Complications in Surgery and Trauma

Provides practical information on the incidence, management, and avoidance of complications encountered during and after surgical procedures.

The book offers detailed guidance and techniques for recognizing and controlling complications in the operating room, emergency ward, or intensive care unit. It spans the vast array of complications related to preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative events. The coverage is comprehensive and includes many surgical sub-specialties including critical care, endocrine, cardiothoracic, vascular, burns and wound healing, orthopedic, pediatric, and transplant.

A key feature of this new edition is the addition of succinct summary tables that list the most common complications related to each area of surgery or trauma and how to avoid them. Nine new chapters are included, and all previous chapters have been updated, making it a completely up-to-date reference for surgical residents, general surgeons, critical care surgeons, and those in training.

Features:

• Provides practical information on the incidence, management, and avoidance of complications encountered during and after surgical procedures
• Offers detailed guidance and techniques for recognizing and controlling complications in the operating room, emergency ward, or intensive care unit
• Spans the vast array of complications related to preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative events
• Includes many surgical sub-specialties including critical care, endocrine, cardiothoracic, vascular, burns and wound healing, orthopedic, pediatric, and transplant
• Contains nine new chapters and updates to all previous chapters

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

CRC Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Cohn, Stephen M.; Dolich, Matthew O.

ISBN:

978-1-48-220886-3

Specialty:

• Surgery

Language:

English

Edition:

2nd

Pages:

586

Publication Year:

2014

Doody's Star Rating®:

Score:

83