Acute Care Surgery: Evolving Paradigms in Emergency Abdominal and Trauma Surgery

Focusing on the rapidly evolving subspecialty of acute care surgery, this chapter examines evidence-based approaches to the management of common emergency surgical conditions including complicated appendicitis, perforated peptic ulcer disease, acute cholecystitis, and small bowel obstruction, as well as damage control surgery in polytrauma. It explores the integration of non-operative management strategies, novel resuscitation protocols, and advances in point-of-care diagnostics that are reshaping decision-making in the emergency surgical setting.