Emergency Surgery

by Brooks, Adam J.; Cotton, Bryan A.; Tai, Nigel; Mahoney, Peter F.

• ISBN13: 9781405170253
• ISBN10: 1405170255
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-26
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

This concise guide provides a clear account of the key issues involved in the assessment, investigation, resuscitation, and management of patients who present to the on-call surgical team. The authors discuss anesthesia, pre-op resuscitation/optimization, and initial post-operative care (including preliminary high dependency/critical care), as well as the complications and acute issues of hospitalized patients. Important sections on "trouble shooting" and "common pitfalls" help you save precious time.

Author Biography

Adam Brooks, FRCS (Gen Surg), DMCC
Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust and Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham

Bryan A. Cotton, MD, MPH
The University of Texas Health Science Center

Lt Col Nigel Tai, MS, FRCS (Gen Surg), RAMC
Royal London Hospital and Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham

Col Peter F. Mahoney, OBE, TD, MSc, FRCA, RAMC
RCDM Birmingham Research

Associate Editor: David J. Humes, BSc, MBBS, MRCS
Lecturer in Surgery, University of Nottingham

Table of Contents

Approach

The Initial Approach to the Emergency Surgery patient

Preoperative considerations

Emergency anaesthesia

Analgesia

Abdomen

Acute Appendicitis

Colonic Diverticulitis

Biliary Colic and Acute Cholecystitis

Perforated peptic ulcer

Fulminant colitis

Mesenteric Ischaemia

Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage

Lower GI haemorrhage

Acute Pancreatitis

Small bowel obstruction

Surgical jaundice and cholangitis

Large bowel obstruction

Emergency surgical management of herniae

Vascular

Ruptured aortic aneurysm

Acute limb ischaemia

Soft tissue infection

Superficial Sepsis, Cutaneous Abscess and Necrotising Fasciitis

Urology

Emergency urology

Trauma

Abdominal Trauma: evaluation and decision making

Thoracic trauma: evaluation and decision making

Vascular trauma

Damage control surgery

Trauma laparotomy

Operative Management of Thoracic Trauma

Abdominal trauma: operative and non operative management

Critical Care

Critical Care

Postoperative Complications

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