Nutrition in Acute Care Surgery
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….
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Intensive Care Unit: The Essentials—Including Assessment of Severity of Critical Illness
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…
Anorectal Abscess and Inflammatory Processes
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…
Shock States in Acute Care Surgery
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…
The Evolution of Trauma Care in the United States
TRAUMA CHAPTER 20 THE EVOLUTION OF TRAUMA CARE IN THE UNITED STATES DONALD D. TRUNKEY PAST The history of trauma care is inextricably linked to wars and wounds. Trauma antedates…
Acute Care Surgery in Special Populations
CHAPTER 15 ACUTE CARE SURGERY IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS C. WILLIAM SCHWAB, DANIEL J. GRABO, EDGARDO S. SALCEDO, AND MICHAEL L. NANCE ACUTE CARE SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY Introduction Surgical emergencies…
Appendicitis
CHAPTER 37 APPENDICITIS D. PATRICK BRYANT AND HEIDI FRANKEL In the time of Leonardo da Vinci, the appendix was ascribed a function as an organ capable of expanding and contracting,…
