1 The Definition of Acute Care Surgery
2 Anatomic and Physiological Considerations
3 Impact of Acute Surgical Illness on Critical Care Decisions Pre- and Postoperatively
4 Cervical Trauma
5 Blunt Abdominal Trauma
6 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
7 Thoracic Trauma
8 Vascular Trauma
9 Appendicitis
10 Acute Cholecystitis
11 Acute Diverticulitis
12 A Modern Approach to Complicated Pancreatitis
13 Inflammatory/Infectious Bowel Disease
14 Gastroduodenal Ulcers Requiring Surgery
15 Intestinal Bowel Obstruction
16 Surgical Management of Incarcerated Hernias
17 Mesenteric Ischemia
18 Esophageal Emergencies: Emergency Management of Paraesophageal Hernias and Esophageal Perforations