VASCULAR ANATOMY OF THE EXTREMITIES
CHAPTER 62 VASCULAR ANATOMY OF THE EXTREMITIES Enrique Ginzburg, Chee Kiong Chong, Norman M. Rich Extremity vascular injuries date as far back as the Greek and Roman civilization. Much of…
SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THORACIC, ABDOMINAL, PELVIC, AND EXTREMITY DAMAGE CONTROL
CHAPTER 60 SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THORACIC, ABDOMINAL, PELVIC, AND EXTREMITY DAMAGE CONTROL Kimberly A. Davis, Frederick A. Luchette Injury severity and spectrums of injury have continually evolved, resulting in greater…
CURRENT CONCEPTS IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
CHAPTER 58 CURRENT CONCEPTS IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK Juan Carlos Puyana, Samuel A. Tisherman, Andrew B. Peitzman The precipitating single common factor of hemorrhagic shock is…
PREHOSPITAL CARE OF BIOLOGICAL AGENT–INDUCED INJURIES
CHAPTER 14 PREHOSPITAL CARE OF BIOLOGICAL AGENT–INDUCED INJURIES Kenneth G. Swan On a busy Baghdad bridge spanning the great Tigris River coursing Iraq from north to south, a crowd of…
DELIVERING MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAUMA CARE: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
CHAPTER 8 DELIVERING MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAUMA CARE: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Fahim Habib, Eddy H. Carrillo The origins of trauma care delivery are deeply rooted in the major military conflicts…
GENITOURINARY TRACT INJURY
CHAPTER 55 GENITOURINARY TRACT INJURY Charles D. Best KIDNEY INJURY The most common indication of kidney injury on assessment in the emergency department is the presence of gross or microhematuria….
MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES
CHAPTER 27 MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES Guy J. Cappuccino, Samuel T. Rhee, Mark S. Granick While facial injuries may be dramatic in appearance, they are infrequently life threatening, and often not the…
BLAST INJURIES
CHAPTER 13 BLAST INJURIES Antonio Pepe, Booker T. King, Alexander Becker, Guy Lin, Tedla Tessema, Mauricio Lynn, Eduard Grass Blast injury is unique in that it combines the mechanisms of…
CAROTID, VERTEBRAL ARTERY, AND JUGULAR VENOUS INJURIES
CHAPTER 30 CAROTID, VERTEBRAL ARTERY, AND JUGULAR VENOUS INJURIES Vincent L. Rowe, Patrizio Petrone, Luis Manuel García-Núñez, Juan A. Asensio CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES Over the centuries, management of carotid artery…
COMMON PREHOSPITAL COMPLICATIONS AND PITFALLS IN THE TRAUMA PATIENT
CHAPTER 16 COMMON PREHOSPITAL COMPLICATIONS AND PITFALLS IN THE TRAUMA PATIENT Frank L. Mitchell, Charles M. Richart, Harry E. Wilkins The evolution of prehospital care in this country has an…
