 138:637-42; discussion 642-3. 2003
    ....
  7. ncbi Fresh frozen plasma should be given earlier to patients requiring massive transfusion
    Ernest A Gonzalez
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
    J Trauma 62:112-9. 2007
    ..The hypothesis for this study is that our pre-intensive care unit (ICU) massive transfusion (MT) protocol does not adequately correct coagulopathy, and that early uncorrected coagulopathy is predictive of mortality...
  8. ncbi Normal versus supranormal oxygen delivery goals in shock resuscitation: the response is the same
    Bruce A McKinley
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas Houston Medical School, 77030, USA
    J Trauma 53:825-32. 2002
    ..Our hypothesis was that by decreasing the Do I endpoint, less crystalloid would be administered. We compare resuscitation responses to the protocol with goals of Do I > or = 600 versus 500 in two patient cohorts...
  9. ncbi Vacuum-assisted wound closure achieves early fascial closure of open abdomens after severe trauma
    James W Suliburk
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, 77030, USA
    J Trauma 55:1155-60; discussion 1160-1. 2003
    ..No patients developed evisceration, intra-abdominal abscess, or wound infection. CONCLUSION: VAWC achieved early fascial closure in a high percentage of open abdomens, with an acceptable rate of complications...
  10. ncbi Abdominal compartment syndrome: the cause or effect of postinjury multiple organ failure
    Zsolt Balogh
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Shock 20:483-92. 2003
    ..This review summarizes our findings...
  11. ncbi Secondary abdominal compartment syndrome is an elusive early complication of traumatic shock resuscitation
    Zsolt Balogh
    Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Texas at Houston Medical School, 6431 Fannin, Suite 4.264, 77030, USA
    Am J Surg 184:538-43; discussion 543-4. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Secondary ACS is an early but, if appropriately monitored, recognizable complication in patients with major nonabdominal trauma who require aggressive resuscitation...
  12. ncbi Necrotizing soft tissue infections in the intensive care unit
    Ho H Phan
    Department of Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
    Crit Care Med 38:S460-8. 2010
    ..Soft tissue reconstruction should take into account both functional and cosmetic outcome...
  13. ncbi A multidisciplinary clinical pathway decreases rib fracture-associated infectious morbidity and mortality in high-risk trauma patients
    S Rob Todd
    Department of Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin Street, Smith Tower 1661, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Am J Surg 192:806-11. 2006
    ..The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of this pathway on infectious morbidity and mortality...
  14. ncbi Standardized trauma resuscitation: female hearts respond better
    Bruce A McKinley
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas Houston Medical School, 6431 Fannin, MSB 4 266, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Arch Surg 137:578-83; discussion 583-4. 2002
    ..Women respond better to standardized shock resuscitation compared with similarly severely injured men...
  15. ncbi Blunt cardiac injuries that require operative intervention: an unsuspected injury
    Alicia Mangram
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas, Houston Medical School, 77020, USA
    J Trauma 54:286-8. 2003
  16. ncbi Challenges to the care of the critically ill: novel staffing paradigms
    Rosemary A Kozar
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
    J Trauma 64:366-70; discussion 370-3. 2008
    ....
  17. ncbi Perioperative risk assessment in elderly and high-risk patients
    J David Richardson
    Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    J Am Coll Surg 199:133-46. 2004
  18. ncbi Acute lower extremity compartment syndrome (ALECS) screening protocol in critically ill trauma patients
    Roman Kosir
    Department of Surgery, General and Teaching Hospital, Maribor, Slovenia
    J Trauma 63:268-75. 2007
    ..Acute lower extremity compartment syndrome (ALECS) is a devastating complication that often presents silently in critically injured patients; therefore, we developed a protocol to screen high-risk patients...
  19. ncbi Preload optimization using "starling curve" generation during shock resuscitation: can it be done?
    Alan B Marr
    University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Shock 21:300-5. 2004
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