Postinjury Multiple Organ Failure (Hardcover)

1 Historic perspective and relevant evolutionary landmarks in trauma care.- 2 The definition of postinjury Multiple Organ Failure.- 3 The pathomechanism of postinjury MOF.- 4 Genomic considerations related to postinjury MOF.- 5 The epidemiology of postinjury MOF.- 6 The relevance of traumatic shock and its treatment on the epidemiology of MOF.- 7 The relevance of the timing of surgical interventions.- 8 The population at risk, predictors of MOF.- 9 Postinjury MOF with and without infection.- 10 The principles of treatment, modern therapeutic targets.- 11 Central nervous system.- 12 Respiratory failure.- 13 Cardiac failure.- 14 Liver failure.- 15 Gastrointestinal failure, clinical presentations and treatment.- 16 Kidney failure.- 17 Bone marrow failure.- 18 MOF management in low resource settings.- 19 MOF in pregnancy and its relevance to Eclampsia.- 20 MOF in paediatric patients.- 21 Summary of randomised controlled trials with significant effect on MOF outcomes.- 22 Iatrogenic causes leading to MOF.- 23 Short term outcomes, what has changed during the last 40 years?.- 24 Long term outcomes and functional outcomes.- 25 Future directions.