Acute Care Surgery
Also known asAcute 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
Definition
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.
MeSH classification
- H02.403.810.104
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D000096725) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗