Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Here’s a unified evidence-based approach to problems encountered in trauma and critical care
surgical situations. Comprehensive and concise, it is ideal for a quick overview before entering
the operating room or ICU, or as a review for board certification or recertification.

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Be prepared for the unexpected with practical, concise coverage of major surgical problems in
trauma and critical care.
Get expert practical and up-to-date guidance on ventilator management, damage control, noninvasive
techniques, imaging, infection control, dealing with mass casualties, treating injuries induced by
chemical and biological agents, and much more.
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Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Asensio & Trunkey



Table of Contents
I. Trauma Systems
1 The Development of Trauma Systems, Trunkey 2 Trauma Center Organization and Verification,
Eastridge / Thal 3 Injury Severity Scoring: Its Definition & Practical Application, Osler /
Glance / Bedrick 4 The Role of Alcohol and Other Drugs in Trauma, Gentilello / Esposito 5 The Role
of Trauma Prevention in Reducing Interpersonal Violence, Cornwell / Chang 6 Trauma Scoring,
VanDerHeyden / Cox 7 Trauma Systems & Trauma Triage Algorithms, Pepe / Marttos / Lynn
II. Pre-hospital Trauma Care
8 Delivering Multidisciplinary Trauma Care: Current Challenges and Future Directions, Habib /
Carrillo 9 Triage, Armstrong / Burris 10 Pre-Hospital Airway Management: Intubation, Devices, and
Controversies, Coimbra / Davis / Hoyt 11 Pre-Hospital Fluid Resuscitation: What type, how much and
controversies, Newell / Gracias / Rotondo 12 Civilian Hospital Response to Mass Casualty Events,
Dicker / Schecter 13 Blast Injuries, Pepe / King / Becker / Lynn 14 Pre-Hospital Care of Biological
Agent Induced Injuries, Swan 15 Wound Ballistics: What Every Trauma Surgeon Should Know, Mayberry /
Trunkey 16 Common Pre-Hospital Complications and Pitfalls in the Trauma Patient, Mitchell /
Richart / Wilkins
III. Initial Assessment and Resuscitation
17Airway Management: What Every Trauma Surgeon Should Know, From Intubation to Cricothyroidotomy,
Gross / Jacobs 18 Resuscitation Fluids, Schreiber / Tieu / Kiraly / Englehart 19 Emergency
Department Thoracotomy, Asensio / Petrone / et al. 20 The Role of Focused Assessment with
Sonography for Trauma: Indications, Limitations, and Controversies, Dunham / McKenney / Shatz 21
The Use of Computed Tomography in Initial Trauma Evaluation, Sjoholm / Ross 22 Interventional
Radiology: Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Maish / Fabian 23 Endpoints of Resuscitation, Englehart /
Tieu / Schreiber
IV. Head and Central Nervous System Injuries
24 Traumatic Brain Injury: Pathophysiology, Clinical Diagnosis, and Pre-Hospital and Emergency
Center Care, Valadka / Dannenbaum 25 Traumatic Brain Injury: Imaging, Operative and Nonoperative
Care, and Complications, Valadka / Dannenbaum 26 Spine: Spinal Cord Injury, Blunt and Penetrating,
Neurogenic and Spinal Shock, Tashjian / Gonzalez / Khoo
V. Maxillofacial and Ocular Injuries
27 Maxillofacial Injuries, Granick 28 Trauma to the Orbit, Meallet
VI. Neck Injuries
29 Penetrating Neck Injuries: Diagnosis and Selective Management, Weireter / Britt 30 Carotid,
Vertebral Artery and Jugular Venous Injuries, Rowe / Petrone / Asensio 31 Blunt Cerebrovascular
Injuries, Cothren / Moore 32 Tracheal, Laryngeal, and Oropharyngeal Injuries, Fernandez / Norwood /
Berne
VII. Thoracic Injuries
33 Pertinent Surgical Anatomy of the Thorax and Mediastinum, Schipper / Sukumar / Mayberry 34
Thoracic Wall Injuries: Ribs, Sternal Scapular Raptures, Hemo- and Pneumothoraces, Salvetamal /
Livingston 35 Diagnostic and Therapeutic roles of Bronchoscopy and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy in
the Management of Thoracic Trauma, Malhotra / Aboutanos 36 Pulmonary contu