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Informationen zum Autor Adam Brooks, FRCS (Gen Surg), DMCC Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust and Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham Bryan A. Cotton, MD, MPH The University of Texas Health Science Center Lt Col Nigel Tai, MS, FRCS (Gen Surg), RAMC Royal London Hospital and Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham Col Peter F. Mahoney, OBE, TD, MSc, FRCA, RAMC RCDM Birmingham Research Associate Editor: David J. Humes, BSc, MBBS, MRCS Lecturer in Surgery, University of Nottingham Klappentext Emergency Surgery provides both a practical guide and an understanding of the issues that need to be considered in the management of emergency surgery patients. It presents a clear account of the key issues involved in the assessment, investigation, resuscitation and surgical management of patients who present to the on-call emergency team.It considers the full breadth of issues encountered in these patients including anaesthesia, pre-op resuscitation/optimization, and initial post-operative care including preliminary high dependency/critical care, as well as the complications and acute issues found in acute surgical patients on the ward.It is ideal for surgical trainees as well as trainees from other specialties involved in the care of these complex and challenging patients. Zusammenfassung This concise guide provides a clear account of the key issues involved in the assessment, investigation, resuscitation, and surgical management of patients who present to the on-call surgical team. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors vii Part 1 Approach 1 The Initial Approach to the Emergency Surgery Patient 3 Adam Brooks & J. Alastair D. Simpson 2 Preoperative Considerations 6 Paul Wood 3 Emergency Anaesthesia 14 Giles R. Nordmann 4 Analgesia 20 Jeff L. Tong Part 2 Abdomen 5 Acute Appendicitis 29 Tom Palser, David J. Humes & Adam Brooks 6 Colonic Diverticulosis 34 David Luke & Douglas M. Bowley 7 Biliary Colic and Acute Cholecystitis 40 Tom Palser & Mark Taylor 8 Perforated Peptic Ulcer 43 A. Morris & Mark J. Midwinter 9 Fulminant Colitis 46 Deborah Nicol & Richard L. Wolverson 10 Mesenteric Ischaemia 50 Justin Manley & Tracy R. Bilski 11 Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage 56 John S. Hammond 12 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding 61 J. Alastair D. Simpson 13 Acute Pancreatitis 67 Euan J. Dickson, Colin J. McKay & C. Ross Carter 14 Small Bowel Obstruction 74 J. Edward F. Fitzgerald 15 Surgical Jaundice and Cholangitis 80 John S. Hammond & Ian Beckingham 16 Large Bowel Obstruction 86 Igor V. Voskresensky & Bryan A. Cotton 17 Emergency Surgical Management of Herniae 92 John Simpson & David J. Humes Part 3 Vascular 18 Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 101 Ross Davenport & Nigel Tai 19 Acute Limb Ischaemia 106 Matthew Button & Nigel Tai Part 4 Soft Tissue Infection 20 Superficial Sepsis Cutaneous Abscess and Necrotising Fasciitis 115 Conor D. Marron Part 5 Urology 21 Emergency Urology 127 Thomas J. Walton & Gurminder S. Mann Part 6 Trauma 22 Abdominal Trauma: Evaluation and Decision Making 139 Lesly A. Dossett & Bryan A. Cotton 23 Thoracic Trauma: Evaluation and Decision Making 145 Stella R. Smith, Thomas König & Nigel Tai 24 Vascular Trauma 153 Nigel Tai & Nora Brennan 25 Damage Control Surgery 161 Timothy C. Nunez, Igor V. Voskresensky & Bryan A. Cotton 26 Trauma Laparotomy ...
