Trauma secrets

• Other Authors: Naude, Gideon P. 1947- (Editor), Demetriades, Demetrios 1951- (Editor), Bongard, Frederic S (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Published: Philadelphia Hanley & Belfus ©1999
• Series: The secrets series
• Subjects: Traumatology > Examinations, questions, etc.; Wounds and Injuries > examination questions
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
• Physical Description: xvii, 297 pages illustrations 23 cm
• ISBN: 9789748279350; 9748279359

Trauma basics -- Prehospital trauma care -- Trauma scoring systems -- Airway management in trauma -- Shock and resuscitation -- Mechanisms of wounding ballistics -- Hemodynamic monitoring of shock and circulatory dysfunction -- Respiratory insufficiency and mechanical ventilation -- Head and neck trauma -- Brain injury -- Maxillofacial trauma -- Traumatic ophthalmologic injuries -- Ear, nose, and throat injury -- Penetration neck injuries -- Spinal injuries -- Thoracic trauma -- Penetration chest trauma -- Blunt chest trauma -- Diaphragm and abdominal trauma -- Diaphragm injuries -- Principles of abdominal trauma -- Abdominal compartment syndrome -- Gastrointestinal tract -- Liver and biliary injuries -- Splenic injuries -- Gastric injuries -- Duodenal and pancreatic trauma -- Traumatic injuries to the small bowel, colon, rectum, and anus -- Genitourinary trauma -- Orthopaedic trauma -- Soft tissue injuries in pelvic fractures -- Orthopaedic trauma -- Vascular trauma -- Cervical vascular injuries -- Deep venous thrombosis -- Endocrinology -- Endocrine problems in trauma -- Surgical issues -- Plastic surgery -- Surgical nutrition -- Special types of trauma -- Burns -- Chemical burns -- Electrical burns -- Soft tissue injuries and crush syndrome -- Hypothermia -- Family violence: child abuse and elder abuse -- Special populations -- Pediatric trauma -- Trauma during pregnancy -- Trauma in elderly -- Alcohol and acute withdrawal -- Diagnostic modalities -- Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and peritoneal lavage in injuries -- Ultrasound in trauma -- Wound exploration and precautions in the management of trauma patients -- Psychiatric aspects of trauma -- Miscellaneous -- Contributions of the medical examiner or coroner in trauma care: physical diagnosis, foreign bodies, and evidence -- Alcohol and illicit drugs -- Potpourri of trauma questions