This text offers practical guidance on surgical emergencies for the benefit of trainee and practising surgeons. It describes the practical procedures, decision-making and clinical management of each category of surgical emergency and gives an account of the relevant underlying principles of anatomy, physiology, etc. It can be used both as a practical guide for day-to-day surgical procedure, and in preparing trainees for the FRCS examination. The book is organised by body system, and each chapter contains a list of references for further reading.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
108 colour illustrations, 104 line drawings, 128 halftones
Maße
Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 189 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-86542-618-4 (9780865426184)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Herausgeber*in
Professor, Academic Surgical Unit, University of Hull
Department of Surgery, Mater Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Academic Surgical Unit, University of Hull
Emergency room treatment - the ATLS philosophy; shock; response to surgical trauma; perioperative management of the emergency patient; burns; life-threatening surgical infections; the acute abdomen and laparotomy; laparotomy in acute abdomen; oesophageal emergencies; acute peptic ulcer disease; acute biliary emergencies; acute pancreatitis; upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage; lower gastrointestinal bleeding; small bowel obstruction; large bowel obstruction; abdominal hernias; acute right iliac fossa pain; acute anorectal conditions; abdominal trauma; head injuries; acute respiratory obstruction and tracheostomy; thoracic emergencies; the acutely swollen limb; acute limb ischaemia; abdominal aortic aneurysms; acute mesenteric ischaemia; vascular trauma; urological emergencies; urological trauma; emergency conditions affecting the breast; gynaecological emergencies; the acute abdomen in pregnancy.
