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Title Acute care surgery and trauma : evidence based practice / edited by Stephen M. Cohn
Published London : Informa Healthcare, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvi, 583 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1- Evidence for Injury Prevention Strategies: From Private Practice to Public Policy; Chapter 2- Trauma Systems; Chapter 3- Evidence-Based Review of Trauma Outcomes; Chapter 4- Evidence-Based Surgery: Military Injury Outcomes; Chapter 5- Evidence-Based Surgery: Traumatized Airway; Chapter 6- Monitoring of the Trauma Patient; Chapter 7- Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient; Chapter 8- Diagnosis of Injury in the Trauma Patient; Chapter 9- An Evidence-Based Approach to Damage Control Laparotomy for Trauma
Summary This book focuses on important surgical management issues where one or more problems are addressed using scientific evidence from the published literature, and predominantly cites Level I and II evidence from the Oxford Scale. The 85 chapters are conveniently arranged into three sections; Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care Problems. Each chapter incorporates key questions on a particular topic and answers are provided along with the strength of the recommendation in clear tabular form for quick reference and easy interpretation
Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed November 19, 2009)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Surgical intensive care -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Critical care medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Medical emergencies.
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- methods
Wounds and Injuries -- surgery
Emergencies
Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine
MEDICAL -- Prosthesis.
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
Medical emergencies
Critical care medicine
Surgical intensive care
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Cohn, Stephen M.
ISBN 9781420075151
1420075152