This text aims to provide a comprehensive review of general emergency surgery, the branch of medicine that treats patients presenting to the hospital with a wide variety of emergency conditions. It includes a section focusing on clinical aspects, management, logistics, patient cohorts and perioperative considerations in the context of general emergency surgery and trauma. Other sections describe various conditions and diseases in specific anatomical structures to enable readers to easily find the information they need. Written and edited by international experts and opinion leaders in the field, this book is a valuable reference resource for general and emergency surgeons, trauma surgeons, emergency physicians and nurses. It will also be of interest to residents, students and all other healthcare professionals involved in the management of emergency surgical patients.

Front Matter
Pages i-xxiv
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General Consideration
Front Matter
Pages 1-1
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History of Emergency General Surgery
Massimo Chiarugi
Pages 3-8
General Approach to Emergency General Surgery
Patricia Correia Sousa Perissé, Antonio Marttos
Pages 9-18
Evaluation of Traumatic and Nontraumatic Patients
Vitor F. Kruger, Gustavo P. Fraga
Pages 19-32
Prioritizing Acute Care Surgery and Trauma Patients
R. Stephen Smith, Jessica E. Taylor
Pages 33-37
Triage
Cordoba Mordehay, Ciro Paolillo, Federica Pitoni, Klein Yoram
Pages 39-45
Mass Casualties
Emmanouil Pikoulis, Anastasia Pikouli, Athanasios Kalogeropoulos
Pages 47-61
Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Emergency General Surgeons
Bruno M. Pereira
Pages 63-89
Systemic Response to Injury
Philip F. Dobson, Karen Muller, Zsolt J. Balogh
Pages 91-106
Coagulation and Thrombosis
Jonathan P. Meizoso, Hunter B. Moore, Angela Sauaia, Ernest E. Moore
Pages 107-125
Septic Shock
Sacha Rozencwajg, Philippe Montravers
Pages 127-136
Hypovolemic Shock
Tyler J. Jones, Bishwajit Bhattacharya, Kimberly A. Davis
Pages 137-146
Principles of Perioperative Management in Acute Care Surgery
Oreste Romeo, Taylor A. Davidson, Scott B. Davidson
Pages 147-158
Critical Care Medicine
Maria Di Matteo, Davide Corbella
Pages 159-181
Fluid and Blood Management in Traumatic and Non-traumatic Surgical Emergencies
Domien Vanhonacker, Michaël Mekeirele, Manu L. N. G. Malbrain
Pages 183-196
Compartment Syndrome
Rao R. Ivatury
Pages 197-218
Antibiotic and Antimicotic Therapy
Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Junior, Gabriela Tebar, José Lucas Rodrigues Salgueiro
Pages 219-241
Pain Management
Etrusca Brogi, Francesco Forfori
Pages 243-263
Damage Control Surgery
Carlo Vallicelli, Federico Coccolini
Pages 265-274