Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery
Clinical Questions and Answers
3. Edition June 2022
592 Pages, Softcover
Practical Approach Book
Further versions
Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery
In this newly revised edition of Surgical 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.
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
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.
