Overview

Trauma has assumed a prominent role in contemporary medicine as an event that can significantly influence clinical variables such as morbidity, functional deficits and consequential disability, and mortality. Trauma is the principal cause of death in the population below 40 years of age in industrialized countries. Therefore, there is great interest in studying traumatic events from both the clinical and epidemiological viewpoints. The importance of trauma is exemplified by the fact that in many countries, the trauma patient is first treated in specialized trauma centers in which the diagnostic and treatment processes are facilitated by the 24 hour presence of personnel having interdisciplinary competences.

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Author:   G. Berlot ,  H. Delooz ,  A. Gullo
Publisher:   Springer Verlag
Imprint:   Springer Verlag
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9788847000452

ISBN 10:   8847000459
Pages:   209
Publication Date:   01 November 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 - Planning, organisation, education, triage and research in immediate medical care: an introduction.- 2 - Current trauma scoring systems and their applications: a review.- 3 - Assessing the severity of trauma and the quality of trauma care.- 4 - Trauma transport.- 5 - A pre-hospital pharmacological review.- 6 - Haemorrhagic shock: pathophysiology and treatment.- 7 - Fluid management in trauma.- 8 - Hydroxyethyl starch and coagulation.- 9 - Colloid-induced renal complications.- 10 - Airway management.- 11 - Thermal homeostasis in trauma patients.- 12 - Prevention and management of pulmonary inhalation.- 13 - Vasopressors and inotropes in trauma: when, where, how long.- 14 - Creating a trauma anaesthesia service.- 15 - Anaesthetic implications of drug abuse in trauma patients.- 16 - Common PACU problems in trauma patients.- 17 - Three-in-one block as locoregional analgesia for hip fractures.- 18 - Recommendations for blood transfusion in trauma patients.- 19 - Update on cardiopulmonary resuscitation: guidelines for volunteers.- 20 - Guidelines on trauma management.- Main symbols.

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