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1 online resource |
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Pittsburgh critical care medicine series |
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Pittsburgh critical care medicine.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Contributors; Section 1: Structure; 1 Development of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit within Trauma Systems; 2 Injury Severity Scoring Systems; Section 2: Patient Management; 3 The Tertiary Survey: How to Avoid Missed Injuries; 4 Monitors and Drains in Trauma Patients; 5 Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit; 6 Resuscitation from Hemorrhagic Shock; 7 Massive Transfusions and Coagulopathy; 8 Ventilator Management of Trauma Patients; 9 Abdominal Trauma; 10 Soft Tissue Trauma and Rhabdomyolysis; 11 Orthopedic Trauma |
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12 Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment, Pathophysiology, and management13 Management of the Brain-dead Organ Donor; 14 Management of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury; 15 Burn Care; 16 Acute Kidney Injury; 17 Endocrinology in the Critically Injured Patient; 18 Infection and Antibiotic Management; 19 Hypothermia and Trauma; 20 Nutrition; 21 Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis; 22 Sedation and Analgesia in the Intensive Care Unit; 23 Pediatric Trauma; 24 Critical Care and Trauma in Pregnancy; 25 Geriatric Trauma Critical Care; 26 Toxicology; 27 Rehabilitation Considerations of Trauma Patients |
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Section 3: Other Issues28 Legal Issues in Trauma Intensive Care; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Summary |
Management of critically-ill trauma patients presents multiple challenges that are unique to this patient population. Optimal management of the trauma patient requires establishing priorities of care, minimizing complications, and striving to return the trauma victim to the best possible functional outcome. Yet, most books devoted to trauma focus on prehospital care, the initial assessment of trauma patients, and operative management of specific injuries. Part of the Pittsburgh Critical Care Medicine series, this book will help intensivisits involved in the care of trauma patients implement be |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Wounds and injuries -- Treatment.
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Trauma centers.
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Critical care medicine.
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Intensive care units.
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Wounds and Injuries -- therapy
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Critical Care -- methods
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Intensive Care Units
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Trauma Centers
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Critical Care
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intensive care units.
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MEDICAL -- Sports Medicine.
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Critical care medicine
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Intensive care units
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Trauma centers
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Wounds and injuries -- Treatment
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tisherman, Samuel A.
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Forsythe, Raquel M.
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| LC no. |
2012049560 |
| ISBN |
9780199777808 |
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0199777802 |
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1299708412 |
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9781299708419 |
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9780199777709 |
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0199777705 |
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0199353050 |
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9780199353057 |
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