CHAPTER 25 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: IMAGING, OPERATIVE AND NONOPERATIVE CARE, AND COMPLICATIONS Alex B. Valadka, Mark J. Dannenbaum The previous chapter described pathophysiology and initial management of traumatic brain injury…
CHAPTER 106 TRAUMA REHABILITATION Wayne Dubov, Michael M. Badellino, Michael D. Pasquale In 2002, unintentional injury was the most common cause of death between the ages of 1 and 44…
CHAPTER 41 THORACIC VASCULAR INJURY Danny Chu, Matthew J. Wall, Kenneth Mattox One of the earliest reports of thoracic vascular injury was described by Vesalius in 1557 of a fatal,…
CHAPTER 23 ENDPOINTS OF RESUSCITATION Michael Englehart, Brandon Tieu, Martin Schreiber The optimal endpoint of resuscitation has been debated since the early 20th century when Cannon espoused his controversial viewpoints…
CHAPTER 96 NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA D. Brandon Williams, Amritha Raghunathan, David A. Spain, Susan I. Brundage The two broad classes of pneumonia are nosocomial and community-acquired pneumonia. Nosocomial pneumonia is often…
CHAPTER 95 THE IMMUNOLOGY OF TRAUMA S. Rob Todd, Christine S. Cocanour Following trauma, the immune system is called into action by signals from injured tissues. Injuries, hypoxia, and hypotension,…
CHAPTER 94 SEPSIS, SEPTIC SHOCK, AND ITS TREATMENT Preya Ananthakrishnan, Edwin A. Deitch sepsis and septic shock, especially when associated with single or multiple organ dysfunction, are important causes of…
CHAPTER 89 MANAGEMENT OF COAGULATION DISORDERS IN THE SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Christopher P. Michetti, Samir M. Fakhry Surgeons commonly encounter coagulation disorders in the course of caring for patients,…
CHAPTER 84 PHARMACOLOGIC SUPPORT OF CARDIAC FAILURE John W. Mah, Orlando C. Kirton Cardiovascular disease affects more than 70 million people, according to statistics from the American Heart Association in…
CHAPTER 72 SCAPULOTHORACIC DISSOCIATION AND DEGLOVING INJURIES OF THE EXTREMITIES Walter L. Biffl, Christopher Born, William G. Cioffi Scapulothoracic dissociation (STD) is the traumatic disruption of the shoulder from the…
