Emergency Surgery

by Editor: Adam Brooks (Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK); Editor: Bryan A. Cotton (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA); Editor: Nigel Tai (The Royal London Hospital, London, UK); Editor: Peter

• ISBN13: 9781444315189
• ISBN10: 1444315188
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Emergency Surgery provides both a practical guide and an understanding of the issues that need to be considered in the management of emergency surgery patients. It presents a clear account of the key issues involved in the assessment, investigation, resuscitation and surgical management of patients who present to the on-call emergency team.It considers the full breadth of issues encountered in these patients including anaesthesia, pre-op resuscitation/optimization, and initial post-operative care including preliminary high dependency/critical care, as well as the complications and acute issues found in acute surgical patients on the ward.It is ideal for surgical trainees as well as trainees from other specialties involved in the care of these complex and challenging patients.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Approach

The Initial Approach to the Emergency Surgery Patient

Preoperative Considerations

Emergency Anaesthesia

Analgesia

Abdomen

Acute Appendicitis

Colonic Diverticulosis

Biliary Colic and Acute Cholecystitis

Perforated Peptic Ulcer

Fulminant Colitis

Mesenteric Ischaemia

Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage

Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Acute Pancreatitis

Small Bowel Obstruction

Surgical Jaundice and Cholangitis

Large Bowel Obstruction

Emergency Surgical Management of Herniae

Vascular

Ruptured Abdominal 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

Index

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