Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery

In this newly revised edition ofSurgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, a distinguished team of emergency surgeons deliver a one-of-a-kind question-and-answer book on the growing specialty of surgical critical care and acute surgery, ideal for those caring for the critically ill and injured surgical patient.

This book reviews surgical critical care, emergency surgery, burns and trauma, and includes full color, high-quality surgical photographs to aid understanding. Readers will also benefit from access to a website that offers additional topics and tests, as well as an archive of all test questions and answers from previous editions.

The authors focus throughout is on the unique problems and complexity of illnesses of the critically ill and injured surgical patient, and the specialist daily care that such patients require.

Perfect for the acute care surgeon, surgical intensivist and those in training,Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery will also earn a place in the libraries of those working in or with an interest in critical care.

Forrest Dell Moore, MD, is Associate Professor of Surgery at the TCU& UNTHSC School of Medicine, and is Vice Chief of Surgery and Associate Trauma Medical Director at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Peter M. Rhee, MD, is Professor of Surgery, New York Medical College, and Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.

Carlos J. Rodriguez, DO, is Associate Professor of Surgery at the TCU& UNTHSC School of Medicine, and is Director of Emergency General Surgery and Surgical Research at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Part I: Surgical Critical Care

1 Respiratory and Cardiovascular Physiology

2 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Oxygen Delivery and Shock

3 ECMO

4 Arrhythmias, Acute Coronary Syndromes and Hypertensive Emergencies

5 Sepsis and the Inflammatory Response to Injury

6 Hemodynamic and Respiratory Monitoring

7 Airway and Perioperative Management

8 Acute Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation

9 Infectious Disease

10 Pharmacology and Antibiotics

11 Transfusion, Hemostasis and Coagulation

12 Analgesia and Anesthesia

13 Delirium, Alcohol Withdrawal and Psychiatric Disorders

14 Acid-Base, Fluids and Electrolytes

15 Metabolic Illness and Endocrinopathies

16 Hypothermia and Hyperthermia

17 Acute Kidney Injury

18 Liver Failure

19 Nutrition Support in Critically Ill Patients

20 Neurocritical Care

21 Venous Thromboembolism

22 Transplantation, Immunology and Cell Biology

23 Obstetric Critical Care

24 Pediatric Critical Care

25 Envenomations, Poisonings and Toxicology

26 Common Procedures in the ICU

27 Diagnostic Imaging, Ultrasound and Interventional Radiology

Part II: Emergency Surgery

28 Neurotrauma

29 Blunt and Penetrating Neck Trauma

30 Cardiothoracic and Thoracic Vascular Injury

31 Abdominal and Abdominal Vascular Injury

32 Orthopedic and Hand Trauma

33 Peripheral Vascular Trauma

34 Urologic Trauma and Disorders

35 Care of the Pregnant Trauma Patient

36 Esophagus, Stomach and Duodenum

37 Small Intestine, Appendix and Colorectal

38 Gallbladder and Pancreas

39 Liver and Spleen

40 Incarcerated Hernias and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

41 Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections and Other Soft Tissue Infections

42 Obesity and Bariatric Surgery

43 Burns, Inhalational Injury and Lightning Injuries

44 Gynecologic Surgery

45 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

46 Pediatric Surgery

47 Geriatrics

48 Statistics

49 Ethics, End-of-Life and Organ Retrieval