Over the past 5 years, there has been a groundswell of support in Canada for the
development of organized, focused and multidisciplinary approaches to caring for acutely ill …

As with many things in medicine, the specialty of acute care surgery (ACS) was born out of
necessity and innovation. Over the past several decades, a crisis in access to emergency …

The genesis of this project is a direct result of the fact that there is no substantive textbook
that addresses the full-spectrum of surgical emergencies. Even in a field in which there is a …

Background Since acute care surgery (ACS) was conceptualized a decade ago, the
specialty has been adopted widely; however, little is known about the structure and function …

Background: Incorporating emergency general surgery into the current practice of the
trauma and critical care surgeon carries sweeping implications for future practice and …

Over the past 10 years, acute care surgery has become widely accepted as a distinct
surgical specialty and practice paradigm, encompassing 3 areas of surgical practice: trauma …

BACKGROUND: Trauma surgery has changed significantly over the past decade.
Nonoperative evidence-based algorithms have become common and surgical trauma …

The provision of acute surgical care in the public sector is becoming increasingly difficult
because of limitation of resources and the unpredictability of access to theatres during the …

The discipline of surgery has become increasingly subspecialized. Some of the multiple
reasons for this include the rapid expansion of medical knowledge, improving technologies …

The genesis of this project is a direct result of the fact that there is no substantive textbook
that addresses the full-spectrum of surgical emergencies. Even in a? eld in which there is a …