DUODENAL INJURIES
CHAPTER 49 DUODENAL INJURIES Gregory J. Jurkovich Duodenal injuries are uncommon, but not so rare as to preclude a comprehensive understanding of treatment strategies by general surgeons. A 6-year statewide…
WOUND BALLISTICS: WHAT EVERY TRAUMA SURGEON SHOULD KNOW
CHAPTER 15 WOUND BALLISTICS: WHAT EVERY TRAUMA SURGEON SHOULD KNOW John C. Mayberry, Donald D. Trunkey Although most trauma centers in the past two decades have experienced a reduction in…
THORACIC WALL INJURIES: RIBS, STERNAL SCAPULAR FRACTURES, HEMOTHORACES, AND PNEUMOTHORACES
CHAPTER 34 THORACIC WALL INJURIES: RIBS, STERNAL SCAPULAR FRACTURES, HEMOTHORACES, AND PNEUMOTHORACES Alisa Savetamal, David H. Livingston Although many chest injuries are potentially lethal, early man sustained and survived blunt…
TRAUMA SCORING
CHAPTER 6 TRAUMA SCORING Nicole VanDerHeyden, Thomas B. Cox Trauma was the first medical specialty to regionalize health care delivery to specialized centers and to systematically measure health care outcomes….
PELVIC FRACTURES
CHAPTER 70 PELVIC FRACTURES Catherine A. Humphrey, Thomas J. Ellis Pelvic fractures are a common injury among all trauma injuries (3%). They represent a spectrum of injuries from low-energy minimally…
GYNECOLOGIC INJURIES
CHAPTER 56 GYNECOLOGIC INJURIES Areti Tillou, Patrizio Petrone TRAUMA IN PREGNANCY Gynecologic trauma includes a large variety of relatively rare and challenging injuries from blunt and penetrating mechanisms. While motor…
INJURY SEVERITY SCORING: ITS DEFINITION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION
CHAPTER 3 INJURY SEVERITY SCORING: ITS DEFINITION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION Turner M. Osler, Laurent G. Glance, Edward J. Bedrick The urge to prognosticate following trauma is as old as the…
PEDIATRIC TRAUMA
CHAPTER 76 PEDIATRIC TRAUMA David W. Tuggle, L.R. Tres Scherer Pediatric trauma is the number one killer of children. It is also the number one cause of permanent disability in…
SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME AND MULTIPLE-ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME: DEFINITION, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 93 SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME AND MULTIPLE-ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME: DEFINITION, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT Anthony Watkins, Edwin A. Deitch In 1973, Tilney et al.1 described 18 patients who developed “sequential…
TRAUMA IN PREGNANCY
CHAPTER 77 TRAUMA IN PREGNANCY Amy C. Sisley, William C. Chiu The pregnant trauma patient presents significant challenges to the trauma surgeon. The physiologic changes in the mother during pregnancy…
