Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Alan S. Livingstone -- Preface / Juan A. Asensio -- The Development of Trauma Systems / Donald D. Trunkey -- Trauma Center Organization and Verification / Brian Eastridge and Erwin Thal -- Injury Severity Scoring: Its Definition and Practical Application / Turner M. Osler, Laurent G. Glance and Edward J. Bedrick -- The Role of Alcohol and Other Drugs in Trauma / Larry Gentilello and Thomas Esposito -- The Role of Trauma Prevention in Reducing Interpersonal Violence / Edward E. Cornwell and David Chang -- Trauma Scoring / Nicole VanDerHeyden and Thomas B. Cox -- Trauma Systems and Trauma Triage Algorithms / Antonio Pepe, Antonio Marttos, Mauricio Lynn and Jeffrey A. Augensteln -- Delivering Multidisciplinary Trauma Care: Current Challenges and Future Directions / Fahim Habib and Eddy H. Carrillo -- Triage / John Armstrong and David G. Burris -- Prehospital Airway Management: Intubation, Devices, and Controversies / Raul Colmbra, Daniel R. Davis and David Hoyt -- Prehospital Fluid Resuscitation: What Type, How Much, and Controversies / Mark Newell, Vincente Gracias and Michael Rotondo -- Civilian Hospital Response to Mass Casualty Events / r

Airway Management in the Trauma Patient: How to Intubate and Manage Neuromuscular Paralytic Agents / Ola Harrskog and Per-Olof Jarnberg -- Pediatric Trauma / David W. Tuggle and L. R. Tres Scherer -- Trauma in Pregnancy / Amy C. Sisley and William C. Chiu -- Trauma in the Elderly / Benjamin Braslow, Donald R. Kauder and C. William Schwab -- Burns / Kimberly A. Davis and Richard L. Gamelli -- Soft Tissue Infections / Sharon Henry -- Common Errors in Trauma Care / R. Stephen Smith, R. Joseph Nold and Jonathan M. Dort -- Cardiac Hemodynamics: The Pulmonary Artery Catheter and the Meaning of Its Readings / Mitchell J. Cohen and Robert C. Mackersle -- Oxygen Transport / Patricio M. Polanco, Mitchell P. Fink, Juan Carlos Puyana and Juan B. Ochoa -- Pharmacologic Support of Cardiac Failure / John W. Mah and Oriando C. Kirton -- The Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Dysrhythmias / Jason L. Sperry and Joseph P. Minei -- Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation / Soumitra R. Eachempati, Marc J. Shapiro and Philip S. Barie -- Advanced Techniques in Mechanical Ventilation / Mark M. Melendez, Marc J. Shapiro, Soumitra R. Eachempati and Philip S. Barie -- The Management of Renal Failure: Renal Replacement Therapy and Dialysis / Joseph M. Gutmann, Christopher McFarren, Lewis M. Flint and Rodney Durham -- Management of Coagulation Disorders in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit / Christopher P. Michetti and Samir M. Fakhry -- Management of Endocrine Disorders in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit / Anthony J. Falvo and Mathilda Horst -- Transfusion: Management of Blood and Blood Products in Trauma / Lena M. Napolitano -- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Booker T. King, Alexander Becker, George D. Garcia and Juan A. Asensio -- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Multiple-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome: Definition, Diagnosis, and Management / Anthony Watkins and Edwin A. Deitch -- Sepsis, Septic Shock, and Its Treatment / Preya Ananthakrishnan and Edwin A. Deitch -- The Immunology of Trauma / S. Rob Todd and Christine S. Cocanour -- Nosocomial Pneumonia / D. Brandon Williams, Amritha Raghunathan, David A. Spain and Susan I. Brundage -- Antibacterial Therapy: The Old, the New, and the Future / Philip S. Barie, Soumitra R. Eachempati and Marc J. Shapiro -- Fungal Infections and Antifungal Therapy in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit / Marc J. Shapiro, Eduardo Smith-Singares, Soumitra R. Eachempati and Philip S. Barie -- Preoperative and Postoperative Nutritional Support: Strategies for Enteral and Parenteral Therapies / Patricia M. Byers and S. Morad Hameed -- Diagnosis and Treatment of Deep Venous Thrombosis: Drugs and Filters / Felicia A. Ivascu and George D. Garcia -- Hypothermia and Trauma / Larry M. Gentilello and R. Lawrence Reed -- Surgical Procedures in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit / Ziad C. Sifri and Alicia M. Mohr -- Anesthesia in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Beyond the Airway: Neuromuscular Paralysis and Pain Management / Michael Andreae, Jay Berger, Ricardo Verdiner and Ellise Delphin -- Palliative Care in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit / Anne C. Mosenthal -- Death from Trauma - Management of Grief and Bereavement and the Role of the Surgeon / Patricia A. Murphy and Anne C. Mosenthal -- Trauma Rehabilitation / Trauma Outcomes / Michael Rhodes and Glen Tinkoff.