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Textbook of Emergency General Surgery

Traumatic and Non-traumatic Surgical Emergencies

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Editors:
  1. Federico Coccolini

    1. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Dept., Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

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  2. Fausto Catena

    1. General and Emergency Surgery Dept., Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy

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  • Provides a useful toolkit for acute care surgeons, emergency physicians, residents, medical and nursing students
  • Discusses all possible situations encountered by emergency general surgeons
  • Witten and edited by leading experts in the field

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Table of contents (115 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. General Consideration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. History of Emergency General Surgery

      • Massimo Chiarugi
      Pages 3-8

    3. General Approach to Emergency General Surgery

      • Patricia Correia Sousa Perissé, Antonio Marttos
      Pages 9-18

    4. Evaluation of Traumatic and Nontraumatic Patients

      • Vitor F. Kruger, Gustavo P. Fraga
      Pages 19-32

    5. Prioritizing Acute Care Surgery and Trauma Patients

      • R. Stephen Smith, Jessica E. Taylor
      Pages 33-37

    6. Triage

      • Cordoba Mordehay, Ciro Paolillo, Federica Pitoni, Klein Yoram
      Pages 39-45

    7. Mass Casualties

      • Emmanouil Pikoulis, Anastasia Pikouli, Athanasios Kalogeropoulos
      Pages 47-61

    8. Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Emergency General Surgeons

      • Bruno M. Pereira
      Pages 63-89

    9. Systemic Response to Injury

      • Philip F. Dobson, Karen Muller, Zsolt J. Balogh
      Pages 91-106

    10. Coagulation and Thrombosis

      • Jonathan P. Meizoso, Hunter B. Moore, Angela Sauaia, Ernest E. Moore
      Pages 107-125

    11. Septic Shock

      • Sacha Rozencwajg, Philippe Montravers
      Pages 127-136

    12. Hypovolemic Shock

      • Tyler J. Jones, Bishwajit Bhattacharya, Kimberly A. Davis
      Pages 137-146

    13. Principles of Perioperative Management in Acute Care Surgery

      • Oreste Romeo, Taylor A. Davidson, Scott B. Davidson
      Pages 147-158

    14. Critical Care Medicine

      • Maria Di Matteo, Davide Corbella
      Pages 159-181

    15. Fluid and Blood Management in Traumatic and Non-traumatic Surgical Emergencies

      • Domien Vanhonacker, Michaël Mekeirele, Manu L. N. G. Malbrain
      Pages 183-196

    16. Compartment Syndrome

      • Rao R. Ivatury
      Pages 197-218

    17. Antibiotic and Antimicotic Therapy

      • Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Junior, Gabriela Tebar, José Lucas Rodrigues Salgueiro
      Pages 219-241

    18. Pain Management

      • Etrusca Brogi, Francesco Forfori
      Pages 243-263

    19. Damage Control Surgery

      • Carlo Vallicelli, Federico Coccolini
      Pages 265-274
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About this book

This text aims to provide a comprehensive review of general emergency surgery, the branch of medicine that treats patients presenting to the hospital with a wide variety of emergency conditions. It includes a section focusing on clinical aspects, management, logistics, patient cohorts and perioperative considerations in the context of general emergency surgery and trauma. Other sections describe various conditions and diseases in specific anatomical structures to enable readers to easily find the information they need. Written and edited by international experts and opinion leaders in the field, this book is a valuable reference resource for general and emergency surgeons, trauma surgeons, emergency physicians and nurses. It will also be of interest to residents, students and all other healthcare professionals involved in the management of emergency surgical patients. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Dept., Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

    Federico Coccolini

  • General and Emergency Surgery Dept., Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy

    Fausto Catena

About the editors

Federico Coccolini M.D. is professor of surgery and consultant in general, emergency and trauma surgery working at the Pisa University Hospital (Pisa, Italy), one of the biggest Level I trauma centre in Italy. He teaches Emergency and Trauma Surgery at the University of Pisa. He has a deep and documented experience in managing post-traumatic and non-post-traumatic patients. His principal interests are emergency surgery, trauma surgery, advanced oncology, oncologic gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery, tissue engineering and experimental surgery, evidence-based medicine, and surgery. He is the principal investigator of multicentre studies and registers. He authored hundreds of papers and tens of book chapters. He edited several books and a book series. He served as reviewer for several journals. He is the Vice President of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and of the World Journal of Emergency Surgery (WJES), head of the scientific committee of the EVTM Society, member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Emergency Surgery and Trauma, Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery and of the Italian Society of Surgical Physiopathology. Prof. Coccolini is a recognized world opinion leader in emergency general surgery and trauma.




​Fausto Catena From 2000-2011 Consultant General Surgeon at the Dept. of General, Emergency and Transplant Surgery with at the St Orsola- Malpighi University Hospital Bologna Italy. From 2012 to 2020 Chief Department of Emergency and General Surgery Parma University Hospital ITALY. From 2021  up to now Chief Department of General and Emergency Surgery Bufalini Hospital  Cesena ITALY. Prof Catena  is Editor in Chief of the World Journal of Emergency Surgery  and General Secretary of the World Society of Emergency Surgery, Dr Catena is world opinion leader in emergency general surgery : he wrote all WSES guidelines- position papers  on this scientific field. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Textbook of Emergency General Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: Traumatic and Non-traumatic Surgical Emergencies

  • Editors: Federico Coccolini, Fausto Catena

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22599-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-22598-7Published: 07 June 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-22601-4Published: 07 June 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-22599-4Published: 06 June 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 1750

  • Number of Illustrations: 104 b/w illustrations, 343 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Practice and Hospital Management

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