Clinical Surgery in General

by Kirk, R. M.; Mansfield, Averil O.; Cochrane, John

• ISBN13: 9780443054617
• ISBN10: 0443054614
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Clinical history and examination	p. 3
Resuscitation	p. 7
Trauma	p. 21
Investigations	p. 53
Decision-making	p. 63
Influence of coexisting disease	p. 67
Haematological assessment and blood component therapy	p. 83
Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance	p. 93
Nutritional support	p. 109
Clinical pharmacology	p. 119
Consent for surgical treatment	p. 131
Preoperative preparation for surgery	p. 141
Premedication and anaesthesia	p. 149
Operating theatres and special equipment	p. 159
Adjuncts to surgery	p. 173
Asepsis and antisepsis	p. 179
The risks to surgeons of nosocomial virus transmission	p. 189
Good surgical practice	p. 197
Surgical access, incisions and the management of wounds	p. 201
Minimal access surgery	p. 209
Principles of skin cover	p. 213
Transplantation	p. 217
Principles of surgery for malignant disease	p. 227
The principles of radiotherapy	p. 239
Chemotherapy - principles, practice, complications and value	p. 251
Tumour markers	p. 257
Postoperative care	p. 267
The management of postoperative pain	p. 275
The body's response to surgery	p. 283
Wound healing	p. 291
Complications - prevention and management	p. 303
Intensive care	p. 315
Dialysis	p. 327
Chronic illness, rehabilitation and terminal care	p. 331
Critical reading of the literature	p. 345
Numeracy in surgical biology and surgical practice	p. 347
Audit	p. 367
Screening for surgical disease	p. 375
Genetic aspects of surgery	p. 379
Economic aspects of surgery	p. 385
Revising for the MRCS examination	p. 389
The MRCS examination	p. 395
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