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Manual of trauma and emergency surgery
Manual of Trauma and Emergency Surgery Editors: David V. Shatz, MD, FACS, and Mark G. McKenney, MD, FACS, University of Miami; Orlando C. Kirton, MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP, and Joseph M. Civetta, MD, FACS, University of Connecticut
WB Saunders, 2000, $29.95 Bibliographic data: ISBN: 0-7216-6437-7. NLM: WO 700 -I-7743. LCCN: 99-22699. LC: RD93Z673. Country of origin: United States. Twenty-four chapters, 319 pages, soft cover Descriptive notes: The book contains black and white illustrations.
Reviewer's Expert Opinion Description: This first edition monograph reviews the essentials of general surgical practice in the emergency department. Purpose: This manual provides a rapid reference and algorithmic approach to the initial therapy of injuries and common surgical problems encountered in the emergency department. Audience: Practitioners at all levels may benefit from this work. This manual is best used as an introduction for the student and surgical or emergency medicine trainee encountering injury or other surgical problemsin the emergency department. Editors and contributors are from the University of Miami and the University of Connecticut. Features: Twenty-four chapters and an index are included in this manual's 300-plus pages. A description of trauma problems is based on an organ system approach. Some chapters segregate penetrating from blunt injuries, particularly as related to the abdomen and chest. Flow diagrams describing diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are provided when clinical problems are discussed. Where necessary, references are
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provided in the text; references not included in flow diagrams are given at the end of each chapter. Black and white illustrations are used effectively, particularly in the chapter on diagnostic procedures and therapeutic maneuvers, which concludes this manual. Text comments are terse but clear. The table of contents includes chapters by title only; the index describes content and table location. Assessment: This book is a worthy companion of two other works of this type--Nwariaku's Parkland Trauma Handbook, 2nd Edition (Mosby, 1999), and Peitzman's The Trauma Manual (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998). The addition of common general surgical problems encountered in the emergency department to the discussion of trauma increases the value of this work. Two particularly attractive features of this manual are the collected organ injury scales and the procedure list in the final chapter. Reviewer: David J. Dries, MSE, MD, University of Minnesota Medical School
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WB Saunders, 2000, $29.95 Bibliographic data: ISBN: 0-7216-6437-7. NLM: WO 700 -I-7743. LCCN: 99-22699. LC: RD93Z673. Country of origin: United States. Twenty-four chapters, 319 pages, soft cover Descriptive notes: The book contains black and white illustrations.
Reviewer's Expert Opinion Description: This first edition monograph reviews the essentials of general surgical practice in the emergency department. Purpose: This manual provides a rapid reference and algorithmic approach to the initial therapy of injuries and common surgical problems encountered in the emergency department. Audience: Practitioners at all levels may benefit from this work. This manual is best used as an introduction for the student and surgical or emergency medicine trainee encountering injury or other surgical problemsin the emergency department. Editors and contributors are from the University of Miami and the University of Connecticut. Features: Twenty-four chapters and an index are included in this manual's 300-plus pages. A description of trauma problems is based on an organ system approach. Some chapters segregate penetrating from blunt injuries, particularly as related to the abdomen and chest. Flow diagrams describing diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are provided when clinical problems are discussed. Where necessary, references are
Air Medical Journal
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provided in the text; references not included in flow diagrams are given at the end of each chapter. Black and white illustrations are used effectively, particularly in the chapter on diagnostic procedures and therapeutic maneuvers, which concludes this manual. Text comments are terse but clear. The table of contents includes chapters by title only; the index describes content and table location. Assessment: This book is a worthy companion of two other works of this type--Nwariaku's Parkland Trauma Handbook, 2nd Edition (Mosby, 1999), and Peitzman's The Trauma Manual (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998). The addition of common general surgical problems encountered in the emergency department to the discussion of trauma increases the value of this work. Two particularly attractive features of this manual are the collected organ injury scales and the procedure list in the final chapter. Reviewer: David J. Dries, MSE, MD, University of Minnesota Medical School
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