Common Problems in Acute Care Surgery

Part I. General Principles

1. Initial Resuscitation and Management of the Hemodynamically Unstable Patient
Diane A. Schwartz, John Holcomb

2. The Evaluation of the Acute Abdomen
Marie Crandall

3. Perioperative Considerations for Surgical Emergencies
J. Davis Yonge, Patricia Ayoung-Chee

4. Perioperative Management of the Cirrhotic Patient
Maamoun A. Harmouch, Mark J. Hobeika

5. Surgical Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit
Emmanuel Sonnaike, Jeremy L. Ward

6. Hemodynamic Monitoring in the ICU
David Evan Meyer

7. Early Management of Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock in the Surgical Patient
Michelle H. Scerbo, Laura J. Moore

8. Multiple Organ Failure
Stephanie Gordy

9. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Seth A. Bellister, Michelle K. McNutt

10. Nutrition in the Surgical Patient
Rosemary Kozar, Anthony Tannous, Diane A. Schwartz

11. Renal Replacement Therapy
Kevin W. Finkel

12. Management of Surgical Site Infections
R. Mario Vera

13. Hemorrhage and Transfusions in the Surgical Patient
Holly Whitt, Bryan A. Cotton

14. Principles of Vascular Access
Ramyar Gilani

Part II. Common Diseases in Acute Care Surgery

15. Management of Intra-Abdominal Infections
Laura J. Moore

16. Obtaining a Surgical Airway
Robert Ellis Southard

17. Esophageal Perforation
Karen J. Dickinson, Shanda H. Blackmon

18. Pneumothorax, Hemothorax, and Empyema
K. Shad Pharaon, Benjamin L. Davis

19. Acute Paraesophageal Hernia
David C. Gochnour

20. Peptic Ulcer Disease for the Acute Care Surgeon
Sherry L. Sixta, Millard Andrew Davis

21. Gastric Outlet Obstruction
Shinil K. Shah, Peter A. Walker

22. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Jon D. Dorfman, Heena P. Santry

23. Acute Biliary Disease
Ning Lu, Walter L. Biffl

24. Management of Complications from Biliary Surgery
Maureen D. Moore, Caitlin A. McIntyre, Soumitra Eachempati

25. Liver Abscesses
Edie Chan, Lia Jordano, Marc Mesleh

26. Acute Pancreatitis
Curtis J. Wray, Tien C. Ko

27. Small Bowel Obstruction
Alicia J. Mangram, Alexzandra Hollingworth, James K. Dzandu

28. Appendicitis
Adam J. Meyers, Claire Crescenzo, Christine S. Cocanour

29. Diverticulitis
Winston M. Chan, Amit Agarwal

30. Mesenteric Ischemia for the Acute Care Surgeon
Rebecca JoAnne Weddle, Justin J. J. Watson, Jennifer Marie Watters

31. Large Bowel Obstruction
Laura A. Kreiner

32. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Andrea Weitz, Daniel Vargo

33. Volvulus
Michael S. Truitt, Tim Gutierrez

34. Anorectal Disease
John C. Kubasiak, Marc I. Brand

35. Management of Complications of Endoscopic Therapy
Shinil K. Shah, Nirav C. Thosani, Peter A. Walker

36. Complications of Morbid Obesity Surgery
Christian Perez, Peter A. Walker, Shinil K. Shah

37. Abdominal Wall Hernias: Emergency Ventral Hernia Repair
Julie L. Holihan, Mike K. Liang

38. Damage Control Surgery and the Open Abdomen
Clay Cothren Burlew

39. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
John A. Harvin

40. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Krislynn M. Mueck, Lillian S. Kao

41. Acute Compartment Syndrome
Joshua L. Gary, Gregory E. Catlett

Part III. Ethics, Legal, and Administrative Considerations

42. Palliative Care in the Acute Care Surgery Setting
Bridget N. Fahy

43. Common Ethical Problems in Acute Care Surgery
Jeffrey P. Spike

44. Advance Directives
Gary T. Marshall

45. EMTALA Review
James J. McCarthy

46. Developing an Acute Care Surgery Program
Janeen R. Jordan, Alicia M. Mohr, Frederick A. Moore

Avainsanat: Medicine & Public Health, Traumatic Surgery, General Surgery