The Trauma Manual: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 4th Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781451116793 ISBN-10: 1451116799 Copyright: 2013 Edition: 4th Editor: Peitzman, Andrew B., Rhodes, Michael, Schwab, C. William, Yealy, Donald M., Fabian, Timothy C., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 80 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: David Dries,  MSE, MD  (Regions Hospital) Description This is the fourth edition of a manual originally dedicated to trauma management, but which has now expanded to the work of acute care surgeons. The previous edition was published in 2008. Purpose A pocket guide covers trauma, critical care, and emergency surgery. Audience Students and trainees rotating in these disciplines are an appropriate audience for this work originating from an international group of surgeons. The majority of contributors come from American trauma centers and acute care surgery programs. Features The book opens with reviews on shock, surgical physiology, transfusion medicine, nutrition, patient transport, infectious diseases, and pain management. A second group of chapters describes trauma and burn injury based on organ systems and patient type, while a third group of approximately 15 chapters describes operative techniques for surgeons managing non-trauma surgical emergencies. A small group of presentations describe organ dysfunction in the ICU. Concluding chapters cover miscellaneous procedures. Contributors loosely follow an outline format. In some cases, paragraph structure is used while in others, sentences or phrases are used. Line drawings reproduce well while photographs and radiographs reproduce with uneven quality. Each chapter contains a reference list, typically with a small number of entries. Occasional references date to within one to two years of publication, but most citations are much older. In general, primary literature is represented. A summary of the organ injury scales developed by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma is followed by a detailed subject index. Assessment The scope of this book has expanded to better reflect the work of the acute care surgeon. New chapters address the management of critical illness in surgical patients, while chapters on acute surgical problems have been updated and reorganized to reflect current practice. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 8 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 3 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 3 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 3 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 3 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 3 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 4 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 8 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 8 ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.