Acute Care Surgery and Trauma: Evidence-Based Practice

✍ Scribed by M. Cohn Stephen

• Publisher: Informa Healthcare
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 611
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book focuses on important surgical management issues where one or more problems are addressed using scientific evidence from the published literature, and predominantly cites Level I and II evidence from the Oxford Scale. The 85 chapters are conveniently arranged into three sections; Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care Problems. Each chapter incorporates key questions on a particular topic and answers are provided along with the strength of the recommendation in clear tabular form for quick reference and easy interpretation. Acute Care Surgery and Trauma: Evidence Based Practice is essential reading for all surgeons, fellows and residents, in particular those working in acute care, trauma, emergency and critical care medicine.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 15
Foreword......Page 18
Introduction......Page 22
1
Evidence for Injury Prevention Strategies: From Private Practice to Public Policy......Page 28
2
Trauma Systems......Page 35
3
Evidence-Based Review of Trauma Outcomes......Page 45
4
Evidence-Based Surgery: Military Injury Outcomes......Page 50
5
Evidence-Based Surgery: Traumatized Airway......Page 56
6
Monitoring of the Trauma Patient......Page 63
7
Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient......Page 69
8
Diagnosis of Injury in the Trauma Patient......Page 73
9
An Evidence-Based Approach to Damage Control Laparotomy for Trauma......Page 83
10
Evidence-Based Surgery: Coagulopathy in the Trauma Patient......Page 92
11
Traumatic Brain Injury......Page 99
12
Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries......Page 107
13
Facial Injuries......Page 113
14
Ocular Trauma: An Evidence-Based Approach to Evaluation and Management......Page 119
15
Neck Trauma......Page 124
16
Emergency Thoracotomy......Page 129
17
Trauma to the Chest Wall......Page 132
18
Evidence-Based Surgery: Injury to the Thoracic Great Vessels......Page 142
19
Evidence-Based Surgery: Cardiac Trauma......Page 148
20
Injury to the Esophagus, Trachea, and Bronchus......Page 152
21
An Evidence-Based Approach to Spleen Trauma: Management and Outcomes......Page 158
22
Injury to the Liver......Page 165
23
Small Bowel and Colon Injuries......Page 171
24
Diaphragmatic Injuries......Page 174
25
Pancreatic and Duodenal Trauma......Page 180
26
Abdominal Vascular Trauma......Page 187
27
An Evidence-Based Approach to Pregnant Trauma Patients......Page 192
28
Pelvic Fractures......Page 199
29
An Evidence-Based Approach to Extremity Vascular Trauma......Page 204
30
Surgery of Upper Extremity......Page 213
31
Lower Extremity Injury......Page 221
32
Limb Salvage for the Mangled Extremity......Page 226
33
Critical Questions in Support of the Burned Patient......Page 234
34
Burn Wound Management......Page 239
35
Inhalation Injury......Page 245
36
Electrical, Cold, and Chemical Injuries......Page 253
37
Evidence-Based Wound Care Management......Page 260
38
Viperidae Snakebite Envenomation......Page 267
39
Evidence-Based Surgery: War Wounds......Page 272
40
Evidence-Based Surgery: Pediatric Trauma......Page 277
41
An Evidence-Based Approach to Geriatric Trauma......Page 285
42
Rural Trauma......Page 292
43
Reducing Patient Errors in Trauma Care......Page 295
44
Small Bowel Surgery......Page 305
45
An Evidence-Based Approach to Upper GI Bleed Management......Page 312
46
Peptic Ulcer Disease......Page 317
47
Enterocutaneous Fistula......Page 326
48
Paraesophageal Hernia Repair......Page 330
49
Appendicitis......Page 334
50
Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding......Page 343
51
Diverticular Disease of the Colon......Page 349
52
Large Bowel Obstruction......Page 354
53
Acute and Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia......Page 360
54
Ogilvie’s Syndrome and Colonic Volvulus......Page 363
55
Hemorrhoids......Page 368
56
Anal Fissure, Fistula, and Abscess......Page 372
57
Evidence-Based Surgery: Pilonidal Disease......Page 375
58
Rectal Prolapse: Evidence-Based Outcomes......Page 383
59
Evidence-Based Practice: Acute Cholecystitis......Page 395
60
Acute Cholangitis......Page 401
61
Acute Pancreatitis......Page 409
62
Pancreatic Pseudo-cysts......Page 417
63
Liver Abscess......Page 424
64
Diagnosis and Treatment of Variceal Hemorrhage due to Cirrhosis......Page 433
65
Gangrene of the Foot......Page 442
66
Acute Arterial Embolus......Page 446
67
Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm......Page 450
68
Acute Aortic Dissection......Page 454
69
Deep Venous Thrombosis......Page 460
70
Pulmonary Embolism......Page 465
71
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections......Page 470
72
Incarcerated Hernias......Page 474
73
Surgical Endocrine Emergencies......Page 478
74
Evidence-Based Surgery: Bacteremia......Page 484
75
Prevention of Central Venous Catheter Infections......Page 490
76
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia......Page 494
77
Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock......Page 500
78
Perioperative Arrhythmias......Page 507
79
Feeds and Feeding Surgical Patients......Page 513
80
Evidence-Based Surgery: Acute Lung
Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome......Page 517
81
Acute Renal Failure......Page 524
82
Hyperglycemia......Page 530
83
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome......Page 536
84
Agitation and Delirium in the ICU......Page 541
85
Malignant Hypertension: An Evidence-based Surgery Review......Page 550
Appendix......Page 560
Index......Page 600