Acute Care Surgery Handbook : Volume 1 General Aspects, Non-gastrointestinal and Critical Care Emergencies

This pocket manual is a practically oriented, wide-ranging guide to acute care surgery general aspects and to 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, residents and trainees with a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the most relevant operative techniques and with useful "tips and tricks" applicable in daily clinical practice. A second volume on gastrointestinal and abdominal surgical emergencies is also available. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Acute Care Surgery Around the World: Future Perspectives....Pages 1-17 A History of Acute Care Surgery (Emergency Surgery)....Pages 19-37 Scientific Research in Emergency Surgery Setting....Pages 39-53 Organization of an Acute Care Surgery Service and Patient Safety Management....Pages 55-67 Safety and the Use of Checklists in Acute Care Surgery....Pages 69-80 Emergencies in Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery....Pages 81-115 Hemothorax, Pneumothorax, and Chest Empyema....Pages 117-131 Anorectal Emergencies....Pages 133-147 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections....Pages 149-166 Surgical Site Infections and Their Management....Pages 167-185 Nontraumatic Peripheral Vascular Emergencies....Pages 187-205 Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Major Vascular Injuries....Pages 207-227 Obstetrics-Gynecology Emergencies....Pages 229-255 Genitourinary Emergencies....Pages 257-275 Critical Care in Acute Care Surgery....Pages 277-290 Septic Shock and Resuscitation Strategies....Pages 291-308 Antibiotic Management in Acute Care Surgery....Pages 309-319 Nutrition in Sepsis and Acute Surgical Patients....Pages 321-334 Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 335-360 Interventional Radiology for Nontraumatic Acute Thoraco-Abdominal Bleeding....Pages 361-369 Percutaneous Techniques for Management of Intra-abdominal Abscesses....Pages 371-385 Damage Control Surgery for Emergency General Surgery....Pages 387-401 The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome....Pages 403-414 Common Pediatric Surgical Emergencies....Pages 415-456 Common Surgical Emergencies in Transplanted Patients....Pages 457-469 Emergency Management of Caustic Injuries....Pages 471-483 Surgical Emergencies During Pregnancy....Pages 485-507 Geriatric Emergency Surgery....Pages 509-516 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 Volume 2 -Gastrointestinal and abdominal surgical emergenciesThis two-volume set is a wide-ranging guide to acute care surgery general aspects, offering an overview on non-gastrointestinal, critical care, abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies in acute care surgery.