Emergency General Surgery : A Practical Approach / edited by Carlos V. R. Brown, Kenji Inaba, Matthew J. Martin, Ali Salim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Carlos V. R., editor.

Inaba, Kenji, editor.

Martin, Matthew J., editor.

Sālim, ʻAlī, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Medicine (Springer-11650)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surgery.

Traumatology.

General Surgery.

Traumatic Surgery.

Local Subjects:

General Surgery.

Traumatic Surgery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 531 pages) : 211 illustrations, 132 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2019.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

The field of emergency general surgery encompasses a wide array of surgical diseases, ranging from the simple to the complex. These diseases may include inflammatory, infectious, and hemorrhagic processes spanning the entire gastrointestinal tract, complications of abdominal wall hernias, compartment syndromes, skin and soft tissue infections, and surgical diseases significantly complicated in special populations including elderly, obese, pregnant, immunocompromised, and cirrhotic patients. This book covers emergency general surgery topics in a succinct, practical, understandable fashion. After reviewing the general principles in caring for the emergency general surgery patient, this text discusses current evidence and the best practices stratified by organ system, including esophageal, gastroduodenal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic, small and large bowel, anorectal, thoracic, and hernias. Chapters are written by experts in the field and present a logical, straightforward, and easy to understand approach to the emergency general surgery patient, as well as provide patient care algorithms where appropriate. Emergency General Surgery: A Practical Approach provides surgeons and surgery residents with a practical and evidence-based approach to diagnosing and managing a wide array of surgical diseases encountered on emergency general surgery call.

Contents:

Definition of Emergency General Surgery (EGS) and its Burden on the Society

Evaluating the Acute Abdomen

Imaging in Emergency General Surgery

Antibiotics in Emergency General Surgery

Esophageal Perforation

Variceal Hemorrhage for the Acute Care Surgeon

Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Gastroduodenal Perforations

Benign and Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction

Acute Cholecystitis

Choledocholithiasis

Acute Cholangitis

Gallstone Ileus

Acute Pancreatitis

Hepatic Abscess

Small Bowel Obstruction

Small Bowel Perforation

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Small Bowel Sources of Gastrointestinal Bleeds

Mesenteric Ischemia

Acute Appendicitis

Diverticulitis

Clostridium difficile Infection

Large Bowel Obstruction: Current Techniques and Trends in Management

Lower GI Bleeds

Ischemic Colitis

Ogilvie's Syndrome

Colon Volvulus

The Treatment of Peri-rectal Abscesses for the Emergency General Surgeon

Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Hemorrhoidal Disease and the Complications of Hemorrhoidal Procedures

Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Empyema

INCARCERATED INGUINAL HERNIAS

INCARCERATED UMBILICAL AND VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR

PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA AND GASTRIC VOLVULUS

Extremity Compartment Syndrome

Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and the Open Abdomen

Necrotizing soft tissue infection

Management of Bariatric Complications for the General Surgeon

Emergency General Surgery in the Elderly:

Non-obstetric Emergency Surgery in the Pregnant Patient

Emergency General Surgery in the Immunocompromised Surgical Patient

Cirrhosis

Surgical Palliative Care, "Heroic Surgery," and End-of-Life Care.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-319-96286-3

9783319962863

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