Research Catalog

Title

Acute care surgery / editor-in-chief, L.D. Britt ; editors, Donald D. Trunkey, David V. Feliciano.

Publication

New York ; London : Springer, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Britt, L. D.
• Trunkey, Donald D.
• Feliciano, David V.

Description

xxi, 832 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Surgical Procedures, Operative
• Critical care medicine
• Wounds and Injuries
• Wounds and injuries > Surgery
• Surgical emergencies
• Emergency Treatment

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Initial assessment and early resuscitation / Louis H. Alarcon and Andrew B. Peitzman -- 2. The operating theater for acute care surgery / Kenneth L. Mattox -- 3. Anesthesia and acute care surgery / Omid Moayed and Richard P. Dutton -- 4. Fundamental operative approaches in acute care surgery / David J. Ciesla and Ernest E. Moore -- 5. The perioperative management of the acute care surgical patient / Craig M. Coopersmith and Timothy G. Buchman -- 6. The hemodynamically labile patient : cardiovascular adjuncts and assist devices / Edward E. Cornwell III and Preeti R. John -- 7. Principles and practice of nutritional support for surgical patients / Maheswari Senthil, Bobby Rupani, Jondavid H. Jabush and Edwin A. Deitch -- 8. The intensive care unit : the next-generation operating room / Philip S. Barie, Soumitra R. Eachempati and Jian Shou -- 9. Burns / Basil A. Pruitt, Jr. and Richard L. Gamelli -- 10. Electrical and lightning injuries / Raphael C. Lee -- 11. Soft tissue infections / Anthony A. Meyer, Jeffrey E. Abrams, Thomas L. Bosshardt and Claude H. Organ, Jr. -- 12. The open abdomen : management from initial laparotomy to definitive closure / Fred A. Luchette, Stathis J. Poulakidas and Thomas J. Esposito -- 13. Acute care surgery and the elderly / Patrick K. Kim, Donald R. Kauder and C. William Schwab -- 14. Acute care surgery in the rural setting / Dana Christian Lynge, Nicholas W. Morris and John G. Hunter -- 15. Prehospital care in the acute setting / Norman E. McSwain, Jr. -- 16. Disaster and mass casualty management / Eric R. Frykberg -- 17. Principles of injury prevention and control / M. Margaret Knudson and Larisa S. Speetzen -- 18. Education : surgical simulation in acute care surgery / Lenworth M. Jacobs and Karyl J. Burns -- 19. Pharynx and larynx / Ernest M. Myers -- 20. Head and neck : pediatrics / Reza Rahbar and Gerald B. Healy -- 21. Esophagus / George C. Velmahos, Nahid Hamoui, Peter F. Crookes and Demetrios Demetriades -- 22. Central nervous system / Peter B. Letarte -- 23. Chest wall / John C. Mayberry and Donald D. Trunkey -- 24. Lungs and pleura / Riyad Karmy-Jones and J. Wayne Meredith -- 25. Heart / Matthew S. Slater -- 26. Thoracic aorta / Peter I. Ellman and Irving L. Kron -- 27. Diaphragm / Michel B. Aboutanos, Therese M. Duane, Ajai K. Malhotra and Rao R. Ivatury -- 28. Abdominal wall / Jeffrey A. Claridge and Martin A. Croce -- 29. Foregut / Philip E. Donahue -- 30. Small intestine / Juliet Lee, Todd Ponsky and Jeffrey L. Ponsky -- 31. Liver and biliary tract / Spiros P. Hiotis and Hersch L. Pachter -- 32. Pancreas / Juan A. Asensio, Patrizio Petrone and L. D. Britt -- 33. Spleen / L. D. Britt -- 34. Intraabdominal vasculature / George H. Meier III and Hosam F. El Sayed -- 35. Colon and rectum / Herand Abcarian -- 36. Urogenital tract / Nejd F. Alsikafi, Sean P. Elliott, Maurice M. Garcia and Jack W. McAninch -- 37. Pelvis / Craig M. Rodner and Bruce D. Browner -- 38. Lower extremities / Tina A. Maxian and Michael J. Bosse -- 39. Hand and upper extremities / David T. Netscher and Idris Gharbaoui -- 40. Peripheral vasculature / David V. Feliciano -- 41. Understanding the latest changes in EMTALA : our country's emergency care safety net / Thomas R. Russell -- 42. Informed surgical consent / Linda S. Laibstain and Robert C. Nusbaum -- 43. Advance directives / David G. Jacobs -- 44. The nonviable patient and organ procurement / Frederic J. Cole, Jr., Jay N. Collins and Leonard J. Weireter, Jr. -- 45. Ethical dilemmas and the law / Ira J. Kodner, Daniel M. Freeman, Robb R. Whinney and Douglas J. E. Schuerer -- 46. Development of a regional system for surgical emergencies (RSSE) / A. Brent Eastman, David B. Hoyt and J. Wayne Meredith -- 47. Acute care surgery : a proposed curriculum / L. D. Britt and Michael F. Rotondo -- 48. Emergency general surgery : the vanderbilt model / Jose J. Diaz, Jr., Oscar D. Guillamondegui and John A. Morris, Jr. -- 49. Acute care surgery : United Kingdom / Bernard F. Ribeiro, Simon Paterson-Brown, Murat Akyol, Michael Walsh, Andrew Sim and Christopher Aylwin -- 50. Acute care surgery : Australia / Thomas Kossmann and Ilan S. Freedman -- 51. Acute care surgery : Japan / Kyoichi Takaori and Nobuhiko Tanigawa.

ISBN

• 9780387344706 (hbk.)
• 0387344705 (hbk.)

OCLC

• ocm77012319
• 77012319
• SCSB-5324331

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries