Common Problems in Acute Care Surgery

Section I: General Principles
1. The Careful Art of Resuscitation
Diane A. Schwartz and John B. Holcomb

2. The Evaluation of the Acute Abdomen
Ashley Hardy, Bennet Butler, and Marie Crandall

3. Perioperative Considerations for Surgical Emergencies
Jacquelyn K. O'Herrin

4. Damage Control Laparotomy in Surgical Sepsis
Frederick A. Moore and Laura J. Moore

5. Surgical Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit
Linda A. Dultz, Vasiliy Sim, S. Rob Todd

6. Early Management of Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock in the Surgical Patient
Laura Kreiner and Laura J. Moore

7. Multiple Organ Failure
Stephanie Gordy

8. Acute Lung Injury in the Acute Care Surgery Patient
Brittany Busse and Christine S. Cocanour

9. Nutrition in the Surgical Patient
Rosemary Kozar and Diane A. Schwartz

10. Acute Renal Insufficiency (Failure)
Chang-I Wu, Vasiliy Sim, and S. Rob Todd

11. Surgical Site Infections
Vanessa P. Ho, Soumitra R. Eachempati, and Philip S. Barie

12. Hemorrhage and Transfusions in the Surgical Patient
Agathe Streiff and Bryan A. Cotton


Section II: Common Diseases in Acute Care Surgery

13. Obtaining a Surgical Airway
Tanner Baker, Spencer Skelton, and Krista Turner

14. Esophageal Perforation
James Wiseman and Shanda H. Blackmon

15. Hemothorax, Pneumothorax, and Empyema
Heena P. Santry and Bruce J. Simon

16. Incarcerated Paraesophageal Hernia
Paul J. Schenarts, Mandy R. Maness, and John R. Pender IV

17. Peptic Ulcer Disease for the Acute Care Surgeon
Sherry Sixta

18. Gastric Outlet Obstruction
Randeep S. Jawa and David W. Mercer

19. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Lynn Gries and Peter Rhee

20. Acute Biliary Disease
Harry M. Richter III and Thomas M. Komar

21. Bile Duct Injury
Adnan Alseidi, Abigail Wiebusch, Ryan K. Smith, and W. Scott Helton

22. Liver

Laura J. Moore, MD, FACS
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Department of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA

Krista L. Turner, MD, FACS
Weill Cornell Medical College, The Methodist Hospital, Department of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA

S. Rob Todd, MD, FACS
New York University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, New York, NY, USA

From the reviews:

"This multiauthored book describes management of common problems seen by acute care surgeons. ... Critical care and surgical trainees, as well as seasoned practitioners, are an appropriate audience for this work ... . This is a well-written tool for practitioners in acute care surgery. The major emphasis is on emergency general surgery, with relatively little information on organ system support and minimal discussion of trauma." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2013)

From the reviews:"This multiauthored book describes management of common problems seen by acute care surgeons. ... Critical care and surgical trainees, as well as seasoned practitioners, are an appropriate audience for this work ... . This is a well-written tool for practitioners in acute care surgery. The major emphasis is on emergency general surgery, with relatively little information on organ system support and minimal discussion of trauma." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2013)