Surgical Critical Care Therapy

TBI.- Managing elevated ICP.- Spinal cord injury.- Analgesia and sedation.- Delirium and Alcohol Withdrawal.- Brain death evaluation and determination.- Potential organ donor management.- Care of the postop craniectomy/craniotomy patient.- Arrhythmias (Blunt Cardiac Injury, Pacemaker Issues).- Acute coronary syndrome.- Hemodynamic monitoring.- End points of resuscitation.- Care of the postop cardiac surgery patient (LVAD, Transplant).- Hypothermia after cardiac arrest.- Assessment and management of acute respiratory distress in the ICU (Hypoxia/Hypercapnea).- Noninvasive Ventilation.- Conventional Mechanical Ventilation.- Advanced Modalities for Respiratory Failure (High-frequency Mechanical, APRV, Ventilation, Proning, Nitric Oxide).- ARDS (Causes, Diagnosis, Management).- Management of the postop lung resection patient (transplant).- Stress ulcer prophylaxis.- Nutrition.- Abdominal compartment syndrome.- Acute liver failure.- Acute pancreatitis.- Management of the postop abdominal catastrophe and open abdomen.- Acute kidney injury (causes [Rhabdo], diagnosis, management).- Renal replacement therapies.- Post Genitourinary procedures (metabolic abnormalities of ileal conduit, Kidney transplant).- VTE prophylaxis and treatment.- Blood products and transfusion therapies (restrictive transfusion).- Damage control resuscitation.- Anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents.- Coagulopathies and hypercoaguable states (HIT, factor deficiencies, VW disease, hemophilia).- Antibiotic and Antifungal therapy (mechanism of action).- SIRS/Sepsis/Septic Shock/MOSF.- CLABSI.- CAUTI.- VAP.- Fungal, Viral, and other oddball infections and the immunosupressed patient.- Postoperative abdominal infection.- New fever in SICU patient.- Glucose control.- Adrenal insufficiency.- Thyroid hormone abnormalities.- Fluids (crystalloids, colloids, Hypertonic).- Sodium abnormalities.- Potassium abnormalities.- Other electrolyte abnormalities.- Acid/base disorders.- Cirrhosis and End Stage Liver

Ali Salim, MD, FACSProfessor of SurgeryHarvard Medical SchoolChief, Division of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, & Emergency General SurgeryBrigham and Womens's HospitalBoston, MA 02115

Carlos V.R. Brown, MD, FACSAssociate Professor of SurgeryDell Medical School, University of Texas at AustinTrauma Medical Director, University Medical Center BrackenridgeAustin, Texas 78701

Kenji Inaba, MD FRCSC FACSAssociate Professor of Surgery, Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine Division of Trauma & Critical CareUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLAC+USC Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA 90033


Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBSTrauma Medical DirectorMadigan Army Medical CenterDirector of Trauma Informatics, Legacy Emanuel Medical CenterAssociate Professor of Surgery, University of WashingtonAssociate Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesMadigan Army Medical CenterDepartment of SurgeryATTN: MCHJ-CLSTacoma, WA 98431

"This is a comprehensive survey devoted to the problems of the critically ill surgical patient. ... Chapters are clearly written and in some areas include impressive detail. ... This book can be recommended for its breadth of presentation and incorporation of subspecialty experts in surgical critical care." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2018)