Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery : Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice3/e

Description
The popular series - A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice ?
provides senior surgical trainees with a concise learning and
revision source, and the practising surgeon with a regular update in
a particular sub-specialty. Each volume in the series gives a current
summary of the key topics within the specialty and concentrates on
recent developments. As in the previous edition, evidence-based
practice is indicated where appropriate - icons are used throughout
the books to highlight sections of text and key references which are
considered to be associated with reasonable evidence, i.e. are
supported by randomized clinical trials, systematic literature
reviews, meta-analysis or observational studies.




Key Features

*A consistent approach is used across the complete series thus
ensuring that information is presented in a standard format

*Each volume gives an up-to-date and concise summary of the key
topics within the specialty, thus making them ideal as a
learning/revision source for senior surgical trainees or as a rapid
reference for consultants

*Evidence-based practice is identified throughout each book in a
consistent style.



- Contents -


Ch 1 Evidence-based practice in surgery Kathryn Rigby, Jonathan A
Michaels
Ch 2 Outcomes and health economic issues in surgery Jonathan A
Michaels, Russell Slack
Ch 3 Day case surgery Douglas McWhinnie
Ch 4 Abdominal hernias David H Bennett
Ch 5 Early assessment and investigation in the acute abdomen Simon
Paterson-Brown
Ch 6 Perforations of the upper gastrointestinal tract David C Gotley
Ch 7 Acute non-variceal gastrointestinal bleeding Andrew C de Beaux
Ch 8 Pancreaticobiliary emergencies James J Powell, Rowan W Parks
Ch 9 Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix Simon Paterson-
Brown
Ch 10 Colonic emergencies Faisal Abbasakoor, Carolynne J. Vaizey
Ch 11 Anorectal emergencies B.James Mander
Ch 12 Paediatric surgical emergencies Lewis Spitz, Ian D Sugarman
Ch 13 Abdominal trauma Kenneth D Boffard
Ch 14 Prophylaxis and treatment of deep venous thrombosis George
Hamilton
Ch 15 Patient assessment and surgical risk Linda de Cossart
Ch 16 Perioperative management of the surgical patient Michael Grounds
Ch 17 Surgical nutrition Steven D Heys, John Broom
Ch 18 Sepsis and intensive care management Nick Everitt, Brian J
Rowlands
Index


Author Information
By Simon Paterson-Brown, MB, BS, MPhil, MS, FRCS, Consultant General
and Upper Gatrointestinal Surgeon, University Department of Surgery,
Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK