Trauma
By: editors, David V. Feliciano, Kenneth L. Mattox, Ernest E. Moore.
Contributors: Feliciano, David V.; Mattox, Kenneth L., 1938-; Moore, Ernest Eugene.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1430
ISBN-13: 9780071469128
Subjects: Wounds and injuries; Traumatology; Wounds and Injuries; Critical Care; Surgical Procedures, Operative
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History of trauma care; title: Epidemiology; title: Injury prevention; title: Trauma systems, triage and transport; title: Injury severity scoring and outcomes research; title: Trauma outcomes; title: Kinematics of trauma; title: Prehospital care; title: Trauma care in mass casualty incidents; title: Rural trauma; title: Initial assessment and management; title: Airway control; title: Management of shock; title: Transfusion, autotransfusion, and blood substitutes; title: Emergency department thoracotomy; title: Diagnostic and interventional radiology; title: Surgeon-performed ultrasound in trauma and surgical critical care; title: Anesthesia; title: Infection; title: The brain; title: Injury to the eye; title: Face; title: Management of acute neck injuries; title: Injury to the vertebrae and spinal cord; title: Indications for and techniques of thoracotomy; title: Chest wall and lung; title: Esophagus, trachea, and bronchus; title: Trauma to the heart; title: Thoracic great vessel injury; title: Indications for and techniques of laparotomy; title: Injury to the diaphragm; title: Liver and biliary tract; title: Injury to the spleen; title: Stomach and small bowel; title: Duodenum and pancreas; title: Colon and rectum; title: Abdominal vascular injury; title: Pelvic fractures; title: Genitourinary trauma; title: Reproductive system trauma; title: Trauma damage control; title: Upper extremity injury; title: Lower extremity; title: Peripheral vascular injury; title: Alcohol and drugs; title: Pediatric trauma; title: Geriatric trauma; title: Family and youth violence; title: Wounds, bites, and stings; title: Burns and radiation injuries; title: Temperature-associated injuries and syndromes; title: Organ procurement for transplantation; title: Reconstructive surgery after trauma; title: Rehabilitation; title: Modern combat casualty care; title: Weapons of mass destruction; title: Genetic influence on response and outcome; title: The convergence of trauma, medicine, and the law; title: Acute care surgery; title: Principles of critical care; title: Bleeding and coagulation complications; title: Cardiovascular failure; title: Respiratory insufficiency; title: Gastrointestinal failure; title: Acute renal failure; title: Nutritional support and electrolyte management; title: The immune response; title: Multiple organ failure.