Principles of Surgery : Everything You Need to Know but Were Frightened to Ask!


Sam. Andrews
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Shropshire : : tfm Publishing Ltd, , 2008.
Omfang
1 online resource (224 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - ""COVER FRONT""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Section 1 Aspects of pre-operative care""; ""Chapter 1 Pre-operative investigations""; ""1. Pre-admission clinic""; ""2. Pre-operative haematology""; ""3. Pre-operative biochemistry""; ""4. Principles of pre-operative radiology""; ""5. Pre-operative X-rays""; ""6. Problems with pre-operative radiology""; ""7. Other pre-operative investigations""; ""Chapter 2 Management of concomitant medical conditions""; ""1. General management of associated medical conditions""; ""2. Elderly patients""; ""3. Respiratory diseases""; ""4. Smoking"". - ""4. Principles of surgical prophylaxis""""5. Thromboprophylaxis""; ""6. Antibiotic prophylaxis""; ""7. Pre-medication""; ""8. Blood transfusion""; ""9. Consent""; ""10. Pre-operative fasting""; ""11. Preparing the operating list""; ""Chapter 4 Pathways and protocols""; ""1. Integrated care pathways (ICP)""; ""2. Patient identification""; ""3. Clinical governance""; ""4. Evidence-based medicine""; ""5. Multi-disciplinary meetings (MDM)""; ""6. Infection control practices - infections""; ""7. Infection control practices - universal precautions"". - ""5. Cardiac disease""""6. Hypertension""; ""7. Obesity""; ""8. Diabetes""; ""9. Pregnancy""; ""10. Liver disease""; ""11. Thyroid disease""; ""12. Rheumatoid disease""; ""13. Renal disease""; ""14. Immunosuppressed patients""; ""15. Pre-operative management of patients taking steroids""; ""16. Pre-operative management of patients taking anticoagulants""; ""17. Pre-operative management of other medications""; ""Chapter 3 Preparation for theatre""; ""1. Assessment of fitness for surgery""; ""2. Optimisation of pre-operative nutritional status""; ""3. Surgical marking"". - ""7. Needles and blades"". - ""8. Aseptic technique""""9. The anaesthetic machine""; ""10. Operating table""; ""11. Patient positioning""; ""Chapter 6 Anaesthesia""; ""1. Types of anaesthetic""; ""2. General anaesthesia""; ""3. Anaesthetic monitoring""; ""4. Pulse oximetry""; ""5. Spinal and epidural anaesthesia""; ""6. Local anaesthesia""; ""7. Bier�s block""; ""8. Transfer of the anaesthetised patient""; ""9. Care of the anaesthetised patient""; ""Chapter 7 Principles of surgery""; ""1. Peripheral lines""; ""2. Central lines""; ""3. Arterial lines""; ""4. Catheters""; ""5. Drains""; ""6. Sutures"". - ""8. Infection control practices - needlestick injuries""""9. Emergency surgery - principles""; ""10. Emergency surgery - airway""; ""11. Emergency surgery - breathing""; ""12. Emergency surgery - circulation""; ""13. Screening""; ""14. Surgical oncology""; ""15. Epidemiology""; ""Section 2 The operating theatre environment""; ""Chapter 5 Theatre design and function""; ""1. Operating theatres""; ""2. Scrubbing up""; ""3. Gloves""; ""4. Masks, goggles and magnification""; ""5. Skin preparation and surgical drapes""; ""6. Instrument sterilisation""; ""7. Sterilisation and disinfection""
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Sjanger
Dewey
617
ISBN
9781903378571

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