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Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability around the world, and the leading cause of death in those aged under forty-five years. Conditions such as airway obstruction, hemorrhage, pneumothorax, tamponade, bowel rupture, vascular injury, and pelvic fracture can cause death if not appropriately diagnosed and managed. This essential book provides emergency physicians with an easy-to-use reference and source for traumatic injury evaluation and management in the emergency department. It covers approaches to common, life-threatening, and traumatic diseases in the emergency department, for use on shift and as a reference for further learning. Each chapter includes a succinct overview of common traumatic injuries, with evaluation and management pearls and pitfalls. Highly illustrated with images from one of the busiest trauma centers in the US, and featuring expert contributions from a diverse set of attending physicians, this is an essential text for all emergency medicine practitioners.

- Evaluates key trauma topics, providing content based on current, evidence-based literature
- Presented in an easy-to-use, quick referencing format, on shift or off shift as a reference
- Features high-resolution photographs of common traumatic injuries

CONTENTS:
1. General approach to traumatic injuries
2. Trauma airway
3. Transfusion in trauma
4. Trauma in pregnancy
5. Pediatric trauma
6. Geriatric trauma
7. Head trauma
8. Facial trauma
9. Eye trauma
10. Cervical spine trauma
11. Thoracolumbar trauma
12. Neck trauma
13. Pulmonary trauma
14. Cardiac trauma
15. Abdominal and flank trauma
16. Genitourinary trauma
17. Peripheral vascular injury
18. Pelvic trauma
19. Upper extremity trauma
20. Lower extremity trauma
21. Burns and electrical injuries
22. Procedural sedation and analgesia in trauma
23. Commonly missed traumatic injuries

Authors:
Alex Koyfman, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Alex Koyfman is an assistant professor/assistant program director of emergency medicine at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr Koyfman is an author with more than 170 peer-reviewed publications and an editor of four books. He is Editor-in-Chief for emDocs.net.

Brit Long, San Antonio Military Medical Center
Brit Long is an attending emergency physician and assistant professor of emergency medicine. Dr Long is an author with over 150 peer-reviewed publications and an editor of two books. He is Associate Editor-in-Chief for emDocs.net.
ISBN
978-1-108-45028-7
EAN
9781108450287
Editor
Cambridge University Press
Stock
NO
Idioma
Inglés
Nivel
Profesional
Formato
Encuadernado
Rústica
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Edición
Fecha de edición
16-09-2019
Año de edición
2019
Nº de ediciones
1
Colección
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Nº de colección
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