Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Clinical Questions and Answers

A unique question-and-answer book for surgical residents and trainees that covers all surgical aspects of critical care and acute or emergency medicine 

This is a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind question-and-answer text for medical professionals and apprentices concentrating on the growing subspecialty of surgery in critical care and emergency surgery. Covering all surgical aspects of critical care and acute or emergency surgery, it is an ideal learning and review text for surgical residents and trainees who care for these patients and those taking the Surgical Critical Care Board Examination.

Edited by highly experienced professionals, and written in an engaging style, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery: Clinical Questions and Answers focuses exclusively on the unique problems and complexity of illnesses of the critically ill and injured surgical patient, and covers the specialist daily care such patients require. It reflects the latest advances in medical knowledge and technology, and includes fully revised and updated questions throughout, with additional topics addressed in a new companion website. 

• Unique question-and-answer book on the growing specialty of critical care and acute surgery
• Ideal for US boards candidates
• Covers trauma and burns as well as critical care
• 8 page full-color insert showing high quality surgical photos to aid study
• Supplementary website including additional questions

Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Second Edition is an excellent resource for medical students, residents, fellows, and surgeons, as well as those in non-surgical specialties.

FORREST "DELL" MOORE, MD, FACS, Vice Chief of Surgery, Associate Trauma Medical Director, John Peter Smith Health Network/Acclaim Physician Group, Fort Worth, TX, USA.

PETER RHEE, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM, DMCC, Professor of Surgery at USUHS, Emory, and Morehouse, Chief of Surgery and Senior Vice President of Grady, Atlanta, GA, USA.

GERARD J. FULDA, MD, FACS, FCCM, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, Chairman Department of Surgery, Physician Leader Surgical Service Line, Christiana Care Health Systems, Newark, DE, USA.

Contributors ix

About the Companion Website xv

Part One Surgical Critical Care 1

1 Respiratory and Cardiovascular Physiology 3
Marcin Jankowski, DO and Frederick Giberson, MD

2 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Oxygen Delivery, and Shock 15
Filip Moshkovsky, DO, Luis Cardenas, DO and Mark Cipolle, MD

3 ECMO 23
Andy Michaels, MD

4 Arrhythmias, Acute Coronary Syndromes, and Hypertensive Emergencies 33
Rondi Gelbard, MD and Omar K. Danner, MD

5 Sepsis and the Inflammatory Response to Injury 51
Juan C. Duchesne, MD and Marquinn D. Duke, MD

6 Hemodynamic and Respiratory Monitoring 59
Stephen M. Welch, DO, Christopher S. Nelson, MD and Stephen L. Barnes, MD

7 Airway and Perioperative Management 69
Stephen M. Welch, DO, Jeffrey P. Coughenour, MD and Stephen L. Barnes, MD

8 Acute Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation 79
Adrian A. Maung, MD and Lewis J. Kaplan, MD

9 Infectious Disease 89
Yousef Abuhakmeh, DO, John Watt, MD and Courtney McKinney, PharmD

10 Pharmacology and Antibiotics 97
Michelle Strong, MD and CPT Clay M. Merritt, DO

11 Transfusion, Hemostasis, and Coagulation 109
Erin Palm, MD and Kenji Inaba, MD

12 Analgesia and Anesthesia 121
Marquinn D. Duke, MD and Juan C. Duchesne, MD

13 Delirium, Alcohol Withdrawal, and Psychiatric Disorders 129
Peter Bendix, MD and Ali Salim, MD

14 Acid�]Base, Fluid, and Electrolytes 135
Joshua Dilday, DO, Asser Youssef, MD and Nicholas Thiessen, MD

15 Metabolic Illness and Endocrinopathies 145
Andrew J. Young, MD and Therese M. Duane, MD

16 Hypothermia and Hyperthermia 153
Raquel M. Forsythe, MD

17 Acute Kidney Injury 159
Remigio J. Flor, MD, Keneeshia N. Williams, MD and Terence O’Keeffe, MD

18 Liver Failure 169
Muhammad Numan Khan, MD and Bellal Joseph, MD

19 Nutrition Support in Critically Ill Patients 177
Rifat Latifi, MD and Jorge Con, MD

20 Neurocritical Care 189
Herb A. Phelan, MD

21 Thromboembolism 199
Herb A. Phelan, MD

22 Transplantation, Immunology, and Cell Biology 209
Leslie Kobayashi, MD and Emily Cantrell, MD

23 Obstetric Critical Care 219
Gerard J. Fulda, MD and Anthony Sciscione, MD

24 Pediatric Critical Care 227
Erin M. Garvey, MD and J. Craig Egan, MD

25 Envenomations, Poisonings, and Toxicology 239
Michelle Strong, MD

26 Common Procedures in the ICU 253
Joanelle A. Bailey, MD and Adam D. Fox, DO

27 Diagnostic Imaging, Ultrasound, and Interventional Radiology 261
Keneeshia N. Williams, MD, Remigio J. flor, MD and Terence O’Keeffe, MD

Part Two Emergency Surgery 273

28 Neurotrauma 275
Faisal Shah Jehan, MD and Bellal Joseph, MD

29 Blunt and Penetrating Neck Trauma 287
Leslie Kobayashi, MD and Barret Halgas, MD

30 Cardiothoracic and Thoracic Vascular Injury 299
Leslie Kobayashi, MD and Amelia Simpson, MD

31 Abdominal and Abdominal Vascular Injury 307
Leslie Kobayashi, MD and Michelle G. Hamel, MD

32 Orthopedic and Hand Trauma 317
Brett D. Crist, MD and Gregory J. Della Rocca, MD

33 Peripheral Vascular Trauma 327
Amy V. Gore, MD and Adam D. Fox, DO

34 Urologic Trauma and Disorders 337
Jeremy Juern, MD and Daniel Roubik, MD

35 Care of the Pregnant Trauma Patient 345
Ashley McCusker, MD and Terence O’Keeffe, MD

36 Esophagus, Stomach, and Duodenum 359
Matthew B. Singer, MD and Andrew Tang, MD

37 Small Intestine, Appendix, and Colorectal 371
Vishal Bansal, MD and Jay J. Doucet, MD

38 Gallbladder and Pancreas 385
Matthew B. Singer, MD and Andrew Tang, MD

39 Liver and Spleen 393
Cathy Ho, MD and Narong Kulvatunyou, MD

40 Incarcerated Hernias 403
Cathy Ho, MD and Narong Kulvatunyou, MD

41 Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections and Other Soft Tissue Infections 409
Jacob Swann, MD and LTC Joseph J. DuBose, MD

42 Obesity and Bariatric Surgery 415
Gregory Peirce, MD and LTC Eric Ahnfeldt, DO

43 Thermal Burns, Electrical Burns, Chemical Burns, Inhalational Injury, and Lightning Injuries 423
Joseph J. DuBose, MD and Jacob Swann, MD

44 Gynecologic Surgery 431
K. Aviva Bashan�]Gilzenrat, MD

45 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 439
Jonathan Nguyen, DO and Bryan C. Morse, MS, MD

46 Pediatric Surgery 453
Matthew Martin, MD, Aaron Cunningham, MD and Mubeen Jafri, MD

47 Geriatrics 465
K. Aviva Bashan�]Gilzenrat, MD and Bryan Morse, MS, MD

48 Telemedicine and Telepresence for Surgery and Trauma 477
Kalterina Latifi, MS and Rifat Latifi, MD

49 Statistics 483
Alan Cook, MD

50 Ethics, End�]of�]Life, and Organ Retrieval 491
Allyson Cook, MD and Lewis J. Kaplan, MD

Index 501

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