CHAPTER 36 INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION AND DYSMOTILITY SYNDROMES LOUIS H. ALARCON Few clinical conditions are as common yet potentially perplexing as intestinal obstruction. Intestinal obstruction is a frequent presenting problem and…
CHAPTER 21 INITIAL EVALUATION OF THE TRAUMA PATIENT LESLIE KOBAYASHI, RAUL COIMBRA AND DAVID B. HOYT The assessment and management of the injured patient is a unique situation in which…
CHAPTER 45 NONTRAUMATIC VASCULAR EMERGENCIES BRIAN L. CHEN, JARROD D. DAY, BABATUNDE H. ALMAROOF, SADAF S. AHANCHI AND JEAN M. PANNETON Nontraumatic vascular emergencies span the entirety of the body…
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 55 THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE ELLIOTT R. HAUT AND EDWARD E. CORNWELL Venous thromboembolism (VTE) disease, the composite term for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a complication…
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…
