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MEDICAL

Surgery

Acute Care Surgery 2nd Edition

By L.D. Britt, MD , Chairman, Brickhouse Professor of Surgery. Department of General Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; Andrew B. Peitzman, MD, FACS , Professor and Chief, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center— Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; Philip S. Barie, Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD, FACS , Professor of Surgery, University of Washington, Chief of Trauma, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA DESCRIPTION Substantially updated with more illustrations and brand-new chapters that reflect the growth and advances in the field, this

latest edition of Acute Care Surgery features an editorial board drawn from the ranks of trauma sur- gery, emergency surgery, and critical care surgery. A comprehensive, updated, and timely overview of this fledgling specialty! FEATURES ▶ ▶ Over 10 new chapters that address topical issues, including career advancement, quality improvement, surgical rescue, and more. ▶ ▶ Editors as well as contributors are thought leaders in acute care surgery and experts from the fields of trauma surgery, emergency surgery, and critical care surgery. ▶ ▶ Includes over 500 illustrations and figures to help illuminate concepts and techniques. ▶ ▶ Covers a wide range of topics in depth—principles and practices, outcomes research, surgical complications, management of commonly encountered disorders and injuries, and more. Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience with Enhanced Video, Audio, and Interactive Capabilities! ▶ ▶ Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. ▶ ▶ Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech. ▶ ▶ Adapt for unique reading needs, supporting learning disabilities, visual/auditory impairments, second-language or literacy challenges, and more.

Hardbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-7004-4 / ($229.99 / £N/A / €N/A) World Approx. 928 pp. / October 2018

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in June 2012 (ISBN: 978-1-60831-428-7).

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