This book addresses the key issues involved with the assessment, investigation, resuscitation and management of patients who present on the Emergency Surgery on-call. Anesthetic considerations, pre-op resuscitation / optimization andinitial post-operative care including preliminary high dependency / critical care are highlighted. Complications and acute issues presenting to the on callteam from ward patients are also covered. Common pitfalls are highlighted andtrouble shooting sections included with wide spread use of algorithms to provide practical guidance. This new style textbook is designed to guide trainees in emergency surgery in decision making, stimulate them to assess and use evidence-based techniques and introduce new concepts in resuscitation and surgicalmanagement. It fills a gap in this newly emerging area of acute and emergencysurgery.Adam Brooks is a Consultant General Surgeon at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, University of Nottingham. He trained in hepatobiliary surgery, critical care and trauma surgery in the UK, South Africa, Australia and the USA. He hasdeveloped significant experience in the management of complex surgical patients and the breadth of surgical complications and their management. He has co-edited 4 surgical textbooks and written more than 30 chapters. Peter Mahoney isa Consultant in Anaesthesia and Resuscitation with the Defence Medical Services. He has worked in resource- limited areas with NGOs and has co-edited 3 text books (Ballistic Trauma, Conflict and Catastrophe, ABC of Conflict and Disaster) Nigel Tai is Consultant Surgeon in Trauma and Vascular Surgery, Bart's and the London NHS Trust, and Queen Mary, University of London Bryan A. Cotton, M.D is Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery in the division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Surgical Critical Care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His specialties are emergency general surgery, trauma surgery, and surgical critical care
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-7025-3
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 228
- Fecha Publicación: 09/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés