PART I. TRAUMA SYSTEMS

Development of Trauma Systems

Trauma Center Organization and Verification

Injury Severity Scoring: Its Definition and Practical Application

Role of Alcohol and Other Drugs in Trauma

Role of Trauma Prevention in Reducing Interpersonal Violence

Trauma Scoring

Results of the Medical Strategy for Military Trauma in Colombia

PART II. PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA CARE

Influence of Emergency Medical Services on Outcome at Trauma Center

Field Triage in the Military Arena

Field Triage in the Civilian Arena

Prehospital Airway Management: Intubation, Devices, and Controversies

Prehospital Fluid Resuscitation: What Type, How Much, and Controversies

Civilian Hospital Response to Mass Casualty Events

Injuries from Explosives

Prehospital Care of Biologic Agent-Induced Injuries

Wound Ballistics: What Every Trauma Surgeon Should Know

Common Prehospital Complications and Pitfalls in the Trauma Patient

PART III. INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND RESUSCITATION

Airway Management: What Every Trauma Surgeon Should Know, From Intubation to Cricothyroidotomy

Resuscitation Fluids

Resuscitative Thoracotomy

Focused Assessment with Sonography for the Trauma Patient

Role of Radiology in Initial Trauma Evaluation

Interventional Radiology: Diagnostic andTherapeuticRoles

Endpoints of Resuscitation

PART IV. HEAD AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURIES

Traumatic Brain Injury: Pathophysiology, Clinical Diagnosis, and Prehospital and Emergency Center Care

Traumatic Brain Injury: Imaging, Operative and Nonoperative Care, and Complications

Spine: Spinal Cord Injury, Blunt and Penetrating, Neurogenic and Spinal Shock

PART V. MAXILLOFACIAL AND OCULAR INJURIES

Maxillofacial Trauma

Trauma to the Eye and Orbit

PART VI. NECK INJURIES

Penetrating Neck Injuries: Diagnosis and Current Management

Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries

Tracheal, Laryngeal, and Oropharyngeal Injuries

PART VII. THORACIC INJURIES

Pertinent Surgical Anatomy of the Thorax and Mediastinum

Thoracic Wall Injuries: Ribs, Sternal, and Scapular Fractures; Hemothoraces and Pneumothoraces

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Roles of Bronchoscopy and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy in the Management of Thoracic Trauma

Pulmonary Contusion and Flail Chest

Operative Treatment of Chest Wall Injury

Tracheal and Tracheobronchial Tree Injuries

Operative Management of Pulmonary Injuries: Lung-Sparing and Formal Resections

Complications of Pulmonary and Pleural Injury

Cardiac Injuries

Thoracic Vascular Injury

Open and Endovascular Management of Thoracic Aortic Injuries

Treatment of Esophageal Injury

PART VIII. ABDOMINAL INJURIES

Diaphragmatic Injury

Surgical Anatomy of the Abdomen and Retroperitoneum

Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage and Laparoscopy in the Evaluation of Abdominal Trauma

Nonoperative Management of Blunt and Penetrating Abdominal Injuries

Gastric Injuries

Small Bowel Injury

Duodenal Injuries

Pancreatic Injuries and Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Liver Injury

Splenic Injuries

Abdominal Vascular Injury

Colon and Rectal Injuries

Genitourinary Tract Injuries

Gynecologic Injuries: Trauma to Gravid and Nongravid Uterus and Female Genitalia

Multidisciplinary Management of Pelvic Fractures: Operative and Nonoperative Management

PART IX. SPECIAL ISSUES IN MAJOR TORSO TRAUMA

Current Concepts in the Diagnosis and Management of Hemorrhagic Shock

The Syndrome of Exsanguination: Reliable Models to Indicate Damage Control

Damage Control Resuscitation: An Evidence-Based Report

Surgical Techniques for Thoracic, Abdominal, Pelvic, and Extremity Damage Control

Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, Damage Control, and the Open Abdomen

Torso Trauma on the Modern Battlefield

PART X. PERIPHERAL VASCULAR INJURY

Vascular Anatomy of the Extremities

Diagnosis of Vascular Trauma

Penetrating Carotid Artery: Uncommon Complex and Lethal Injuries

Subclavian Vessel Injuries: Difficult Anatomy and Difficult Territory

Operative Exposure and Management of Axillary Vessel Injuries

Brachial Vessel Injuries: High Morbidity and Low Mortality Injuries

Iliac Vessel Injuries: Difficult Injuries and Difficult Management Problems

Femoral Vessel Injuries: High Mortality and Low Morbidity Injuries

Popliteal Vessel Injuries: Complex Anatomy and High Amputation Rates

Temporary Vascular Shunts

PART XI. MUSCULOSKELETAL AND PERIPHERAL CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURIES

Upper Extremity Fractures: Orthopaedic Management

Lower Extremity and Degloving Injury

Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Fractures

Pelvic Fractures

Wrist and Hand Fractures: Orthopaedic Management of Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical

Care

Scapulothoracic Dissociation and Degloving Injuries of the Extremities

Extremity Replantation: Indications and Timing

Special Techniques for the Management of Complex Musculoskeletal Injuries: The Roles of Fasciocutaneous and Myocutaneous Flaps

PART XII. SPECIAL ISSUES AND SITUATIONS IN TRAUMA MANAGEMENT

Airway Management: What Every Surgeon Should Know about the Traumatic Airway (The Anesthesiologist’s Perspective)

Pediatric Trauma

Trauma in Pregnancy

Trauma in our "Elders"

Burns

Soft Tissue Infections

Common Errors in Trauma Care

Combat Trauma Care: Lessons Learned from a Decade of War

PART XIII. CRITICAL CARE I: MANAGEMENT OF ORGAN FAILURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPORT

Cardiac Hemodynamics: The Pulmonary Artery Catheter and the Meaning of Its Readings

Oxygen Transport

Pharmacologic Support of Cardiac Failure

Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Dysrhythmias

Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation

Advanced Techniques in Mechanical Ventilation

Management of Renal Failure: Renal Replacement Therapy and Dialysis

Management of Coagulation Disorders in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Management of Endocrine Disorders in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Transfusion: Management of Blood and Blood Products in Trauma

PART XIV: CRITICAL CARE II: SPECIAL ISSUES AND TREATMENTS

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Multiple- Organ Dysfunction Syndrome: Definition, Diagnosis, and Management

Sepsis, Septic Shock, and Its Treatment

Immunology of Trauma

Overview of Infectious Diseases in Trauma Patients

Nosocomial Pneumonia

Antibiotic Use in the Intensive Care Unit: The Old and the New

Fungal Colonization and Infection During Critical Illness

Preoperative and Postoperative Nutritional Support: Strategies for Enteral and Parenteral Therapies

Venous Thromboembolism: Diagnosis and Treatment

Hypothermia and Trauma

Surgical Procedures in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Anesthesia in the Critical Care Unit and Pain Management

Diagnostic Management of Brain Death in the Intensive Care

Unit and Organ Donation

PART XV: REHABILITATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER TRAUMA AND OTHER ISSUES

Palliative Care in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit

Trauma Rehabilitation

Trauma Outcomes