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Trauma intensive care / edited by Samuel A. Tisherman, Raquel M. Forsythe

Published
Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Physical Description
1 online resource
Additional Creators
Tisherman, Samuel A. and Forsythe, Raquel M.
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Cover; Contents; Contributors; Section 1: Structure; 1 Development of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit within Trauma Systems; 2 Injury Severity Scoring Systems; Section 2: Patient Management; 3 The Tertiary Survey: How to Avoid Missed Injuries; 4 Monitors and Drains in Trauma Patients; 5 Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit; 6 Resuscitation from Hemorrhagic Shock; 7 Massive Transfusions and Coagulopathy; 8 Ventilator Management of Trauma Patients; 9 Abdominal Trauma; 10 Soft Tissue Trauma and Rhabdomyolysis; 11 Orthopedic Trauma., 12 Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment, Pathophysiology, and management13 Management of the Brain-dead Organ Donor; 14 Management of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury; 15 Burn Care; 16 Acute Kidney Injury; 17 Endocrinology in the Critically Injured Patient; 18 Infection and Antibiotic Management; 19 Hypothermia and Trauma; 20 Nutrition; 21 Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis; 22 Sedation and Analgesia in the Intensive Care Unit; 23 Pediatric Trauma; 24 Critical Care and Trauma in Pregnancy; 25 Geriatric Trauma Critical Care; 26 Toxicology; 27 Rehabilitation Considerations of Trauma Patients., and Section 3: Other Issues28 Legal Issues in Trauma Intensive Care; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.
Summary
Management of critically-ill trauma patients presents multiple challenges that are unique to this patient population. Optimal management of the trauma patient requires establishing priorities of care, minimizing complications, and striving to return the trauma victim to the best possible functional outcome. Yet, most books devoted to trauma focus on prehospital care, the initial assessment of trauma patients, and operative management of specific injuries. Part of the Pittsburgh Critical Care Medicine series, this book will help intensivisits involved in the care of trauma patients implement be.
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9780199777808 (electronic bk.)
0199777802 (electronic bk.)
1299708412 (electronic bk.)
9781299708419 (electronic bk.)
9780199777709 (alk. paper)
0199777705
0199353050
9780199353057
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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