Table of Contents

TRAUMA

Patient Safety in the Care of Trauma Patients
Kenneth Stahl and Susan Brien

Evidence-Based Injury Prevention Strategies
Michelle A. Price and Cynthia L. Villarreal

Trauma Systems
S. Morad Hameed and Richard K. Simons

Evidence-Based Surgery: Military Injury Outcomes
Brian J. Eastridge

Evidence-Based Surgery: Traumatized Airway
Edgar J. Pierre, Stephen L. Freiberg, Megan Rashid, and Pedro Mascaro

Monitoring of the Trauma Patient
Abdul Alarhayem and Natasha Keric

Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient
David R. King and Elie P. Ramly

Diagnosis of Injury in the Trauma Patient
Elizabeth Benjamin, Pedro G.R. Teixeira, and Kenji Inaba

Evidence-Based Approach to Damage Control Laparotomy
Bruce A. Crookes and Brent Jewett

Evidence-Based Surgery: Coagulopathy in the Trauma Patient
Bellal Joseph and Peter M. Rhee

Traumatic Brain Injury
Ara J. Feinstein and Matthew J. Marini

Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries
Yoram Klein and Peleg Ben-Galim

Facial Injuries
Hirra Ali, Antonio Jorge V. Forte, and Joseph H. Shin

Ocular Trauma: An Evidence-Based Approach to Evaluation and Management
Jorge A. Montes, Heidi I. Becker, and M. Kelly Green

Neck Trauma
Marc A. de Moya

Emergency Thoracotomy
Joseph J. DuBose and Mina L. Boutrous

Chest Wall Trauma
John K. Bini

Evidence-Based Surgery: Injury to the Thoracic Great Vessels
Mark Cockburn and Ali Salim

Cardiac Trauma
Dror Soffer and Adam Lee Goldstein

Injury to the Esophagus, Trachea, and Bronchus
Deborah L. Mueller

An Evidence-Based Approach to Spleen Injury
Mark Muir

Injury to the Liver
Daniel J. Bonville, Lori A. DeFreest, Marcel Tafen, and Andrew DeRoo

Small Bowel and Colon Injuries
Daniel L. Dent

Diaphragmatic Injuries
Fahim Habib

Pancreatic and Duodenal Injuries
Firas G. Madbak and Adrian W. Ong

Abdominal Vascular Trauma
Joseph E. Glaser and Alexandra A. MacLean

Evidence-Based Approach to Pregnant Trauma Patients
Igor Jeroukhimov

Pelvic Fractures
Panna A. Codner and Matthew O. Dolich

Evidence-Based Approach to Extremity Vascular Trauma
Elizabeth Windell and Terence O’Keeffe

Surgery of Upper Extremity
Wendie Grunberg, Shari Lawson, and Howard T. Wang

Lower Extremity Injury
Hany Bahouth and Yoram Kluger

Limb Salvage for the Mangled Extremity
Charles J. Fox and Todd E. Rasmussen

Critical Questions in Support of the Burned Patient
Eileen Bernal and Steven E. Wolf

Inhalation Injury
Leopoldo C. Cancio

Electrical, Cold, and Chemical Injuries
Stephanie A. Savage

Evidence-Based Wound Care Management
Shari Lawson, Wendie Grunberg, and Howard T. Wang

Viperidae Snakebite Envenomation
Steven Granger and Ronald Stewart

Evidence-Based Surgery: War Wounds
Thomas A. Mitchell, Michael S. Clemens, and Lorne H. Blackbourne

Evidence-Based Surgery: Pediatric Trauma
Erin E. Perrone and Gerald Gollin

Evidence-Based Approach to Geriatric Trauma
Juliet J. Ray and Carl I. Schulman

Rural Trauma
Burke Thompson

Evidence-Based Management of Genitourinary Trauma
Patrick C. Samson and Jay A. Motola

SURGICAL EMERGENCIES

Small Bowel Surgery
Rafael M. Bustamante and John J. Hong

Evidence-Based Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Bruce A. Crookes and Margaret Dorlon

Peptic Ulcer Disease
Wayne H. Schwesinger

Enterocutaneous Fistulas
Zachary M. Bauman, Edward B. Lineen, and Peter P. Lopez

Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
Abdul Alarhayem and Kent Van Sickle

Appendicitis: Evidence-Based Medicine
Elizabeth A. Lax and Peter P. Lopez

Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Rachel E. Beard and Steven D. Schwaitzberg

Diverticular Disease of the Colon
Mary Stuever and Akpofure Peter Ekeh

Large Bowel Obstruction
Heather Norman and John L.J. Hong

Acute and Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
Ramon F. Cestero

Ogilvie’s Syndrome and Colonic Volvulus
Ramon F. Cestero

Hemorrhoids
Clarence E. Clark III and Jacquelyn Turner

Anal Fissure, Fistula, and Abscess
W. Brian Perry

Evidence-Based Practice: Acute Cholecystitis
Lane L. Frasier and Suresh K. Agarwal

Acute Cholangitis
Adrian W. Ong and Shannon M. Foster

Acute Pancreatitis
Stephen W. Behrman

Pancreatic Pseudocysts
Olga N. Tucker, Raul J. Rosenthal, Conrad H. Simpfendorfer, and Marcelo J. Lacayo Baez

Liver Abscess
David M. Levi and Andreas G. Tzakis

Diagnosis and Treatment of Variceal Hemorrhage due to Cirrhosis
Robert M. Esterl, Jr., Aaron Lewis, Juan Marcano, Abdul Alarhayem, Gregory A. Abrahamian, and K. Vincent Speeg

Acute Arterial Embolus
Christopher J. Busken, Georges Haidar, Ryan Hagino, and Boulos Toursarkissian

Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Boulos Toursarkissian

Acute Aortic Dissection
Chad N. Stasik and Edward Y. Sako

Deep Venous Thrombosis
Casey J. Allen, Evan J. Valle, Shevonne S. Satahoo, and Enrique Ginzburg

Pulmonary Embolism
George C. Velmahos

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Mark D. Sawyer

Incarcerated Hernias
Rachel E. Beard and Steven D. Schwaitzberg

Surgical Endocrine Emergencies
Sara B. Edwards, Steven Brower, and Jennifer L. Marti

SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE

Bacteremia
Spyridon Fortis and Greg J. Beilman

Prevention of Central Venous Catheter Infections
Antonio Aponte-Feliciano and Stephen O. Heard

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Aaron M. Fields

Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock
Antonio Hernandez

Perioperative Arrhythmias
Bipin K. Ravindran and Mohan N. Viswanathan

Feeds and Feeding Surgical Patients
Jayson D. Aydelotte, Ben Coopwood, and Oscar Rios

Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Kristin P. Colling, Juan J. Blondet, and Greg J. Beilman

Acute Renal Dysfunction
David Bennett, Meghan E. Sise, Catherine S. Forster, Matthew O’Rourke, Katherine Xu, and Jonathan Barasch

Evidence-Based Electrolyte Management
Brian O’Gara, Balachundhar Subramaniam, and Alan Lisbon

Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
J. Kayle Lee, Damaris Ortiz, Shanel B. Bhagwandin, and James C. Doherty

Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in the ICU
Abdul Alarhayem and Natasha Keric

Malignant Hypertension: An Evidence-Based Surgery Review
Marshall A. Corson and David S. Owens