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Preface | p. v |
A Tribute | p. vii |
Contributors | p. xiii |
General Principles | |
Initial Assessment and Early Resuscitation | p. 3 |
The Operating Theater for Acute Care Surgery | p. 24 |
Anesthesia and Acute Care Surgery | p. 30 |
Fundamental Operative Approaches in Acute Care Surgery | p. 43 |
The Perioperative Management of the Acute Care Surgical Patient | p. 67 |
The Hemodynamically Labile Patient: Cardiovascular Adjuncts and Assist Devices | p. 84 |
Principles and Practice of Nutritional Support for Surgical Patients | p. 91 |
The Intensive Care Unit: The Next-Generation Operating Room | p. 106 |
Burns | p. 125 |
Electrical and Lightning Injuries | p. 161 |
Soft Tissue Infections | p. 166 |
The Open Abdomen: Management from Initial Laparotomy to Definitive Closure | p. 176 |
Acute Care Surgery and the Elderly | p. 187 |
Acute Care Surgery in the Rural Setting | p. 194 |
Prehospital Care in the Acute Setting | p. 202 |
Disaster and Mass Casualty Management | p. 229 |
Principles of Injury Prevention and Control | p. 249 |
Education: Surgical Simulation in Acute Care Surgery | p. 263 |
Organ-Based Approach | |
Pharynx and Larynx | p. 277 |
Head and Neck: Pediatrics | p. 305 |
Esophagus | p. 314 |
Central Nervous System | p. 332 |
Chest Wall | p. 348 |
Lungs and Pleura | p. 362 |
Heart | p. 389 |
Thoracic Aorta | p. 400 |
Diaphragm | p. 420 |
Abdominal Wall | p. 435 |
Foregut | p. 450 |
Small Intestine | p. 471 |
Liver and Biliary Tract | p. 479 |
Pancreas | p. 497 |
Spleen | p. 513 |
Intraabdominal Vasculature | p. 524 |
Colon and Rectum | p. 549 |
Urogenital Tract | p. 561 |
Pelvis | p. 589 |
Lower Extremities | p. 602 |
Hand and Upper Extremities | p. 615 |
Peripheral Vasculature | p. 656 |
Administration, Ethics, and Law | |
Understanding the Latest Changes in EMTALA: Our Country's Emergency Care Safety Net | p. 677 |
Informed Surgical Consent | p. 683 |
Advance Directives | p. 689 |
The Nonviable Patient and Organ Procurement | p. 701 |
Ethical Dilemmas and the Law | p. 715 |
System and Curriculum Development | |
Development of a Regional System for Surgical Emergencies (RSSE) | p. 743 |
Acute Care Surgery: A Proposed Curriculum | p. 752 |
Emergency General Surgery: The Vanderbilt Model | p. 754 |
The International Communities | |
Acute Care Surgery: United Kingdom | p. 767 |
Acute Care Surgery: Australia | p. 786 |
Acute Care Surgery: Japan | p. 796 |
Index | p. 809 |
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