Chapter 53 HYPOTHERMIA: TREATMENT AND THERAPEUTIC USES MATTHEW C. BYRNES AND GREG J. BEILMAN There is a clear distinction between hypothermia due to environmental exposure and hypothermia associated with injury….
CHAPTER 39 CHOLECYSTITIS, CHOLANGITIS, AND JAUNDICE UMUT SARPEL AND H. LEON PACHTER Disorders of the biliary tract often demand the attention of the acute care surgeon. These disorders can run…
CHAPTER 51 ACUTE LIVER FAILURE AND PORTAL HYPERTENSION DEANNA BLISARD AND MICHAEL E. DE VERA ACUTE LIVER FAILURE Fulminant hepatic failure is synonymous with acute liver failure (ALF), a rare…
Chapter 44 OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC EMERGENCIES DAVID STREITMAN AND W. ALLEN HOGGE ACUTE SURGICAL CARE CONSIDERATIONS IN THE PREGNANT PATIENT Pregnant patients who require nonobstetrical surgical intervention pose unique challenges…
CHAPTER 8 PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION OF THE EMERGENCY GENERAL SURGERY PATIENT KRISTA TURNER AND FREDERICK MOORE Skillful perioperative care of acutely ill patients is a defining characteristic of the specialty of…
CHAPTER 11 Nutrition in Acute Care Surgery JUAN B. OCHOA AND JEAN NICKLEACH Modern care of the acutely ill surgical patient cannot be conceived without the provision of adequate nutrition….
SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE CHAPTER 46 INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: THE ESSENTIALS–INCLUDING ASSESSMENT OF SEVERITY OF CRITICAL ILLNESS MAYUR B. PATEL AND ADDISON K. MAY Patients managed by acute care surgeons frequently…
CHAPTER 41 ANORECTAL ABSCESS AND INFLAMMATORY PROCESSES HERAND ABCARIAN ANORECTAL ABSCESS Anorectal abscess is by far the most common colorectal disease requiring acute care and surgery. The overwhelming majority of…
CHAPTER 4 SHOCK STATES IN ACUTE CARE SURGERY JEREMY M. HSU AND RONALD V. MAIER Shock is the clinical end result of inadequate tissue perfusion. The currently accepted concept was…
