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Trauma Kenneth L. Mattox

Trauma By Kenneth L. Mattox

Trauma by Kenneth L. Mattox

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Provides background information on the epidemiology of trauma; injury prevention; the basics of trauma systems, triage, and transport. This book includes a collection of algorithms to guide you through the proper diagnosis and management of the trauma patient.

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Trauma by Kenneth L. Mattox

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO TRAUMA SURGERY-NOW IN FULL COLOR!

With a new full-color design and a rich atlas of anatomic drawings and surgical approaches, Trauma, 7e takes you through the full range of injuries the trauma surgeon is likely to encounter.

Trauma begins with an informative look at kinematics and the mechanisms of trauma injury. Subsequent chapters provide background information on the epidemiology of trauma; injury prevention; the basics of trauma systems, triage, and transport.The next section reviews generalized approaches to the trauma patient, from pre-hospital care to the management of infections. Trauma then delivers an organ-by-organ survey of treatment protocols designed to help you respond to any critical situation with confidence, no matter what body system is involved.The remaining sections will help you successfully handle specific challenges in trauma, including post-traumatic complications.

FEATURES

NEW! Trauma Atlas contains precise, concept-clarifying anatomical illustrations and proven surgical techniques that make corhmon procedures more accessible than ever before

High-yield section on specific approaches to the trauma patient prepares you for the wide spectrum of cases in trauma and acute care surgery

Rich collection of algorithms to guide you through the proper diagnosis and management of the trauma patient

Detailed discussion of the management of complications

About Kenneth L. Mattox

Kenneth L. Mattox, MD is Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He is Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery at the Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Ernest E. Moore, MD is Professor and Vice Chairman in the Department of Surgery at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. He is the Chief of Surgery at the Denver Health Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.

David V. Feliciano, MD is Attending Surgeon, Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, and Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia.

Table of Contents

SECTION I: TRAUMA OVERVIEW
1. Kinematics
2. Epidemiology
3. Injury Prevention
4. Trauma Systems, Triage, and Transport
5. Injury Severity Scoring and Outcomes Research
6. Acute Care Surgery
SECTION II: GENERALIZED APPROCHES TO TRAUMA PATIENT
7. Prehospital Care
8. Disaster and Mass Casualty
9. Rural Trauma
10. Initial Assessment and Management
11. Airway Management
12. Management of Shock
13. Postinjury Hemotherapy and Hemostasis
14. Emergency Department Thoracotomy
15. Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
16. Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound in Acute Care Surgery
17. Principles of Anesthesia and Pain Management
18. Infections
SECTION III: MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC INJURIES
19. Injury to the Brain
20. Eye
21. Face
22. Neck
23. Vetebrae & Spinal Cord
24. Trauma Thoracotomy: Principles and Techniques
25. Lung, Trachea, & Esophagus
26. Heart and Thoracic Vascular Injuries
27. Trauma Laparotomy: Principles and Techniques
28. Diaphragm
29. Liver and Biliary Tract
30. Injury to the Spleen
31. Stomach and Small Bowel
32. Duodenum & Pancreas
33. Colon and Rectal Trauma
34. Abdominal Vascular Injury
35. Pelvis
36. Genitourinary Trauma
37. Trauma in Pregnancy
38. Trauma Damage Control
39. Upper Extremity
40. Lower Extremity
41. Peripheral Vascular Injury
SECTION IV: SPECIFIC CHALLENGES IN TRAUMA
42. Alcohol and Drugs
43. The Pediatric Patient
44. The Geriatric Patient
45. Ethics of Acute Care Surgery
46. Social Violence
47. Wounds, Bites, and Stings
48. Burns & Radiation
49. Temperature Related Syndromes: Hyperthermia, Hypothermia and Frostbite
50. Organ Procurement for Transplantation
51. Rehabilitation
52. Modern Combat Casualty Care
53. Genomics & Acute Care Surgery
54. Trauma, Medicine, and the Law
SECTION V: MANAGEMENT OF COMPLIATIONS AFTER TRAUMA
55. Principles of Critical Care
56. Cardiovascular Failure
57. Respiratory Insufficiency
58. Gastrointestinal Failure
59. Renal Failure
60. Nutritional Support and Electrolyte Management
61. Multiple Organ Failure
Atlas
Index

Additional information

CIN0071663517G
9780071663519
0071663517
Trauma by Kenneth L. Mattox
Kenneth L. Mattox
Used - Good
Hardback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
20121019
1248
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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