Kenneth Mattox - Trauma, Seventh Edition

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DEDICATION

The editors of Trauma, Seventh Edition, gratefully dedicate this edition to our five unique families: our spouses, children, grandchildren, and extended families; our trainees, who now dot the globeour lasting legacy; our medical schools and academic anchors; our organizations and associations; and our patients, who continue to teach us so very much.

SECTION 1
TRAUMA OVERVIEW

SECTION 2
GENERALIZED APPROACHES TO THE TRAUMATIZED PATIENT

SECTION 3
MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC INJURIES

SECTION 4
SPECIFIC CHALLENGES IN TRAUMA

SECTION 5
MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS AFTER TRAUMA

SECTION 6
ATLAS OF TRAUMA

Charles A. Adams, Jr., MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Chief

Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Department of Surgery

Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island

: Wounds, Bites, and Stings

David H. Ahrenholz, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

University of Minnesota Medical School

St. Paul, Minnesota

: Temperature-Related Syndromes: Hyperthermia, Hypothermia, and Frostbite

Louis H. Alarcon, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine

Medical Director of Trauma Surgery

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

: Management of Shock

Vishal Bansal, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Assistant Director

Trauma Services

University of California, San Diego

San Diego, California

: Trauma Systems, Triage, and Transport

: Principles of Critical Care

Maneesh Bawa, MD

San Diego Orthopaedic Associates/Mercy Hospital

San Diego, California

Assistant Professor

Chief of Trauma Spine Surgery

Emory University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Atlanta, Georgia

: Vertebrae and Spinal Cord

Robert D. Becher, MD

Howard H. Bradshaw Surgical Research Fellow

Department of General Surgery

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

: Injury Severity Scoring and Outcomes Research

Tiffany K. Bee, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Memphis, Tennessee

: Liver and Biliary Tract

Peleg Ben-Galim, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

: Upper Extremity

Walter L. Biffl, MD