Trauma Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies

<p>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 stated otherwise, the authors used the GRADE evidence classification system established the American College of Chest Physicians.</p><p><em>Trauma, Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies</em> is essential reading for all surgeons, fellows, residents and students, especially those working in trauma, emergency, and critical care environments.</p> Trauma: Fluid Resuscitation for the Trauma Patient, Complex Airway, Major Blunt Head Injury, Minor Blunt Head Injury in the Intoxicated Patient, Stab Wound to the Carotid Artery, Cervical Spine Fracture with Quadriplegia, Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury, Transmediastinal Penetrating Trauma, Diaphragmatic Injury Following Penetrating Trauma, Blunt Liver Injury, Blunt Splenic Injury, Penetrating Renal Injuries, Blunt Pancreaticoduodenal Injury, Penetrating Colon Injury, Rectal injury with Pelvic Fracture, Abdominal Aortic Injury, Blunt Pelvic Fracture with Hemoperitoneum, The Mangled Extremity, Damage Control Laparotomy, The Pulseless Trauma Patient, Related Blast Injury, Pediatric Blunt Trauma, Blunt Trauma in Pregnancy, Surgical Critical Care: Acute Respiratory Failure, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Weaning and Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, Perioperative Management of a Patient Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery, Postoperative Cardiac Arrhythmias, Hyponatremia in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Glycemic Control in the Critically Ill Surgical Patient, Postoperative Anemia: Risks, Benefits, and Triggers for Blood Transfusion, Nutritional Considerations in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Pain, Agitation, and Delirum, Care of the Potential Organ Donor, End of Life Care in the ICU: Ethical Considerations a Family-Centered, Multidisciplinary Approach, Acute Trauma-Related Coagulopathy, Adrenal Insufficiency in Critical Illness, Sepsis, Catheter-Related Infections, Special Populations in Trauma, Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Emergencies: Appendicitis, Bariatric Surgery Complications, Diverticulitis, Perforated Peptic Ulcers, Acute Mesenteric Ischemia, Acute Cholecystitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Incarcerated Femoral and Inguinal Hernias, Esophageal Perforation, Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Acute Lower GI Hemorrhage, Perirectal and Perineal Sepsis, Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections, Acute Intestinal Obstruction, Anastomotic Leak and Postoperative Abscess, Anesthesia for Bedside Surgical Procedures, Acute Care Surgery in Immunocompromised Patients, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: A Primer for the Acute Care Surgeon, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care System Issues