Chest Injury
CHAPTER 27 CHEST INJURY AMY N. HILDRETH AND J. WAYNE MEREDITH Chest trauma is a significant contributor to patient morbidity and mortality. Thoracic injuries are often accompanied by substantial injuries…
Extremity Vascular Injuries
CHAPTER 31 EXTREMITY VASCULAR INJURIES DAVID V. FELICIANO HISTORY Vascular injuries in the extremities have been reported since antiquity. Aulus Cornelius Celsus (25 BC-50 AD) first described that hemorrhage from…
Disaster Preparedness and Mass Casualty Management
CHAPTER 17 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MASS CASUALTY MANAGEMENT LEONARD J. WEIRETER JR Police find car bomb in Times Square A crude car bomb of propane, gasoline and fireworks was discovered…
Advance Medical Directives
CHAPTER 61 ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES GRACE S. ROZYCKI AND WILLIAM R. SEXSON Advances in medical care have led to life-saving interventions, but extending a patient’s life in a severely compromised…
Palliative Care
CHAPTER 58 PALLIATIVE CARE RONALD M. STEWART In the face of critical surgical illness, palliative care focuses on a set of individualized goals aimed at reducing the suffering of the…
Intestinal Obstruction and Dysmotility Syndromes
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…
Initial Evaluation of the Trauma Patient
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…
Nontraumatic Vascular Emergencies
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…
Thromboembolic Disease
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…
Hypothermia: Treatment and Therapeutic Uses
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….
