The Trauma Manual: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

by Andrew B. Peitzman, C. W. Schwab, Donald M. Yealy, Michael Rhodes, Timothy C. Fabian

2012 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

No member of the emergency room or trauma ward physician should be without this 4th edition of The Trauma Manual: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. Designed to be used as a quick reference, this multidisciplinary pocket guide addresses all areas of trauma and emergency surgery with a list of key points at the end of each chapter. In addition to a new section on the intensive care unit and an extended section on surgical emergencies, this manual also covers GI hemorrhage, hernias, bowel obstruction, pancreatitis, biliary tract disease, and other surgical challenges faced by trauma and emergency surgery personnel. Organized in a chronological fashion following the usual events and phases of care after injury or acute surgical illness, this user-friendly manual is one guide every trauma surgeon, surgical resident, surgical critical care specialist, emergency medicine physician, and emergency or trauma nurse, will want to keep close by.

Landmark Studies in Critical Care

by Jose Chacko, Donald B. Chalfin, Ian Seppelt, Swapnil Pawar, Gagan Brar

2025 · Springer Nature

The book is a curated collection of groundbreaking papers entrenched in evidence-based medicine to provide trainees and practitioners in critical care medicine with a handy tool for reference. This compilation highlights pivotal research papers that have significantly influenced clinical practice. The studies in this book are carefully selected based on a rigorous methodology and cover a wide range of critical topics. The studies present robust findings and offer guidance on improving clinical outcomes. Critical care medicine is a relatively new area of specialization and many contentious topics have been the focus of research over the years. In the contemporary era of evidence-based medicine, researchers continue to search for reliable evidence. Despite an abundance of research, few papers have truly shaped the landscape. The book presents an overview of critical care research that has significantly influenced the field and impacted clinical practice. These studies represent landmarks in the history of critical care medicine, spearheaded by leaders in their research. The book is designed to appeal to both trainees and practitioners in the field of critical care medicine.

Headache in Children and Adolescents

by Paul Winner, Donald W. Lewis, Winner, Paul, A. David Rothner

2008 · PMPH-USA

This is a clinically useful book for pediatricians and other primary care providers who take care of children to guide them in the best ways to take care of children and teenagers who have headaches. It provides a blend of the best available evidence based data with a ton of 'experience-based' information from a team of authors who take care of kids with headache all the time. The book includes a CD-Rom showing case studies and references. The video demonstrations show not only a broad spectrum of cases and types of headache, but show an efficient manner for extracting the necessary information. This is an exciting area with new indications for adolescents of drugs heretofore approved only for adults.