ACUTE CARE SURGERY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION 1 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES -- ACUTE CARE SURGERY GENERAL PRINCIPLES -- TRAINING IN ACUTE CARE SURGERY -- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ACUTE ILLNESS AND INJURY -- SHOCK STATES IN ACUTE CARE SURGERY -- BASIC OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES IN TRAUMA AND ACUTE CARE SURGERY -- DAMAGE CONTROL MANAGEMENT/OPEN ABDOMEN -- AIRWAY MANAGEMENT -- PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION OF THE EMERGENCY GENERAL SURGERY PATIENT -- DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING IN ACUTE CARE SURGERY -- HEMATOLOGIC ABNORMALITIES, COAGULOPATHY, AND TRANSFUSION THERAPY -- NUTRITION IN ACUTE CARE SURGERY -- SEPSIS -- ANTIBIOTIC USE AND MISUSE -- PAIN MANAGEMENT -- ACUTE CARE SURGERY IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS -- PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA CARE -- DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MASS CASUALTY MANAGEMENT -- INJURY PREVENTION -- RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION -- SECTION 2 TRAUMA -- THE EVOLUTION OF TRAUMA CARE IN THE UNITED STATES -- INITIAL EVALUATION OF THE TRAUMA PATIENT -- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY -- MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES -- SPINAL COLUMN AND SPINAL CORD INJURY -- OPHTHALMIC INJURY -- BLUNT AND PENETRATING NECK INJURY -- CHEST INJURY -- ABDOMINAL TRAUMA -- GENITOURINARY TRAUMA -- ACUTE CARE SURGERY SKELETAL AND SOFT-TISSUE INJURY -- EXTREMITY VASCULAR INJURIES -- BURNS -- SECTION 3 EMERGENCY (NON-TRAUMA) SURGERY EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT -- EVALUATION OF THE ACUTE ABDOMEN -- ACUTE GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE -- INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT -- INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION AND DYSMOTILITY SYNDROMES -- APPENDICITIS -- ACUTE PANCREATITIS -- CHOLECYSTITIS, CHOLANGITIS, AND JAUNDICE -- GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FOREIGN BODIES -- ANORECTAL ABSCESS AND INFLAMMATORY PROCESSES.

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS EMERGENCIES AND RECONSTRUCTION -- SURGICAL INFECTIONS OF SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE -- OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC EMERGENCIES -- NONTRAUMATIC VASCULAR EMERGENCIES -- SECTION 4 SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE -- INTENSIVE CARE UNIT THE ESSENTIALS-INCLUDING ASSESSMENT OF SEVERITY OF CRITICAL ILLNESS -- ACUTE RESPIRATORY DYSFUNCTION -- MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME -- MECHANICAL VENTILATOR SUPPORT -- CARDIOVASCULAR FAILURE AND CIRCULATORY SUPPORT-MONITORING AND ESSENTIAL ADJUNCTS -- ACUTE LIVER FAILURE AND PORTAL HYPERTENSION -- ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY -- HYPOTHERMIA TREATMENT AND THERAPEUTIC USES -- NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS -- THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE -- THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT -- SUPPORT OF THE ORGAN DONOR -- PALLIATIVE CARE -- SECTION 5 SPECIAL TOPICS -- EMTALA AND OTHER PRINCIPLES AFFECTING THE ACUTE CARE SURGEON -- INFORMED SURGICAL CONSENT -- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES -- ACUTE CARE SURGERY, ETHICS, AND THE LAW -- SCORING SYSTEMS FOR INJURY AND EMERGENCY GENERAL SURGERY -- PROCEDURES -- INDEX.