BookSalomone Di Saverio, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, George Velmahos, editors.
Summary: This pocket manual is a practically oriented, wide-ranging guide to acute care surgery general aspects and℗ℓto non-gastrointestinal emergencies. It covers the most common problems in thoracic, obstetric, gynecologic, anorectal, vascular and skin surgery and also includes chapters on postoperative complications in bariatric surgery, antibiotic management, nutrition and interventional radiology in acute care surgery. This guide stems from collaboration with the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and aims to provide general surgeons, ℗ℓresidents and trainees with a comprehensive and up-to-date overview℗ℓof the℗ℓmost relevant operative techniques and with useful℗ℓ "tips and tricks" applicable in daily clinical practice. A second volume on gastrointestinal and abdominal surgical emergencies is also available.
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.