Prehospital Trauma Care
CHAPTER 16 PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA CARE NORMAN E. MCSWAIN JR This chapter is divided into two parts: the first is what the acute care surgeon (ACS) needs to know about the…
The Immunocompromised Patient
CHAPTER 56 THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT UROGHUPATEI P. IYEGHA AND GREGORY J. BEILMAN Immunocompromised patients present a special challenge to the acute care surgeon. Although transplant recipients, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected…
Nosocomial Infections
CHAPTER 54 NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS PAMELA A. LIPSETT In order to help the clinician make decisions about empiric antibiotic selection, the classification of infections has typically been divided into the site…
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,…
