Acute Care Surgery: Skeletal and Soft-Tissue Injury
CHAPTER 30 ACUTE CARE SURGERY: SKELETAL AND SOFT-TISSUE INJURY GUSTAVO X. CORDERO, GARY S. GRUEN, PETER A. SISKA, AND IVAN S. TARKIN Expert care of musculoskeletal injury in the polytrauma…
Maxillofacial Injuries
CHAPTER 23 MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES NATHANIEL MCQUAY JR AND DANIEL LADER Maxillofacial trauma encompasses injuries to the soft tissue and skeletal and visceral organs of the face. Fractures occur when forces…
Acute Pancreatitis
CHAPTER 38 ACUTE PANCREATITIS PATRICIO POLANCO AND STEVEN J. HUGHES Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory process readily diagnosed by the combination of epigastric abdominal pain, abnormal elevation of pancreatic…
Pain Management
CHAPTER 14 PAIN MANAGEMENT SHARON HENRY Pain is a normal response to tissue injury or stimuli that can result in injury if sustained. This response results in neurochemical reactions that…
Blunt and Penetrating Neck Injury
CHAPTER 26 BLUNT AND PENETRATING NECK INJURY JOSEPH DUBOSE AND THOMAS M. SCALEA The complex anatomical relationships within a small area make the diagnosis and management of both penetrating neck…
Abdominal Wall Hernias: Emergencies and Reconstruction
CHAPTER 42 ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS: EMERGENCIES AND RECONSTRUCTION TIMOTHY C. FABIAN AND MARTIN A. CROCE INTRODUCTION There are few conditions that test the combination of a surgeon’s critical care skills,…
Support of the Organ Donor
CHAPTER 57 SUPPORT OF THE ORGAN DONOR DAVID M. KASHMER, SUZANNE A. FIDLER, AND MICHAEL D. PASQUALE The gap between the availability of organs and the demand for transplantation is…
Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
CHAPTER 34 ACUTE GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE CHRISTOPHER J. CARLSON AND GRANT E. O’KEEFE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS, DEFINITIONS, AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage is common and remains an important cause of morbidity and…
Procedures
CHAPTER 64 PROCEDURES AMY J. GOLDBERG AND ABHIJIT S. PATHAK OPEN TRACHEOSTOMY Indications Obstruction at or above the larynx secondary to tumor edema trauma/fracture foreign body burns severe pharyngeal or…
Informed Surgical Consent
CHAPTER 60 INFORMED SURGICAL CONSENT DAVID G. JACOBS “Patients should understand the indications for the operation, the risk involved, and the result that it is hoped to attain ” —ACS…
