<p>Section I: General Principles<br>1. The Careful Art of Resuscitation<br>Diane A. Schwartz and John B. Holcomb<br> <br>2. The Evaluation of the Acute Abdomen<br>Ashley Hardy, Bennet Butler, and Marie Crandall</p><p>3. Perioperative Considerations for Surgical Emergencies <br>Jacquelyn K. O’Herrin </p><p>4. Damage Control Laparotomy in Surgical Sepsis<br>Frederick A. Moore and Laura J. Moore </p><p>5. Surgical Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit<br>Linda A. Dultz, Vasiliy Sim, S. Rob Todd</p><p>6. Early Management of Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock in the Surgical Patient<br>Laura Kreiner and Laura J. Moore</p><p>7. Multiple Organ Failure <br>Stephanie Gordy </p><p>8. Acute Lung Injury in the Acute Care Surgery Patient<br>Brittany Busse and Christine S. Cocanour</p><p>9. Nutrition in the Surgical Patient<br>Rosemary Kozar and Diane A. Schwartz</p><p>10. Acute Renal Insufficiency (Failure)<br>Chang-I Wu, Vasiliy Sim, and S. Rob Todd</p><p>11. Surgical Site Infections<br> Vanessa P. Ho, Soumitra R. Eachempati, and Philip S. Barie</p><p>12. Hemorrhage and Transfusions in the Surgical Patient<br>Agathe Streiff and Bryan A. Cotton</p><p><br>Section II: Common Diseases in Acute Care Surgery</p><p>13. Obtaining a Surgical Airway<br> Tanner Baker, Spencer Skelton, and Krista Turner</p><p>14. Esophageal Perforation<br>James Wiseman and Shanda H. Blackmon</p><p>15. Hemothorax, Pneumothorax, and Empyema<br> Heena P. Santry and Bruce J. Simon</p><p>16. Incarcerated Paraesophageal Hernia <br>Paul J. Schenarts, Mandy R. Maness, and John R. Pender IV</p><p>17. Peptic Ulcer Disease for the Acute Care Surgeon<br>Sherry Sixta</p><p>18. Gastric Outlet Obstruction <br>Randeep S. Jawa and David W. Mercer</p><p>19. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding<br>Lynn Gries and Peter Rhee</p><p>20. Acute Biliary Disease<br>Harry M. Richter III and Thomas M. Komar</p><p>21. Bile Duct Injury<br>Adnan Alseidi, Abigail Wiebusch, Ryan K. Smith, and W. Scott Helton</p><p>22. Liver Abscesses<br>Edie Chan and Marc Mesleh</p><p>23. Acute Pancreatitis<br>Steven M. Cohen and Andrew H. Nguyen<br> <br>24. Small Bowel Obstruction<br>Alicia J. Mangram, Alexzandra Hollingworth, and James K. Dzandu </p><p>25. Acute Appendicitis<br>Krista L. Turner </p><p>26. Diverticulitis<br>Michael S. Truitt and Anand Lodha</p><p>27. Acute Mesenteric Ischemia<br>Laura E. White and Heitham T. Hassoun</p><p>28. Acute Colonic Obstruction<br>Quan P. Ly and James A. Edney</p><p>29. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding<br>Tricia Hauschild and Daniel Vargo<br> <br>30. Sigmoid and Cecal Volvulus<br>Nicole Fox </p><p>31. Anorectal Emergencies<br>Michelle L. Cowan and Marc Singer</p><p>32. Complications of Laparoendoscopic Surgery<br>Nicholas M. Brown, Michelle Shen, and Erik B. Wilson</p><p>33. Metabolic and Anatomic Complications Following Bariatric Surgery<br>Robert G. Martindale, Clifford W. Deveney, Sara Bubenik, and <br>Svetang Desai</p><p>34. Abdominal Wall Hernias<br>Joseph F. Sucher and Michael Klebuc</p><p>35. The Open Abdomen<br>John A. Harvin and Rondel P. Albarado</p><p>36. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome<br>Zsolt J. Balogh and Osamu Yoshino</p><p>37. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections<br>Lillian S. Kao</p><p>38. Extremity Compartment Syndromes<br>Roman Kosir and Andrej Cretnik</p><p><br>SECTION III: Ethics, Legal, and Administrative Considerations</p><p>39. Palliative Care in the Acute Care Surgery Setting<br>Bridget N. Fahy</p><p>40. Common Ethical Problems in Acute Care Surgery<br>Jeffrey P. Spike</p><p>41. Advanced Directives<br>Gary T. Marshall </p><p>42. Review of EMTALA laws<br>James J. McCarthy<br></p>