Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery. Clinical Questions and Answers

A unique question-and-answer book for surgical residents and trainees that covers all surgical aspects of critical care and acute or emergency medicine

This is a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind question-and-answer text for medical professionals and apprentices concentrating on the growing subspecialty of surgery in critical care and emergency surgery. Covering all surgical aspects of critical care and acute or emergency surgery, it is an ideal learning and review text for surgical residents and trainees who care for these patients and those taking the Surgical Critical Care Board Examination.

Edited by highly experienced professionals, and written in an engaging style, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery: Clinical Questions and Answers focuses exclusively on the unique problems and complexity of illnesses of the critically ill and injured surgical patient, and covers the specialist daily care such patients require. It reflects the latest advances in medical knowledge and technology, and includes fully revised and updated questions throughout, with additional topics addressed in a new companion website.

• Unique question-and-answer book on the growing specialty of critical care and acute surgery
• Ideal for US boards candidates
• Covers trauma and burns as well as critical care
• 8 page full-color insert showing high quality surgical photos to aid study
• Supplementary website including additional questions

Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Second Edition is an excellent resource for medical students, residents, fellows, and surgeons, as well as those in non-surgical specialties.

About the Author

Forrest O. Moore, MD, FACS, Medical Director and Section Chief of Trauma, Chandler Regional Medical Center, Associate Program Director, William Beaumont Army Medical Center General Surgery Residency, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, AZ.

Peter M. Rhee, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM, DMCC, Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Director of Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ.

Gerard J. Fulda, MD, FACS, FCCM, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA. Director, Surgical Critical Care and Surgical Research, Associate Director, Trauma Services, Christiana Care Health Systems, Newark, DE.