Trauma

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Full of precise illustrations and state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment protocols, this all-in-one reference brings together the insights of contributors who represent the field's leading edge. Now, the updated 5th Edition of this unparalleled text - with nearly half of the contributors new to this edition - puts you in touch withtoday's most advanced clinical perspectives in trauma management. Beginning with a basic overview of trauma, which covers such key topics as epidemiology and injury severity scoring, Trauma, 5th Edition, explains:The fundamental approaches to the care of trauma patients, including: pre-hospital care, airway control, and the management of infectionThe management of specific injuries, such as: facial trauma, penetrating and blunt injuries to the heart, liver and biliary tract trauma, injuries to the stomach and small bowel, and lower extremity fractures and dislocationsSpecial considerations: geriatric trauma, the management of common wounds, bites, and stings, burns and radiation injuries, temperature related injuries and syndromes, plastic surgery, rehabilitation, and morePost-trauma complications like cardiovascular failure, as well as multipleorgan failure - the leading cause of post-injury deaths in the intensive care unit todayTrauma-based medico-legal and legislative issues: obtaining informed consent to treat patients, the malpractice challenge, confidentiality, successful trauma legislation, and more