Disaster Preparedness and Mass Casualty Management
CHAPTER 17 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MASS CASUALTY MANAGEMENT LEONARD J. WEIRETER JR Police find car bomb in Times Square A crude car bomb of propane, gasoline and fireworks was discovered…
Palliative Care
CHAPTER 58 PALLIATIVE CARE RONALD M. STEWART In the face of critical surgical illness, palliative care focuses on a set of individualized goals aimed at reducing the suffering of the…
Intestinal Obstruction and Dysmotility Syndromes
CHAPTER 36 INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION AND DYSMOTILITY SYNDROMES LOUIS H. ALARCON Few clinical conditions are as common yet potentially perplexing as intestinal obstruction. Intestinal obstruction is a frequent presenting problem and…
Initial Evaluation of the Trauma Patient
CHAPTER 21 INITIAL EVALUATION OF THE TRAUMA PATIENT LESLIE KOBAYASHI, RAUL COIMBRA AND DAVID B. HOYT The assessment and management of the injured patient is a unique situation in which…
Nontraumatic Vascular Emergencies
CHAPTER 45 NONTRAUMATIC VASCULAR EMERGENCIES BRIAN L. CHEN, JARROD D. DAY, BABATUNDE H. ALMAROOF, SADAF S. AHANCHI AND JEAN M. PANNETON Nontraumatic vascular emergencies span the entirety of the body…
Thromboembolic Disease
CHAPTER 55 THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE ELLIOTT R. HAUT AND EDWARD E. CORNWELL Venous thromboembolism (VTE) disease, the composite term for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a complication…
Hypothermia: Treatment and Therapeutic Uses
Chapter 53 HYPOTHERMIA: TREATMENT AND THERAPEUTIC USES MATTHEW C. BYRNES AND GREG J. BEILMAN There is a clear distinction between hypothermia due to environmental exposure and hypothermia associated with injury….
Cholecystitis, Cholangitis, and Jaundice
CHAPTER 39 CHOLECYSTITIS, CHOLANGITIS, AND JAUNDICE UMUT SARPEL AND H. LEON PACHTER Disorders of the biliary tract often demand the attention of the acute care surgeon. These disorders can run…
Acute Liver Failure and Portal Hypertension
CHAPTER 51 ACUTE LIVER FAILURE AND PORTAL HYPERTENSION DEANNA BLISARD AND MICHAEL E. DE VERA ACUTE LIVER FAILURE Fulminant hepatic failure is synonymous with acute liver failure (ALF), a rare…
