CHAPTER 24 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS, AND PREHOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY CENTER CARE Alex B. Valadka, Mark J. Dannenbaum Death. Long-lasting or even permanent loss of function. Those are…
CHAPTER 22 INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY: DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS George Maish, Timothy Fabian Radiology has always been an important component of a Level I trauma center. This relationship has increased over the…
CHAPTER 21 THE USE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN INITIAL TRAUMA EVALUATION L. Ola Sjoholm, Steven Ross In the 1970s, computed axial tomography (CT) revolutionized the evaluation and management of brain…
CHAPTER 10 PREHOSPITAL AIRWAY MANAGEMENT: INTUBATION, DEVICES, AND CONTROVERSIES Raul Coimbra, Daniel P. Davis, David Hoyt Prehospital trauma airway management is probably the biggest challenge faced by prehospital providers. These…
CHAPTER 59 EXSANGUINATION: RELIABLE MODELS TO INDICATE DAMAGE CONTROL Alicia M. Mohr, Juan A. Asensio, Tamer Karsidag, Luis Manuel García-Núñez, Patrizio Petrone, Amanda J. Morehouse, Alexander D. Vara, John S….
CHAPTER 86 FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION Soumitra R. Eachempati, Marc J. Shapiro, Philip S. Barie Mechanical ventilation is often required to manage trauma or critical illness, whether for airway protection,…
CHAPTER 107 TRAUMA OUTCOMES Michael Rhodes, Glen Tinkoff All surgeons who care for patients with injury are subject to increased scrutiny relative to the outcomes of their patients. In fact,…
CHAPTER 63 THE DIAGNOSIS OF VASCULAR TRAUMA John T. Anderson, F. William Blaisdell The diagnosis of vascular trauma is usually not a problem, as most injuries manifest overt blood loss,…
CHAPTER 104 PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE TRAUMA INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Anne C. Mosenthal Despite many recent advances in trauma resuscitation and surgery, surgeons continue to care for critically injured patients…
CHAPTER 45 DIAGNOSTIC PERITONEAL LAVAGE AND LAPAROSCOPY IN EVALUATION OF ABDOMINAL TRAUMA R. Stephen Smith, John A. Aucar, William R. Fry Before 1965, lavage of the peritoneal cavity had a…
