Trauma and orthopedic surgery in clinical practice

The orthopaedic ward can be a challenging location for the surgical house officer and resident trainee. The responsibilities of trauma care and elective preparation of patients for major surgery make differing demands on a doctor’s knowledge and speed of response. The situation is not helped by the impressive range of co-morbidity seen in many orthopaedic patients or the increasing tendency for out-of-hours ward cover to be provided by house officers working 'offtheir patch.' In this book, the authors have attempted to provide a practicalworking guide to the most important peri-operative issues and medical problems found on the day-to-day ward management of these patients. Although aimed atmedical students, orthopedic and surgical residents and foundation year pre-registration house officers, the style and content of the book will also appealto senior medical students and senior house officers, and junior doctors in the acute specialties. Didactic practical chapters with key summary statements Written from the perspective of the 'working day' A problem-oriented practicalmanual covering the orthopaedic medicine and surgery References include clinical web sites so that practical know-how (e.g. diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, resuscitation guidelines, etc.) can be updated by readers as guidelines change INDICE: Basic considerations: Who are the patients. Elective and trauma. Classification of elective procedures and injuries.- Being prepared – the ward round, operative preparation and consent.- Peri-operative investigations: haematology, cross match, biochemistry, ECG, etc.- Radiology - routine requests, CT and MRI.- Thromboprophylaxis – including spinal / epidural considerations.- Peri-operative fasting – post-operative fluid and electrolyte balance.- Wounds, plasters, casts, drains and tubes.- Problems: Recognising the sick patient.-The confused patient.- Infected and immunocompromised patients.- Compartment syndrome.- Fat embolism.- DVT and pulmonary embolism.- Death certification andthe coroner.

• ISBN: 978-1-84800-338-5
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 90
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés