Acute Care Surgery Handbook Volume 1 General Aspects, Non-gastrointestinal and Critical Care Emergencies

This pocket manual is a practically oriented, wide-ranging guide to acute care surgery general aspects and to non-gastrointestinal emergencies. It covers the most common problems in thoracic, obstetric, gynecologic, anorectal, vascular and skin surgery and also includes chapters on postoperative com...

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Other Authors: Di Saverio, Salomone (Editor), Catena, Fausto (Editor), Ansaloni, Luca (Editor), Coccolini, Federico (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Acute care surgery around the world: future perspectives
  • 2. A history of acute care suregry
  • 3. Scientific Research in emergency surgery setting
  • 4. Organization of an acute care surgery service and patient safety management
  • 5. Safety and the use of checklists in acute care surgery
  • 6. Emergencies in otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
  • 7. Hemothorax, pneumothorax and chest empyema
  • 8. Anorectal emergencies
  • 9. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
  • 10. Surgical Site Infections and their Management
  • 11. Non-Traumatic Peripheral Vascular Emergencies
  • 12. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms and major vascular injuries
  • 13. Obstetrics-Gynecology Emergencies
  • 14. Genito Urinary Emergencies
  • 15. Critical Care in Acute Care Surgery
  • 16. Septic Shock and Resuscitation Strategies
  • 17. Antibiotic management in acute care surgery
  • 18. Nutrition in sepsis and acute surgical patients
  • 19. Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Critically-Ill Patients
  • 20. Interventional Radiology for non-traumatic acute thoraco-abdominal bleeding
  • 21. Percutaneous Techniques for Management of Intra-Abdominal Abscesses
  • 22. Damage Control Surgery for Emergency General Surgery
  • 23. The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
  • 24. Common Pediatric Surgical Emergencies
  • 25. Common Surgical Emergencies in Transplanted Patients
  • 26. Emergency management of caustic injuries
  • 27. Surgical emergencies during pregnancy
  • 28. Geriatric Emergency Surgery