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9780781756501

Trauma Contemporary Principles and Therapy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780781756501

  • ISBN10:

    0781756502

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-12-17
  • Publisher: LWW

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Written by international leaders in trauma surgery, this comprehensive text spans the entire field of trauma, from trauma systems, to the composition and practice of the trauma team, to management of all injuries seen in a trauma setting. The book consists of short, specific, clinically relevant chapters. Evidence for therapeutic recommendations is presented wherever possible. The fully searchable online text will be available on a companion Website. "Doody's Core TitlesTM 2009."

Table of Contents

Trauma Care and Trauma Systems: Past, Present, and Future
Organizing to Manage Mass Casualty Incidents
Trauma System Management and Financing
Identifying Trauma System Components
Quantifying Trauma System Effectiveness
Injury Prevention
Firearm Injury Prevention
Gunshot Injury: Overview of Ballistics, Wounding and Clinical Management Principles
Drugs, Alcohol, and Injury Prevention
Substance Abuse and Withdrawal
Burn Prevention
Injury Control Research
Design of the Trauma Resuscitation Area
Design of the Trauma Operating Room
Trauma Care, Medical-Legal Issues, and Risk Management
Regional Relationships/Transfer of Patient Care
Evaluating Trauma Center Performance
Overview: Making Music out of Noise
Detection and Prevention of Errors
Information Management to Improve Performance
The Roles of Emergency Medicine Specialists in the Trauma Center
Trauma Nursing
Training and Development of Trauma Surgeons
Organizing the Continuum of Care for Injured Patients
Pre-Hospital Care
Initial Resuscitation and Diagnosis
Diagnostic Imaging
Injury to the Brain
Injury to the Spinal Cord
Injury to the Spine
Maxillofacial Trauma
Ocular Injuries
Injuries to the Neck
Thoracic Injuries: Overview
Chest Wall Injury
Penetrating Pulmonary Injuries
Thoracic Vascular Injury
Cardiac Injuries
Injury to the Diaphragm
Nonoperative Management of Traumatic Injuries
Injuries to the Esophagus and Stomach
Injuries to the Duodenum and Pancreas
Injuries to the Liver and Spleen
Injuries to the Small Intestine, Colon, and Extraperitoneal Rectum
Abdominal Vascular Injury
Genitourinary Injury
Special Problems of Abdominal Injury
Diagnosis and Management of Extremity Vascular Injuries
Fractures of the Upper Extremity
Hand Injuries
Special Interdisciplinary Problem: Pelvic Fracture
Fractures of the Lower Extremity
Special Interdisciplinary Problem: Knee Dislocation
Anesthesia for Trauma Surgery
Special Considerations in Trauma in Children
Trauma in Pregnancy
Geriatric Trauma
Burn Injury
Management of Traumatic Wounds: Complex Soft Tissue Reconstruction
Traumatic Peripheral Nerve Injury
Ventilation and Oxygenation
Hemodynamic Management and Shock
SIRS, Sepsis, Multi-System Organ Dysfunction and Failure
Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit
Nutritional Support of the Injured
Renal Failure
Transfusion, Coagulation, Thromboembolism
Pain Control and Sedation
Ethical Issues in Trauma Care
End of Life Care
Pastoral Care
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