Complications in Acute Care Surgery

Jose J. Diaz, M.D.Professor of SurgeryChief, Division of Acute Care SurgeryProgram Director, Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program in TraumaR Adams Cowley Shock Trauma CenterUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineBaltimore, MD David T. Efron, MDProfessor of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Emergency MedicineChief, Division of Acute Care Surgery Director of Adult TraumaDepartment of SurgeryJohns Hopkins HospitalThe John Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, MD

Challenging IV Access in the Patient with Septic Shock.- Fluids in Septic Shock: Crystalloid, Colloids, or Blood?.- Resuscitation of the Patient in Severe Septic Shock.- Intra-peritoneal Resuscitation in Trauma and Sepsis: Management Options for the Open Abdomen.- How to Feed the Open Abdomen.- Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Acute Care Surgery.- Empyema in the Acute Care Surgical Patient.- Gastric.- The Complicated Cholecystectomy and Management of Perforation Post-ERCP.- Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis.- Small Bowel: The Problematic Duodenal Perforation.- Small Bowel: Aortoenteric Fistula.- Small Bowel: Pneumatosis Intestinalis.- Colon: Long Hartmann and Rectal Stump Blowout.- Rectum: Management of the Urgen APR & Dissecting the "Frozen" Pelvis.- Complex Liver Abscess.- The Complex Splenectomy.- Soft Tissue Necrotizing Infection Due to Perforated Colon.- The Planning for the "Planned Ventral Hernia".- Post-Bariatric Complications-Leaks.- The Problem Stoma.- The Immunosuppressed Patient.- Management of Anastomotic Leaks-Early <7 Days and Late >7 Days.- The Re-Laparotomy in the Delayed (2-3 week) Post-Operative Period.- The Management of the Entero-Atmospheric Fistula (EAF).- Unresectable Malignancy and Bowel Obstruction in the Acute Care Surgery Patient.- Jehovah's Witness and the Bleeding Surgical Patient.

"This book addresses common and uncommon situations encountered in the practice of acute care surgery including complications of surgical procedures as well as clinical scenarios that challenge the surgeon's technical and decision-making skills. ... The intended audience is surgeons in training or seasoned general surgeons. ... This book provides general surgeons with guidance in managing challenging patient scenarios, many of which are rare. It covers unusual scenarios that other general surgery books do not address." (Lillian Erdahl, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2017)