Case Studies: Controversies in Trauma  

Drs. Michael T. Fitch, M.D., Ph.D. and Kenji Inaba, M.D.  

The purported rationale for use of high-dose steroids in the treatment of spinal cord injury; controversies existing about use of high-dose steroids in the treatment of spinal cord injury; the standard of care and published guidelines for the use of methylprednisolone for spinal cord injury and appraising the clinical significance of this diagnosis; assessing the screening modalities available for the diagnosis of cardiac injury and how they fit into the work-up of patients with blunt chest trauma.