(eBook) Acute Care Surgery Handbook – Volume 1 General Aspects by Saverio

This is the PDF eBook version for Acute Care Surgery Handbook – Volume 1 General Aspects, Non-gastrointestinal and Critical Care Emergencies by Salomone Di Saverio, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini

Table of Contents

1. Acute care surgery around the world: future perspectives.- 2. A history of acute care suregry.- 3. Scientific Research in emergency surgery setting.- 4. Organization of an acute care surgery service and patient safety management.- 5. Safety and the use of checklists in acute care surgery.- 6. Emergencies in otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery.- 7. Hemothorax, pneumothorax and chest empyema.- 8. Anorectal emergencies.- 9. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.- 10. Surgical Site Infections and their Management.- 11. Non-Traumatic Peripheral Vascular Emergencies.- 12. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms and major vascular injuries.- 13. Obstetrics-Gynecology Emergencies.- 14. Genito Urinary Emergencies.- 15. Critical Care in Acute Care Surgery.- 16. Septic Shock and Resuscitation Strategies.- 17. Antibiotic management in acute care surgery.- 18. Nutrition in sepsis and acute surgical patients.- 19. Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Critically-Ill Patients.- 20. Interventional Radiology for non-traumatic acute thoraco-abdominal bleeding.- 21. Percutaneous Techniques for Management of Intra-Abdominal Abscesses.- 22. Damage Control Surgery for Emergency General Surgery.- 23. The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome.- 24. Common Pediatric Surgical Emergencies.- 25. Common Surgical Emergencies in Transplanted Patients.- 26. Emergency management of caustic injuries.- 27. Surgical emergencies during pregnancy.- 28. Geriatric Emergency Surgery.