Acute Care Surgery: A Guide for Emergency Surgeons

Summary: Job: Gracias et al.: Acute Care Surgery: A Guide for the General Surgeon back cover copy;0071472908; 9780071472906 ]Acute Care Surgery:A Guide for the General Surgeon[authors]Vicente H. Gracias, MDPatrick M. Reilly, MDMark G. McKenney, MDGeorge Velmahos, MDSharpen your skills in 3 surgical specialties-with this one complete sourcebookAcute Care Surgery: A Guide for the General Surgeondelivers a definitive overview of... how to evaluate, stabilize, and perform surgeries for multiple emergent scenarios. Written by prominent surgeon educators, it takes you step-by-step from triage through the operation and concisely explains how to handle trauma, critical care, and emergency surgery situations. No other resource delivers such quick access to essential information prior to the procedure, helping to ensure optimal outcomes for the critically ill surgical patient.Acute Care Surgeryis written specifically to help you prepare during the narrow window of time between resuscitating the patient in the emergency room and the patient's admission to the operating room.FEATURES A multidisciplinary surgical companion covering the three specialties within acute care surgery-emergency surgery, surgical critical care, and trauma A streamlined presentation that facilitates research and offers point-of-care insights that enhance surgical outcomes Clinical chapter orientation, with headers that logically segment chapter material between preoperative, operative, and postoperative management Management algorithms in all clinical chapters highlight and clarify important surgical procedures Expert authorship from leaders in their respective disciplines provide the most clinically relevant, up-to-date approaches to acute care surgical problems [read more]