Acute Care Surgery

Surgical specialty generally encompassing emergency general surgery, surgical critical care and trauma care. Acute care surgery is a component of general surgery related to care of patients with acute, life-threatening or potentially life-threatening surgical conditions.

Year introduced: 2024

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Tree Number(s): H02.403.810.104

MeSH Unique ID: D000096725

Entry Terms:

• Acute Care Surgeries
• Surgery, Acute Care
• Emergency General Surgery
• Emergency General Surgeries
• General Surgery, Emergency
• Surgical Critical Care
• Critical Care, Surgical
• Surgical Critical Cares
• Trauma Surgery
• Trauma Surgeries
• Surgical Trauma Care
• Surgical Trauma Cares
• Trauma Care, Surgical

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Disciplines and Occupations Category
Health Occupations
Medicine
Specialties, Surgical
Acute Care Surgery
Traumatology