Fifty-nine contributed chapters by a total of 84 authors (about half European and half North American) present the latest information available on the trauma patient, especially the blunt multiple trauma patient (e.g. the victim of auto or motorcycle accident or fall from a height) in nine sections covering the history of trauma care; the pathophysiology of trauma; the lethality of trauma; resuscitation of the trauma patient; evaluation of the resuscitated patient; planned emergency surgery; postoperative care of the trauma patient; therapeutic decisions and cost of care; and bacterial growth and infections. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Fifty-nine contributed chapters by a total of 84 authors (about half European and half North American) present the latest information available on the trauma patient, especially the blunt multiple trauma patient (e.g. the victim of auto or motorcycle accident or fall from a height) in nine sections covering the history of trauma care; the pathophys
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