- Updates readers involved in emergency surgery care with accessible descriptions of cases
- Reports a widespread international support tool
- Follows on the Donegal Summit on Emergency Care
Variability in care in emergency surgery is well known, particularly in abdominal surgery, and reducing it is fundamental to improving outcomes. It is therefore vital to identify the factors that are key to improving mortality and reducing complications in various surgical emergencies.
Under the leadership of the World Society of Emergency Surgery, over 200 leading experts in emergency surgery, critical care and surgical infections established a template to help define and optimise emergency surgery, particularly that relating to the abdomen. This book refines this initial work, crystallising it into a meaningful resource for practising surgeons and health care administrators alike, and paving the way for advances in emergency surgery around the globe.
This book sets a benchmark for Emergency Surgery and is a must read for those wanting their patients to do better.
Table of Contents- 1 Resources and Designation of Emergency Surgery
- 2 Acute Care Surgery Unit Structure
- 3 Optimal Care in Geriatric Emergency Surgery (GES)
- 4 Sepsis: Control and Treatment
- 5 Resuscitation in Emergency General Surgery
- 6 Medical Laboratory Support for Emergency Surgery
- 7 Radiology and Emergency Surgery
- 8 Interaction Between Gastroenterology and Emergency General Surgery
- 9 Advanced and Specialist Nursing Practice in Emergency Surgery - The Team Approach
- 10 Data, Registry, Quality Improvement and Patient Outcome Measures
- 11 Research in Emergency General Surgery
- 12 Education and Training in Emergency Surgery
- 13 Appendicitis
- 14 Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia
- 15 Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome - Updates
- 16 Cholecystitis
- 17 Pancreatitis
- 18 Upper GI Bleed
- 19 Small Bowel Obstruction
- 20 Perforated Gastroduodenal Ulcer (PGDU)
- 21 Acute Diverticulitis (AD) - Management Phase
- 22 Abdominal Vascular Emergencies
- 23 Coagulation
- 24 Wound Care
- 25 Complications in Emergency General Surgery
