Description
**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in General Surgery**Drawing on the experience and knowledge of master world-renowned trauma surgeons, Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, 3rd Edition, offers a comprehensive summary of optimal treatment and post-operative management of traumatic injuries. Ideally suited for everyday use, this practical, concise reference highlights the most important aspects of urgent surgical care, from damage control to noninvasive techniques to chemical and biological injuries. A focus on the surgical techniques required to manage even the most complex injuries makes it both an excellent resource for quick review before entering the operating room and a valuable review tool for board certification or recertification.- Covers the entire spectrum of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care—from initial evaluation, military and civilian field and trauma center evaluation and resuscitation, to diagnosis, operative, and postoperative critical care and outcomes—in nearly 100 print and 39 online-exclusive chapters, all newly streamlined to emphasize frontline procedural treatment- Features extensive new data and updates to Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular, and Military Surgery chapters, plus numerous new intraoperative photographs and high-quality line drawings that highlight the most important aspects of urgent surgical care- Contains 14 new chapters, including Innovations in Trauma Surgery Simulation; Air Evacuation and Critical Care in Military Casualties; REBOA: Indications and Controversies; Penetrating Extracranial Vertebral Artery; Penetrating Arterio-Venous Fistulas; The Genomics of Profound Shock and Trauma; ECMO; and newer strategies, such as nerve blocks for pain management to combat the opioid epidemic- Incorporates a wealth of military knowledge from both recent and past military conflicts, as well as from asymmetric warfare; many of the authors and co-authors have extensive past and present military experience- Uses a consistent, easy-to-follow chapter format throughout, for quick and easy reference and review- Reviews the essential principles of diagnosis and treatment, as well as the specifics of surgical therapy, making it useful for surgeons across all specialties- Integrates evidence-based practice guidelines into the text whenever possible, as well as comprehensive utilization of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma – Organ Injury Scales (AAST-OIS)- Contains such a wealth of operative photographs and line drawings, both in the printed version and many more in the electronic version, that it could be considered an Atlas of Trauma Surgery
Table of Contents
Part 1 Trauma Systems1 Development of Trauma Systems2 Trauma Center Organization and Verification for Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care3 Injury Severity Scoring: Its Definition and Practical Application4 Role of Alcohol and Other Drugs in Trauma5 Injury Prevention: An Evidence-Based Public Health Approach6 Lessons Learned in Military Trauma in Colombia7 Trauma Scoring8 Simulation-Based Training for Combat SurgeryPart 2 Prehospital Trauma Care9 Prehospital Trauma Care: Influence of Emergency Medical Services on Trauma Center Patient Outcomes10 Field Triage in the Military Arena11 Trauma Systems on the Battlefield12 Field Triage in the Civilian Arena13 En Route Care14 Prehospital Airway Management: Intubation, Devices, and Controversies15 Prehospital Fluid Resuscitation: What Type, How Much, and Controversies16 Mass Casualty Events: The Role of Hospitals and Trauma Systems17 Injuries From Explosives18 Prehospital Care of Biologic Agent–Induced Injuries19 Wound Ballistics: What Every Trauma Surgeon Should Know20 Common Prehospital Complications and Pitfalls in the Trauma PatientPart 3 Initial Assessment and Resuscitation21 Airway Management: What Every Trauma Surgeon Should Know, From Intubation to Cricothyroidotomy22 Resuscitation Fluids23 REBOA: Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta24 Resuscitative Thoracotomy25 Focused Assessment with Sonography for the Trauma Patient Role of Radiology in Initial Trauma Evaluation26 Interventional Radiology: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Roles27 Interventional Radiology Management During Intermediate and Long-Term Phases of Trauma Care28 Endpoints of Resuscitation 148Part 4 Head and Central Nervous System Injuries29 Traumatic Brain Injury: Pathophysiology, Clinical Diagnosis, and Prehospital and Emergency Center Care30 Nonoperative Care, and Complications31 Spinal Cord Injury, Blunt and Penetrating, Neurogenic and Spinal ShockPart 5 Maxillofacial and Ocular Injuries32 Maxillofacial Trauma33 Trauma to the Eye and OrbitPart 6 Neck Injuries34 Penetrating Neck Injuries35 Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries36 Tracheal, Laryngeal, and Oropharyngeal InjuriesPart 7 Thoracic Injuries37 Pertinent Surgical Anatomy of the Thorax and Mediastinum38 Thoracic Wall Injuries: Ribs, Sternal and Scapular Fractures, and Hemothoraces and Pneumothoraces39 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Roles of Bronchoscopy and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy in the Management of Thoracic Trauma40 Pulmonary Contusion and Flail Chest41 Operative Treatment of Chest Wall Injury42 Tracheal and Tracheobronchial Tree Injuries43 Operative Management of Pulmonary Injuries: Lung-Sparing and Formal Resections44 Complications of Pulmonary and Pleural Injury45 Cardiac Injuries46 Thoracic Vascular Injury47 Thoracic Aortic Injury48 Esophageal Injuries: Principles of ManagementPart 8 Abdominal Injuries49 Diaphragmatic Injury50 Surgical Anatomy of the Abdomen and Retroperitoneum51 Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage and Laparoscopy in the Evaluation of Abdominal Trauma52 Nonoperative Management of Blunt and Penetrating Abdominal Injuries53 Gastric Injuries54 Small Bowel Injury55 Duodenal Injuries56 Pancreatic Injuries and Pancreaticoduodenectomy57 Liver Injury58 Splenic Injuries59 Abdominal Vascular Injury60 Colon and Rectal Injuries61 Genitourinary Tract Injuries62 Gynecologic Injuries: Trauma to Uterus, Ovaries, and Female GenitaliaPart 9 Special Issues in Major Torso Trauma63 Multidisciplinary Management of Pelvic Fractures: Operative and Nonoperative Management64 Current Concepts in the Diagnosis and Management of Hemorrhagic Shock65 Exsanguination: Reliable Models to Indicate Damage Control66 Damage Control Resuscitation: An Evidence-Based Report67 Newer Strategies from the Use of Blood and Blood Products: Lessons Learned from Recent Wars68 Surgical Techniques for Damage Control Operations for Abdominal, Thoracic, Pelvic, and Extremity Trauma69 Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, Damage Control, and the Open Abdomen70 Torso Traum
