General Trauma Care and Related Aspects Trauma Surgery II /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Oestern, Hans-Jörg (Editor), Trentz, Otmar (Editor), Uranues, Selman (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: European Manual of Medicine
• Subjects: Medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Neurosurgery.; Orthopedics.; Surgery.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Traumatic Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Surgical Orthopedics.

All European countries, including those that have recently joined the European Union or are candidates for membership, currently show a clear trend towards an increasing number of accidental injuries. This holds true for a range of injuries, including accidents among the elderly, sports injuries, an...

Table of Contents:

• Trauma Care Systems
• Trauma Management
• Trauma Scores
• Response to Major Incidents and Disasters
• Polytrauma
• Anesthesia and Pain Relief in Trauma Patients
• Contemporary Intensive Care Treatment
• Systemic Infections and Sepsis
• Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
• Soft Tissue Injuries
• Compartment Syndrome
• Plastic Surgery in Trauma
• Burn Injury
• Thromboembolosm
• Muscle Injuries
• Tendon Injuries
• Nonunions
• Osteitis
• Pathological Fractures.