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"Remember, the critical questions in the field of Surgery never change, just the answers!" J. Bradley Aust M.D. 1926-2010

Acute Care Surgery and Trauma: Evidence-Based Practice discusses important surgical management approaches and clinical decision-making based on scientific evidence found in the published literature.Updated and fully revised, this new edition continues to support clinicians by providing the most up-to-date information and evidence on which to base their decisions across a wide range of topics in acute care surgery and trauma, thus optimizing the decision-making process for the care of individual patients.

What can be better for the busy clinician than having all the answers to complex questions extensively researched by experts in the field and readily available without requiring further intensive literature searches?

Featuring chapters written by specialists in acute care, trauma, and emergency surgery, with extensive references throughout. The text features tables summarizing key evidence and clinical recommendations for quick reference and easy interpretation. It provides an invaluable resource for all acute care surgery and trauma practitioners.

"... should be in the library of every medical school, every department of surgery, and every surgeon."

" A "must have" resource for every surgeon who manages trauma and acute care surgery patients...particularly useful for surgical residents and Surgical Critical Care and Trauma fellows, and attending surgeons."

Contents:

Patient Safety in the Care of Trauma Patients. Injury Prevention Strategies. Trauma Systems: A Dynamic Public Health Strategy for Injury Control. Military Injury. Traumatized Airway. Monitoring of the Trauma Patient. Resuscitation. Diagnosis. Damage Control Laparotomy and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. Coagulopathy. Traumatic Brain Injury. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries. Facial Injuries. Ocular Trauma. Neck Trauma. Resuscitative Thoracotomy. Chest Wall Trauma. Injury to the Thoracic Great Vessels. Cardiac Trauma. Injury to the Esophagus, Trachea, and Bronchus. Spleen Injury. Injury to the Liver. Small Bowel and Colon Injuries. Diaphragmatic Injuries. Pancreatic and Duodenal Injuries. Abdominal Vascular Trauma. Pregnant Trauma Patients. Pelvic Fractures. Extremity Vascular Injury. Management of Extremity Trauma and Mangled Extremities. Support of the Burned Patient. Electrical, Cold, and Chemical Injuries. Wound Care Management. Pediatric Trauma. The Advanced-Age Trauma Patient. Genitourinary Trauma. Ileus and Small Bowel Obstruction. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Enterocutaneous Fistulas. Paraesophageal Hernia Repair. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Appendicitis. Diverticular Disease of the Colon. Large Bowel Obstruction. Acute and Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia. Hemorrhoids. Anal Fissure, Fistula, and Abscess. Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis. Acute Pancreatitis. Pancreatic Pseudocysts. Diagnosis and Treatment of Variceal Hemorrhage due to Cirrhosis. Acute Arterial Embolus. Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm. Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections. Incarcerated Hernias. Surgical Endocrine Emergencies.