Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery

Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery

In this newly revised edition of Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, a distinguished team of emergency surgeons deliver a one-of-a-kind question-and-answer book on the growing specialty of surgical critical care and acute surgery, ideal for those caring for the critically ill and injured surgical patient.

This book reviews surgical critical care, emergency surgery, burns and trauma, and includes full color, high-quality surgical photographs to aid understanding. Readers will also benefit from access to a website that offers additional topics and tests, as well as an archive of all test questions and answers from previous editions.

The authors' focus throughout is on the unique problems and complexity of illnesses of the critically ill and injured surgical patient, and the specialist daily care that such patients require.

Perfect for the acute care surgeon, surgical intensivist and those in training, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery will also earn a place in the libraries of those working in or with an interest in critical care.

Forrest "Dell" Moore, MD, is Associate Professor of Surgery at the TCU & UNTHSC School of Medicine, and is Vice Chief of Surgery and Associate Trauma Medical Director at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Peter M. Rhee, MD, is Professor of Surgery, New York Medical College, and Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.

Carlos J. Rodriguez, DO, is Associate Professor of Surgery at the TCU & UNTHSC School of Medicine, and is Director of Emergency General Surgery and Surgical Research at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.