Course Description
Selected Readings in General Surgery is a nonprofit surgical education publication from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Agenda
This trauma review is an excellent source of preparation for board certification and an excellent reading program. Each issue contains an overview, a bibliography, a quiz, and a limited number of article reprints. To learn more, contact us at 800.631.0033 or visit our website. Our mission is to provide low-cost surgical education to residency programs, medical missionaries, and practicing surgical personnel around the world.
Issue #1 contains:
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TRAUMA, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS IN VEHICLES—SEAT BELTS AND AIRBAGS, TRAUMA SCORING SYSTEMS, LABORATORY EVALUATION OF TRAUMA PATIENTS, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH MINOR HEAD INJURY, MANAGEMENT OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, MANAGEMENT OF MODERATE OR SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, EARLY TRACHEOTOMY AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, MANAGEMENT OF ELEVATED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE AND CEREBRAL PERFUSION IN PATIENTS
WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, ANTIPLATELET AGENTS/WARFARIN AND THE COAGULATION/ FIBRINOLYTIC SYSTEM WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, PROGNOSIS OF PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, COGNITIVE REHABILITATION FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, CRANIOFACIAL AND SKULL BASE TRAUMA, DIAGNOSIS OF CERVICAL SPINE INJURY BY
PLAIN CERVICAL RADIOGRAPHY OR BY CT SCANNING, TREATMENT OF SPINE FRACTURES AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES, MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC INJURY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS, WITHDRAWAL OF THERAPY FROM VERY SEVERELY INJURED PATIENTS WHO ARE UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE, TRAUMATIC INJURY DURING PREGNANCY
Issue #2 contains:
DIAGNOSIS OF ABDOMINAL TRAUMA, DIAGNOSIS OF BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA BY CT SCAN, DIAGNOSIS OF PENETRATING ABDOMINAL TRAUMA, GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ABDOMINAL TRAUMA, HEPATIC TRAUMA, BILE DUCT INJURY AS A COMPLICATION OF HEPATIC TRAUMA, EXTERNAL TRAUMATIC INJURY OF THE PORTAL VEIN, DUODENAL INJURY, PANCREATIC INJURY, SPLENIC INJURY, DIAPHRAGMATIC INJURY, SMALL-BOWEL INJURY, COLON INJURY, RECTAL INJURY, GLUTEAL STAB WOUNDS
Issue #3 contains:
PELVIC FRACTURE, PELVIC FRACTURE AND ASSOCIATED UROLOGIC INJURY, RENAL INJURY, URETERAL INJURY, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR INJURY, REPAIR OF VENOUS INJURY, ABDOMINAL VASCULAR TRAUMA, RESUSCITATIVE THORACOTOMY IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, INJURY OF THE NONVASCULAR SOFT TISSUES OF THE NECK, INJURY OF THE MAJOR VASCULAR STRUCTURES OF THE NECK, BLUNT AND PENETRATING CARDIAC INJURY, BLUNT AORTIC INJURY, THORACIC TRAUMA, MANAGEMENT OF PAIN CAUSED BY
MULTIPLE FRACTURED RIBS, PENETRATING ESOPHAGEAL INJURY, EARLY FRACTURE FIXATION IN HEMODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE MULTIPLE TRAUMA PATIENTS