Initial Assessment and Resuscitation Michael Rhodes Michael Kalina I. Introduction Resuscitation of the adult patient is an intense period of medical care in which initial and continuous patient assessment guides…
Airway Management and Anesthesia Henry E. Wang Jean-Francois Pittet Donald M. Yealy I. General Considerations Ensuring adequate oxygenation, ventilation, and protection from aspiration are the first priorities when treating an…
Physiologic Response to Injury Luke P.H. Leenen I. Multiple changes occur in an organism following injury. The initial responses are protective, followed by compensation for the changes experienced and attempts…
Introduction to Trauma Care Amy N. Hildreth R. Shayn Martin J. Wayne Meredith I. Introduction Trauma is mechanical damage to the body caused by an external force. The trauma patient…
Fig. 30.1 Gasserian ganglion block. Three-dimensional CT-view constructed after the needle (yellow) tip was advanced through the foramen ovale (Image reprinted with permission from Springer. The image was originally published…
This picture titled Defeat depicts the moment of realization that I am forever changed. The figure is in the fetal position, a ball of fear, the tender moment of losing…
Type of operation Incidence of chronic post-surgical pain Number of operations performed in USA in 2006 (DeFrances et al. 2008) Coronary artery bypass graft 28% (Meyerson et al. 2001) to…
(1) Buehler Center on Aging, Health and Society, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA (2) Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School…
and Hsien Seow2 (1) Johns Hopkins University, Rm 609, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, Norway (2) Juravinski Cancer Center, McMaster University, 699 Concession Street 4th Floor, Room 4-229, Hamilton, Ontario,…
Fig. 31.1 Anatomic location of cordotomy and other destructive spinal cord lesions for the treatment of chronic pain. Figure by Daniel Kramer, University of Pennsylvania Myelotomy Commissural myelotomy is an…
