Resources for Optimal Care of Emergency Surgery

Variability in care in emergency surgery is well known, particularly in abdominal surgery, and reducing it is fundamental to improving outcomes. It is therefore vital to identify the factors that are key to improving mortality and reducing complications in various surgical emergencies. Under the lea...

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Other Authors: Sugrue, Michael (Editor), Maier, Ron (Editor), Moore, Ernest E. (Editor), Catena, Fausto (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
Series:Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma
Subjects:
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a PART I KEY POSITION TOPICS Chapter 1 Resources and Designation of Emergency Surgery -- Chapter 2 Acute Care Surgery Unit Structure -- Chapter 3 Optimal Care in Geriatric Emergency Surgery (GES) -- Chapter 4 Sepsis: Control and Treatment -- Chapter 5 Resuscitation in Emergency General Surgery -- Chapter 6 Medical Laboratory Support for Emergency Surgery -- Chapter 7 Radiology and Emergency Surgery -- Chapter 8 Interaction Between Gastroenterology and Emergency General Surgery -- Chapter 9 Advanced and Specialist Nursing Practice in Emergency Surgery - The Team Approach -- Chapter 10 Data, Registry, Quality Improvement and Patient Outcome Measures -- Chapter 11 Research in Emergency General Surgery -- Chapter 12 Education and Training in Emergency Surgery -- Chapter 13 Appendicitis -- Chapter 14 Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia -- Chapter 15 Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome - Updates -- PART II KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Chapter 16 Cholecystitis -- Chapter 17 Pancreatitis -- Chapter 18 Upper GI Bleed -- Chapter 19 Small Bowel Obstruction -- Chapter 20 Perforated Gastroduodenal Ulcer (PGDU) -- Chapter 21 Acute Diverticulitis (AD) – Management Phase -- Chapter 22 Abdominal Vascular Emergencies -- Chapter 23 Coagulation -- Chapter 24 Wound Care -- Chapter 25 Complications in Emergency General Surgery 
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520 |a Variability in care in emergency surgery is well known, particularly in abdominal surgery, and reducing it is fundamental to improving outcomes. It is therefore vital to identify the factors that are key to improving mortality and reducing complications in various surgical emergencies. Under the leadership of the World Society of Emergency Surgery, over 200 leading experts in emergency surgery, critical care and surgical infections established a template to help define and optimise emergency surgery, particularly that relating to the abdomen. This book refines this initial work, crystallising it into a meaningful resource for practising surgeons and health care administrators alike, and paving the way for advances in emergency surgery around the globe. This book sets a benchmark for Emergency Surgery and is a must read for those wanting their patients to do better