Libri di Demetrios Demetriades

This full-color atlas presents nearly 700 images from the largest and busiest trauma center in North America. The images bring the reader to the bedside of patients with the full spectrum of common and uncommon traumatic injuries including motor vehicle accidents, falls, lacerations, burns, impalements, stabbings, and gunshot wounds. The clinical, operative, and autopsy photographs; X-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI, and angiography radiographs; and original illustrations depicting injury patterns guide clinicians in recognizing, prioritizing, and managing trauma patients by using the physical cues paramount to the emergency setting. Organized by major body regions into separate chapters on the head, face, neck, chest, abdomen, musculoskeletal system, spine and soft tissue, the thorough text of this comprehensive atlas discusses management guidelines, emergency workup protocols, and common pitfalls. The Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma is an essential resource for those involved in trauma care.

"Trauma Secrets, 2/E" covers virtually every trauma condition. Information includes guidelines for use in the field and the emergency department, managing a wide array of specific trauma conditions, special types of injuries (lightning, hanging, radiation injuries, child abuse, etc.) as well as modalities of diagnosis and therapy (MRI, chest drain, lavage, arterial lines, etc.). This volume is an important resource in the field of trauma management.

This unique new resource combines an atlas of bedside procedures with comprehensive coverage of the monitoring of critically ill patients to provide guidance on all aspects of treatment-from the ER to the ICU. Over 120 line drawings offer step-by-step depictions of the most commonly performed procedures used by critical care specialists, surgeons, emergency room physicians, and CRNAs. The book's user-friendly format makes it a superb stand-alone resource, and its in-depth coverage of all aspects of procedures and monitoring makes it the perfect companion to "Shoemaker et al: Textbook of Critical Care Medicine".