Thoracic Trauma and Critical Care

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Trauma Scores: Recent Advances....Pages 1-12
Care of the Multiple Injured Patient with Thoracic Trauma....Pages 13-19
Assessing Adequacy of Resuscitation....Pages 21-27
Reperfusion Injury....Pages 29-42
Front Matter....Pages N2-N2
Tube Thoracostomy....Pages 43-48
Incisions and Approaches for Thoracic Trauma....Pages 49-55
Emergency Department Thoracotomy: Indications and Outcomes....Pages 57-61
Urgent Thoracotomy....Pages 63-68
Abbreviated Thoracotomy: The Evolving Role of Damage Control in Thoracic Trauma....Pages 69-76
Transmediastinal Gunshot Wounds....Pages 77-84
The Role of Thoracoscopy in Chest Trauma....Pages 85-91
Management of Retained Traumatic Hemothorax....Pages 93-98
Open Chest Human Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 99-103
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Penetrating Lung Injuries....Pages 105-108
Tracheobronchial Trauma....Pages 109-123
Traumatic Asphyxia....Pages 125-128
Primary Pulmonary Blast Injury....Pages 129-136
Inhalation Injuries....Pages 137-150
Thoracic Missile Emboli and Retained Bullets....Pages 151-158
Imaging of Blunt and Penetrating Trauma to the Pulmonary Parenchyma....Pages 159-164
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Surgical Management of Airway Obstruction....Pages 165-175
Complications of Lung Transplantation....Pages 177-181
Air Embolism....Pages 183-190
Massive Hemoptysis....Pages 191-202
Tracheo-Innominate Artery Fistula....Pages 203-206
PA Catheter Induced Hemoptysis....Pages 207-211
Re-expansion Pulmonary Edema....Pages 213-218
Postpneumonectomy Pulmonary Edema....Pages 219-225
The Sonographic Detection of Pneumothoraces....Pages 227-234
Front Matter....Pages N4-N4
Pulmonary Contusion....Pages 235-245
Reconstruction of Complex Chest Wall Defects....Pages 247-251
Burns of the Chest Wall....Pages 253-256
Traumatic Lung Hernia....Pages 257-259
Diaphragmatic Injuries....Pages 261-266
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Caustic Injury of the Esophagus....Pages 267-270
Esophageal Perforation and Injury....Pages 271-280
Front Matter....Pages N6-N6
Blunt Cardiac Injury....Pages 281-288
Blunt Cerebrovascular Trauma....Pages 289-296
Penetrating Cardiac Injuries....Pages 297-302
Management of Great Vessel Injury....Pages 303-313
Front Matter....Pages N6-N6
Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injuries: Diagnosis....Pages 315-323
Operative Management of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injuries....Pages 325-331
Non-operative Management of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury....Pages 333-338
Blunt Aortic and Great Vessel Injuries: The Role of Endovascular Stent Repair....Pages 339-346
Pharmacologic Support of Shock:Inotropic and Vasopressor Agents....Pages 347-356
Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation....Pages 357-361
Cardiopulmonary Bypass in the Trauma Setting....Pages 363-366
Deep Venous Thrombosis: Prophylaxis and Treatment in the Critically Ill and Injured Patient....Pages 367-374
Massive Pulmonary Embolus....Pages 375-384
Post-Operative Complications of Cardiovascular Surgery....Pages 385-395
Front Matter....Pages N7-N7
The Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia....Pages 397-402
Surgical Management of Empyema....Pages 403-408
Necrotizing Pneumonia and Pulmonary Gangrene....Pages 409-414
Surgical Management of Complex Parenchymal Infections....Pages 415-419
Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis....Pages 421-427
Front Matter....Pages N8-N8
Mechanical Ventilation: An Overview....Pages 429-438
Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome....Pages 439-451
High Frequency Ventilation....Pages 453-462
Pressure Controlled, Inverse Ratio Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 463-466
Prone Ventilation in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome....Pages 467-478
Front Matter....Pages N8-N8
ECMO In The Surgical Patient....Pages 479-490
Liquid Ventilation....Pages 491-496
The Role of Nitric Oxide in Sepsis and Respiratory Failure....Pages 497-501
Evaluation and Management of Persistent Air Leaks in Trauma Patients....Pages 503-511
Surgical Lung Biopsy:Indications, Techniques, Outcomes and Controversies....Pages 513-518
Fat Embolism Syndrome in the Trauma Patient....Pages 519-521
Timing of Long Bone Fracture Fixation in Patients with Blunt Thoracic Trauma....Pages 523-527
Acquired Neuromuscular Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 529-534
Weaning the Patient Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 535-541
Tracheostomy: Timing and Techniques....Pages 543-551
Back Matter....Pages 553-556