Common Problems in Acute Care Surgery

Laura J. Moore, MD, FACS The University of Texas Health Science Center, Department of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA Krista L. Turner, MD, FACS Weill Cornell Medical College, The Methodist Hospital, Department of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA S. Rob Todd, MD, FACS New York University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, New York, NY, USA

The Careful Art of Resuscitation.- The Evaluation of the Acute Abdomen.- Perioperative Considerations for Surgical Emergencies.- Damage Control Laparotomy in Surgical Sepsis.- Surgical Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit.- Early Management of Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock in the Surgical Patient.- Multiple Organ Failure.- Acute Lung Injury in the Acute Care Surgery Patient.- Nutrition in the Surgical Patient.- Acute Renal Insufficiency (Failure).- Surgical Site Infections.- Hemorrhage and Transfusions in the Surgical Patient.- Obtaining a Surgical Airway.- Esophageal Perforation.- Hemothorax, Pneumothorax, and Empyema.- Incarcerated Paraesophageal Hernia.- Peptic Ulcer Disease for the Acute Care Surgeon.- Gastric Outlet Obstruction.- Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Acute Biliary Disease.- Bile Duct Injury.- Liver Abscesses.- Acute Pancreatitis.- Small Bowel Obstruction.- Acute Appendicitis.- Diverticulitis.- Acute Mesenteric Ischemia.- Acute Colonic Obstruction.- Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Sigmoid and Cecal Volvulus.- Anorectal Emergencies.- Complications of Laparoendoscopic Surgery.- Metabolic and Anatomic Complications Following Bariatric Surgery.- Abdominal Wall Hernias.- The Open Abdomen.- Abdominal Compartment Syndrome.- Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections.- Extremity Compartment Syndromes.- Palliative Care in the Acute Care Surgery Setting.- Common Ethical Problems in Acute Care Surgery.- Advanced Directives.- Review of EMTALA laws.