Acute Care Surgery

The practice of general and trauma surgery frequently involves a broad range of emergency situations. Surgeons must be familiar with diagnosis and operative management principles in the fast-paced environment of the emergency setting. Acute Care Surgery: Principles and Practice comprehensively presents the full spectrum of surgical emergencies, including trauma and non-traumatic acute surgical diseases of the abdominal, pelvic, and cardiothoracic organs as well as the extremities, skin and soft tissue, and head and neck. Management of surgical infections is also discussed. Edited by an internationally renowned trio of experts, Acute Care Surgery is the ideal reference text for surgical trainees as well as practicing surgeons. Authoritative, comprehensive, and user- friendly, the text features over 40 chapters complete with case studies as well as question and answer commentaries. Every chapter begins with a box highlighting the key points and current areas of controversy. Features: * 64 chapters highlighting cutting-edge advances in the field * The text covers trauma, critical care, and emergency general surgery * Editors and contributors are recognized leaders in their respective areas of interest About the Authors: - L.D. Britt, MD, Chairman, Brickhouse Professor of Surgery. Department of General Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Hofheimer Hall, Norfolk, VA; - Andrew B. Peitzman, MD, Mark M. Ravitch Professor and Vice-Chair, Chief, Division of General Surgery, UPMC-Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA; - Phillip Barie, MD, Philip S. Barie, MD, MBA, FIDSA, FCCM, FACS, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY; - Gregory Jurkovich, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, University of Washington, Chief of Trauma, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA