Bookedited by O. James Garden, Rowan W. Parks.
Contents:
Metabolic response to injury, fluid and electrolyte balance and shock / Stuart McKechnie, Timothy Walsh
Transfusion of blood components and plasma products / Rachel H.A. Green, Marc L. Turner
Nutritional support in surgical patients / Gordon L. Carlson, Ken Fearon
Infections and antibiotics / Savita Gossain, Peter M. Hawkey
Ethics, preoperative considerations, anaesthesia and analgesia / Ewen M. Harrison, Michael A. Gillies
Principles of the surgical management of cancer / Mark A. Potter
Trauma and multiple injury / Euan J. Dickson
Practical procedures and patient investigation / Damian James Mole
Postoperative care and complications / Pawanindra Lal
Evidence-based practice and professional development / Steven Anderson, Siun Walsh, Arnie D.K. Hill
The abdominal wall and hernia / Andrew de Beaux
The acute abdomen / Simon Paterson-Brown
The oesphagus, stomach and duodendum / Richard Hardwick
The liver and the biliary tract / Saxon Connor
The pancreas and spleen / C. Ross Carter, Colin McKay
The small and large intestine / Malcolm G. Dunlop
The anorectum / Farhat Din
Plastic surgery including common skin and subcutaneous lesions / Patrick Addison
The breast / J. Michael Dixon
Endocrine surgery / Sonia Wakelin
Vascular and endovascular surgery / Hanafiah Harunarashid
Cardiothoracic surgery / Robert R. Jeffrey
Urological surgery / Grant D. Stewart
Neurosurgery / Lynn Myles, Paul M. Brennan
Transplantation surgery / Lorna Marson, John Forsythe
Ear, nose and throat surgery / Janet Wilson
Orthopaedic surgery / John C. McKinley, Issaq Ahmed.