Trauma, Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies
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Trauma, Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies

  1. 608 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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This book provides a comprehensive and contemporary discussion about the three key areas of acute care surgery; trauma, surgical critical care, and surgical emergencies. The 65 chapters are arranged by organ, anatomical site and injury type, and each includes a case study with evidence-based analysis of diagnosis, management, and outcomes. Unless s

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Evidence-based Medicine in Emergency Surgical Care
  5. Chapter 1. Fluid resuscitation for the trauma patient
  6. Chapter 2. Complex Airway
  7. Chapter 3. Major blunt head injury
  8. Chapter 4. Minor blunt head injury in the intoxicated patient
  9. Chapter 5. Stab wound to the carotid artery
  10. Chapter 6. Cervical Spine Fracture with Quadriplegia
  11. Chapter 7. Blunt thoracic aortic injury
  12. Chapter 8. Transmediastinal penetrating trauma
  13. Chapter 9. Diaphragmatic injury following penetrating trauma
  14. Chapter 10. Blunt liver injury
  15. Chapter 11. Blunt splenic injury
  16. Chapter 12. Penetrating renal injuries
  17. Chapter 13. Blunt pancreaticoduadenal injury
  18. Chapter 14. Penetrating colon injury
  19. Chapter 15. Rectal injury with pelvic fracture
  20. Chapter 16. Abdominal aortic injury
  21. Chapter 17. Blunt pelvic fracture with hemoperitoneum
  22. Chapter 18. The mangled extremity
  23. Chapter 19. Damage Control Laparotomy
  24. Chapter 20. The pulseless trauma patient
  25. Chapter 21. Related blast injury
  26. Chapter 22. Pediatric blunt trauma
  27. Chapter 23. Blunt trauma in pregnancy
  28. Chapter 24. Acute respiratory failure
  29. Chapter 25. Ventilator-associated pneumonia
  30. Chapter 26. Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  31. Chapter 27. Weaning and liberation from mechanical ventilation
  32. Chapter 28. Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
  33. Chapter 29. Shock
  34. Chapter 30. Perioperative management of a patient undergoing noncardiac surgery
  35. Chapter 31. Postoperative cardiac arrythmias
  36. Chapter 32. Oliguria
  37. Chapter 33. Hyponatremia in the surgical intensive care unit
  38. Chapter 34. Glycemic control in the critically ill surgical patient
  39. Chapter 35. Postoperative anemia: Risks, benefits, and triggers for blood transfusion
  40. Chapter 36. Nutritional considerations in the surgical intensive care unit
  41. Chapter 37. Pain, agitation, and delirium
  42. Chapter 38. Care of the potential organ donor
  43. Chapter 39. End of life care in the ICU: Ethical considerations a family-centered, multidisciplinary approach
  44. Chapter 40. Acute trauma-related coagulopathy
  45. Chapter 41. Adrenal insufficiency in critical illness
  46. Chapter 42. Sepsis
  47. Chapter 43. Catheter-related infections
  48. Chapter 44. Special Populations in Trauma
  49. Chapter 45. Ultrasound in the intensive care unit
  50. Chapter 46. Appendicitis
  51. Chapter 47. Bariatric Surgery Complications
  52. Chapter 48. Diverticulitis
  53. Chapter 49. Perforated peptic ulcers
  54. Chapter 50. Acute mesenteric ischemia
  55. Chapter 51. Acute cholecystitis
  56. Chapter 52. Acute pancreatitis
  57. Chapter 53. Incarcerated femoral and inguinal hernias
  58. Chapter 54. Esophageal perforation
  59. Chapter 55. Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
  60. Chapter 56. Acute lower GI hemorrhage
  61. Chapter 57. Perirectal and perineal sepsis
  62. Chapter 58. Necrotizing soft tissue infections
  63. Chapter 59. Acute intestinal obstruction
  64. Chapter 60. Anastomotic leak and postoperative abscess
  65. Chapter 61. Anesthesia for bedside surgical procedures
  66. Chapter 62. Acute care surgery in immunocompromised patients
  67. Chapter 63. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: A primer for the acute care surgeon
  68. Chapter 64. Trauma and surgical critical care system issues
  69. Index
  70. Back Cover