CHAPTER 104 PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE TRAUMA INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Anne C. Mosenthal Despite many recent advances in trauma resuscitation and surgery, surgeons continue to care for critically injured patients…
CHAPTER 45 DIAGNOSTIC PERITONEAL LAVAGE AND LAPAROSCOPY IN EVALUATION OF ABDOMINAL TRAUMA R. Stephen Smith, John A. Aucar, William R. Fry Before 1965, lavage of the peritoneal cavity had a…
CHAPTER 37 TRACHEAL AND TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE INJURIES Preston Roy Miller, J. Wayne Meredith For most of history, acute tracheobronchial injuries have been considered uniformly fatal. In 1871, Winslow observed a…
CHAPTER 100 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS: DRUGS AND FILTERS Felicia A. Ivascu, George D. Garcia The association between injury and venous thromboembolic events is well accepted in…
CHAPTER 42 TREATMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL INJURY A. Britton Christmas, J. David Richardson The treatment of esophageal perforations remains controversial, with uncertainty surrounding several aspects of surgical management: the preferred method…
CHAPTER 35 DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC ROLES OF BRONCHOSCOPY AND VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THORACIC TRAUMA Ajai K. Malhotra, Michel B. Aboutanos, Rao Ivatury, Therese M. Duane Direct injury…
CHAPTER 81 COMMON ERRORS IN TRAUMA CARE R. Stephen Smith, R. Joseph Nold, Jonathan M. Dort Errors in management occur frequently in medicine. A recent Institute of Medicine report estimated…
CHAPTER 78 TRAUMA IN THE ELDERLY Benjamin Braslow, Donald R. Kauder, C. William Schwab The age at which a person becomes elderly has not been resolved by a clear consensus…
CHAPTER 47 GASTRIC INJURIES Lawrence N. Diebel The stomach is a relatively thick-walled, well-vascularized organ that is variably positioned in the peritoneal cavity. Although partially protected by the lower rib…
CHAPTER 4 THE ROLE OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS IN TRAUMA Larry Gentilello, Thomas Esposito Injury has been characterized as the neglected disease of modern society.1 However, data suggest that…
