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| Preface |
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| Introduction |
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Evidence for Injury Prevention Strategies: From Private Practice to Public Policy |
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Evidence-Based Review of Trauma Outcomes |
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18 | (5) |
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Evidence-Based Surgery: Military Injury Outcomes |
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23 | (6) |
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Evidence-Based Surgery: Traumatized Airway |
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29 | (7) |
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Monitoring of the Trauma Patient |
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36 | (6) |
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Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient |
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42 | (4) |
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Diagnosis of Injury in the Trauma Patient |
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46 | (10) |
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Damage Control Laparotomy for Trauma |
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56 | (9) |
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Evidence-Based Surgery: Coagulopathy in the Trauma Patient |
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65 | (7) |
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72 | (8) |
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Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries |
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80 | (6) |
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86 | (6) |
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Ocular Trauma: An Evidence-Based Approach to Evaluation and Management |
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92 | (5) |
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97 | (5) |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (10) |
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Evidence-Based Surgery: Injury to the Thoracic Great Vessels |
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115 | (6) |
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Evidence-Based Surgery: Cardiac Trauma |
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121 | (4) |
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Injury to the Esophagus, Trachea, and Bronchus |
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125 | (6) |
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Spleen Trauma: Management and Outcomes |
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131 | (7) |
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138 | (6) |
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Small Bowel and Colon Injuries |
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144 | (3) |
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147 | (6) |
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Pancreatic and Duodenal Trauma |
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153 | (7) |
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Abdominal Vascular Trauma |
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160 | (5) |
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Pregnant Trauma Patients |
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165 | (7) |
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172 | (5) |
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Extremity Vascular Trauma |
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177 | (9) |
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Surgery of Upper Extremity |
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186 | (8) |
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194 | (5) |
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Limb Salvage for the Mangled Extremity |
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199 | (8) |
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Critical Questions in Support of the Burned Patient |
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207 | (5) |
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212 | (6) |
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218 | (8) |
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Electrical, Cold, and Chemical Injuries |
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226 | (7) |
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Evidence-Based Wound Care Management |
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233 | (7) |
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Viperidae Snakebite Envenomation |
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240 | (5) |
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Evidence-Based Surgery: War Wounds |
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245 | (5) |
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Evidence-Based Surgery: Pediatric Trauma |
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250 | (8) |
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Geriatric Trauma |
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258 | (7) |
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265 | (3) |
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Reducing Patient Errors in Trauma Care |
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268 | (10) |
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Section II - Emergency General Surgery |
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278 | (7) |
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Upper GI Bleed Management |
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285 | (5) |
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290 | (9) |
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299 | (4) |
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Paraesophageal Hernia Repair |
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303 | (4) |
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307 | (9) |
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Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding |
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316 | (6) |
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Diverticular Disease of the Colon |
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322 | (5) |
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327 | (6) |
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Acute and Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia |
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333 | (3) |
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Ogilvie's Syndrome and Colonic Volvulus |
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336 | (5) |
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341 | (4) |
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Anal Fissure, Fistula, and Abscess |
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345 | (3) |
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Evidence-Based Surgery: Pilonidal Disease |
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348 | (8) |
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Rectal Prolapse: Evidence-Based Outcomes |
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356 | (12) |
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Evidence-Based Practice: Acute Cholecystitis |
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368 | (6) |
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374 | (8) |
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382 | (8) |
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390 | (7) |
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397 | (9) |
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Variceal Hemorrhage due to Cirrhosis |
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406 | (9) |
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415 | (4) |
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419 | (4) |
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Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm |
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423 | (4) |
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427 | (6) |
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433 | (5) |
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438 | (5) |
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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections |
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443 | (4) |
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447 | (4) |
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Surgical Endocrine Emergencies |
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451 | (6) |
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Section III - Surgical Critical Care Problems |
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Evidence-Based Surgery: Bacteremia |
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457 | (6) |
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Prevention of Central Venous Catheter Infections |
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463 | (4) |
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia |
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467 | (6) |
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Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock |
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473 | (7) |
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Perioperative Arrhythmias |
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480 | (6) |
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Feeds and Feeding Surgical Patients |
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486 | (4) |
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Evidence-Based Surgery: Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
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490 | (7) |
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497 | (6) |
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503 | (6) |
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Abdominal Compartment Syndrome |
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509 | (5) |
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Agitation and Delirium in the ICU |
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514 | (9) |
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Malignant Hypertension: An Evidence-based Surgery Review |
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523 | (10) |
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| Appendix |
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| Index |
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