Core topics in general and emergency surgery. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Core topics in general and emergency surgery
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Simon Paterson-Brown, Hugh M. Paterson.
• Editors: Paterson-Brown, Simon; Paterson, Hugh M
• Contents: Evaluation of surgical evidence -- Perioperative care and enhanced recovery -- Organisation of emergency general surgical services -- Patient assessment and surgical risk -- Perioperative and intensive care management of the surgical patient -- Surgical nutrition -- Abdominal hernias -- Neck surgery for the general surgeon -- Human factors and patient safety in surgery -- Principles of organ donation and general surgery in the transplant patient -- Early assessment of the acute abdomen -- Perforation of the upper gastrointestinal tract -- Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding -- Pancreaticobiliary emergencies -- Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix -- Colonic emergencies -- Anorectal emergencies -- Paediatric surgical emergencies -- Management of trauma for the general surgeon -- Abdominal sepsis and abdominal compartment syndrome -- Complications of bariatric surgery presenting to the general surgeon and considerations for the general surgeon when operating on the obese patient.
• Edition: Sixth edition
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 324 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 617; Surgery; Surgical emergencies; Emergencies; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Emergency Treatment -- methods; Wounds and Injuries -- surgery; Evidence-Based Medicine; Surgery; Surgical emergencies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702072451; 0702072451; 9780702072468
• Related ISBNs: 070207246X; 9780702072475; 0702072478
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed September 5, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.