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Acute surgical management /

Acute surgical emergencies constitute one of the main clinical aspects that a doctor in hospital practice is expected to handle and manage. This book addresses some of the important and common acute surgical conditions, and has been written from an Asian perspective.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hwang, N. C. (Nian Chih), 1960-, Ooi, London Lucien
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: River Edge, NJ : World Scientific : SGH Postgraduate Medical Institute, ©2004.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Acute surgical management
  • Section I. Craniofacial Emergencies
  • The Acute Management of Head Injuries / Alvin Hong
  • Intra-cerebral Haemorrhage in Adults / John Thomas
  • Paediatric Neurosurgical Emergencies : A Problem-Based Approach / Keith YC Goh
  • Acute Management of Craniofacial Trauma / Vincent KL Yeow and Andrew Tay
  • Emergencies in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery / Asher Lim and Luan-Yook Teh
  • Section II. Otorhinolaryngological Emergencies
  • Management of Epistaxis / Dharambir S Sethi and Jern-Lin Leong
  • Managing the Difficult Airway in an Emergency Setting / Ruban Poopalalingam, Nian-Chih Hwang and Eugene Chin
  • Tracheostomy / Abhilash Balakrishnan
  • Management of Ingested Foreign Bodies / Wong-Kein Low and Hin-Ngan Tay
  • Section III. Cardiovascular and Thoracic Emergencies
  • Blunt Cardiac Injury / Yeong-Phang Lim, Richard Lupinski and Yeow-Leng Chua
  • Aortic Trauma / Kenny Yoong-Kong Sin and Yeow-Leng Chua
  • Acute Arterial Disease / Meng-Keng Teoh
  • Vascular Trauma / Mathew G. Sebastian
  • Penetrating Trauma to the Chest / Chong-Hee Lim and Thirugnanam Agasthian
  • Section IV. Gastrointestinal Tract Emergencies
  • Management of the Acute Abdomen / Melissa Teo and Kee-Chee Soo
  • Management of Intestinal Obstruction / Choong-Leong Tang and Francis Seow-Choen
  • Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Wai-Keong Wong
  • Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Kong-Weng Eu and Kok-Sun Ho
  • Surgical Emergencies of the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary System / Pierce Chow
  • Abdominal Trauma / Allen Yeo
  • Section V. Gynaecological Emergencies
  • Female Genital Bleeding / Sun-Kuie Tay and Ann Tan
  • Ectopic Pregnancy / Hak-Koon Tan, Su-Ling Yu and Sun-Kuie Tay
  • Emergency Management of Ovarian Cysts / Sun-Kuie Tay
  • Section VI. Urological Emergencies
  • Acute Non-traumatic Urological Emergencies / Weber Lau and Keong-Tatt Foo
  • Renal and Ureteric Injury / Sidney Yip and Michael Wong
  • Trauma to the Bladder and Urethra / Lay-Guat Ng and Chris Cheng
  • Section VII. Perianal Emergencies
  • Genitoperineal (Fournier's) Gangrene / Yik-Hong Ho
  • Acute Management of Haemorrhoids / Sieu-Min Heah
  • Section VIII. Orthopaedic Emergencies
  • Treatment of Multiple Fractures / Tet-Sen Howe
  • Acute Management of Pathological Fractures / Mann-Hong Tan
  • Section IX. Hand Surgical Emergencies
  • Open Injuries of the Hand : Assessment and Treatment / Lam-Chuan Teoh
  • Infection of the Hand / Fok-Chuan Yong and Lam-Chuan Teoh
  • Section X. Skin and Soft Tissue Injuries
  • Acute Burn Care / Erik SW Ang, Colin Song and Kok-Chai Tan
  • Soft Tissue Injuries / Colin HJ Tham, Ying-Chien Tan, Karen WE Sng and Vincent KL Yeow
  • Part II. Support services
  • Section XI. Radiology
  • Computed Tomography Imaging of Blunt Abdominal Trauma / Siew-Kune Wong
  • The Role of Interventional Radiology in Acute Haemorrhage / Kiang-Hiong Tay, Winston Eng-Hoe Lim and Bien-Soo Tan
  • Section XII. Perioperative Anaesthetic Care
  • Optimisation of Patients for Emergency Surgery / Christine JC Cheng and Nian-Chih Hwang
  • Anaesthesia for Emergency Surgery / Sook-Muay Tay and Chee-Seng Kong
  • Early Postoperative Care of the Acute Surgical Patient / Huei-Leng Chee and Claire Ang.